Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Steele

Matthew A. Steele 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).

  • Managing client device credentials to facilitate secure computer system configuration
    Patent number: 10298574
    Abstract: A method includes a client device forming a link-layer protocol packet having a field that includes first credentials of the client device and sending the link-layer protocol packet to a directly attached network device while the client device is in a first configuration. The method further includes a management system obtaining the first credentials from the network device and using the first credentials to access the client device and change the client device from the first configuration to a second configuration. Optionally, a computer system may include a plurality of client devices that implement the method to facilitate securely configuring the entire computer system. Preferably, each client device generates system-unique first credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Jarrod B. Johnson, Matthew A. Steele, Andrew H. Wray
  • MANAGING CLIENT DEVICE CREDENTIALS TO FACILITATE SECURE COMPUTER SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20180054437
    Abstract: A method includes a client device forming a link-layer protocol packet having a field that includes first credentials of the client device and sending the link-layer protocol packet to a directly attached network device while the client device is in a first configuration. The method further includes a management system obtaining the first credentials from the network device and using the first credentials to access the client device and change the client device from the first configuration to a second configuration. Optionally, a computer system may include a plurality of client devices that implement the method to facilitate securely configuring the entire computer system. Preferably, each client device generates system-unique first credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Jarrod B. Johnson, Matthew A. Steele, Andrew H. Wray
  • Server inventory of non-electronic components
    Patent number: 9379781
    Abstract: A system contains one or more non-electronic components, each of which has a near field communication (NFC) identification chip attached thereon and/or associated therewith. A non-electronic component inventory controller identifies the non-electronic components in the system by interrogating the NFC identification chips with an NFC electromagnetic field that is emitted an NFC electromagnetic field emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jason A. Browne, Matthew A. Steele, Edward S. Suffern, Andrew H. Wray