Patents by Inventor Bryan D. Hall

Bryan D. Hall 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: 20240089260
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a first classification of a network address associated with a login attempt as an AVA, and in response, generating a first random number, selecting a first blocking length of time from a plurality of blocking lengths of time, calculating a first deny list duration based on summing the first random number and the first blocking length of time, and adding the network address to a deny list for the first deny list duration, and adding the network address to a parole list for a parole duration, receiving a second classification of the address as an AVA during the duration; and in response selecting a second blocking length of time from a plurality of blocking lengths, calculating a second deny list duration based on summing the second random number and the second blocking length and adding the address to the deny list for the second duration
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan D. Hall, Nicola A. Maiorana, Richard Joseph Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11855989
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a first classification of a network address associated with a login attempt as an AVA, and in response, generating a first random number, selecting a first blocking length of time from a plurality of blocking lengths of time, calculating a first deny list duration based on summing the first random number and the first blocking length of time, and adding the network address to a deny list for the first deny list duration, and adding the network address to a parole list for a parole duration, receiving a second classification of the address as an AVA during the duration; and in response selecting a second blocking length of time from a plurality of blocking lengths, calculating a second deny list duration based on summing the second random number and the second blocking length and adding the address to the deny list for the second duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Hall, Nicola A. Maiorana, Richard Joseph Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20230353537
    Abstract: In an example aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of login attempts from a network address over a length of time, querying log data to determine, for the network address, an average number of login failures of the plurality of login attempts over the length of time, calculating a failure rate metric based on the average number of login failures, determining that the failure rate metric exceeds a reference number of login failures for the length of time, the reference number of login failures based on a historical average number of login failures for the length of time, and based in part on the determining, adding the network address to a system deny list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan D. Hall, Richard Joseph Schroeder, Nicola A. Maiorana
  • Patent number: 11722459
    Abstract: In an example aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of login attempts from a network address over a length of time, querying log data to determine, for the network address, an average number of login failures of the plurality of login attempts over the length of time, calculating a failure rate metric based on the average number of login failures, determining that the failure rate metric exceeds a reference number of login failures for the length of time, the reference number of login failures based on a historical average number of login failures for the length of time, and based in part on the determining, adding the network address to a system deny list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Hall, Richard Joseph Schroeder, Nicola A. Maiorana
  • Patent number: 11601435
    Abstract: In an example aspect, a method includes receiving, using a hardware processing device, a first classification of a network address associated with a login attempt as an account validator actor. The method also includes based on the first classification, updating, using the hardware processing device, a system deny list to include the network address for a first length of time. The method also includes after expiration of the first length of time removing the network address from the system deny list, receiving a second of classification of the network address as an account validator actor, and updating the system deny list to include the network address for a second length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Hall, Nicola A. Maiorana, Richard Joseph Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11356472
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using machine learning for geographic analysis of access attempts. In an embodiment, a trained machine-learning model classifies source IP addresses of login attempts to a system as either blacklisted or allowed based on a set of aggregated features that correspond to login attempts to the system from the source IP addresses. The set of aggregated features includes, in association with each respective source IP address, a geographical login-attempt failure rate of login attempts to the system from each of one or more geographical areas that each correspond to the respective source IP address. Source IP addresses that are classified by the machine-learning model as blacklisted are added to a system blacklist, such that the system will disallow login attempts from such source IP addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Nicola A. Maiorana, Bryan D. Hall, Richard Joseph Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11038862
    Abstract: A computing system includes a network circuit enabling the computing system to exchange information over a network, a customer database storing information pertaining to various user accounts pertaining to a plurality of users, and a risk assessment circuit. The risk assessment circuit is configured search at least one data source to identify a user attribute, determine that the user attribute bears a relationship to a first security credential that is either associated with or potentially associated with a user account, generate a security prompt responsive to the determination, and transmit the security prompt to a user computing device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Chemere Davis, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Bryan D. Hall, H. Brock Kolls, Nicola A. Maiorana, Ximing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10523643
    Abstract: A computing system includes a network circuit enabling the computing system to exchange information over a network, a customer database storing information pertaining to various user accounts pertaining to a plurality of users, and a risk assessment circuit. The risk assessment circuit is configured search at least one data source to identify a user attribute, determine that the user attribute bears a relationship to a first security credential that is either associated with or potentially associated with a user account, generate a security prompt responsive to the determination, and transmit the security prompt to a user computing device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Chemere Davis, Andrew J. Garner, IV, Bryan D. Hall, H. Brock Kolls, Nicola A Maiorana, Ximing Zhao