Patents by Inventor William Whyte

William Whyte 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: 11882223
    Abstract: Various embodiments enable broadcast communications security. Various embodiments enable the authentication of broadcast communications. Various embodiments may enable asymmetric authentication and integrity protection of small size messages, such as one or more signed messages totaling a length of 250 bytes or less. Various embodiments may support cryptographic signing of beacon type messages using certificates. Various embodiments may include generating a beacon type message, cryptographically signing the beacon type message at least in part using a certificate to generate a signed beacon message, and sending the signed beacon type message in one or more broadcast transmissions in conjunction with, or independently of, certificate information used to verify the signed beacon message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Drew Foster Van Duren, Stefano Faccin, William Whyte
  • Publication number: 20230408642
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for wireless communications. For example, a process may include determining a potential position overlap between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and determining a characteristic of at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle based on information from a vehicle-based message. The process may include determining whether the potential position overlap is an actual position overlap between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE, Cong CHEN, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI, Virendra KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20230336956
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system of a vehicle for managing transmission of misbehavior reports. Various embodiments may include generating a misbehavior report based on a detected V2X misbehavior, assigning a priority or a transmission probability to the generated misbehavior report based on an external condition related to the detected V2X misbehavior, and transmitting the misbehavior report based on the assigned priority or transmission probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE, Cong CHEN, Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI
  • Patent number: 11792645
    Abstract: Methods and devices and systems for implementing the methods for authenticating plaintext and ciphertext in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message include generating ciphertext from a plaintext message to be transmitted in a V2X message, generating a hash of the ciphertext and a hash of the plaintext message, generating a digital signature of a concatenation of the hash of the ciphertext and the hash of the plaintext message, and sending to a network node a V2X message that includes the ciphertext, the hash of the plaintext message, and the digital signature. The hash of the plaintext message, and the digital signature may be configured to enable the network node to verify that the V2X endpoint node signed the concatenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Whyte, Sean Vincent Maschue, Drew Foster Van Duren, Virendra Kumar
  • Publication number: 20230298388
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for road usage charging (RUC) are described. RUC computation may be performed at a vehicle using a vehicle computing device (VCD) that is trusted by a service provider, charger, or both. The VCD may be trusted to collect high accuracy, high resolution time and location data for RUC, and also compute for itself what the RUC charge is according to one or more applicable charge policies that are provided to the VCD. Anonymity related to specific vehicle and location information may be provided by encrypting portions of RUC data that are decryptable by different entities with reduced likelihood of revealing specific vehicle, location, and time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Drew Foster Van Duren, Sean Vincent Maschue, Virendra Kumar, William Whyte, Jonathan Petit, Anthony Bahadir Lopez
  • Patent number: 11716596
    Abstract: Methods and devices for implementing the methods for communicating vehicle-to-everything (V2X) information to a network node include transmitting a first V2X message that is associated with a first service and that includes an identifier of a second service, and transmitting a second V2X message that is associated with the second service and that includes an identifier of the first service configured to enable the network node to use information from the first V2X message with the second service. The network node may receive the first V2X message and the second V2X message, and may use information from the first V2X message with the second service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Whyte, Sean Vincent Maschue, Drew Foster Van Duren
  • Publication number: 20230217227
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support enhanced Basic Safety Message (BSM) reporting. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, a C-V2X message from another wireless communication device; and transmitting, by the wireless communication device, a safety message including path history information responsive to determining a path history information trigger condition is satisfied based on the C-V2X message. In a second aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, a C-V2X message from another wireless communication device; and transmitting, by the wireless communication device, a safety message including certificate information responsive to determining a certificate information trigger condition is satisfied based on the C-V2X message. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Vincent Maschue, Mohammad Nekoui, Soumya Das, William Whyte
  • Patent number: 11663908
    Abstract: Methods, misbehavior management systems, non-transitory processor-readable media of various embodiments provide for managing the generation, storage, and transmission of misbehavior reports from vehicle-to-everything (V2X) onboard equipment to an associated entity, such as a misbehavior managing authority. Various embodiments may include detecting a misbehavior condition has occurred and determining whether to generate a misbehavior report based on an aggregated criticality value. The misbehavior management system may then determine whether to store the generated misbehavior report. The misbehavior management system may also determine whether to transmit the generated misbehavior report to a misbehavior managing authority. In some embodiments, the misbehavior management system may determine which stored misbehavior reports may be deleted from storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Petit, William Whyte, Cong Chen, Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Mohammad Raashid Ansari
  • Publication number: 20230094196
    Abstract: An implantable medical device having a soft tissue interfacing surface comprises at least one soft actuatable capsule having a soft tissue interfacing deflectable membrane configured for cyclical deflection upon actuation of the capsule to modulate the biomechanics of the soft tissue interface during use. The actuatable capsule may comprise an actuation chamber containing a first fluid, a therapeutic chamber containing a second fluid, a deflectable membrane separating the actuation chamber and therapeutic chamber, and an actuation conduit in fluidic communication with the actuation chamber for pneumatic actuation of the actuation chamber. The therapeutic chamber comprises the soft tissue interfacing deflectable membrane which is configured to cyclically deflect during actuation of the capsule and modulate the biomechanics of the soft tissue interface by altering one or more of strain, fluid flow and cellular activity in peri-implant tissue at the soft tissue interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ellen ROCHE, Eimear DOLAN, Garry DUFFY, Sandra ROTHENBUCHER, William WHYTE, Claudia VARELA, Scott ROBINSON, Keegan MENDEZ
  • Patent number: 11589236
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that include systems and methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system participant to determine whether a misbehavior condition may have occurred based on the generation and/or receipt of a V2X message. The detection of a misbehavior condition may occur if the V2X message is generated and/or received too frequently or not frequently enough. In addition, a misbehavior condition may be detected if the generated and/or received V2X message does include the appropriate security credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Jonathan Petit, William Whyte, Mohammad Raashid Ansari, Cong Chen
  • Patent number: 11552805
    Abstract: A form of the invention is applicable for use in conjunction with a security credential management system that produces and manages pseudonym digital certificates issued to vehicles and used by vehicles to establish trust in vehicle-to-vehicle communications, the security credential management system including a pseudonym certificate authority processor entity which issues pseudonym digital certificates to vehicles, a registration authority processor entity that validates, processes and forwards requests for pseudonym digital certificates to the pseudonym certificate authority processor entity, and a misbehavior authority processor entity that receives misbehavior reports from reporter vehicles that include information about the reporter vehicles and suspect misbehaving vehicles and is responsible for producing a list of revoked credentials; the pseudonym certificate processor entity and registration authority processor entity participating in producing linkage values to be contained within the issued pseudon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: OnBoard Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Virendra Kumar, William Whyte, Abhishek Jain
  • Publication number: 20230004627
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for token device transfer management. A system identifies, in a payload of at least one block of a distributed ledger, a token corresponding to media content. A parameter of the token in the distributed ledger indicates that the token is associated with a first user. The system identifies a device that is associated with the token and the media content. The device is also associated with the first user. The system identifies that the device has been relocated to an area associated with a second user. In response to identifying that the device has been relocated to the area, the system causes the parameter of the token in the distributed ledger to be modified from indicating that the token is associated with the first user to indicating that the token is associated with the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wesley James HOLLAND, Jonathan KIES, Brian VOGELSANG, Abhijeet BISAIN, William WHYTE, Michael Franco TAVEIRA
  • Patent number: 11533613
    Abstract: Embodiments include devices and methods for providing secure communications between a first computing device and a second computing device are disclosed. A processor of the first computing device may determine in a first application software first security key establishment information. The processor may provide the first security key establishment information to a communication layer of the first computing device for transmission to the second computing device. The processor may receive, in the first application software from the communication layer of the first computing device, second security key establishment information received from the second computing device. The processor may determine a first security key by the first application software based at least in part on the second security key establishment information. The processor may provide the first security key to the communication layer for protecting messages from the first application software to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Adrian Edward Escott, William Whyte, Anand Palanigounder
  • Publication number: 20220393873
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for situational token-associated media output. A system receives sensor data captured by at least one sensor of a media device. The system identifies, based on the sensor data, a relationship between the media device and an anchor element that is associated with a token. The system identifies the token in a payload of at least one block of a distributed ledger. The token corresponds to media content according to the distributed ledger. The system generates a representation of the media content corresponding to the token. In response to identifying the relationship between the media device and the anchor element, the system outputs the representation of the media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Wesley James HOLLAND, Jonathan KIES, Brian VOGELSANG, Abhijeet BISAIN, William WHYTE, Michael Franco TAVEIRA
  • Publication number: 20220391889
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for situational token generation. A system receives media content that is based on sensor data captured by at least one sensor of a media device. The system determines a position of the media device. The system determines that the position of the media device is within a geographic area. In response to determining that the position of the media device is within the geographic area, the system generates a token corresponding to the media content. A payload of at least one block of a distributed ledger identifies the token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Wesley James HOLLAND, Jonathan KIES, Brian VOGELSANG, Abhijeet BISAIN, William WHYTE, Michael Franco TAVEIRA
  • Publication number: 20220338012
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that include systems and methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system participant to determine whether a misbehavior condition may have occurred based on the generation and/or receipt of a V2X message. The detection of a misbehavior condition may occur if the V2X message is generated and/or received too frequently or not frequently enough. In addition, a misbehavior condition may be detected if the generated and/or received V2X message does include the appropriate security credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI, Cong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220295274
    Abstract: Methods and devices and systems for implementing the methods for authenticating plaintext and ciphertext in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message include generating ciphertext from a plaintext message to be transmitted in a V2X message, generating a hash of the ciphertext and a hash of the plaintext message, generating a digital signature of a concatenation of the hash of the ciphertext and the hash of the plaintext message, and sending to a network node a V2X message that includes the ciphertext, the hash of the plaintext message, and the digital signature. The hash of the plaintext message, and the digital signature may be configured to enable the network node to verify that the V2X endpoint node signed the concatenation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: William WHYTE, Sean Vincent MASCHUE, Drew Foster VAN DUREN, Virendra KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20220295239
    Abstract: Methods and devices for implementing the methods for communicating vehicle-to-everything (V2X) information to a network node include transmitting a first V2X message that is associated with a first service and that includes an identifier of a second service, and transmitting a second V2X message that is associated with the second service and that includes an identifier of the first service configured to enable the network node to use information from the first V2X message with the second service. The network node may receive the first V2X message and the second V2X message, and may use information from the first V2X message with the second service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: William Whyte, Sean Vincent Maschue, Drew Foster Van Duren
  • Publication number: 20220256333
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system for protecting proprietary data within misbehavior reports. Various embodiments may include detecting misbehavior conditions based on received sensor data, determining whether the received sensor data that supports a conclusion that a misbehavior condition has occurred is or includes proprietary information, and encrypting the sensor data that supports the conclusion that the misbehavior condition has occurred in response to determining that the received sensor data is or includes the proprietary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: William WHYTE, Jonathan PETIT, Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI, Cong CHEN, Virendra KUMAR
  • Patent number: 11405786
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that include systems and methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system participant to determine whether a misbehavior condition may have occurred based on the generation and/or receipt of a V2X message. The detection of a misbehavior condition may occur if the V2X message is generated and/or received too frequently or not frequently enough. In addition, a misbehavior condition may be detected if the generated and/or received V2X message does include the appropriate security credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Jonathan Petit, William Whyte, Mohammad Raashid Ansari, Cong Chen