Patents by Inventor Michael Benjamin Hutchinson

Michael Benjamin Hutchinson 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 registering a user
    Patent number: 11962684
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method performed by a verification platform for authorising a user incapable of providing digital consent comprises: receiving sensitive user information and a unique supervisor identifier; encrypting the sensitive user information using an encryption scheme with an associated encryption key to generate encrypted user information; sending an authorisation request message to a supervisor device associated with the unique supervisor identifier, wherein the authorisation request message comprises the encryption key and a request for authorisation in response; discarding the sensitive user information and the encryption key, such that the verification platform cannot access the sensitive user information; and, if the verification platform receives an authorisation response message from the supervisor device comprising a received encryption key, decrypting the encrypted user information using the received encryption key, such that the verification platform can su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Epic Games, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Hutchinson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER
    Publication number: 20230208624
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method performed by a verification platform for authorising a user incapable of providing digital consent comprises: receiving sensitive user information and a unique supervisor identifier; encrypting the sensitive user information using an encryption scheme with an associated encryption key to generate encrypted user information; sending an authorisation request message to a supervisor device associated with the unique supervisor identifier, wherein the authorisation request message comprises the encryption key and a request for authorisation in response; discarding the sensitive user information and the encryption key, such that the verification platform cannot access the sensitive user information; and, if the verification platform receives an authorisation response message from the supervisor device comprising a received encryption key, decrypting the encrypted user information using the received encryption key, such that the verification platform can su
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Hutchinson
  • System and method for registering a user
    Patent number: 11632241
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method performed by a verification platform for authorising a user incapable of providing digital consent comprises: receiving sensitive user information and a unique supervisor identifier; encrypting the sensitive user information using an encryption scheme with an associated encryption key to generate encrypted user information; sending an authorisation request message to a supervisor device associated with the unique supervisor identifier, wherein the authorisation request message comprises the encryption key and a request for authorisation in response; discarding the sensitive user information and the encryption key, such that the verification platform cannot access the sensitive user information; and, if the verification platform receives an authorisation response message from the supervisor device comprising a received encryption key, decrypting the encrypted user information using the received encryption key, such that the verification platform can su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Epic Games, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Hutchinson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER
    Publication number: 20210367765
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method performed by a verification platform for authorising a user incapable of providing digital consent comprises: receiving sensitive user information and a unique supervisor identifier; encrypting the sensitive user information using an encryption scheme with an associated encryption key to generate encrypted user information; sending an authorisation request message to a supervisor device associated with the unique supervisor identifier, wherein the authorisation request message comprises the encryption key and a request for authorisation in response; discarding the sensitive user information and the encryption key, such that the verification platform cannot access the sensitive user information; and, if the verification platform receives an authorisation response message from the supervisor device comprising a received encryption key, decrypting the encrypted user information using the received encryption key, such that the verification platform can su
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Hutchinson