Patents by Inventor Sean ATKINSON

Sean ATKINSON 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 and system for securing access to a private key
    Patent number: 11709928
    Abstract: An asymmetric cryptographic method for securing access to a private key generated and stored in a device is provided. The method includes generating an application password relating to a predetermined level of entropy; generating, within a trusted execution environment relating to a key manager, a user private key secured by using the application password; receiving, from a user via an input device, user entropy relating to a unique identifier for the user; deriving, using a password derivation function, a symmetric key based on the user entropy; encrypting, using an encryption system, the application password by using the symmetric key; and storing, in a memory, a device payload component relating to the application password and the symmetric key in a password management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sean Atkinson, David W Wagner, Scott Alexander
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING ACCESS TO A PRIVATE KEY
    Publication number: 20210365547
    Abstract: An asymmetric cryptographic method for securing access to a private key generated and stored in a device is provided. The method includes generating an application password relating to a predetermined level of entropy; generating, within a trusted execution environment relating to a key manager, a user private key secured by using the application password; receiving, from a user via an input device, user entropy relating to a unique identifier for the user; deriving, using a password derivation function, a symmetric key based on the user entropy; encrypting, using an encryption system, the application password by using the symmetric key; and storing, in a memory, a device payload component relating to the application password and the symmetric key in a password management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sean ATKINSON, David W. WAGNER, Scott ALEXANDER