Patents by Inventor Ilario Macchi

Ilario Macchi 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).

  • Method and system for improving robustness of secure messaging in a mobile communications network
    Patent number: 8442231
    Abstract: A mobile communications network has mobile communications capabilities and supports a secure messaging service, such as an SMS messaging service, that allows a message sender and at least one message receiver (at least one among the message sender and the message receiver being a user of the mobile communications network) to exchange messages encrypted by means of a cryptographic process performed by the message sender, so as to obtain an encrypted message that can be decrypted by a corresponding cryptographic process performed by the intended message receiver. End-to-end security of the exchanged message is thus achieved. A cryptographic algorithm, exploited by the user of the mobile communications network for performing the cryptographic process, is modified by exploiting the mobile communications capabilities of the mobile communications network. Robustness and reliability over time of the end-to-end security messaging is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ilario Macchi
  • Method and System for Improving Robustness of Secure Messaging in a Mobile Communications Network
    Publication number: 20080292101
    Abstract: A mobile communications network has mobile communications capabilities and supports a secure messaging service, such as an SMS messaging service, that allows a message sender and at least one message receiver (at least one among the message sender and the message receiver being a user of the mobile communications network) to exchange messages encrypted by means of a cryptographic process performed by the message sender, so as to obtain an encrypted message that can be decrypted by a corresponding cryptographic process performed by the intended message receiver. End-to-end security of the exchanged message is thus achieved. A cryptographic algorithm, exploited by the user of the mobile communications network for performing the cryptographic process, is modified by exploiting the mobile communications capabilities of the mobile communications network. Robustness and reliability over time of the end-to-end security messaging is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: TELECOMITALIA MOBILE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Ilario Macchi