Patents by Inventor Jeffery Jay BOBZIN

Jeffery Jay BOBZIN 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).

  • Secure option ROM control
    Patent number: 9881158
    Abstract: A mechanism for controlling the execution of Option ROM code on a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-compliant computing device is discussed. A security policy enforced by the firmware may be configured by the computing platform designer/IT administrator to take different actions for different types of detected expansion cards or other devices due to the security characteristics of Option ROM drivers associated with the expansion card or device. The security policy may specify whether authorized signed UEFI Option ROM drivers, unauthorized but signed UEFI Option ROM drivers, unsigned UEFI Option ROM drivers and legacy Option ROM drivers are allowed to execute on the UEFI-compliant computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventors: Trevor Western, Jeffery Jay Bobzin
  • Detection of secure variable alteration in a computing device equipped with unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI)-compliant firmware
    Patent number: 9870474
    Abstract: A firmware-based mechanism for protecting against physical attacks on ROM areas holding Authenticated Variables. A first hash of contents of at least one Authenticated Variable is created by a computing device's UEFI-compliant firmware and stored in a non-volatile storage location. Subsequently a second hash of contents of the at least one Authenticated Variable is created by the firmware and compared by the firmware to the stored hash to identify unauthorized modifications of the at least one Authenticated Variable occurring after the creation of the first hash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffery Jay Bobzin, Martin O. Nicholes
  • Method and device for altering a unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) secure boot process in a computing device
    Patent number: 9589139
    Abstract: Firmware in a computing device is used to administer and alter a Secure Boot process for the computing device while continuing to provide protection from unauthorized third-party code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventor: Jeffery Jay Bobzin
  • System and method for processing requests to alter system security databases and firmware stores in a unified extensible firmware interface-compliant computing device
    Patent number: 9372699
    Abstract: A mechanism for allowing firmware in a UEFI-compliant device to implement the UEFI specification driver signing and Authenticated Variable elements while at the same time protecting the system security database holding the library of approved keys and lists of allowed and forbidden programs from unauthorized modifications is discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventor: Jeffery Jay Bobzin
  • SECURE BOOT ADMINISTRATION
    Publication number: 20150199521
    Abstract: Firmware in a computing device is used to administer and alter a Secure Boot process for the computing device while continuing to provide protection from unauthorized third-party code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffery Jay BOBZIN
  • Secure boot administration in a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)-compliant computing device
    Patent number: 9021244
    Abstract: Firmware in a UEFI-compliant computing device is used to administer and alter a Secure Boot process for the computing device while continuing to provide protection from unauthorized third-party code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventor: Jeffery Jay Bobzin
  • DETECTION OF SECURE VARIABLE ALTERATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH UNIFIED EXTENSIBLE FIRMWARE INTERFACE (UEFI)-COMPLIANT FIRMWARE
    Publication number: 20140304520
    Abstract: A firmware-based mechanism for protecting against physical attacks on ROM areas holding Authenticated Variables. A first hash of contents of at least one Authenticated Variable is created by a computing device's UEFI-compliant firmware and stored in a non-volatile storage location. Subsequently a second hash of contents of the at least one Authenticated Variable is created by the firmware and compared by the firmware to the stored hash to identify unauthorized modifications of the at least one Authenticated Variable occurring after the creation of the first hash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Insyde Software Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffery Jay BOBZIN, Martin O. NICHOLES
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS TO ALTER SYSTEM SECURITY DATABASES AND FIRMWARE STORES IN A UNIFIED EXTENSIBLE FIRMWARE INTERFACE-COMPLIANT COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120260082
    Abstract: A mechanism for allowing firmware in a UEFI-compliant device to implement the UEFI specification driver signing and Authenticated Variable elements while at the same time protecting the system security database holding the library of approved keys and lists of allowed and forbidden programs from unauthorized modifications is discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: INSYDE SOFTWARE CORP.
    Inventor: Jeffery Jay BOBZIN