Method and System for Implementing Scaling and Distribution of Blockchains without Ledger Limitations

    公开(公告)号:US20180343110A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15857299

    申请日:2017-12-28

    发明人: Tom Funk

    IPC分类号: H04L9/06 H04L9/08 G06F21/62

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing scaling and distribution of blockchains without ledger limitations. In various embodiments, a computing system might access many instances of a blockchain from many distributed peers. The computing system might parse a first instance of the blockchain accessible from a first distributed peer, to produce a first sample segment of a hash value of one of many blocks of the blockchain. The computing system might compare the first sample segment with a corresponding hash value portion of a second instance of the blockchain accessible from a second distributed peer, without comparing hash values of the entire first instance with those of the entire second instance. Based on a determination that the first sample segment and the corresponding hash value portion do not match, the computing system might send a notification to a user indicating that the first instance and/or second instance is invalid.

    System and Method for Implementing Secure Communications for Internet of Things (IOT) Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20170201504A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-13

    申请号:US15084805

    申请日:2016-03-30

    发明人: Tom Funk

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 H04L29/08 H04W4/00

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing secure communications for IoT devices. In various embodiments, a gateway or computing device might provide connectivity between or amongst two or more Internet of Things (“IoT”) capable devices, by establishing an IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine communication channel amongst the two or more IoT capable devices. For sensitive and/or private communications, the gateway or computing device might establish a secure off-the-record (“OTR”) communication session within the IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine channel, thereby providing encrypted machine-to-machine communications amongst the two or more IoT capable devices, without any content of communications that are exchanged amongst the IoT capable devices over the secure OTR communication session being recorded or logged. In some cases, the secure OTR communication session utilizes cryptographic protocols including, without limitation, one or more of AES symmetric-key algorithm, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, SHA-1 hash function, forward secrecy, deniable authentication, malleable encryption, and/or the like.

    System and method for implementing secure communications for internet of things (IoT) devices

    公开(公告)号:US11991158B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US18199222

    申请日:2023-05-18

    发明人: Tom Funk

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing secure communications for IoT devices. In various embodiments, a gateway or computing device might provide connectivity between or amongst two or more Internet of Things (“IoT”) capable devices, by establishing an IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine communication channel amongst the two or more IoT capable devices. For sensitive and/or private communications, the gateway or computing device might establish a secure off-the-record (“OTR”) communication session within the IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine channel, thereby providing encrypted machine-to-machine communications amongst the two or more IoT capable devices, without any content of communications that are exchanged amongst the IoT capable devices over the secure OTR communication session being recorded or logged. In some cases, the secure OTR communication session utilizes cryptographic protocols including, without limitation, one or more of AES symmetric-key algorithm, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, SHA-1 hash function, forward secrecy, deniable authentication, malleable encryption, and/or the like.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210352057A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17380794

    申请日:2021-07-20

    发明人: Tom Funk

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing secure communications for IoT devices. In various embodiments, a gateway or computing device might provide connectivity between or amongst two or more Internet of Things (“IoT”) capable devices, by establishing an IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine communication channel amongst the two or more IoT capable devices. For sensitive and/or private communications, the gateway or computing device might establish a secure off-the-record (“OTR”) communication session within the IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine channel, thereby providing encrypted machine-to-machine communications amongst the two or more IoT capable devices, without any content of communications that are exchanged amongst the IoT capable devices over the secure OTR communication session being recorded or logged. In some cases, the secure OTR communication session utilizes cryptographic protocols including, without limitation, one or more of AES symmetric-key algorithm, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, SHA-1 hash function, forward secrecy, deniable authentication, malleable encryption, and/or the like.

    Validating one or more blockchains without ledger limitations

    公开(公告)号:US10819501B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US15857299

    申请日:2017-12-28

    发明人: Tom Funk

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing scaling and distribution of blockchains without ledger limitations. In various embodiments, a computing system might access many instances of a blockchain from many distributed peers. The computing system might parse a first instance of the blockchain accessible from a first distributed peer, to produce a first sample segment of a hash value of one of many blocks of the blockchain. The computing system might compare the first sample segment with a corresponding hash value portion of a second instance of the blockchain accessible from a second distributed peer, without comparing hash values of the entire first instance with those of the entire second instance. Based on a determination that the first sample segment and the corresponding hash value portion do not match, the computing system might send a notification to a user indicating that the first instance and/or second instance is invalid.

    Bio-authentication for Streaming Service Account Management

    公开(公告)号:US20190281049A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US15980332

    申请日:2018-05-15

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques for a bio-authentication for streaming service account management are provided. A system includes a user device configured to access a streaming service account associated with a subscriber, a database, a biometric sensor configured to obtain a biometric input form a user, and a bio-authentication engine. The bio-authentication engine may include a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to determine whether an authentication event has occurred, obtain the biometric input of the user, determine whether the biometric input matches the biometric information associated with the subscriber, and allow access to a streaming service through the streaming service account.

    System and method for implementing secure communications for internet of things (IOT) devices

    公开(公告)号:US10412064B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15084805

    申请日:2016-03-30

    发明人: Tom Funk

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 H04L29/08 H04W4/70

    摘要: Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing secure communications for IoT devices. In various embodiments, a gateway or computing device might provide connectivity between or amongst two or more Internet of Things (“IoT”) capable devices, by establishing an IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine communication channel amongst the two or more IoT capable devices. For sensitive and/or private communications, the gateway or computing device might establish a secure off-the-record (“OTR”) communication session within the IoT protocol-based, autonomous machine-to-machine channel, thereby providing encrypted machine-to-machine communications amongst the two or more IoT capable devices, without any content of communications that are exchanged amongst the IoT capable devices over the secure OTR communication session being recorded or logged. In some cases, the secure OTR communication session utilizes cryptographic protocols including, without limitation, one or more of AES symmetric-key algorithm, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, SHA-1 hash function, forward secrecy, deniable authentication, malleable encryption, and/or the like.