Patents by Inventor Michael Caslin

Michael Caslin 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).

  • Communications system with fraud monitoring
    Patent number: 7197560
    Abstract: A fraud monitoring system is disclosed for a communications system. The fraud monitoring system analyzes records of usage activity in the system and applies fraud pattern detection algorithms to detect patterns indicative of fraud. The fraud monitoring system advantageously accommodates transaction both records resulting from control of a packet-switched network and those from a circuit-switched network gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: MCI, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Caslin, John Hans Van Arkel, Arthur Lance Springer
  • Method and system for providing fraud detection for remote access services
    Publication number: 20050160280
    Abstract: An approach provides fraud detection in support of data communication services. A usage pattern associated with a particular account for remote access to a data network is monitored. The usage pattern is compared with a reference pattern specified for the account. A fraud alert is selectively generated based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Caslin, Mutthew Gilbert, Thomas Stepp, Arthur Springer, John Van Arkel
  • Communications system with fraud monitoring
    Publication number: 20020188712
    Abstract: A fraud monitoring system is disclosed for a communications system. The fraud monitoring system analyzes records of usage activity in the system and applies fraud pattern detection algorithms to detect patterns indicative of fraud. The fraud monitoring system advantageously accommodates transaction both records resulting from control of a packet-switched network and those from a circuit-switched network gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: WorldCom, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Caslin, John Hans Van Arkel, Arthur Lance Springer