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Niels T. Ferguson
Also filed as: FERGUSON NIELS · FERGUSON NIELS T · FERGUSON NIELS THOMAS
35 granted patents·1 pending application·953 citations·filing 1996–2019
97Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT CORP10MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC9FERGUSON NIELS T2FERGUSON NIELS THOMAS2INFOSPACE INC2
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36 records- 0196US9578017B2Secure management of operations on protected virtual machinesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·51 cites·22 claims
- 0294US10176095B2Secure management of operations on protected virtual machinesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 8, 2019·14 cites·20 claims
- 0394US9652631B2Secure transport of encrypted virtual machines with continuous owner accessMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted May 16, 2017·18 cites·23 claims
- 0493US8619971B2Local secure service partitions for operating system securityKURIEN THEKKTHALACKAL VARUGIS·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 31, 2013·31 cites·22 claims
- 0593US8462955B2Key protectors based on online keysURECHE OCTAVIAN T·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 11, 2013·26 cites·19 claims
- 0692US7992198B2Unified authentication for web method platformsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 2, 2011·29 cites·17 claims
- 0792US6718314B2Multi-purpose transaction card systemINFOSPACE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 6, 2004·80 cites·2 claims
- 0889US10615967B2Rapid data protection for storage devicesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 7, 2020·13 cites·20 claims
- 0987US5956400APartitioned information storage systems with controlled retrievalDIGICASH INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 21, 1999·243 cites·54 claims
- 1086US8085933B2Cipher for disk encryptionFERGUSON NIELS THOMAS·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 27, 2011·15 cites·20 claims
- 1185US10956321B2Secure management of operations on protected virtual machinesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·3 cites·17 claims
- 1284US6993651B2Security protocolHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 31, 2006·45 cites·12 claims
- 1382US9633210B2Keying infrastructureMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 25, 2017·5 cites·19 claims
- 1481US8325924B2Managing group keysACAR TOLGA·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 4, 2012·10 cites·19 claims
- 1580US8036379B2Cryptographic processingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 11, 2011·9 cites·18 claims
- 1680US6434238B1Multi-purpose transaction card systemINFOSPACE INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 13, 2002·224 cites·10 claims
- 1777US8509449B2Key protector for a storage volume using multiple keysURECHE OCTAVIAN T·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 13, 2013·7 cites·18 claims
- 1876US9311483B2Local secure service partitions for operating system securityMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 12, 2016·3 cites·22 claims
- 1976US7602906B2Cipher for disk encryptionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 13, 2009·6 cites·9 claims
- 2073US8381279B2Constraining a login to a subset of access rightsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 19, 2013·4 cites·20 claims
- 2165US8331568B2Efficient distribution of computation in key agreementFERGUSON NIELS THOMAS·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 11, 2012·3 cites·18 claims
- 2264US8875258B2Constraining a login to a subset of access rightsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 28, 2014·1 cites·20 claims
- 2363US9002812B2Checksum and hashing operations resilient to malicious input dataMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 7, 2015·2 cites·19 claims
- 2463US7690045B2On-the-fly contents-based access control systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 30, 2010·2 cites·16 claims
- 2559US9058497B2Cryptographic key managementBHARADWAJ VIJAY G·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 16, 2015·2 cites·15 claims
- 2659US8885833B2One-time recovery credentials for encrypted data accessNICK BENJAMIN E·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 11, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 2759US6035380AIntegrated circuitFiled 1996·Granted Mar 7, 2000·102 cites·10 claims
- 2854US8799680B2Transactional sealed storageFERGUSON NIELS T·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2014·3 cites·13 claims
- 2951US10419216B2Keying infrastructureMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 17, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 3049US7774607B2Fast RSA signature verificationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 10, 2010·0 cites·20 claims
- 3146US7343011B2Secure telecommunications system for wireless local area networksCONEXANT INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 11, 2008·0 cites·19 claims
- 3245US8046593B2Storage device controlled accessMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 25, 2011·0 cites·18 claims
- 3344US2015078550A1Security processing unit with configurable access controlMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3443US8417969B2Storage volume protection supporting legacy systemsHUMPHRIES RUSSELL·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 9, 2013·0 cites·20 claims
- 3542US9584317B2Identifying security boundaries on computing devicesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 28, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 3641US8682948B2Scalable random number generationFERGUSON NIELS T·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 25, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
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