Patents by Inventor Steven Lougheed

Steven Lougheed 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).

  • Simple trusted transfer to internet of things device
    Patent number: 10356129
    Abstract: A system and method for updating multiple devices that are coupled to a network by a hub provides a trusted platform module in each of the devices, sends messages from the network to the hub for updating the devices, sends each of the devices messages from the hub to update the device, executes the content of each message in the device to which that message is sent, and deletes each message after it has been executed. Each of the messages preferably includes trusted code, and the device receiving each message executes the trusted code in the trusted platform module. The trusted code may include an update function, an image, and control data, and preferably has integrity. The hub may receive trusted code from a remote server, execute the trusted code to send a message to one of the devices, and then delete the trusted code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Elias, Derek Bouius, Neil Leckett, Steven Lougheed
  • Side channel communication hardware driver
    Patent number: 10133611
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating data between a first software and a second software located on first and second devices, respectively, has a hardware driver and memory associated with each device. Each communication of data from the first software to the second software allocates memory to manage data to be communicated from the first software to the second software, provides memory allocation information to the hardware driver associated with the first software, and transmits the data from the first hardware driver to the second hardware driver for delivery to the second software via the memory associated with the second software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Alexander Elias, Jean-Pierre Thibault, Nick Bowler, Steven Lougheed, Michael James Lewis
  • Simple Trusted Transfer to Internet of Things Devices
    Publication number: 20180167416
    Abstract: A system and method for updating multiple devices that are coupled to a network by a hub provides a trusted platform module in each of the devices, sends messages from the network to the hub for updating the devices, sends each of the devices messages from the hub to update the device, executes the content of each message in the device to which that message is sent, and deletes each message after it has been executed. Each of the messages preferably includes trusted code, and the device receiving each message executes the trusted code in the trusted platform module. The trusted code may include an update function, an image, and control data, and preferably has integrity. The hub may receive trusted code from a remote server, execute the trusted code to send a message to one of the devices, and then delete the trusted code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Elias, Derek Bouius, Neil Leckett, Steven Lougheed
  • Simple trusted transfer to internet of things devices
    Patent number: 9882934
    Abstract: A system and method for updating multiple devices that are coupled to a network by a hub provides a trusted platform module in each of the devices, sends messages from the network to the hub for updating the devices, sends each of the devices messages from the hub to update the device, executes the content of each message in the device to which that message is sent, and deletes each message after it has been executed. Each of the messages preferably includes trusted code, and the device receiving each message executes the trusted code in the trusted platform module. The trusted code may include an update function, an image, and control data, and preferably has integrity. The hub may receive trusted code from a remote server, execute the trusted code to send a message to one of the devices, and then delete the trusted code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Elias, Derek Bouius, Neil Leckett, Steven Lougheed
  • SIMPLE TRUSTED TRANSFER TO INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160381016
    Abstract: A system and method for updating multiple devices that are coupled to a network by a hub provides a trusted platform module in each of the devices, sends messages from the network to the hub for updating the devices, sends each of the devices messages from the hub to update the device, executes the content of each message in the device to which that message is sent, and deletes each message after it has been executed. Each of the messages preferably includes trusted code, and the device receiving each message executes the trusted code in the trusted platform module. The trusted code may include an update function, an image, and control data, and preferably has integrity. The hub may receive trusted code from a remote server, execute the trusted code to send a message to one of the devices, and then delete the trusted code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Elias, Derek Bouius, Neil Leckett, Steven Lougheed
  • SIDE CHANNEL COMMUNICATION HARDWARE DRIVER
    Publication number: 20160098376
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating data between a first software and a second software located on first and second devices, respectively, has a hardware driver and memory associated with each device. Each communication of data from the first software to the second software allocates memory to manage data to be communicated from the first software to the second software, provides memory allocation information to the hardware driver associated with the first software, and transmits the data from the first hardware driver to the second hardware driver for delivery to the second software via the memory associated with the second software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Alexander Elias, Jean-Pierre Thibault, Nick Bowler, Steven Lougheed, Michael James Lewis