Patents by Inventor Sharad Awasthi

Sharad Awasthi 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).

  • Data encryption key management system
    Patent number: 11599378
    Abstract: A data encryption key management system includes an application layer with a hypervisor and a virtual machine, a host operating system coupled to the application layer and including a key management agent, and a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) device coupled to the host operating system and including a BMC storage device providing a key vault. The BMC device receives a first stored data encryption key that was generated by the hypervisor for the virtual machine from the key management agent, and stores the first stored data encryption key in the key vault provided by the BMC storage device. The BMC device subsequently receives a stored data encryption key request from the key management agent and, in response, retrieves the first stored data encryption key from the key vault provided by the BMC storage device, and transmits the first stored data encryption key to the key management agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Naman Goel, Ravishankar Kanakapura Nanjundaswamy, Sharad Awasthi
  • DATA ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220179674
    Abstract: A data encryption key management system includes an application layer with a hypervisor and a virtual machine, a host operating system coupled to the application layer and including a key management agent, and a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) device coupled to the host operating system and including a BMC storage device providing a key vault. The BMC device receives a first stored data encryption key that was generated by the hypervisor for the virtual machine from the key management agent, and stores the first stored data encryption key in the key vault provided by the BMC storage device. The BMC device subsequently receives a stored data encryption key request from the key management agent and, in response, retrieves the first stored data encryption key from the key vault provided by the BMC storage device, and transmits the first stored data encryption key to the key management agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Naman Goel, Ravishankar Kanakapura Nanjundaswamy, Sharad Awasthi