Patents by Inventor John D. T. Wood

John D. T. Wood 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).

  • Resource management based on biometric data
    Patent number: 9330513
    Abstract: The techniques and systems disclosed herein pertain to preventing unauthorized access to computing resources by unauthorized persons by deploying biometric security. To implement biometric security, the computing device, possibly by the OS, may obtain samples of one or more biometric factors unique to the owner. The computing device may construct pattern-matching templates corresponding to the biometric samples, which may be stored for later use when a protected resource is requested. Computing resources may be selected for protection by a biometric security mechanism by an authorized user or by other techniques or default settings. Before allowing certain restricted actions, the OS may request that the user provide one of the previously registered biometric samples. If the biometric sample matches the user's stored pattern-matching template, the OS may grant access to the computing resource, otherwise, the OS may deny access to the computing resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Himanshu Soni, Karanbir Singh, Arthur H. Baker, Vijay G. Bharadwaj, Nelly L. Porter, Violet Anna Barhudarian, John D. T. Wood, Jeffrey E. Shipman, Jeremy D. Viegas
  • Resource Management Based on Biometric Data
    Publication number: 20140354401
    Abstract: The techniques and systems disclosed herein pertain to preventing unauthorized access to computing resources by unauthorized persons by deploying biometric security. To implement biometric security, the computing device, possibly by the OS, may obtain samples of one or more biometric factors unique to the owner. The computing device may construct pattern-matching templates corresponding to the biometric samples, which may be stored for later use when a protected resource is requested. Computing resources may be selected for protection by a biometric security mechanism by an authorized user or by other techniques or default settings. Before allowing certain restricted actions, the OS may request that the user provide one of the previously registered biometric samples. If the biometric sample matches the user's stored pattern-matching template, the OS may grant access to the computing resource, otherwise, the OS may deny access to the computing resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Himanshu Soni, Karanbir Singh, Arthur H. Baker, Vijay G. Bharadwaj, Nelly L. Porter, Violet Anna Barhudarian, John D. T. Wood, Jeffrey E. Shipman, Jeremy D. Viegas