Patents by Inventor Philip Michael

Philip Michael 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).

  • Network helper for authentication between a token and verifiers
    Patent number: 8595501
    Abstract: A network helper is provided that assists verifiers in executing a puzzle-based protocol for authentication of a token. A token stores a secret key and one or more puzzle-generating algorithms. The helper stores a plurality of puzzles associated with a particular token. When requested to do so by a verifier, the helper provides a plurality of pseudorandomly selected puzzles for the token to a verifier. The puzzles are encoded with information that is used between the verifier and token to establish a secured symmetric key. The verifier selects one or a few of the encoded puzzles and breaks them by a brute force attack. Because the helper does not know which puzzles have been selected, it has to break all puzzles to attempt to figure out the symmetric key. However, if a large number of puzzles are utilized, say millions, then breaking all of them becomes a computationally prohibitive task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Gordon Rose, Alexander Gantman, Miriam Wiggers De Vries, Michael Paddon, Philip Michael Hawkes
  • Patient interface systems
    Patent number: 8573201
    Abstract: A headgear for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes at least a strap (741) adapted to position the patient interface in sealing engagement with the patient's airways. The strap is constructed from an elastomer and a first side of the strap includes a first region (215) on a portion of its surface that is textured to reduce friction with objects contacting the strap. A textured surface coating for a portion of an elastomer strap included in a headgear system is adapted to contact the skin of a patient, when in use, and the coating has a Ra value greater than zero. A vent (500) for use with a patient interface for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes a plurality of rises (580) and runs (570) in a stepped arrangement; and a plurality of holes (510) in the stepped arrangement for the venting of gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Gerard Michael Rummery, Robert Edward Henry, Phoebe Katherine Hill, Andrew Hurst, Philip Michael Nurse
  • Hydrogen production
    Patent number: 8574422
    Abstract: A process and apparatus are provided for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon fuel by combining the fuel with a gas comprising both oxygen and steam, and passing the resulting mixture through a plasma generated by a microwave plasma generator between opposed electrodes. At least one of the electrodes defines a duct for outflow of gaseous material from the vicinity of the plasma, and the gas mixture emerging from the outflow duct contains hydrogen. The fuel undergoes partial oxidation and steam reforming, the reactions being initiated by the plasma rather than by a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Qinetiq Limited
    Inventors: Philip Michael Beech, Stuart Leigh Jones, James Timothy Shawcross
  • METHODS, APPARATUSES AND ARTICLES FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHORIZING LOCATION SERVERS AND LOCATION SERVICES USING A PROXY LOCATION SERVER
    Publication number: 20130283352
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to allow a mobile device to obtain certain location service(s) and/or the like from one or more computing devices that have been authorized for use. For example, in certain implementations, a location server may comprise a proxy location server for an authorizing location server and may indicate one or more other location servers as being authorized for location service related access by a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, Andreas Klaus Wachter, Philip Michael Hawkes
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING LINK SETUP AND AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20130263223
    Abstract: Systems and methods of performing link setup and authentication are disclosed. A first method utilizes an unprotected association request and an association response that includes an access point nonce (ANonce). A second method includes receiving, during a first link setup using a first ANonce, a second ANonce for use in a second link setup. A third method utilizes a temporary key to protect an association request. A fourth method includes generating an ANonce at a mobile device based on an ANonce-seed received from an access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Cherian, Philip Michael Hawkes, Santosh Paul Abraham, Hemanth Sampath
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING EXCHANGES WITH A SET OF SHARED EPHEMERAL KEY DATA
    Publication number: 20130243194
    Abstract: A method includes generating a shared master secret. The method also includes generating a set of shared ephemeral key data. The set of shared ephemeral key data is generated independent of the shared master secret. A validity duration of the set of shared ephemeral key data is less than a validity duration of the shared master secret. The method further includes encrypting at least one message that is to be transmitted to at least one station based on at least the shared master secret and the set of shared ephemeral key data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip Michael Hawkes, George Cherian
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING CONCURRENT RE-AUTHENTICATION AND CONNECTION SETUP
    Publication number: 20130247150
    Abstract: A method includes generating at least one of a re-authorization request or a re-authentication with an extensible authentication protocol. The method also includes generating an upper layer message. The method further includes bundling the upper layer message and the least one of the re-authorization request or the re-authentication request as an association request. The method further includes transmitting the association request to an access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Cherian, Philip Michael Hawkes, Jouni Malinen, Santosh Paul Abraham, Anand Palanigounder, Maarten Menzo Wentink
  • Folded flex assembly for personal media device
    Patent number: 8532722
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for media devices including a housing, a frame disposed adjacent to the housing, a support panel that is integrated with the frame, and a flexible circuit that is disposed adjacent to the support panel such that the support panel provides support for the flexible circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Tang Yew Tan, Erik Wang, Philip Michael Hobson
  • ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20130232087
    Abstract: An electronic registration system which facilitates authorized product returns and reduces the incidence of improper returns. A retailer sales associate is prompted to enter individual product identification information such as an individual serial number. This individual product identification information is then stored in a data base along with the date on which the product was sold and an appropriate UPC code, SKU number or manufacturer code. A check digit algorithm may be used to verify the serial number prior to storage. A sales receipt may be imprinted with at least the date of the transaction and the serial number. When a product is returned, the retailer may cross-reference the serial number on the product with that on the receipt to verify the sales receipt. Otherwise, the database may be searched for pertinent sales information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nintendo of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Michael ROGERS, Peter Joseph JUNGER
  • VERIFYING GENERIC BROADCAST OF LOCATION ASSISTANCE DATA
    Publication number: 20130223626
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided for Location Services (LCS) Assistance Data broadcast, for example for implementation in LTE and LTE-A systems. The embodiments described herein may use the LPP/LPPe positioning protocol, by making use of existing unsolicited Provide Assistance Data (PAD) messages. Embodiments avoid the need to define and implement a separate broadcast Assistance Data protocol. Additional exemplary embodiments for scheduling and verifying of the broadcast Assistance Data messages are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William EDGE, Sven Fischer, Philip Michael Hawkes
  • AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130217359
    Abstract: A method of automatically configuring a wireless device includes receiving programming credentials from a server at a programming module and authenticating the wireless device based on the programming credentials. The method includes programming the wireless device with access credentials of an access point of a network to enable the wireless device to communicate, via the access point, with one or more devices outside of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: George Cherian, Mahesh D. Iyer, Santosh Paul Abraham, Philip Michael Hawkes
  • Relief slot for combustion liner
    Patent number: 8511089
    Abstract: A combustion liner has an aft seal ring defines a relief slot in a wall of the combustion liner. The relief slot defined in the wall includes a first slot portion extending from a first end of the wall to a termination point. An arcuate slot portion intersects the termination point of the first slot portion, and a generally circular aperture is defined in the wall at each end of the arcuate slot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Michael Bastnagel, Jack Dwayne Petty
  • CHARGING STATION FOR USE IN CHARGING ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20130207606
    Abstract: Charging stations for use in charging an electrically powered vehicle and related methods are disclosed. One example charging station includes a housing defining an interior and an opening configured to permit access to the interior, a door configured to substantially cover the opening, and a hinge assembly configured to provide a pivotal movement of the door relative to the housing between at least a closed position, a first open position, and a second open position. The hinge assembly includes a base member and a bracket including a projecting member. The projecting member and the base member are configured to permit removal of the door from the housing when the door is in the first open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Swamy Muddaiah Ranga, Heather Ellen Pugliese, Cecil Rivers, JR., Philip Michael Banker
  • EPOXY COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20130172448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making a epoxy composite. In the process an epoxy prepolymer, a curing agent and a particulate filler are combined to form a curable mixture. The mixture is then agitated under a non-air atmosphere to render it substantially homogeneous, and pressure is applied to the mixture to reduce or eliminate gas pockets in the mixture and is maintained until the curable mixture is cured to form the epoxy composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ACHERON PRODUCT PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Ronald Charles Allum, Philip Michael Durbin
  • System and method of transistor switch biasing in a high power semiconductor switch
    Patent number: 8476961
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for biasing transistor switches in a semiconductor based high power switch. Off-state Vgsd biasing for the off transistor switches is based upon acceptable levels of spurious harmonic emissions and linearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: SiGe Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Paul Huang, Mark Doherty, Philip Michael Antognetti
  • Methods and apparatus for determining website validity
    Patent number: 8458604
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-readable medium comprises code representing instructions to cause a processor to receive a fetch response based on a webpage address that may be associated with a webpage. The code can additionally represent instructions to calculate a webpage validity score for the webpage. The validity score can be based on at least one of content or metadata associated with the webpage. The code can also represent instructions to cause the processor to store a thumbnail image of the webpage, along with an indicator of the validity score. The validity indicator can be based on the webpage validity score and a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Fairwinds Partners LLC
    Inventors: Philip Michael Lodico, Joshua Slocum Bourne
  • Small public-key based digital signatures for authentication
    Patent number: 8437473
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed allow authentication between two entities having agreed on the use of a common modulus N. The authentication includes generating a pseudorandom string value; generating a public key value based on the modulus N and the pseudorandom string value; generating a private key value corresponding to the public key value; receiving a verifier's public key value; generating a shared secret value based on the modulus N, the private key value and the verifier's public key value; calculating an authentication signature value using the shared secret value; and transmitting the authentication signature value for authentication. When the authentication signature is received, the public key value and the shared value are generated to calculate an authentication signature value. Thereafter, the authentication signature values are compared and authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexander Gantman, Gregory Gordon Rose, John W. Noerenberg, II, Philip Michael Hawkes
  • Method for protecting sensitive data on a storage device having wear leveling
    Patent number: 8433843
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for protecting sensitive data in a storage device having wear leveling. In the method, a write command, with an associated sensitive write signal indicating that sensitive data is associated with the write command, is received. The sensitive data is further associated with at least one address pointing to a storage location within an initial physical storage block. The write command is executed by writing to at least one storage location within an available physical storage block, pointing the at least one address to the at least one storage location within the available physical storage block, and erasing the initial physical storage block to complete execution of the write command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael W. Paddon, Craig M. Brown, Philip Michael Hawkes
  • Electronic registration system for product transactions
    Patent number: 8433614
    Abstract: An electronic registration system which facilitates authorized product returns and reduces the incidence of improper returns. A retailer sales associate is prompted to enter individual product identification information such as an individual serial number. This individual product identification information is then stored in a data base along with the date on which the product was sold and an appropriate UPC code, SKU number or manufacturer code. A check digit algorithm may be used to verify the serial number prior to storage. A sales receipt may be imprinted with at least the date of the transaction and the serial number. When a product is returned, the retailer may cross-reference the serial number on the product with that on the receipt to verify the sales receipt. Otherwise, the database may be searched for pertinent sales information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Michael Rogers, Peter Joseph Junger
  • COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS INHIBITORS OF ATR KINASE
    Publication number: 20130095193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Somhairle MacCormick, Pierre-Henri Storck, Joanne Pinder, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Stephen Clinton Young, Philip Michael Reaper, Steven John Durrant, Heather Clare Twin, Christopher John Davis