US 8,020,008 C1 (12,598th)
Microprocessor identity device
Aureliano Tan, Jr., Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Aureliano Tan, Jr., Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to IDENTITY SECURITY LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,187, Jan. 6, 2023.
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,223, Apr. 21, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,020,008, issued Sep. 13, 2011, Appl. No. 12/350,139, Jan. 7, 2009.
Application 90/015,187 is a continuation of application No. 09/658,387, filed on Sep. 8, 2000, granted, now 7,493,497.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/179,989, filed on Feb. 3, 2000.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on May 13, 2024.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/602 (2013.01) [G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-4, 6, 7 and 9 is confirmed.
Claims 5 and 8 were not reexamined.
1. A microprocessor identity device, comprising:
a microprocessor;
microprocessor identity information that uniquely identifies the microprocessor identity device;
digital identity data that identifies an owner of the microprocessor identity device; and
a memory operatively connected to the microprocessor and configured to store the digital identity data and the microprocessor identity information,
wherein the digital identity data is bound to the microprocessor identity device by encoding, using the microprocessor, the digital identity data using an algorithm that uses the microprocessor identity information.