Patents by Inventor Kevan O. Vanhoff

Kevan O. Vanhoff 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: 11985112
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transmitting a secure message over a public or untrusted network. The techniques include receiving a message and creating multiple hash values of the message. A sending device signs and encrypts the message and hash values, then encapsulates and transmits to the message and hash values a security server. The security server receives and de-encapsulates the message and hash values, decrypts the message and hash values, and verifies the signature. The security server verifies the hash values and determines whether any changes were made to the message during transmission. If verified, the security server processes the message for transmission to the recipient. The security server creates multiple hash values of the original message, signs and encrypts the message and the hash values, encapsulates the message and hash values and transmits to a recipient device for further verification and presentation to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kapp, Jibu Abraham, Kevan O. Vanhoff
  • Patent number: 11436351
    Abstract: A process for securely processing a search query for homomorphically encrypted search results is provided. The process includes receiving a search query from a requesting device, the search query including a request for encrypted data stored in a data store operably coupled to the one or more processors. The process further includes executing a search function to access a set of search results from the data store, the search results including homomorphically encrypted information, and determining, based upon the search query, a transmission encryption technique for secure transmission of the search results to the requesting device. The search results can be additionally encrypted using the transmission encryption technique to generate an additionally encrypted search response that includes the homomorphically encrypted information. The process can further include causing transmission of the additionally encrypted search response to the requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Jibu Abraham, Kevan O. Vanhoff, Benjamin Kapp
  • Patent number: 11005828
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for securing data stored on a minimally trusted third-party data store. The techniques include directing all messages for storing data and retrieving stored data through a security server. The security server can be configured to receive encrypted data for storage at a remote data store, decrypt the encrypted data, generate index information for the decrypted data, encrypt the index information, encrypt the decrypted data to produce re-encrypted data, digitally sign the re-encrypted data, and cause transmission of the re-encrypted data and the encrypted index information to the remote data store. To access stored data, the security server can be configured to receive a query for stored data, encrypt the query, cause transmission of the encrypted query to the remote data store, receive a copy of the stored data, process the copy of the stored data, and cause transmission of the stored data to the requesting computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kapp, Jibu Abraham, Kevan O. Vanhoff
  • Publication number: 20200195617
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transmitting a secure message over a public or untrusted network. The techniques include receiving a message and creating multiple hash values of the message. A sending device signs and encrypts the message and hash values, then encapsulates and transmits to the message and hash values a security server. The security server receives and de-encapsulates the message and hash values, decrypts the message and hash values, and verifies the signature. The security server verifies the hash values and determines whether any changes were made to the message during transmission. If verified, the security server processes the message for transmission to the recipient. The security server creates multiple hash values of the original message, signs and encrypts the message and the hash values, encapsulates the message and hash values and transmits to a recipient device for further verification and presentation to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kapp, Jibu Abraham, Kevan O. Vanhoff