Patents by Inventor Jari Juhani Lukkarila

Jari Juhani Lukkarila 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).

  • Software security
    Patent number: 8539610
    Abstract: An apparatus with at least one secure memory area comprising a plurality of pre-installed public keys for verifying software authenticity. The apparatus is caused to receive an indication that a software package signed with a private key according to public key infrastructure has been received; check from the secure memory area, whether a public key associated with the private key with which the software package has been signed, is disabled; and if the public key associated with the private key is disabled, prevent execution of the received software package, and otherwise, proceed to verify authenticity of the received software package using the public key associated with the private key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jari Juhani Lukkarila, Rauno Juhani Tamminen
  • SOFTWARE SECURITY
    Publication number: 20120110333
    Abstract: An apparatus with at least one secure memory area comprising a plurality of pre-installed public keys for verifying software authenticity. The apparatus is caused to receive an indication that a software package signed with a private key according to public key infrastructure has been received; check from the secure memory area, whether a public key associated with the private key with which the software package has been signed, is disabled; and if the public key associated with the private key is disabled, prevent execution of the received software package, and otherwise, proceed to verify authenticity of the received software package using the public key associated with the private key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jari Juhani Lukkarila, Rauno Juhani Tamminen