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).
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Patent number: 11949782Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11902431Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11895232Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, M. Erik Meinholz
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Publication number: 20240031170Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Ravi K. Maganti, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian, Abhijit Rao
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Patent number: 11838410Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11824976Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11784998Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, Michael Erik Meinholz
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Patent number: 11764953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11750378Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11736302Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11736281Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11736303Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11727829Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20230254132Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Ramanathan Ramanathan, Abhijit Rao, Adam Sanders, Michael Erik Meinholz, Bradford A. Shea, Pierre Arbajian, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Ramesh Yarlagadda
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Patent number: 11677738Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, Michael Erik Meinholz
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Patent number: 11663510Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Robert L. Carter, Jr., Bradford A. Shea, M. Erik Meinholz, Jeff J. Stapleton, Peter Bordow, Pierre Arbajian
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Patent number: 11626983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11620710Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11601266Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for quantum entanglement authentication (QEA).Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Jeff J. Stapleton, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Pierre Arbajian, Bradford A. Shea, Peter Bordow, Michael Erik Meinholz
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Patent number: 11552793Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: 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