Patents by Inventor Ian D. Mann

Ian D. Mann 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).

  • Network centered recovery process for cryptographic processing modules
    Patent number: 7925890
    Abstract: A method is provided for re-initializing a cryptographic processing module (102) at a location designated as an unclassified environment. The method includes storing in a database (122) a module unique recovery vector (310, 510) assigned to a cryptographic processing module. The method also includes indexing the module unique recovery vector in the database using a unique module identifying code (for example, a serial number) assigned to the cryptographic processing module. The method further includes subsequently communicating the module unique recovery vector from the database, over a computer network (120), to a remote computing environment (400) that is unclassified. The module unique recovery vector is used to re-initialize the cryptographic processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Donald J. Dever, Ian D. Mann
  • Network Centered Recovery Process for Cryptographic Processing Modules
    Publication number: 20080098235
    Abstract: A method is provided for re-initializing a cryptographic processing module (102) at a location designated as an unclassified environment. The method includes storing in a database (122) a module unique recovery vector (310, 510) assigned to a cryptographic processing module. The method also includes indexing the module unique recovery vector in the database using a unique module identifying code (for example, a serial number) assigned to the cryptographic processing module. The method further includes sugsequently communicating the module unique recovery vector from the database, over a computer network (120), to a remote comupting environment (400) that is unclassified. The module unique recovery vector is used to re-initialize the cryptographic processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald J. Dever, Ian D. Mann