Patents by Inventor Jeff Timbs

Jeff Timbs 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: 11025638
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing security friction to a request for access to a resource based on whether the access request is atypical. In certain embodiments, a request to access the resource based on a user identity is received electronically. The system determines whether the request is typical or atypical. If the request is typical, access to the requested resource is granted. However, if the request is atypical, access to the requested resource is only allowed if the correct information is provided in response to one or more access control methods that provide an amount of security friction that would otherwise not have been asserted if the resource request was typical. In certain embodiments, an elapsed time between access requests based on the user identity is used to determine whether the access request is atypical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Jeff Timbs, Kurt Natvig
  • Publication number: 20200028853
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing security friction to a request for access to a resource based on whether the access request is atypical. In certain embodiments, a request to access the resource based on a user identity is received electronically. The system determines whether the request is typical or atypical. If the request is typical, access to the requested resource is granted. However, if the request is atypical, access to the requested resource is only allowed if the correct information is provided in response to one or more access control methods that provide an amount of security friction that would otherwise not have been asserted if the resource request was typical. In certain embodiments, an elapsed time between access requests based on the user identity is used to determine whether the access request is atypical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Richard A. Ford, Jeff Timbs, Kurt Natvig