Patents by Inventor David Wayne Mills

David Wayne Mills 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: 11558198
    Abstract: The present technology discloses methods and systems for receiving a security profile request from an integrity verifier, the request including a nonce; requesting, from a trusted platform module, a new nonce, wherein the new nonce is generated at least in part by the nonce and a current timestamp from a clock in the trusted platform module; receiving, from the trusted platform module, the new nonce; requesting, from a cryptoprocessor, a set of platform configuration registers; receiving, from the cryptoprocessor, the set of platform configuration registers; and sending a response to the integrity verifier, the response including the new nonce and the set of platform configuration registers to verify a security status of the trusted platform module and the cryptoprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Voit, Srinivas Vundru, Peter Panburana, David Wayne Mills, Pradeep Kumar Kathail
  • Publication number: 20210314161
    Abstract: The present technology discloses methods and systems for receiving a security profile request from an integrity verifier, the request including a nonce; requesting, from a trusted platform module, a new nonce, wherein the new nonce is generated at least in part by the nonce and a current timestamp from a clock in the trusted platform module; receiving, from the trusted platform module, the new nonce; requesting, from a cryptoprocessor, a set of platform configuration registers; receiving, from the cryptoprocessor, the set of platform configuration registers; and sending a response to the integrity verifier, the response including the new nonce and the set of platform configuration registers to verify a security status of the trusted platform module and the cryptoprocessor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Voit, Srinivas Vundru, Peter Panburana, David Wayne Mills, Pradeep Kumar Kathail
  • Patent number: 7778274
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize signaling capabilities of the first and second endpoints. The apparatus also includes a media termination point (MTP) operable to communicate with the endpoints and the communications platform, the media termination point being provisioned by the communications platform in a stream that involves the first and second endpoints if a signaling compatibility issue is present amongst the endpoints. If an out-of-band digit from the first endpoint is received by the communications platform, the out-of-band digit is sent to the MTP, which is operable to inject a digit associated with the second protocol into the communication session such that a mapping occurs between the digits for the first and second protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tripti Agarwal, Ho Bao, David R. Daiker, Richard A. Frisk, David Wayne Mills, John K. Restrick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7764669
    Abstract: To provide for interoperability of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and H.323 for Secure Realtime Transport Protocol session establishment, a transmit key is received in a first protocol from a first endpoint. The transmit key is mapped from the first protocol to a second protocol and sent in the second protocol to a second endpoint to establish a secure communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wayne Mills, Joseph L. Duffy, Henry L. Fourie, Mohammed Taher Shaikh, Sairam Yadlapati
  • Patent number: 7729482
    Abstract: A method for providing communication protocol interoperability may include receiving a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, the request uses a first communication protocol. The method also includes receiving a first response from the second endpoint, the first response uses a second communication protocol different than the first communication protocol. The method may also include initiating a timer for receiving a set of capabilities from the second endpoint and establishing the communication session between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Restrick, Jr., Tripti (nmi) Agarwal, Rongxuan V. Chen, Ho (nmi) Bao, David Wayne Mills
  • Patent number: 7701971
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize signaling capabilities of the first and second endpoints. The apparatus also includes a media termination point (MTP) operable to communicate with the endpoints and the communications platform, the media termination point being provisioned by the communications platform in a stream that involves the first and second endpoints if a signaling compatibility issue is present amongst the endpoints. If an out-of-band digit from the first endpoint is received by the communications platform, the out-of-band digit is sent to the MTP, which is operable to inject a digit associated with the second protocol into the communication session such that a mapping occurs between the digits for the first and second protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tripti Agarwal, Ho Bao, David R. Daiker, Richard A. Frisk, David Wayne Mills, John K. Restrick, Jr.