Patents by Inventor James A. Watson

James A. Watson 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).

  • Publication number: 20250112901
    Abstract: A method includes a server computer receiving, from a first data provider computer, encrypted data derived from first identity data and a cryptographic key or derivative thereof stored at the first data provider computer. The server computer transmits, to a second data provider computer, the encrypted data and/or the cryptographic key or derivative thereof. The server computer receives, from the second data provider computer, intermediate data derived from second identity data stored at the second data provider computer. The server computer determines if the first identity data and the second identity data are duplicates while the first identity data and the second identity data are encrypted. The server computer removes one of encrypted first identity data, derived from the first identity data, and encrypted second identity data, derived from the second identity data, from a memory in the server computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Sunpreet Singh Arora, Saikrishna Badrinarayanan, Sikhar Patranabis, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Kim Wagner, Gaven James Watson
  • Publication number: 20250112774
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first encrypted first identity attribute. A first doubly encrypted first identity attribute is formed by encrypting the first encrypted first identity attribute. A second doubly encrypted first identity attribute is formed by encrypting the first encrypted first identity attribute. They are transmitted to a user device, which removes a user layer of encryption on each to form a second encrypted first identity attribute and a third encrypted first identity attribute. Layers of encryption are added to the second encrypted first identity attribute to form a third doubly encrypted first identity attribute and the third encrypted first identity attribute to form a fourth doubly encrypted first identity attribute. The server computer receives them and transmits, to the second identity provider computer, the fourth doubly encrypted first identity attribute. The second identity provider computer obtains a first identity attribute and compares it to a second identity attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Gaven James Watson, Sunpreet Singh Arora, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Kim R. Wagner, Jason Lightman
  • Publication number: 20250097040
    Abstract: A user device generates an initiate interaction request message comprising a state commitment. The user device provides the initiate interaction request message to a first server computer, which creates a verify state request message comprising an interaction index, an interaction index commitment, and a first commitment signature formed from the state commitment and the interaction index commitment. The user device receives the verify state request message, then generates a modified verify state request message comprising a user device public key, the state commitment, the interaction index commitment, and the first commitment signature. The user device provides the modified verify state request message to a second server computer. The second server computer verifies the state commitment, verifies the first commitment signature, and creates a second commitment signature formed from the state commitment and the interaction index commitment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Gaven James Watson, Kim Wagner, Saikrishna Badrinarayanan, Srinivasan Raghuraman
  • Patent number: 12256009
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product generate, with a payment network, a first value (a) and a second value (ga), the second value (ga) based on the first value (a) and a generator value (g); generate, with the payment network, a plurality of random merchant numbers (mi) for a respective plurality of merchant banks; determine, with the payment network, a merchant product (M) based on a product of the plurality of random merchant numbers (mi); generate, with the payment network, a public key (pki) based on the second value (ga), the merchant product (M), and the random merchant number (mi) and a random key (rki) based on the merchant product (M) and the random merchant number (mi) for each respective merchant bank; and communicate, with the payment network, the public key (pki) and the random key (rki) to at least one respective merchant bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Sivanarayana Gaddam, Gaven James Watson, Pratyay Mukherjee, Rohit Sinha
  • Patent number: 12250116
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing instance local boots in a cloud provider network via auxiliary domains are described. An auxiliary compute instance is launched and attached to a local storage device of the computing device. The auxiliary compute instance can pre-warm a boot volume by fetching its data from a remote system and storing the boot volume to the local storage device. The auxiliary compute instance is terminated, and a user compute device is launched into the same slot and connected to the local storage device. The user compute device utilizes the pre-warmed boot volume for launch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Cameron, Aviv David Greenberg, James Watson
  • Publication number: 20250054255
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for generating scene reconstructions from image data. The method includes: receiving image data of a scene captured by a camera; inputting the image data of the scene into a scene reconstruction model; receiving, from the scene reconstruction model, a final spatial model of the scene, wherein the scene reconstruction model generates the final spatial model by: predicting a depth map for each image of the image data, extracting a feature map for each image of the image data, generating a first spatial model based on the predicted depth maps of the images, generating a second spatial model based on the extracted feature maps of the images, and determining the final spatial model by combining the first spatial model and the second spatial model; and providing functionality on a computing device related to the scene and based on the final spatial model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: James Watson, Sara Alexandra Gomes Vicente, Oisin Mac Aodha, Clément Godard, Gabriel J. Brostow, Michael David Firman
  • Publication number: 20250026813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that are specific for SARS-CoV-2. The present invention also provides methods of treatment, uses, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Kellam, Anne Palser, Volker Germaschewski, Simon James Watson, Benjamin David Grimshaw, Spela Binter, Jaroslaw Michal Szary, Margot Billaud, Robert Rowlands, Aishwarya Krishna, Huan-Chun Lin, Cheng-Yuan Yang, Li-Ying Liou
  • Publication number: 20250021631
    Abstract: A back-end server computer comprises a processor and computer-readable medium that comprises code executable by the processor for implementing the following method. The back-end server computer obtains a message comprising content to provide to an application installed on a user device. The back-end server computer encrypts the message with a master secret key or a key derived from the master secret key to obtain an encrypted message. The back-end server computer provides the encrypted message to the user device. The user device, using a secure element, signs the encrypted message, cryptographically recovers, using a whitebox in the application, a secure element public key from a certified key using a back-end server computer public key, cryptographically recovers, using the whitebox, the encrypted message from the signed encrypted message, and decrypts, using the whitebox, the encrypted message using the master secret key or the key derived therefrom to obtain the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Shashank Agrawal, Estuardo Alpirez Bock, Yilei Chen, Gaven James Watson
  • Patent number: 12200129
    Abstract: A user device generates an initiate interaction request message comprising a state commitment. The user device provides the initiate interaction request message to a first server computer, which creates a verify state request message comprising an interaction index, an interaction index commitment, and a first commitment signature formed from the state commitment and the interaction index commitment. The user device receives the verify state request message, then generates a modified verify state request message comprising a user device public key, the state commitment, the interaction index commitment, and the first commitment signature. The user device provides the modified verify state request message to a second server computer. The second server computer verifies the state commitment, verifies the first commitment signature, and creates a second commitment signature formed from the state commitment and the interaction index commitment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Gaven James Watson, Kim Wagner, Saikrishna Badrinarayanan, Srinivasan Raghuraman
  • Publication number: 20240404635
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for aligning raw genetic sequence data generated by a sequencing device. Also provided herein are methods and systems for quantifying the probability that possible alignments for one or more read pairs are correct, for calling known variants, and for detecting novel structural variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Alejandro QUIROZ ZARATE, Roberto OLIVARES-AMAYA, Thomas James WATSON, JR., Helen Cecile VAN AGGELEN, Eduardo CORONADO SROKA, Carlos Antonio ANGULO SERMENO, Fernando FIMBRES JURADO, Abraham SOLIS GARCIA-INDA, Fernando FONTOVE HERRERA, Pablo G. COSTE
  • Patent number: 12159358
    Abstract: A scene reconstruction model is disclosed that outputs a heightfield for a series of input images. The model, for each input image, predicts a depth map and extracts a feature map. The model builds a 3D model utilizing the predicted depth maps and camera poses for the images. The model raycasts the 3D model to determine a raw heightfield for the scene. The model utilizes the raw heightfield to sample features from the feature maps corresponding to positions on the heightfield. The model aggregates the sampled features into an aggregate feature map. The model regresses a refined heightfield based on the aggregate feature map. The model determines the final heightfield based on a combination of the raw heightfield and the refined heightfield. With the final heightfield, a client device may generate virtual content augmented on real-world images captured by the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
    Inventors: James Watson, Sara Alexandra Gomes Vicente, Oisin MacAodha, Clément Godard, Gabriel J. Brostow, Michael David Firman
  • Patent number: 12141248
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a user device, an encrypted message from a server computer. The encrypted message is a message encrypted with a master secret key or a key derived from the master secret key. The user device signs the encrypted message with a secure element private key. The user device, using a whitebox, cryptographically recovers a secure element public key from a certified key using a server computer public key. The certified key is certified by the server computer and based on at least the secure element public key. The user device, using the whitebox, cryptographically recovers the encrypted message from the signed encrypted message using the secure element public key. The user device, using the whitebox, decrypts the encrypted message using the master secret key or the key derived from the master secret key in the whitebox to obtain the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Shashank Agrawal, Estuardo Alpirez Bock, Yilei Chen, Gaven James Watson
  • Patent number: 12126725
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product generate, with a payment network, a first value (a) and a second value (ga), the second value (ga) generated based on the first value (a) and a generator value (g); generate, with the payment network, a plurality of random merchant numbers (mi) for a respective plurality of merchant banks; determine, with the payment network, a merchant product (M) based on a product of the plurality of random merchant numbers (mi); generate, with the payment network, a public key (pki) based on the second value (ga), the merchant product (M), and the random merchant number (mi) and a random key (rki) based on the merchant product (M) and the random merchant number (mi) for each respective merchant bank; and communicate, with the payment network, the public key (pki) and the random key (rki) to at least one respective merchant bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Sivanarayana Gaddam, Atul Luykx, Rohit Sinha, Gaven James Watson
  • Patent number: 12103175
    Abstract: Described is a robotic apparatus (10) for investigating a confined area comprising: an articulated robot (20) for insertion into a confined area, the robotic apparatus further comprising a robot control system (30) for controlling the articulated robot. Further, the robot control system comprises a control unit (50), a robot driving means, a seal (70) for isolating the confined area from the external environment and at least one transmission member (80), wherein the control unit is configured to send control signals to the robot driving means, and the at least one transmission member extends from the robot driving means to connect to the articulated robot, the at least one transmission member extending through the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Process Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: Harry Thorpe, James Watson, Gisle-Andre Larsen, Vincent Strong, Simon White, Paul Stockwell
  • Publication number: 20240313971
    Abstract: Methods and systems for privacy-preserving identity attribute verification are presented. During an interaction between a relying entity and a user, a relying entity computer can transmit a policy token to a user device. The policy token may indicate the information needed by the relying entity in order to perform the interaction. The user device can verify the policy token, then use the policy token in conjunction with an identity token to generate a zero-knowledge proof. The user device may transmit the zero-knowledge proof to an identity service provider computer. The identity service provider computer may verify the zero-knowledge proof, then generate a verification message. The identity service provider computer may sign the verification message and transmit the signed verification message to the relying entity computer. The relying entity computer may verify the verification message and complete the interaction with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Ritter Wagner, Sunpreet Singh Arora, Gaven James Watson, Mihai Christodorescu, Shashank Agrawal
  • Patent number: 12080010
    Abstract: A multi-frame depth estimation model is disclosed. The model is trained and configured to receive an input image and an additional image. The model outputs a depth map for the input image based on the input image and the additional image. The model may extract a feature map for the input image and an additional feature map for the additional image. For each of a plurality of depth planes, the model warps the feature map to the depth plane based on relative pose between the input image and the additional image, the depth plane, and camera intrinsics. The model builds a cost volume from the warped feature maps for the plurality of depth planes. A decoder of the model inputs the cost volume and the input image to output the depth map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIANTIC, INC.
    Inventors: James Watson, Oisin MacAodha, Victor Adrian Prisacariu, Gabriel J. Brostow, Michael David Firman
  • Publication number: 20240283659
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a user device from an identity network computer, a query set comprising a plurality of test identity attributes; encrypting, by the user device, the query set to form an obscured query set; computing, by the user device, a zero-knowledge proof using the obscured query set and an encrypted identity attribute associated with a user operating the user device; and transmitting, by the user device to the identity network computer, the obscured query set and the zero-knowledge proof, wherein the identity network computer verifies the zero-knowledge proof, retrieves an encrypted identity attribute associated with the user, evaluates the obscured query set with respect to the encrypted identity attribute, and transmits a result of the evaluation to a relying party computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, Brian Sullivan, Dinah Sloan, Hao Ngo, Gaven James Watson, Sunpreet Singh Arora, Saikrishna Badrinarayanan, Srinivasan Raghuraman
  • Patent number: 12028455
    Abstract: Methods and systems for privacy-preserving identity attribute verification are presented. During an interaction between a relying entity and a user, a relying entity computer can transmit a policy token to a user device. The policy token may indicate the information needed by the relying entity in order to perform the interaction. The user device can verify the policy token, then use the policy token in conjunction with an identity token to generate a zero-knowledge proof. The user device may transmit the zero-knowledge proof to an identity service provider computer. The identity service provider computer may verify the zero-knowledge proof, then generate a verification message. The identity service provider computer may sign the verification message and transmit the signed verification message to the relying entity computer. The relying entity computer may verify the verification message and complete the interaction with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Ritter Wagner, Sunpreet Singh Arora, Gaven James Watson, Mihai Christodorescu, Shashank Agrawal
  • Patent number: 12015720
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by an identity network computer, a query set including a plurality of test identity attributes. After receiving the query set, the identity network computer may retrieve derivatives of identity attributes associated with a user, and an encrypted trapdoor, then compute an obscured query set using the query set, and optionally the derivatives of identity attributes. The identity network computer may transmit the obscured query set (i) and the encrypted trapdoor to a user device associated with the user, which generates and transmits a first modified trapdoor and the obscured query set to a relying party computer, or (ii) and a second modified trapdoor to the relying party computer. The relying party computer may thereafter use the obscured query set, and the first modified trapdoor or the second modified trapdoor, to determine if the identity attributes is a member of the query set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim Wagner, Brian Sullivan, Dinah Sloan, Hao Ngo, Gaven James Watson, Sunpreet Singh Arora, Saikrishna Badrinarayanan, Srinivasan Raghuraman
  • Publication number: 20240185478
    Abstract: A system generates augmented reality content by generating an occlusion mask via implicit depth estimation. The system receives input image(s) of a real-world environment captured by a camera assembly. The system generates a feature map from the input image(s), wherein the feature map comprises abstract features representing depth of object(s) in the real-world environment. The system generates an occlusion mask from the feature map and a depth map for the virtual object. The depth map for the virtual object indicates a depth of each pixel of the virtual object. The occlusion mask indicates pixel(s) of the virtual object that are occluded by an object in the real-world environment. The system generates the composite image based on a first input image at a current timestamp, the virtual object, and the occlusion mask. The composite image may then displayed on an electronic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: James Watson, Mohamed Sayed, Zawar Imam Qureshi, Gabriel J. Brostow, Sara Alexandra Gomes Vicente, Oisin Mac Aodha, Michael David Firman