Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Daly

Christopher J. Daly 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).

  • Patent number: 12547676
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for securely communicating between a user device and a target device, which includes a user input receiving user inputs and a user device memory for storing at least one fixed dataset having a plurality of data bits and an inherent entropy. At least one predetermined harvest process is stored in ser device memory, which is operable within a main harvest process to distill the dataset to a predetermined bit length to define a private key of the user at a predetermined key length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Daly, Max Fleming
  • Publication number: 20260019249
    Abstract: A method for encoding/decoding a message with One Time Pad (OTP) process, includes receiving a message to be encoded and an ordered dataset. A PRNG is parameterized with an initial seed that is used in a harvesting operation, which selects data from the dataset to create a current entropy plane of the selected data. In an encoding operation a portion of the received message is selected. The current entropy plane is scanned and data from which data is selected. The location of the selected data from the entropy plane is determined and marked as used and then assembled in an encoded message. This operation is repeated until no unmarked data is present in the current entropy plane. A new entropy plane is generated, and the scanning operation repeated until all portions of the received message have been processed. The process is reversed for a decoding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Robert B. Roessler, JR., Christopher J. Daly, Anthony V. Valentino, Max Fleming
  • Patent number: 12362928
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Patent number: 12353518
    Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20250181677
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for securely communicating between a user device and a target device, which includes a user input receiving user inputs and a user device memory for storing at least one fixed dataset having a plurality of data bits and an inherent entropy. At least one predetermined harvest process is stored in ser device memory, which is operable within a main harvest process to distill the dataset to a predetermined bit length to define a private key of the user at a predetermined key length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher J. Daly, Max Fleming
  • Publication number: 20250117444
    Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20250119283
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Patent number: 12225125
    Abstract: A method for encoding/decoding a message with One Time Pad (OTP) process, includes receiving a message to be encoded and an ordered dataset. A PRNG is parameterized with an initial seed that is used in a harvesting operation, which selects data from the dataset to create a current entropy plane of the selected data. In an encoding operation a portion of the received message is selected. The current entropy plane is scanned and data from which data is selected. The location of the selected data from the entropy plane is determined and marked as used and then assembled in an encoded message. This operation is repeated until no unmarked data is present in the current entropy plane. A new entropy plane is generated, and the scanning operation repeated until all portions of the received message have been processed. The process is reversed for a decoding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Roessler, Jr., Christopher J. Daly, Anthony V. Valentino, Max Fleming
  • Publication number: 20240405984
    Abstract: A method for encoding/decoding a message with One Time Pad (OTP) process, includes receiving a message to be encoded and an ordered dataset. A PRNG is parameterized with an initial seed that is used in a harvesting operation, which selects data from the dataset to create a current entropy plane of the selected data. In an encoding operation a portion of the received message is selected. The current entropy plane is scanned and data from which data is selected. The location of the selected data from the entropy plane is determined and marked as used and then assembled in an encoded message. This operation is repeated until no unmarked data is present in the current entropy plane. A new entropy plane is generated, and the scanning operation repeated until all portions of the received message have been processed. The process is reversed for a decoding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Robert B. Roessler, JR., Christopher J. Daly, Anthony V. Valentino, Max Fleming
  • Patent number: 12026236
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for securely communicating between a user device and a target device, which includes a user input receiving user inputs and a user device memory for storing at least one fixed dataset having a plurality of data bits and an inherent entropy. At least one predetermined harvest process is stored in ser device memory, which is operable within a main harvest process to distill the dataset to a predetermined bit length to define a private key of the user at a predetermined key length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Daly, Max Fleming
  • Patent number: 11997202
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20240160700
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for securely communicating between a user device and a target device, which includes a user input receiving user inputs and a user device memory for storing at least one fixed dataset having a plurality of data bits and an inherent entropy. At least one predetermined harvest process is stored in ser device memory, which is operable within a main harvest process to distill the dataset to a predetermined bit length to define a private key of the user at a predetermined key length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher J. Daly, Max Fleming
  • Patent number: 11983251
    Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AMERA IOT INC.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20240106640
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Amera IoT Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20240086498
    Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Patent number: 11681783
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for securely communicating between a user device and a target device, which includes a user input receiving user inputs and a user device memory for storing at least one fixed dataset having a plurality of data bits and an inherent entropy. At least one predetermined harvest process is stored in ser device memory, which is operable within a main harvest process to distill the dataset to a predetermined bit length to define a private key of the user at a predetermined key length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AMERA IOT INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Daly, Max Fleming
  • Patent number: 11637698
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: AMERA IOT INC.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Patent number: 11625455
    Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AMERA IOT INC.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20230006815
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly
  • Publication number: 20220414186
    Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher J. Daly