Patents by Inventor Natasha P. Lishok

Natasha P. Lishok 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).

  • Location history and travel path knowledge based authentication
    Patent number: 10387880
    Abstract: Authenticating users based on answers to challenge questions relating to a “tracked user's” location history (that is, places the tracked user is known to have been). The “questioned user” may or may not be the same as the “tracked user.” Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to generating questions to questioned users based on answers to challenge questions about aspects (for example, value and/or venue) of a desired transaction for which authentication is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Natasha P. Lishok, Michael S. Thomason
  • LOCATION HISTORY AND TRAVEL PATH KNOWLEDGE BASED AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20170053280
    Abstract: Authenticating users based on answers to challenge questions relating to a “tracked user's” location history (that is, places the tracked user is known to have been). The “questioned user” may or may not be the same as the “tracked user.” Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to generating questions to questioned users based on answers to challenge questions about aspects (for example, value and/or venue) of a desired transaction for which authentication is requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Natasha P. Lishok, Michael S. Thomason
  • DYNAMIC AND INTELLIGENT MULTI-TRIGGERED ITEM REVALIDATION BASED ON PROJECTED RETURN ON INVESTMENT
    Publication number: 20150294254
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for item revalidation based on projected Return On Investment (ROI). In response to one or more triggers, an amount of time that it would take to update an item and a return on investment of updating the item are estimated based on historical data for similar updates that have been made to at least one of the item and another item, and it is determined whether to update the item based on the estimated amount of time and the estimated return on investment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Joseph Lam, Natasha P. Lishok, William K. Wentworth
  • DYNAMIC AND INTELLIGENT MULTI-TRIGGERED ITEM REVALIDATION BASED ON PROJECTED RETURN ON INVESTMENT
    Publication number: 20150293763
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for item revalidation based on projected Return On Investment (ROI). In response to one or more triggers, an amount of time that it would take to update an item and a return on investment of updating the item are estimated based on historical data for similar updates that have been made to at least one of the item and another item, and it is determined whether to update the item based on the estimated amount of time and the estimated return on investment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Joseph Lam, Natasha P. Lishok, William K. Wentworth