Patents by Inventor Panpan Qi

Panpan Qi 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).

  • Publication number: 20260222436
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods of bot detection through explainable deep learning and rule violation codebooks from generative AI. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may provide computing services to users for processing various requests and interactions with those users. However, malicious users may utilize bots, such as automated scripts and software applications, that attempt to conduct fraud, compromise systems and data, and the like. To provide better bot and bot activity detection, the service provider may implement an explainable deep learning system that may generate rule violations of rules indicating bot activity or presence in computing logs and interactions using a generative AI. The violations may have a corresponding explanation in codebooks to automate bot detection. When bot activity is detected, the explanation may provide a reason for the bot activity detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Ting Lin, Gaurav Vishwanath Rane
  • Patent number: 12695772
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods of bot detection through explainable deep learning and rule violation codebooks from generative AI. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may provide computing services to users for processing various requests and interactions with those users. However, malicious users may utilize bots, such as automated scripts and software applications, that attempt to conduct fraud, compromise systems and data, and the like. To provide better bot and bot activity detection, the service provider may implement an explainable deep learning system that may generate rule violations of rules indicating bot activity or presence in computing logs and interactions using a generative AI. The violations may have a corresponding explanation in codebooks to automate bot detection. When bot activity is detected, the explanation may provide a reason for the bot activity detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Ting Lin, Gaurav Vishwanath Rane
  • Publication number: 20260178709
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to determining whether input data is authentic. A system detects input data, that includes text data and typing data, at a computing device. The system may generate, using a string model, a string-level prediction for the input data, where the string model is trained to increase a similarity between embeddings of authentic text data and corresponding sequences of typing data. Using a character model, the system may generate a character-level prediction for the set of input data, where the character-level model predicts an intended sequence of characters based on the text data and a sequence of typing actions included in the input data. Using machine learning, the system determines, based on the string-level prediction and the character-level prediction, whether the input data is authentic input. The system transmits, to the device, a decision that is generated based on determining whether the input data is authentic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Rajeevan Paul Santhiyapillai
  • Publication number: 20260178723
    Abstract: A method includes partitioning a set of historical device keys into a set of clusters, embedding the set of clusters to generate a set of device lockers, and receiving a request including an application identifier and metadata. The application identifier corresponds to an application installed on the second computing system and the metadata corresponds to the second computing system. The method also includes combining the application identifier and the metadata to generate a device key, determining that the set of device lockers includes a device locker that matches the device key, and, in response to determining that the set of device lockers includes the device locker that matches the device key, adding the device key to a cluster of the set of clusters corresponding to the device locker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Panpan Qi, Fei Pei, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Wai Yin Cheung, Yuxing Zheng, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Gaurav Vishwanath Rane
  • Publication number: 20260154530
    Abstract: Techniques for predicting whether a submission includes a forged image. A computer system receives a submission from a user that includes an image and image metadata, such as an identifier for the user and a User-Agent string value. An image pixel embedding is generated from the image, and a profile embedding is generated from the image metadata. The image embedding is indicative of whether the image is similar to known image forgeries. The profile embedding is generated from a user activity embedding indicative of User-Agent values associated with the user identifier. The profile embedding is generated using a machine learning model that uses stored parameters to associate user activity, device information, and forgery groups. The profile embedding thus indicates whether the user is associated with known image forgeries. The image pixel embedding and profile embedding are then used by a neural network to output a forgery prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Panpan Qi, Jiazheng Zhang, Jiyi Zhang, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang
  • Publication number: 20260093789
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to determining whether input data is authentic. A system detects input data, that includes text data and typing data, at a computing device. The system may generate, using a string model, a string-level prediction for the input data, where the string model is trained to increase a similarity between embeddings of authentic text data and corresponding sequences of typing data. Using a character model, the system may generate a character-level prediction for the set of input data, where the character-level model predicts an intended sequence of characters based on the text data and a sequence of typing actions included in the input data. Using machine learning, the system determines, based on the string-level prediction and the character-level prediction, whether the input data is authentic input. The system transmits, to the device, a decision that is generated based on determining whether the input data is authentic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Rajeevan Paul Santhiyapillai
  • Patent number: 12591643
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to determining whether input data is authentic. A system detects input data, that includes text data and typing data, at a computing device. The system may generate, using a string model, a string-level prediction for the input data, where the string model is trained to increase a similarity between embeddings of authentic text data and corresponding sequences of typing data. Using a character model, the system may generate a character-level prediction for the set of input data, where the character-level model predicts an intended sequence of characters based on the text data and a sequence of typing actions included in the input data. Using machine learning, the system determines, based on the string-level prediction and the character-level prediction, whether the input data is authentic input. The system transmits, to the device, a decision that is generated based on determining whether the input data is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Rajeevan Paul Santhiyapillai
  • Patent number: 12556558
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods of bot detection through explainable deep learning and rule violation codebooks from generative AI. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may provide computing services to users for processing various requests and interactions with those users. However, malicious users may utilize bots, such as automated scripts and software applications, that attempt to conduct fraud, compromise systems and data, and the like. To provide better bot and bot activity detection, the service provider may implement an explainable deep learning system that may generate rule violations of rules indicating bot activity or presence in computing logs and interactions using a generative AI. The violations may have a corresponding explanation in codebooks to automate bot detection. When bot activity is detected, the explanation may provide a reason for the bot activity detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Ting Lin, Gaurav Vishwanath Rane
  • Patent number: 12518141
    Abstract: Techniques for predicting whether a submission includes a forged image. A computer system receives a submission from a user that includes an image and image metadata, such as an identifier for the user and a User-Agent string value. An image pixel embedding is generated from the image, and a profile embedding is generated from the image metadata. The image embedding is indicative of whether the image is similar to known image forgeries. The profile embedding is generated from a user activity embedding indicative of User-Agent values associated with the user identifier. The profile embedding is generated using a machine learning model that uses stored parameters to associate user activity, device information, and forgery groups. The profile embedding thus indicates whether the user is associated with known image forgeries. The image pixel embedding and profile embedding are then used by a neural network to output a forgery prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Panpan Qi, Jiazheng Zhang, Jiyi Zhang, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang
  • Publication number: 20250232014
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for bot detection. A movement of a pointing device is tracked via a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application executable at a user device. Movement data associated with different locations of the pointing device within the GUI is obtained. The movement data is mapped to functional areas corresponding to a range of the different locations of the pointing device within the GUI over consecutive time intervals. At least one vector representing a sequence of movements for at least one trajectory of the pointing device through one or more of the functional areas and a duration the pointing device stays within each functional area is generated. At least one trained machine learning model is used to determine whether the sequence of movements of the pointing device was produced through human interaction with the pointing device by an actual user of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Jiyi Zhang, Hewen Wang, Panpan Qi, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Solomon kok how Teo, Yuzhen Zhuo, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam
  • Publication number: 20250211604
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods of bot detection through explainable deep learning and rule violation codebooks from generative AI. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may provide computing services to users for processing various requests and interactions with those users. However, malicious users may utilize bots, such as automated scripts and software applications, that attempt to conduct fraud, compromise systems and data, and the like. To provide better bot and bot activity detection, the service provider may implement an explainable deep learning system that may generate rule violations of rules indicating bot activity or presence in computing logs and interactions using a generative AI. The violations may have a corresponding explanation in codebooks to automate bot detection. When bot activity is detected, the explanation may provide a reason for the bot activity detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Ting Lin, Gaurav Vishwanath Rane
  • Publication number: 20250211603
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods of bot detection through explainable deep learning and rule violation codebooks from generative AI. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may provide computing services to users for processing various requests and interactions with those users. However, malicious users may utilize bots, such as automated scripts and software applications, that attempt to conduct fraud, compromise systems and data, and the like. To provide better bot and bot activity detection, the service provider may implement an explainable deep learning system that may generate rule violations of rules indicating bot activity or presence in computing logs and interactions using a generative AI. The violations may have a corresponding explanation in codebooks to automate bot detection. When bot activity is detected, the explanation may provide a reason for the bot activity detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Ting Lin, Gaurav Vishwanath Rane
  • Publication number: 20250201237
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for providing a framework for analyzing and classifying audio data using a split-and-merge approach. Audio data is split into multiple audio tracks that correspond to different characteristics. Each audio track is segmented, and features are extracted from each segment of the audio track. Features extracted from audio segments of each audio track is analyzed. One or more correlations between the different audio tracks are determined based on comparing features extracted from audio segments of a first audio track against features extracted from audio segments of a second audio track. The audio data is classified based on the one or more correlations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Panpan Qi, Zhe Chen, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang
  • Publication number: 20250077658
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that relate to predicting whether a computer-based interaction is being performed by a computer bot. A computer system may receive information describing exhibited user-presence indicators of different types that are associated with the computer-based interaction, including user-presence indicators indicative of whether the computer-based interaction is being performed by a computer bot. The computer system performs a first embedding operation to create a unified embedding that unifies the exhibited user-presence indicators into a single embedding that is representative of an aggregation of the exhibited user-presence indicators. The computer system performs a second embedding operation to create a difference embedding that is representative of a set of differences between expected user-presence indicators for the computer-based interaction and the exhibited user-presence indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Panpan Qi, Solomon Kok How Teo, Yuzhen Zhuo, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Omkumar Mahalingam, Fei Pei, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar
  • Patent number: 12216745
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for bot detection. A movement of a pointing device is tracked via a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application executable at a user device. Movement data associated with different locations of the pointing device within the GUI is obtained. The movement data is mapped to functional areas corresponding to a range of the different locations of the pointing device within the GUI over consecutive time intervals. At least one vector representing a sequence of movements for at least one trajectory of the pointing device through one or more of the functional areas and a duration the pointing device stays within each functional area is generated. At least one trained machine learning model is used to determine whether the sequence of movements of the pointing device was produced through human interaction with the pointing device by an actual user of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Jiyi Zhang, Hewen Wang, Panpan Qi, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Solomon kok how Teo, Yuzhen Zhuo, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam
  • Publication number: 20240320471
    Abstract: Techniques for predicting whether a submission includes a forged image. A computer system receives a submission from a user that includes an image and image metadata, such as an identifier for the user and a User-Agent string value. An image pixel embedding is generated from the image, and a profile embedding is generated from the image metadata. The image embedding is indicative of whether the image is similar to known image forgeries. The profile embedding is generated from a user activity embedding indicative of User-Agent values associated with the user identifier. The profile embedding is generated using a machine learning model that uses stored parameters to associate user activity, device information, and forgery groups. The profile embedding thus indicates whether the user is associated with known image forgeries. The image pixel embedding and profile embedding are then used by a neural network to output a forgery prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Panpan Qi, Jiazheng Zhang, Jiyi Zhang, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang
  • Publication number: 20240211559
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for bot detection. A movement of a pointing device is tracked via a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application executable at a user device. Movement data associated with different locations of the pointing device within the GUI is obtained. The movement data is mapped to functional areas corresponding to a range of the different locations of the pointing device within the GUI over consecutive time intervals. At least one vector representing a sequence of movements for at least one trajectory of the pointing device through one or more of the functional areas and a duration the pointing device stays within each functional area is generated. At least one trained machine learning model is used to determine whether the sequence of movements of the pointing device was produced through human interaction with the pointing device by an actual user of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Jiyi Zhang, Hewen Wang, Panpan Qi, Quan Jin Ferdinand Tang, Solomon kok how Teo, Yuzhen Zhuo, Mandar Ganaba Gaonkar, Fei Pei, Omkumar Mahalingam