Patents by Inventor Mark Watson

Mark Watson 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: 20240146538
    Abstract: Computer systems and methods for verifying a route taken by a communication are disclosed. In one implementation, a device for verifying a route taken by a communication may include one or more processors configured to obtain a communication transmitted by a source entity. The communication may include data and digital signatures, and each of the digital signatures may be generated based on at least the data. Further, the digital signatures may include a digital signature associated with the source entity, and a set of digital signatures associated with at least a subset of intermediate entities on a route taken by the communication. The one or more processors may be further configured to verify the digital signatures included in the communication, verify whether the entities associated with the digital signatures form an expected route for the communication, and process the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Neustar , Inc.
    Inventors: Brian R. KNOPF, Mark Watson
  • Patent number: 11971868
    Abstract: A method includes storing, by one or more processors of one or more computing devices, a plurality of datasets in a non-transitory computer memory associated with the one or more computing devices. A plurality of index representations is generated where each one of the plurality of index representations includes a compressed representation of a respective one of the plurality of datasets. The plurality of index representations is stored in the non-transitory computer memory. A sample dataset is received by the one or more processors. A sample dataset representation is generated that includes a compressed representation of the sample dataset. A determination that at least one of the plurality of datasets is most similar to the sample dataset based on the sample dataset representation and the plurality of index representations is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Walters, Mark Watson, Anh Truong, Reza Farivar, Vincent Pham, Kate Key, Galen Rafferty, Jeremy Goodsitt
  • Patent number: 11973996
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention sets forth a mechanism for encoding video streams associated with the same digital content such that switch points staggered across two video streams occur at every offset temporal distance. The offset temporal distance is less than the distance between two consecutive key frames in a given video stream. This enables a content player to switch to a video stream having a playback quality up or down one level from a current video stream at the offset temporal distance from the most recently played key frame. In effect, the content player does not wait the entire key frame temporal distance before switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Aditya Mavlankar, Ioannis Katsavounidis, Mark Watson
  • Publication number: 20240107123
    Abstract: System and devices for live captioning events is disclosed. The system may receive event calendar data and a first plurality of caption files and preselect a first caption file based on the event calendar data. The system may then access an audiovisual recorder of a user device, and receive a first feedback from the recorder. The system may then determine whether the first caption file matches the first feedback. When there is a match, the system may determine a first synchronization between the caption file and the feedback. When there is no match, the system may determine if there is a match with a second caption file of the first plurality of caption files and determine a second synchronization. When the second caption file does not match, the system may receive at least a third caption file over a mobile network and determine a third synchronization for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Galen Rafferty, Austin Walters, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Mark Watson, Reza Farivar, Anh Truong
  • Publication number: 20240104505
    Abstract: A system for determining candidate answers during an interview. The system may include a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include capturing, by an image sensor, a plurality of images comprising a plurality of candidate answers; detecting, based on the captured images, a first bounding box comprising the plurality of the candidate answers; detecting, based on the captured images, a second bounding box comprising a plurality of alphanumeric characters, a first one of the alphanumeric characters being located on a line of software code; calculating a distance from a side of a first bounding box to a side of a second bounding box; and determining, based on the calculated distance, a source code alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Anh TRUONG, Kate KEY, Galen RAFFERTY, Reza FARIVAR, Vincent PHAM, Austin WALTERS, Mark WATSON
  • Publication number: 20240104148
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes tracking, by a computing device, user browsing activity of a first page having known elements; mapping, by the computing device, the user browsing activity to the known elements; storing, by the computing device, mapping information that maps the user browsing activity to the known elements; tracking, by the computing device, user browsing activity of a second page having unknown elements; identifying, by the computing device, the unknown elements based on the mapping information and the user browsing activity of the second page; and executing, by the computing device, one or more computer-based instructions based on the determining the unknown elements that were identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Austin Walters, Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Mark Watson, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Reza Farivar, Anh Truong, Kenneth Taylor
  • Publication number: 20240086628
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein for separately collecting and storing form contents. Different information may be collected from a user on a form. Based on determining that portions of the form request a first type of information, an extended reality (XR) environment may be provided to the user. The user may provide the first type information via an input method in the XR environment. The user may provide a second type of information using a different input method outside of the XR environment. The first type of information may be processed and stored in a different database as compared to the second type of information. The database storing the first type of information may have a higher security standard than the database storing second type of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters, Galen Rafferty, Anh Truong, Mark Watson, Reza Farivar, Vincent Pham
  • Publication number: 20240089253
    Abstract: A device detects a communication involving a user associated with an account and a service representative, and sends, to a user device associated with the account, an authentication notification that causes the user device to display an authentication field for the user. The device sends, to a service representative device associated with the service representative, a message that indicates that the service representative is to request, via the communication, the user to enter personal information associated with the user into the authentication field, where the user device is configured to generate a first authentication code based on a user input received from the user device in the authentication field. The device generates a second authentication code based on personal information associated with the account from a data structure, receives the first authentication code, and performs an action based on the first authentication code and the second authentication code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy GOODSITT, Austin WALTERS, Fardin Abdi Taghi ABAD, Mark WATSON, Anh TRUONG, Vincent PHAM, Reza FARIVAR
  • Publication number: 20240089530
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, with a computing system, data representing a video item into a buffer. The method further includes outputting the video item from the buffer to a display system. The method further includes determining that utilization of the buffer falls below a predetermined threshold. The method further includes, in response to determining that the utilization of the buffer falls below the predetermined threshold, determining that there is a specified rebuffering point within a predetermined time frame. The method further includes pausing with the computing system, the video item at the specified rebuffering point in response to determining that there is the specified rebuffering point within the predetermined time frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ioannis Katsavounidis, Mark Watson, Aaron Hipple, Will Wolcott
  • Patent number: 11929994
    Abstract: Randomizations of a web page may be generated in advance and provided to a client. The client may store the randomizations in its cache. Multiple randomizations for the same web page may be provided to the client and stored in the client's cache. When a request for a web page is made, it is determined if the client has any cached randomizations. Randomizations for the probable next web page to be requested by the client may be provided to the client for storage in the cache. For example, the probability that a link will be clicked or a website visited may be determined. Those web pages and websites with higher probabilities may be determined. Randomizations for those web pages are then provided to the client for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Anh Truong, Galen Rafferty, Austin Walters, Reza Farivar, Mark Watson
  • Patent number: 11921757
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for generating labels for k-means clusters. The method includes accessing a plurality of data records from a database repository, and storing the plurality of data records into at least one of primary or secondary memory associated with at least one computer processor performing the method, along with a cluster number for each data record. All data records having a same cluster number form a cluster, and each record has been categorized or designated a cluster number out of a total K number of clusters. The method includes for each of a plurality of classification features, performing cluster-based analysis for a first cluster with respect to a single feature to generate a single feature overlap score. The method includes sorting, grouping, and generating a naming label for the first cluster based on the predetermined number of features having the lowest overlap scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Watson, Reza Farivar, Austin Walters, Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Anh Truong, Galen Rafferty
  • Patent number: 11917271
    Abstract: A playback application seamlessly advances playback of and interactive media title in response to user selections in a manner that minimizes latency and preserves user immersion in a narrative. The playback application buffers an interstitial segment included in the interactive media title and feeds portions of the interstitial segment to a media player only when those portions are needed for display. When the user selects an option displayed during the interstitial segment, the playback application begins buffering a subsequent media segment and stops feeding portions of the interstitial segment to the media player. The playback application starts feeding blocks of the subsequent media segment to the media player and then seamlessly advances playback to the subsequent media segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Watson
  • Patent number: 11911407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapies and therapeutic agents for use in the treatment of cardiomyopathies. In particular, the invention is concerned with, but not limited to therapies and therapeutic agents for use in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Such therapeutic agents comprise hypomethylating agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND
    Inventors: Chris Watson, John Baugh, Mark Ledwidge, Ken McDonald
  • Publication number: 20240054029
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining neural network brittleness are disclosed. For example, the system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a modeling request comprising a preliminary model and a dataset. The operations may include determining a preliminary brittleness score of the preliminary model. The operations may include identifying a reference model and determining a reference brittleness score of the reference model. The operations may include comparing the preliminary brittleness score to the reference brittleness score and generating a preferred model based on the comparison. The operations may include providing the preferred model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Austin WALTERS, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty, Anh Truong, Mark Watson, Jeremy Goodsitt
  • Patent number: 11900178
    Abstract: An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium can include, for example, receiving an original dataset(s), receiving a synthetic dataset(s), training a model(s) using the original dataset(s) and the synthetic dataset(s), and evaluating the synthetic dataset(s) based on the training of the model(s). The model(s) can include a first model and a second model, and the first model can be trained using the original dataset(s) and the second model can be trained using the synthetic dataset(s). The synthetic dataset(s) can be evaluated by comparing first results from the training of the first model to second results from the training of the second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Watson, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Anh Truong, Kenneth Taylor, Reza Farivar, Jeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters, Vincent Pham
  • Patent number: 11899772
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distorting CAPTCHA images with generative adversarial networks include an image distortion interface that can select an image record from a database, determine the size of the selected image, and apply an adversarial attack algorithm to create an array of pixels that is the same size as the selected image so that the majority of the pixels in the array are zero values and the remaining pixels in the array are in the red-green-blue value range. The image distortion interface can merge the array of pixels with the selected image to form a distorted image. A server can include a CAPTCHA test interface that can select a set of images having the same label, retrieve corresponding distorted images, and provide a CAPTCHA test using the distorted images. The CAPTCHA test can use distorted images with different applied adversarial attack algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Pham, Anh Truong, Mark Watson, Reza Farivar, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Jeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters
  • Patent number: 11886568
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein describe using machine learning to lock and unlock a device. Machine learning may be trained to recognize one or more features. Once the device has been trained to recognize one or more features, a user may define an unlock condition for the device using the one or more trained features. After defining the unlock condition, the device may be locked by verifying the one or more features that the user defined as the unlock condition using machine learning. When verification is successful, the device may be unlocked and the user allowed to access the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Galen Rafferty, Mark Watson, Jeremy Goodsitt, Anh Truong, Austin Walters, Vincent Pham
  • Patent number: 11874167
    Abstract: A spectrometer is provided. In one implementation, for example, a spectrometer comprises an excitation source, a focusing lens, a movable mirror, and an actuator assembly. The focusing lens is adapted to focus an incident beam from the excitation source. The actuator assembly is adapted to control the movable mirror to move a focused incident beam across a surface of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Metrohm Spectro, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Watson, Shane Buller, Keith Carron
  • Patent number: 11874884
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes tracking, by a computing device, user browsing activity of a first page having known elements; mapping, by the computing device, the user browsing activity to the known elements; storing, by the computing device, mapping information that maps the user browsing activity to the known elements; tracking, by the computing device, user browsing activity of a second page having unknown elements; identifying, by the computing device, the unknown elements based on the mapping information and the user browsing activity of the second page; and executing, by the computing device, one or more computer-based instructions based on the determining the unknown elements that were identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Walters, Jeremy Goodsitt, Vincent Pham, Mark Watson, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Reza Farivar, Anh Truong, Kenneth Taylor
  • Patent number: 11875312
    Abstract: A system for determining candidate answers during an interview. The system may include a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include capturing, by an image sensor, a plurality of images comprising a plurality of candidate answers; detecting, based on the captured images, a first bounding box comprising the plurality of the candidate answers; detecting, based on the captured images, a second bounding box comprising a plurality of alphanumeric characters, a first one of the alphanumeric characters being located on a line of software code; calculating a distance from a side of a first bounding box to a side of a second bounding box; and determining, based on the calculated distance, a source code alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Anh Truong, Kate Key, Galen Rafferty, Reza Farivar, Vincent Pham, Austin Walters, Mark Watson