Patents by Inventor John J. Fitton

John J. Fitton 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 for providing high assurance integrity of installed software images in a software defined radio
    Patent number: 8615665
    Abstract: Method for rapidly booting two or more computer processors (32, 28, 58-1, 58-2, 36-1, 36-2) in a device (200) designed for communicating sensitive or classified information. The method includes verifying an absence of any modification of a software image for each computer processor relative to an original authentic version of the image for the computer processor. The verifying step can include calculating an integrity check value which is uniquely determined by a combination of the original authentic version of the software image and a first random number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Fitton
  • Method for Providing High Assurance Integrity of Installed Software Images in a Software Defined Radio
    Publication number: 20080184038
    Abstract: Method for rapidly booting two or more computer processors (32, 28, 58-1, 58-2, 36-1, 38-2) in a device (200) designed for communicating sensitive or classified Information. The method includes verifying an absence of any modification of a software image for each computer processor relative to an original authentic version of the image for the computer processor The verifying step can include calculating an integrity check value which is uniquely determined by a combination of the original authentic version of the software image and a first random number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: John J. Fitton