Patents by Inventor Neil Costigan

Neil Costigan 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).

  • Patent number: 10650163
    Abstract: A user accessing data from a server in an authenticated session is determined to be human, an authorized bot, or a non-authorized bot based on receipt of behaviometric information from the user's interactions and responses to and with the server. The user is then denied or granted continued access to receive data, such as financial data, after it is determined if the user is authorized to do so by way of comparing the behaviometric data to known prior behaviometric data for particular humans and bots in embodiments of the disclosed technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BEHAVIOSEC INC
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Per Burstrom, Neil Costigan
  • Publication number: 20190370493
    Abstract: A user accessing data from a server in an authenticated session is determined to be human, an authorized bot, or a non-authorized bot based on receipt of behaviometric information from the user's interactions and responses to and with the server. The user is then denied or granted continued access to receive data, such as financial data, after it is determined if the user is authorized to do so by way of comparing the behaviometric data to known prior behaviometric data for particular humans and bots in embodiments of the disclosed technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Per Burstrom, Neil Costigan
  • Patent number: 10440019
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer device and computer system for detecting multiple users based on a biometric user profile and/or a behavioral user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BEHAVIOMETRICS AG
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordström
  • Patent number: 10437971
    Abstract: Method for a secure authenticating of a user identity of a device for a service during a session including a transaction between an authentication-client and a connected authentication-server, whereby said authentication-client is running on said device using a user-agent with a specific authentication-interface to communicate encrypted authentication messages using a Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol between said user-agent of said authentication-client and a web-server of both said authentication-server of a ‘Relying Party’ using a unique and secret authentication-identifier (e.g. a hash-value created from ‘Relying Party’, date and time) between them, and a Behaviometric-server using a unique and secret Behaviometric-identifier (e.g. a hash-value created from a Behaviometric-Server, date and time) between them, whereby said session comprising an earlier authentication stage and at least in authentication case (said user identity is positively authenticated) a later controlling stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BEHAVIOSEC INC.
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell
  • Publication number: 20180365399
    Abstract: Method for a secure authenticating of a user identity of a device for a service during a session including a transaction between an authentication-client and a connected authentication-server, whereby said authentication-client is running on said device using a user-agent with a specific authentication-interface to communicate encrypted authentication messages using a Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol between said user-agent of said authentication-client and a web-server of both said authentication-server of a ‘Relying Party’ using a unique and secret authentication-identifier (e.g. a hash-value created from ‘Relying Party’, date and time) between them, and a Behaviometric-server using a unique and secret Behaviometric-identifier (e.g. a hash-value created from a Behaviometric-Server, date and time) between them, whereby said session comprising an earlier authentication stage and at least in authentication case (said user identity is positively authenticated) a later controlling stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: BehavioSec Inc
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell
  • Patent number: 10075437
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for secure authentication of a user to a service for executing a transaction, the method being implemented in a system including a user device including a FIDO-client, a FIDO-server of a relying party providing the service, a behaviometric server and a web server associated with the relying party, the method including a preparation stage and an authentication stage. In the preparation stage a TLS-connection is established between the user device and the web-server, behavioral input data is collected from user device, and a transaction initiation message is transmitted to the behaviometric server. In the authentication stage, behaviometric data received in the transaction initiation message is compared to a second set of behaviometric data to determine whether the data matches, and if the data matches, the transaction is authenticated by the FIDO server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BEHAVIOSEC
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johanna Skarpman Munter, Peder Nordström
  • Patent number: 10068076
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device for authenticating a user for access to protected information, the method comprising generating a behavioral user profile associated with a first user known to be a legitimate user of the protected information, obtaining from a second user, using a behavioral input device associated with a second computing device, a behavioral user sample, storing the behavioral user sample, associated with the second user, in a temporary user profile, comparing the behavioral user sample of the second user to the behavioral user profile, and if the behavioral user sample does not match the behavioral user profile contacting the legitimate first user and receiving from the legitimate first user information regarding the legitimacy of the second user and based on the information received from the first user, providing a response to the second user and updating the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Behaviometrics AB
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 10068088
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system for determining whether a user exhibits machine behavior, or does not exhibit human-like behavior, thereby to authenticate the user for access to a software service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BehavioSec
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johanna Skarpman Munter, Peder Nordström
  • Patent number: 9935953
    Abstract: Securely authenticating a user of a device for a service during a session including a transaction between a client and a connected server connected to a Behaviometric-server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BEHAVIOMETRICS AB
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johanna Skarpman Munter, Peder Nordström
  • Publication number: 20170230363
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer device and computer system for detecting multiple users based on a biometric user profile and/or a behavioral user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordström
  • Patent number: 9542541
    Abstract: Recording, analyzing and categorizing of user interface input via touchpad, touch screens or any device that can synthesize gestures from touch and pressure into input events. Such as, but not limited to, smart phones, touch pads and tablets. Humans may generate the input. The analysis of data may include statistical profiling of individual users as well as groups of users, the profiles can be stored in, but not limited to data containers such as files, secure storage, smart cards, databases, off device, in the cloud etc. A profile may be built from user/users behavior categorized into quantified types of behavior and/or gestures. The profile might be stored anonymized. The analysis may take place in real time or as post processing. Profiles can be compared against each other by all the types of quantified behaviors or by a select few.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johan Lindholm, Peder Nordström, Peter Parnes
  • Patent number: 9531710
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device for authenticating a user for access to protected information, including at a registration stage, generating a biometric user profile and a behavioral user profile associated with a user to be authenticated, and an authenticating stage, obtaining from the user a biometric user sample and a behavioral user sample, comparing the biometric user sample and the behavioral user sample to the biometric user profile and to the biometric behavioral profile associated with the user, and if the biometric user sample and the behavioral user sample match the biometric user profile and the biometric behavioral profile, respectively, enabling the user to access the protected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BEHAVIOMETRICS AB
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordström
  • Patent number: 9529987
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device for authenticating a user for access to protected information, the method comprising generating a behavioral user profile associated with a first user known to be a legitimate user of the protected information, obtaining from a second user, using a behavioral input device associated with a second computing device, a behavioral user sample, storing the behavioral user sample, associated with the second user, in a temporary user profile, comparing the behavioral user sample of the second user to the behavioral user profile, and if the behavioral user sample does not match the behavioral user profile contacting the legitimate first user and receiving from the legitimate first user information regarding the legitimacy of the second user and based on the information received from the first user, providing a response to the second user and updating the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BEHAVIOMETRICS AB
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordström
  • Publication number: 20160283865
    Abstract: Recording, analyzing and categorizing of user interface input via touchpad, touch screens or any device that can synthesize gestures from touch and pressure into input events. Such as, but not limited to, smart phones, touch pads and tablets. Humans may generate the input. The analysis of data may include statistical profiling of individual users as well as groups of users, the profiles can be stored in, but not limited to data containers such as files, secure storage, smart cards, databases, off device, in the cloud etc. A profile may be built from user/users behavior categorized into quantified types of behavior and/or gestures. The profile might be stored anonymized. The analysis may take place in real time or as post processing. Profiles can be compared against each other by all the types of quantified behaviors or by a select few.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johan Lindholm, Peder Nordstrom, Peter Parnes
  • Publication number: 20160180083
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system for determining whether a user exhibits machine behavior, or does not exhibit human-like behavior, thereby to authenticate the user for access to a software service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: BehavioSec
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johanna Skarpman Munter, Peder Nordström
  • Patent number: 9305260
    Abstract: Recording, analyzing and categorizing of user interface input via touchpad, touch screens or any device that can synthesize gestures from touch and pressure into input events. Such as, but not limited to, smart phones, touch pads and tablets. Humans may generate the input. The analysis of data may include statistical profiling of individual users as well as groups of users, the profiles can be stored in, but not limited to data containers such as files, secure storage, smart cards, databases, off device, in the cloud etc. A profile may be built from user/users behavior categorized into quantified types of behavior and/or gestures. The profile might be stored anonymized. The analysis may take place in real time or as post processing. Profiles can be compared against each other by all the types of quantified behaviors or by a select few.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Behaviometrics AB
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johan Lindholm, Peder Nordström, Peter Parnes
  • Patent number: 9301140
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology are directed to methods and/or systems for using behavioral authentication for authenticating particular users of particular mobile devices. The methods and/or systems may employ a behavior monitor, a secure element, a behaviometric server and/or cryptographic servers to authenticate users. The behavior monitor may gather, interpret, decrypt and/or encrypt behavior information using a secure element and a behaviometric server. The behaviometric server may be used to compare recorded behavior data and compare them to stored profiles of users in order to generate authentication information based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Behaviometrics AB
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johan Lindholm
  • Patent number: 9298912
    Abstract: Recording, analyzing and categorizing of user interface input via touchpad, touch screens or any device that can synthesize gestures from touch and pressure into input events. Such as, but not limited to, smart phones, touch pads and tablets. Humans may generate the input. The analysis of data may include statistical profiling of individual users as well as groups of users, the profiles can be stored in, but not limited to data containers such as files, secure storage, smart cards, databases, off device, in the cloud etc. A profile may be built from user/users behavior categorized into quantified types of behavior and/or gestures. The profile might be stored anonymized. The analysis may take place in real time or as post processing. Profiles can be compared against each other by all the types of quantified behaviors or by a select few.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Behaviometrics AB
    Inventors: Neil Costigan, Ingo Deutschmann, Tony Libell, Johan Lindholm, Peder Nordström
  • Publication number: 20150358317
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device for authenticating a user for access to protected information, including at a registration stage, generating a biometric user profile and a behavioral user profile associated with a user to be authenticated, and an authenticating stage, obtaining from the user a biometric user sample and a behavioral user sample, comparing the biometric user sample and the behavioral user sample to the biometric user profile and to the biometric behavioral profile associated with the user, and if the biometric user sample and the behavioral user sample match the biometric user profile and the biometric behavioral profile, respectively, enabling the user to access the protected information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordström
  • Publication number: 20150324563
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device for authenticating a user for access to protected information, the method comprising generating a behavioral user profile associated with a first user known to be a legitimate user of the protected information, obtaining from a second user, using a behavioral input device associated with a second computing device, a behavioral user sample, storing the behavioral user sample, associated with the second user, in a temporary user profile, comparing the behavioral user sample of the second user to the behavioral user profile, and if the behavioral user sample does not match the behavioral user profile contacting the legitimate first user and receiving from the legitimate first user information regarding the legitimacy of the second user and based on the information received from the first user, providing a response to the second user and updating the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Ingo Deutschmann, Neil Costigan, Tony Libell, Peder Nordström