Patents by Inventor Jason Mellblom

Jason Mellblom 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).

  • Master key generation and distribution for storage area network devices
    Patent number: 10148431
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for generating a master key used to secure key objects associated with data blocks in a data center. A cryptographic node creation request is received. It is determined that a master key can not be obtained from another cryptographic node in the data center. A master key is generated. The master key is included in a key hierarchy used to encrypt a data center key object, the data center key object corresponding to a data block maintained in a storage area network (SAN), where the data center key object includes a unique identifier, an encrypted key, and a wrapper unique identifier. The master key is split into N shares, with M shares required to recreate the master key, wherein M is less than N. The N shares are distributed to different entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Praveen Patnala, Anand Parthasarathy, Makarand Deshmukh, Jason Mellblom
  • MASTER KEY GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION FOR STORAGE AREA NETWORK DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150019870
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for generating a master key used to secure key objects associated with data blocks in a data center. A cryptographic node creation request is received. It is determined that a master key can not be obtained from another cryptographic node in the data center. A master key is generated. The master key is included in a key hierarchy used to encrypt a data center key object, the data center key object corresponding to a data block maintained in a storage area network (SAN), where the data center key object includes a unique identifier, an encrypted key, and a wrapper unique identifier. The master key is split into N shares, with M shares required to recreate the master key, wherein M is less than N. The N shares are distributed to different entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Praveen Patnala, Anand Parthasarathy, Makarand Deshmukh, Jason Mellblom
  • Master key generation and distribution for storage area network devices
    Patent number: 8855318
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for generating a master key used to secure key objects associated with data blocks in a data center. A cryptographic node creation request is received. It is determined that a master key can not be obtained from another cryptographic node in the data center. A master key is generated. The master key is included in a key hierarchy used to encrypt a data center key object, the data center key object corresponding to a data block maintained in a storage area network (SAN), where the data center key object includes a unique identifier, an encrypted key, and a wrapper unique identifier. The master key is split into N shares, with M shares required to recreate the master key, wherein M is less than N. The N shares are distributed to different entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Patnala, Anand Parthasarathy, Makarand Deshmukh, Jason Mellblom