Patents by Inventor Joseph T. Foley

Joseph T. Foley 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).

  • Enhanced security protocol for radio frequency systems
    Patent number: 8384546
    Abstract: This invention relates to security protocols for RFID systems. Systems and methods are presented to protect the system from hackers attempting to compromise the RFID system. Also, methods and systems for improving RFID security are disclosed. The systems utilize mechanisms to determine the authenticity of the RFID tags used in such systems. The systems and methods also reduce unauthorized access to the RFID system. A system and method to make tags more difficult to compromise or counterfeit is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joseph T. Foley, Sanjay Sarma, Stephen A. Weis
  • Object name system
    Patent number: 7765253
    Abstract: An object name system (ONS) for locating one or more servers associated with an Electronic Product Code (EPC) is described. The system utilizes translation format strings to translate an EPC to an EPC domain prefix. The ONS server matches the EPC number to the address of a second server which has extensive information about the product. The second server recognizes the incoming EPC's as belonging to a particular object or service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sanjay Sarma, Daniel W. Engels, Erik L. Nygren, Joseph T. Foley, David L. Brock, Kai-Yeung Sai
  • Enhanced Security Protocol For Radio Frepuency Systems
    Publication number: 20080297354
    Abstract: This invention relates to security protocols for RFID systems. Systems and methods are presented to protect the system from hackers attempting to compromise the RFID system. Also, methods and systems for improving RFID security are disclosed. The systems utilize mechanisms to determine the authenticity of the RFID tags used in such systems. The systems and methods also reduce unauthorized access to the RFID system. A system and method to make tags more difficult to compromise or counterfeit is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph T. Foley, Sanjay Sarma, Stephen A. Weis
  • Ashtray
    Patent number: 4148618
    Abstract: An ashtray having a top upon which lit cigarettes or the like may be rested and having a plurality of holes therethrough through which smoke from the cigarette may be drawn downwardly through odor-treating material. The holes in the top are such as to permit the smoke-entraining downward flow of air therethrough while yet substantially preventing the passage of cigarette ashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: Smoketray, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Christenson, Frank A. Freeman, Joseph T. Foley