Patents by Inventor Mark David LUFBURROW

Mark David LUFBURROW 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).

  • System and method for identifying collocated cellular devices from known fraudulent devices
    Patent number: 12395845
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving an identity of fraudulent user equipment (UE); identifying a plurality of candidate UEs based on locations associated with the fraudulent UE and a duration of a session of the fraudulent UE; computing vectors representing the plurality of candidate UEs based on activity data associated with the plurality of candidate UEs recorded during the duration; comparing the plurality of vectors to a vector associated with activity data associated with the fraudulent UE to compute distances between the plurality of candidate UEs and the fraudulent UE; sorting the plurality of candidate UEs based on the distances; storing a top subset of the plurality of candidate UEs as co-located UEs; and performing an action using the top subset of the plurality of candidate UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy E. Coyle, Ammara Essa, Matthew Kapala, Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo, Mark David Lufburrow, Jacob S. Lynch
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING COLLOCATED CELLULAR DEVICES FROM KNOWN FRAUDULENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240292223
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: receiving an identity of fraudulent user equipment (UE); identifying a plurality of candidate UEs based on locations associated with the fraudulent UE and a duration of a session of the fraudulent UE; computing vectors representing the plurality of candidate UEs based on activity data associated with the plurality of candidate UEs recorded during the duration; comparing the plurality of vectors to a vector associated with activity data associated with the fraudulent UE to compute distances between the plurality of candidate UEs and the fraudulent UE; sorting the plurality of candidate UEs based on the distances; storing a top subset of the plurality of candidate UEs as co-located UEs; and performing an action using the top subset of the plurality of candidate UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Timothy E. COYLE, Ammara ESSA, Matthew KAPALA, Hector Alejandro GARCIA CRESPO, Mark David LUFBURROW, Jacob S. LYNCH