Patents by Inventor J. Hines

J. Hines 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: 11997137
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for improving phishing webpage content detection. A method can include identifying first webpage content comprises phishing content, determining, using a reinforcement learning (RL) agent, at least one action, generating, based on the determined at least one action and the identified first webpage content, altered first webpage content, identifying that the altered first webpage content is benign, generating, based on the determined at least one action and second webpage content, altered second webpage content, and training, based on the altered second webpage content and a corresponding label of phishing, a phishing detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eleanor Catherine Quint, Jugal Parikh, Mariusz Hieronim Jakubowski, Nitin Kumar Goel, Douglas J Hines, Cristian Craioveanu
  • Publication number: 20230179629
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for improving phishing webpage content detection. A method can include identifying first webpage content comprises phishing content, determining, using a reinforcement learning (RL) agent, at least one action, generating, based on the determined at least one action and the identified first webpage content, altered first webpage content, identifying that the altered first webpage content is benign, generating, based on the determined at least one action and second webpage content, altered second webpage content, and training, based on the altered second webpage content and a corresponding label of phishing, a phishing detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Eleanor Catherine QUINT, Jugal Parikh, Mariusz Hieronim Jakubowski, Nitin Kumar Goel, Douglas J. Hines, Cristian Craioveanu
  • Patent number: 11595438
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for improving phishing webpage content detection. A method can include identifying first webpage content comprises phishing content, determining, using a reinforcement learning (RL) agent, at least one action, generating, based on the determined at least one action and the identified first webpage content, altered first webpage content, identifying that the altered first webpage content is benign, generating, based on the determined at least one action and second webpage content, altered second webpage content, and training, based on the altered second webpage content and a corresponding label of phishing, a phishing detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eleanor Catherine Quint, Jugal Parikh, Mariusz Hieronim Jakubowski, Nitin Kumar Goel, Douglas J Hines, Cristian Craioveanu
  • Patent number: 11509667
    Abstract: IPRID reputation assessment enhances cybersecurity. IPRIDs include IP addresses, domain names, and other network resource identities. A convolutional neural network or other machine learning model is trained with data including aggregate features or rollup features or both. Aggregate features may include aggregated submission counts, classification counts, HTTP code counts, detonation statistics, and redirect counts, for instance. Rollup features reflect hierarchical rollups of data using <unknown> value placeholders specified in IPRID templates. The trained model can predictively infer a label, or produce a rapid lookup table of IPRIDs and maliciousness probabilities. Training data may be organized in grids with rows, columns, planes, branches, and slots. Training data may include whois data, geolocation data, and tenant data. Training data tuple sets may be expanded by date or by original IPRID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hines, Amar D. Patel, Ravi Chandru Shahani, Juilee Rege
  • Patent number: 11379577
    Abstract: Cybersecurity enhancements help avoid malicious Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). Embodiments may reduce or eliminate reliance on subjective analysis or detonation virtual machines. URL substrings are automatically analyzed for maliciousness using malice patterns. Patterns may test counts, lengths, rarity, encodings, and other inherent aspects of URLs. URLs may be analyzed individually, or in groups to detect shared portions, or both. URL analysis may use or avoid machine learning, and may use or avoid lookups. Malice patterns may be used individually or in combinations to detect malicious URLs. Analysis results may enhance security through blocking use of suspect URLs, flagging them for further analysis, or allowing their validated use, for instance. Analysis results may also be fed back to further train a machine learning model or a statistical model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amar D. Patel, Ravi Chandru Shahani, Revanth Rameshkumar, Ethan Jacob Holland, Douglas J. Hines, Abhijeet Surendra Hatekar
  • Patent number: 11167503
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel hybrid self-reinforced composites, combining an oriented brittle fibre and an oriented thermoplastic polymeric ductile fibre (as reinforcement phase) in the same thermoplastic polymeric matrix phase. The hybrid self-reinforced composites are strong and stiff, but in case of impact or crash they have high strain to failure and absorb a lot of energy. The present invention also relates to methods to produce said hybrid self-reinforced composites by a hot compaction technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Mark J. Bonner, Larissa Gorbatikh, Peter J. Hine, Yentl Swolfs, Ignaas Verpoest, Ian M. Ward
  • Publication number: 20210214058
    Abstract: Described herein is an unmanned water vehicle comprising two or more hulls, a retractable sensor apparatus, a wireless communications device, a steerable drive apparatus, a mobility and control module providing operation of the unmanned water vehicle, and a power system comprising: one or more solar panels and an energy storage device, wherein the unmanned water vehicle is capable of continuous operation for a period of at least 3 months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Richard J. HINE, Alexander LORMAN, Michael Joseph CONNOR
  • Patent number: 11057334
    Abstract: Message management and classification techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a message received from a sender for delivery via a user account is examined to extract one or more features of the message. A determination is then made as to whether the message corresponds to one or more categories based on the extracted features, the categories usable to enable features to be applied to the message in a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Paul M. Midgen, Vasantha K. Vemula, Krishna Vitaldevara, Jason D. Walter, Eliot C. Gillum, Mihai Costea, Douglas J. Hines, Wei Jiang, Malcolm H. Davis, Samuel J. L. Albert, Michael James Ahiakpor
  • Patent number: 11002261
    Abstract: Modular mechanically driven diaphragm pump features are presented herein. Such a diaphragm pump can include a motor, a drive mechanism, and a coupling mounted on a wheeled frame. A diaphragm pump can be mounted to the coupling by forming mechanical static and dynamic connections to brace a housing of the diaphragm pump relative to a drive rod which is moved by the drive mechanism to operate the pump. These mechanical static and dynamic connections can be broken to dismount the pump for replacement or servicing. In some cases, a gas charge can be introduced on the non-working fluid side of the diaphragm to boost performance and/or a dampener can be integrated into the housing of the diaphragm pump and mounted/dismounted with the diaphragm pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. Hines, Brian W. Koehn, Christopher C. Hines, Adam K. Collins
  • Patent number: 10788621
    Abstract: An optical fiber having at least two polymer coatings, the optical fiber comprising: an optical fiber comprising a glass optical core and a glass cladding; a first polymer coating comprising a silicone polymer covering the optical fiber; and a second polymer coating covering the first polymer coating is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jie Li, Yaowen Li, Michael J Hines, Brian Violette, Lei Huang, David Burgess
  • Patent number: 10401573
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method and device for coupling an optical fiber sensing element to an apparatus under test. A channel is affixed to the apparatus under test. The channel is partially filled with a coupling material. The fiber optic sensing element is placed on the coupling material. Coupling material is placed in the channel to uniformly surround the fiber optic sensing element and tightly couple the fiber optic sensing element to the apparatus under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin G Bouchard, Robert S Dyer, Michael J Hines, Andrei A Stolov
  • Publication number: 20190154025
    Abstract: Modular mechanically driven diaphragm pump features are presented herein. Such a diaphragm pump can include a motor, a drive mechanism, and a coupling mounted on a wheeled frame. A diaphragm pump can be mounted to the coupling by forming mechanical static and dynamic connections to brace a housing of the diaphragm pump relative to a drive rod which is moved by the drive mechanism to operate the pump. These mechanical static and dynamic connections can be broken to dismount the pump for replacement or servicing. In some cases, a gas charge can be introduced on the non-working fluid side of the diaphragm to boost performance and/or a dampener can be integrated into the housing of the diaphragm pump and mounted/dismounted with the diaphragm pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Bradley J. Hines, Brian W. Koehn, Christopher C. Hines, Adam K. Collins
  • Publication number: 20180292611
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method and device for coupling an optical fiber sensing element to an apparatus under test. A channel is affixed to the apparatus under test. The channel is partially filled with a coupling material. The fiber optic sensing element is placed on the coupling material. Coupling material is placed in the channel to uniformly surround the fiber optic sensing element and tightly couple the fiber optic sensing element to the apparatus under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin G. Bouchard, Robert S. Dyer, Michael J. Hines, Andrei A Stolov
  • Publication number: 20170010411
    Abstract: An optical fiber having at least two polymer coatings, the optical fiber comprising: an optical fiber comprising a glass optical core and a glass cladding; a first polymer coating comprising a silicone polymer covering the optical fiber; and a second polymer coating covering the first polymer coating is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: OFS Fitel, LLC
    Inventors: Jie Li, Yaowen Li, Michael J. Hines, Brian Violette, Lei Huang, David Burgess
  • Patent number: 9544260
    Abstract: A rapid assignment dynamic ownership queue for text message sessions queues incoming text messages destined for a service bureau, at a network server. Simultaneous access is provided to any one text message of the queued incoming text messages to a plurality of operator terminals at the service bureau. Initial ownership of the one text message is assigned as a result of a first acting terminal of the plurality of operator terminals having completed an action in service to the text message, and ownership is re-assigned to a subsequent operator terminal having completed another action in service to the text message after the first acting terminal. A configurable escalation queue may be implemented to assign an escalation code to each queued item, regardless of its position in the queue list, to alter the presentation of the queue item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Cuff, Chih Wang, Farhad Kasad, Firdaus Aryana, Gordon J. Hines
  • Patent number: 9524733
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for using a model of human speech quality perception to provide an objective measure for predicting subjective quality assessments. A Virtual Speech Quality Objective Listener (ViSQOL) model is a signal-based full-reference metric that uses a spectro-temporal measure of similarity between a reference signal and test speech signal. Specifically, the model provides for the ability to detect and predict the level of clock drift, and determine whether such clock drift will impact a listener's quality of experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Skoglund, Andrew J. Hines, Noami A. Harte, Anil Kokaram
  • Patent number: 9467560
    Abstract: A logic history can be provided for every request or call instance through a distributed computing system that uniquely traces its entire path, end-to-end, in-band within the messaging for the system. The end result is a single true representation of what occurred with no post computational inference. Accordingly, unique logic history codes are not forced across the system. Rather sub-components that are logic history enabled can use codes that have meaning and applicability to itself. Unique logic history codes are not forced across the system, which in practice would be brittle. Rather each sub-component that is logic history enabled can use codes that have meaning and applicability only to itself. This allows the system to be flexible and lets sub-components change and redefine their logic and logic history traces without impacting the rest of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerhard Geldenbott, Gordon J. Hines
  • Patent number: D765899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Hine, Donwoong Kang
  • Patent number: D767187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventor: David J. Hine
  • Patent number: D896422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Hine, Jeffrey J. Smith