Patents by Inventor Alan Robert Lynn

Alan Robert Lynn 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: 12229575
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for container security using a hopping mechanism. Methods include the steps of selecting a first virtual container associated with one or more software processes; replicating the first virtual container to create a plurality of replicated virtual containers, each of the plurality of replicated virtual containers a duplicate of the first virtual container, and the plurality of replicated virtual containers configured to run synchronously; generating a randomized hopping set that defines a set of replicated virtual containers from the plurality of replicated virtual containers, the randomized hopping set establishing a sequence of the set of replicated virtual containers in which to run the one or more software processes; and running the one or more software processes across the set of replicated virtual containers based on the sequence of the randomized hopping set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Robert Lynn
  • Publication number: 20240430257
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for increasing security of devices that leverages an integration of an authentication system with at least one corporate service. In one aspect, a request is received from a user device to authenticate a person as a particular user by the authentication system. A photo of the person attempting to be authenticated as the particular user is captured. Nodal points are mapped to the captured photo of the person attempting to be authenticated, and the nodal points from the photo are compared against a reference model for facial recognition of the particular user. It is then determined whether the nodal points match the reference model for the particular user. The present technology also includes sending a command to the user device to send data to identify the person, and/or a location of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Szigeti, Alan Robert Lynn, David John Zacks, Frank Michaud
  • Patent number: 12107854
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for increasing security of devices that leverages an integration of an authentication system with at least one corporate service. In one aspect, a request is received from a user device to authenticate a person as a particular user by the authentication system. A photo of the person attempting to be authenticated as the particular user is captured. Nodal points are mapped to the captured photo of the person attempting to be authenticated, and the nodal points from the photo are compared against a reference model for facial recognition of the particular user. It is then determined whether the nodal points match the reference model for the particular user. The present technology also includes sending a command to the user device to send data to identify the person, and/or a location of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Szigeti, Alan Robert Lynn, David John Zacks, Frank Michaud
  • Publication number: 20230344830
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for increasing security of devices that leverages an integration of an authentication system with at least one corporate service. In one aspect, a request is received from a user device to authenticate a person as a particular user by the authentication system. A photo of the person attempting to be authenticated as the particular user is captured. Nodal points are mapped to the captured photo of the person attempting to be authenticated, and the nodal points from the photo are compared against a reference model for facial recognition of the particular user. It is then determined whether the nodal points match the reference model for the particular user. The present technology also includes sending a command to the user device to send data to identify the person, and/or a location of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Szigeti, Alan Robert Lynn, David John Zacks, Frank Michaud
  • Patent number: 11706214
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for increasing security of devices that leverages an integration of an authentication system with at least one corporate service. In one aspect, a request is received from a user device to authenticate a person as a particular user by the authentication system. A photo of the person attempting to be authenticated as the particular user is captured. Nodal points are mapped to the captured photo of the person attempting to be authenticated, and the nodal points from the photo are compared against a reference model for facial recognition of the particular user. It is then determined whether the nodal points match the reference model for the particular user. The present technology also includes sending a command to the user device to send data to identify the person, and/or a location of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Szigeti, Alan Robert Lynn, David John Zacks, Frank Michaud
  • Publication number: 20220329588
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to increasing security of devices that leverages an integration of an authentication system with at least one corporate service. The present technology includes receiving a request from a user device to authenticate a person as a particular user by the authentication system. The present technology also includes capturing a photo of the person attempting to be authenticated as the particular user. The present technology also includes mapping nodal points to the captured photo of the person attempting to be authenticated as the particular user to a device or service. The present technology also includes comparing the nodal points from the photo against a reference model for facial recognition of the particular user. The present technology also includes determining that the nodal points do not sufficiently match the reference model for the particular user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Szigeti, Alan Robert Lynn, David John Zacks, Frank Michaud
  • Patent number: 11444941
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Robert Lynn, Frank Michaud, Carlos M. Pignataro, Rajiv Asati
  • Publication number: 20220244977
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for container security using a hopping mechanism. Methods include the steps of selecting a first virtual container associated with one or more software processes; replicating the first virtual container to create a plurality of replicated virtual containers, each of the plurality of replicated virtual containers a duplicate of the first virtual container, and the plurality of replicated virtual containers configured to run synchronously; generating a randomized hopping set that defines a set of replicated virtual containers from the plurality of replicated virtual containers, the randomized hopping set establishing a sequence of the set of replicated virtual containers in which to run the one or more software processes; and running the one or more software processes across the set of replicated virtual containers based on the sequence of the randomized hopping set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Alan Robert Lynn
  • Patent number: 11388011
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Michaud, Ram Abhinav Somaraju, Marcelo Yannuzzi Sanchez, Alan Robert Lynn
  • Publication number: 20210226944
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Michaud, Alan Robert Lynn, Carlos M. Pignataro, Rajiv Asati
  • Publication number: 20200322321
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Alan Robert Lynn, Carlos M. Pignataro, Frank Michaud
  • Publication number: 20200322330
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Alan Robert Lynn, Frank Michaud, David Delano Ward, Carlos M. Pignataro
  • Publication number: 20200322329
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Alan Robert Lynn, Frank Michaud, Carlos M. Pignataro, Rajiv Asati
  • Publication number: 20200322169
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Michaud, Ram Abhinav Somaraju, Marcelo Yannuzzi Sanchez, Alan Robert Lynn