Patents by Inventor Umar Badusha

Umar Badusha 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).

  • Rapidly establishing a chain of trust in a computing system
    Patent number: 11314868
    Abstract: A system root of trust device of a computing system authenticates boot images associated with data processing units of the computing system. The device includes at least one processor configured to determine whether a first set of boot code associated with a first processor of the computing system is authentic, in response to determining that the first set of boot code is authentic, reset the first processor to allow the first processor to boot and authenticate first executable code to be executed by the first processor, after resetting the first processor, determine whether a second set of boot code associated with a second processor of the computing system is authentic, and in response to determining that the second set of boot code is authentic, reset the second processor to allow the second processor to boot and to authenticate second executable code to be executed by the second processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Fungible, Inc.
    Inventors: Yvonne Hou, Sunil Mekad, Prathap Sirishe, Satish D Deo, Umar Badusha
  • RAPIDLY ESTABLISHING A CHAIN OF TRUST IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200074083
    Abstract: A system root of trust device of a computing system authenticates boot images associated with data processing units of the computing system. The device includes at least one processor configured to determine whether a first set of boot code associated with a first processor of the computing system is authentic, in response to determining that the first set of boot code is authentic, reset the first processor to allow the first processor to boot and authenticate first executable code to be executed by the first processor, after resetting the first processor, determine whether a second set of boot code associated with a second processor of the computing system is authentic, and in response to determining that the second set of boot code is authentic, reset the second processor to allow the second processor to boot and to authenticate second executable code to be executed by the second processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yvonne Hou, Sunil Mekad, Prathap Sirishe, Satish D Deo, Umar Badusha