Patents by Inventor Christopher Howell

Christopher Howell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240296374
    Abstract: A method includes determining reference distribution data associated with a feature used to train a machine learning model to generate a trained machine learning model. The method further includes providing the reference distribution data to an edge device associated with substrate processing equipment. The method further includes receiving current distribution data associated with the feature from the edge device responsive to the using of the trained machine learning model at the edge device. The method further includes causing, based on the current distribution data, performance of a corrective action associated with the trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Shane Allen, Michael Christopher Howells
  • Patent number: 11843588
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for providing a sender a plurality of ephemeral keys such that a sender and receiver can exchange encrypted communications. Accordingly, a sender may retrieve information, such as a public key and a key identifier, for the first receiver from a local storage. The retrieved information may be used to generate a key-encrypting key that is used to generate a random communication encryption key. The random communication encryption key is used to encrypt a communication, while the key-encrypting key encrypts the random communication key. The encrypted communication and the encrypted random communication key are transmitted to the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Christopher Howell, Joël Alwen
  • Patent number: 11457018
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions that permit users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to access keys for recipients outside of their network. Additionally, the secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Bhatnagar, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 11368442
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions that permit users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to access keys for recipients outside of their network. Additionally, the secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Bhatnagar, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 11368445
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques that allow for a client-side application, located on a first client device, to generate a random encryption key and encrypt locally-stored application data with the random encryption key. The random encryption key is used in lieu of a password-derived encryption key. In order to ensure that the client-device application is unable to decrypt the locally-stored encrypted application data prior to authenticating with an external authentication source (i.e., SSO, IdP), the random encryption key is encrypted with a key-encrypting key derived using a pseudorandom function (PRF). By using a PRF, the first device is able to authenticate to the first server and derive a secure key as part of the authentication process. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes techniques for securing data on a client device when credentials are managed by an external authentication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joël Alwen, Thomas Michael Leavy, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 11349659
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions that permit users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to access keys for recipients outside of their network. Additionally, the secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Bhatnagar, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 11330003
    Abstract: A secure messaging platform for an enterprise environment is disclosed. The secure messaging platform enables users to exchange encrypted communications. Further, the secure messaging platform allows enterprise platforms to review the encrypted communications to ensure that they comply with company policies. Messages that comply with company policies may be provided to their intended recipients, while messages that fail to comply with company policies are not provided to their intended recipients. Additionally, the encrypted communications may be retained for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Howell, Robert Statica, Kara Lynn Coppa
  • Patent number: 11316666
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for providing a sender a plurality of ephemeral keys such that a sender and receiver can exchange encrypted communications. Accordingly, a sender may retrieve information, such as a public key and a key identifier, for the first receiver from a local storage. The retrieved information may be used to generate a key-encrypting key that is used to generate a random communication encryption key. The random communication encryption key is used to encrypt a communication, while the key-encrypting key encrypts the random communication key. The encrypted communication and the encrypted random communication key are transmitted to the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Joël Alwen, Christopher Howell
  • Publication number: 20210328976
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for providing a sender a plurality of ephemeral keys such that a sender and receiver can exchange encrypted communications. Accordingly, a sender may retrieve information, such as a public key and a key identifier, for the first receiver from a local storage. The retrieved information may be used to generate a key-encrypting key that is used to generate a random communication encryption key. The random communication encryption key is used to encrypt a communication, while the key-encrypting key encrypts the random communication key. The encrypted communication and the encrypted random communication key are transmitted to the first receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Christopher Howell, Joël Alwen
  • Patent number: 11101999
    Abstract: The present application describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for end-to-end encryption during a secure communication session. According to the present disclosure, a first device initializes a secure communication session with at least one second device. Initializing the secure communication session includes transmitting an invitation to a secure communication session to the at least one second device. The at least one second device may generate a transmission root key, which may be used to derive a first key for encrypting data transmitted to the first device and a second key for decrypting received data from the first device. The at least one second device may transmit the transmission root key to the first device, which may use the transmission root key to derive a first key to encrypt data transmitted to the at least one second device and a second key to decrypt data received from the at least one second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Joël Alwen, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 11095662
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions that permit users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to access keys for recipients outside of their network. Additionally, the secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Bhatnagar, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 11082412
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for providing a sender a plurality of ephemeral keys such that a sender and receiver can exchange encrypted communications. Accordingly, a sender may retrieve information, such as a public key and a key identifier, for the first receiver from a local storage. The retrieved information may be used to generate a key-encrypting key that is used to generate a random communication encryption key. The random communication encryption key is used to encrypt a communication, while the key-encrypting key encrypts the random communication key. The encrypted communication and the encrypted random communication key are transmitted to the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Christopher Howell, Joël Alwen
  • Patent number: 10944713
    Abstract: Secure directory services are disclosed. A cryptographic hash of a foreign identifier associated with a potential user is received. A determination is made that the received cryptographic hash of the foreign identifier matches a representation of a stored entry. In response to the determination, a transmission of a representation of a native identifier associated with the stored entry is transmitted to the sender of the cryptographic hash of the foreign identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Howell, Robert Statica, Kara Lynn Coppa
  • Patent number: 10911431
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques that allow for a client-side application, located on a first client device, to generate a random encryption key and encrypt locally-stored application data with the random encryption key. In order to ensure that the client-device application is unable to decrypt the locally-stored encrypted application data prior to authenticating with an external authentication source (i.e., SSO, IdP), the client-side application divides the random encryption key into at least a first share and a second share according to a secret sharing algorithm. The first share is transmitted to a trusted third party, while the second share is encrypted locally and stored in a secure location on the client device. Upon successful authentication, the trusted third party returns the second share to the first client device. The client-side application derives the random encryption key and decrypts the locally-stored encrypted application data to be used by the client-side application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Joël Alwen, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 10791196
    Abstract: A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to perform directory look-ups to access keys, and other information, for recipients outside of their network. Users from different secure communication networks may request, from the database, user information of users outside their secure communication. The user information may allow the users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. The secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender, and allowing the secure communications to flow across different secure communication networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Bhatnagar, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 10715504
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium are described for providing a sender a plurality of ephemeral keys such that a sender and receiver can exchange encrypted communications. Accordingly, a sender may retrieve information, such as a public key and a key identifier, for the first receiver from a local storage. The retrieved information may be used to generate a key-encrypting key that is used to generate a random communication encryption key. The random communication encryption key is used to encrypt a communication, while the key-encrypting key encrypts the random communication key. The encrypted communication and the encrypted random communication key are transmitted to the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Christopher Howell, Joël Alwen
  • Publication number: 20200213111
    Abstract: The present application describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for end-to-end encryption during a secure communication session. According to the present disclosure, a first device initializes a secure communication session with at least one second device. Initializing the secure communication session includes transmitting an invitation to a secure communication session to the at least one second device. The at least one second device may generate a transmission root key, which may be used to derive a first key for encrypting data transmitted to the first device and a second key for decrypting received data from the first device. The at least one second device may transmit the transmission root key to the first device, which may use the transmission root key to derive a first key to encrypt data transmitted to the at least one second device and a second key to decrypt data received from the at least one second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Joël Alwen, Christopher Howell
  • Patent number: 10683627
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods useful for collecting and separating floating debris and water from a body of water on a vessel, the vessel including at least one inflow regulator (IFR) chamber at least partially separated from a main collection compartment and at least one fluid discharge pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Ocean Cleaner, LLC
    Inventors: Russell S. Covington, Kim Michael Folse, Christopher Howell Gunter
  • Patent number: 10581817
    Abstract: A digital security bubble encapsulation is disclosed. A public key and a device identifier of at least one recipient is requested from a first server. A message containing one or more components is encrypted using a symmetric key. The symmetric key is encrypted with a public key received in response to the request. The encrypted message, the encrypted symmetric key, and the device identifier are encapsulated in a digital security bubble encapsulation. The digital security bubble encapsulation is transmitted to a second server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Howell, Robert Statica, Kara Lynn Coppa
  • Publication number: 20190356650
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques that allow for a client-side application, located on a first client device, to generate a random encryption key and encrypt locally-stored application data with the random encryption key. In order to ensure that the client-device application is unable to decrypt the locally-stored encrypted application data prior to authenticating with an external authentication source (i.e., SSO, IdP), the client-side application divides the random encryption key into at least a first share and a second share according to a secret sharing algorithm. The first share is transmitted to a trusted third party, while the second share is encrypted locally and stored in a secure location on the client device. Upon successful authentication, the trusted third party returns the second share to the first client device. The client-side application derives the random encryption key and decrypts the locally-stored encrypted application data to be used by the client-side application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Joël Alwen, Christopher Howell