Patents by Inventor Alexander Z. Hughes

Alexander Z. Hughes 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: 9560030
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products related to transaction application security are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, application nodes are randomly selected for requiring re-authentication of a user traversing nodes of the application. These and other embodiments are more fully disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
    Inventor: Alexander Z. Hughes
  • Patent number: 9560046
    Abstract: Methods and systems for device notarization and verification are provided. In one implementation, various integrity values are concatenated to generate a concatenated value that is used to generate a transaction data signature (TDS). In one implementation, the concatenated value is a concatenation of a device value, an application value, an application encryption (AE) module value, and an authentication generation (AG) module value. The TDS or notarization code is generated by applying the concatenated value to the AG module. In one implementation, subsequent use of the application on the device involves generation of a new TDS, which is compared against the notarization code to determine whether use of the application on the device is authorized. In one implementation, the AE module and the AG module are seeded with a seed value which includes a device value, an application value, a user specific value, and a pseudo random number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
    Inventor: Alexander Z. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20160134626
    Abstract: Methods and systems for device notarization and verification are provided. In one implementation, various integrity values are concatenated to generate a concatenated value that is used to generate a transaction data signature (TDS). In one implementation, the concatenated value is a concatenation of a device value, an application value, an application encryption (AE) module value, and an authentication generation (AG) module value. The TDS or notarization code is generated by applying the concatenated value to the AG module. In one implementation, subsequent use of the application on the device involves generation of a new TDS, which is compared against the notarization code to determine whether use of the application on the device is authorized. In one implementation, the AE module and the AG module are seeded with a seed value which includes a device value, an application value, a user specific value, and a pseudo random number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
    Inventor: Alexander Z. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20160134608
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products related to transaction application security are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, application nodes are randomly selected for requiring re-authentication of a user traversing nodes of the application. These and other embodiments are more fully disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS
    Inventor: Alexander Z. Hughes