Patents by Inventor Franz F. Liebinger Portela

Franz F. Liebinger Portela 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: 11159376
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for computer networks infrastructure automatic convergence. The network devices are enabled to communicate with other adjacent network devices, independently of the device type, about detected changes that could affect them and together generate consensus utilizing a blockchain mechanism about the configuration changes that are accepted. A priority table specifies a priority for various device classes on a network. The devices, in response to a new network topology, determine if a new device configuration is necessary. When a new device configuration is necessary, data corresponding to the new device configuration is put into a blockchain block and appended to a network blockchain that is maintained by one or more nodes (devices) on the network. In this way, an immutable history of network configurations is maintained, improving network security and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Ricardo Golcher Ugalde, Carlos Gustavo Alfaro Briceno, Edgar A. Zamora Duran
  • Patent number: 11122052
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for accessing data in a network is provided. The present invention may include reading a control blockchain, by a non-trusted node, to enable the non-trusted node to read an asset from a trusted node blockchain on a trusted node. The present invention may also include reading the trusted node blockchain by the non-trusted node. The present invention may then include creating, by the non-trusted node, a new block on a temporary blockchain based on the read trusted node blockchain. The present invention may further include transmitting, by the non-trusted node, the created new block to the trusted node, wherein transmitting the created new block causes the created new block to be added to the trusted node blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar A. Zamora Duran, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Ryan G. DeJana
  • Patent number: 11084488
    Abstract: Method of collision avoidance which includes: sensing parameters by a first vehicle with respect to relative movements of the first vehicle and a second vehicle; responsive to determining by the first vehicle, based on the sensed parameters, of an impending collision with the second vehicle, communicating, by the first vehicle, a query to the second vehicle as to if the second vehicle can perform a corrective action to avoid a collision with the first vehicle; and performing, by the first vehicle and independent of any corrective action performed by the second vehicle, a corrective action to avoid a collision with the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Nunez, Juan G. Rodriguez Arguedas, Edgar A. Zamora Duran
  • Patent number: 11018797
    Abstract: A fiber optic light intensity encryption method is provided. The method includes determining light intensities associated with multi-frequency light pulses emitted by a laser transmitter apparatus in response to an encryptions process. An encryption type for application of an encryption algorithm to each light intensity is determined and a first light intensity associated with a first light pulse is selected. Data indicating results of the random selection is transmitted to the laser transmitter apparatus and an initial security key is transmitted over a signaling channel of the laser transmitter apparatus. The signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure signaling channel. In response, a secure bundle comprising said the secure signaling channel and an additional group of channels is generated and the data is transmitted via the secure bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Patent number: 10990982
    Abstract: An approach is provided for authenticating a payment card. Information is read from the payment card being used for a purchase. The information includes an identifier and data on a chip, in braille cells, and in markings in the payment card. A hash read from the chip, the identifier, and security codes derived from the braille cells and the markings are sent to a payment system. A hash of an (n+1)-th block of a blockchain is received and recorded in the chip in response to validations of the hash as matching a hash of an n-th block of the blockchain, the identifier, and the first and second security codes, and a generation of the hash of the (n+1)-th block. Data about the purchase and the hash of the (n+1)-th block are sent to the payment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar A. Zamora Duran, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Nunez, Sheyla V. Vargas
  • Patent number: 10885755
    Abstract: A method for heat-based control of a surveillance system is provided. The method may include detecting a first pattern of heat transferred from a heat source based on a first sensor dataset corresponding to a first event, determining an expected pattern of heat to be transferred from the heat source during a second event based on the first pattern of heat transfer, and generating a surveillance model based on the expected pattern of heat transfer. The method may further include detecting a second pattern of heat transferred from the heat source based on a second sensor dataset corresponding to the second event, detecting the heat source during the second event with respect to the second pattern of heat transfer, and determining a threat level corresponding to a security risk posed by the heat source with respect to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roxana Monge Nunez, Shikhar Kwatra, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Edgar A. Zamora Duran, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10601538
    Abstract: A fiber optic light intensity encryption method is provided. The method includes determining light intensities associated with multi-frequency light pulses emitted by a laser transmitter apparatus in response to an encryptions process. An encryption type for application of an encryption algorithm to each light intensity is determined and a first light intensity associated with a first light pulse is selected. Data indicating results of the random selection is transmitted to the laser transmitter apparatus and an initial security key is transmitted over a signaling channel of the laser transmitter apparatus. The signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure signaling channel. In response, a secure bundle comprising said the secure signaling channel and an additional group of channels is generated and the data is transmitted via the secure bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Publication number: 20200090477
    Abstract: A method for heat-based control of a surveillance system is provided. The method may include detecting a first pattern of heat transferred from a heat source based on a first sensor dataset corresponding to a first event, determining an expected pattern of heat to be transferred from the heat source during a second event based on the first pattern of heat transfer, and generating a surveillance model based on the expected pattern of heat transfer. The method may further include detecting a second pattern of heat transferred from the heat source based on a second sensor dataset corresponding to the second event, detecting the heat source during the second event with respect to the second pattern of heat transfer, and determining a threat level corresponding to a security risk posed by the heat source with respect to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Roxana Monge Nunez, Shikhar Kwatra, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Edgar A. Zamora Duran, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20200014485
    Abstract: A fiber optic light intensity encryption method is provided. The method includes determining light intensities associated with multi-frequency light pulses emitted by a laser transmitter apparatus in response to an encryptions process. An encryption type for application of an encryption algorithm to each light intensity is determined and a first light intensity associated with a first light pulse is selected. Data indicating results of the random selection is transmitted to the laser transmitter apparatus and an initial security key is transmitted over a signaling channel of the laser transmitter apparatus. The signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure signaling channel. In response, a secure bundle comprising said the secure signaling channel and an additional group of channels is generated and the data is transmitted via the secure bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Publication number: 20190372985
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for accessing data in a network is provided. The present invention may include reading a control blockchain, by a non-trusted node, to enable the non-trusted node to read an asset from a trusted node blockchain on a trusted node. The present invention may also include reading the trusted node blockchain by the non-trusted node. The present invention may then include creating, by the non-trusted node, a new block on a temporary blockchain based on the read trusted node blockchain. The present invention may further include transmitting, by the non-trusted node, the created new block to the trusted node, wherein transmitting the created new block causes the created new block to be added to the trusted node blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: EDGAR A. ZAMORA DURAN, FRANZ F. LIEBINGER PORTELA, Ryan G. DeJana
  • Publication number: 20190363938
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for computer networks infrastructure automatic convergence. The network devices are enabled to communicate with other adjacent network devices, independently of the device type, about detected changes that could affect them and together generate consensus utilizing a blockchain mechanism about the configuration changes that are accepted. A priority table specifies a priority for various device classes on a network. The devices, in response to a new network topology, determine if a new device configuration is necessary. When a new device configuration is necessary, data corresponding to the new device configuration is put into a blockchain block and appended to a network blockchain that is maintained by one or more nodes (devices) on the network. In this way, an immutable history of network configurations is maintained, improving network security and reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Ricardo Golcher Ugalde, Carlos Gustavo Alfaro Briceno, Edgar A. Zamora Duran
  • Publication number: 20190164160
    Abstract: An approach is provided for authenticating a payment card. Information is read from the payment card being used for a purchase. The information includes an identifier and data on a chip, in braille cells, and in markings in the payment card. A hash read from the chip, the identifier, and security codes derived from the braille cells and the markings are sent to a payment system. A hash of an (n+1)-th block of a blockchain is received and recorded in the chip in response to validations of the hash as matching a hash of an n-th block of the blockchain, the identifier, and the first and second security codes, and a generation of the hash of the (n+1)-th block. Data about the purchase and the hash of the (n+1)-th block are sent to the payment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Edgar A. Zamora Duran, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Nunez, Sheyla V. Vargas
  • Patent number: 10230461
    Abstract: A bandwidth throttling method is provided. The method includes receiving by a receiver from a QD Vcel cannon, a plurality of multi-frequency light pulses via a plurality of channels. The receiver determines that the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses comprises an out of band (OOB) signal transmitted over a first channel of the plurality of channels. The receiver receives from a first laser device of the QD Vcel cannon, a first light pulse of the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses. The first light pulse includes a first frequency for testing a visibility of the first light pulse at the receiver. The receiver determines if the first light pulse is visible at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Patent number: 10135526
    Abstract: A bandwidth throttling method is provided. The method includes receiving by a receiver from a QD Vcel cannon, a plurality of multi-frequency light pulses via a plurality of channels. The receiver determines that the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses comprises an out of band (OOB) signal transmitted over a first channel of the plurality of channels. The receiver receives from a first laser device of the QD Vcel cannon, a first light pulse of the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses. The first light pulse includes a first frequency for testing a visibility of the first light pulse at the receiver. The receiver determines if the first light pulse is visible at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Publication number: 20180304888
    Abstract: Method of collision avoidance which includes: sensing parameters by a first vehicle with respect to relative movements of the first vehicle and a second vehicle; responsive to determining by the first vehicle, based on the sensed parameters, of an impending collision with the second vehicle, communicating, by the first vehicle, a query to the second vehicle as to if the second vehicle can perform a corrective action to avoid a collision with the first vehicle; and performing, by the first vehicle and independent of any corrective action performed by the second vehicle, a corrective action to avoid a collision with the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Nunez, Juan G. Rodriguez Arguedas, Edgar A. Zamora Duran
  • Publication number: 20180234201
    Abstract: A fiber optic light intensity encryption method is provided. The method includes determining light intensities associated with multi-frequency light pulses emitted by a laser transmitter apparatus in response to an encryptions process. An encryption type for application of an encryption algorithm to each light intensity is determined and a first light intensity associated with a first light pulse is selected. Data indicating results of the random selection is transmitted to the laser transmitter apparatus and an initial security key is transmitted over a signaling channel of the laser transmitter apparatus. The signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure signaling channel. In response, a secure bundle comprising said the secure signaling channel and an additional group of channels is generated and the data is transmitted via the secure bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Patent number: 10035507
    Abstract: Method of collision avoidance which includes: sensing parameters by a first vehicle with respect to its movement in a first direction; sensing a second vehicle having a movement in the first direction and separated from the first vehicle by a spaced distance; sensing parameters with respect to the movement of the second vehicle; responsive to sensing by the first vehicle of an imminent need to stop the first vehicle to avoid a collision with the second vehicle, calculating a braking distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; determining that the braking distance is greater than the spaced distance; communicating by the first vehicle with the second vehicle; querying the second vehicle as to if the second vehicle can take a corrective action to avoid a collision with the first vehicle; and braking the first vehicle independent of any corrective action taken by the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Roxana Monge Nunez, Juan G. Rodriquez Arguedas, Edgar A. Zamora Duran
  • Patent number: 9998255
    Abstract: A fiber optic light intensity encryption method is provided. The method includes determining light intensities associated with multi-frequency light pulses emitted by a laser transmitter apparatus in response to an encryptions process. An encryption type for application of an encryption algorithm to each light intensity is determined and a first light intensity associated with a first light pulse is selected. Data indicating results of the random selection is transmitted to the laser transmitter apparatus and an initial security key is transmitted over a signaling channel of the laser transmitter apparatus. The signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure signaling channel. In response, a secure bundle comprising said the secure signaling channel and an additional group of channels is generated and the data is transmitted via the secure bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Publication number: 20180076885
    Abstract: A bandwidth throttling method is provided. The method includes receiving by a receiver from a QD Vcel cannon, a plurality of multi-frequency light pulses via a plurality of channels. The receiver determines that the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses comprises an out of band (OOB) signal transmitted over a first channel of the plurality of channels. The receiver receives from a first laser device of the QD Vcel cannon, a first light pulse of the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses. The first light pulse includes a first frequency for testing a visibility of the first light pulse at the receiver. The receiver determines if the first light pulse is visible at the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez
  • Publication number: 20180062739
    Abstract: A bandwidth throttling method is provided. The method includes receiving by a receiver from a QD Vcel cannon, a plurality of multi-frequency light pulses via a plurality of channels. The receiver determines that the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses comprises an out of band (OOB) signal transmitted over a first channel of the plurality of channels. The receiver receives from a first laser device of the QD Vcel cannon, a first light pulse of the plurality of multi-frequency light pulses. The first light pulse includes a first frequency for testing a visibility of the first light pulse at the receiver. The receiver determines if the first light pulse is visible at the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Golcher Ugalde, Franz F. Liebinger Portela, Meller J. Perez Nunez