Patents by Inventor Benjamin Chang

Benjamin Chang 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: 20260154146
    Abstract: A method for automated root cause analysis via one or more structured data sources and one or more unstructured data sources includes identifying an error in a process or an environment. The method also includes searching the one or more unstructured data sources via a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) component based on an error description corresponding to the identified error. The method further includes generating, via the RAG component, a hypothesis for the error in accordance with searching the one or more unstructured data sources. The method also includes searching the one or more structured data sources based on one or more queries generated via a text-to-SQL component in accordance with the hypothesis. The method still further includes autonomously adjusting one or more parameters of one or more devices associated with the process or the environment in accordance with searching the one or more structured data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Matthew P. GORDON, Flora Miao CHEN, Benjamin CHANG, Arjun BHARGAVA, Robert Brian MASON, Kordel FRANCE, Ravi Chandu UMMADISETTI, Kuo Sung SWEI
  • Patent number: 12630050
    Abstract: A diagnostic service is selectively started at opportune times, such as when the electrical vehicle is initially plugged in. When the electrical vehicle is turned off, there may not be any messages being sent on the communication bus since most vehicle electronic controllers are disabled to conserve power. But, when someone plugs in a charger, there is a surge of bus traffic for a short period of time. The system parses through the bus traffic and looks for a particular communication bus address. The presence of this address can be used as an indicator for an opportune time to start the diagnostic service to confirm whether the electric vehicle is charging or not and to log the state of charge of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Govan, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Jennifer Zhang, Katherine Lee
  • Publication number: 20260111546
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, system, and computer system for identifying function signatures that are used to detect certain types of malware. The method includes: (a) performing disassembly of a plurality of input binaries to generate a set of function signatures, (b) determining a ranking of function signatures for the set of function signatures, and (c) automatically selecting a subset of function signatures for detecting a type of file, wherein the subset of function signatures is selected based at least in part on the ranking of function signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Dongrui Zeng, Benjamin Chang, Yang Ji, Wenjun Hu
  • Publication number: 20260010624
    Abstract: The technology relates to cybersecurity attacks and cloud-based security, and specifically to detecting malicious embeddings in document destined for a networked system. Such embeddings can be delivered in the form of malicious macros and/or malicious OLE objects stored within document files. The technology intercepts a document that is compatible with an MS Office file format, finds embedded code, engineers at least five features that characterize the embedded code. The technology inputs the engineered features to a trained machine learning model and determines, as a threat level, a likelihood of malicious embedding from at least the engineered features of the embedded code. Based on the threat level, the technology can block the document with a malicious threat level, accept the document with a non-malicious threat level, and or isolate the document with a suspicious threat level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Ghanashyam Satpathy, Benjamin Chang
  • Publication number: 20250373665
    Abstract: A system and method for exploring security rule chains in a security platform. The method includes displaying a first plurality of graphical elements of a graphical user interface (GUI), each graphical element of the first plurality of graphical elements referencing a respective chained outcome of a plurality of chained outcomes of a respective chained rule, The respective chained rule includes two or more security rules that are linked based on their respective security outcomes, receiving, via the GUI, a selection of a first graphical element of the first plurality of graphical elements, the first graphical element corresponding to a first chained outcome of the plurality of chained outcomes, and displaying a second plurality of graphical elements in a visual association with the first element, each element of the second plurality of elements referencing a respective security outcome of the two or more security rules that are serially linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Hom, Nicole Anderson-Au, Benjamin Chang, Jason Wong, Winnie Chai, Sarmad Qutub, Andrew Fax Rector, Vlad Grigorescu, Borja Zarco
  • Patent number: 12488634
    Abstract: An analytics reporting system to perform operations that include: aggregating sensor data collected from a plurality of sensor devices within a database, the sensor data comprising a set of values that correspond with a metric; generating a threshold value based on the set of values that correspond with the metric; accessing a portion of the sensor data based on an identifier associated with the portion of the sensor data; determining the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value; and generating a report that comprises a display of the portion of the sensor data based on the determining that the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Wu, Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Nishant Raman, Jevon Yeoh, Saranyu Phusit, Joanne Wang, Benjamin Chang, Katherine Lee, Jennifer Julia Zhang
  • Patent number: 12479446
    Abstract: A management server system may obtain data associated with a vehicle. The management server system may obtain the data from a plurality of data sources associated with the vehicle. The data may include a plurality of subsets of data that each correspond to correspond to a particular driver assignment category. Each subset of data may identify a particular persona as a driver of a vehicle. The management server system may determine a driver of the vehicle based on each subset of data and a hierarchical plurality of driver assignment categories. Based on the determination of the driver of the vehicle, the management server system can dynamically map the driver to a particular event. The management server system may generate a user interface identifying the driver and the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jurden, Andrew Robbins, Neel Sheth, Bernardo Farah, Benjamin Chang, Prajakti Jinachandran, Aaron Zeisler, Manan Agarwal, Kenshiro Nakagawa, Jason Kwon
  • Patent number: 12430429
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to cybersecurity attacks and cloud-based security, and specifically to the detection of malicious code that is obfuscated within document files. Such malicious code can be delivered in the form of malicious macros and/or malicious OLE objects stored within document files. The technology disclosed detects obfuscated and malicious code using a trained machine learning model to predict which documents include malicious code, despite such malicious not having a known signature. The technology disclosed can thus predict which documents include malicious code lacking a known signature. Safe documents are allowed into the network. Suspicious documents are subjected to additional processing, including quarantining or sandboxing methods. Malicious documents are rejected from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Chang, Ghanashyam Satpathy
  • Patent number: 12179629
    Abstract: A system receives historical vehicle battery data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. Some vehicles with plug-in rechargeable batteries recommend/require that the vehicle computer be turned off when recharging. Thus, obtaining a current state of charge while a vehicle is charging can be difficult because the vehicle computer can be off. While the vehicle/gateway device is unable to transmit current battery data, the systems estimate a battery charge from the historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Govan, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Jennifer Zhang, Katherine Lee
  • Patent number: 12172653
    Abstract: A system receives vehicle metric data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. The vehicle gateway device gathers data related to operation of the vehicle and/or location data. The system receives data from multiple vehicles and multiple fleets. The system uses machine learning to identify cohorts for fleets. The system calculates metrics for fleets and benchmarks for the cohorts. The system presents the metrics and benchmarks in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Jennifer Julia Zhang, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Joanne Wang, Katherine Yeonjune Lee
  • Patent number: 12140445
    Abstract: A system receives vehicle metric data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. The vehicle gateway device gathers data related to operation of the vehicle and/or location data. The system receives data from multiple vehicles. The vehicle gateway device gathers vehicle metric data and correlates the metric data with location data. The system presents the correlated data in an interactive map graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Jennifer Julia Zhang, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Joanne Wang, Katherine Yeonjune Lee
  • Patent number: 12118831
    Abstract: An analytics reporting system to perform operations that include: aggregating sensor data collected from a plurality of sensor devices within a database, the sensor data comprising a set of values that correspond with a metric; generating a threshold value based on the set of values that correspond with the metric; accessing a portion of the sensor data based on an identifier associated with the portion of the sensor data; determining the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value; and generating a report that comprises a display of the portion of the sensor data based on the determining that the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Wu, Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Nishant Raman, Jevon Yeoh, Saranyu Phusit, Joanne Wang, Benjamin Chang, Katherine Lee, Jennifer Julia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11890962
    Abstract: A diagnostic service is selectively started at opportune times, such as when the electrical vehicle is initially plugged in. When the electrical vehicle is turned off, there may not be any messages being sent on the communication bus since most vehicle electronic controllers are disabled to conserve power. But, when someone plugs in a charger, there is a surge of bus traffic for a short period of time. The system parses through the bus traffic and looks for a particular communication bus address. The presence of this address can be used as an indicator for an opportune time to start the diagnostic service to confirm whether the electric vehicle is charging or not and to log the state of charge of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Govan, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Jennifer Zhang, Katherine Lee
  • Patent number: 11752895
    Abstract: A system receives historical vehicle battery data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. Some vehicles with plug-in rechargeable batteries recommend/require that the vehicle computer be turned off when recharging. Thus, obtaining a current state of charge while a vehicle is charging can be difficult because the vehicle computer can be off. While the vehicle/gateway device is unable to transmit current battery data, the systems estimate a battery charge from the historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Govan, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Jennifer Zhang, Katherine Lee
  • Patent number: 11756351
    Abstract: A system receives vehicle metric data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. The vehicle gateway device gathers data related to operation of the vehicle and/or location data. The system receives data from multiple vehicles and multiple fleets. The system uses machine learning to identify cohorts for fleets. The system calculates metrics for fleets and benchmarks for the cohorts. The system presents the metrics and benchmarks in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Jennifer Julia Zhang, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Joanne Wang, Katherine Yeonjune Lee
  • Patent number: 11756346
    Abstract: An analytics reporting system to perform operations that include: aggregating sensor data collected from a plurality of sensor devices within a database, the sensor data comprising a set of values that correspond with a metric; generating a threshold value based on the set of values that correspond with the metric; accessing a portion of the sensor data based on an identifier associated with the portion of the sensor data; determining the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value; and generating a report that comprises a display of the portion of the sensor data based on the determining that the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Wu, Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Nishant Raman, Jevon Yeoh, Saranyu Phusit, Joanne Wang, Benjamin Chang, Katherine Lee, Jennifer Julia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11488422
    Abstract: An analytics reporting system to perform operations that include: aggregating sensor data collected from a plurality of sensor devices within a database, the sensor data comprising a set of values that correspond with a metric; generating a threshold value based on the set of values that correspond with the metric; accessing a portion of the sensor data based on an identifier associated with the portion of the sensor data; determining the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value; and generating a report that comprises a display of the portion of the sensor data based on the determining that the portion of the sensor data transgresses the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Wu, Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Nishant Raman, Jevon Yeoh, Saranyu Phusit, Joanne Wang, Benjamin Chang, Katherine Lee, Jennifer Julia Zhang
  • Patent number: 11479142
    Abstract: A system receives historical vehicle battery data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. Some vehicles with plug-in rechargeable batteries recommend/require that the vehicle computer be turned off when recharging. Thus, obtaining a current state of charge while a vehicle is charging can be difficult because the vehicle computer can be off. While the vehicle/gateway device is unable to transmit current battery data, the systems estimate a battery charge from the historical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Govan, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Jennifer Zhang, Katherine Lee
  • Publication number: 20220269782
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to cybersecurity attacks and cloud-based security, and specifically to the detection of malicious code that is obfuscated within document files. Such malicious code can be delivered in the form of malicious macros and/or malicious OLE objects stored within document files. The technology disclosed detects obfuscated and malicious code using a trained machine learning model to predict which documents include malicious code, despite such malicious not having a known signature. The technology disclosed can thus predict which documents include malicious code lacking a known signature. Safe documents are allowed into the network. Suspicious documents are subjected to additional processing, including quarantining or sandboxing methods. Malicious documents are rejected from the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin CHANG, Ghanashyam SATPATHY
  • Patent number: 11365980
    Abstract: A system receives vehicle metric data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. The vehicle gateway device gathers data related to operation of the vehicle and/or location data. The system receives data from multiple vehicles. The vehicle gateway device gathers vehicle metric data and correlates the metric data with location data. The system presents the correlated data in an interactive map graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Akhtar, Jennifer Julia Zhang, Alvin Wu, Benjamin Chang, Joanne Wang, Katherine Yeonjune Lee