Inventor · Raleigh, NC, US

James Hoff

37Patents
11h-index
46Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 16, 2001 → Jun 29, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7484091B2 Method and system for providing a trusted platform module in a hypervisor environment Physics 98 Active
US7707411B2 Method and system for providing a trusted platform module in a hypervisor environment Physics 54 Active
US8086852B2 Providing a trusted platform module in a hypervisor environment Physics 53 Active
US7644278B2 Method for securely creating an endorsement certificate in an insecure environment Physics 28 Active
US6993648B2 Proving BIOS trust in a TCPA compliant system Physics 24 Expired
US7484105B2 Flash update using a trusted platform module Physics 24 Expired
US7484099B2 Method, apparatus, and product for asserting physical presence with a trusted platform module in a hypervisor environment Physics 18 Active
US7600134B2 Theft deterrence using trusted platform module authorization Physics 12 Expired
US7269747B2 Physical presence determination in a trusted platform Physics 12 Expired
US7653819B2 Scalable paging of platform configuration registers Physics 12 Active
US7263608B2 System and method for providing endorsement certificate Physics 11 Expired
US7751568B2 Method for securely creating an endorsement certificate utilizing signing key pairs Physics 10 Active
US7107460B2 Method and system for securing enablement access to a data security device Physics 10 Expired
US7412596B2 Method for preventing system wake up from a sleep state if a boot log returned during the system wake up cannot be authenticated Physics 9 Expired
US7167982B2 Securing decrypted files in a shared environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7581097B2 Apparatus, system, and method for secure communications from a human interface device Physics 9 Expired
US7480804B2 Method and system for hierarchical platform boot measurements in a trusted computing environment Physics 8 Active
US8495361B2 Securely creating an endorsement certificate in an insecure environment Physics 7 Active
US7254722B2 Trusted platform motherboard having physical presence detection based on activation of power-on-switch Electricity 7 Expired
US7484241B2 Secure single sign-on to operating system via power-on password Physics 6 Active
US8549592B2 Establishing virtual endorsement credentials for dynamically generated endorsement keys in a trusted computing platform Electricity 3 Active
US7590870B2 Physical presence determination in a trusted platform Physics 3 Active
US7752458B2 Method and system for hierarchical platform boot measurements in a trusted computing environment Physics 2 Active
US7861079B2 Method for securely creating an endorsement certificate in an insecure environment Physics 2 Active
US8290164B2 Automatic recovery of TPM keys Physics 2 Active

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