Patents by Inventor Ian P. Lewis

Ian P. Lewis 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: 12267429
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for issuing a vehicle title that guards against title washing by utilizing blockchain technology. The method includes determining a Global Asset Registry Ledger (GRL) entry for the vehicle title and obtaining a Predictive Validation Index (PVI) value based on the GRL entry. The title registration process is performed using the PVI value, which involves instantiating, deploying, and executing a plurality of smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network. These smart contracts are deployed by digitally signing with a cryptographic private key and are executed to commit the transaction based on proof of attestation policies, resulting in the issuance of the vehicle title. The system further facilitates verifying the authenticity of the title and determining the owner of the vehicle through blockchain queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Champ Titles, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, Jr., Dante Giancola
  • Publication number: 20240430093
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for issuing a vehicle title that guards against title washing by utilizing blockchain technology. The method includes determining a Global Asset Registry Ledger (GRL) entry for the vehicle title and obtaining a Predictive Validation Index (PVI) value based on the GRL entry. The title registration process is performed using the PVI value, which involves instantiating, deploying, and executing a plurality of smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network. These smart contracts are deployed by digitally signing with a cryptographic private key and are executed to commit the transaction based on proof of attestation policies, resulting in the issuance of the vehicle title. The system further facilitates verifying the authenticity of the title and determining the owner of the vehicle through blockchain queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Champ Titles, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, JR., Dante Giancola
  • Patent number: 12079824
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for issuing a title for a vehicle that guards against title washing. The system executes registration and titling activities over a network with an issuance authority in response to the authentication of a token. The system retrieves a user membership private key from a private key vault and instantiates smart contracts that commit a transaction associated with a registration of a physical asset with the issuance authority. The system signs the smart contracts with a cryptographic private key not assigned to the user membership in response to establishing a proof of claim to the physical asset and invokes a service discovery that identifies availability of on-line certificate attesting peer nodes to attest the transaction. The system instantiates of the smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network hosted by the issuance authority or provisioned to them in a managed services deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Champ Titles, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, Jr., Dante Giancola
  • Patent number: 11909881
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as a system) processes a vehicle title interfaced to an issuance authority by authenticating a user and mapping the user's credentials. The system executes registration and titling activities over a network with an issuance authority in response to the authentication of a token. The system retrieves a user membership private key from a private key vault and instantiates smart contracts that commit a transaction associated with a registration of a physical asset with the issuance authority. The system signs the smart contracts with a cryptographic private key not assigned to the user membership in response to establishing a proof of claim to the physical asset and invokes a service discovery that identifies availability of on-line certificate attesting peer nodes to attest the transaction. The system instantiates of the smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network hosted by the issuance authority or provisioned to them in a managed services deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Champ Titles, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, Jr., Dante Giancola
  • Publication number: 20220094549
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as a system) processes a vehicle title interfaced to an issuance authority by authenticating a user and mapping the user's credentials. The system executes registration and titling activities over a network with an issuance authority in response to the authentication of a token. The system retrieves a user membership private key from a private key vault and instantiates smart contracts that commit a transaction associated with a registration of a physical asset with the issuance authority. The system signs the smart contracts with a cryptographic private key not assigned to the user membership in response to establishing a proof of claim to the physical asset and invokes a service discovery that identifies availability of on-line certificate attesting peer nodes to attest the transaction. The system instantiates of the smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network hosted by the issuance authority or provisioned to them in a managed services deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bernado Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, JR., Dante Giancola
  • Patent number: 11223474
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as a system) processes a vehicle title interfaced to an issuance authority by authenticating a user and mapping the user's credentials. The system executes registration and titling activities over a network with an issuance authority in response to the authentication of a token. The system retrieves a user membership private key from a private key vault and instantiates smart contracts that commit a transaction associated with a registration of a physical asset with the issuance authority. The system signs the smart contracts with a cryptographic private key not assigned to the user membership in response to establishing a proof of claim to the physical asset and invokes a service discovery that identifies availability of on-line certificate attesting peer nodes to attest the transaction. The system instantiates of the smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network hosted by the issuance authority or provisioned to them in a managed services deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: CHAMP TITLES, INC.
    Inventors: Bernardo Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, Jr., Dante Giancola
  • Publication number: 20200162254
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as a system) processes a vehicle title interfaced to an issuance authority by authenticating a user and mapping the user's credentials. The system executes registration and titling activities over a network with an issuance authority in response to the authentication of a token. The system retrieves a user membership private key from a private key vault and instantiates smart contracts that commit a transaction associated with a registration of a physical asset with the issuance authority. The system signs the smart contracts with a cryptographic private key not assigned to the user membership in response to establishing a proof of claim to the physical asset and invokes a service discovery that identifies availability of on-line certificate attesting peer nodes to attest the transaction. The system instantiates of the smart contracts on a title issuance authority blockchain network hosted by the issuance authority or provisioned to them in a managed services deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Bernardo Moreno, Shane M. Bigelow, Bo J. Shim, Scott W. Barrett, Ian P. Lewis, Daniel F. Crough, JR., Dante Giancola
  • Patent number: 8036722
    Abstract: A mobile communication device having a first housing and a second housing proximally coupled to the first housing. The first housing and the second housing can be, for example, rotationally or translationally coupled. A clamshell form factor and a rotator form factor are rotationally coupled. In another example, a slider phone form factor is translationally coupled. In these examples, the devices are configured to have an open position and configured to have a closed position. A speakerphone microphone is located in the first housing. A speakerphone speaker is located in the second housing wherein the speakerphone microphone is substantially distal the speakerphone speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Giles T. Davis, Ian P. Lewis
  • Patent number: 7747004
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication device and a method including a first housing including a first side and a second side, a display coupled to the first side of the first housing and a second housing movably coupled to the first housing, the second housing being coupled against the second side of the first housing when the second housing is in a closed position and extending the first side of the first housing when the second housing is in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian P. Lewis, Theodore R. Arneson, Joel A. Clark