Patents by Inventor Richard Craddock

Richard Craddock 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).

  • Using trusted devices to augment location-based account protection
    Patent number: 9449156
    Abstract: An authentication process receives information identifying a user, a device used by the user and a location in which the device is being used. That authentication process determines whether the location is among a set of familiar locations stored about the user for a service being accessed. If the location is not among the set of familiar locations, then the user is not authenticated. A desirable user experience can be obtained by using information about any existing relationship, such as a synchronization relationship, between the device and the service established at a prior familiar location. Instead of challenging a user whose device is in an unfamiliar location, the authentication process determines whether the device has a relationship established with the service. If the device has a relationship established with the service, then the set of familiar locations is updated to include the location in which the device is being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Kafka, Richard Craddock, Ashutosh Tewari, Krish Vitaldevara
  • USING TRUSTED DEVICES TO AUGMENT LOCATION-BASED ACCOUNT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20140096189
    Abstract: An authentication process receives information identifying a user, a device used by the user and a location in which the device is being used. That authentication process determines whether the location is among a set of familiar locations stored about the user for a service being accessed. If the location is not among the set of familiar locations, then the user is not authenticated. A desirable user experience can be obtained by using information about any existing relationship, such as a synchronization relationship, between the device and the service established at a prior familiar location. Instead of challenging a user whose device is in an unfamiliar location, the authentication process determines whether the device has a relationship established with the service. If the device has a relationship established with the service, then the set of familiar locations is updated to include the location in which the device is being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Kafka, Richard Craddock, Ashu Tewari, Krish Vitaldevara