Patents by Inventor Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams 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: 12602462
    Abstract: A system includes memory hardware configured to store instructions and one or more electronic processors configured to execute the instructions. The instructions include logging historical behavioral biometric metadata from one or more computing platforms, generating a user profile based on the logged historical behavioral biometric metadata, receiving an authentication request from a client computing platform, providing the first behavioral biometric metadata and the user profile to a trained machine learning model to generate a biometric match, generating a positive control signal in response to a positive biometric match, sending the positive control signal to the client computing platform, updating the historical behavioral biometric metadata with the first behavioral biometric metadata, and retraining the trained machine learning model using the updated historical behavioral biometric metadata. The authentication request includes first behavioral biometric metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: MASTERCARD TECHNOLOGIES CANADA ULC
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, Jonathan McGrandle, Matthew Melnik
  • Publication number: 20260063099
    Abstract: In one instance, disclosed herein is an engine system, comprising: an engine comprising a plurality of engine cylinders; and a controller operative to: control a respective ignition timing for each engine cylinder of the plurality of engine cylinders; detect an increase of a knock intensity of the engine; after detecting the increase of the knock intensity of the engine, compare the knock intensity of the engine to a threshold knock intensity; if the knock intensity of the engine is greater than the threshold knock intensity, retard the respective ignition timing for each engine cylinder of the plurality of engine cylinders by the same amount; and if the knock intensity of the engine is less than the threshold knock intensity, retard a first ignition timing of a first engine cylinder by a first amount independently of a second ignition timing of a second engine cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. GRAZIANO, Brett A. ZOOK, Kyle WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20250390861
    Abstract: A method for account and transaction blocking for payment transactions using validation of non-fungible tokens includes: storing a token profile associated with a non-fungible token including a token identifier and transaction criteria; storing an account profile including an account identifier, a payment account number associated with a transaction account, and a wallet identifier associated with a blockchain wallet; receiving an authorization request for a payment transaction including the payment account number and transaction data values; determining that the transaction data values satisfy the transaction criteria; determining if the blockchain wallet has ownership of the non-fungible token; and processing the payment transaction, where processing the payment transaction comprises returning an authorization response indicating decline of the payment transaction if the blockchain wallet does not have ownership of the non-fungible token, or forwarding the authorization request if the blockchain wallet does
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Eduardo ABREU, David J. SENCI, Kyle WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20250342472
    Abstract: A system includes an originating client platform, a first intermediate client platform, and a bridge platform. A first electronic processor of the originating client platform is configured to generate an authorization request and transmit the authorization request. A second electronic processor of the first intermediate client platform is configured to receive the authorization request and determine whether the authorization request is malicious or not malicious. In response to determining that the authorization request is malicious, the second electronic processor is configured to store the authorization request in a data store, transmit an authorization request denial, and transmit an incident payload including details of the authorization request. A third electronic processor of the bridge platform is configured to receive the incident payload, generate a security profile based on the incident payload, and transmit the security profile to a second intermediate client platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, Jonathan McGrandle, Matthew Melnik
  • Publication number: 20250343813
    Abstract: A system includes and non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions an electronic processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a screening payload from a client platform, the screening payload identifying an authorization request, identify a stored enhanced authorization request corresponding to the identified authorization request, the stored enhanced authorization request including first device characteristics, identify a device on a network having second device characteristics, the second device characteristics matching the first device characteristics, and transmit a control signal to the identified device, the control signal configured to cause the identified device to generate an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci, Jonathan McGrandle
  • Publication number: 20250131076
    Abstract: A system includes memory hardware configured to store instructions and one or more electronic processors configured to execute the instructions. The instructions include logging historical behavioral biometric metadata from one or more computing platforms, generating a user profile based on the logged historical behavioral biometric metadata, receiving an authentication request from a client computing platform, providing the first behavioral biometric metadata and the user profile to a trained machine learning model to generate a biometric match, generating a positive control signal in response to a positive biometric match, sending the positive control signal to the client computing platform, updating the historical behavioral biometric metadata with the first behavioral biometric metadata, and retraining the trained machine learning model using the updated historical behavioral biometric metadata. The authentication request includes first behavioral biometric metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, Jonathan McGrandle, Matthew Melnik
  • Publication number: 20250131433
    Abstract: A system includes memory hardware configured to store instructions and one or more electronic processors configured to execute the instructions. The instructions include receiving historical behavioral biometric metadata from a plurality of computing platforms to build a historical profile, training a machine learning model using the historical profile, receiving a transaction request from a first computing platform, the transactional request including first behavioral biometric metadata, providing the first behavioral biometric metadata and the historical behavioral biometric metadata to the trained machine learning model to generate a biometric match, generating a control signal based on the biometric match, and sending the control signal to a second computing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, Jonathan McGrandle, Matthew Melnik
  • Patent number: 12254326
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for receiving field data associated with industrial equipment from one or more field devices operating under an event-based data transmission schema to, storing the field data at a remote computing system, receiving a request for the field data from an industrial data polling system operating under a polling protocol, and transmitting the field data, from the remote computing system and to the industrial data polling system, as a polling protocol reply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Information, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Patrick Mulligan, Iain Jeffrey Mulligan, Kyle Williams
  • Publication number: 20250086630
    Abstract: A system is provided for electronically communicating multi-factor authentication (MFA) data. The system includes a remuneration vehicle device including a first communication interface, a first electronic processor, and a first memory, a third-party device including a second communication interface, a second electronic processor, and a second memory, and a server including a third communication interface, a third electronic processor, and a third memory. The third electronic processor is configured to receive, with the third communication interface, a first data packet indicating MFA preferences from the first communication interface, store the MFA preferences in the third memory, receive, with the third communication interface, a second data packet indicating an interaction request from the second communication interface, and provide, with the third communication interface, a third data packet indicating an interaction response to the second communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, Jonathan McGrandle, Matthew Melnik
  • Publication number: 20250086637
    Abstract: A system for communicating cardholder data. The system comprises a remuneration vehicle device, a third-party entity device, and a server. The remuneration vehicle device includes a first communication interface, a first electronic processor, and a first memory. The third-party entity device includes a second communication interface, a second electronic processor, and a second memory. The server includes a third communication interface, a third electronic processor, and a third memory. The third electronic processor is configured to receive, with the third communication interface, a first data packet indicating cardholder data from the first communication interface, store the cardholder data in the third memory, receive a second data packet indicating a transaction request from the second communication interface, and provide a third data packet indicating a transaction response to the second communication interface. The third data packet includes the cardholder data from the third memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, Jonathan McGrandle, Matthew Melnik
  • Publication number: 20250047666
    Abstract: A passive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) system includes a passive MFA server that receives, from a user computing device, passive biometrics data and device data collected during a current session on a remote site; submits the passive biometrics data to a user profile model, and in response receives a user authentication confidence score; and submits the device data to a device profile model, and in response receives a device authentication confidence score. The passive MFA server is also configured to receive a user authentication request for a current payment transaction associated with the current session on the remote site, and transmit the user authentication confidence score and the device authentication confidence score to an Access Control Server (ACS) configured to determine that the scores satisfy a predefined threshold for passively authenticating a user of the user computing device during the current session, without conducting an active authentication process with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci, Paige Fogarty
  • Publication number: 20250039176
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and computer-readable media that perform frictionless multi-factor authentication. In one embodiment, a server includes a memory including a frictionless multi-factor authentication (fMFA) service, and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Sik Suen Chan, Igor Opushnyev, Kyle Williams, Perry McGee
  • Publication number: 20250029101
    Abstract: An access mapping computing device is configured to build an identification database storing data records, each data record including (i) a verified device identifier identifying a corresponding client computing device, the verified device identifier including tokenized device data of the corresponding client computing device, and (ii) an access profile associated with the verified device identifier and with at least one previous access instance of the corresponding client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci
  • Publication number: 20250030665
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for identifying electronic communications from a virtual private network (VPN). An VPN/Proxy communication identifier application receiving a request, enriched with location information of the client device, from a client device. Determining a geolocation of the client device based on the location information. Determining a geolocation of an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the client device. Determining a distance between the geolocations of the client device and the IP address. Flagging the request that is received as associated with a virtual private network or a proxy based on the distance that is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan McGrandle, Kyle Williams
  • Publication number: 20240412110
    Abstract: A training system for professional development is disclosed herein. The training system courses for using at least one of: a target application and a web browser. The training system includes a computing device in communication with a data store, where the computing device is configures to determine, via a software extension, that the course is in progression on the computing device. The computing device can determine steps associated with the tutorial of the particular course. The computing device can monitor inputs into input fields associated with the tutorial of the particular course. The computing device can determine an exceeded failure threshold for a particular step of the steps based on at least one input. The computing device can generate at least one instruction for completing the particular step based on training data. The computing device can render at least one instruction on a display of at least one computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Tyce MILLER, Amy VITALA, Bartram NASON, Roger Daniel STEVENS, Christopher RICHARDSON, Kyle Williams
  • Patent number: 12126615
    Abstract: A passive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) system includes a passive MFA server that receives, from a user computing device, passive biometrics data and device data collected during a current session on a remote site; submits the passive biometrics data to a user profile model, and in response receives a user authentication confidence score; and submits the device data to a device profile model, and in response receives a device authentication confidence score. The passive MFA server is also configured to receive a user authentication request for a current payment transaction associated with the current session on the remote site, and transmit the user authentication confidence score and the device authentication confidence score to an Access Control Server (ACS) configured to determine that the scores satisfy a predefined threshold for passively authenticating a user of the user computing device during the current session, without conducting an active authentication process with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci, Paige Fogarty
  • Patent number: 12093794
    Abstract: A training system for professional development is disclosed herein. The training system courses for using at least one of: a target application and a web browser. The training system includes a computing device in communication with a data store, where the computing device is configures to determine, via a software extension, that the course is in progression on the computing device. The computing device can determine steps associated with the tutorial of the particular course. The computing device can monitor inputs into input fields associated with the tutorial of the particular course. The computing device can determine an exceeded failure threshold for a particular step of the steps based on at least one input. The computing device can generate at least one instruction for completing the particular step based on training data. The computing device can render at least one instruction on a display of at least one computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MobileMind Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyce Miller, Amy Vitala, Bartram Nason, Roger Daniel Stevens, Christopher Richardson, Kyle Williams
  • Patent number: 12033133
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for enhancing authorization of prepaid payment cards is provided. The method is implemented using an interchange network and an authorization computing device in communication with a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kyle Williams, David J. Senci, Michelle L. Hafner
  • Publication number: 20240185432
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system, method, and apparatus for tracking a tool via a digital surgical microscope. Cameras on the digital surgical microscope may capture a scene view of a medical procedure in real time, and present the scene view to the surgeon in a digitized video stream with minimal interference from the surgeon. The digital surgical microscope may process image data from each scene view in real time and use computer vision and machine learning models (e.g., neural networks) to detect and track one or more tools used over the course of the medical procedure in real-time. As the digital surgical microscope detects and tracks the tools, and responds accordingly, the surgeon can thus indirectly control, using the tools already in the surgeon's hands, various parameters of the digital surgical microscope, including the position and orientation of the robotic-arm-mounted digital surgical microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: George C. Polchin, Stephen C. Minne, Kyle Williams
  • Patent number: 11924198
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods with behavioral one-time-passcode (OTP) generation. In one example, a server includes a memory and an electronic processor communicatively connected to the memory. The memory includes a behavioral one-time-passcode (OTP) program and a user profile repository. The electronic processor, when executing the behavioral OTP program, is configured to receive a one-time-passcode (OTP) request, generate a behavioral one-time-passcode (OTP) based on a user profile stored in the user profile repository in response to receiving the OTP request, and output the behavioral OTP that is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD TECHNOLOGIES CANADA ULC
    Inventors: Jonathan McGrandle, Man Fung Lee, Kyle Williams