Patents by Inventor Laurence Withers

Laurence Withers 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).

  • Publication number: 20240020493
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Patent number: 11727226
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Yoti Holding Limited
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Publication number: 20210319192
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Patent number: 11042719
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Yoti Holding Limited
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Patent number: 10853592
    Abstract: A digital identity system comprises an enrolment module configured to receive a data item captured from an identity document, and create in persistent electronic storage a digital identity comprising the data item, a credential creation module configured to issue to a user device a credential bound to the digital identity, and a validation service. The validation service is configured to receive an electronic message comprising the credential and identifying a target device, validate the credential, and if the credential is valid, use the credential to transmit an electronic message to the target device, so as to render the data item of the digital identity available to the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Yoti Holding Limited
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Patent number: 10692085
    Abstract: A method of authorizing a secure electronic payment from a payer to a payee. At a digital identity system, an electronic message is received, which comprises a payer credential and identifies a payee system, and a digital identity associated with the payer credential is accessed, the digital identity comprising: 1) at least one identity attribute or data for deriving at least one identity attribute, and 2) a payment token or data for obtaining a payment token, the payment token for effecting an electronic payment from the payer to a recipient of the payment token. At least one electronic message is transmitted from the digital identity system to the payee system to render the identity attribute and the payment token available to the payee system, for determining, based on the identity attribute rendered available to the payee device, whether to use the available payment token to effect the electronic payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Yoti Holding Limited
    Inventors: Quirino Zagarese, Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Publication number: 20200119921
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator, in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator, associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Patent number: 10594484
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Yoti Holding Limited
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Patent number: 10521623
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Yoti Holding Limited
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak, Quirino Zagarese
  • Publication number: 20180181964
    Abstract: A method of authorizing a secure electronic payment from a payer to a payee. At a digital identity system, an electronic message is received, which comprises a payer credential and identifies a payee system. At the digital identity system, a digital identity associated with the payer credential is accessed, the digital identity comprising: 1) at least one identity attribute or data for deriving at least one identity attribute, and 2) a payment token or data for obtaining a payment token, the payment token for effecting an electronic payment from the payer to a recipient of the payment token. At least one electronic message is transmitted from the digital identity system to the payee system to render the identity attribute and the payment token available to the payee system, for determining, based on the identity attribute rendered available to the payee device, whether to use the available payment token to effect an electronic payment from the payer to the payee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Quirino Zagarese, Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Publication number: 20180173906
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak, Quirino Zagarese
  • Publication number: 20180176017
    Abstract: A method of a digital identity system generating a sharing token for authenticating a bearer to a validator, wherein a data store of the digital identity system holds a plurality of attributes of the bearer, the method comprising implementing by the digital identity system the following steps: receiving at the digital identity system from a bearer an electronic sharing token request, wherein the token request identifies at least one of the bearer's attributes in the data store selected for sharing with a validator; in response to the electronic token request, generating a sharing token, which is unique to that request, for presentation by the bearer to a validator; associating with the unique sharing token at the digital identity system the identified at least one bearer attribute; and issuing to the bearer the unique sharing token; and wherein later presentation of the unique sharing token to the digital identify system by a validator causes the at least one bearer attribute associated with the sharing token
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Yoti Ltd
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak
  • Publication number: 20180165781
    Abstract: A digital identity system comprises an enrolment module configured to receive a data item captured from an identity document, and create in persistent electronic storage a digital identity comprising the data item, a credential creation module configured to issue to a user device a credential bound to the digital identity, and a validation service. The validation service is configured to receive an electronic message comprising the credential and identifying a target device, validate the credential, and if the credential is valid, use the credential to transmit an electronic message to the target device, so as to render the data item of the digital identity available to the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Francisco Angel Garcia Rodriguez, Piers Powlesland, Paolo Greci, Laurence Withers, Eleanor Simone Frederika Loughlin-McHugh, Roman Edward Szczesniak