Patents by Inventor John H. Gerdes, Jr.

John H. Gerdes, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 8468355
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for creating a veiled certificate is provided. The method comprises requesting a certificate from a regulator by sending a message with a digital signature of the message signed by the owner. The message comprises an owner's veiled certificate token, the veiled certificate token comprising an encrypted version of the owner's identification data and the owner's identification public key for the certificate. The message further comprises the identification public key, the whole message being encrypted using the regulator's external public key. The certificate request is validated by verifying the sender's identity through validation of the digital signature using the owner's external public key and verifying the veiled certificate token using the individual' external public key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: John H. Gerdes, Jr., Joakim Kalvenes, Chin-Tser Huang
  • Publication number: 20100185864
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for creating a veiled certificate is provided. The method comprises requesting a certificate from a regulator by sending a message with a digital signature of the message signed by the owner. The message comprises an owner's veiled certificate token, the veiled certificate token comprising an encrypted version of the owner's identification data and the owner's identification public key for the certificate. The message further comprises the identification public key, the whole message being encrypted using the regulator's external public key. The certificate request is validated by verifying the sender's identity through validation of the digital signature using the owner's external public key and verifying the veiled certificate token using the individual' external public key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    Inventors: John H. Gerdes, JR., Joakim Kalvenes, Chin-Tser Huang
  • Patent number: 4344819
    Abstract: Instruments measure and periodically store coke vertical temperature profile data sets at multiple coke guide levels within expected level range. Computer detects highest level in each data set above a reference temperature and terminal plots coke level as a function thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
    Inventor: John H. Gerdes, Jr.