VentureLab portfolio company
Whisper Communications
Tools to enable data communication without eavesdroppers.
details
Industry
Information Security
Market
Financial transactions (NFC), wireless access points
Funding
- GRA Phase 0 $7,500
- GRA Phase 1A $18,000
- GRA Phase 1B $21,000
- NSF SBIR Grant $150,000
- GRA Phase 2A $48,000
- GT Edison Fund $50,000
Team
Steve McLaughlin
Georgia Tech
steven.mclaughlin@provost.gatech.edu
Jeff McConnell CEO
Paul Freet
Georgia Tech VentureLab
paul.freet@innovate.gatech.edu
Cenk Argon
Technology
Special encoding method such that other devices only see noise.
Intellectual Property
Two utility patents filed. One shared with Cambridge and Univ of Portugal. Continuation patent is Ga Tech only.
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GTID #4920
61/224,261
Preprocessing for a secure physical layer -
GTID #4028
12/044,411
RFID Security -
GTID #4810
12/765,966
LDPC Codes for physical layer security -
GTID #4134
PCT/US09/59974
Secure Transfer of Information using Non-Systematic Error Control Codes -
GTID #3849
12/441,737
Opportunistic Security for Wireless Channels
