Patents by Inventor Geoff Halstead

Geoff Halstead 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).

  • Credential-free authentication systems and methods
    Patent number: 12231564
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing access control method by running a security software service as a localhost web service on an endpoint device; communicating with a system web server which manages licensing of the system and authentication of the endpoint device; creating a secure digital capsule that is controlled and can only be accessed by the system web server which authenticated the user and authorized the endpoint device; and placing on a distributed ledger messages and data files stored in the system in the secure digital capsules to detect and prevent alteration or manipulation of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Circle Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Phani Nagarjuna, Gene Allen, Sara Duryea, Geoff Halstead
  • Credential-Free Authentication Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20230283472
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing access control method by running a security software service as a localhost web service on an endpoint device; communicating with a system web server which manages licensing of the system and authentication of the endpoint device; creating a secure digital capsule that is controlled and can only be accessed by the system web server which authenticated the user and authorized the endpoint device; and placing on a distributed ledger messages and data files stored in the system in the secure digital capsules to detect and prevent alteration or manipulation of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Phani Nagarjuna, Gene Allen, Sara Duryea, Geoff Halstead