Patents by Inventor William Gareth James Howells

William Gareth James Howells 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).

  • Security credentials
    Patent number: 11133930
    Abstract: A method for generating an encryption key for use in an encryption process at a device, the method comprising: measuring respective values of a plurality of features of the device to generate a plurality of feature values, normalising the feature values using a respective normalisation map for each feature to generate a plurality of normalised values, and generating the encryption key in dependence on the normalised values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Metrarc Limited
    Inventors: William Gareth James Howells, Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier
  • Trusted ring
    Patent number: 11101989
    Abstract: A method for generating an authentication key for providing a digital signature at a device for authenticating an output from a ring comprising a plurality of peers, the method comprising generating respective security credentials for each peer of a plurality of peers constituting a ring of peers, at least one security credential being generated in dependence on one or more feature of the respective peer device; generating a ring key in respect of the ring in dependence on the respective security credential of each peer constituting the ring; and generating an authentication key in dependence on the ring key, a security credential of a first peer and respective security credentials of at least one of the other peers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Metrarc Limited
    Inventors: Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier, William Gareth James Howells, Ruhma Tahir
  • SECURITY CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20200382295
    Abstract: A method for generating an encryption key for use in an encryption process at a device, the method comprising: measuring respective values of a plurality of features of the device to generate a plurality of feature values, normalising the feature values using a respective normalisation map for each feature to generate a plurality of normalised values, and generating the encryption key in dependence on the normalised values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: William Gareth James Howells, Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier
  • TRUSTED RING
    Publication number: 20200099521
    Abstract: A method for generating an authentication key for providing a digital signature at a device for authenticating an output from a ring comprising a plurality of peers, the method comprising generating respective security credentials for each peer of a plurality of peers constituting a ring of peers, at least one security credential being generated in dependence on one or more feature of the respective peer device; generating a ring key in respect of the ring in dependence on the respective security credential of each peer constituting the ring; and generating an authentication key in dependence on the ring key, a security credential of a first peer and respective security credentials of at least one of the other peers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier, William Gareth James Howells, Ruhma Tahir