Patents by Inventor Michael A. Betser

Michael A. Betser 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: 11914705
    Abstract: An approach for clustering large sets of categorical data involves iteratively ordering the data points, partitioning the data into blocks based on the ordering, and clustering the data points within each block, where different iterations use different orderings and, thus, different partitionings. In some embodiments, the data points are represented by multi-dimensional categorical vectors, and the orderings are based on permutations of the categorical dimensions. The iterative clustering may be repeated for multiple successive time windows to track the clusters. Various applications of the disclosed clustering approach, including for cyber security, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Betser
  • Publication number: 20210406366
    Abstract: An approach for clustering large sets of categorical data involves iteratively ordering the data points, partitioning the data into blocks based on the ordering, and clustering the data points within each block, where different iterations use different orderings and, thus, different partitionings. In some embodiments, the data points are represented by multi-dimensional categorical vectors, and the orderings are based on permutations of the categorical dimensions. The iterative clustering may be repeated for multiple successive time windows to track the clusters. Various applications of the disclosed clustering approach, including for cyber security, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Michael A. Betser
  • Patent number: 10044712
    Abstract: A user may be authenticated to access an account, computing device, or other resource based on the user's gaze pattern and neural or other physiological response(s) to one or more images or other stimuli. When the user attempts to access the resource, a computing device may obtain login gaze tracking data and measurement of a physiological condition of the user at the time that the user is viewing an image or other stimulus. Based on comparison of the login gaze tracking data and the measurement of the physiological condition to a model, the computing device can determine whether to authenticate the user to access the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Gordon, Cem Keskin, Michael Betser
  • Publication number: 20170346817
    Abstract: A user may be authenticated to access an account, computing device, or other resource based on the user's gaze pattern and neural or other physiological response(s) to one or more images or other stimuli. When the user attempts to access the resource, a computing device may obtain login gaze tracking data and measurement of a physiological condition of the user at the time that the user is viewing an image or other stimulus. Based on comparison of the login gaze tracking data and the measurement of the physiological condition to a model, the computing device can determine whether to authenticate the user to access the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: John C. Gordon, Cem Keskin, Michael Betser
  • Publication number: 20150249718
    Abstract: Devices are often configurable to perform actions automatically in response to a condition, such as an alarm presented at a time or date of a meeting; a message associated with a location specified by a geofence; or an automated response to a received message. Such conditions may be tangentially applied to actions involving an individual (e.g., a reminder presented during an anticipated meeting or a geofence associated with the individual's office), but may result in false positives when the individual is not actually present, and false negatives when an unanticipated presence of the individual arises. Instead, a device may be configured to detect the presence of the individual with the user (e.g., capturing a photo of the environment of the user, and identifying the face of the individual in the photo), and to perform an action for the user during the detected presence of the individual with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Chris Huybregts, Jaeyoun Kim, Michael A. Betser, Thomas C. Butcher, Yaser Masood Khan