Patents by Inventor Neal Shen

Neal Shen 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).

  • Out-of-band key splitting and key derivation
    Patent number: 11626977
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, via a first communication channel between a sending device and a recipient device, a first partial encryption key from the receiving device, receiving, via a second communication channel between the sending device and the recipient device, a second partial encryption key from the receiving device, wherein the second communication channel comprises a different communication medium than the first communication channel, generating a transport key based on the first partial encryption key and the second partial encryption key received via the first and second channels, and encrypting data based on the generated transport key and transmitting the encrypted data to the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Ismail Thanickel, Jonathan Burnham, Satyajit P. Patne, Neal Shen, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • OUT-OF-BAND KEY SPLITTING AND KEY DERIVATION
    Publication number: 20220173894
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, via a first communication channel between a sending device and a recipient device, a first partial encryption key from the receiving device, receiving, via a second communication channel between the sending device and the recipient device, a second partial encryption key from the receiving device, wherein the second communication channel comprises a different communication medium than the first communication channel, generating a transport key based on the first partial encryption key and the second partial encryption key received via the first and second channels, and encrypting data based on the generated transport key and transmitting the encrypted data to the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Ismail Thanickel, Jonathan Burnham, Satyajit P. Patne, Neal Shen, Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.