Patents by Inventor Jianyun Fu

Jianyun Fu 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 apparatus for protecting digital content in a storage device
    Patent number: 9300479
    Abstract: Techniques for protecting digital content in a storage device from pirate and illegal use are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a method for protecting digital content stored in a storage device from illegally accessing by a host, comprises: exchanging data between the storage device and the host to achieve a mutual authentication between the storage device and the host; disabling an encryption/decryption module in the storage device to prohibit the host from reading out the digital content decrypted by the encryption/decryption module until the authentication of the storage device to the host passes; and disabling the host to prohibit the host from reading out the digital content decrypted by the encryption/decryption module if the authentication of the host to the storage device fails. Thereby, pirate and illegal use of the digital content stored in the storage device are effectively prevented or decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAGE MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jianjun Luo, Jianyun Fu, Danhua Lu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING DIGITAL CONTENT IN A STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130332735
    Abstract: Techniques for protecting digital content in a storage device from pirate and illegal use are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a method for protecting digital content stored in a storage device from illegally accessing by a host, comprises: exchanging data between the storage device and the host to achieve a mutual authentication between the storage device and the host; disabling an encryption/decryption module in the storage device to prohibit the host from reading out the digital content decrypted by the encryption/decryption module until the authentication of the storage device to the host passes; and disabling the host to prohibit the host from reading out the digital content decrypted by the encryption/decryption module if the authentication of the host to the storage device fails. Thereby, pirate and illegal use of the digital content stored in the storage device are effectively prevented or decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Jianjun Luo, Jianyun Fu, Danhua Lu