Patents by Inventor Nicolas Fort

Nicolas Fort 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: 10447484
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: OneSpan North America Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Frederik Mennes, Ludovic Joly, Guillaume Teixeron
  • Patent number: 10439822
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: OneSpan North America Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Frederik Mennes, Ludovic Joly, Guillaume Teixeron
  • Patent number: 10411901
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OneSpan North America Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Frederik Mennes, Ludovic Joly, Guillaume Teixeron
  • Publication number: 20190140839
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: NICOLAS FORT, FREDERIK MENNES, LUDOVIC JOLY, GUILLAUME TEIXERON
  • Publication number: 20190140840
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: NICOLAS FORT, FREDERIK MENNES, LUDOVIC JOLY, GUILLAUME TEIXERON
  • Publication number: 20190140841
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Frederik Mennes, Ludovic Joly, Guillaume Teixeron
  • Patent number: 10171246
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ONESPAN NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Frederik Mennes, Ludovic Joly, Guillaume Teixeron
  • Patent number: 9710634
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for securing application interactions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Vasco Data Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Frank Coulier, Guilaume Teixeron
  • Publication number: 20170085388
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems to secure remotely accessible applications using authentication devices are disclosed. More in particular apparatus, methods and systems are disclosed for thwarting overlay attacks against authentication applications for displaying transaction data and for generating signatures over these transaction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: NICOLAS FORT, FREDERIK MENNES, LUDOVIC JOLY, GUILLAUME TEIXERON
  • Publication number: 20140040628
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for securing application interactions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Vasco Data Security, Inc.
    Inventors: NICOLAS FORT, Frank Coulier, Guilaume Teixeron
  • Patent number: 8261087
    Abstract: The DigiPass for the Web provides security for internet communication greater than that achieved by the use of a static password without requiring the user to install any software or to possess or use dedicated hardware of any kind. The user merely access an appropriate website which downloads an applet to the user's browser. This is a conventional function which is handled by the browser and does not require any expertise on the part of the user. The browser relies on a password known only to the user for authenticating the user to the browser/applet. The browser/applet interacts with the server to create an authentication key which is then stored on the user's computer. The user can invoke the authentication key dependent on the user's presentation to the browser/applet of the password. Since the password is not used outside the user-browser/applet interaction it is not subject to attacks by hackers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Vasco Data Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Benoit Grangé
  • Patent number: 8214888
    Abstract: The present patent application discloses a USB token that advantageously mimics a human interface device such as a keyboard in interacting with a host computer, thus removing the need for pre-installation of a dedicated device driver. This is accomplished by requiring the host computer to direct the input of the attached human interface devices of the keyboard type, including the USB token, exclusively to the program interacting with the USB token, by using cryptographic algorithms based on a shared secret, which require less data to be transferred than PKI-based algorithms, and by employing an efficient encoding scheme that minimizes the time needed to exchange information with the USB token, and minimizes the probability of generating ambiguity with input that might legitimately be generated by other attached human interface devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Vasco Data Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Noe, Frank Hoornaert, Dirk Marien, Nicolas Fort
  • Publication number: 20110314290
    Abstract: The DigiPass for the Web provides security for internet communication greater than that achieved by the use of a static password without requiring the user to install any software or to possess or use dedicated hardware of any kind. The user merely access an appropriate website which downloads an applet to the user's browser. This is a conventional function which is handled by the browser and does not require any expertise on the part of the user. The browser relies on a password known only to the user for authenticating the user to the browser/applet. The browser/applet interacts with the server to create an authentication key which is then stored on the user's computer. The user can invoke the authentication key dependent on the user's presentation to the browser/applet of the password. Since the password is not used outside the user-browser/applet interaction it is not subject to attacks by hackers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: VASCO DATA SECURITY INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Fort, Benoit Grangé
  • Publication number: 20090210712
    Abstract: Problem The combination of a tendency towards permissivity when verifying certificate authenticity and the use of in-band client authentication opens up an opportunity for attackers to mount man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections. Solution The invention exposes any discrepancy between the intended recipient of the client credential and the actual recipient of the client credential by cryptographically including parameters that are uniquely linked to the channel (i.e., the communication session, as characterized by the parameters of the protocols that are being used), preferably the channel end points, in the calculation of the client credential. This links the process that provides the secure channel (e.g., the SSL protocol session) to the process that provides the authentication credential (e.g., the OTP token operation), thus exposing any attack that would break up the client-server channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Nicolas Fort
  • Publication number: 20090193511
    Abstract: The present patent application discloses a USB token that advantageously mimics a human interface device such as a keyboard in interacting with a host computer, thus removing the need for pre-installation of a dedicated device driver. This is accomplished by requiring the host computer to direct the input of the attached human interface devices of the keyboard type, including the USB token, exclusively to the program interacting with the USB token, by using cryptographic algorithms based on a shared secret, which require less data to be transferred than PKI-based algorithms, and by employing an efficient encoding scheme that minimizes the time needed to exchange information with the USB token, and minimizes the probability of generating ambiguity with input that might legitimately be generated by other attached human interface devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Vasco Data Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Noe, Frank Hoornaert, Dirk Marien, Nicolas Fort