Patents by Inventor Catherine Nomura

Catherine Nomura 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: 20190050778
    Abstract: Multi-variable assessment systems and methods that evaluate and predict entrepreneurial behavior are provided herein. Methods include predicting a likelihood of an individual successfully conducting one or more business transactions by scoring features of the individual from entrepreneur data collected from a plurality of network modalities, as well as a social-network structure for the individual and business event information and performing a business transaction with the individual when scored features meet or exceed thresholds for conducting the business transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Craig M. Allen, Christopher Hale, Catherine Nomura
  • Publication number: 20190012665
    Abstract: Systems and methods that use blockchain digital certificates are described herein. One embodiment includes generating a digital certificate including transaction data for a transaction, creating a blockchain blob of the transaction data, generating an electronic ownership token for the digital certificate, and transferring the electronic ownership token to an owner of the digital certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Craig M. Allen, Christopher Hale, Catherine Nomura
  • Patent number: 10122711
    Abstract: Secure communications methods for use with entrepreneurial prediction systems and methods are provided herein. An example method can include a two factor authentication of both a communications channel used by the entrepreneur (either by device or message attributes) and an identification of an identity of the entrepreneur from biometric parameters. This allows for secure communication with an entrepreneur when the entrepreneur is communicating from a geographical location of low trust, such as where device or identity theft is common.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kountable, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura
  • Patent number: 10108919
    Abstract: Multi-variable assessment systems and methods that evaluate and predict entrepreneurial behavior are provided herein. Methods include obtaining entrepreneur data related to personal skills data, business history data, and social network data for the entrepreneur across a plurality of network modalities, the plurality of network modalities including social networks, phone records, and message records, determining business event information for business events identified between the entrepreneur and contacts of the entrepreneur found in the entrepreneur data, and performing a dynamic measurement of engagement between the entrepreneur and the contacts by looking for contacts between the entrepreneur and the contacts that cross the plurality of network modalities, wherein the dynamic measurement includes an entrepreneur score for the entrepreneur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Kountable, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura
  • Patent number: 10083415
    Abstract: Multi-variable assessment systems and methods that evaluate and predict entrepreneurial behavior are provided herein. Methods include obtaining entrepreneur data related to personal skills data, business history data, and social network data for the entrepreneur across a plurality of network modalities, the plurality of network modalities including social networks, phone records, and message records, determining business event information for business events identified between the entrepreneur and contacts of the entrepreneur found in the entrepreneur data, and performing a dynamic measurement of engagement between the entrepreneur and the contacts by looking for contacts between the entrepreneur and the contacts that cross the plurality of network modalities, wherein the dynamic measurement includes an entrepreneur score for the entrepreneur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Kountable, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura
  • Publication number: 20180082291
    Abstract: Systems and methods that use blockchain digital certificates are described herein. One embodiment includes generating a digital certificate including transaction data for a transaction, creating a blockchain blob of the transaction data, generating an electronic ownership token for the digital certificate, and transferring the electronic ownership token to an owner of the digital certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Craig M. Allen, Christopher Hale, Catherine Nomura
  • Publication number: 20180082290
    Abstract: Systems and methods that use blockchain digital certificates are described herein. One embodiment includes generating a digital certificate including transaction data for a transaction, creating a blockchain blob of the transaction data, generating an electronic ownership token for the digital certificate, and transferring the electronic ownership token to an owner of the digital certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Craig M. Allen, Christopher Hale, Catherine Nomura
  • Publication number: 20180060781
    Abstract: Multi-variable assessment systems and methods that evaluate and predict entrepreneurial behavior are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150373020
    Abstract: Secure communications methods for use with entrepreneurial prediction systems and methods are provided herein. An example method can include a two factor authentication of both a communications channel used by the entrepreneur (either by device or message attributes) and an identification of an identity of the entrepreneur from biometric parameters. This allows for secure communication with an entrepreneur when the entrepreneur is communicating from a geographical location of low trust, such as where device or identity theft is common.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150278742
    Abstract: Multi-variable assessment systems and methods that evaluate and predict entrepreneurial behavior are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Hale, Craig M. Allen, Catherine Nomura