Patents by Inventor HUGH G. KOHL

HUGH G. KOHL 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).

  • User authentication by emotional response
    Patent number: 11115409
    Abstract: A method authenticates a user in order to activate an access mechanism for a device. One or more processors detect a real-time initial emotional state of the user, where the real-time initial emotional state of the user dynamically changes over time. The processor(s) present content as a stimulus to the user, and predict a predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user, where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user is predicted to be caused by the content being presented to the user, and where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state is dependent upon the real-time initial emotional state of the user. The processor(s) detect a real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user. The processor(s) match the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user to the real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user, and then authenticate the user and activate an access mechanism for a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susannah Shattuck, Annabella Cavello, Barak Krakauer, Ryan R. Anderson, Al Chakra, Hugh G. Kohl
  • USER AUTHENTICATION BY EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
    Publication number: 20200128004
    Abstract: A method authenticates a user in order to activate an access mechanism for a device. One or more processors detect a real-time initial emotional state of the user, where the real-time initial emotional state of the user dynamically changes over time. The processor(s) present content as a stimulus to the user, and predict a predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user, where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user is predicted to be caused by the content being presented to the user, and where the predicted post-stimulus emotional state is dependent upon the real-time initial emotional state of the user. The processor(s) detect a real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user. The processor(s) match the predicted post-stimulus emotional state of the user to the real-time post-stimulus emotional state of the user, and then authenticate the user and activate an access mechanism for a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: SUSANNAH SHATTUCK, ANNABELLA CAVELLO, BARAK KRAKAUER, RYAN R. ANDERSON, AL CHAKRA, HUGH G. KOHL