Patents by Inventor Asher C. Johnson

Asher C. Johnson 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: 11652628
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Robert W. Harris, Jr., Asher C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11621955
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for delivering a digital identity document. A request is received to purchase a digital identity document from a user by a system. An acquisition uniform resource locator (URL) with parameters corresponding to the identity of the user and the requested digital identity document is created and provided to the user. The user utilizes the received URL to communicate with an issuer to request the digital identity document. The system then receives the requested digital identity document in encrypted form from the issuer. The system then delivers the encrypted digital identity document to the user. In this manner, the system can deliver to the user an identity document in digital form that has been vetted as trusted in a secure manner thereby reducing the number of occurrences in providing improper identity documents as well as lessening the ability to generate falsified identity documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Daniel A. Gisolfi, Asher C. Johnson, Richard Redpath
  • Publication number: 20210314152
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors per form a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: William F. Abt, JR., Robert W. Harris, JR., Asher C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10972267
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Robert W. Harris, Jr., Asher C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200099535
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: William F. Abt, JR., Robert W. Harris, JR., Asher C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10581614
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Robert W. Harris, Jr., Asher C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10250440
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing requests by a cloud-based multipurpose messaging queue (MPMQ) located in a first computer. For each given request in requests received by the MPMQ, the MPMQ receives a specification of whether the given request is a standard or a critical request based on whether the given request requires an action by a second computer of a third party to respond to the given request. On condition that the received specification indicates that the given request is the critical request, a first message is added to a critical message queue to be accessed by the second computer, with the first message including response information helpful to the second computer in responding to the given request corresponding to the first message. On condition that the received specification indicates that the given request is the standard request, a first message is added to a standard message queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Asher C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190075018
    Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a digital identity document. The digital identity document, including private information, is generated for display by a predetermined device under a predetermined form in a context of encrypting specifically to the predetermined device. The generation of the digital identity document is performed by computers so that a first sub-set of the computers has access to the private information of the digital identity document and a second sub-set of the computers does not have access to the private information and the second sub-set of the computers includes a cloud service for scalability. The first sub-set of the computers is owned and controlled by an issuer party. The second sub-set of the computers is owned and controlled by a servicing party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Asher C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10225088
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Robert W. Harris, Jr., Asher C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190068378
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: William F. Abt, JR., Robert W. Harris, JR., Asher C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10084606
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating the generating of digital identity documents. A system receives a selection and initialization of properties (e.g., identity attributes, document type, alternate views, an acquisition uniform resource locator (URL)) to be used in a digital identity document (e.g., driver's license). The system then builds a template using the selected properties. The system may then present a list of built templates to a user/verifier to be used in generating a corresponding digital identity document. Upon receiving the selected template, the system provides the acquisition URL associated with the selected template to the user/verifier to be used by the user/verifier to request the corresponding digital identity document from the issuer. After receiving the digital identity document constructed by the issuer from the issuer, the system delivers the received digital identity document to the user/verifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Daniel A. Gisolfi, Asher C. Johnson, Aaron K. Reed
  • Publication number: 20180152340
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing requests by a cloud-based multipurpose messaging queue (MPMQ) located in a first computer. For each given request in requests received by the MPMQ, the MPMQ receives a specification of whether the given request is a standard or a critical request based on whether the given request requires an action by a second computer of a third party to respond to the given request. On condition that the received specification indicates that the given request is the critical request, a first message is added to a critical message queue to be accessed by the second computer, with the first message including response information helpful to the second computer in responding to the given request corresponding to the first message. On condition that the received specification indicates that the given request is the standard request, a first message is added to a standard message queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Asher C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180026793
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system obtaining and identity verification request that include a specification for one or more electronic identity documents including one or more requested document types to fulfill the identity verification request. One or more processors locate at least one electronic identity document including each of the requested document types. Each electronic identity document in the repository includes machine readable metadata that includes the document type of that document. The one or more processors perform a deterministic match to select one electronic identity document including each of the one or more requested document types to utilize in formulating a response to the identity verification request and formulate a response to the identity verification request, based on the selected electronic identity document(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: William F. ABT, JR., Robert W. HARRIS, JR., Asher C. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20170302455
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating the generating of digital identity documents. A system receives a selection and initialization of properties (e.g., identity attributes, document type, alternate views, an acquisition uniform resource locator (URL)) to be used in a digital identity document (e.g., driver's license). The system then builds a template using the selected properties. The system may then present a list of built templates to a user/verifier to be used in generating a corresponding digital identity document. Upon receiving the selected template, the system provides the acquisition URL associated with the selected template to the user/verifier to be used by the user/verifier to request the corresponding digital identity document from the issuer. After receiving the digital identity document constructed by the issuer from the issuer, the system delivers the received digital identity document to the user/verifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: William F. Abt, JR., Daniel A. Gisolfi, Asher C. Johnson, Aaron K. Reed
  • Publication number: 20170288877
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for delivering a digital identity document. A request is received to purchase a digital identity document from a user by a system. An acquisition uniform resource locator (URL) with parameters corresponding to the identity of the user and the requested digital identity document is created and provided to the user. The user utilizes the received URL to communicate with an issuer to request the digital identity document. The system then receives the requested digital identity document in encrypted form from the issuer. The system then delivers the encrypted digital identity document to the user. In this manner, the system can deliver to the user an identity document in digital form that has been vetted as trusted in a secure manner thereby reducing the number of occurrences in providing improper identity documents as well as lessening the ability to generate falsified identity documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: William F. Abt, JR., Daniel A. Gisolfi, Asher C. Johnson, Richard Redpath