Patents by Inventor Paul Michael Dunphy

Paul Michael Dunphy 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).

  • User authentication
    Patent number: 8843755
    Abstract: An apparatus lets a user to determine a pool of images and then forms from the pool of images a set of images for user authentication and divides the set of images into two mutually exclusive subsets: a key image subset comprising images referred to as key images and a decoy image subset comprising images referred to as decoy images. The apparatus displays the key images to the user to teach the key images to the user. Then, to authenticate the user, the apparatus produces an assortment of decoy images and key images, and displays the assortment to the user. The apparatus receives from the user identification of images held as key images and verifies whether the identification of key images matched with the key images selected by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Petrus Heiner, Paul Michael Dunphy
  • USER AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20110154482
    Abstract: An apparatus lets a user to determine a pool of images and then forms from the pool of images a set of images for user authentication and divides the set of images into two mutually exclusive subsets: a key image subset comprising images referred to as key images and a decoy image subset comprising images referred to as decoy images. The apparatus displays the key images to the user to teach the key images to the user. Then, to authenticate the user, the apparatus produces an assortment of decoy images and key images, and displays the assortment to the user. The apparatus receives from the user identification of images held as key images and verifies whether the identification of key images matched with the key images selected by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas Petrus Heiner, Paul Michael Dunphy