Patents by Inventor Sebastian Mödersheim

Sebastian Mödersheim 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).

  • Patent number: 7480801
    Abstract: In order to secure data traffic between an external network and a mobile user terminal coupled to the external network, the terminal and a data securing device of the external network produce a pair of private external keys by exchanging partial keys. One item of key information based on at least one of the partial keys, and one message certified by the terminal with a first home location key of the pair of home location keys, are transmitted by the data securing device to the home location network. The certification of the message is verified with a second home location key of the pair of home location keys and a certificate is issued for the key information. The certificate thus provided is transmitted to the data securing device and the pair of private external keys is accepted, subject to the verification of the transmitted certificate, in order to secure data traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Euchner, Volkmar Lotz, Sebastian Mödersheim, Haykal Tej
  • Publication number: 20050021955
    Abstract: In order to secure data traffic between an external network and a mobile user terminal coupled to the external network, the terminal and a data securing device of the external network produce a pair of private external keys by exchanging partial keys. One item of key information based on at least one of the partial keys, and one message certified by the terminal with a first home location key of the pair of home location keys, are transmitted by the data securing device to the home location network. The certification of the message is verified with a second home location key of the pair of home location keys and a certificate) is issued for the key information. The certificate thus provided is transmitted to the data securing device and the pair of private external keys is accepted, subject to the verification of the transmitted certificate), in order to secure data traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Euchner, Volkmar Lotz, Sebastian Modersheim, Haykal Tej