Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Allison Miller

Elizabeth Allison Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 8656459
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting phishing can include sending information from a mobile network device to a website server, generating a one time password at the mobile network device from the information, generating a one time password at the website server from the information, sending the one time password generated at the website server to the mobile network device when the mobile network device subsequently accesses the website, and comparing the one time password generated at the website server to the one time password generated at the mobile network device. In this manner, the website can be authenticated such that the occurrence of phishing is substantially mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Upendra Mardikar, Kent Griffin, Elizabeth Allison Miller, Amol Patel
  • Patent number: 8424057
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting phishing can include sending information from a mobile network device to a website server, generating a one time password at the mobile network device from the information, generating a one time password at the website server from the information, sending the one time password generated at the website server to the mobile network device when the mobile network device subsequently accesses the website, and comparing the one time password generated at the website server to the one time password generated at the mobile network device. In this manner, the website can be authenticated such that the occurrence of phishing is substantially mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ebay, Inc.
    Inventors: Upendra Mardikar, Kent Griffin, Elizabeth Allison Miller, Amol Patel
  • Publication number: 20090172775
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting phishing can include sending information from a mobile network device to a website server, generating a one time password at the mobile network device from the information, generating a one time password at the website server from the information, sending the one time password generated at the website server to the mobile network device when the mobile network device subsequently accesses the website, and comparing the one time password generated at the website server to the one time password generated at the mobile network device. In this manner, the website can be authenticated such that the occurrence of phishing is substantially mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Upendra Mardikar, Kent Griffin, Elizabeth Allison Miller, Amol Patel