Patents by Inventor Michele Lynn Sarko

Michele Lynn Sarko 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).

  • Method and system for providing authentication credentials
    Patent number: 8151343
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user, that includes receiving an account identifier from the user, obtaining a media prompt from an account based on the account identifier, presenting the user with the media prompt and a question prompt, wherein the question prompt references the media prompt, receiving input answering the question prompt, comparing the input with a valid response to determine whether the user is authentic, wherein the valid response requires personal knowledge of the media prompt and the question prompt, and authorizing the user to access a resource when the user is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Shyue-yeong Wang, Ananth Uggirala, Michele Lynn Sarko, Chris Quinn, Anthony Creed, Kenichi Mori, Bennett R. Blank