Patents Assigned to Sift Science, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11068910
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an insult rate and reconfiguring an automated decisioning workflow includes configuring a testing group based on sampling from online events having an adverse disposal decision computed by an automated decisioning workflow computer that is configured with machine learning-based threat score thresholds that, if satisfied, causes a computation of a disallow decision or a block decision for a given online event; evaluating a performance and collecting performance data of distinct members of the testing group over a testing period; computing an insult rate for the testing group based on the performance data; computing an insult rate equilibrium for the automated decisioning workflow computer based on the performance data; evaluating the insult rate against the insult rate equilibrium; and reconfiguring adverse decisioning thresholds based on the evaluation of the insult rate of the testing group against the insult rate equilibrium for the automated decisioning workflow computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Veeraraghavan, Pradhan Umesh, Rishabh Kothari, Abbey Chaver
  • Patent number: 11070585
    Abstract: A machine learning-based system and method for identifying digital threats includes a threat service that: implements a unified threat model that produces a unified threat score that predicts both of: a level of threat of a piece of online content, and a level of threat that a target user will create a harmful piece of online content; wherein: implementing the unified threat model includes: receiving event data comprising historical content data for the target user and content data of the pending piece of online content and historical user digital activity data and real-time user activity data; and providing input of content feature data and user digital activity feature data to the unified threat model; and the unified threat model produces the unified threat score based on the content and the user digital activity data; and computes a threat mitigation action based on an evaluation of the threat score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Fred Sadaghiani
  • Patent number: 11049116
    Abstract: A system and method for automated anomaly detection in automated disposal decisions of an automated decisioning workflow includes collecting a time-series of automated disposal decision data for a current period from an automated decisioning workflow, wherein the automated decisioning workflow computes one of a plurality of distinct disposal decisions for each distinct input comprising subject online event data and a machine learning-based threat score computed for the subject online event data; selecting an anomaly detection algorithm from a plurality of distinct anomaly detection algorithms based on a type of online abuse or online fraud that the automated decisioning workflow is configured to evaluate; evaluating, using the selected anomaly detection algorithm, the time-series of automated decision data for the current period; computing whether anomalies exist in the time-series of automated disposal decision data for the current period based on the evaluation; and generating an anomaly alert based on the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Kostyantyn Gurnov, Vera Dadok, Duy Tran, Arjun Krishnaiah, Hui Wang, Yuan Zhuang, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11037173
    Abstract: A system and method for automated anomaly detection in automated disposal decisions of an automated decisioning workflow includes collecting a time-series of automated disposal decision data for a current period from an automated decisioning workflow, wherein the automated decisioning workflow computes one of a plurality of distinct disposal decisions for each distinct input comprising subject online event data and a machine learning-based threat score computed for the subject online event data; selecting an anomaly detection algorithm from a plurality of distinct anomaly detection algorithms based on a type of online abuse or online fraud that the automated decisioning workflow is configured to evaluate; evaluating, using the selected anomaly detection algorithm, the time-series of automated decision data for the current period; computing whether anomalies exist in the time-series of automated disposal decision data for the current period based on the evaluation; and generating an anomaly alert based on the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Kostyantyn Gurnov, Vera Dadok, Duy Tran, Arjun Krishnaiah, Hui Wang, Yuan Zhuang, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10997608
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an insult rate and reconfiguring an automated decisioning workflow includes configuring a testing group based on sampling from online events having an adverse disposal decision computed by an automated decisioning workflow computer that is configured with machine learning-based threat score thresholds that, if satisfied, causes a computation of a disallow decision or a block decision for a given online event; evaluating a performance and collecting performance data of distinct members of the testing group over a testing period; computing an insult rate for the testing group based on the performance data; computing an insult rate equilibrium for the automated decisioning workflow computer based on the performance data; evaluating the insult rate against the insult rate equilibrium; and reconfiguring adverse decisioning thresholds based on the evaluation of the insult rate of the testing group against the insult rate equilibrium for the automated decisioning workflow computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Veeraraghavan, Pradhan Bagur Umesh, Rishabh Kothari, Abbey Chaver
  • Patent number: 10958673
    Abstract: A system and method for a machine learning-based score driven automated verification of a target event includes: receiving a threat verification request; extracting a corpus of threat features; predicting the machine learning-based threat score; evaluating the machine learning-based threat score against distinct stages of an automated disposal decisioning workflow; computing the activity disposal decision, wherein the activity disposal decision informs an action to allow or to disallow the target online activity; receiving the machine learning-based threat score as input into an automated verification workflow; computing whether an automated verification of the target online activity is required or not based on an evaluation of the machine learning-based threat score against distinct verification decisioning criteria of the automated verification workflow; automatically executing the automated verification of the target online activity and exposing results of the automated verification to the subscriber for a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Irving Chen, Shahar Ronen, Mark Lunney, Chloe Chi
  • Patent number: 10929756
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing an interpretive proxy model includes evaluating a deep learning model; estimating a subset of a plurality of distinct algorithmic features of the deep learning model as leading contributors of a subject predictive output of the deep learning model; constructing a proxy model using algorithmic features of the deep learning model within the subset of the plurality of distinct algorithmic features; training the proxy model to mirror predictive outputs of the deep learning model; deploying the proxy model alongside the deep learning model based on a completion of the training; and in response to a same input to both the deep learning model and the proxy model, exposing: (1) a predictive output of the deep learning model, and (2) an explanation of the predictive output of the deep learning model based on leading contributing algorithmic features of the proxy model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred Sadaghiani
  • Patent number: 10897479
    Abstract: A system and method for a machine learning-based score driven automated verification of a target event includes: receiving a threat verification request; extracting a corpus of threat features; predicting the machine learning-based threat score; evaluating the machine learning-based threat score against distinct stages of an automated disposal decisioning workflow; computing the activity disposal decision, wherein the activity disposal decision informs an action to allow or to disallow the target online activity; receiving the machine learning-based threat score as input into an automated verification workflow; computing whether an automated verification of the target online activity is required or not based on an evaluation of the machine learning-based threat score against distinct verification decisioning criteria of the automated verification workflow; automatically executing the automated verification of the target online activity and exposing results of the automated verification to the subscriber for a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Irving Chen, Shahar Ronen, Mark Lunney, Chloe Chi
  • Patent number: 10666674
    Abstract: A machine learning-based system and method for identifying digital threats that includes implementing a machine learning-based digital threat mitigation service over a distributed network of computers; constructing, by the machine learning-based digital threat mitigation service, a subscriber-specific machine learning ensemble that includes a plurality of distinct machine learning models, wherein each of the plurality of distinct machine learning models is configured to perform a distinct machine learning task for identifying a digital threat or digital fraud; constructing a corpus of subscriber-specific digital activity data for training the plurality of distinct machine learning models of the subscriber-specific ensemble; training the subscriber-specific ensemble using at least the corpus of subscriber-specific digital activity data; and deploying the subscriber-specific ensemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim, Janice Lan
  • Patent number: 10643216
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: receiving digital event type data that define attributes of a digital event type; receiving digital fraud policy that defines a plurality of digital processing protocols; transmitting via a network the digital event data and the digital fraud policy to a remote digital fraud mitigation platform; using the digital event data to configure a first computing node comprising an events data application program interface or an events data computing server to detect digital events that classify as the digital event type; using digital fraud policy to configure a second computing node comprising a decisioning API or a decisioning computing server to automatically evaluate and automatically select one digital event processing outcome of a plurality of digital event processing outcomes that indicates a disposal of the digital events classified as the digital event type; and implementing a digital threat mitigation application process flow that evaluates digital event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Micah Wylde, Keren Gu, Eugenia Ho, Noah Grant
  • Patent number: 10623423
    Abstract: Systems and methods include implementing a review queue interface that includes: a review queue comprising a listing of distinct review items; a current state for each of distinct review items; a listing for each review item of the distinct review items of one or more client browsers that are interacting with each review item; identifying client browser activity of the one or more client browsers; computing a computed state for each of distinct review items based on the client browser activity; computing changes to the state of review items based on an assessment of the current state and the computed state for each of distinct review items; and automatically updating a state of one or more of the distinct review items within the review queue interface based on a difference between the current state and the computed state of the one or more of the distinct review items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Megan Mann, Aleksandr Lopatin, Noah Grant
  • Patent number: 10572832
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: collecting digital threat scores of an incumbent digital threat machine learning model; identifying incumbent and successor digital threat score distributions; identifying quantiles data of the incumbent digital threat score distribution; collecting digital threat scores of a successor digital threat machine learning model; calibrating the digital threat scores of the successor digital threat score distribution based on the quantiles data of the incumbent digital threat score distribution and the incumbent digital threat score distribution; and in response to remapping the digital threat scores of the successor digital threat score distribution, publishing the successor digital scores in lieu of the incumbent digital threat scores based on requests for digital threat scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Aaron Beppu, Jacob Burnim, Alex Paino
  • Patent number: 10491617
    Abstract: A machine learning-based system and method for identifying digital threats that includes implementing a machine learning-based digital threat mitigation service over a distributed network of computers; constructing, by the machine learning-based digital threat mitigation service, a subscriber-specific machine learning ensemble that includes a plurality of distinct machine learning models, wherein each of the plurality of distinct machine learning models is configured to perform a distinct machine learning task for identifying a digital threat or digital fraud; constructing a corpus of subscriber-specific digital activity data for training the plurality of distinct machine learning models of the subscriber-specific ensemble; training the subscriber-specific ensemble using at least the corpus of subscriber-specific digital activity data; and deploying the subscriber-specific ensemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim, Janice Lan
  • Patent number: 10482395
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: collecting digital event data for the digital account; using a trained machine learning model to extract account takeover (ATO) risk features from the collected digital event data; evaluating the extracted ATO risk features of the collected digital event data of the digital account against a plurality of ATO risk heuristics; identifying one or more of the plurality of ATO risk heuristics that is triggered by the extracted ATO risk features, wherein one or more of the plurality of ATO risk heuristics may be triggered if at least a subset of the extracted ATO risk features matches requirements of the one or more ATO risk heuristics; and generating an ATO risk assessment for the digital account using the one or more triggered ATO risk heuristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Keren Gu, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim, Thomas Schiavone
  • Patent number: 10462172
    Abstract: Systems and methods include implementing a remote machine learning service that collects digital event data; collecting incumbent digital threat scores generated by an incumbent machine learning model and successor digital threat scores generated by a successor digital threat machine learning (ML) model; implementing anomalous-shift-detection that detects whether the successor digital threat scores of the successor digital threat ML model produces an anomalous shift; if the anomalous shift is detected by the machine learning model validation system, blocking a deployment of the successor digital threat model to a live ensemble of digital threat scoring models; or if the anomalous shift is not detected by the machine learning model validation system, deploying the successor digital threat ML model by replacing the incumbent digital threat ML model in a live ensemble of digital threat scoring models with the successor digital threat ML model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Keren Gu, Vera Dadok, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim
  • Patent number: 10402828
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: implementing a first machine learning model to generate an output of a global digital threat score for an online activity based on an input of the collected digital event data; implementing a second machine learning model that generates a category inference of a category of digital fraud or a category of digital abuse from a plurality of digital fraud or digital abuse categories; selecting a third machine learning model from an ensemble of digital fraud or digital abuse machine learning models based on the category inference generated by the second machine learning model, wherein the ensemble of digital fraud or digital abuse machine learning models comprise a plurality of disparate digital fraud or digital abuse category-specific machine learning models; and implementing the selected third machine learning model to generate a digital fraud or digital abuse category-specific threat score based on the digital event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim, Keren Gu, Gary Lee, Noah Grant, Eugenia Ho, Doug Beeferman
  • Patent number: 10341374
    Abstract: Systems and methods include implementing a remote machine learning service that collects digital event data; collecting incumbent digital threat scores generated by an incumbent machine learning model and successor digital threat scores generated by a successor digital threat machine learning (ML) model; implementing anomalous-shift-detection that detects whether the successor digital threat scores of the successor digital threat ML model produces an anomalous shift; if the anomalous shift is detected by the machine learning model validation system, blocking a deployment of the successor digital threat model to a live ensemble of digital threat scoring models; or if the anomalous shift is not detected by the machine learning model validation system, deploying the successor digital threat ML model by replacing the incumbent digital threat ML model in a live ensemble of digital threat scoring models with the successor digital threat ML model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Keren Gu, Vera Dadok, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim
  • Patent number: 10339472
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: collecting digital threat scores of an incumbent digital threat machine learning model; identifying incumbent and successor digital threat score distributions; identifying quantiles data of the incumbent digital threat score distribution; collecting digital threat scores of a successor digital threat machine learning model; calibrating the digital threat scores of the successor digital threat score distribution based on the quantiles data of the incumbent digital threat score distribution and the incumbent digital threat score distribution; and in response to remapping the digital threat scores of the successor digital threat score distribution, publishing the successor digital scores in lieu of the incumbent digital threat scores based on requests for digital threat scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Aaron Beppu, Jacob Burnim, Alex Paino
  • Patent number: 10296912
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: implementing a first machine learning model to generate an output of a global digital threat score for an online activity based on an input of the collected digital event data; implementing a second machine learning model that generates a category inference of a category of digital fraud or a category of digital abuse from a plurality of digital fraud or digital abuse categories; selecting a third machine learning model from an ensemble of digital fraud or digital abuse machine learning models based on the category inference generated by the second machine learning model, wherein the ensemble of digital fraud or digital abuse machine learning models comprise a plurality of disparate digital fraud or digital abuse category-specific machine learning models; and implementing the selected third machine learning model to generate a digital fraud or digital abuse category-specific threat score based on the digital event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim, Keren Gu, Gary Lee, Noah Grant, Eugenia Ho, Doug Beeferman
  • Patent number: 10284582
    Abstract: Systems and methods include: receiving digital event type data that define attributes of a digital event type; receiving digital fraud policy that defines a plurality of digital processing protocols; transmitting via a network the digital event data and the digital fraud policy to a remote digital fraud mitigation platform; using the digital event data to configure a first computing node comprising an events data application program interface or an events data computing server to detect digital events that classify as the digital event type; using digital fraud policy to configure a second computing node comprising a decisioning API or a decisioning computing server to automatically evaluate and automatically select one digital event processing outcome of a plurality of digital event processing outcomes that indicates a disposal of the digital events classified as the digital event type; and implementing a digital threat mitigation application process flow that evaluates digital event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Micah Wylde, Keren Gu, Eugenia Ho, Noah Grant