Patents by Inventor Alphonsus A. BESS

Alphonsus A. BESS 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: 10614689
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and computing devices configured to detect and respond to potential security threats. A computing device may be configured to receive intelligence data (e.g., image, sound recording, biometric information, etc.) from a plurality of intelligence data collection source components, and use artificial intelligence, machine learning, pattern recognition, cognitive analysis, and/or other similar techniques to identify an element of interest in the received data and determine whether a connection condition exists between a known target information element and a known collateral information element. The computing device may generate notification or alert message identifying an existence of the potential security threat in response to determining a connection condition exists, and send the message to the appropriate component, entity, or agency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ridgewood Technology Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Alphonsus A. Bess, Joel G. Combs, Yardley M. San Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20190073885
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and computing devices configured to detect and respond to potential security threats. A computing device may be configured to receive intelligence data (e.g., image, sound recording, biometric information, etc.) from a plurality of intelligence data collection source components, and use artificial intelligence, machine learning, pattern recognition, cognitive analysis, and/or other similar techniques to identify an element of interest in the received data and determine whether a connection condition exists between a known target information element and a known collateral information element. The computing device may generate notification or alert message identifying an existence of the potential security threat in response to determining a connection condition exists, and send the message to the appropriate component, entity, or agency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Alphonsus A. BESS, Joel G. COMBS, Yardley M. SAN GABRIEL