Patents by Inventor Robert H. Hux

Robert H. Hux 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).

  • Systems and methods for establishing trust between entities in support of transactions
    Patent number: 8549622
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the identity of entities who meet trust requirements of a privilege grantor include an identity and trust management system including at least one computing device in communication with at least one entity, at least one privilege grantor, and at least one authoritative source. At least one rule is received from the at least one privilege grantor that must be satisfied for the at least one privilege grantor to trust an entity. A database is established of at least one entity with information about the at least one entity. The at least one authoritative source is queried to determine whether at least a portion of the information about the at least one entity is correct. A response is received from the at least one authoritative source as to whether or not the portion of information is correct. The database stores a result of the query without storing data underlying the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ipsiti, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Byrne, Christopher W. Middleton, Darrell K. Geusz, Robert H. Hux, Dawn M. Orr, Eoin Cosgrave
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING TRUST BETWEEN ENTITIES IN SUPPORT OF TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20120011587
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the identity of entities who meet trust requirements of a privilege grantor include an identity and trust management system including at least one computing device in communication with at least one entity, at least one privilege grantor, and at least one authoritative source. At least one rule is received from the at least one privilege grantor that must be satisfied for the at least one privilege grantor to trust an entity. A database is established of at least one entity with information about the at least one entity. The at least one authoritative source is queried to determine whether at least a portion of the information about the at least one entity is correct. A response is received from the at least one authoritative source as to whether or not the portion of information is correct. The database stores a result of the query without storing data underlying the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: James S. Byrne, Christopher W. Middleton, Darrell K. Geusz, Robert H. Hux, Dawn M. Orr, Eoin Cosgrave