Patents by Inventor Rick Ferry

Rick Ferry 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: 11941583
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a request to generate a customized dataset comprising data stored onto a blockchain; retrieving user work history data associated with a user from one or more block instances of the blockchain; in response to presenting the user work history data on a display of the second computing device, receiving a selection of a subset of the user work history data from the second computing device; generating a blockchain address corresponding to one or more hash values of a subset of the one or more block instances associated with the selection of the subset of the user work history data; and transmitting the blockchain address to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Krzysztof Gibadlo, Rick Ferry
  • Patent number: 11698986
    Abstract: Method and system disclosed herein facilitate retrieval of a blockchain key. The method comprises receiving a key store comprising a first encryption method, a second encryption method, and identification information of one or more network nodes storing a plurality of encrypted storage keys; displaying an authentication request and receiving and input form the user in response to the authentication request; upon the input received matching a record within a database, instructing the one or more network nodes to transmit the encrypted key segments; decrypting each encrypted key segment based on the first encryption method; and generating a blockchain key by appending the strings of the key segments based on the second encryption method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Rick Ferry, Krzysztof Gibadlo
  • Patent number: 11308448
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving a request from a first user to generate an employee dataset for a second user associated with one or more attributes; generating an instruction configured to be transmitted to a plurality of network nodes associated with a blockchain to receive a latest valid blockchain associated with one or more users; upon receiving the latest valid blockchain, generating a score corresponding to each user based on the data within each user's latest valid blockchain and based on a scoring algorithm received from the computing device associated with the first user; generating a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of fields configured to display data associated the one or more users comprising each user's score; upon displaying, the graphical user interface on the first computing device, receiving a selection of users; and generating, a notification to the selected users comprising identification information regarding the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Krzysztof Gibadlo, Rick Ferry
  • Patent number: 11157876
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises receiving a first request to update an employment record associated with a user in a first blockchain; generating a graphical user interface configured to receive data associated with a second blockchain; receiving a first set of data associated with the second blockchain comprising identification of a block chain instance associated with the second blockchain and a first network node; generating an instruction to the first network node associated with the second blockchain to receive a latest valid second blockchain; generating a hash value based at least on one of the user, a hash value associated with the first block instance, the first network node, and the first computing device; appending, the second blockchain to the first block instance by updating a block instance associated with the second blockchain with the hash value; and transmitting the second block instance to the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Krzysztof Gibadlo, Rick Ferry
  • Patent number: 10867057
    Abstract: Method and system disclosed herein facilitate retrieval of a blockchain key. The method comprises receiving a key store comprising a first encryption method, a second encryption method, and identification information of one or more network nodes storing a plurality of encrypted storage keys; displaying an authentication request and receiving and input form the user in response to the authentication request; upon the input received matching a record within a database, instructing the one or more network nodes to transmit the encrypted key segments; decrypting each encrypted key segment based on the first encryption method; and generating a blockchain key by appending the strings of the key segments based on the second encryption method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Rick Ferry, Krzysztof Gibadlo
  • Patent number: 10735193
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein generate a secure blockchain key for a user by generating a blockchain key comprising a string of alphanumerical and/or character values; generating one or more key segments by dividing the key string in to a number of sub-strings based on a first encryption method; encrypting each sub-string based on a second encryption method; determining a latest valid blockchain associated with the user; identifying a group of network nodes associated with the latest valid blockchain; selecting a number of network nodes from the identified group of network nodes; and instructing the selected network nodes to store the encrypted key segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Krzysztof Gibadlo, Rick Ferry