Patents by Inventor Jody R. Coleman

Jody R. Coleman 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).

  • System and method for booting processors with encrypted boot image
    Patent number: 11423150
    Abstract: The concepts, systems and methods described herein are directed towards a method for secure booting. The method is provided to including: loading and executing a firmware in a Management Engine (ME) of a system; establishing, by the ME, a communication channel to a security device; receiving, by the ME, an encrypted boot image from the security device; decrypting, by the ME, the encrypted boot image; storing, by the ME, the decrypted boot image in a secured storage medium; and resetting the system using the decrypted boot image in the secured storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Matthew C. Areno, Jody R. Coleman, Daniel Adams
  • System validation by hardware root of trust (HRoT) device and system management mode (SMM)
    Patent number: 11379588
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for assessment and verification of processor configuration and settings using System Management Mode (SMM) in conjunction with a hardware root of trust (HRoT). A method may include receiving custom boot codes from a security device, the custom boot codes configured to install a security module to process a periodic System Management Interrupt (SMI), configure the periodic SMI for initiation, and configure at least one configuration register for validation in response to execution of the security module. The method may also include responsive to initiation of the configured periodic SMI, validating, using the security device, the at least one configuration register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Trevor B. Hird, Jody R. Coleman, Amiel DeVoursney
  • SYSTEM VALIDATION BY HARDWARE ROOT OF TRUST (HROT) DEVICE AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE (SMM)
    Publication number: 20210192050
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for assessment and verification of processor configuration and settings using System Management Mode (SMM) in conjunction with a hardware root of trust (HRoT). A method may include receiving custom boot codes from a security device, the custom boot codes configured to install a security module to process a periodic System Management Interrupt (SMI), configure the periodic SMI for initiation, and configure at least one configuration register for validation in response to execution of the security module. The method may also include responsive to initiation of the configured periodic SMI, validating, using the security device, the at least one configuration register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Trevor B. Hird, Jody R. Coleman, Amiel DeVoursney
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOOTING PROCESSORS WITH ENCRYPTED BOOT IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200082092
    Abstract: The concepts, systems and methods described herein are directed towards a method for secure booting. The method is provided to including: loading and executing a firmware in a Management Engine (ME) of a system; establishing, by the ME, a communication channel to a security device; receiving, by the ME, an encrypted boot image from the security device; decrypting, by the ME, the encrypted boot image; storing, by the ME, the decrypted boot image in a secured storage medium; and resetting the system using the decrypted boot image in the secured storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Matthew C. Areno, Jody R. Coleman, Daniel Adams