Patents by Inventor Andrew Thomas Anderson

Andrew Thomas Anderson 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).

  • Secure wireless discovery and pairing
    Patent number: 11800355
    Abstract: A terminal selectively and passively monitors for predefined wireless network discovery advertisements/requests. Requests that match what are expected by the terminal or requests that are in a predefined format are verified. The requests lack any connection pairing passcode; rather, the passcodes are separately provided from connecting devices only after the discovery requests are verified. The terminal independently authenticates the passcodes before authorizing wireless sessions between the devices and the terminal. Wireless discovery settings are continuously changed by the terminal and are valid for only a preset time window, each setting corresponds to a Time-based One Time Password (TOTP) representing a passcode; the TOTP is dependent on and valid only for the corresponding setting and the corresponding time window. In an embodiment, the connection requests are preauthorized by a server for a time window in the future, and the terminal authenticates the requests without interaction with the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Thomas Anderson
  • SECURE WIRELESS DISCOVERY AND PAIRING
    Publication number: 20220272536
    Abstract: A terminal selectively and passively monitors for predefined wireless network discovery advertisements/requests. Requests that match what are expected by the terminal or requests that are in a predefined format are verified. The requests lack any connection pairing passcode; rather, the passcodes are separately provided from connecting devices only after the discovery requests are verified. The terminal independently authenticates the passcodes before authorizing wireless sessions between the devices and the terminal. Wireless discovery settings are continuously changed by the terminal and are valid for only a preset time window, each setting corresponds to a Time-based One Time Password (TOTP) representing a passcode; the TOTP is dependent on and valid only for the corresponding setting and the corresponding time window. In an embodiment, the connection requests are preauthorized by a server for a time window in the future, and the terminal authenticates the requests without interaction with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Thomas Anderson