Patents by Inventor Steve W. Rodgers

Steve W. Rodgers 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: 8607072
    Abstract: Systems and methods that support storage device content authentication are provided. A system that verifies storage device content received from a storage device may comprise, for example, a security processor coupled to the storage device. The security processor may be adapted to receive a partitioned storage device region from the storage device. The partitioned storage device region may comprise, for example, regional content and first hashed regional content. The security processor may generate, for example, second hashed regional content by performing a hashing function on the regional content received by the security processor. The security processor may compare, for example, the first hashed regional content to the second hashed regional content. The security processor may verify the regional content received by the security processor if the first hashed regional content is the same as the second hashed regional content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Xuemin Chen, Steve W. Rodgers, Iue-Shuenn I. Chen, Francis Cheung
  • Patent number: 8045707
    Abstract: Systems and systems that protect data are provided. In one embodiment, a system may include, for example, a memory and a processor. The memory may store, for example, encrypted data. The processor may be coupled to the memory and may include, for example, a decryptor that decrypts the encrypted data. The decryptor may be adapted, for example, to variably bit roll the encrypted data, to fixedly bit shuffle the bit-rolled data, to add a first key to the bit-shuffled data and to process the added data with a second key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Steve W. Rodgers, Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Iue-Shuenn Chen
  • Publication number: 20110202776
    Abstract: Systems and methods that support storage device content authentication are provided. A system that verifies storage device content received from a storage device may comprise, for example, a security processor coupled to the storage device. The security processor may be adapted to receive a partitioned storage device region from the storage device. The partitioned storage device region may comprise, for example, regional content and first hashed regional content. The security processor may generate, for example, second hashed regional content by performing a hashing function on the regional content received by the security processor. The security processor may compare, for example, the first hashed regional content to the second hashed regional content. The security processor may verify the regional content received by the security processor if the first hashed regional content is the same as the second hashed regional content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Steve W. Rodgers, Iue-Shuenn I. Chen, Francis Chi-Wai Cheung
  • Patent number: 7937593
    Abstract: Systems and methods that storage device content authentication are provided. A system that verfies storage device content received from a storage device may comprise, for exmple, a security processor coupled to the storage device. The security processor may be adapted to receive a partitioned storage device region from the storage device. The partitioned storage device region may comprise, for example, regional content and first hashed regional content. The security processor may generate, for example, second hashed regional content by performing a hashing function on the regional content received by the security processor. The security processor may compare, for example, the first hashed regional content to the second hashed regional content. The security processor may varify the regional content received by the security processor if the first hashed regional content is the same as the second hashed regional content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Steve W. Rodgers, Iue-Shuenn I. Chen, Francis Chi-Wai Cheung
  • Patent number: 7890769
    Abstract: Systems and methods that support secure code downloading are provided. In one embodiment, a method that securely downloads code may include, for example, one or more of the following: receiving a command in a security processor; loading an encryption or decryption key based on the received command; configuring the security processor with a selected scrambling type and a selected signature type based on the received command; and processing incoming code using the loaded encryption or decryption key and the configured security processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sherman (Xuemin) Chen, Steve W. Rodgers