Patents by Inventor David A. Sugar

David A. Sugar 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: 11405370
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for storing encrypted files in a secure file repository and transferring those encrypted files to one or more recipients. A user selects a file to upload to a secure file repository. A secure collaboration app on the user's device generates a first encryption key that is used to encrypt the file. The encrypted file is then uploaded to the secure file repository, which provides the secure collaboration app with a random file name and a location of the encrypted file. The secure collaboration app updates locally stored metadata of the first encrypted file. To securely transfer the file, the user generates a second encryption key, encrypts the metadata with the second encryption key, and transmits the encrypted metadata to one or more receivers. The one or more receivers decrypt the encrypted metadata and use the decrypted metadata to retrieve the file and decrypt it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest W. Grzybowski, Christopher A. Howell, Thomas Michael Leavy, David A. Sugar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala
  • Patent number: 10242217
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for storing encrypted files in a secure file repository and transferring those encrypted files to one or more recipients. A user selects a file to upload to a secure file repository. A secure collaboration app on the user's device generates a first encryption key that is used to encrypt the file. The encrypted file is then uploaded to the secure file repository, which provides the secure collaboration app with a random file name and a location of the encrypted file. The secure collaboration app updates locally stored metadata of the first encrypted file. To securely transfer the file, the user generates a second encryption key, encrypts the metadata with the second encryption key, and transmits the encrypted metadata to one or more receivers. The one or more receivers decrypt the encrypted metadata and use the decrypted metadata to retrieve the file and decrypt it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Leavy, Christopher Howell, David A. Sugar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, Ernest W. Grzybowski
  • Patent number: 9805212
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for storing encrypted files in a secure file repository and transferring those encrypted files to one or more recipients. A user selects a file to upload to a secure file repository. A secure collaboration app on the user's device generates a first encryption key that is used to encrypt the file. The encrypted file is then uploaded to the secure file repository, which provides the secure collaboration app with a random file name and a location of the encrypted file. The secure collaboration app updates locally stored metadata of the first encrypted file. To securely transfer the file, the user generates a second encryption key, encrypts the metadata with the second encryption key, and transmits the encrypted metadata to one or more receivers. The one or more receivers decrypt the encrypted metadata and use the decrypted metadata to retrieve the file and decrypt it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howell, Thomas Michael Leavy, David A. Sugar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, Ernest W. Grzybowski
  • Patent number: 9602477
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for storing encrypted files in a secure file repository and transferring those encrypted files to one or more recipients. A user selects a file to upload to a secure file repository. A secure collaboration app on the user's device generates a first encryption key that is used to encrypt the file. The encrypted file is then uploaded to the secure file repository, which provides the secure collaboration app with a random file name and a location of the encrypted file. The secure collaboration app updates locally stored metadata of the first encrypted file. To securely transfer the file, the user generates a second encryption key, encrypts the metadata with the second encryption key, and transmits the encrypted metadata to one or more receivers. The one or more receivers decrypt the encrypted metadata and use the decrypted metadata to retrieve the file and decrypt it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest W. Grzybowski, Christopher A. Howell, Thomas Michael Leavy, David A. Sugar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala
  • Patent number: 9590958
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for storing encrypted files in a secure file repository and transferring those encrypted files to one or more recipients. A user selects a file to upload to a secure file repository. A secure collaboration app on the user's device generates a first encryption key that is used to encrypt the file. The encrypted file is then uploaded to the secure file repository, which provides the secure collaboration app with a random file name and a location of the encrypted file. The secure collaboration app updates locally stored metadata of the first encrypted file. To securely transfer the file, the user generates a second encryption key, encrypts the metadata with the second encryption key, and transmits the encrypted metadata to one or more receivers. The one or more receivers decrypt the encrypted metadata and use the decrypted metadata to retrieve the file and decrypt it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howell, Thomas Michael Leavy, David A. Sugar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, Ernest W. Grzybowski
  • Patent number: D384821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Inventor: David Sugar
  • Patent number: D384822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Inventors: David Sugar, Allyson McDuffie
  • Patent number: D384823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Inventors: David Sugar, Allyson McDuffie