Patents by Inventor Bruce Albert Gross

Bruce Albert Gross 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).

  • Method, system and computer program product for controlling data access through question and answer mechanism
    Patent number: 8914411
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for controlling data access through a question and answer mechanism, including assigning a unique user identification for a user; associating information of the user with the user identification; receiving a request for the information based on the user identification; generating a question, based on a relationship between the user and a requestor of the information, that the requestor of the information must answer in order to access the information; and providing access to one of a portion of the information and all of the information, based on the relationship between the user and the requestor of the information, if the requestor correctly answers the question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Lee Mumford, Bruce Albert Gross