Patents by Inventor John William Drew

John William Drew 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).

  • Data transfer device library and key distribution
    Patent number: 8549297
    Abstract: A method of distributing a key to encrypt data for storing on a removable data storage item in a data transfer device library, the library comprising a controller having a key associated therewith and being connected to a plurality of data transfer devices each being operable to transfer data to a removable data storage item and having a key store, the method comprising: providing the key for the library to the controller; the controller providing the key to the key store of each data transfer device connected to the controller. A data transfer device library is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Topham, John William Drew, Duncan Mark Wakelin
  • DATA TRANSFER DEVICE LIBRARY AND KEY DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20130251153
    Abstract: A method of distributing a key to encrypt data for storing on a removable data storage item in a data transfer device library, the library comprising a controller having a key associated therewith and being connected to a plurality of data transfer devices each being operable to transfer data to a removable data storage item and having a key store, the method comprising: providing the key for the library to the controller; the controller providing the key to the key store of each data transfer device connected to the controller. A data transfer device library is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Topham, John William Drew, Duncan Mark Wakelin
  • Data transfer system encrypting data with information unique to a removable data storage item
    Patent number: 7818587
    Abstract: A data transfer system comprising a host device and a data transfer device. The host device generates an encryption key based upon information unique to a removable data storage item onto which data are to be stored. The encryption key is then delivered by the host device to the data transfer device. Data to be stored are encrypted by the data transfer device using the encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John William Drew, Liqun Chen, Jonathan Peter Buckingham