Patents by Inventor Robert ROWLINGSON

Robert ROWLINGSON 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: 10395022
    Abstract: An access controller comprising: a data store storing: a challenge image including a user challenge; a mask image including a mask; a composite image generator to superimpose the challenge image and the mask image as a dynamic composite image such that the user challenge is partially masked by the mask in the composite image; and a display to display the dynamic composite image to a user; a user input receiver, wherein the access controller grants access to the resource on receipt, via the user input receiver, of a correct response by a user to the challenge, wherein the user challenge is at least 70% masked by the mask, wherein the user challenge is indistinguishable from the mask at boundaries between the user challenge and the mask in the composite image, and wherein the composite image is dynamic by the mask randomly moving in the composite image periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Robert Rowlingson
  • Publication number: 20170011212
    Abstract: An access controller comprising: a data store storing: a challenge image including a user challenge; a mask image including a mask; a composite image generator to superimpose the challenge image and the mask image as a dynamic composite image such that the user challenge is partially masked by the mask in the composite image; and a display to display the dynamic composite image to a user; a user input receiver, wherein the access controller to grants access to the resource on receipt, via the user input receiver, of a correct response by a user to the challenge, wherein that the user challenge is at least 70% masked by the mask, wherein the user challenge is indistinguishable from the mask at boundaries between the user challenge and the mask in the composite image, and wherein the composite image is dynamic by the mask randomly moving in the composite image periodically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Robert ROWLINGSON