Patents by Inventor Eamonn Coleman

Eamonn Coleman 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).

  • Apparatus and method for provisioning an endorsement key certificate for a firmware trusted platform module
    Patent number: 9100192
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for provisioning an endorsement key (EK) certificate for a firmware trusted platform module (fTPM). In the method, the fTPM receives a derived key (DK) from a hardware trusted platform (HWTP). The fTPM is implemented in the HWTP, the DK is derived from a hardware key (HWK) securely stored in the HWTP, the HWK is unique to the HWTP, and the HWK is not available to the fTPM. The fTPM generates an endorsement primary seed (EPS) based on the DK, and generates a hashed endorsement primary seed (HEPS) based on a hash of the EPS. The fTPM forwards the HEPS to a provisioning station, and receives, from the provisioning station, an EK certificate corresponding to the HEPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bollapragada Venkata Janaki Manohar, Ashish Grover, Eamonn Coleman
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING AN ENDORSEMENT KEY CERTIFICATE FOR A FIRMWARE TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE
    Publication number: 20140365763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for provisioning an endorsement key (EK) certificate for a firmware trusted platform module (fTPM). In the method, the fTPM receives a derived key (DK) from a hardware trusted platform (HWTP). The fTPM is implemented in the HWTP, the DK is derived from a hardware key (HWK) securely stored in the HWTP, the HWK is unique to the HWTP, and the HWK is not available to the fTPM. The fTPM generates an endorsement primary seed (EPS) based on the DK, and generates a hashed endorsement primary seed (HEPS) based on a hash of the EPS. The fTPM forwards the HEPS to a provisioning station, and receives, from the provisioning station, an EK certificate corresponding to the HEPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bollapragada Venkata Janaki Manohar, Ashish Grover, Eamonn Coleman