Patents by Inventor Sara Teresa Alonzo

Sara Teresa Alonzo 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: 11797657
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying behavioral characteristics of a user related to operation of a computing device prior to an online account session. The method includes comparing the behavioral characteristics to a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior behavioral characteristics of the user, and determining an appropriate mark difficulty level based on a variation between the behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile. The method includes selecting, from a plurality of prompts stored in a prompt database, a prompt that comprises instructions to draw a mark having the appropriate mark difficulty level, where other prompts of the plurality of prompts comprise instructions to draw other marks different from the mark, and providing the prompt to the user as part of a logon process for the online account session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Hawes, Karen M. Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra Randall Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham
  • Patent number: 11507645
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying behavioral characteristics of a user related to operation of a computing device prior to an online account session. The method includes comparing the behavioral characteristics to a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior behavioral characteristics of the user, and determining an appropriate mark difficulty level based on a variation between the behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile. The method includes selecting, from a plurality of prompts stored in a prompt database, a prompt that comprises instructions to draw a mark having the appropriate mark difficulty level, where other prompts of the plurality of prompts comprise instructions to draw other marks different from the mark, and providing the prompt to the user as part of a logon process for the online account session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Hawes, Karen M. Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra Randall Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham
  • Patent number: 10754936
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes selecting a prompt from a plurality of prompts stored in a prompt database, wherein the prompt comprises instructions to draw a mark, and wherein other prompts of the plurality of prompts comprise instructions to draw other marks different from the mark. The method also includes the steps of providing the prompt to a user as part of a logon process for an online account session, identifying behavioral characteristics of the user while the user draws the mark, comparing the behavioral characteristics to a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior behavioral characteristics of the user, and providing access to the online account session in response to determining that a variation between the behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile is within a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Associate (USAA)
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Hawes, Karen M. Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra Randall Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham
  • Patent number: 10091180
    Abstract: Methods and systems for behavioral profiling, and in particular, utilizing crowd-managed data architectures to store and manage that profile, are described. In some embodiments, a method includes observing behavioral characteristics of user interactions during a current session with the user through one of a plurality of channels. Variations between the behavioral characteristics of the user interactions observed during the current session and a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior usage patterns of the user through the plurality of channels are identified, in real-time or near real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Karen M. Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra R. Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Maland Keith Mortensen
  • Patent number: 9514293
    Abstract: Methods and systems for behavioral profiling, and in particular, utilizing crowd-managed data architectures to store and manage that profile, are described. In some embodiments, a method includes observing behavioral characteristics of user interactions during a current session with the user through one of a plurality of channels. Variations between the behavioral characteristics of the user interactions observed during the current session and a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior usage patterns of the user through the plurality of channels are identified, in real-time or near real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Karen M. Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra R. Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Maland Keith Mortensen, Hudson Reid Jameson, Michael Frank Morris
  • Patent number: 9516035
    Abstract: Methods and systems for behavioral profiling, and in particular, utilizing crowd-managed data architectures to store and manage that profile, are described. In some embodiments, a method includes observing behavioral characteristics of user interactions during a current session with the user through one of a plurality of channels. Variations between the behavioral characteristics of the user interactions observed during the current session and a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior usage patterns of the user through the plurality of channels are identified, in real-time or near real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Karen M. Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra R. Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Maland Keith Mortensen
  • Patent number: 9185095
    Abstract: Methods and systems for behavioral profiling are described. In some embodiments, a method includes observing behavioral characteristics of user interactions during a current session with the user through one of a plurality of channels. Variations between the behavioral characteristics of the user interactions observed during the current session and a behavioral profile previously developed based on prior usage patterns of the user through the plurality of channels are identified, in real-time or near real-time. For the user to proceed in the session, a challenge level is implemented based on the variations between the behavioral characteristics and the behavioral profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Karen Moritz, Stephen Seyler Aultman, Joseph James Albert Campbell, Debra Casillas, Jonathan Edward Neuse, Sara Teresa Alonzo, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Maland Keith Mortensen