Patents by Inventor Eric Eugene Sifford

Eric Eugene Sifford 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: 20230418949
    Abstract: Arrangements for providing software vulnerability analysis and monitoring are provided. In some aspects, software bill of materials (SBOM) data may be received and software attributes may be extracted from the SBOM data. Author data may be received and analyzed using natural language processing and/or machine learning to identify author attributes. Current event or vulnerability data may be received. In some examples, one or more machine learning models may be executed to determine a confidence score associated with the software being analyzed. For instance, software attributes, author attributes, and current event data may be used as inputs in the machine learning model and a confidence score may be output. Based on the confidence score, one or more alerts may be generated and transmitted to one or more enterprise organization computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Dustin Paul Stocks, Kayla Ashley Rux, Viswanathan Venkatasubramanian, Ramkumar Korlepara, Sanjay Lohar, Eric Eugene Sifford, Ashley L. Jones, David Cuka
  • Patent number: 11057421
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enhanced detection of polymorphic malicious content within an entity. In this regard, the present invention receives information associated with an incidence of an electronic file; receives an first hash value of the electronic file from a first network device and a second hash value of the electronic file from a second network device; compares the first hash value with the second hash value; determines that the electronic file is polymorphic based on at least the match; initiates an execution of a quantum optimization algorithm using a quantum optimizer to determine one or more hash value states; receive information associated with an incidence of the electronic file at the third network device; determine that the electronic file is malware; and initiate an intrusion detection protocol configured to deny the electronic file access to the third network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Sifford, William August Stahlhut
  • Patent number: 10762504
    Abstract: A closed-loop system is operatively connected with a block chain distributed network for using the block chain distributed network for facilitating operation of a transaction record sharing system. Host and source institutions function to supply a consolidated transaction record to a user in response to a request from a user to the host institution. The request is determined to meet a condition of the block chain thereby verifying the request. The verified request for a transaction record is transmitted to at least one source institution. The transaction record of the source institution is accessed by the host institution. A consolidated transaction record is communicated to the user based on the transaction record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Sifford, Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Richard Huw Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200045059
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enhanced detection of polymorphic malicious content within an entity. In this regard, the present invention receives information associated with an incidence of an electronic file; receives an first hash value of the electronic file from a first network device and a second hash value of the electronic file from a second network device; compares the first hash value with the second hash value; determines that the electronic file is polymorphic based on at least the match; initiates an execution of a quantum optimization algorithm using a quantum optimizer to determine one or more hash value states; receive information associated with an incidence of the electronic file at the third network device; determine that the electronic file is malware; and initiate an intrusion detection protocol configured to deny the electronic file access to the third network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Sifford, William August Stahlhut
  • Patent number: 10440051
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enhanced detection of polymorphic malicious content within an entity. In this regard, the present invention receives information associated with an incidence of an electronic file; receives an first hash value of the electronic file from a first network device and a second hash value of the electronic file from a second network device; compares the first hash value with the second hash value; determines that the electronic file is polymorphic based on at least the match; initiates an execution of a quantum optimization algorithm using a quantum optimizer to determine one or more hash value states associated with the electronic file for a third network device; and initiates a control signal configured to store the one or more hash value states in a database associated with the third network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Sifford, William August Stahlhut
  • Patent number: 10135870
    Abstract: A closed-loop system is operatively connected with a block chain distributed network for using the block chain distributed network for facilitating operation of a transaction record sharing system between member institutions comprising a host system and a source system. Host and source institutions function to share the transaction records from member institutions such that a host institution that is a member of the block chain may obtain the transaction records of all source institutions of the block chain. The transaction records are validated on the block chain such that the transaction records are secure represent a source of truth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Richard Huw Thomas, Manu Jacob Kurian, Eric Eugene Sifford
  • Publication number: 20180255073
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enhanced detection of polymorphic malicious content within an entity. In this regard, the present invention receives information associated with an incidence of an electronic file; receives an first hash value of the electronic file from a first network device and a second hash value of the electronic file from a second network device; compares the first hash value with the second hash value; determines that the electronic file is polymorphic based on at least the match; initiates an execution of a quantum optimization algorithm using a quantum optimizer to determine one or more hash value states associated with the electronic file for a third network device; and initiates a control signal configured to store the one or more hash value states in a database associated with the third network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Sifford, William August Stahlhut
  • Publication number: 20170244757
    Abstract: A closed-loop system is operatively connected with a block chain distributed network for using the block chain distributed network for facilitating operation of a transaction record sharing system between member institutions comprising a host system and a source system. Host and source institutions function to share the transaction records from member institutions such that a host institution that is a member of the block chain may obtain the transaction records of all source institutions of the block chain. The transaction records are validated on the block chain such that the transaction records are secure represent a source of truth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Richard Huw Thomas, Manu Jacob Kurian, Eric Eugene Sifford
  • Publication number: 20170243215
    Abstract: A closed-loop system is operatively connected with a block chain distributed network for using the block chain distributed network for facilitating operation of a transaction record sharing system. Host and source institutions function to supply a consolidated transaction record to a user in response to a request from a user to the host institution. The request is determined to meet a condition of the block chain thereby verifying the request. The verified request for a transaction record is transmitted to at least one source institution. The transaction record of the source institution is accessed by the host institution. A consolidated transaction record is communicated to the user based on the transaction record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Sifford, Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Richard Huw Thomas