Patents by Inventor Michael Dean Bridges

Michael Dean Bridges 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).

  • Authentication engine for enrollment into a computer environment
    Patent number: 8141134
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for enrolling a user into an authentication system. In some embodiments of the invention, a user completes a first portion of the enrollment or setup process using a first computer environment, but is not permitted to complete the enrollment or setup process from the first computer environment. The system permits the user to complete the enrollment or setup process only from a second computer environment different from the first computer environment. In one embodiment, the second computer environment is any computer environment outside of the first computer environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Brandt, William Larry Grant, Jr., Linda Marie Dziedzic, Aaron Daniel Lewis, Duncan Converse Morrell, Kapil Pruthi, Nishant H. Shah, Justin McCord, Heather Dolan, Ronald C. Mitchell, Jr., Michael Dean Bridges, Craig T. Johnson, Xianhong Zhang, Tanuja Melkani, Debra Jean Lewis, Gail R. Davis, Karen Choy, David Shroyer, Joseph M. Hollmann, Kris Tullos, Sidney A. Winchester, Jr.
  • AUTHENTICATION ENGINE FOR ENROLLMENT INTO A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100313245
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for enrolling a user into an authentication system. In some embodiments of the invention, a user completes a first portion of the enrollment or setup process using a first computer environment, but is not permitted to complete the enrollment or setup process from the first computer environment. The system permits the user to complete the enrollment or setup process only from a second computer environment different from the first computer environment. In one embodiment, the second computer environment is any computer environment outside of the first computer environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Brandt, William Larry Grant, JR., Linda Marie Dziedzic, Aaron Daniel Lewis, Duncan Converse Morrell, Kapil Pruthi, Nishant H. Shah, Justin McCord, Heather Dolan, Ronald C. Mitchell, JR., Michael Dean Bridges, Craig T. Johnson, Xianhong Zhang, Tanuja Melkani, Debra Jean Lewis, Gail R. Davis, Karen Choy, David Shroyer, Joseph M. Hollmann, Kris Tullos, Sidney A. Winchester, JR.