Patents by Inventor Craig Stuart

Craig Stuart 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: 20250371119
    Abstract: A system for authenticating a login request includes a computing device including a processing circuit configured to receive the login request including a user identifier associated with a user, transmit a request for location information of a user device associated with the user to indicate a location of the user device, receive, from the user device, a location-based modifiable digital fingerprint comprising an encoded value for a location of the user device where the updated location-based modifiable digital fingerprint is received by the computing device based on a change in the location of the user device, verify the user device based on a change to the encoded value for the location of the user device, and provide the user access to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Gerard K. Cohen, Michelle D. Green, Christopher P. Smith, Craig Stuart, Kenneth L. Wright, Michelle M. Young
  • Patent number: 12406038
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for authenticating a user based at least in part on a location of the user or a location of a user device are described. A method includes: receiving a login request including a user identifier associated with a user; transmitting a request for location information of a user device associated with the user; causing computer-executable code deployed to the user device to generate a location-based modifiable digital fingerprint comprising a first encoded value based on a unique identifier of the user device and a second encoded value based on a first location information of the user device; receiving the location-based modifiable digital fingerprint from the user device; verifying that the location information from the location-based modifiable digital fingerprint corresponds to a second location; and providing the user access to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Gerard K. Cohen, Michelle D. Green, Christopher P. Smith, Craig Stuart, Kenneth L. Wright, Michelle M. Young
  • Patent number: 11132425
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for authenticating a user based at least in part on a location of the user or a location of a user device are described. The user may be authenticated as part of a financial transaction or as part of a login process for a computing device. The user device was previously bound or associated with the user. During the authentication, a system (e.g., a financial institution computing system or a backend authentication system) requests location information from the user device. The location information may be packaged as a digital fingerprint of the user device, which can only be created from the user device. Based on the location information, the user can be authenticated thereby approving the transaction or login request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Gerard K. Cohen, Michelle D. Green, Christopher P. Smith, Craig Stuart, Kenneth L. Wright, Michelle M. Young
  • Patent number: 10824983
    Abstract: Methods and systems of completing tracking-based transactions are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a customer database retrievably storing information relating to a plurality of financial accounts, a tag database retrievably storing information relating to a plurality of tags, a network interface circuit, and a transaction circuit. The transaction circuit receives a transaction request with at least one tag relating to an order of goods from a seller computing system. A transaction schedule is generated based on the transaction request and customer information in the customer database, and is stored in the tag database. The transaction circuit receives tag data corresponding to physical movement of the order of goods and performs at least one transaction pursuant to the transaction schedule based on received tag data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Craig Stuart, Michelle Young, Kenneth L. Wright