Patents by Inventor Jennifer Brenner

Jennifer Brenner 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: 9479937
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for using a wireless beacon to provide access credentials to a secure network. A network access device, such as a WiFi router, may provide a secure wireless network requiring access credentials to access the network. For example, the network may be password protected to prevent unauthorized used. Additionally, the network may have various levels of use, such as access depending on a security clearance for a user or data transfer and usage rates. Each of the various levels of use may require a separate access credential. A wireless beacon may be configured to connect to user devices that are near or within an area covered by the network. The connection between a user device and the beacon may be utilized to determine the proper access credential for the user device and push the access credential to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: EBAY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Bryant Genepang Luk, Robert He, Jennifer Brenner, Yu Tang
  • Publication number: 20160189153
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authentication of users using online activity are provided. An authentication system may build a user profile in a database by associating online activity data with a user in the user profile, and further by processing the online activity data to generate user interest data and associating it with the user. The authentication system may receive a payment request for a purchase of an item using a payment account of the user. The authentication system may determine if the purchase of the item by the user is consistent with the user's online activity data and/or user interest data. If consistent, the authentication system may authenticate the user and process the payment request by approving the payment request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Bryant Genepang Luk, Yu Tang, Jennifer Brenner, Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Richard Chapman Bates, Jason Ziaja, Ananya Das
  • Publication number: 20160163200
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, mediums, and methods for managing and controlling travel for a convoy of vehicles. A traffic control system includes a traffic control device that receives one or more signals indicating two or more vehicles proximate to a location. The traffic control device determines a convoy based at least on the one or more signals, where the convoy includes the two or more vehicles proximate to the location. The traffic control device determines traffic-signal data based at least on the convoy, where the traffic-signal data is configured to maintain threshold distances between two or more vehicles in the convoy. The traffic control device transmits the traffic-signal data to a traffic controller configured to select one or more traffic signals, where the one or more traffic signals enable the two or more vehicles to maintain the threshold distances between the two or more vehicles in the convoy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Robert He, Bryant Luk, Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Jennifer Brenner, Yu Tang, Ananya Das, Jason Ziaja
  • Publication number: 20160132652
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the spread of a communicable disease are provided. A combination of physiological data and location data is used to estimate the likelihood that an individual is ill. Once an individual is determined to be ill, the individual's location history may be examined and individuals who were exposed to the individual identified. By tracking individuals who may be ill or who have reported themselves to be ill, and by identifying individuals with a possible exposure to those who may be ill, potential carriers of illness can be quarantined and their access to areas where communicable diseases pose a high risk limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Chapman Bates, Bryant Luk, Robert He, Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Jennifer Brenner, Ananya Das, Jason Ziaja, Yu Tang
  • Publication number: 20160057626
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for using a wireless beacon to provide access credentials to a secure network. A network access device, such as a WiFi router, may provide a secure wireless network requiring access credentials to access the network. For example, the network may be password protected to prevent unauthorized used. Additionally, the network may have various levels of use, such as access depending on a security clearance for a user or data transfer and usage rates. Each of the various levels of use may require a separate access credential. A wireless beacon may be configured to connect to user devices that are near or within an area covered by the network. The connection between a user device and the beacon may be utilized to determine the proper access credential for the user device and push the access credential to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Bryant Genepang Luk, Robert He, Jennifer Brenner, Yu Tang