Patents by Inventor Mark Tocci
Mark Tocci 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).
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Patent number: 11983957Abstract: Various techniques employ digital fingerprints, alone or in conjunction with other data related to a physical object, to characterize the physical object in a way allows an identity of the physical object to be confirmed or authenticated within a threshold of confidence when the physical object is encountered at a subsequently after a digital fingerprint thereof was previously ingested, without capture, retention and/or reference to certain types or categories of characterizing information which may be of a sensitive nature and/or subject to misuse or abuse. Such digital fingerprints may include feature vectors and non-positional characterization values, while advantageously omitting positional information that would otherwise allow recreation of a recognizable image of the physical object or an image from which one or more immutable characteristics or traits (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.Inventors: Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci, David Justin Ross
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Publication number: 20240029081Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data; in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data of said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, Mark Tocci, David Keesu Kim, David Justin Ross, Scot E. Land
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Patent number: 11682026Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data; in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data of said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, Mark Tocci, David Keesu Kim, David Justin Ross, Scot E. Land
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Patent number: 11663849Abstract: A system and method for better matching of two digital fingerprints when the two digital fingerprints are acquired under different conditions that uses the set of points of interest of the first and second digital fingerprints to perform the matching. A transform pyramiding process is performed using the first and second set of points of interest and a hierarchy of transforms to determine if the first and second set of points of interest are true matches despite the different conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.Inventors: David Justin Ross, Mark Tocci, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian
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Patent number: 11593815Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with preserving authentication under item change are disclosed herein. In embodiments, acquiring digital image data of an image of at least a portion of a target physical object; extracting features from the image data to form a digital fingerprint; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the digital fingerprint; based on an amount of difference between the digital fingerprint and a stored digital fingerprint of the database, update the database system to output a new indication of a new match to the physical object for any new samples that are not matchable to the stored digital fingerprint within a first predetermined similarity threshold provided the new samples are matchable to the digital fingerprint within a second predetermined similarity threshold. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Alitheon Inc.Inventors: David Justin Ross, Justin Lynn Withrow, Scot E. Land, David Keesu Kim, Mark Tocci, Robert Saxon Ross
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Patent number: 11568683Abstract: Facial biometric systems and methods employ digital fingerprints that represent facial characteristics. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the facial data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the face to perform biometrics). The facial biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the facial biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other biometric systems and methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.Inventors: Robert Saxon Ross, Evan Murphy Keech, David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci
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Patent number: 11423641Abstract: Improvements are disclosed for detecting counterfeit objects, based on comparison to digital fingerprints that describe features found in images of objects known to be counterfeit.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.Inventors: David Justin Ross, Brian J. Elmenhurst, Mark Tocci, John Forbes, Heather Wheelock Ross
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Publication number: 20220230188Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data; in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data of said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, Mark Tocci, David Keesu Kim, David Justin Ross, Scot E. Land
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Patent number: 11341348Abstract: Hand biometric systems and methods use digital fingerprints generated from images of at least a portion of hand. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the hand biometric data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the hand to perform biometrics which are known processes that may be performed using digital fingerprints, and may even be control anonymous access to controlled areas or vehicle. The hand biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the hand biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other existing biometric systems and methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.Inventors: Robert Saxon Ross, Evan Murphy Keech, David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci
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Patent number: 11301872Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object, querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data; in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data or said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, Mark Tocci, David Keesu Kim, David Justin Ross, Scot E. Land
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Publication number: 20220086008Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems for authenticating physical objects using digital fingerprints. The system may be hosted on a digital computing server and may include a storage layer for storing a plurality of digital fingerprints. To authenticate objects, multiple users may securely access an authentication layer of the system through a users layer. The digital fingerprints corresponding to a particular class of objects may then be loaded into working memory and used to authenticate objects in the particular class. The storage layer may store digital fingerprints extracted from many different classes of objects so that many different types of objects may be authenticated using the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Evan Murphy Keech, Brian Crowley, Sean Courtney, Will Charles Shannon, Shannon Wainwright, Jonathan Meeks, Mark Tocci, Kanzah Qasim, William Moorhead
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Publication number: 20210374444Abstract: Various techniques employ digital fingerprints, alone or in conjunction with other data related to a physical object, to characterize the physical object in a way allows an identity of the physical object to be confirmed or authenticated within a threshold of confidence when the physical object is encountered at a subsequently after a digital fingerprint thereof was previously ingested, without capture, retention and/or reference to certain types or categories of characterizing information which may be of a sensitive nature and/or subject to misuse or abuse. Such digital fingerprints may include feature vectors and non-positional characterization values, while advantageously omitting positional information that would otherwise allow recreation of a recognizable image of the physical object or an image from which one or more immutable characteristics or traits (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci, David Justin Ross
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Publication number: 20210295010Abstract: Hand biometric systems and methods use digital fingerprints generated from images of at least a portion of hand. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the hand biometric data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the hand to perform biometrics which are known processes that may be performed using digital fingerprints, and may even be control anonymous access to controlled areas or vehicle. The hand biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the hand biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other existing biometric systems and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Robert Saxon Ross, Evan Murphy Keech, David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci
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Publication number: 20210295077Abstract: Facial biometric systems and methods employ digital fingerprints that represent facial characteristics. These systems and methods may perform various digital fingerprint related processes including induction (acquiring of the facial data, generation of a digital fingerprint and storing in a database) and authentication (a process of using the digital fingerprint of the face to perform biometrics). The facial biometric system and method combines these processes with a particular set of hardware to perform the facial biometrics process that is novel and provides benefits and capabilities not achievable by other biometric systems and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Robert Saxon Ross, Evan Murphy Keech, David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci
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Publication number: 20210279462Abstract: A forgery detection system includes a computer server and a database system of digital fingerprint records corresponding to forged or altered objects of a given object type. Using the computer server, a digital image of a suspect object of the given object type is accessed, an authentication region is selected, and a native feature within the authentication region is extracted. The native feature describes physical characteristics of the authentication region without recognizing content that appears in the authentication region. The computer server forms a feature vector to represent the native feature in a compact form and queries the database system to obtain a result responsive to digital fingerprint records that match the feature vector. Each matching digital fingerprint record is counted, and if the count of fraud indicator matches crosses a predetermined threshold indicating a confidence level that the suspect object is forged or altered, a report based is generated and communicated to a user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: David Ross, Brian Elmenhurst, Mark Tocci, John Forbes, Heather Wheelock Ross
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Patent number: 11100517Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with preserving authentication under item change are disclosed herein. In embodiments, acquiring digital image data of an image of at least a portion of a target physical object; extracting features from the image data to form a digital fingerprint; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the digital fingerprint; based on an amount of difference between the digital fingerprint and a stored digital fingerprint of the database, update the database system to output a new indication of a new match to the physical object for any new samples that are not matchable to the stored digital fingerprint within a first predetermined similarity threshold provided the new samples are matchable to the digital fingerprint within a second predetermined similarity threshold. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.Inventors: David Justin Ross, Justin Lynn Withrow, Scot E. Land, David Keesu Kim, Mark Tocci, Robert Saxon Ross
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Publication number: 20210224825Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with preserving authentication under item change are disclosed herein. In embodiments, acquiring digital image data of an image of at least a portion of a target physical object; extracting features from the image data to form a digital fingerprint; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the digital fingerprint; based on an amount of difference between the digital fingerprint and a stored digital fingerprint of the database, update the database system to output a new indication of a new match to the physical object for any new samples that are not matchable to the stored digital fingerprint within a first predetermined similarity threshold provided the new samples are matchable to the digital fingerprint within a second predetermined similarity threshold. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: David Justin Ross, Justin Lynn Withrow, Scot E. Land, David Keesu Kim, Mark Tocci, Robert Saxon Ross
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Patent number: 11068909Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with multi-level authentication are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes authenticating a physical object of a plurality of physical objects that together form an aggregate physical object; storing in a database system relationship information reflecting a relationship between the aggregate physical object and the plurality of physical objects; attempting to authenticate a target physical object; responsive to matching the target physical object to the aggregate physical object based on the attempt to authenticate the physical target: identifying in the database system a database record corresponding to the aggregate physical object; storing in the database record authentication data reflecting the match between the target physical object and the aggregate physical object; and storing an indication of a re-authentication of the physical object in the database system based on the relationship information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.Inventors: Scot E. Land, David Keesu Kim, David Justin Ross, Mark Tocci, Robert Saxon Ross
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Publication number: 20210174376Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object, querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data, in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data or said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: ALITHEON, INC.Inventors: Justin Lynn WITHROW, Mark TOCCI, David Keesu KIM, David Justin ROSS, Scot E. LAND
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Publication number: 20210103760Abstract: Improvements are disclosed for detecting counterfeit objects, based on comparison to digital fingerprints that describe features found in images of objects known to be counterfeit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Alitheon, Inc.Inventors: David Justin Ross, Brian J. Elmenhurst, Mark Tocci, John Forbes, Heather Wheelock Ross