Patents by Inventor Brian A. Scriber

Brian A. Scriber 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: 20250150444
    Abstract: A system for ongoing multifactor authentication is provided. The system includes a computer device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one memory device includes computer instructions that cause the at least one processor to a) instruct a computer device to conduct a multifactor authentication of a user; calculate an authentication level for the user based upon the multifactor authentication of the user; b) continually monitor one or more actions of the user to determine additional authentication data; c) update the authentication level for the user based upon the additional authentication data; d) receive a request from the user to access a first content; e) access an authentication profile for the first content; f) compare the authentication profile to the updated authentication level for the user; and g) determine whether to grant access to the first content based upon the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: JASON W. RUPE, BRIAN A. SCRIBER, KYLE HAEFNER, MASSIMILIANO PALA, SIMON KRAUSS
  • Publication number: 20250150338
    Abstract: A system for dynamic trust-based network architectures is provided. The system includes a computer device programmed to: a) store plurality of records for a plurality of network elements, wherein each record of the plurality of records includes a current status of the corresponding network element of the plurality of network elements; b) receive a request for a set of network elements for data transmission; c) scan the plurality of records for a plurality of available network elements for the request; d) select a first set of network elements to meet the request from the plurality of network elements based upon the current status of each of the plurality of available network elements; e) generate a response to the request based upon the first set of network elements; f) receive a confirmation of the response; and g) configure the first set of network elements to complete the data transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: LUTHER E. SMITH, BRIAN A. SCRIBER, JASON W. RUPE, SUNDAR R. SRIRAM
  • Publication number: 20250124165
    Abstract: A server device is provided for protecting personal information. The server device includes a transceiver configured for operable communication with at least one client over a communication network, and a processor including a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the server device to store a database including one or more fields of personally identifiable information (PII), generate a query for the database to request access a first field of the one or more fields of PII, wherein the query includes a use for the requested field of PII, query the database to determine if the use for the requested field of PII is valid, and when the use for the request field of PII is valid, provide access to the requested field of PII data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventor: BRIAN A. SCRIBER
  • Patent number: 12279119
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Goeringer, Brian A. Scriber, Michael Glenn, Brady Johnson, Mark Deazley, Darshak Thakore
  • Publication number: 20250106113
    Abstract: In some implementations, an onboarding device may enable an onboarding application running on a platform. The onboarding device may receive configuration data for a desired device to determine compatibility with a network. The onboarding device may determine, based on a comparison between configuration data and a configuration criteria for the network, whether a compatibility threshold has been satisfied. The onboarding device may determine, when the compatibility threshold has been satisfied, whether the desired device is compatible with the particular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: CLARK STEVENS, BRIAN A. SCRIBER, ANDREW ALEXANDER DOLAN
  • Patent number: 12245117
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Scriber, Michael Glenn, Steven J. Goeringer, Brady Johnson, Mark Deazley, Darshak Thakore, Mark Walker, Martha Lurie Lyons, Barry Charles Ferris
  • Patent number: 12238517
    Abstract: A system for micro-segmented networking is provided. A system controller is programmed to a) store a plurality of micro-segmented network accounts and a plurality of subscriber accounts, b) receive a request from a user device to activate a first micro-segmented network associated with a first subscriber account, c) authenticate the first subscriber account based on the subscriber information, d) activate the first micro-segmented network, including a plurality of device slots for a plurality of devices, e) transmit, to the user device, first device slot authentication information for a first device slot of the plurality of device slots; f) receive, from a first device connecting to the wireless network, the first device slot authentication information; g) authenticate the first device slot authentication information; and h) in response to authenticating the first device slot authentication information, connect the first device to the first micro-segmented network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Darshak Thakore, Craig Pratt, Joshua F. Redmore, John C. Bahr, Brian A. Scriber, Brian Stahlhammer, Martha Lurie Lyons
  • Patent number: 12174993
    Abstract: A server device is provided for protecting personal information. The server device includes a transceiver configured for operable communication with at least one client over a communication network, and a processor including a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the server device to store a database including one or more fields of personally identifiable information (PII), generate a query for the database to request access a first field of the one or more fields of PII, wherein the query includes a use for the requested field of PII, query the database to determine if the use for the requested field of PII is valid, and when the use for the request field of PII is valid, provide access to the requested field of PII data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian A. Scriber
  • Publication number: 20240422375
    Abstract: A computer device is provided for performing secure updates and notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: ANDREW ALEXANDER DOLAN, BRIAN A. SCRIBER, MASSAMILIANO PALA, STEVEN J. GOERINGER, YUAN TIAN
  • Patent number: 12169571
    Abstract: A system for securely storing privacy information is provided. The system includes a plurality of nodes configured to maintain a distributed database containing consumer privacy information having a plurality of entries. Each entry of the plurality of entries in the distributed database is (i) encrypted with a unique encryption key associated with a consumer and the distributed database, and (ii) indexed based on a public encryption key associated with the consumer. A most recent entry associated with the consumer includes current personal information about the consumer. A first entry associated with the consumer includes an encrypted version of the unique encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Scriber, Steven J. Goeringer, Zane Hintzman
  • Patent number: 12166638
    Abstract: In some implementations, an onboarding device may enable an onboarding application running on a platform. The onboarding device may receive configuration data for a desired device to determine compatibility with a network. The onboarding device may determine, based on a comparison between configuration data and a configuration criteria for the network, whether a compatibility threshold has been satisfied. The onboarding device may determine, when the compatibility threshold has been satisfied, whether the desired device is compatible with the particular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarke Stevens, Brian A. Scriber, Andrew Alexander Dolan
  • Patent number: 12075107
    Abstract: A computer device is provided for performing secure updates and notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Alexander Dolan, Brian A. Scriber, Massimiliano Pala, Steven J. Goeringer, Yuan Tian
  • Patent number: 12063314
    Abstract: A security event management system for an electronic connected network includes a public key infrastructure subsystem configured to generate a security ID for a connected device accessing the network, a digital ledger, a trigger list in operable communication with the digital ledger, and an event manager configured to (i) subscribe to the trigger list by defining at least one reportable event of which the trigger list is to advise the event manager, and (ii) receive a notification from the trigger list upon validation of the at least one reportable event behind the digital ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Goeringer, Brian A. Scriber, Massimiliano Pala
  • Patent number: 12041049
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network onboarding system may receive, over a first connectivity protocol, a uniform resource identifier (URI) for an IoT device. The network onboarding system may authenticate, over the first connectivity protocol, the IoT device based on the URI. The network onboarding system may exchange, with the IoT device, over the first connectivity protocol, a set of IoT device credentials with a set of onboarding credentials for an IoT network. The network onboarding system may configure a notify message that includes the IoT device credentials for transmission over a second connectivity protocol. The network onboarding system may perform, by the network onboarding system, a filtered discovery of the IoT device over the second connectivity protocol. The network onboarding system may onboard, over the second connectivity protocol, the IoT device onto the IoT network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarke Stevens, Brian A. Scriber, Andrew Alexander Dolan
  • Patent number: 11924192
    Abstract: A method for automatically attaching a purpose-built electronic device to a provider network includes steps of discovering, by a Wi-Fi module of the purpose-built electronic device, a wireless data network in operable communication with the provider network selecting, by the Wi-Fi module, the wireless data network, transmitting a primary authentication certificate from the Wi-Fi module to an authentication, authorization, and accounting server of the provider network, receiving, by an application server of the provider network, a secondary authentication certificate from a functionality module of the purpose-built electronic device authenticating, by the provider network, the primary and secondary authentication certificates, and attaching the purpose-built device to the provider network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph William Brown, Bernard McKibben, Stuart Hoggan, Brian A. Scriber
  • Patent number: 11863405
    Abstract: A method for providing individualized communication service includes (1) recognizing a first client being communicatively coupled to a first local communication network, (2) determining an identity of the first client, (3) transporting first data between the first client and a first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a first service profile associated with the first client, and (4) transporting the first data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Scriber, Brian Stahlhammer, Darshak Thakore, Martha Lurie Lyons, Sanjay Patel, Stephen Arendt, Anju Ahuja
  • Patent number: 11831790
    Abstract: A method is provided for automating management of automatic renewal of a public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA) for a subscriber. The method includes steps of causing the subscriber to (i) transmit a first alert to a management entity for initiating renewal of the PKI certificate, and (ii) transmit a certificate signing request (CSR) to a registration authority (RA) for issuance of a renewal certificate. The method further includes steps of (iii) transmitting, from the RA to the CA, the CSR signed by the RA, (iv) receiving, at the RA from the CA, an issued renewal certificate signed by the CA, (v) sending, from the RA to the subscriber, the issued renewal certificate signed by the CA, and (vi) causing the subscriber to transmit a second alert to a management entity indicating renewal of the PKI certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Goeringer, Brian A. Scriber, Darshak Thakore, Massimiliano Pala
  • Patent number: 11792020
    Abstract: A method for managing certificates includes the steps of transmitting, over an electronic network by an electronic device of a client, a certificate request to a certificate management portal separate from the client, establishing an interaction with an electronic interface of a certificate authority by the certificate management portal; generating, by the certificate authority, a certificate package, delivering the generated certificate package to the certificate management portal, and downloading from the certificate management portal, by the client, at least one certificate of the delivered certificate package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian A. Scriber
  • Patent number: 11700132
    Abstract: A security event management system for an electronic connected network includes a public key infrastructure subsystem configured to generate a security ID for a connected device accessing the network, a digital ledger, a trigger list in operable communication with the digital ledger, and an event manager configured to (i) subscribe to the trigger list by defining at least one reportable event of which the trigger list is to advise the event manager, and (ii) receive a notification from the trigger list upon validation of the at least one reportable event behind the digital ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Goeringer, Brian A. Scriber, Massimiliano Pala
  • Patent number: 11652711
    Abstract: A method for providing individualized communication service includes (1) recognizing a first client being communicatively coupled to a first local communication network, (2) determining an identity of the first client, (3) transporting first data between the first client and a first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a first service profile associated with the first client, and (4) transporting the first data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Scriber, Brian Stahlhammer, Darshak Thakore, Martha Lurie Lyons, Sanjay Patel, Stephen Arendt, Anju Ahuja