Patents by Inventor Dominique Vincent Pavlin

Dominique Vincent Pavlin 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).

  • Software protection device and method
    Patent number: 7024564
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting computer software from unauthorized execution or duplication using a hardware key is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a means for communicating with the computer to receive command messages from the computer in the hardware key and to provide response messages to the computer, a memory for storing data for translating command messages into response messages enabling software execution, and a processor coupled to the communicating means for translating command messages into response messages using the data stored in the memory. The processor further comprises a memory manager, including means for logically segmenting the memory storing the data into at least one protected segment, and a means for controlling access to the protected segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: SafeNet, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Vincent Pavlin, Mehdi Sotoodeh, Reed H. Tibbetts, Patrick N. Godding, Alain Raymond Spiewek, Roger Graham Nixon
  • Software protection device and method
    Publication number: 20030110388
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting computer software from unauthorized execution or duplication using a hardware key is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a means for communicating with the computer to receive command messages from the computer in the hardware key and to provide response messages to the computer, a memory for storing data for translating command messages into response messages enabling software execution, and a processor coupled to the communicating means for translating command messages into response messages using the data stored in the memory. The processor further comprises a memory manager, including means for logically segmenting the memory storing the data into at least one protected segment, and a means for controlling access to the protected segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Rainbow Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Vincent Pavlin, Mehdi Sotoodeh, Reed H. Tibbetts, Patrick N. Godding, Alain Raymond Spiewek, Roger Graham Nixon
  • Software protection device and method
    Patent number: 6523119
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting computer software from unauthorized execution or duplication using a hardware key is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a means for communicating with the computer to receive command messages from the computer in the hardware key and to provide response messages to the computer, a memory for storing data for translating command messages into response messages enabling software execution, and a processor coupled to the interface port for translating command messages into response messages using the data stored in the memory. The processor further comprises a memory manager, for logically segmenting the memory storing the data into at least one protected segment, and for controlling access to the protected segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Rainbow Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Vincent Pavlin, Mehdi Sotoodeh, Reed H. Tibbetts, Patrick N. Godding, Alain Raymond Spiewek, Roger Graham Nixon
  • SOFTWARE PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20010056539
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting computer software from unauthorized execution or duplication using a hardware key is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a means for communicating with the computer to receive command messages from the computer in the hardware key and to provide response messages to the computer, a memory for storing data for translating command messages into response messages enabling software execution, and a processor coupled to the communicating means for translating command messages into response messages using the data stored in the memory. The processor further comprises a memory manager, including means for logically segmenting the memory storing the data into at least one protected segment, and a means for controlling access to the protected segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: DOMINIQUE VINCENT PAVLIN, MEHDI SOTOODEH, REED H. TIBBETTS, PATRICK N. GODDING, ALAIN RAYMOND SPIEWEK, ROGER GRAHAM NIXON