Patents by Inventor Kristopher E. HERRING

Kristopher E. HERRING 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: 11349941
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprising an analytic server, which builds a pipeline of five classifiers to validate whether an electronic device is operated by a human user. The server monitors wireless signals detected by different electronic devices by triggering a signal scanning function on the electronic devices. Based on the wireless signals reported by different electronic devices, the server generates a set of signal clusters. The server applies the pipeline of five classifiers on the wireless signals detected by an electronic device by exploiting the signal clusters included in the wireless signals. If any of the classifiers determines the electronic device is a legitimate human device, the server validates the electronic device; otherwise, the server applies the next classifier. If after a number of classifiers, none of the classifiers validates the device usage, the server determines that the device is not operated by a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Srdjan Marinovic, Anne E. Morrow, Kristopher E. Herring
  • Publication number: 20210256222
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products that generate semantic resolutions of wireless signals. An analytic server may train a plurality of inductive classifiers generate a respective set of deduction rules. For example, the analytic server may train a first inductive classifier to mine a first set of deduction rules matching service set identifiers (SSIDs) with business entities. As another example, the analytic server may train a second inductive classifier to mine a second set of deduction rules matching proximal groupings of wireless signals (also referred to as hyperclusters) with business entities. Upon receiving an unresolved wireless signal, the analytic server may apply at least one of the first and second set of deduction rules to assign a semantic meaning to the wireless signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: Srdjan MARINOVIC, Eric STANCULESCU, Rebecca E. COHEN, Kristopher E. HERRING, Anne E. MORROW, Robert T. ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20210075872
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprising an analytic server, which builds a pipeline of five classifiers to validate whether an electronic device is operated by a human user. The server monitors wireless signals detected by different electronic devices by triggering a signal scanning function on the electronic devices. Based on the wireless signals reported by different electronic devices, the server generates a set of signal clusters. The server applies the pipeline of five classifiers on the wireless signals detected by an electronic device by exploiting the signal clusters included in the wireless signals. If any of the classifiers determines the electronic device is a legitimate human device, the server validates the electronic device; otherwise, the server applies the next classifier. If after a number of classifiers, none of the classifiers validates the device usage, the server determines that the device is not operated by a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Srdjan MARINOVIC, Anne E. MORROW, Kristopher E. HERRING