Patents by Inventor Emmet Townsend

Emmet Townsend 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: 20260065133
    Abstract: A privacy-preserving method of accessing and using an AI model. That access and use is provided as a service in association with a linked data operating environment. In this environment, applications have secure and permissioned access in an interoperable manner to private data that is stored in one or more online private data stores. The AI model is trained using one or more access sets of private data that are stored in the linked data operating environment. Typically, the model (e.g., a language model, an image-generation (diffusion) model, or the like) is uniquely associated with an entity whose access set of private data is used for model training. To facilitate multi-use training and use, the model comprises a base model that is fine-tuned using the private data access set to generate a fine-tuned model. The fine-tuned model can be further tuned efficiently as data in the underlying access sets changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Emmet Townsend, Barath Raghavan
  • Publication number: 20250322100
    Abstract: A method for privacy preserving data processing in a linked data operating environment. The method begins by creating a privacy preserving data processing (PPDP) agent for use by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent. The PPDP agent is configured to access and process private data that the AI requires but is not authorized to access. In use, a secure PPDP environment is instantiated in association with one or more private data stores and in which the PPDP agent is then configured to execute. Under the control of the AI agent, the PPDP agent is then executed within the secure PPDP environment over a configured security context and life-cycle of the PPDP agent to access and process the private data on the AI agent's behalf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventor: Emmet Townsend
  • Publication number: 20250190620
    Abstract: A method for privacy preserving data processing in a linked data operating environment wherein applications have secure and permissioned access in an interoperable manner to data that is stored in one or more online data stores. The method begins by creating a privacy preserving data processing (PPDP) agent for use by an entity to process the data in association with the online data stores. The PPDP agent is then subjected to a certification process that ensures that the PPDP agent does not exfiltrate any data from the online data stores. After a successful certification, and following registration of the agent with an agent repository, a secure PPDP environment is instantiated in association with the data stores and in which the PPDP agent is then configured to execute. The PPDP agent is then executed within the secure PPDP environment over a configured security context and life-cycle of the PPDP agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventor: Emmet Townsend
  • Patent number: 12223090
    Abstract: A method for privacy preserving data processing in a linked data operating environment wherein applications have secure and permissioned access in an interoperable manner to data that is stored in one or more online data stores. The method begins by creating a privacy preserving data processing (PPDP) agent for use by an entity to process the data in association with the online data stores. The PPDP agent is then subjected to a certification process that ensures that the PPDP agent does not exfiltrate any data from the online data stores. After a successful certification, and following registration of the agent with an agent repository, a secure PPDP environment is instantiated in association with the data stores and in which the PPDP agent is then configured to execute. The PPDP agent is then executed within the secure PPDP environment over a configured security context and life-cycle of the PPDP agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Inrupt, Inc.
    Inventor: Emmet Townsend
  • Publication number: 20240265131
    Abstract: A method for privacy preserving data processing in a linked data operating environment wherein applications have secure and permissioned access in an interoperable manner to data that is stored in one or more online data stores. The method begins by creating a privacy preserving data processing (PPDP) agent for use by an entity to process the data in association with the online data stores. The PPDP agent is then subjected to a certification process that ensures that the PPDP agent does not exfiltrate any data from the online data stores. After a successful certification, and following registration of the agent with an agent repository, a secure PPDP environment is instantiated in association with the data stores and in which the PPDP agent is then configured to execute. The PPDP agent is then executed within the secure PPDP environment over a configured security context and life-cycle of the PPDP agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Inrupt, Inc.
    Inventor: Emmet Townsend
  • Patent number: 11790115
    Abstract: A method for privacy preserving data processing in a linked data operating environment wherein applications have secure and permissioned access in an interoperable manner to data that is stored in one or more online data stores. The method begins by creating a privacy preserving data processing (PPDP) agent for use by an entity to process the data in association with the online data stores. The PPDP agent is then subjected to a certification process that ensures that the PPDP agent does not exfiltrate any data from the online data stores. After a successful certification, and following registration of the agent with an agent repository, a secure PPDP environment is instantiated in association with the data stores and in which the PPDP agent is then configured to execute. The PPDP agent is then executed within the secure PPDP environment over a configured security context and life-cycle of the PPDP agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Inrupt, Inc.
    Inventor: Emmet Townsend
  • Patent number: 10762147
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a request for access to data, (b) identifying a data store that stores the data, and (c) communicating with the data store, by way of an electronic communication, to access the data. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that includes a program module for controlling a processor to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: D&B BUSINESS INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, U.C.
    Inventors: William Morgan, Robert Tam, Nina Gerasimova, Keith Gastauer, Stacey Rasgado, Ken Einstein, Chip Swanson, Neil Lamka, Dave Horowitz, Jim Longo, Emmet Townsend, Julian Prower
  • Publication number: 20170076004
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a request for access to data, (b) identifying a data store that stores the data, and (c) communicating with the data store, by way of an electronic communication, to access the data. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that includes a program module for controlling a processor to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: William Morgan, Robert Tam, Nina Gerasimova, Keith Gastauer, Stacey Rasgado, Ken Einstein, Chip Swanson, Neil Lamka, Dave Horowitz, Jim Longo, Emmet Townsend, Julian Prower
  • Patent number: 9507864
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a request for access to data, (b) identifying a data store that stores the data, and (c) communicating with the data store, by way of an electronic communication, to access the data. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that includes a program module for controlling a processor to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Morgan, Robert Tam, Nina Gerasimova, Keith Gastauer, Stacey Rasgado, Ken Einstein, Chip Swanson, Neil Lamka, Dave Horowitz, Jim Longo, Emmet Townsend, Julian Prower
  • Publication number: 20120331095
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a request for access to data, (b) identifying a data store that stores the data, and (c) communicating with the data store, by way of an electronic communication, to access the data. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that includes a program module for controlling a processor to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
    Inventors: William Morgan, Robert Tam, Nina Gerasimova, Keith Gastauer, Stacey Rasgado, Ken Einstein, Chip Swanson, Neil Lamka, Dave Horowitz, Jim Longo, Emmet Townsend, Julian Prower