Goke US Research Laboratory Assigned Patent

Goke US Research Laboratory, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,452,871) developed by Schauer, Steven, Loveland, CO, Kang, Xinhai, Milpitas, CA, and Yeo, Engling, San Jose, CA, for “method and apparatus for data encryption using a standardized data storage and retrieval protocol.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system, method and apparatus for encrypting data. A host processor and host memory are coupled to a block I/O device. The host processor issues encryption and decryption commands to the block I/O device in accordance with a high-speed data storage and retrieval protocol. The block I/O device performs encryption on data specified in the encryption command, thus relieving the host processor of performing the encryption and freeing the host processor for other tasks.”

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2018 (15/973,369).