Patents by Inventor Bradford A. SHEA

Bradford A. SHEA 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: 11949782
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for PQC. An example method includes transmitting a first portion of an electronic communication to a client device over a non-PQC communications channel, wherein the client device comprises a PQC shim circuitry. The example method further includes transmitting one or more communications between a PQC callback circuitry and the client device over a PQC communications channel, wherein the client device is a non-PQC device. The example method further includes transmitting a second portion of the electronic communication to the client device over a PQC communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Jeff J. Stapleton, Abhijit Rao, Pierre Arbajian, Peter Bordow, Ravi K. Maganti
  • Patent number: 11902431
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes receiving data. The example method further includes generating a set of data attributes about the data. The example method further includes generating a data envelope based on the set of data attributes. Subsequently, the example method includes generating an enveloped data structure based on the data envelope and the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Robert L. Carter, Jr., Ravi K. Maganti, Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11895232
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA). An example method includes generating, at a first computing device, a first number based on a subset of a first set of entangled quantum particles associated with the first computing device. Each entangled quantum particle in the first set of entangled quantum particles may be entangled with a respective entangled quantum particle in a second set of entangled quantum particles associated with a second computing device. The example method further includes transmitting an electronic identification of the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles to the second computing device. In some instances, the example method may further include receiving a second number from the second computing device and authenticating a session between the first computing device and the second computing device in an instance in which the second number corresponds, or is identical, to the first number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, M. Erik Meinholz
  • Publication number: 20240031170
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum computing (QC) detection. An example method includes generating QC detection data. The example method further includes generating a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys comprising a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key, generating encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, and destroying the private cryptographic key. The example method further includes monitoring a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data. Subsequently, the example method may include generating a QC detection alert control signal in response to detection of the electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ravi K. Maganti, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11838410
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for gathering performance information for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is provided. An example method includes generating, by a QC detection data generation circuitry, QC detection data. The example method further includes encrypting, by a PQC cryptographic circuitry, the QC detection data based on a PQC cryptographic technique The example method further includes decrypting, by a PQC decryption circuitry, the QC detection data. The example method further includes storing, by a PQC cryptographic performance circuitry, encryption metadata generated by the PQC cryptographic circuitry and decryption metadata generated by the PQC decryption circuitry as PQC cryptographic performance information associated with the PQC cryptographic technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Ramanathan, Abhijit Rao, Adam Sanders, Michael Erik Meinholz, Bradford A. Shea, Pierre Arbajian, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Ramesh Yarlagadda
  • Patent number: 11824976
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for PQC. An example method includes transmitting a first portion of an electronic communication to a client device over a non-PQC communications channel, wherein the first portion of the electronic communication comprises a PQC request data structure. The example method further includes receiving a PQC acknowledgment data structure from the client device over the non-PQC communications channel. The example method further includes transmitting a quantum cryptographic key to the client device over a quantum communications channel and authenticating a session with the client device over the non-PQC communications channel based on the quantum cryptographic key. Subsequently, the example method includes transmitting a second portion of the electronic communication to the client device over a PQC communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Jeff J. Stapleton, Abhijit Rao, Pierre Arbajian, Peter Bordow, Ravi K. Maganti
  • Patent number: 11784998
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA). An example method includes transmitting a first number and a first electronic identification of a first set of entangled quantum particles to a first computing device, each entangled quantum particle in the first set of entangled quantum particles is entangled with a respective entangled quantum particle in a second set of entangled quantum particles, receiving from the first computing device, a first session key, the first session key being a function of the first number and a second number provided to the first computing device in response to a first measurement initiation control signal comprising the first electronic identification of a first subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles, and in an instance in which the first session key corresponds to a second session key, authenticating a session between the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, Michael Erik Meinholz
  • Patent number: 11764953
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes transmitting a first portion of an electronic communication to a client device over a non-PQC communications channel. The example method further includes transmitting a second portion of the electronic communication to the client device over a PQC communications channel. In some instances, the first portion of the electronic communication may comprise overhead data, and the second portion of the electronic communication may comprise payload data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Jeff J. Stapleton, Abhijit Rao, Pierre Arbajian, Peter Bordow, Ravi K. Maganti
  • Patent number: 11750378
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes receiving data, a set of data attributes about the data, and a risk profile data structure indicative of a vulnerability of the data in a PQC data environment. The example method further includes retrieving PQC cryptographic performance information associated with a set of PQC cryptographic techniques. The PQC cryptographic performance information may comprise a set of PQC cryptographic performance attributes for each PQC cryptographic technique in the set of PQC cryptographic techniques. The example method further includes generating a set of PQC encryption attributes for encrypting the data based on the set of data attributes, the risk profile data structure, and the PQC cryptographic performance information. Subsequently, the example method includes encrypting the data based on the set of PQC encryption attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Robert L. Carter, Jr., Ravi K. Maganti, Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11736302
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum computing (QC) detection. An example method includes generating QC detection data. The example method further includes generating a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys comprising a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key, generating encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, and destroying the private cryptographic key. The example method further includes monitoring a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data. Subsequently, the example method may include generating a QC detection alert control signal in response to detection of the electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ravi K. Maganti, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11736281
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes generating encrypted data. The example method further includes monitoring a set of data environments comprising the encrypted data, wherein a data environment associated with the set of data environments comprises one or more quantum computing techniques. The example method further includes generating quantum computing (QC) detection data comprising one or more instances of the one or more quantum computing techniques decrypting the encrypted data. The example method further includes, subsequent to the generation of the QC detection data, encrypting data based on the QC detection data, wherein the data is encrypted based on a set of PQC encryption attributes absent from the QC detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ravi K. Maganti, Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao, Robert L. Carter
  • Patent number: 11736303
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum computing (QC) detection. An example method includes generating QC detection data. The example method further includes generating a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys comprising a public cryptographic key and a private cryptographic key, generating encrypted QC detection data based on the pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, and destroying the private cryptographic key. The example method further includes monitoring a set of data environments for electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data. Subsequently, the example method may include generating a QC detection alert control signal in response to detection of the electronic information related to the encrypted QC detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ravi K. Maganti, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Bradford A. Shea, Michael Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbadjian, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11727829
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes receiving data, a set of data attributes about the data, and a risk profile data structure indicative of a vulnerability of the data in a PQC data environment. The example method further includes retrieving PQC cryptographic performance information associated with a set of PQC cryptographic techniques. The PQC cryptographic performance information may comprise a set of PQC cryptographic performance attributes for a plurality of PQC cryptographic techniques in the set of PQC cryptographic techniques. The example method further includes selecting a PQC encryption algorithm for encrypting the data based on the set of data attributes, the risk profile data structure, the PQC cryptographic performance information, and a PQC optimization machine learning model. Subsequently, the example method includes encrypting the data based on the selected PQC encryption algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Arbajian, Adam Sanders, Andrew J. Garner, Michael Erik Meinholz, Ramesh Yarlagadda, Ramanathan Ramanathan, Abhijit Rao, Bradford A. Shea
  • Publication number: 20230254132
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for gathering performance information for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is provided. An example method includes generating, by a quantum computing (QC) detection data generation circuitry, QC detection data and encrypting, by a PQC cryptographic circuitry and by a first neural network, the QC detection data based on a PQC technique, where the first neural network is trained to encrypt the QC detection data using the PQC technique. The example method further includes decrypting, by a PQC decryption circuitry and by a second neural network, the encrypted QC detection data wherein the second neural network is trained to decrypt data, and storing encryption metadata and decryption metadata as PQC cryptographic performance information associated with the PQC technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ramanathan Ramanathan, Abhijit Rao, Adam Sanders, Michael Erik Meinholz, Bradford A. Shea, Pierre Arbajian, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Ramesh Yarlagadda
  • Patent number: 11677738
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA). An example method includes transmitting, a first electronic identification of a first subset of a first set of entangled quantum particles to a first computing device, transmitting, by the classical communications circuitry, a second number to a second computing device, wherein each entangled quantum particle in the first set of entangled quantum particles is entangled with a respective entangled quantum particle in a second set of entangled quantum particles, receiving, from the first computing device, a first number, the first number representative a measurement of the first subset of the first set of the entangled quantum particles, and in an instance in which the second number corresponds to the first number, authenticating a session between the first computing device and the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, Michael Erik Meinholz
  • Patent number: 11663510
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA). An example method includes generating, at a first computing device, a first number based on a subset of a first set of entangled quantum particles comprised by a quantum authentication device and associated with the first computing device. Each entangled quantum particle in the first set of entangled quantum particles may be entangled with a respective entangled quantum particle in a second set of entangled quantum particles associated with a second computing device. The example method further includes transmitting an electronic identification of the subset of the first set of entangled quantum particles to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Robert L. Carter, Jr., Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian
  • Patent number: 11626983
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes receiving data. The example method further includes generating a set of data attributes about the data. The example method further includes generating a data envelope based on the set of data attributes. Subsequently, the example method includes generating an enveloped data structure based on the data envelope and the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Robert L. Carter, Jr., Ravi K. Maganti, Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11620710
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for quantum computing based optimization of an efficient frontier determination. One exemplary method may comprise identifying one or more filtered portfolio optimization factor data based on one or more portfolio optimization factor data, QC algorithms, and algorithm performance information, selecting one QC algorithm for each filtered portfolio optimization factor data of the one or more filtered portfolio optimization factor data, and utilizing the selected QC algorithm to optimize an efficient frontier determination for each identified filtered portfolio optimization factor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Ramanathan, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Abhijit Rao, Pierre Arbadjian, Michael Erik Meinholz, Ramesh Yarlagadda, Bradford A. Shea, Adam Sanders, William E. Goff
  • Patent number: 11601266
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, Michael Erik Meinholz
  • Patent number: 11552793
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). An example method includes transmitting a first portion of an electronic communication to a client device over a non-PQC communications channel. The example method further includes transmitting a second portion of the electronic communication to the client device over a PQC communications channel. In some instances, the first portion of the electronic communication may comprise overhead data, and the second portion of the electronic communication may comprise payload data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Jeff J. Stapleton, Abhijit Rao, Pierre Arbajian, Peter Bordow, Ravi K. Maganti