Patents by Inventor Christopher James Guildford North

Christopher James Guildford North 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: 20140101782
    Abstract: This invention relates to the veracity of information displayed to a user of a computer, and information provided to a computer by human input devices such as mice and keyboards. A digital video guard (DVG) device is a peripheral that is retrofitted to commodity computer devices. The DVG resides in-line with a digital display and enables secure end-to-end interactions between a user and a displayed (usually remote) application. In-band signalling within the digital video stream is used to carry encrypted information from a local or remote source, over untrusted network infrastructure through the digital video guard device to a user. The DVG decrypts and verifies the integrity of the digital video. The integrity of the displayed information is indicated by a trusted LED on the DVG hardware. Portions of the video signal may be designated as trusted, if the received data has been encrypted, signed, or labelled as trustworthy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: The Commonwealth of Australia
    Inventors: Mark Robert Grant Beaumont, Christopher James Guildford North, Kenneth Kwok-Hei Yiu, Joshua David Green
  • Patent number: 8572403
    Abstract: This invention relates to the veracity of information displayed to a user of a computer, and information provided to a computer by human input devices such as mice and keyboards. A digital video guard (DVG) device is a peripheral that is retrofitted to commodity computer devices. The DVG resides in-line with a digital display and enables secure end-to-end interactions between a user and a displayed (usually remote) application. In-band signalling within the digital video stream is used to carry encrypted information from a local or remote source, over untrusted network infrastructure through the digital video guard device to a user. The DVG decrypts and verifies the integrity of the digital video. The integrity of the displayed information is indicated by a trusted LED on the DVG hardware. Portions of the video signal may be designated as trusted, if the received data has been encrypted, signed, or labelled as trustworthy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Commonwealth of Australia
    Inventors: Mark Robert Grant Beaumont, Christopher James Guildford North, Kenneth Kwok-Hei Yiu, Joshua David Green
  • Publication number: 20110264922
    Abstract: This invention relates to the veracity of information that is displayed to a user of a computer and can also relate to the veracity of information provided to a computer by human input devices such as pointing devices and keyboards. A digital video guard device is a peripheral that is retrofitted to commodity computer device. The digital video guard device provides trust in specific information presented on a digital display. The digital video guard device resides in-line with a digital display and enables secure end-to-end interactions between a user and a displayed (usually remote) application. In-band signalling within the digital video stream is used to carry encrypted information from a remote source, over untrusted network infrastructure through the digital video guard device to a user for viewing. The creation of encrypted digital video content can be achieved by either local or remote applications, and is effected by manipulating what is to be rendered on a computer's display, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Robert Grant Beaumont, Christopher James Guildford North, Kenneth Kwok-Hei Yiu, Joshua David Green
  • Patent number: 6108787
    Abstract: An information flow control means for location between a first and second computer network where the first network has a higher security classification than the second network. The information flow control means comprises an information switch having an information input, a first output connected to the first network, a second output connected to the second network, a controller having at least two states, a first state controlling the information switch to connect the input to the first output and a second state controlling the information switch to connect the input to the second output, and an information diode having an input for receiving information from the second network and an output for transferring information received from the second network to the first network through a connection from the information diode output to the first network and which prevents information flowing from the output to the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: The Commonwealth of Australia
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Anderson, John Edmund Griffin, Christopher James Guildford North, John Desborough Yesberg, Kenneth Kwok-Hei Yiu, Robert Brunyee Milner