Frank Sudia, Publications

Frank W. Sudia -- Publications

Issued US Patents

8,364,967 Multi-step digital signature method and system, 1-29-13
8,032,743 Reliance server for electronic transaction system, 10-4-11
7,904,722 Method for securely using digital signatures in a commercial cryptographic system, 3-8-11
7,085,780 Method and apparatus for monitoring a database system, 8-1-06
6,209,091 Multi-step digital signature method and system, 3-27-01
5,995,625 Electronic cryptographic packaging, 11-30-99
5,903,882 Reliance server for electronic transaction system, 5-11-99
5,867,578 Adaptive multi-step digital signature system and method of operation thereof, 2-2-99
5,825,880 Multi-step digital signature method and system, 10-20-98
5,659,616 Method for securely using digital signatures in a cryptographic system, 8-19-97
4,388,892 Process and apparatus for generation of steam via catalytic combustion, 6-21-83

The following was a single application (filed 1-14-94) that was issued 6 patent numbers:
6,009,177 Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 12-28-99
5,872,849 Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 2-16-99
5,857,022 Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 1-5-99
5,850,451 Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 12-15-98
5,841,865 Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 11-24-98
5,799,086 Enhanced cryptographic system and method with key escrow feature, 8-25-98

Other Published Applications

20130266380 Systems & Methods for Off-Shore Energy Production & CO2 Sequestration
20130263226 False Banking, Credit Card, and Ecommerce System
20130144951 Communication management system with extensible command language [...]
20080228580 Method and system for compensating online content contributors and editors
20050114666 Blocked tree authorization and status systems
20050114653 Certificate revocation notification systems
20020013898 Method and apparatus for roaming use of cryptographic values
20010050990 Method for initiating a stream-oriented encrypted communication

WO/2001/025874 System [...] for providing verified network sessions with visual confirmation
WO/2001/011812 Distributed rule enforcement system
WO/2000/022787 Method [...] for providing enhanced electronic mail services

Information Security

Public Comment on Proposed NIST Threshold Signature Standard, April 2023
Data Content Monitoring for Security, Integrity, and Availability, IPLocks, September 2002
Blocked Hash-Tree Status and Entitlement System, Valify, September 2000
Enhanced Management Controls Using Attribute Certificates, ANSI X9.45, 1999
Commercialization of Digital Signatures, ANSI X9 working paper, February 1994

AI Ethics / Futures Studies

Looking Forward: Dialogs with Artilects in the Age of Spiritual Machines, October 2014
Friendly AI: What is it, and how can we foster it?, June 2009
A Jurisprudence of Artilects: Blueprint for a Synthetic Citizen (2001-07)

Legal Publications

Putting Trademarks in Jail: New Tool for Punishment of Corporate Crime?, Nov 2014
Review Committee, Model Notary Act of 2002, National Notary Assn.
An Overview of Structured Licensing, Les Nouvelles, December 2001
ABA Digital Signature Guidelines, Member of Editorial Committee, 1996
History of Jackson State Prison, 1920-1975, co-author, 1979

Standards & Policy

American Bankers Association, ANSI ASC X9 Financial Services, X9.F1 Working Group:
Leading contributor to ANSI X9.30-31, X9.55, X9.79, and ISO X.509 Version 3.
Co-Author of ANSI X9.45, "Enhanced Management Controls Using Attribute Certificates."

American Bar Association, Section of Science & Technology Law, Information Security Committee:
Member of Editorial Committee for "Digital Signature Guidelines" (1994).
CyberNotary Committee on International Notarial Practice.
Contributed to passage of US E-SIGN, Utah Digital Signature Act, and Florida Civil Notary Law.

National Notary Association, Reviewer of Model Notary Act of 2002.

American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM E-31.20 Medical Records Authentication.

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