Patents by Inventor David M. Amols

David M. Amols 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).

  • ATTESTATION DEVICE CUSTODY TRANSFER PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20190158461
    Abstract: A custody transfer of a device can include sending a start of transfer request to an attestation device over a short range wireless communication channel, a nonce is received from the attestation device in association with the start of transfer request, and the nonce is signed at the particular gateway device. The signed nonce is sent to the attestation device, a transfer confirmation message is received from the attestation device, and a transfer message is sent to a management system to report a transfer in custody of the attestation device involving the particular gateway device and another gateway device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Randall Walker, Howard C. Herbert, Kirk D. Brannock, Geoffrey H. Cooper, David A. deVries, David M. Amols, Sven Schrecker, Stephen H. Price
  • Attestation device custody transfer protocol
    Patent number: 10193858
    Abstract: A custody transfer of a device can include sending a start of transfer request to an attestation device over a short range wireless communication channel, a nonce is received from the attestation device in association with the start of transfer request, and the nonce is signed at the particular gateway device. The signed nonce is sent to the attestation device, a transfer confirmation message is received from the attestation device, and a transfer message is sent to a management system to report a transfer in custody of the attestation device involving the particular gateway device and another gateway device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Randall Walker, Howard C. Herbert, Kirk D. Brannock, Geoffrey H. Cooper, David A. deVries, David M. Amols, Sven Schrecker, Stephen H. Price
  • Simplified sensor integrity
    Patent number: 10044696
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes at least one processor device, an energy storage module to power the apparatus, memory to store a secret such that powering down and restarting the apparatus causes the secret to be lost, logic executable by the at least one processor device to generate attestation data using the secret that data abstracts the secret, and a communications interface to send the attestation data to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Randall Walker, Howard C. Herbert, Kirk D. Brannock, Stephen H. Price, Geoffrey H. Cooper, David A. deVries, David M. Amols, Sven Schrecker
  • ATTESTATION DEVICE CUSTODY TRANSFER PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20170180314
    Abstract: A custody transfer of a device can include sending a start of transfer request to an attestation device over a short range wireless communication channel, a nonce is received from the attestation device in association with the start of transfer request, and the nonce is signed at the particular gateway device. The signed nonce is sent to the attestation device, a transfer confirmation message is received from the attestation device, and a transfer message is sent to a management system to report a transfer in custody of the attestation device involving the particular gateway device and another gateway device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Jesse Randall Walker, Howard C. Herbert, Kirk D. Brannock, Geoffrey H. Cooper, David A. deVries, David M. Amols, Sven Schrecker, Stephen H. Price
  • SIMPLIFIED SENSOR INTEGRITY
    Publication number: 20170180341
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes at least one processor device, an energy storage module to power the apparatus, memory to store a secret such that powering down and restarting the apparatus causes the secret to be lost, logic executable by the at least one processor device to generate attestation data using the secret that data abstracts the secret, and a communications interface to send the attestation data to another device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Randall Walker, Howard C. Herbert, Kirk D. Brannock, Stephen H. Price, Geoffrey H. Cooper, David A. deVries, David M. Amols, Sven Schrecker