Patents by Inventor Yogesh M. Devi

Yogesh M. Devi 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).

  • Patent number: 9122888
    Abstract: A system encrypts a private key with a master key and includes a storage device for storing a protected private key at a site location, a processor that determines a plurality of derivatives by selecting an order of site characteristics from a plurality of disjoint sets of site characteristics unique to a software installation or site location, wherein the processor applies a hash algorithm to each site characteristic. The system further includes a buffer storage device for storing an order of random selections of the site characteristics for the derivatives. The system encrypts the master key with the derivatives and additionally stores the encrypted form of the master key in a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventor: Yogesh M. Devi
  • Publication number: 20150026461
    Abstract: A system encrypts a private key with a master key and includes a storage device for storing a protected private key at a site location, a processor that determines a plurality of derivatives by selecting an order of site characteristics from a plurality of disjoint sets of site characteristics unique to a software installation or site location, wherein the processor applies a hash algorithm to each site characteristic. The system further includes a buffer storage device for storing an order of random selections of the site characteristics for the derivatives. The system encrypts the master key with the derivatives and additionally stores the encrypted form of the master key in a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventor: Yogesh M. Devi