Patents by Inventor William Locke Brown

William Locke Brown 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).

  • Methods and systems for universal storage and access to user-owned credentials for trans-institutional digital authentication
    Patent number: 11496310
    Abstract: Described is an approach for an improved method, system, and computer program product that performs zero-knowledge proof of knowledge of user identification and/or authentication for a decentralized, trustless storage and management of user identification and/or authentication using one or more distributed ledger systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NuID, Inc.
    Inventors: William Locke Brown, Nolan Smith
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNIVERSAL STORAGE AND ACCESS TO USER-OWNED CREDENTIALS FOR TRANS-INSTITUTIONAL DIGITAL AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20210258164
    Abstract: Described is an approach for an improved method, system, and computer program product that performs zero-knowledge proof of knowledge of user identification and/or authentication for a decentralized, trustless storage and management of user identification and/or authentication using one or more distributed ledger systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: NuID, Inc.
    Inventors: William Locke Brown, Nolan Smith
  • Methods and systems for universal storage and access to user-owned credentials for trans-institutional digital authentication
    Patent number: 10880089
    Abstract: Described is an approach for an improved method, system, and computer program product that performs zero-knowledge proof of knowledge of user identification and/or authentication for a decentralized, trustless storage and management of user identification and/or authentication using one or more distributed ledger systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NuID, Inc.
    Inventors: William Locke Brown, Nolan Smith
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNIVERSAL STORAGE AND ACCESS TO USER-OWNED CREDENTIALS FOR TRANS-INSTITUTIONAL DIGITAL AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20180270065
    Abstract: Described is an approach for an improved method, system, and computer program product that performs zero-knowledge proof of knowledge of user identification and/or authentication for a decentralized, trustless storage and management of user identification and/or authentication using one or more distributed ledger systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: William Locke Brown, Nolan Smith, Ethan Landau, Robert Paul, Man Nguyen, Sahibzada Mohammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Ibrahim Pataudi