Patents by Inventor Matthew D. McClintock

Matthew D. McClintock 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).

  • Trust relationship management amongst racks in a data center
    Patent number: 9906370
    Abstract: A first management node of a first rack can be registered to a shared file storage system by establishing a mutual trust relationship between the first management node and the shared file storage system. The first management node can access a plurality of respective public keys and a plurality of respective certificates of authority that are stored in the shared file storage system and associated with a plurality of respective registered management nodes. The first management node can store a public key and a certificate of authority in the shared file storage system. The first management node can form mutual trust relationships with other registered management nodes. The first management node can validate authenticity of messages received from registered management nodes of the plurality of registered management nodes using a respective public key and a respective certificate of authority associated with a respective registered management node sending a message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay A. Apte, John Yow-Chun Chang, Ching-Yun Chao, Patrick L. Davis, Rohan Gandhi, Hugh E. Hockett, Yuhsuke Kaneyasu, Lewis Lo, Matthew D. McClintock, Scott C. Moonen, Ki H. Park, Ankit Patel, Kin Ueng, Iqbal M. Umair, Leonardo A. Uzcategui, Barbara J. Vander Weele
  • TRUST RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AMONGST RACKS IN A DATA CENTER
    Publication number: 20170141927
    Abstract: A first management node of a first rack can be registered to a shared file storage system by establishing a mutual trust relationship between the first management node and the shared file storage system. The first management node can access a plurality of respective public keys and a plurality of respective certificates of authority that are stored in the shared file storage system and associated with a plurality of respective registered management nodes. The first management node can store a public key and a certificate of authority in the shared file storage system. The first management node can form mutual trust relationships with other registered management nodes. The first management node can validate authenticity of messages received from registered management nodes of the plurality of registered management nodes using a respective public key and a respective certificate of authority associated with a respective registered management node sending a message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Ajay A. Apte, John Yow-Chun Chang, Ching-Yun Chao, Patrick L. Davis, Rohan Gandhi, Hugh E. Hockett, Yuhsuke Kaneyasu, Lewis Lo, Matthew D. McClintock, Scott C. Moonen, Ki H. Park, Ankit Patel, Kin Ueng, Iqbal M. Umair, Leonardo A. Uzcategui, Barbara J. Vander Weele