Patents by Inventor Justin Ross

Justin Ross 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: 12249136
    Abstract: A device includes a processor, a machine-readable memory, and an optical capture device coupled to the processor. The machine-readable memory, which is accessible to the processor, stores processor-executable instructions and data. The processor is configured to perform certain operations responsive to execution of the processor-executable instructions. The certain operations include capturing image data of a first region of a physical object using the optical capture device. The captured image data includes an anchor region. The certain operations also include determining whether the captured image data at least meets a predetermined level of image quality, and in a case that it does, locating an authentication region in the captured image data based on the anchor region. The certain operations also include authenticating the object based on the captured image data in the authentication region, generating a result of the authenticating, and outputting the result to a user interface of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventor: David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20250078542
    Abstract: Digital fingerprints include data indicative of interior features or structures of an object. The physical object may be rigid or malleable. The digital fingerprints may also include data indicative of features on an exterior surface of the object. Digital fingerprints may uniquely identify an object with respect to other objects, even with respect to other objects of a same type or class of objects. The technology may be relatively invariant to changes in scale, rotation, affine, homography, perspective, and illumination as between a reference digital fingerprint and a later acquired or generated digital fingerprint. Digital fingerprints may be used to authenticate an object as being a second instance or appearance of a previously digitally fingerprinted object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian, Robert S. Ross
  • Patent number: 12183096
    Abstract: Digital fingerprints include data indicative of interior features or structures of an object. The physical object may be rigid or malleable. The digital fingerprints may also include data indicative of features on an exterior surface of the object. Digital fingerprints may uniquely identify an object with respect to other objects, even with respect to other objects of a same type or class of objects. The technology may be relatively invariant to changes in scale, rotation, affine, homography, perspective, and illumination as between a reference digital fingerprint and a later acquired or generated digital fingerprint. Digital fingerprints may be used to authenticate an object as being a second instance or appearance of a previously digitally fingerprinted object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian, Robert S. Ross
  • Publication number: 20240352496
    Abstract: Improved methods for manufacturing a RNA by IVT and compositions for use therein are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
    Inventors: Justin Ross HALMAN, Nilesh VAIDYA
  • Publication number: 20240320678
    Abstract: Digital fingerprints are used to authenticate a physical item. Authentication attempts may automatically trigger various predetermined processes. Different processes may take place depending on whether the authentication was successful. The process(es) may be computer-implemented, for example, using executable scripts. The triggered process(es) may be immediate (“real-time”), or delayed, deferred, or batched, etc. At least one additional process is triggered or initiated, locally or remotely, by at least one affirmative authentication result or at least one additional processes triggered, by at least one unsuccessful authentication attempt. In one example, a combination of purchase and authentication of an item is combined into a single action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20240296695
    Abstract: Various techniques employ digital fingerprints, alone or in conjunction with other data related to a physical object, to characterize the physical object in a way allows an identity of the physical object to be confirmed or authenticated within a threshold of confidence when the physical object is encountered at a subsequently after a digital fingerprint thereof was previously ingested, without capture, retention and/or reference to certain types or categories of characterizing information which may be of a sensitive nature and/or subject to misuse or abuse. Such digital fingerprints may include feature vectors and non-positional characterization values, while advantageously omitting positional information that would otherwise allow recreation of a recognizable image of the physical object or an image from which one or more immutable characteristics or traits (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci, David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20240203186
    Abstract: A system comprises a combination of digital fingerprint authentication techniques, processes, programs, and hardware to facilitate highly reliable authentication of a wide variety of composite physical objects. “Composite” in this case means that there are distinct regions of the object that must be authenticating individually and in tandem to authenticate the entire object. Preferably, a template is stored that defines for a class of objects what regions must be found, their locations, optionally semantic content of the regions, and other criteria. digital fingerprinting is utilized to locate and attempt to match candidate regions by querying a database of reference object records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventor: David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20240161518
    Abstract: Digital fingerprints include data indicative of interior features or structures of an object. The physical object may be rigid or malleable. The digital fingerprints may also include data indicative of features on an exterior surface of the object. Digital fingerprints may uniquely identify an object with respect to other objects, even with respect to other objects of a same type or class of objects. The technology may be relatively invariant to changes in scale, rotation, affine, homography, perspective, and illumination as between a reference digital fingerprint and a later acquired or generated digital fingerprint. Digital fingerprints may be used to authenticate an object as being a second instance or appearance of a previously digitally fingerprinted object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian, Robert S. Ross
  • Patent number: 11983957
    Abstract: Various techniques employ digital fingerprints, alone or in conjunction with other data related to a physical object, to characterize the physical object in a way allows an identity of the physical object to be confirmed or authenticated within a threshold of confidence when the physical object is encountered at a subsequently after a digital fingerprint thereof was previously ingested, without capture, retention and/or reference to certain types or categories of characterizing information which may be of a sensitive nature and/or subject to misuse or abuse. Such digital fingerprints may include feature vectors and non-positional characterization values, while advantageously omitting positional information that would otherwise allow recreation of a recognizable image of the physical object or an image from which one or more immutable characteristics or traits (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventors: Will Charles Shannon, Mark Tocci, David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20240146549
    Abstract: A data store to store and access digital records is provided, and a key object record is initialized in the data store to store data associated with a physical key object. A digital fingerprint of the physical key object is stored in the key object record. Another digital record is created in the data store that is not the key object record. The digital record is linked to the digital fingerprint of the physical key object. The linking is arranged to provide secure control access to the linked digital record. A tendered access key is received via a programmatic interface or user interface, and the data store is queried based on the tendered access key to identify a matching digital fingerprint of a key object. In a case that the querying identifies the matching digital fingerprint of the key object within a prescribed level of confidence, access to the linked digital record secured by the key object is granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, David Justin Ross, Vala Andrésdóttir Withrow
  • Patent number: 11948377
    Abstract: A device includes a processor, a machine-readable memory, and an optical capture device coupled to the processor. The processor generates a unique identifier of an object in view of the capture device. The unique identifier includes encoded information to locate a region of interest on the object, and a digital fingerprint extracted from the region of interest, locally encoding intrinsic authentication data of the object in the unique identifier. A reverse process for identification and or authentication of an object may be implement by locating an identifier on an object, recovering encoded information from the identifier, using that information to locate a region of interest, digital fingerprinting the located region of interest, and comparing the digital fingerprint to the digital fingerprint encoded in the unique identifier to obtain and present a result, without reliance on any exogenous database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventor: David Justin Ross
  • Patent number: 11922753
    Abstract: A system comprises a combination of digital fingerprint authentication techniques, processes, programs, and hardware to facilitate highly reliable authentication of a wide variety of composite physical objects. “Composite” in this case means that there are distinct regions of the object that must be authenticating individually and in tandem to authenticate the entire object. Preferably, a template is stored that defines for a class of objects what regions must be found, their locations, optionally semantic content of the regions, and other criteria. digital fingerprinting is utilized to locate and attempt to match candidate regions by querying a database of reference object records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventor: David Justin Ross
  • Patent number: 11915503
    Abstract: Digital fingerprints include data indicative of interior features or structures of an object. The physical object may be rigid or malleable. The digital fingerprints may also include data indicative of features on an exterior surface of the object. Digital fingerprints may uniquely identify an object with respect to other objects, even with respect to other objects of a same type or class of objects. The technology may be relatively invariant to changes in scale, rotation, affine, homography, perspective, and illumination as between a reference digital fingerprint and a later acquired or generated digital fingerprint. Digital fingerprints may be used to authenticate an object as being a second instance or appearance of a previously digitally fingerprinted object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian, Robert Saxon Ross
  • Publication number: 20240029081
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentication data in a database system; subsequent to storing the first authentication data, acquiring second information corresponding to a target physical object and identifying second authentication data based on the second information; identifying third information corresponding to the target physical object; querying the database system to seek a matching record based on the second authentication data; in the case that a matching record is returned responsive to the querying, updating the matching record with an indication that the second authentication data was matched to it and updating history data of said matching record based on said third information. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, Mark Tocci, David Keesu Kim, David Justin Ross, Scot E. Land
  • Publication number: 20240022412
    Abstract: A rights server system comprises a combination of digital fingerprint authentication techniques, processes, programs, and hardware that facilitate the creation, assignment, management, and enforcement of rights related to a physical object. An unspoofable, secure linkage is created between a physical object and an associated digital file through a digital fingerprint of the object. The digital fingerprint must be unambiguously derived from the object. The rights server manages interests in the physical object through issuing digital tokens which are linked to the associated digital file. Digital tokens linked to and backed by the physical object can serve as a type of currency or medium of exchange of real value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20230409689
    Abstract: Methods and systems integrate digital fingerprint authentication-based identification and location tracking into a single, continuous process in which an authentication-integrated tracking system is simultaneously aware of both the identity and location of each physical object at all times as they move along a conveyance system. Insertion or removal of an object is quickly detected and reported. Rapid reestablishment and continuation of authentication-integrated tracking is enabled in the event of any temporary interruption or failure of tracking in the system. An exemplary system comprises plural tracking units networked together, each tracking unit including a camera or scanner to observe a corresponding field of view, the tracking units arrange to realize a continuous field of view of a physical conveyance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Scot E. Land
  • Patent number: 11843709
    Abstract: A data store to store and access digital records is provided, and a key object record is initialized in the data store to store data associated with a physical key object. A digital fingerprint of the physical key object is stored in the key object record. Another digital record is created in the data store that is not the key object record. The digital record is linked to the digital fingerprint of the physical key object. The linking is arranged to provide secure control access to the linked digital record. A tendered access key is received via a programmatic interface or user interface, and the data store is queried based on the tendered access key to identify a matching digital fingerprint of a key object. In a case that the querying identifies the matching digital fingerprint of the key object within a prescribed level of confidence, access to the linked digital record secured by the key object is granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, David Justin Ross, Vala Andrésdóttir Withrow
  • Publication number: 20230384783
    Abstract: A system for remote operation of an unmanned vehicle (UV) includes a control station having a communication link to the UV and executing a web browser for (1) receiving web pages of a UV control web application, (2) rendering the web pages on the control station, (3) receiving control input from an operator via rendered web pages, and (4) generating messages on the communication link based on the control input. A hosted server system is coupled to the control station via the communication link and to internal subsystems of the UV for flight control, mission control, navigation, and system monitoring, and (1) executes a web server serving the web pages of the UV control web application to the control station for the above operations of the web browser, and (2) provides back-end controls to the internal subsystems based on the control input from the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Shawn Myers, Matthew Kenneth Greene, Justin Ross Stahler
  • Patent number: 11830003
    Abstract: Digital fingerprints are used to authenticate a physical item. Authentication attempts, may automatically trigger various predetermined processes. Different processes may take place depending on whether the authentication was successful. The process(es) may be computer-implemented, for example, using executable scripts. The triggered process(es) may be immediate (“real-time”), or delayed, deferred, or batched, etc. At least one additional process is triggered or initiated, locally or remotely, by a least one affirmative authentication result or at least one additional process s triggered, by at least one unsuccessful authentication attempt. In one example, a combination of purchase and authentication of an item is combined into a single action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, David Justin Ross
  • Publication number: 20230291582
    Abstract: A data store to store and access digital records is provided, and a key object record is initialized in the data store to store data associated with a physical key object. A digital fingerprint of the physical key object is stored in the key object record. Another digital record is created in the data store that is not the key object record. The digital record is linked to the digital fingerprint of the physical key object. The linking is arranged to provide secure control access to the linked digital record. A tendered access key is received via a programmatic interface or user interface, and the data store is queried based on the tendered access key to identify a matching digital fingerprint of a key object. In a case that the querying identifies the matching digital fingerprint of the key object within a prescribed level of confidence, access to the linked digital record secured by the key object is granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Lynn Withrow, David Justin Ross, Vala Andrésdóttir Withrow