Patents by Inventor Georgios VAFIADIS

Georgios VAFIADIS 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).

  • Controlled storage device access
    Patent number: 10897359
    Abstract: A method for securely accessing a hardware storage device connected to a computer system, the hardware storage device having a unique hardware identifier and the computer system including a processor, the method comprising: an agent software component receiving the identifier of the storage device to authenticate the storage device, wherein the agent executes in an unrestricted mode of operation of the processor such that the agent is a trusted software component; in response to the authentication, the agent accessing a secure data key for encrypting and decrypting data on the storage device, wherein the data key is accessible only to trusted agents executing in the unrestricted mode of the processor such that software executing in a user mode of the processor stores and retrieves data on the storage device only via the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Fadi El-Moussa, Theo Dimitrakos, Georgios Vafiadis
  • CONTROLLED STORAGE DEVICE ACCESS
    Publication number: 20170237563
    Abstract: A method for securely accessing a hardware storage device connected to a computer system, the hardware storage device having a unique hardware identifier and the computer system including a processor, the method comprising: an agent software component receiving the identifier of the storage device to authenticate the storage device, wherein the agent executes in an unrestricted mode of operation of the processor such that the agent is a trusted software component; in response to the authentication, the agent accessing a secure data key for encrypting and decrypting data on the storage device, wherein the data key is accessible only to trusted agents executing in the unrestricted mode of the processor such that software executing in a user mode of the processor stores and retrieves data on the storage device only via the agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Fadi EL-MOUSSA, Theo DIMITRAKOS, Georgios VAFIADIS