Patents by Inventor Mark E. Dickison
Mark E. Dickison 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).
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Publication number: 20260075130Abstract: A method for determining potentially undesirable voices, in embodiments, includes: receiving audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity; and determining audio components of each of the audio recordings. The method may further include generating a multi-dimensional vector of the audio components for each of the plurality of audio recordings, and comparing audio components between the multi-dimensional vectors to determine clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster comprising two or more of the multi-dimensional vectors of audio components. Each cluster may correspond to a blacklisted voice. The method may further comprise receiving an audio recording or audio stream, and determining whether the audio recording or audio stream is associated with a voice associated with undesirable activity based on a comparison to the clusters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Applicant: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan GUAN, Carl S. ASHBY, Isabelle Alice Yvonne MOULINIER, Mark E. DICKISON
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Patent number: 12495107Abstract: A method for determining potentially undesirable voices, in embodiments, includes: receiving audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining audio components of each of the audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of the audio components for each of the plurality of audio recordings, and comparing audio components between the multi-dimensional vectors to determine clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster comprising two or more of the multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster corresponds to a blacklisted voice. The method may further comprise receiving an audio recording or audio stream, and determining whether the audio recording or audio stream is associated with a voice associated with undesirable activity based on a comparison to the clusters.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2024Date of Patent: December 9, 2025Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan Guan, Carl S. Ashby, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, Mark E. Dickison
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Publication number: 20240195905Abstract: A method for determining potentially undesirable voices, in embodiments, includes: receiving audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining audio components of each of the audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of the audio components for each of the plurality of audio recordings, and comparing audio components between the multi-dimensional vectors to determine clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster comprising two or more of the multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster corresponds to a blacklisted voice. The method may further comprise receiving an audio recording or audio stream, and determining whether the audio recording or audio stream is associated with a voice associated with undesirable activity based on a comparison to the clusters.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan GUAN, Carl S. ASHBY, Isabelle Alice Yvonne MOULINIER, Mark E. DICKISON
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Patent number: 11943383Abstract: A method for determining potentially undesirable voices, in embodiments, includes: receiving audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining audio components of each of the audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of the audio components for each of the plurality of audio recordings, and comparing audio components between the multi-dimensional vectors to determine clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster comprising two or more of the multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster corresponds to a blacklisted voice. The method may further comprise receiving an audio recording or audio stream, and determining whether the audio recording or audio stream is associated with a voice associated with undesirable activity based on a comparison to the clusters.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan Guan, Carl S. Ashby, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, Mark E. Dickison
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Publication number: 20220116493Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining potentially undesirable voices, according to some embodiments, includes: receiving a plurality of audio recordings, the plurality of audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining a plurality of audio components of each of the plurality of audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of audio components, from the plurality of audio components, for each of the plurality of audio recordings to generate a plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, and comparing audio components between the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components to determine a plurality of clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster of the plurality of clusters comprising two or more of the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponds to a blacklisted voice.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan GUAN, Carl S. ASHBY, Isabelle Alice Yvonne MOULINIER, Mark E. DICKISON
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Patent number: 11240360Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining potentially undesirable voices, according to some embodiments, includes: receiving a plurality of audio recordings, the plurality of audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining a plurality of audio components of each of the plurality of audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of audio components, from the plurality of audio components, for each of the plurality of audio recordings to generate a plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, and comparing audio components between the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components to determine a plurality of clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster of the plurality of clusters comprising two or more of the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponds to a blacklisted voice.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan Guan, Carl S. Ashby, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, Mark E. Dickison
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Publication number: 20200304622Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining potentially undesirable voices, according to some embodiments, includes: receiving a plurality of audio recordings, the plurality of audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining a plurality of audio components of each of the plurality of audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of audio components, from the plurality of audio components, for each of the plurality of audio recordings to generate a plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, and comparing audio components between the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components to determine a plurality of clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster of the plurality of clusters comprising two or more of the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponds to a blacklisted voice.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan GUAN, Carl S. ASHBY, Isabelle Alice Yvonne MOULINIER, Mark E. DICKISON
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Patent number: 10659588Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining potentially undesirable voices, according to some embodiments, includes: receiving a plurality of audio recordings, the plurality of audio recordings comprising voices associated with undesirable activity, and determining a plurality of audio components of each of the plurality of audio recordings. The method may further comprise generating a multi-dimensional vector of audio components, from the plurality of audio components, for each of the plurality of audio recordings to generate a plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, and comparing audio components between the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components to determine a plurality of clusters of multi-dimensional vectors, each cluster of the plurality of clusters comprising two or more of the plurality of multi-dimensional vectors of audio components, wherein each cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponds to a blacklisted voice.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Zhiyuan Guan, Carl S. Ashby, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, Mark E. Dickison