Patents by Inventor Steve Wierenga

Steve Wierenga 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).

  • Secure data log management
    Patent number: 7996680
    Abstract: In one embodiment a secure computer system comprises a processor and a memory module including logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which. When executed by the processor, the logic instructions configure the processor to receive, in a secure computing environment, a portion of a data log from an application operating outside the secure computing environment, and when the portion of the data log exceeds a size threshold, to assign a timestamp to the portion of the data log, assign an identifier to the portion of the data log, create a digital signature load block comprising the portion of the data log, the timestamp, and the identifier, and store the digital signature load block in a memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeff Kalibjian, Susan Langford, Vladimir Libershteyn, Larry Hines, Steve Wierenga
  • Secure data log management
    Publication number: 20080126429
    Abstract: In one embodiment a secure computer system comprises a processor and a memory module including logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which. When executed by the processor, the logic instructions configure the processor to receive, in a secure computing environment, a portion of a data log from an application operating outside the secure computing environment, and when the portion of the data log exceeds a size threshold, to assign a timestamp to the portion of the data log, assign an identifier to the portion of the data log, create a digital signature load block comprising the portion of the data log, the timestamp, and the identifier, and store the digital signature load block in a memory module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Jeff Kalibjian, Susan Langford, Vladimir Libershteyn, Larry Hines, Steve Wierenga