Patents by Inventor John V. Monaco

John V. Monaco 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: 12387007
    Abstract: Sanitizing data can be a cumbersome task, particularly when the volume of data is large, the content is sensitive, and/or the type of sanitation requires contextual determinations. Sanitizing large amounts of data is tedious and may often require highly trained personnel with clearances and/or other qualifications. In the systems and methods of the present disclosure, language models (LMs) are used to solve these and other technical issues with tools that may allow sanitizing data easily, with high versatility, context awareness, and/or low demand for computational resources. In particular, some of the disclosed systems and methods use a first language model and a second language model (being less resource-intensive than the first language model) to generate sanitized output data with improved efficiency and accuracy. This dual-model approach ensures that sensitive information is handled appropriately while optimizing computer resource usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: OpenAI OpCo, LLC
    Inventor: John V. Monaco
  • Publication number: 20250200222
    Abstract: Sanitizing data can be a cumbersome task, particularly when the volume of data is large, the content is sensitive, and/or the type of sanitation requires contextual determinations. Sanitizing large amounts of data is tedious and may often require highly trained personnel with clearances and/or other qualifications. In the systems and methods of the present disclosure, language models (LMs) are used to solve these and other technical issues with tools that may allow sanitizing data easily, with high versatility, context awareness, and/or low demand for computational resources. In particular, some of the disclosed systems and methods use a first language model and a second language model (being less resource-intensive than the first language model) to generate sanitized output data with improved efficiency and accuracy. This dual-model approach ensures that sensitive information is handled appropriately while optimizing computer resource usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: OpenAI Opco, LLC
    Inventor: John V. MONACO
  • Patent number: 11842017
    Abstract: A keyboard for physically handicapped persons, including a translucent surface, a capacitive layer underneath the translucent surface, enabling detection of touch location and pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system dynamically projecting a plurality of visual layouts of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, wherein each visual layout includes ASCII character keys or graphical buttons, and a dynamic keyboard layout generator configured to receive user input in conformance with a currently projected layout of keys from a physically handicapped user, and to generate therefrom a time series of ASCII characters or button selections for input to the computing device, to dynamically adjust pressure sensitivity of the keyboard to avoid spurious user input, and to dynamically adjust key sizes and positions in a current virtual layout of keys, to reduce the amount of hand motion required by the user and the amount of discomfort experienced by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jordan A Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Publication number: 20220244800
    Abstract: A keyboard for physically handicapped persons, including a translucent surface, a capacitive layer underneath the translucent surface, enabling detection of touch location and pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system dynamically projecting a plurality of visual layouts of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, wherein each visual layout includes ASCII character keys or graphical buttons, and a dynamic keyboard layout generator configured to receive user input in conformance with a currently projected layout of keys from a physically handicapped user, and to generate therefrom a time series of ASCII characters or button selections for input to the computing device, to dynamically adjust pressure sensitivity of the keyboard to avoid spurious user input, and to dynamically adjust key sizes and positions in a current virtual layout of keys, to reduce the amount of hand motion required by the user and the amount of discomfort experienced by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Patent number: 11334197
    Abstract: A keyboard for physically handicapped persons, including a translucent surface, a capacitive layer underneath the translucent surface, enabling detection of touch location and pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system dynamically projecting a plurality of visual layouts of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, wherein each visual layout includes ASCII character keys or graphical buttons, and a dynamic keyboard layout generator configured to receive user input in conformance with a currently projected layout of keys from a physically handicapped user, and to generate therefrom a time series of ASCII characters or button selections for input to the computing device, to dynamically adjust pressure sensitivity of the keyboard to avoid spurious user input, and to dynamically adjust key sizes and positions in a current virtual layout of keys, to reduce the amount of hand motion required by the user and the amount of discomfort experienced by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Publication number: 20210405783
    Abstract: A keyboard for physically handicapped persons, including a translucent surface, a capacitive layer underneath the translucent surface, enabling detection of touch location and pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system dynamically projecting a plurality of visual layouts of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, wherein each visual layout includes ASCII character keys or graphical buttons, and a dynamic keyboard layout generator configured to receive user input in conformance with a currently projected layout of keys from a physically handicapped user, and to generate therefrom a time series of ASCII characters or button selections for input to the computing device, to dynamically adjust pressure sensitivity of the keyboard to avoid spurious user input, and to dynamically adjust key sizes and positions in a current virtual layout of keys, to reduce the amount of hand motion required by the user and the amount of discomfort experienced by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Publication number: 20190384431
    Abstract: A keyboard for physically handicapped persons, including a translucent surface, a capacitive layer underneath the translucent surface, enabling detection of touch location and pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system dynamically projecting a plurality of visual layouts of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, wherein each visual layout includes ASCII character keys or graphical buttons, and a dynamic keyboard layout generator configured to receive user input in conformance with a currently projected layout of keys from a physically handicapped user, and to generate therefrom a time series of ASCII characters or button selections for input to the computing device, to dynamically adjust pressure sensitivity of the keyboard to avoid spurious user input, and to dynamically adjust key sizes and positions in a current virtual layout of keys, to reduce the amount of hand motion required by the user and the amount of discomfort experienced by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Patent number: 10402089
    Abstract: A biometric analyzer, including a biometric generator, receiving user input in conformance with a layout of keys, and generating therefrom time series, over a period of time, of touch location, touch timing and touch pressure data, for transmission as a data stream to a biometric identifier, wherein the time series of touch timing data includes a series of times at which keys are depressed and times at which the depressed keys are released, and wherein the time series of touch pressure data includes a series of pressure magnitudes, and a biometric identifier, receiving the time series from the biometric generator, deriving a biometric template of the user therefrom, and subsequently when the user tries to access a system using a keyboard, identifying the user based on his biometric template, and granting or restricting the user's access to the system, based on his biometric template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Publication number: 20180129413
    Abstract: A biometric analyzer, including a biometric generator, receiving user input in conformance with a layout of keys, and generating therefrom time series, over a period of time, of touch location, touch timing and touch pressure data, for transmission as a data stream to a biometric identifier, wherein the time series of touch timing data includes a series of times at which keys are depressed and times at which the depressed keys are released, and wherein the time series of touch pressure data includes a series of pressure magnitudes, and a biometric identifier, receiving the time series from the biometric generator, deriving a biometric template of the user therefrom, and subsequently when the user tries to access a system using a keyboard, identifying the user based on his biometric template, and granting or restricting the user's access to the system, based on his biometric template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Patent number: 9864516
    Abstract: A keyboard for cooperation with a keystroke and behavioral biometric analyzer, including a blank translucent surface for use as an input device, a capacitive layer mounted underneath the translucent surface, for enabling detection of touch location and touch pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system for dynamically projecting a visual layout of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, and a biometric generator, coupled with the capacitive layer, configured to receive user input in conformance with the projected layout of keys, and to generate therefrom a time series of touch location and touch pressure data, for use as data by a keystroke and behavioral biometric analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco
  • Publication number: 20170031588
    Abstract: A keyboard for cooperation with a keystroke and behavioral biometric analyzer, including a blank translucent surface for use as an input device, a capacitive layer mounted underneath the translucent surface, for enabling detection of touch location and touch pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system for dynamically projecting a visual layout of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, and a biometric generator, coupled with the capacitive layer, configured to receive user input in conformance with the projected layout of keys, and to generate therefrom a time series of touch location and touch pressure data, for use as data by a keystroke and behavioral biometric analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jordan A. Berger, John V. Monaco