Patents by Inventor Richard C. Schaeffer

Richard C. Schaeffer 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).

  • Method for secure communications using NFC cryptographic security module
    Patent number: 10552645
    Abstract: A cryptographic security token having a secure microprocessor, a secure bus connected to said secure microprocessor, a bus isolation microcontroller connected to said secure bus wherein said bus isolation microcontroller comprises firmware for controlling communications through said secure bus to said secure microprocessor, a first NFC antenna connected to said bus isolation microcontroller, and a second NFC antenna connected to said secure microprocessor. The secure microprocessor and said bus isolation microprocessor are powered by energy received through said first NFC antenna and said second NFC antenna. The cryptographic security token receives data from outside said cryptographic security token only through said first NFC antenna. The token or module may further have a bi-state or bi-stable display and a secure memory, each connected to the secure microprocessor by a secure bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Stanley Krawczewicz, Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr., Kenneth Hugh Rose, Thomas J. Krawczewicz
  • METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS USING NFC CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY MODULE
    Publication number: 20190354729
    Abstract: A cryptographic security token having a secure microprocessor, a secure bus connected to said secure microprocessor, a bus isolation microcontroller connected to said secure bus wherein said bus isolation microcontroller comprises firmware for controlling communications through said secure bus to said secure microprocessor, a first NFC antenna connected to said bus isolation microcontroller, and a second NFC antenna connected to said secure microprocessor. The secure microprocessor and said bus isolation microprocessor are powered by energy received through said first NFC antenna and said second NFC antenna. The cryptographic security token receives data from outside said cryptographic security token only through said first NFC antenna. The token or module may further have a bi-state or bi-stable display and a secure memory, each connected to the secure microprocessor by a secure bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stanley Krawczewicz, Richard C. Schaeffer, Kenneth Hugh Rose, Thomas J. Krawczewicz
  • NFC cryptographic security module
    Patent number: 10387689
    Abstract: A cryptographic security token having a secure microprocessor, a secure bus connected to said secure microprocessor, a bus isolation microcontroller connected to said secure bus wherein said bus isolation microcontroller comprises firmware for controlling communications through said secure bus to said secure microprocessor, a first NFC antenna connected to said bus isolation microcontroller, and a second NFC antenna connected to said secure microprocessor. The secure microprocessor and said bus isolation microprocessor are powered by energy received through said first NFC antenna and said second NFC antenna. The cryptographic security token receives data from outside said cryptographic security token only through said first NFC antenna. The token or module may further have a bi-state or bi-stable display and a secure memory, each connected to the secure microprocessor by a secure bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stanley Krawczewicz, Richard C. Schaeffer, Kenneth Hugh Rose, Thomas J. Krawczewicz
  • NFC CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY MODULE
    Publication number: 20190095655
    Abstract: A cryptographic security token having a secure microprocessor, a secure bus connected to said secure microprocessor, a bus isolation microcontroller connected to said secure bus wherein said bus isolation microcontroller comprises firmware for controlling communications through said secure bus to said secure microprocessor, a first NFC antenna connected to said bus isolation microcontroller, and a second NFC antenna connected to said secure microprocessor. The secure microprocessor and said bus isolation microprocessor are powered by energy received through said first NFC antenna and said second NFC antenna. The cryptographic security token receives data from outside said cryptographic security token only through said first NFC antenna. The token or module may further have a bi-state or bi-stable display and a secure memory, each connected to the secure microprocessor by a secure bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stanley Krawczewicz, Richard C. Schaeffer, Kenneth Hugh Rose, Thomas J. Krawczewicz