Patents by Inventor Frederick SAVAGE

Frederick SAVAGE 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: 9069965
    Abstract: Firmware updates at an information handling system flash memory device, such as provisioning information stored on a USB device, are securely performed by using a buffer memory and a secured code. An application running on a CPU generates a firmware update and a security code, such as a ciphered hash code based on the firmware update, stores the firmware update and security code in a buffer, and informs a management processor of the update. The management processor analyzes the firmware update to authorize copying of the update from the buffer to the flash memory device. For instance, the management processor creates the security code from the firmware update and compares the created code with the security code stored in the buffer to validate the firmware update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Terry Wayne Liles, Charles T. Perusse, Jr., Yong Cao, Abhay Arjun Salunke, Marshal Frederick Savage
  • Publication number: 20100058306
    Abstract: Firmware updates at an information handling system flash memory device, such as provisioning information stored on a USB device, are securely performed by using a buffer memory and a secured code. An application running on a CPU generates a firmware update and a security code, such as a ciphered hash code based on the firmware update, stores the firmware update and security code in a buffer, and informs a management processor of the update. The management processor analyzes the firmware update to authorize copying of the update from the buffer to the flash memory device. For instance, the management processor creates the security code from the firmware update and compares the created code with the security code stored in the buffer to validate the firmware update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Terry Wayne Liles, Charles T. Perusse, JR., Yong Cao, Abhay Arjun Salunke, Marshal Frederick Savage