[May 08, 2013] Mformation Software Technologies Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 8 -- Mformation Software Technologies, Edison, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,438,391) developed by Vasilios Daskalopoulos, Edison, N.J., Badri Nath, Edison, N.J., and Rakesh Kushwaha, Marlboro, N.J., for a "credential generation management servers and method for communications devices and device management servers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described for establishing credentials at a device and at a device management server for the purpose of exchanging secure credentials in order to mutually authenticate the device and the server. A credential generation algorithm is described which uses a plurality of seeds, including the hardware identity of the device, the server identity, and a shared private key, to generate two sets of credentials, one to be used by the device and the other to be used by the device management server. The credentials are exchanged between the device and the server during any session, thereby assuring mutual authentication." The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2011 (13/209,519). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,438,391.PN.&OS=PN/8,438,391&RS=PN/8,438,391 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. KS0508AK0508-875089 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]