Patents by Inventor James Eric McCarty

James Eric McCarty 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).

  • Security platform
    Patent number: 11625460
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for interconnecting devices. One of the methods includes authenticating, by a security platform, a user. The method includes generating, by the security platform, an authentication token for the user. The method includes receiving a selection of an IoT application by the user, the IoT application configured to control an IoT device. The method includes providing, by the security platform, the authentication token to the IoT application to authenticate the user with the selected application. The method also includes providing, by the selected application, control of the IoT device to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas Bret Buckingham, James Karras, John Shelton, Michael Wayne Lester, Bharat Prasad, James Eric McCarty, Gabriel C. Fernandez, Debra Randall Casillas, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Christopher Thomas Wilkinson
  • Security platform
    Patent number: 11218478
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for interconnecting devices. One of the methods includes authenticating, by a security platform, a user. The method includes generating, by the security platform, an authentication token for the user. The method includes receiving a selection of an IoT application by the user, the IoT application configured to control an IoT device. The method includes providing, by the security platform, the authentication token to the IoT application to authenticate the user with the selected application. The method also includes providing, by the selected application, control of the IoT device to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas Bret Buckingham, James Karras, John Shelton, Michael Wayne Lester, Bharat Prasad, James Eric McCarty, Gabriel C. Fernandez, Debra Randall Casillas, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Christopher Thomas Wilkinson
  • Security platform
    Patent number: 10425414
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for interconnecting devices. One of the methods includes authenticating, by a security platform, a user. The method includes generating, by the security platform, an authentication token for the user. The method includes receiving a selection of an IoT application by the user, the IoT application configured to control an IoT device. The method includes providing, by the security platform, the authentication token to the IoT application to authenticate the user with the selected application. The method also includes providing, by the selected application, control of the IoT device to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas Bret Buckingham, James Karras, John Shelton, Michael Wayne Lester, Bharat Prasad, James Eric McCarty, Gabriel C. Fernandez, Debra Randall Casillas, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Christopher Thomas Wilkinson