Patents by Inventor Theodore Stratton Webb

Theodore Stratton Webb 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).

  • Systems and methods for management controller management of key encryption key
    Patent number: 10523427
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a management controller configured to provide management-domain management of an information handling system may include a processor and a key management utility embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media. The key management utility may be configured to issue one or more commands to a cryptoprocessor for storing and sealing a key encryption key on the cryptoprocessor, wherein the key encryption key is for decrypting a media encryption key for encrypting and decrypting data stored to a storage resource of a host domain of the information handling system. The key management utility may also be configured to issue one or more commands to the cryptoprocessor for unsealing and retrieving the key encryption key from the cryptoprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gobind Vijayakumar, Johan Rahardjo, Theodore Stratton Webb
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER MANAGEMENT OF KEY ENCRYPTION KEY
    Publication number: 20170201373
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a management controller configured to provide management-domain management of an information handling system may include a processor and a key management utility embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media. The key management utility may be configured to issue one or more commands to a cryptoprocessor for storing and sealing a key encryption key on the cryptoprocessor, wherein the key encryption key is for decrypting a media encryption key for encrypting and decrypting data stored to a storage resource of a host domain of the information handling system. The key management utility may also be configured to issue one or more commands to the cryptoprocessor for unsealing and retrieving the key encryption key from the cryptoprocessor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gobind Vijayakumar, Johan Rahardjo, Theodore Stratton Webb