Patents by Inventor Kent Loving

Kent Loving 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).

  • Security certificate management
    Patent number: 7827400
    Abstract: A system and method for establishing a mutually authenticated secure link between a mobile platform system and a remote system is provided. An onboard computer system (OCS) generates a dynamic certificate and digitally signs the dynamic certificate with a static certificate. The dynamic certificate is transmitted to a remote central computer system (CCS). The CCS verifies that the dynamic certificate is from a trusted source and sends a return dynamic certificate electronically signed with the static certificate to the OCS. The OCS verifies the return dynamic certificate is from the CCS, thereby establishing a mutually authenticated secure link between the OCS and the CCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David L Allen, David E Savage, Kent Loving, Bruce Pollock, John M Cloutier, Denise M Smith
  • Multi-network aircraft communication systems and methods
    Patent number: 7519014
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-network aircraft communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication system includes a communications module executing in an onboard computer in an aircraft. Applications executing on the onboard computer generate messages, which the communications module transmits over one of a plurality of broadcast networks including ACARS and IP based systems. The communications module selects which of the broadcast networks will carry a message according to a configuration file associated with the generating application. Messages may have a priority associated therewith, with low priority messages being stored and transmitted upon availability if a preferred broadcast network is unavailable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David L. Allen, Mary Ann T. Nakasone, Edward J. Porisch, Kent Loving, Bruce K. Pollock
  • Multi-network aircraft communication systems and methods
    Publication number: 20070140152
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-network aircraft communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication system includes a communications module executing in an onboard computer in an aircraft. Applications executing on the onboard computer generate messages, which the communications module transmits over one of a plurality of broadcast networks including ACARS and IP based systems. The communications module selects which of the broadcast networks will carry a message according to a configuration file associated with the generating application. Messages may have a priority associated therewith, with low priority messages being stored and transmitted upon availability if a preferred broadcast network is unavailable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David Allen, Mary Nakasone, Edward Porisch, Kent Loving, Bruce Pollock
  • Security certificate management
    Publication number: 20070028095
    Abstract: A system and method for establishing a mutually authenticated secure link between a mobile platform system and a remote system is provided. An onboard computer system (OCS) generates a dynamic certificate and digitally signs the dynamic certificate with a static certificate. The dynamic certificate is transmitted to a remote central computer system (CCS). The CCS verifies that the dynamic certificate is from a trusted source and sends a return dynamic certificate electronically signed with the static certificate to the OCS. The OCS verifies the return dynamic certificate is from the CCS, thereby establishing a mutually authenticated secure link between the OCS and the CCS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: David Allen, David Savage, Kent Loving, Bruce Pollock, John Cloutier, Denise Smith