Patents Examined by Linglan Edwards
  • Patent number: 11728999
    Abstract: A first computing device may authenticate itself to a second computing device by providing a verifier value based on a private key. The verifier value may be sent to the second computing device, and a session key may be determined based on the private key. A secure message may comprise routing information associated with the first computing device and a hash value based on the routing information and the session key, and the first computing device may communicate with the second computing device using the session key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Zarcone, John Jason Brzozowski
  • Patent number: 11711203
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining consumer eligibility for a gated offer using verification data from a verification source, while reducing exposure of the verification data, are herein disclosed. In one example, a method for a verification source comprises, generating a seed hash from a pre-determined data specification, aggregating verification data based on one or more data fields indicated by the data specification to produce aggregated verification data, hashing the aggregated verification data using the seed hash to produce hashed verification data, receiving hashed customer data from a verification platform, receiving a comparison request from the verification platform, comparing the hashed customer data with the hashed verification data; and returning a result to the verification platform indicating if the hashed customer data matches the verification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SheerID, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander R. Boone, Jay B. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11700133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zero-knowledge proof-based certificate service method using a blockchain network, the method comprising: (a) a step in which, if a certificate registration request transaction including user trap information generated by using at least one user personal information corresponding to a user and a private key of the user is acquired from a user terminal, a certification support server confirms whether or not the user personal information included in the certificate registration request transaction is authentic; (b) a step in which, if it is confirmed that the user personal information corresponds to the user, the certification support server computes the user personal information and the user trap information included in the certificate registration request transaction by using a commitment scheme, thereby generating a user commitment corresponding to the user personal information; and (c) a step in which the certification support server transmits a certificate transaction incl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: COINPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Wu Hong, Kyoo Hyung Han
  • Patent number: 11696128
    Abstract: Technologies for systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for reducing the time to complete authentication during inter-technology handovers by reusing security context between 5G and Wi-Fi. Assuming, that the administrative domain for Wi-Fi and 5G match (and belongs to an enterprise for instance), using an already established security context in one technology to do fast authentication in the other technology during handover. Specifically, if UE is on Wi-Fi and handing over to 5G, use its Wi-Fi security context to do fast security setup in 5G, which includes a corresponding method for use when the UE goes from 5G to Wi-Fi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Anand Oswal, Arun G. Khanna
  • Patent number: 11689355
    Abstract: A method for atomic exchange of assets on multiple blockchains using transient key pairs includes: generating, by a first computing device, a proposal message, the proposal message including at least a first transaction value, a first network identifier corresponding to a first blockchain, a second transaction value, a second network identifier corresponding to a second blockchain, and a swap public key of a swap cryptographic key pair; generating, by the first computing device, a first digital signature for the proposal message; encrypting, by the first computing device, the first digital signature using the swap public key and a first private key of a first cryptographic key pair; appending, by the first computing device, the encrypted first digital signature to the generated proposal message; and transmitting, by the first computing device, the generated proposal message with appended encrypted first digital signature to a second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Steven C. Davis
  • Patent number: 11683169
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing keys in a computer memory are described. In some embodiments, location addresses are determined for two key elements. A periodic time interval that is based on a time duration for performing a transaction involving a distance between the key elements is determined. One key element may be stored at a location address and then relocated to another location address after the periodic time interval has passed. In some embodiments, areas the computer memory may remain static during relocation of the key element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. T. Chan, Derek Chamorro, Venkata Siva Vijayendra Bhamidipati, Glenn G. Lebumfacil, Ralph Scott Forsythe
  • Patent number: 11677717
    Abstract: A unified network service that connects multiple disparate private networks and end user client devices operating on separate networks is described. The multiple disparate private networks and end user client devices connect to a distributed cloud computing network that provides routing services, security services, and performance services, and that can be controlled consistently regardless of the connection type. The unified network service provides uniform access control at the L3 layer (e.g., at the IP layer) or at a higher layer using user identity information (e.g., a zero-trust model). The disparate private networks are run on top of the distributed cloud computing network. The virtual routing layer of the distributed cloud computing network allows customers of the service to have private resources visible only to client devices (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Igor Postelnik, Michael John Vanderwater, Adam Simon Chalmers, Nuno Miguel Lourenço Diegues, Arég Harutyunyan, Erich Alfred Heine
  • Patent number: 11671416
    Abstract: Methods, systems and media for presenting information related to an event based on metadata are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric Liu, Charles Goran, Jonathan James Effrat
  • Patent number: 11663506
    Abstract: A system and method for providing power consumption data for a distributed system in blockchains in a computer environment are presented. Energy consumption of one or more blockchain nodes in a blockchain network that achieves a consensus by a proof of work on a plurality of transactions upon executing a cryptographic operation may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emanuele Ragnoli, Sean A. McKenna
  • Patent number: 11665162
    Abstract: A method performs a strong authentication using a mobile terminal and the capability of the user, as proof of an identity. The mobile terminal allows an authentication to be established by communicating with a proxy authentication server and a notification server. These communications are initiated by an authentication server, used for the authentication. Throughout the authentication, the authentication server remains masked by the proxy authentication server. The only interface between the authentication server and the rest of the world is the proxy authentication server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BULL SAS
    Inventor: Christophe Guionneau
  • Patent number: 11664991
    Abstract: Methods and systems enabling tracking and managing apparel items are described. The apparel item (e.g. clothing item, shoes, accessories, jewelry and other type of wearables) is tagged and tracked using an inimitable identification tag that is at least partially invisible to the naked human eye, and generating a record of the apparel item in a distributed ledger using the tag data of the inimitable identification tag. The record is associated with a non-fungible token (NFT) on the ledger that allows for tracking the item throughout its life. For example, it is possible to locate and authenticate the apparel item by using the private key associated with the NFT of the token. The apparel item may be tracked starting from a manufacturing phase of the apparel and extending throughout the lifespan of the apparel item. The authenticity of the apparel item can be shown throughout the manufacturing, distribution and ownership stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CreateMe Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. K. Myers, Lawrence Charles Hume, Eduardo Barrón
  • Patent number: 11664987
    Abstract: Examples relate to a BC network including a plurality of network devices deployed in a network. The plurality of network devices includes an authoritative network device that generates a transaction in a distributed ledger. The transaction includes location information of a new public key certificate to be deployed in each of the network devices. In order to verify the transaction, a network device of the plurality of network devices verifies, using a smart contract, whether the new public key certificate is valid and whether the new public key certificate is different from a previously recorded public key certificate in the distributed ledger. In response to successful verification by at least a predefined number of network devices of the plurality of network devices, each of the network device record the transaction in the distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Gopal Gupta, Nagendra Babu Rapaka, Abhinesh Mishra, Amit Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11658827
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a system for selectively disclosing attributes and data entries of a record. An issuer device generates a digital signature on a message comprising the attributes and a secret record identifier, and digital signatures on messages comprising respective data entries and each comprising the secret record identifier. The record, secret record identifier, and signatures are provided to a selector device. The selector device selectively discloses attributes and data entries of the record to a receiver device, proving authenticity by means of a zero-knowledge proof of knowledge of the signature on the attributes and signatures on respective data entries. The receiver device verifies the proof with respect to the public key of the issuer and the received attributes and data entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Adriaan Joris H. Larmuseau
  • Patent number: 11651068
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and validating certified electronic credentials are disclosed. A publisher may receive a certified electronic credential order from a credentialer and prepare a plurality of certified electronic credentials. The publisher may associate each credential with authentication information and a credential record, and retain a database of associated authentication information and credential records. The publisher may provide validation services, receiving a validation request through a credentialer's validation portal, and provide a response through the credentialer's portal indicative of the validity, additional information about the credential and/or the credential holder. The credential holder may assign a personal access key to control or limit the validation of a credential. A validating entity may receive credential validation through the credentialer with a heightened degree of confidence in the validation and lack of forgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PARADIGM, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Johnson, Christopher Simon Jackson, Robert Allen Huffman
  • Patent number: 11645369
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, an artifact and a first token with a check-in request; applying, by the computer device, a first level fragile watermark to the artifact, wherein the first level fragile watermark includes ownership information from the first token; receiving, by the computer device, a second token with a check-out request; applying, by the computer device, a second level fragile watermark to a copy of the first level fragile watermarked artifact, wherein the second level fragile watermark includes authentication information from the second token; and transmitting, by the computer device, the second level fragile watermarked copy of the artifact to a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Marci Ramona Wojcik
  • Patent number: 11641347
    Abstract: Cryptographic methods and systems for key exchange, digital signature and zero-knowledge proof. In the digital signature scenario, there is provided a method of signing a digital document, comprising: obtaining a private cryptographic key associated with the signer; obtaining a digital asset from the digital document; selecting a base data element; computing a plurality of signature data elements from (i) the digital asset, (ii) the base data element and (iii) the private cryptographic key; and transmitting the digital document and the plurality of signature data elements to a recipient over a data network. Provenance of the digital document is confirmable by the recipient carrying out a predefined computation involving the digital document, the signature data elements, a plurality of noise variables and a public cryptographic key corresponding to the private cryptographic key associated with the signer. In the zero-knowledge proof scenario, the digital asset plays the role of a challenge data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Quantropi Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Kuang, Maria Perepechaenko
  • Patent number: 11627143
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and validating certified electronic credentials are disclosed. A certified electronic credential may comprise a computer-readable file representative of a credential bestowed upon a recipient, in which the file is protected with one or more document integrity and document usage security feature. A publisher may receive a certified electronic credential order from a credentialer and prepare a plurality of certified electronic credentials. The publisher may associate each credential with authentication information and a credential record, and retain a database of associated authentication information and credential records. The publisher may provide validation services, receiving a validation request through a credentialer's validation portal, and provide a response through the credentialer's portal indicative of the validity, additional information about the credential, and even an audit trail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PARADIGM, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Jackson, Peter A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11627144
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and validating certified electronic credentials are disclosed. A publisher may receive a certified electronic credential order from a credentialer and prepare a plurality of certified electronic credentials. The publisher may associate each credential with authentication information and a credential record, and retain a database of associated authentication information and credential records. The publisher may provide validation services, receiving a validation request through a credentialer's validation portal, and provide a response through the credentialer's portal indicative of the validity, additional information about the credential and/or the credential holder. The credential holder may assign a personal access key to control or limit the validation of a credential. A validating entity may receive credential validation through the credentialer with a heightened degree of confidence in the validation and lack of forgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PARADIGM, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Jackson, Peter A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11621834
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for preserving data integrity when integrating secure multiparty computation (SMPC) and blockchain technology. In one exemplary aspect, a method may split, via a data publisher, data into a plurality of data secret shares using an SMPC protocol, wherein each secret share of the plurality of data secret shares is assigned to an SMPC compute node of a plurality of SMPC compute nodes and wherein the plurality of SMPC compute nodes may be members of a blockchain network. In some aspects, the method may determine parameters of a message authentication code (MAC) condition based on the data, may generate secret shares of the MAC condition parameters, and may include a plurality of MAC secret shares with the plurality of data secret shares.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Acronis International GmbH
    Inventors: Mark A Will, Sanjeev Solanki, Kailash Sivanesan
  • Patent number: 11604865
    Abstract: A method for the secured access of data of a transportation vehicle including providing a mobile terminal on which an application is installed that uses data of the transportation vehicle and providing a separate storage unit on which data of the transportation vehicle is stored by a controller of the transportation vehicle for retrieval by the mobile terminal. The method authenticates the use on an authentication module using an identification feature and provides a reading access to the separate storage unit for use on the mobile terminal after a successful authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas Meier