Patents by Inventor Greg Sampson

Greg Sampson 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).

  • Securely coupling an FPGA to a security IC
    Patent number: 7792302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanism for securely coupling a security IC and an FPGA. This mechanism creates a shared secret key; creates a password key; generates an encrypted shared secret key by encrypting the “shared secret key” with the password key; incorporates the “encrypted shared secret key” into an FPGA net list; programs the FPGA using the “FPGA net list”; transmits the “password key” from the security IC to the FPGA; allowing the FPGA to: obtain the “shared secret key” by decrypting the “encrypted shared secret key”; and store the “shared secret key” in at least one volatile memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Eugene Oren, Greg Sampson, Daxon Alexander
  • Securely Coupling an FPGA to a Security IC
    Publication number: 20070204170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanism for securely coupling a security IC and an FPGA. This mechanism creates a shared secret key; creates a password key; generates an encrypted shared secret key by encrypting the “shared secret key” with the password key; incorporates the “encrypted shared secret key” into an FPGA net list; programs the FPGA using the “FPGA net list”; transmits the “password key” from the security IC to the FPGA; allowing the FPGA to: obtain the “shared secret key” by decrypting the “encrypted shared secret key”; and store the “shared secret key” in at least one volatile memory location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph Oren, Greg Sampson, Daxon Alexander