Patents by Inventor John Brian Costello

John Brian Costello 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).

  • Patent number: 11122059
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resource landscape system that allows users to identify issues with elements within the organization and implement changes to the elements utilizing a relational database that utilizes nodes for defining the elements and relationships between the elements. The resource landscape system and applications therein provide a holistic inventory of resources, threat vectors, controls, metrics, policies, rules, and/or the like. The resource landscape system may be implemented through one or more interfaces that allows users to view cross-references of the elements, identify the priority of the elements using the crossed-references, and/or identify element issues in the elements of the organization that could results in threats to the organization. Moreover, the invention allows for receiving changes to one or more of the elements and automatically updating the cross-references of the elements, the priority of the elements, and/or the element issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Rachel Yun Kim Bierner, Mark Earl Brubaker, Regina Yee Cadavid, John Brian Costello, Cora Yan Quon
  • Patent number: 11087323
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for regulating exposure based secured access is presented. The present invention is configured to receive, from a user computing device, a request to access a network device to execute one or more actions, wherein the user computing device is associated with a payment token; receive information associated with the one or more actions, wherein the information comprises an exposure level; initiate an authorization module associated with the distributed network environment; determine, using the authorization module, a token amount to execute the one or more actions; automatically retrieve, from the user computing device, the token amount from the payment token; authorize the user computing device to access the network device to execute the one or more actions; and access and update a blockchain distributed ledger based on information associated with the request and subsequent authorization to access the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Michael Thomas Malarkey, John Brian Costello, Brian Diederich
  • Patent number: 11023812
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for predicting one or more events and mitigating the impact of the one or more events. The system is typically configured for presenting a list of exposures to a user via an event prediction application user interface, prompting the user to select an exposure from the list of exposures, receiving a selection of the exposure and at least one option from the user device, determining type of the exposure based on the at least one option, determining one or more distribution models based on the type of the exposure, estimating occurrence of the one or more events associated with the exposure using at least one distribution model from the one or more distribution models, and in response to estimating the occurrence of the one or more events, triggering one or more automated counter measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Brian Costello
  • Patent number: 10810006
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for indicator regression and modeling for implementing system changes to improve control effectiveness. The system is typically configured for presenting, prompting for and receiving a selection from a list of controls from a user, via a control effectiveness application user interface on a user device. The system is also for receiving two or more consideration indicators from the user device, via the control effectiveness application user interface forming a consideration set; applying a regression algorithm on the consideration set of indicators; reducing a number of the subset of the consideration set of indicators based on a threshold correlation or a threshold number; finalizing the final equation with the number of the subset, each having a corresponding coefficient; and, in response to finalizing the final equation, automatically performing an action configured to improve effectiveness of the control based on the final equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Brian Costello, Brian Diederich
  • Patent number: 10664498
    Abstract: The invention provides an interconnected graph database system, method and computer program product structured for identifying and remediating conflicts in resource deployment. In some embodiments, the present invention is configured to identify a source node of a plurality of first nodes of a first graph database system. The source node is typically associated with a first information technology operational activity. In addition, the present invention is configured for determining a lateral relationship between the source node of the first graph database system and a target node of a plurality of second nodes of a second graph database system. Moreover, the present invention is configured for determining that the lateral relationship between the source node and the target node comprises a conflict, and in response, blocking initiation of the first information technology operational activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Rachel Yun Kim Bierner, Mark Earl Brubaker, Regina Yee Cadavid, John Brian Costello, John Howard Kling, Cora Yan Quon, Tracie Buffington Wescott
  • Publication number: 20200065811
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for regulating exposure based secured access is presented. The present invention is configured to receive, from a user computing device, a request to access a network device to execute one or more actions, wherein the user computing device is associated with a payment token; receive information associated with the one or more actions, wherein the information comprises an exposure level; initiate an authorization module associated with the distributed network environment; determine, using the authorization module, a token amount to execute the one or more actions; automatically retrieve, from the user computing device, the token amount from the payment token; authorize the user computing device to access the network device to execute the one or more actions; and access and update a blockchain distributed ledger based on information associated with the request and subsequent authorization to access the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Michael Thomas Malarkey, John Brian Costello, Brian Diederich
  • Publication number: 20200059479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resource landscape system that allows users to identify issues with elements within the organization and implement changes to the elements utilizing a relational database that utilizes nodes for defining the elements and relationships between the elements. The resource landscape system and applications therein provide a holistic inventory of resources, threat vectors, controls, metrics, policies, rules, and/or the like. The resource landscape system may be implemented through one or more interfaces that allows users to view cross-references of the elements, identify the priority of the elements using the crossed-references, and/or identify element issues in the elements of the organization that could results in threats to the organization. Moreover, the invention allows for receiving changes to one or more of the elements and automatically updating the cross-references of the elements, the priority of the elements, and/or the element issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Rachel Yun Kim Bierner, Mark Earl Brubaker, Regina Yee Cadavid, John Brian Costello, Cora Yan Quon
  • Publication number: 20200058034
    Abstract: Threats may be determined for events in isolation, however, many threats are not identified and/or realized without the occurrence of two or more events. The invention allows for identifying, prioritizing, and remitting the threats that may occur as a result of the combination of events. The invention utilizes the creation of a threat framework, which is populated with events that are defined by event characteristics using an N-tuple. Each event may have an event threat magnitude, as well as an event threat vector that illustrates the severity and likelihood of the event threat and the alignment of the threat event with related threats, and which can be used to determine an event threat assessment for the combination of events. The one or more threat frameworks may be represented by plotting the events in a dimensional Cartesian space illustrating the event threat magnitude and event threat vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Regina Yee Cadavid, John Brian Costello
  • Publication number: 20190325056
    Abstract: The invention provides an interconnected graph database system, method and computer program product structured for identifying and remediating conflicts in resource deployment. In some embodiments, the present invention is configured to identify a source node of a plurality of first nodes of a first graph database system. The source node is typically associated with a first information technology operational activity. In addition, the present invention is configured for determining a lateral relationship between the source node of the first graph database system and a target node of a plurality of second nodes of a second graph database system. Moreover, the present invention is configured for determining that the lateral relationship between the source node and the target node comprises a conflict, and in response, blocking initiation of the first information technology operational activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Rachel Yun Kim Biemer, Mark Earl Brubaker, Regina Yee Cadavid, John Brian Costello, John Howard Kling, Cora Yan Quon, Tracie Buffington Wescott
  • Publication number: 20190065967
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for predicting one or more events and mitigating the impact of the one or more events. The system is typically configured for presenting a list of exposures to a user via an event prediction application user interface, prompting the user to select an exposure from the list of exposures, receiving a selection of the exposure and at least one option from the user device, determining type of the exposure based on the at least one option, determining one or more distribution models based on the type of the exposure, estimating occurrence of the one or more events associated with the exposure using at least one distribution model from the one or more distribution models, and in response to estimating the occurrence of the one or more events, triggering one or more automated counter measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Brian Costello
  • Publication number: 20190065178
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for indicator regression and modeling for implementing system changes to improve control effectiveness. The system is typically configured for presenting, prompting for and receiving a selection from a list of controls from a user, via a control effectiveness application user interface on a user device. The system is also for receiving two or more consideration indicators from the user device, via the control effectiveness application user interface forming a consideration set; applying a regression algorithm on the consideration set of indicators; reducing a number of the subset of the consideration set of indicators based on a threshold correlation or a threshold number; finalizing the final equation with the number of the subset, each having a corresponding coefficient; and, in response to finalizing the final equation, automatically performing an action configured to improve effectiveness of the control based on the final equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Sloane, John Brian Costello, Brian Diederich