Patents by Inventor Michael Kendon

Michael Kendon 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).

  • Portable storage device for storing and accessing personal data
    Patent number: 7797546
    Abstract: A method of securely storing and accessing personal data (26) relating to an individual (28), said personal data constituting a personal data record, is described. The method comprises: coupling a portable data storage device (42) to a computing device (12) for data transfer between them, the storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record (38) and a decryption means (40) for decrypting the personal data record upon provision of a key (36) not stored on the storage device (42); accessing the personal data record on the storage device (42) and running the decryption means (40) on the computing device (12) to decrypt the personal data record upon input of the key (36) to the computing device; and displaying the decrypted personal data (26) by means of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Liberate Software Limited
    Inventor: Michael Kendon
  • Portable storage device for storing and accessing personal data
    Publication number: 20050055560
    Abstract: A method of securely storing and accessing personal data (26) relating to an individual (28), said personal data constituting a personal data record, is described. The method comprises: coupling a portable data storage device (42) to a computing device (12) for data transfer between them, the storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record (38) and a decryption means (40) for decrypting the personal data record upon provision of a key (36) not stored on the storage device (42); accessing the personal data record on the storage device (42) and running the decryption means (40) on the computing device (12) to decrypt the personal data record upon input of the key (36) to the computing device; and displaying the decrypted personal data (26) by means of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventor: Michael Kendon