Patents by Inventor MIN-KWON KIM

MIN-KWON KIM 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).

  • Memory device which protects secure data, method of operating the memory device, and method of generating authentication information
    Patent number: 9258111
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the memory device includes a first memory area and a second memory area. The first memory area stores secure data. The first memory area is inaccessible by an external device. The second memory area is configured to store encrypted secure data. The second memory area is accessible by the external device, and the encrypted secure data is an encrypted version of the secure data in the first memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Bum Lee, Hyoung-Suk Jang, Min-Kwon Kim, Seok-Heon Lee
  • METHOD OF OBTAINING A MAIN KEY FROM A MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD OF GENERATING AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION FOR A MEMORY DEVICE, AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM ICLUDING THE EXTERNAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130156195
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining, at the external device, an encrypted main key and an encrypted first decryption key from the memory device. The encrypted first decryption key is an encrypted version of a first decryption key. The encrypted main key is an encrypted version of the main key. The external device is unable to read the main key from the memory device. The method further includes decrypting, at the external device, the encrypted first decryption key using a second decryption key to obtain the first decryption key; and decrypting, at the external device, the encrypted main key of the memory device using the first decryption key to obtain the main key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Jae-Bum LEE, Hyoung-Suk JANG, Min-Kwon KIM, Seok-Heon KIM
  • MEMORY DEVICE WHICH PROTECTS SECURE DATA, METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF GENERATING AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130159733
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the memory device includes a first memory area and a second memory area. The first memory area stores secure data. The first memory area is inaccessible by an external device. The second memory area is configured to store encrypted secure data. The second memory area is accessible by the external device, and the encrypted secure data is an encrypted version of the secure data in the first memory area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Jae-Bum LEE, Hyoung-Suk JANG, Min-Kwon KIM, Seok-Heon LEE
  • DATA STORAGE DEVICE STORING PARTITIONED FILE BETWEEN DIFFERENT STORAGE MEDIUMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20130151761
    Abstract: A data management method for a data storage device includes receiving a write request; partitioning the file into first and second portions; encrypting the first portion, and storing the encrypted first portion in a first storage medium and the second portion in a second storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MIN-KWON KIM, KI-WON LEE, SEOKHEON LEE, SEONGYONG LEE, JAE-BUM LEE