Patents by Inventor David C. Bares

David C. Bares 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).

  • Vehicle communication network and method
    Patent number: 10841284
    Abstract: A method of communicating via a vehicle communication network includes providing an electronic control unit (ECU), the ECU including a main processing unit and a security processing unit, the security processing unit including a symmetric security key, attempting a secure boot of the main processing unit, providing use of the symmetric security key to the main processing unit if the secure boot of the main processing unit is successful, preventing use of the symmetric security key by the main processing unit if the secure boot of the main processing unit is not successful, conducting, via an attestation processing unit, a remote attestation of the main processing unit, and determining, via the attestation processing unit, whether the secure boot of the main processing unit was successful according to the remote attestation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Hass, Lars Wolleschensky, Andre Weimerskirch, David C. Bares
  • VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190372944
    Abstract: A method of communicating via a vehicle communication network includes providing an electronic control unit (ECU), the ECU including a main processing unit and a security processing unit, the security processing unit including a symmetric security key, attempting a secure boot of the main processing unit, providing use of the symmetric security key to the main processing unit if the secure boot of the main processing unit is successful, preventing use of the symmetric security key by the main processing unit if the secure boot of the main processing unit is not successful, conducting, via an attestation processing unit, a remote attestation of the main processing unit, and determining, via the attestation processing unit, whether the secure boot of the main processing unit was successful according to the remote attestation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: William D. Hass, Lars Wolleschensky, Andre Weimerskirch, David C. Bares