Patents by Inventor GEOFFREY BERNARD GRINDROD

GEOFFREY BERNARD GRINDROD 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: 11301577
    Abstract: In a digital computing environment, a method of protecting stored and transmitted computer original files from unauthorized access, by encoding a series of physically allowed restore locations into a plurality of site-specific protected site data files, and rearranging the internal structure of the original file's byte data into a specified non-linear sequence, and storing them into the plurality of site-specific protected site data files. The protected site data files can then be individually stored across two or more physical and/or online storage sites to implement an effective form of file security. A user selects the original files they want to protect, a plurality of physical allowed restore locations, and a plurality of storage sites they wish to use to protect their original files. Each original file is processed at the bitwise level, with each successive bit from each successive byte being appended to the next successive protected site data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Geoffrey Bernard Grindrod
  • Publication number: 20200210607
    Abstract: In a digital computing environment, a method of protecting stored and transmitted computer original files from unauthorized access, by encoding a series of physically allowed restore locations into a plurality of site-specific protected site data files, and rearranging the internal structure of the original file's byte data into a specified non-linear sequence, and storing them into the plurality of site-specific protected site data files. The protected site data files can then be individually stored across two or more physical and/or online storage sites to implement an effective form of file security. A user selects the original files they want to protect, a plurality of physical allowed restore locations, and a plurality of storage sites they wish to use to protect their original files. Each original file is processed at the bitwise level, with each successive bit from each successive byte being appended to the next successive protected site data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: GEOFFREY BERNARD GRINDROD
  • Publication number: 20180285581
    Abstract: In a digital computing environment, a method of protecting stored and transmitted computer files from unauthorized access, by rearranging the internal structure of the file's byte data into a specified non-linear sequence, and storing them into a series of site-specific data files, which can then be individually stored across two or more physical and/or online locations to implement an effective form of file security. A user selects the files they want to protect, along with the number of physical sites they wish to use to protect their files. Each file is processed at the bitwise level, with each successive bit from each successive byte being appended to the next successive site data file. When the last site data file is reached, the process continues back at the first site data file. The resulting output is a series of site data files which, when physically separated, cannot be accessed by an attacker, without having all other site data files available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: GEOFFREY BERNARD GRINDROD