Patents by Inventor Kevin James Tyers

Kevin James Tyers 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: 11522911
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing passive and active identity verification in association with online communications. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving one or more electronic messages associated with a user account, analyzing the electronic messages based on a plurality of identity verification profiles associated with the user account, generating an identity trust score associated with the electronic messages based on the analyzing, determining whether to issue a security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the generated identity trust score, and issuing the security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Jakub Ceiran Burgis, Nicole Harris, Blake Butler, Nathan Robert Pratt, Kevin James Tyers
  • Publication number: 20210258345
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing passive and active identity verification in association with online communications. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving one or more electronic messages associated with a user account, analyzing the electronic messages based on a plurality of identity verification profiles associated with the user account, generating an identity trust score associated with the electronic messages based on the analyzing, determining whether to issue a security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the generated identity trust score, and issuing the security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Jakub Ceiran Burgis, Nicole Harris, Blake Butler, Nathan Robert Pratt, Kevin James Tyers
  • Patent number: 10986123
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing passive and active identity verification in association with online communications. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving one or more electronic messages associated with a user account, analyzing the electronic messages based on a plurality of identity verification profiles associated with the user account, generating an identity trust score associated with the electronic messages based on the analyzing, determining whether to issue a security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the generated identity trust score, and issuing the security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Jakub Ceiran Burgis, Nicole Harris, Blake Butler, Nathan Robert Pratt, Kevin James Tyers
  • Publication number: 20190207975
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing passive and active identity verification in association with online communications. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving one or more electronic messages associated with a user account, analyzing the electronic messages based on a plurality of identity verification profiles associated with the user account, generating an identity trust score associated with the electronic messages based on the analyzing, determining whether to issue a security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the generated identity trust score, and issuing the security challenge in response to the electronic messages based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Bradley Wardman, Jakub Ceiran Burgis, Nicole Harris, Blake Butler, Nathan Robert Pratt, Kevin James Tyers