Patents by Inventor Janet Lynn Schneider

Janet Lynn Schneider has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220035895
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide multi-factor authentication based on positioning data. Generally described, configurations disclosed herein enable a system to authorize a particular action using positioning data, and possibly other data, associated with an identity. For example, when a user wishes to change a password or access a secured account, the system can authenticate a user if a device associated with the user is located in the secure area. The system can authenticate a user if a requested operation and/or a predetermined pattern of movement associated with the user is detected. For instance, the system allows the user to change the password when the user's computer has followed a predetermined pattern of movement, and when one or more verification procedures meets one or more criteria while the location of the computing device is within the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen P. DiAcetis, David Mahlon Hoover, Cristina del Amo Casado, Lanny D. Natucci, JR., Janet Lynn Schneider, Sanjib Saha, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Matthew Kay
  • Patent number: 11115423
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide multi-factor authentication based on positioning data. Generally described, configurations disclosed herein enable a system to authorize a particular action using positioning data, and possibly other data, associated with an identity. For example, when a user wishes to change a password or access a secured account, the system can authenticate a user if a device associated with the user is located in the secure area. The system can authenticate a user if a requested operation and/or a predetermined pattern of movement associated with the user is detected. For instance, the system allows the user to change the password when the user's computer has followed a predetermined pattern of movement, and when one or more verification procedures meets one or more criteria while the location of the computing device is within the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. DiAcetis, David Mahlon Hoover, Cristina del Amo Casado, Lanny D. Natucci, Jr., Janet Lynn Schneider, Sanjib Saha, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Matthew Kay
  • Patent number: 10645525
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Liam Kiemele, Donna Katherine Long, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, Anthony Ernst, Kendall Clark York, Jeffrey Sipko, Janet Lynn Schneider, Christian Michael Sadak, Stephen G. Latta
  • Publication number: 20200045055
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide multi-factor authentication based on positioning data. Generally described, configurations disclosed herein enable a system to authorize a particular action using positioning data, and possibly other data, associated with an identity. For example, when a user wishes to change a password or access a secured account, the system can authenticate a user if a device associated with the user is located in the secure area. The system can authenticate a user if a requested operation and/or a predetermined pattern of movement associated with the user is detected. For instance, the system allows the user to change the password when the user's computer has followed a predetermined pattern of movement, and when one or more verification procedures meets one or more criteria while the location of the computing device is within the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen P. DiAcetis, David Mahlon Hoover, Cristina del Amo Casado, Lanny D. Natucci, JR., Janet Lynn Schneider, Sanjib Saha, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Matthew Kay
  • Publication number: 20190349706
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Donna Katherine LONG, Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Anthony ERNST, Kendall Clark YORK, Jeffrey SIPKO, Janet Lynn SCHNEIDER, Christian Michael SADAK, Stephen G. LATTA
  • Publication number: 20190342696
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Liam KIEMELE, Donna Katherine LONG, Bryant Daniel HAWTHORNE, Anthony ERNST, Kendall Clark YORK, Jeffrey SIPKO, Janet Lynn SCHNEIDER, Christian Michael SADAK, Stephen G. LATTA
  • Patent number: 10455351
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Liam Kiemele, Donna Katherine Long, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne, Anthony Ernst, Kendall Clark York, Jeffrey Sipko, Janet Lynn Schneider, Christian Michael Sadak, Stephen G. Latta
  • Patent number: 10389731
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide multi-factor authentication based on positioning data. Generally described, configurations disclosed herein enable a system to authorize a particular action using positioning data, and possibly other data, associated with an identity. For example, when a user wishes to change a password or access a secured account, the system can authenticate a user if a device associated with the user is located in the secure area. The system can authenticate a user if a requested operation and/or a predetermined pattern of movement associated with the user is detected. For instance, the system allows the user to change the password when the user's computer has followed a predetermined pattern of movement, and when one or more verification procedures meets one or more criteria while the location of the computing device is within the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. DiAcetis, David Mahlon Hoover, Cristina del Amo Casado, Lanny D. Natucci, Jr., Janet Lynn Schneider, Sanjib Saha, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Matthew Kay
  • Publication number: 20180145990
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide multi-factor authentication based on positioning data. Generally described, configurations disclosed herein enable a system to authorize a particular action using positioning data, and possibly other data, associated with an identity. For example, when a user wishes to change a password or access a secured account, the system can authenticate a user if a device associated with the user is located in the secure area. The system can authenticate a user if a requested operation and/or a predetermined pattern of movement associated with the user is detected. For instance, the system allows the user to change the password when the user's computer has followed a predetermined pattern of movement, and when one or more verification procedures meets one or more criteria while the location of the computing device is within the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen P. DiAcetis, David Mahlon Hoover, Cristina del Amo Casado, Lanny D. Natucci, JR., Janet Lynn Schneider, Sanjib Saha, Fernando Gonzalez, Jonathan Matthew Kay