Patents by Inventor Lucia Elena Ballard

Lucia Elena Ballard 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).

  • System and method for file-level data protection
    Patent number: 8510552
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for encryption and key management. The method includes encrypting each file on a computing device with a unique file encryption key, encrypting each unique file encryption key with a corresponding class encryption key, and encrypting each class encryption key with an additional encryption key. Further disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for encrypting a credential key chain. The method includes encrypting each credential on a computing device with a unique credential encryption key, encrypting each unique credential encryption key with a corresponding credential class encryption key, and encrypting each class encryption key with an additional encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dallas Blake De Atley, Gordon Freedman, Thomas Brogan Duffy, Jr., John Andrew Wright, Vrajesh Rajesh Bhavsar, Lucia Elena Ballard, Michael Lambertus Hubertus Brouwer, Conrad Sauerwald, Mitchell David Adler, Eric Brandon Tamura, David Rahardja, Carsten Guenther
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILE-LEVEL DATA PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20110252234
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for encryption and key management. The method includes encrypting each file on a computing device with a unique file encryption key, encrypting each unique file encryption key with a corresponding class encryption key, and encrypting each class encryption key with an additional encryption key. Further disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for encrypting a credential key chain. The method includes encrypting each credential on a computing device with a unique credential encryption key, encrypting each unique credential encryption key with a corresponding credential class encryption key, and encrypting each class encryption key with an additional encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dallas Blake De Atley, Gordon Freedman, Thomas Brogan Duffy, JR., John Andrew Wright, Vrajesh Rajesh Bhavsar, Lucia Elena Ballard, Michael Lambertus Hubertus Brouwer, Conrad Sauerwald, Mitchell David Adler, Eric Brandon Tamura, David Rahardja, Carsten Guenther