Patents by Inventor Scott A. Hellman

Scott A. Hellman 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).

  • Methods and systems for network-based analysis, intervention, and anonymization
    Patent number: 10366251
    Abstract: Systems and method for alerting a user device based on a proposed anonymization of a contribution to a conversation thread via one or several location-based anonymization rules are disclosed herein. The system can include a user device that can have location-determining features that can determine a physical location of the user device; a network interface that can exchange data with a server via a communication network; and an I/O subsystem that can convert electrical signals to user-interpretable outputs in a user interface. The system can include a server that can: receive a contribution from the user device; determine an anonymization level for applying to the contribution; identify a potential identifier in the content of the contribution; anonymize the potential identifier according to the determined anonymization level; and generate and provide an alert to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Pearson Education, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean A. York, Scott A. Hellman, James Wyatt, Marko Rodriguez, Steven H. Hill
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK-BASED ANALYSIS, INTERVENTION, AND ANONYMIZATION
    Publication number: 20190005266
    Abstract: Systems and method for alerting a user device based on a proposed anonymization of a contribution to a conversation thread via one or several location-based anonymization rules are disclosed herein. The system can include a user device that can have location-determining features that can determine a physical location of the user device; a network interface that can exchange data with a server via a communication network; and an I/O subsystem that can convert electrical signals to user-interpretable outputs in a user interface. The system can include a server that can: receive a contribution from the user device; determine an anonymization level for applying to the contribution; identify a potential identifier in the content of the contribution; anonymize the potential identifier according to the determined anonymization level; and generate and provide an alert to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Sean A. York, Scott A. Hellman, James Wyatt, Marko Rodriguez, Steven H. Hill
  • Methods and systems for network-based analysis, intervention, and anonymization
    Patent number: 10083321
    Abstract: Systems and method for alerting a user device based on a proposed anonymization of a contribution to a conversation thread via one or several location-based anonymization rules are disclosed herein. The system can include a user device that can have location-determining features that can determine a physical location of the user device; a network interface that can exchange data with a server via a communication network; and an I/O subsystem that can convert electrical signals to user-interpretable outputs in a user interface. The system can include a server that can: receive a contribution from the user device; determine an anonymization level for applying to the contribution; identify a potential identifier in the content of the contribution; anonymize the potential identifier according to the determined anonymization level; and generate and provide an alert to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Sean A. York, Scott A. Hellman, James Wyatt, Marko Rodriguez, Steven H. Hill
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK-BASED ANALYSIS, INTERVENTION, AND ANONYMIZATION
    Publication number: 20180121678
    Abstract: Systems and method for alerting a user device based on a proposed anonymization of a contribution to a conversation thread via one or several location-based anonymization rules are disclosed herein. The system can include a user device that can have location-determining features that can determine a physical location of the user device; a network interface that can exchange data with a server via a communication network; and an I/O subsystem that can convert electrical signals to user-interpretable outputs in a user interface. The system can include a server that can: receive a contribution from the user device; determine an anonymization level for applying to the contribution; identify a potential identifier in the content of the contribution; anonymize the potential identifier according to the determined anonymization level; and generate and provide an alert to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Sean A. York, Scott A. Hellman, James Wyatt, Marko Rodriguez, Steven H. Hill
  • Methods and systems for network-based analysis, intervention, and anonymization
    Patent number: 9928383
    Abstract: Systems and method for alerting a user device based on a proposed anonymization of a contribution to a conversation thread via one or several location-based anonymization rules are disclosed herein. The system can include a user device that can have location-determining features that can determine a physical location of the user device; a network interface that can exchange data with a server via a communication network; and an I/O subsystem that can convert electrical signals to user-interpretable outputs in a user interface. The system can include a server that can: receive a contribution from the user device; determine an anonymization level for applying to the contribution; identify a potential identifier in the content of the contribution; anonymize the potential identifier according to the determined anonymization level; and generate and provide an alert to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Sean A. York, Scott A. Hellman, James Wyatt, Marko Rodriguez, Steven H. Hill
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK-BASED ANALYSIS, INTERVENTION, AND ANONYMIZATION
    Publication number: 20160125200
    Abstract: Systems and method for alerting a user device based on a proposed anonymization of a contribution to a conversation thread via one or several location-based anonymization rules are disclosed herein. The system can include a user device that can have location-determining features that can determine a physical location of the user device; a network interface that can exchange data with a server via a communication network; and an I/O subsystem that can convert electrical signals to user-interpretable outputs in a user interface. The system can include a server that can: receive a contribution from the user device; determine an anonymization level for applying to the contribution; identify a potential identifier in the content of the contribution; anonymize the potential identifier according to the determined anonymization level; and generate and provide an alert to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Sean A. York, Scott A. Hellman, James Wyatt, Marko Rodriguez, Steven H. Hill