Patents by Inventor Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond

Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond 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).

  • Patent number: 9811646
    Abstract: A method, a secure device and a computer program product for securely managing files. The method includes providing a secure device, where the secure device is protected by design against malicious software or malware and adapted to establish a connection to a server via a host, the host connected to the server through a telecommunication network, upon receiving a request for using a file stored on the secure device, processing the request at the secure device according to an updated use permission associated to the file, where the updated use permission is obtained by instructing at the secure device to establish a connection between the secure device and the server via the host and updating at the device the use permission associated to the file, according to permission data sent from the server through the established connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Harold D Dykeman, Reto J Hermann, Frank Hoering, Michael P Kuyper-Hammond, Diego Alejandro Ortiz-Yepes, Thomas D Weigold
  • Patent number: 9760729
    Abstract: A method, a secure device, a system and a computer program product for securely managing user access to a file system. The method includes providing a secure device, where the secure device is protected by design against malicious software or malware and adapted to establish a connection to a server through a telecommunication network establishing a connection between the secure device and the server, receiving at the secure device, through the established connection, data pertaining to a file system identifying files which are at least partly stored outside the secure device, exposing at the secure device the file system to a user, based on the data received from the server, the file system navigable by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Harold D Dykeman, Reto J Hermann, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P Kuyper-Hammond, Michael C Osborne, Thomas D Weigold
  • Patent number: 9313201
    Abstract: A system and method of performing electronic transactions between a server computer and a client computer. The method implements a communication protocol with encrypted data transmission and mutual authentication between a server and a hardware device via a network, performs a decryption of encrypted server responses, forwards the decrypted server responses from the hardware device to the client computer, displays the decrypted server responses on a client display, receives requests to be sent from the client computer to the server, parses the client requests for predefined transaction information by the hardware device, encrypts and forwards client requests, displays the predefined transaction information upon detection, forwards and encrypts the client request containing the predefined transaction information to the server if a user confirmation is received, and cancels the transaction if no user confirmation is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Reto Hermann, Thorsten Kramp, Thomas D. Weigold, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Tamas Visegrady, Frank Hoering, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond
  • Patent number: 9256442
    Abstract: A user trusted device and a software update method for updating the device. The device includes: a connection interface enabling connection with a host computer; a persistent memory storing a boot enabling data structure and a network updater, wherein: the network updater is configured to interact with firmware of the host computer to initiate communication over a network; and the boot enabling data structure: is detectable by the firmware upon connection of the user trusted device with the host computer; is such that host computer can boot from the user trusted device, as per the data structure of the boot enabling data structure; and includes instructions for the firmware to initiate a transfer of the network updater on the host computer for subsequent execution, upon the host computer booting from the user trusted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gschwind, Frank Hoering, Michael P Kuyper-Hammond
  • Patent number: 9218086
    Abstract: A mobile touch-generating device includes logic; a touch-generating system, including one or more touch-generating elements, operatively coupled to the logic and configured to generate touch events detectable by a touchscreen, via the elements; a network connectivity device operatively coupled to the logic to establish a secure connection with a server via a telecommunication network and receive data through an established secure connection; and a visualization device connectable to the logic to display contents according to data received through the established secure connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Publication number: 20150286837
    Abstract: “A method, a secure device, a system and a computer program product for securely managing user access to a file system. The method includes providing a secure device, where the secure device is protected by design against malicious software or malware and adapted to establish a connection to a server through a telecommunication network establishing a connection between the secure device and the server, receiving at the secure device, through the established connection, data pertaining to a file system identifying files which are at least partly stored outside the secure device, exposing at the secure device the file system to a user, based on the data received from the server, the file system navigable by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Harold D. Dykeman, Reto J. Hermann, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Michael C. Osborne, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Patent number: 9152815
    Abstract: A method, a secure device, a system and a computer program product for securely managing user access to a file system. The method includes providing a secure device, where the secure device is protected by design against malicious software or malware and adapted to establish a connection to a server through a telecommunication network establishing a connection between the secure device and the server, receiving at the secure device, through the established connection, data pertaining to a file system identifying files which are at least partly stored outside the secure device, exposing at the secure device the file system to a user, based on the data received from the server, the file system navigable by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Harold D. Dykeman, Reto J. Hermann, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Michael C. Osborne, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Publication number: 20150248283
    Abstract: A user trusted device and a software update method for updating the device. The device includes: a connection interface enabling connection with a host computer; a persistent memory storing a boot enabling data structure and a network updater, wherein: the network updater is configured to interact with firmware of the host computer to initiate communication over a network; and the boot enabling data structure: is detectable by the firmware upon connection of the user trusted device with the host computer; is such that host computer can boot from the user trusted device, as per the data structure of the boot enabling data structure; and includes instructions for the firmware to initiate a transfer of the network updater on the host computer for subsequent execution, upon the host computer booting from the user trusted device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gschwind, Frank Hoering, Michael P Kuyper-Hammond
  • Patent number: 8938784
    Abstract: An authorization device for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from user computers via a data communications network includes a computer interface configured to connect to a local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network, a user interface configured to present information to a user, and control logic. The control logic is adapted to use security data accessible to the control logic to establish, via the local user computer, a mutually-authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a different connection to the server and requiring authorization by the user; and present the information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Reto J. Hermann, Frank Hoering, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Patent number: 8856919
    Abstract: An authorization device for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from user computers via a data communications network includes a computer interface configured to connect to a local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network, a user interface configured to present information to a user, and control logic. The control logic is adapted to use security data accessible to the control logic to establish, via the local user computer, a mutually-authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a different connection to the server and requiring authorization by the user; and present the information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Reto J. Hermann, Frank Hoering, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Publication number: 20140109212
    Abstract: An authorization device for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from user computers via a data communications network includes a computer interface configured to connect to a local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network, a user interface configured to present information to a user, and control logic. The control logic is adapted to use security data accessible to the control logic to establish, via the local user computer, a mutually-authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a different connection to the server and requiring authorization by the user; and present the information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Reto J. Hermann, Frank Hoering, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Patent number: 8640255
    Abstract: An authorization device for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from user computers via a data communications network includes a computer interface configured to connect to a local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network, a user interface configured to present information to a user, and control logic. The control logic is adapted to use security data accessible to the control logic to establish, via the local user computer, a mutually-authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a different connection to the server and requiring authorization by the user; and present the information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Reto J. Hermann, Frank Hoering, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Publication number: 20130282762
    Abstract: A method, a secure device, a system and a computer program product for securely managing user access to a file system. The method includes providing a secure device, where the secure device is protected by design against malicious software or malware and adapted to establish a connection to a server through a telecommunication network establishing a connection between the secure device and the server, receiving at the secure device, through the established connection, data pertaining to a file system identifying files which are at least partly stored outside the secure device, exposing at the secure device the file system to a user, based on the data received from the server, the file system navigable by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Harold D. Dykeman, Reto J. Hermann, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Michael C. Osborne, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Publication number: 20130232584
    Abstract: A method, a secure device and a computer program product for securely managing files. The method includes providing a secure device, where the secure device is protected by design against malicious software or malware and adapted to establish a connection to a server via a host, the host connected to the server through a telecommunication network, upon receiving a request for using a file stored on the secure device, processing the request at the secure device according to an updated use permission associated to the file, where the updated use permission is obtained by instructing at the secure device to establish a connection between the secure device and the server via the host and updating at the device the use permission associated to the file, according to permission data sent from the server through the established connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Harold D Dykeman, Reto J Hermann, Frank Hoering, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Diego Alejandro Ortiz-Yepes, Thomas D Weigold
  • Publication number: 20120291105
    Abstract: An authorization device for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from user computers via a data communications network includes a computer interface configured to connect to a local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network, a user interface configured to present information to a user, and control logic. The control logic is adapted to use security data accessible to the control logic to establish, via the local user computer, a mutually-authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a different connection to the server and requiring authorization by the user; and present the information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Reto J. Hermann, Frank Hoering, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Patent number: 8175979
    Abstract: A method for conducting transactions, includes: encoding concatenated transaction information at a cash point; sending the encoded concatenated transaction information from the cash point to a mobile device; receiving verification information from the mobile device formed in response to the encoded concatenated transaction information; confirming the received verification information; completing a transaction in the event of successfully confirming the received verification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond
  • Publication number: 20110173448
    Abstract: An authorization device for authorizing operations of a remote server requested from user computers via a data communications network includes a computer interface configured to connect to a local user computer for facilitating communication with the remote server via a data communications network, a user interface configured to present information to a user, and control logic. The control logic is adapted to use security data accessible to the control logic to establish, via the local user computer, a mutually-authenticated connection for encrypted end-to-end communications with the server; collect from the server, via the connection, information indicative of any operation requested via a different connection to the server and requiring authorization by the user; and present the information to the user via the user interface to prompt for authorization of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Thomas Eirich, Reto J. Hermann, Frank Hoering, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond, Thomas D. Weigold
  • Publication number: 20090254485
    Abstract: A method for conducting transactions, includes: encoding concatenated transaction information at a cash point; sending the encoded concatenated transaction information from the cash point to a mobile device; receiving verification information from the mobile device formed in response to the encoded concatenated transaction information; confirming the received verification information; completing a transaction in the event of successfully confirming the received verification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Thorsten Kramp, Michael P. Kuyper-Hammond