Patents by Inventor William N. Owen

William N. Owen 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).

  • Multi-factor authentication system
    Patent number: 7373515
    Abstract: A suspect user (110) seeks access to a network resource from an access authority (150) utilizing a passcode received from an authentication authority (130). Initially, an ID of a device is bound with a PIN, the device ID is bound with a private key of the device, and the device ID is bound with a user ID that has been previously bound with a password of an authorized user. The device ID is bound with the user ID by authenticating the user ID using the password. Thereafter, the suspect user communicates the device ID and the PIN from the device over an ancillary communications network (112); the authentication authority responds back over the ancillary communications network with a passcode encrypted with the public key of the device; and the suspect user decrypts and communicates over a communications network (114) the passcode with the user ID to the access authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Wireless Key Identification Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William N. Owen, Eric Shoemaker
  • Multi-factor authentication system
    Publication number: 20040187018
    Abstract: A suspect user (110) seeks access to a network resource from an access authority (150) utilizing a passcode received from an authentication authority (130). Initially, an ID of a device is bound with a PIN, the device ID is bound with a private key of the device, and the device ID is bound with a user ID that has been previously bound with a password of an authorized user. The device ID is bound with the user ID by authenticating the user ID using the password. Thereafter, the suspect user communicates the device ID and the PIN from the device over an ancillary communications network (112); the authentication authority responds back over the ancillary communications network with a passcode encrypted with the public key of the device; and the suspect user decrypts and communicates over a communications network (114) the passcode with the user ID to the access authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: William N. Owen, Eric Shoemaker