Patents by Inventor Daniel Dulaney

Daniel Dulaney 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).

  • User access control in blockchain
    Patent number: 10958421
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for controlling access to an asset in a blockchain network is provided. The present invention may include encrypting the asset using a target encryption key. The present invention may also include storing the encrypted asset on a ledger. The present invention may then include receiving a start encryption key to access the asset. The present invention may further include traversing a graph of keys beginning with the start encryption key across a plurality of nodes and edges until reaching the target encryption key. The present invention may also include allowing access to the asset based on reaching the target encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Woong A. Yoon, Daniel Dulaney, John P Filippone, Bonnie Ishiguro, Alex X Casella
  • USER ACCESS CONTROL IN BLOCKCHAIN
    Publication number: 20200162238
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for controlling access to an asset in a blockchain network is provided. The present invention may include encrypting the asset using a target encryption key. The present invention may also include storing the encrypted asset on a ledger. The present invention may then include receiving a start encryption key to access the asset. The present invention may further include traversing a graph of keys beginning with the start encryption key across a plurality of nodes and edges until reaching the target encryption key. The present invention may also include allowing access to the asset based on reaching the target encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Woong A. YOON, Daniel DULANEY, John P. FILIPPONE, Bonnie ISHIGURO, Alex X. CASELLA
  • GROUPING MESSAGES BASED ON TEMPORAL AND MULTI-FEATURE SIMILARITY
    Publication number: 20190121907
    Abstract: Message grouping using temporal and multi-factor similarity includes grouping multiple messages of a corpus in a group messaging system into a number of message bursts. Each message burst includes a number of messages that have a temporal relationship. Multiple of the number of message bursts are grouped into a message cluster. The grouping is based on a similarity of the number of message bursts as defined by multiple features of the message bursts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Brunn, Daniel Dulaney, Ami Dewar, Ethan A. Geyer, Bo Jiang, Rachael Dickens, Scott E. Chapman, Thomas Blanchflower, Naama Tepper