Patents by Inventor Andrea Forte

Andrea Forte 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).

  • Publication number: 20150154598
    Abstract: Methods of obtaining input on a physical input device are provided. A virtual input device is superimposed over the physical input device. The virtual input device has a different layout than the physical input device, such that a first input on the physical input device is mapped to a different input on the virtual input device. In another aspect, methods of securing a transaction according include displaying a first input screen to a user, encrypting a scrambling key using a public key, the scrambling key defining a second input screen that has a different layout from the first input screen, transmitting the encrypted scrambling key to a user device, receiving an input from the user device, and mapping the input to the second input screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrea Forte, Juan A. Garay, Trevor Jim, Evgene Vahlis
  • Publication number: 20150149359
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for out-of-band device verification of transactions. A processor can execute a verification service. The verification service can receive a verification request with data relating to a transaction between a computing device and an application. The verification service can identify an out-of-band device associated with the computing device and obtain verification data from the out-of-band device. The verification service can compare the verification data to data relating to the transaction to determine if the transaction is to be verified. Based upon the determination, the verification service can approve or block the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Andrea Forte
  • Publication number: 20150101018
    Abstract: A message is divided into multiple message segments, and a network interface is selected from among a plurality of different types of network interfaces included within a communication device for transmitting each message segment. Each network interface is dedicated to a different type of communication protocol using a different encryption technique, and a network interface is selected for transmitting each message segment according to a pattern of the network interfaces. Secure transmission of the multiple message segments is initiated via the network interfaces according to the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Andrea Forte
  • Publication number: 20150016602
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media and apparatuses for decrypting an image are disclosed. For example, a method captures a portion of an encrypted image and decrypts the portion of the image using a decryption key. The portion of the image contains partial information for an adjacent portion of the image. The method then displays the portion of the image that is decrypted and also displays the adjacent portion of the image using the partial information for the adjacent portion of the image. Another method includes capturing a first portion of an image that is encrypted using a first key and a second key, decrypting the first portion of the image using a first key and displaying the first portion of the image that is decrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Gustavo de los Reyes, Andrea Forte, Juan A. Garay, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Evgene Vahlis, Eric Zavesky
  • Patent number: 8886942
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for decrypting a document are disclosed. For example, the method captures a tag on an encrypted document, transmits the tag to an application server of a communication network to request a per-document decryption key, receives the per-document decryption key if the tag is authenticated, and decrypts a portion of the encrypted document using a temporary decryption key contained in the tag, the tag decrypted with the per-document decryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrea Forte, Evgene Vahlis
  • Publication number: 20140259172
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for multilayered deception for intrusion detection. According to various embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a multilayer deception system includes honey servers, honey files and folders, honey databases, and/or honey computers. A multilayer deception system controller generates honey activity between the honey entities and exposes a honey profile with contact information associated with a honey user. Contact directed at the honey user and/or activity at any of the honey entities can trigger alarms and/or indicate an attack, and can be analyzed to prevent future attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Qi Shen, Andrea Forte, Jeffrey Bickford
  • Publication number: 20140164772
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for decrypting a document are disclosed. For example, the method captures a tag on an encrypted document, transmits the tag to an application server of a communication network to request a per-document decryption key, receives the per-document decryption key if the tag is authenticated, and decrypts a portion of the encrypted document using a temporary decryption key contained in the tag, the tag decrypted with the per-document decryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: ANDREA FORTE, Evgene Vahlis
  • Publication number: 20060062183
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, computer implemented methods and systems are provided for reducing handoff latency in a wireless network. In response to detecting that a handoff is necessary, the present invention uses a selective scanning algorithm that includes the use of a channel mask and/or a caching algorithm for detecting one or more new access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Andrea Forte, Henning Schulzrinne, Sangho Shin, Anshuman Rawat