Patents by Inventor Douglas Peckover
Douglas Peckover 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).
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Publication number: 20140053240Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data in a file that has been replaced with pointer(s) for each sensitive data. The sensitive data items are protected by restricting subsequent access to and use of the sensitive data items via the pointers by: receiving a first request for data stored in a file on the data storage, determining whether the requested data includes at least one of the pointers, providing the requested data whenever the requested data does not include any of the pointers, and performing the following steps whenever the requested data includes at least one of the pointers: sending a second request containing the pointer(s) included in the requested data to the server that authenticates the second request, denying the first request whenever the authentication fails, and receiving and providing the extracted data item(s) corresponding to the pointer(s) included in the requested data whenever the authentication succeeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: DT Labs Developments LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20130340099Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data in a file that has been replaced with pointer(s) for each sensitive data. The sensitive data items are protected by restricting subsequent access to and use of the sensitive data items via the pointers by: receiving a first request for data stored in a file on the data storage, determining whether the requested data includes at least one of the pointers, providing the requested data whenever the requested data does not include any of the pointers, and performing the following steps whenever the requested data includes at least one of the pointers: sending a second request containing the pointer(s) included in the requested data to the server that authenticates the second request, denying the first request whenever the authentication fails, and receiving and providing the extracted data item(s) corresponding to the pointer(s) included in the requested data whenever the authentication succeeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: DT Labs Development LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 8613107Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data associated with RFID tags by extracting the sensitive data from RFID data associated with the RFID tag, generating a pointer indicating for the sensitive data, storing the extracted data and the pointer in a secure storage and replacing the sensitive data in the RFID data with the pointer. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for protecting sensitive data associated with an RFID tag by receiving RFID data from the RFID tag, authenticating the RFID data, retrieving the sensitive data associated with the RFID tag from a secure storage using the RFID data whenever the RFID data is authentic and providing the sensitive data to one or more applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: DT Labs Development, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 8543806Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for protecting sensitive data in a file that has been replaced with pointer(s) for each sensitive data. The sensitive data items are protected by restricting subsequent access to and use of the sensitive data items via the pointers by: receiving a first request for data stored in a file on the data storage, determining whether the requested data includes at least one of the pointers, providing the requested data whenever the requested data does not include any of the pointers, and performing the following steps whenever the requested data includes at least one of the pointers: sending a second request containing the pointer(s) included in the requested data to the server that authenticates the second request, denying the first request whenever the authentication fails, and receiving and providing the extracted data item(s) corresponding to the pointer(s) included in the requested data whenever the authentication succeeds.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: DT Labs Development, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 8364670Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item by receiving a search request comprising a requested category and one or more requested attributes of the item and storing the search request in a search index based on the requested category and the requested attribute(s). The search index includes one or more categories and each category is defined by a taxonomy of attributes. The search index is then searched for any previously stored search requests that match the requested category and the requested attribute(s), a result of the search is determined and a search response that includes the result of the search is sent.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 8359271Abstract: An apparatus is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number/code and storing the generated pointer(s) in a client data storage. During or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s): the generated pointer(s) are sent from the client data storage to one or more media devices, the generated pointer(s) are obtained from the media device using a post-content manager, the unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are obtained from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), the obtained unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are sent to the media device, and the received unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are imprinted on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20120323886Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item by receiving a search request comprising a requested category and one or more requested attributes of the item and storing the search request in a search index based on the requested category and the requested attribute(s). The search index includes one or more categories and each category is defined by a taxonomy of attributes. The search index is then searched for any previously stored search requests that match the requested category and the requested attribute(s), a result of the search is determined and a search response that includes the result of the search is sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20120297462Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data in a file that has been replaced with pointer(s) for each sensitive data. The sensitive data items are protected by restricting subsequent access to and use of the sensitive data items via the pointers by: receiving a first request for data stored in a file on the data storage, determining whether the requested data includes at least one of the pointers, providing the requested data whenever the requested data does not include any of the pointers, and performing the following steps whenever the requested data includes at least one of the pointers: sending a second request containing the pointer(s) included in the requested data to the server that authenticates the second request, denying the first request whenever the authentication fails, and receiving and providing the extracted data item(s) corresponding to the pointer(s) included in the requested data whenever the authentication succeeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 8261058Abstract: A system, method and apparatus are disclosed for protecting sensitive data by extracting the sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sending the extracted data to a server for storage, receiving a pointer indicating where the extracted data has been stored and replacing the sensitive data on the data storage on the client with the pointer. The pointer may include random data that is of a same data type as the sensitive data. Furthermore, the pointer is subsequently used to access the sensitive data after proper authentication.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20120089835Abstract: A system, apparatus and method automatically authenticating an item. The media device includes a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, the item disposed within or attached to the housing, and a memory disposed within the housing. The memory stores computer readable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform the steps: (a) obtaining the one or more identifiers from the item wherein the one or more identifiers includes a serial number or code; (b) transmitting the obtained identifier(s) to a server device for authentication; (c) receiving an authentication message from the server device; (d) continuing operation of the media device whenever the authentication message from the server device indicates that the item is authentic; and (e) performing one or more actions based on the authentication message whenever the authentication message from the server device indicates that the item is not authentic or cannot be verified.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20110173676Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data by extracting the sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sending the extracted data to a server for storage, receiving a pointer indicating where the extracted data has been stored and replacing the sensitive data on the data storage on the client with the pointer. The pointer may include random data that is of a same data type as the sensitive data. Furthermore, the pointer is subsequently used to access the sensitive data after proper authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20110153512Abstract: An apparatus is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number/code and storing the generated pointer(s) in a client data storage. During or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s): the generated point(s) are sent from the client data storage to one or more media devices, the generated pointer(s) are obtained from the media device using a post-content manager, the unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are obtained from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), the obtained unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are sent to the media device, and the received unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are imprinted on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 7941376Abstract: A system, apparatus and method is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number/code and storing the generated pointer(s) in a client data storage. During or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s): the generated point(s) are sent from the client data storage to one or more media devices, the generated pointer(s) are obtained from the media device using a post-content manager, the unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are obtained from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), the obtained unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are sent to the media device, and the received unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are imprinted on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Patent number: 7937579Abstract: A system, method and apparatus are described for protecting sensitive data by extracting the sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sending the extracted data to a server for storage, receiving a pointer indicating where the extracted data has been stored and replacing the sensitive data on the data storage on the client with the pointer. The pointer may include random data that is of a same data type as the sensitive data. Furthermore, the pointer is subsequently used to access the sensitive data after proper authentication.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: DT Labs, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20100106645Abstract: A system, apparatus and method is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random serial number/code and storing the generated pointer(s) in a client data storage. During or prior to a production run of the item(s) or label(s): the generated point(s) are sent from the client data storage to one or more media devices, the generated pointer(s) are obtained from the media device using a post-content manager, the unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are obtained from the server via the post-content manager using the generated pointer(s), the obtained unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are sent to the media device, and the received unique random serial number(s)/code(s) are imprinted on the item(s) or the label(s) using the media device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20100005509Abstract: The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method for protecting sensitive data can be provided using a pre-content manager and a post-content manager. The pre-content manager extracts sensitive or non-sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sends the extracted sensitive data to a server for storage, receives a pointer indicating where the extracted sensitive data has been stored and replaces the sensitive data on the data storage on the client with the pointer. The post content manager receives the sensitive data from the pre-content manager and transmits the sensitive data to one or more media devices. The foregoing can be implemented as a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium wherein the steps are executed by one or more code segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20080097872Abstract: A system for electronic commerce (10) having personal agents (12 and 13) that represent consumers and providers in a virtual marketplace (28). Consumer personal agents conceal the identity of the consumer and are capable of creating decision agents (14) that shop for products and assist consumers in comparing and ranking products. Provider personal agents are capable of creating demand agents (16) that quantify demand and target specific consumers without learning the identity of the consumers. Based on data generated by the activities of the decision agents and on preference data maintained by consumer personal agents, provider personal agents can quantify current, historical, and future demand, simulate demand, and target specific consumers for advertising and other messages. Provider personal agents can cooperate with consumer personal agents to collect data about reasons for sales and lost sales and to offer consideration payments to consumers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20070204329Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data associated with RFID tags by extracting the sensitive data from RFID data associated with the RFID tag, generating a pointer indicating for the sensitive data, storing the extracted data and the pointer in a secure storage and replacing the sensitive data in the RFID data with the pointer. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for protecting sensitive data associated with an RFID tag by receiving RFID data from the RFID tag, authenticating the RFID data, retrieving the sensitive data associated with the RFID tag from a secure storage using the RFID data whenever the RFID data is authentic and providing the sensitive data to one or more applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: DT LABS, LLCInventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20060212698Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for protecting sensitive data by extracting the sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sending the extracted data to a server for storage, receiving a pointer indicating where the extracted data has been stored and replacing the sensitive data on the data storage on the client with the pointer. The pointer may include random data that is of a same data type as the sensitive data. Furthermore, the pointer is subsequently used to access the sensitive data after proper authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventor: Douglas Peckover
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Publication number: 20060195428Abstract: The present invention provides provides a system, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item by receiving a search request comprising a requested category and one or more requested attributes of the item and storing the search request in a search index based on the requested category and the requested attribute(s). The search index includes one or more categories and each category is defined by a taxonomy of attributes. The search index is then searched for any previously stored search requests that match the requested category and the requested attribute(s), a result of the search is determined and a search response that includes the result of the search is sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2005Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventor: Douglas Peckover