Patents by Inventor Michael Alfred Aday

Michael Alfred Aday 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).

  • Trusted data store for use in connection with trusted computer operating system
    Patent number: 7269702
    Abstract: A trusted data store is provided for use with a trusted element of a trusted operating system on a computing machine. In the trusted data store, a storage medium stores data in a pre-determined arrangement, where the data includes trusted data from the trusted element of the trusted operating system on the computing machine. An access controller writes data to and reads data from the storage medium, and a trust controller is interposed between the computing machine and the access controller. The trust controller allows only the trusted element to perform operations on the trusted data thereof on the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Mark Willman, Paul England, Keith Kaplan, Alan Stuart Geller, Brian A. LaMacchia, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Marcus Peinado, Michael Alfred Aday, Selena Wilson
  • Trusted data store for use in connection with trusted computer operating system
    Publication number: 20040250036
    Abstract: A trusted data store is provided for use with a trusted element of a trusted operating system on a computing machine. In the trusted data store, a storage medium stores data in a pre-determined arrangement, where the data includes trusted data from the trusted element of the trusted operating system on the computing machine. An access controller writes data to and reads data from the storage medium, and a trust controller is interposed between the computing machine and the access controller. The trust controller allows only the trusted element to perform operations on the trusted data thereof on the storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Bryan Mark Willman, Paul England, Keith Kaplan, Alan Stuart Geller, Brian A. LaMacchia, Blair Brewster Dillaway, Marcus Peinado, Michael Alfred Aday, Selena Wilson