Patents by Inventor Joel Andrew McKay

Joel Andrew McKay 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).

  • Composing a focused document image from multiple image captures or portions of multiple image captures
    Patent number: 10402790
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that can include capturing a plurality of images of a document, analyzing the plurality of images to identify a plurality of acceptable portions within the plurality of images, combining the plurality of acceptable portions to generate a composite image of the document, and transmitting the composite image to a depository. Additionally or alternatively, the systems and methods can include capturing an image of a document, identifying a designated portion of the captured image of the document that fails to satisfy a predetermined image quality criteria, recapturing an image of only the designated portion of the document, generating a composite image from the captured image of the document and the recaptured image of only a portion of the document, and transmitting the composite image of the document to a depository via a communication pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Christopher Nephi Clark, Joel Andrew McKay, David Edward South, Adam Spencer Newman
  • Securing data
    Patent number: 9881164
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for securing data. One of the methods includes receiving, by the map reduce framework, data for analysis. The method includes identifying, by the map reduce framework, private data in received data. The method includes encrypting the private data. The method includes storing the encrypted private data in a location separate from the received data. The method includes obfuscating the private data by adding a reference to the location of the encrypted private data in the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Joel Andrew McKay, David South, Robert Aaron Ghavidel, Donald Nathaniel Holloway, III
  • Securing data
    Patent number: 8997248
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for securing data. One of the methods includes receiving, by the map reduce framework, data for analysis. The method includes identifying, by the map reduce framework, private data in received data. The method includes encrypting the private data. The method includes storing the encrypted private data in a location separate from the received data. The method includes obfuscating the private data by adding a reference to the location of the encrypted private data in the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Joel Andrew McKay, David South, Robert Aaron Ghavidel, Donald Nathaniel Holloway, III