Patents by Inventor Arash AFSHAR

Arash AFSHAR 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIVATE IDENTITY VERIFICATION
    Publication number: 20230254290
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for private identity verification involve obtaining a cryptographically secure commitment that is generated using a first user identifier and a private user identifier associated with the first user identifier; receiving, from an identity verification system, initial zero knowledge proof messages comprising the commitment; sending, to the identity verification system, a set of cryptographically secure known identifier commitments generated using a set of private user identifiers; receiving, from the identity verification system: (i) a zero knowledge proof response generated using the zero knowledge proof challenge; and (ii) proof that the private user identifier used in the initial zero knowledge proof messages comprises part of the set of private user identifiers; and verifying that the private user identifier used in the initial zero knowledge proof messages comprises part of the set of private user identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Arash AFSHAR, Aram JIVANYAN
  • Method and system for private identity verification
    Patent number: 11489819
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for private identity verification involve obtaining a cryptographically secure commitment that is generated using a first user identifier and a private user identifier associated with the first user identifier; receiving, from an identity verification system, initial zero knowledge proof messages comprising the commitment; sending, to the identity verification system, a set of cryptographically secure known identifier commitments generated using a set of private user identifiers; receiving, from the identity verification system: (i) a zero knowledge proof response generated using the zero knowledge proof challenge; and (ii) proof that the private user identifier used in the initial zero knowledge proof messages comprises part of the set of private user identifiers; and verifying that the private user identifier used in the initial zero knowledge proof messages comprises part of the set of private user identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Polymath Inc.
    Inventors: Arash Afshar, Aram Jivanyan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIVATE IDENTITY VERIFICATION
    Publication number: 20210234840
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for private identity verification involve obtaining a cryptographically secure commitment that is generated using a first user identifier and a private user identifier associated with the first user identifier; receiving, from an identity verification system, initial zero knowledge proof messages comprising the commitment; sending, to the identity verification system, a set of cryptographically secure known identifier commitments generated using a set of private user identifiers; receiving, from the identity verification system: (i) a zero knowledge proof response generated using the zero knowledge proof challenge; and (ii) proof that the private user identifier used in the initial zero knowledge proof messages comprises part of the set of private user identifiers; and verifying that the private user identifier used in the initial zero knowledge proof messages comprises part of the set of private user identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Arash AFSHAR, Aram JIVANYAN