Patents by Inventor Ming Chee Tsang

Ming Chee Tsang 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: 11722317
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises sending, to a first device, a request for a signed certificate, the request for the signed certificate comprising a signed hash of data associated with a user, a corresponding public key of the user, and the data associated with the user; sending, to a second device different from the first device, a request for the signed certificate, the request comprising information to retrieve the signed certificate; and obtaining, from the second device, a signed certificate, the signed certificate comprising the public key of the user, the hash of the data associated with the user, and information indicating a health status of the user, the data associated with the user being absent from the signed certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Barrett, James Robert Alfred, Ming Chee Tsang, Michael Peter Montemurro, Adam Richard Schieman, Neil Patrick Adams, Robert Joseph Lombardi
  • Publication number: 20220200810
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises sending, to a first device, a request for a signed certificate, the request for the signed certificate comprising a signed hash of data associated with a user, a corresponding public key of the user, and the data associated with the user; sending, to a second device different from the first device, a request for the signed certificate, the request comprising information to retrieve the signed certificate; and obtaining, from the second device, a signed certificate, the signed certificate comprising the public key of the user, the hash of the data associated with the user, and information indicating a health status of the user, the data associated with the user being absent from the signed certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John BARRETT, James Robert ALFRED, Ming Chee TSANG, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Adam Richard SCHIEMAN, Neil Patrick ADAMS, Robert Joseph LOMBARDI
  • Publication number: 20220198344
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises obtaining data associated with an event ticket and data associated with a digital health certificate of a user; generating a scannable code that includes the data associated with the event ticket and the data associated with the digital health certificate of the user, the scannable code configured to be scanned by a relying party device and causing the relying party device to display at least a notification indicating a ticket status and information associated with the user; and provide the scannable code to memory of a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John BARRETT, James Robert ALFRED, Ming Chee TSANG, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Adam Richard SCHIEMAN, Neil Patrick ADAMS
  • Patent number: 10965450
    Abstract: A system and method for securing communication across an in-vehicle bus, includes establishing a connection between a gateway in a vehicle and the in-vehicle bus; generating a session key at the gateway within the vehicle; transmitting a public key certificate and ephemeral key to the gateway and an electronic control unit of the vehicle; generating a shared secret at the gateway and the electronic control unit, respectively; encrypting the session key with the shared secret at the gateway; receiving the encrypted session key through the in-vehicle bus at the electronic control unit; and decrypting the encrypted session key based on the shared secret generated at the electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: James Robert Alfred, Sergei Sidorov, Ming Chee Tsang, Scott Lee Linke
  • Publication number: 20190268763
    Abstract: A system and method for securing communication across an in-vehicle bus, includes establishing a connection between a gateway in a vehicle and the in-vehicle bus; generating a session key at the gateway within the vehicle; transmitting a public key certificate and ephemeral key to the gateway and an electronic control unit of the vehicle; generating a shared secret at the gateway and the electronic control unit, respectively; encrypting the session key with the shared secret at the gateway; receiving the encrypted session key through the in-vehicle bus at the electronic control unit; and decrypting the encrypted session key based on the shared secret generated at the electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: James Robert Alfred, Sergei Sidorov, Ming Chee Tsang, Scott Lee Linke
  • Patent number: 10285051
    Abstract: A system and method for securing communication across an in-vehicle bus, includes establishing a connection between a gateway in a vehicle and the in-vehicle bus; generating a session key at the gateway within the vehicle; transmitting a public key certificate and ephemeral key to the gateway and an electronic control unit of the vehicle; generating a shared secret at the gateway and the electronic control unit, respectively; encrypting the session key with the shared secret at the gateway; receiving the encrypted session key through the in-vehicle bus at the electronic control unit; and decrypting the encrypted session key based on the shared secret generated at the electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: 2236008 Ontario Inc., Certicom Corp.
    Inventors: James Robert Alfred, Sergei Sidorov, Ming Chee Tsang, Scott Lee Linke
  • Publication number: 20180084412
    Abstract: A system and method for securing communication across an in-vehicle bus, includes establishing a connection between a gateway in a vehicle and the in-vehicle bus; generating a session key at the gateway within the vehicle; transmitting a public key certificate and ephemeral key to the gateway and an electronic control unit of the vehicle; generating a shared secret at the gateway and the electronic control unit, respectively; encrypting the session key with the shared secret at the gateway; receiving the encrypted session key through the in-vehicle bus at the electronic control unit; and decrypting the encrypted session key based on the shared secret generated at the electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: James Robert Alfred, Sergei Sidorov, Ming Chee Tsang, Scott Lee Linke
  • Patent number: 9917693
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide security assurance information. In some aspects, a certificate request for a client process on a mobile device is received. A security assurance character for the client process is determined. Whether to grant the certificate request is determined based on the determined security assurance character. In response to determining to grant the certificate request, a certificate is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.
    Inventors: Roger Paul Bowman, Catalin Visinescu, Ming Chee Tsang, Daniel Richard L. Brown, Ravi Singh, Thomas Stiemerling
  • Publication number: 20170118014
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to provide security assurance information. In some aspects, a certificate request for a client process on a mobile device is received. A security assurance character for the client process is determined. Whether to grant the certificate request is determined based on the determined security assurance character. In response to determining to grant the certificate request, a certificate is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: Certicom Corp., BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Roger Paul Bowman, Catalin Visinescu, Ming Chee Tsang, Daniel Richard L. Brown, Ravi Singh, Thomas Stiemerling