Patents by Inventor James G. Lightburn

James G. Lightburn 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).

  • Cryptographic key management
    Patent number: 7711120
    Abstract: A cryptographic coalition administrator for managing information access across multiple organizations includes a communications interface configured to communicate electronically transmit and receive information, a memory configured to store pairs of public and private cryptographic keys associated with different levels of access, and a key manager configured and connected to communicate with the interface and the memory and configured to: distribute cryptographic key sets, of public cryptographic keys and private cryptographic keys, to first and second organizations of members; determine a first group of members in the first organization to have authorization to exchange information with a second group of members in the second organization, the first and second groups sharing cryptographic parameters, and public and private cryptographic keys; and distribute a first cryptographic key set, from the cryptographic key sets, to the first group, the first group having a first sensitivity level at least as high as
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: InfoAssure, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald D. Kimmel, Francis J. Adamouski, Ersin L. Domangue, Wayne R. Kimmel, James G. Lightburn, Leonard R. Viola
  • Cryptographic key management
    Publication number: 20060242407
    Abstract: A cryptographic coalition administrator for managing information access across multiple organizations includes a communications interface configured to communicate electronically transmit and receive information, a memory configured to store pairs of public and private cryptographic keys associated with different levels of access, and a key manager configured and connected to communicate with the interface and the memory and configured to: distribute cryptographic key sets, of public cryptographic keys and private cryptographic keys, to first and second organizations of members; determine a first group of members in the first organization to have authorization to exchange information with a second group of members in the second organization, the first and second groups sharing cryptographic parameters, and public and private cryptographic keys; and distribute a first cryptographic key set, from the cryptographic key sets, to the first group, the first group having a first sensitivity level at least as high as
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald D. Kimmel, Francis J. Adamouski, Ersin L. Domangue, Wayne R. Kimmel, James G. Lightburn, Leonard R. Viola