Patents by Inventor Nikhil Swarnakumar

Nikhil Swarnakumar 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).

  • Chassis internal device security
    Patent number: 11068598
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for verifying, by a mask ROM of a CPU of a first computing device and with fused keys included by the CPU, a boot loader that is included by a flash memory of the first computing device, in response to verifying the boot loader, verifying, by the boot loader and with boot loader keys included by the flash memory, a kernel included by the a memory device of the first computing device, in response to verifying the kernel, decrypting, by the kernel using a hidden root key (HRK) included by the CPU of the first computing device, a device unique certification (DUC) included by the flash memory, in response to decrypting the DUC, generating, by the first computing device, a proof-of-possession of the DUC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Emery Brown, Josh M. Pennell, Jacob R. Hutcheson, Marshal F. Savage, Nikhil Swarnakumar, Rhushabh Bhandari
  • CHASSIS INTERNAL DEVICE SECURITY
    Publication number: 20200143059
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for verifying, by a mask ROM of a CPU of a first computing device and with fused keys included by the CPU, a boot loader that is included by a flash memory of the first computing device, in response to verifying the boot loader, verifying, by the boot loader and with boot loader keys included by the flash memory, a kernel included by the a memory device of the first computing device, in response to verifying the kernel, decrypting, by the kernel using a hidden root key (HRK) included by the CPU of the first computing device, a device unique certification (DUC) included by the flash memory, in response to decrypting the DUC, generating, by the first computing device, a proof-of-possession of the DUC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Emery Brown, Josh M. Pennell, Jacob R. Hutcheson, Marshal F. Savage, Nikhil Swarnakumar, Rhushabh Bhandari