Patents by Inventor Stephen Borza
Stephen Borza 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).
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Publication number: 20240296699Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: LAURENCE HAMID, STEPHEN BORZA
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Patent number: 11983964Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Patent number: 11704939Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Publication number: 20230186686Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: LAURENCE HAMID, STEPHEN BORZA
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Publication number: 20210374736Abstract: Short-range wireless protocols whilst leveraging enhanced security protocols, encryption techniques, and range raises alternate issues. For example, a user's smartphone would identify all the checkout POS terminals within range whilst the checkout POS terminal would identify all Bluetooth enabled devices within range. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide solution that allow for connection between a defined PED and a defined POS terminal within an overall environment of multiple PEDs and POS terminals. It would be further beneficial for the solution to remove the requirements of selecting PEDs and/or POS terminals and the ability to establish a connection between a predetermined device, e.g. a POS terminal or asset, amongst multiple POS terminals or assets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: LAURENCE HAMID, STEPHEN BORZA
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Publication number: 20210334570Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: LAURENCE HAMID, STEPHEN BORZA
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Patent number: 11093772Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Patent number: 10686602Abstract: Whilst portable electronic devices such as smartphones have become ubiquitous for billions of users their primarily uses are consuming content or generating limited low complexity data. In contrast, laptops, desktop PCs etc. allow users to enter extended and/or complex content due to ergonomic user interfaces such as keyboard and mouse. Moving data requires either a third electronic device, e.g. a USB memory drive, or remotely storing the content. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide users with the benefit of entering and generating content on one or more electronic systems supporting ergonomic and user compatible haptic interfaces with the ability to store this upon their PED, e.g. smartphone. It would be further beneficial to provide the user also with a means to enter information into applications upon their PED through such external interfaces rather than the haptic interface of their PED, e.g. typically a small touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: BLUINK LTD.Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Patent number: 10681081Abstract: In order to capture electronic information provided by a user to another user different third parties seek to download tracking software, viruses etc. to the user's computer systems. These may include, but are not limited to, message intercepting, email logging, hacking, spamming, phishing, spyware, malware, keyloggers, screen capturing, Trojan horses, WWW robots (BOTs or bots), IP spoofing, man-in-the-middle attacks, worms and viruses. Whilst within the prior art methodologies exist to protect the message by converting the plaintext at the sender's terminal to ciphertext for transmission before it is re-converted to plaintext at the receiver's (or recipient's) terminal once decrypted the message content, now in plaintext is accessible to malware, Trojan horse software, etc. upon the recipient's terminal allowing its contents to be acquired and transmitted without the recipient's and/or sender's knowledge.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Publication number: 20190377963Abstract: Biometrics are increasingly used to provide authentication and/or verification of a user in many security and financial applications for example. However, “spoof attacks” through presentation of biometric artefacts that are “false” allow attackers to fool these biometric verification systems. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to further differentiate the acquired biometric characteristics into feature spaces relating to live and non-living biometrics to prevent non-living biometric credentials triggering biometric verification. The inventors have established a variety of “liveness” detection methodologies which can block either low complexity spoofs or more advanced spoofs. Such techniques may provide for monitoring of responses to challenges discretely or in combination with additional aspects such as the timing of user's responses, depth detection within acquired images, comparison of other images from other cameras with database data etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: LAURENCE HAMID, STEPHEN BORZA
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Publication number: 20190205874Abstract: Short-range wireless protocols whilst leveraging enhanced security protocols, encryption techniques, and range raises alternate issues. For example, a user's smartphone would identify all the checkout POS terminals within range whilst the checkout POS terminal would identify all Bluetooth enabled devices within range. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide solution that allow for connection between a defined PED and a defined POS terminal within an overall environment of multiple PEDs and POS terminals. It would be further beneficial for the solution to remove the requirements of selecting PEDs and/or POS terminals and the ability to establish a connection between a predetermined device, e.g. a POS terminal or asset, amongst multiple POS terminals or assets.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Laurence HAMID, Stephen Borza
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Publication number: 20180123799Abstract: Whilst portable electronic devices such as smartphones have become ubiquitous for billions of users their primarily uses are consuming content or generating limited low complexity data. In contrast, laptops, desktop PCs etc. allow users to enter extended and/or complex content due to ergonomic user interfaces such as keyboard and mouse. Moving data requires either a third electronic device, e.g. a USB memory drive, or remotely storing the content. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide users with the benefit of entering and generating content on one or more electronic systems supporting ergonomic and user compatible haptic interfaces with the ability to store this upon their PED, e.g. smartphone. It would be further beneficial to provide the user also with a means to enter information into applications upon their PED through such external interfaces rather than the haptic interface of their PED, e.g. typically a small touchscreen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Patent number: 9866388Abstract: While portable electronic devices such as smartphones have become ubiquitous for billions of users their primarily uses are consuming content or generating limited low complexity data. In contrast, laptops, desktop PCs etc. allow users to enter extended and/or complex content due to ergonomic user interfaces such as keyboard and mouse. Moving data requires either a third electronic device, e.g. a USB memory drive, or remotely storing the content. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide users with the benefit of entering and generating content on one or more electronic systems supporting ergonomic and user compatible haptic interfaces with the ability to store this upon their PED, e.g. smartphone. It would be further beneficial to provide the user also with a means to enter information into applications upon their PED through such external interfaces rather than the haptic interface of their PED, e.g. typically a small touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BluInk Ltd.Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Publication number: 20160148597Abstract: Whilst portable electronic devices such as smartphones have become ubiquitous for billions of users their primarily uses are consuming content or generating limited low complexity data. In contrast, laptops, desktop PCs etc. allow users to enter extended and/or complex content due to ergonomic user interfaces such as keyboard and mouse. Moving data requires either a third electronic device, e.g. a USB memory drive, or remotely storing the content. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide users with the benefit of entering and generating content on one or more electronic systems supporting ergonomic and user compatible haptic interfaces with the ability to store this upon their PED, e.g. smartphone. It would be further beneficial to provide the user also with a means to enter information into applications upon their PED through such external interfaces rather than the haptic interface of their PED, e.g. typically a small touchscreen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Publication number: 20160134642Abstract: In order to capture electronic information provided by a user to another user different third parties seek to download tracking software, viruses etc. to the user's computer systems. These may include, but are not limited to, message intercepting, email logging, hacking, spamming, phishing, spyware, malware, keyloggers, screen capturing, Trojan horses, WWW robots (BOTs or bots), IP spoofing, man-in-the-middle attacks, worms and viruses. Whilst within the prior art methodologies exist to protect the message by converting the plaintext at the sender's terminal to ciphertext for transmission before it is re-converted to plaintext at the receiver's (or recipient's) terminal once decrypted the message content, now in plaintext is accessible to malware, Trojan horse software, etc. upon the recipient's terminal allowing its contents to be acquired and transmitted without the recipient's and/or sender's knowledge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Stephen Borza
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Publication number: 20130090968Abstract: Organizations must manage employee schedules to ensure that adequate personnel are present as required, regulatory requirements met, and costs tracked/minimized. Prior art systems are taught as internal to an organization and hence do not address part-time or temporary employees who have multiple conflicts on their time. An employee scheduling software system is taught that accesses multiple extrinsic databases hosting schedules relating to an employee allowing scheduling to avoid external conflicts for the employer and allowing employees to respond to schedules as well as trade/auction with other employees with confidence. Further, by associating a portable electronic device to the employee and hosting a scheduling application on these devices the employees are able to review/modify/trade/auction shifts with increased flexibility and employers are provided with a more accurate clocking in/out process to verify the employee's attendance and completion of their shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventor: Stephen Borza