Patents Assigned to MBDS, INC.
  • ASCII-seeded random number generator
    Patent number: 12321717
    Abstract: A method for assigning a random number to a user in a set of users includes computing a random number assignment seed value based on an ASCII-value representation of the user's name, dividing the random number assignment seed value by a quantity of unassigned numbers available to be assigned to the user to produce a modified random number assignment seed value, rounding the modified random number assignment seed value down to an integer, computing a random number offset value by multiplying the quantity of unassigned numbers by the rounded modified random number assignment seed value, subtracting the random number assignment offset value from the random number assignment seed value to determine a random number assignment lookup number, determining the random number to be assigned to the user based on the random number assignment lookup number, and assigning the determined random number to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: MBDS, INC.
    Inventors: Antonino Todaro, Paolo Pedretti
  • ASCII-seeded random number generator
    Patent number: 11681500
    Abstract: A method for assigning a random number to a user in a set of users includes computing a random number assignment seed value based on an ASCII-value representation of the user's name, dividing the random number assignment seed value by a quantity of unassigned numbers available to be assigned to the user to produce a modified random number assignment seed value, rounding the modified random number assignment seed value down to an integer, computing a random number offset value by multiplying the quantity of unassigned numbers by the rounded modified random number assignment seed value, subtracting the random number assignment offset value from the random number assignment seed value to determine a random number assignment lookup number, determining the random number to be assigned to the user based on the random number assignment lookup number, and assigning the determined random number to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MBDS, INC.
    Inventors: Antonino Todaro, Paolo Pedretti
  • ASCII-seeded random number generator
    Patent number: 11360742
    Abstract: A method for assigning a random number to a user in a set of users includes computing a random number assignment seed value based on an ASCII-value representation of the user's name, dividing the random number assignment seed value by a quantity of unassigned numbers available to be assigned to the user to produce a modified random number assignment seed value, rounding the modified random number assignment seed value down to an integer, computing a random number offset value by multiplying the quantity of unassigned numbers by the rounded modified random number assignment seed value, subtracting the random number assignment offset value from the random number assignment seed value to determine a random number assignment lookup number, determining the random number to be assigned to the user based on the random number assignment lookup number, and assigning the determined random number to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MBDS, INC.
    Inventors: Antonino Todaro, Paolo Pedretti
  • ASCII-seeded random number generator
    Patent number: 10146509
    Abstract: A method for assigning a random number to a user in a set of users includes computing a random number assignment seed value based on an ASCII-value representation of the user's name, dividing the random number assignment seed value by a quantity of unassigned numbers available to be assigned to the user to produce a modified random number assignment seed value, rounding the modified random number assignment seed value down to an integer, computing a random number offset value by multiplying the quantity of unassigned numbers by the rounded modified random number assignment seed value, subtracting the random number assignment offset value from the random number assignment seed value to determine a random number assignment lookup number, determining the random number to be assigned to the user based on the random number assignment lookup number, and assigning the determined random number to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MBDS, INC.
    Inventors: Antonino Todaro, Paolo Pedretti