Patents by Inventor Simon D. PORTER

Simon D. PORTER 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).

  • Scoping mechanism for globally unique device identification
    Patent number: 11062017
    Abstract: A method for uniquely authenticating a device provides for receiving a scoping request, allocating a scope ID responsive to the request, and storing one or more device identification credentials in a database. Each device identification credential stored in the database includes the allocated scope ID and a device ID provided within the scoping request. The method further provides for receiving a registration request specifying a device identification credential and authenticating the specified device identification credential by confirming a match between the specified device identification credential and one of the device identification credentials stored in the database. The method further provides for provisioning the device with initial configuration information responsive to the authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Elaine Berdy, Affan A. Dar, Simon D. Porter
  • SCOPING MECHANISM FOR GLOBALLY UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20200065473
    Abstract: A method for uniquely authenticating a device provides for receiving a scoping request, allocating a scope ID responsive to the request, and storing one or more device identification credentials in a database. Each device identification credential stored in the database includes the allocated scope ID and a device ID provided within the scoping request. The method further provides for receiving a registration request specifying a device identification credential and authenticating the specified device identification credential by confirming a match between the specified device identification credential and one of the device identification credentials stored in the database. The method further provides for provisioning the device with initial configuration information responsive to the authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Nicole Elaine BERDY, Affan A. DAR, Simon D. PORTER