Patents by Inventor Fred M. PACHER

Fred M. PACHER 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING SUB-DOMAINS TO FEDERATE DEVICE CREDENTIALS SCOPED TO A COMMON DOMAIN
    Publication number: 20240095729
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user device via a device credential scoped to a common domain shared among a plurality of payment networks may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a server of a payment network, a first request redirected from a sub-domain assigned to the payment network to a domain name associated with the payment network, responsive to the first request, transmitting, to the user device, an authentication request comprising a challenge, a user identifier that identifies the user, and the common domain to which the device credential is scoped, receiving, from the user device, a response, accessing the device credential, the device credential having been stored by the payment network, validating the response based on the device credential, and causing, by the server, the user identifier and the device credential to be federated to the other ones of the plurality of payment networks based on the validating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Edward Neil LIVINGSTON, Rory MACDONALD, Robert OUELLETTE, Grace LIM, Fred M. PACHER
  • Methods and systems of using sub-domains to federate device credentials scoped to a common domain
    Patent number: 11900370
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user device via a device credential scoped to a common domain shared among a plurality of payment networks may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a server of a payment network, a first request redirected from a sub-domain assigned to the payment network to a domain name associated with the payment network, responsive to the first request, transmitting, to the user device, an authentication request comprising a challenge, a user identifier that identifies the user, and the common domain to which the device credential is scoped, receiving, from the user device, a response, accessing the device credential, the device credential having been stored by the payment network, validating the response based on the device credential, and causing, by the server, the user identifier and the device credential to be federated to the other ones of the plurality of payment networks based on the validating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Edward Neil Livingston, Rory Macdonald, Robert Ouellette, Grace Lim, Fred M. Pacher
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING SUB-DOMAINS TO FEDERATE DEVICE CREDENTIALS SCOPED TO A COMMON DOMAIN
    Publication number: 20220215384
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user device via a device credential scoped to a common domain shared among a plurality of payment networks may be provided. The method may include receiving, by a server of a payment network, a first request redirected from a sub-domain assigned to the payment network to a domain name associated with the payment network, responsive to the first request, transmitting, to the user device, an authentication request comprising a challenge, a user identifier that identifies the user, and the common domain to which the device credential is scoped, receiving, from the user device, a response, accessing the device credential, the device credential having been stored by the payment network, validating the response based on the device credential, and causing, by the server, the user identifier and the device credential to be federated to the other ones of the plurality of payment networks based on the validating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Edward Neil LIVINGSTON, Rory MACDONALD, Robert OUELLETTE, Grace LIM, Fred M. PACHER