Patents by Inventor Richard Backman

Richard Backman 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: 10803164
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for validating that relying parties of a federated identity provider have correctly implemented sign-out functionality. In one approach, a network page is received from a network site that is operated by a relying party of a federated identity provider. It is then determined whether the network page includes code that properly implements a sign-out from the federated identity provider. An action is initiated in response to determining that the network page does not include code that properly implements the sign-out from the federated identity provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jon Arron McClintock, David Scott Cleckley, Jr., Robert Ellis Lee, Annabelle Richard Backman
  • Publication number: 20200169552
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using an audio interface device to facilitate authentication for other devices. A client device presents an authentication code via an output device of the client device. The authentication code is received from a voice interface device. The voice interface device is in an authenticated state for access to an account, and the voice interface device received the authentication code from speech captured by a microphone of the voice interface device following a spoken wake word. The client device is authenticated for access to the account in response to determining that the authentication code received from the voice interface device matches the authentication code presented by the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: SHARIQ SIDDIQUI, DANIEL WADE HITCHCOCK, BHARATH KUMAR BHIMANAIK, NATALIE NGUYEN, ANNABELLE RICHARD BACKMAN
  • Patent number: 10554657
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using an audio interface device to facilitate authentication for other devices. An authentication service causes a first client device to present an authentication code via an output device of the first client device. The authentication service receives the authentication code from a second client device. The second client device is in an authenticated state for access to an account, and the second client device received the authentication code from an environmental sensor while in a listening mode. The authentication service authenticates the first client device for access to the account in response to determining that the authentication code received from the second client device matches the authentication code presented by the first client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shariq Siddiqui, Daniel Wade Hitchcock, Bharath Kumar Bhimanaik, Natalie Nguyen, Annabelle Richard Backman
  • Publication number: 20190012454
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for validating that relying parties of a federated identity provider have correctly implemented sign-out functionality. In one approach, a network page is received from a network site that is operated by a relying party of a federated identity provider. It is then determined whether the network page includes code that properly implements a sign-out from the federated identity provider. An action is initiated in response to determining that the network page does not include code that properly implements the sign-out from the federated identity provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: JON ARRON MCCLINTOCK, DAVID SCOTT CLECKLEY, JR., ROBERT ELLIS LEE, ANNABELLE RICHARD BACKMAN
  • Patent number: 10095860
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for validating that relying parties of a federated identity provider have correctly implemented sign-out functionality. In one approach, a network page is received from a network site that is operated by a relying party of a federated identity provider. It is then determined whether the network page includes code that properly implements a sign-out from the federated identity provider. An action is initiated in response to determining that the network page does not include code that properly implements the sign-out from the federated identity provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Arron McClintock, David Scott Cleckley, Jr., Robert Ellis Lee, Annabelle Richard Backman
  • Patent number: 7474955
    Abstract: The air fuel ratio of an engine adapted to run on a mixture of alcohol and gasoline can be adapted by a method wherein the air fuel ratio is controlled using an ethanol adaptation value, including reducing the enrichment factor from an initial value until a lean switch from rich conditions to lean conditions is detected, determining a first enrichment factor value at which the lean switch occurs, increasing the enrichment factor until a rich switch from lean conditions to rich conditions is detected, determining a second enrichment factor value at which the rich switch occurs, calculating the average value between the first enrichment factor value and the second enrichment factor value, adjusting the air fuel ratio using the average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wittefeldt, Richard Backman, Erik SunnegÄrdh, Staffan Seth
  • Publication number: 20070185641
    Abstract: The air fuel ratio of an engine adapted to run on a mixture of alcohol and gasoline can be adapted according to the invention, by a method, wherein said air fuel ratio is controlled by means of an ethanol adaptation value, comprising the following steps: reducing the enrichment factor from an initial value until a lean switch from rich conditions to lean conditions is detected, determining a first enrichment factor value at which the lean switch occurs, Increasing the enrichment factor until a rich switch from lean conditions to rich conditions is detected, determining a second enrichment factor value at which the rich switch occurs, calculating the average value between the first enrichment factor value and the second enrichment factor value, adjusting the air fuel ratio by means of said average value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Wittefeldt, Richard Backman, Erik Sunnegardh, Staffan Seth