Patents by Inventor Stephen WINSTON

Stephen WINSTON 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: 11966917
    Abstract: Methods and systems relating to a protocol for verification and enforcement of proper payment of a reward from a business (second entity) to a user (first entity) are shown. A reward can be earned by the user storing private information as encrypted data on the block chain or in a data store, such as IPFS, accessible by the business. Smart contracts running on a block chain operate to implement portions of the protocol while a local block chain node can run smart contracts in read-only mode to avoid placing private information, such as decryption keys, on the block chain. The protocol can be implementable over public storage and all artifacts of the protocol can be used later as proofs of proper behavior. The protocol defines incentives and penalties to motivate every player to act according to the rules, hence making the methods and systems operate as expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Bitclave Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Patent number: 11296895
    Abstract: Methods and systems relating incentivizing a data provider to participate in a match making protocol between a business (second entity) to a user (first entity) are shown. Encryption techniques maintain the secrecy of the data providers data such as proprietary analytics of user information such that the data is need not be shared with users or businesses. Businesses can verify that the user has desired properties without learning the actual raw data owned by the data provider. Users initiate data sharing by explicit request but do not learn the actual raw data known to the data provider, only whether or not they satisfy the properties of interest. The data provider is incentivized because the business compensates the data provider for access to proofs of properties about user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bitclave Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Patent number: 11271718
    Abstract: Methods and systems can prove to an independent verifier that multiple activities registered on decentralized BASE network belong to the same user, without revealing true identity of the user. A selective linkability algorithm provides for linking together activities done under various of user's pseudonyms, without revealing the true user's identity. A reward calculation mechanism calculates a reward based on activities linked using the linking proof. For example, if user can prove that she already successfully completed 10 prior transactions, she might be deemed more valuable to the business making a new offer and hence eligible for a higher reward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Bitclave Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Patent number: 11196569
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for validating data and attesting to its accuracy in a secure distributed environment. Encrypted data stored by a user in a datastore such as a blockchain or open public decentralized datastore can be validated by a validator. The validator is a trusted entity to whom the user provides decryption keys. Having access to the data, the validator can verify that it is accurate and can store a cryptographically signed validation certificate in the data store. Businesses engaging in transactions with the user can use the validation certificates to ensure that the user data is accurate and current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Bitclave Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Publication number: 20200084051
    Abstract: Methods and systems relating incentivizing a data provider to participate in a match making protocol between a business (second entity) to a user (first entity) are shown. Encryption techniques maintain the secrecy of the data providers data such as proprietary analytics of user information such that the data is need not be shared with users or businesses. Businesses can verify that the user has desired properties without learning the actual raw data owned by the data provider. Users initiate data sharing by explicit request but do not learn the actual raw data known to the data provider, only whether or not they satisfy the properties of interest. The data provider is incentivized because the business compensates the data provider for access to proofs of properties about user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Publication number: 20200082393
    Abstract: Methods and systems relating to a protocol for verification and enforcement of proper payment of a reward from a business (second entity) to a user (first entity) are shown. A reward can be earned by the user storing private information as encrypted data on the block chain or in a data store, such as IPFS, accessible by the business. Smart contracts running on a block chain operate to implement portions of the protocol while a local block chain node can run smart contracts in read-only mode to avoid placing private information, such as decryption keys, on the block chain. The protocol can be implementable over public storage and all artifacts of the protocol can be used later as proofs of proper behavior. The protocol defines incentives and penalties to motivate every player to act according to the rules, hence making the methods and systems operate as expected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Publication number: 20200084023
    Abstract: Methods and systems can prove to an independent verifier that multiple activities registered on decentralized BASE network belong to the same user, without revealing true identity of the user. A selective linkability algorithm provides for linking together activities done under various of user's pseudonyms, without revealing the true user's identity. A reward calculation mechanism calculates a reward based on activities linked using the linking proof. For example, if user can prove that she already successfully completed 10 prior transactions, she might be deemed more valuable to the business making a new offer and hence eligible for a higher reward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Publication number: 20200084046
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for validating data and attesting to its accuracy in a secure distributed environment. Encrypted data stored by a user in a datastore such as a blockchain or open public decentralized datastore can be validated by a validator. The validator is a trusted entity to whom the user provides decryption keys. Having access to the data, the validator can verify that it is accurate and can store a cryptographically signed validation certificate in the data store. Businesses engaging in transactions with the user can use the validation certificates to ensure that the user data is accurate and current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Bessonov, Patrick Tague, Mark Shwartzman, Stephen Winston, Vadim Gore
  • Patent number: 10521240
    Abstract: A digital device and a method of processing screensaver the same are disclosed in this disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungho Lee, Changwook Im, Joonsang Lee, Chanjin Park, David Berbessou, Stephen Winston
  • Patent number: 10289428
    Abstract: A digital device and a method of processing screensaver thereof are disclosed in this disclosure. According to the present invention, a digital device for processing a screensaver includes a manager configured to manage a display window of the digital device and to generate and transmit first status data to a controller, a processor configured to collect application data including format data and reference data, and the controller configured to control to launch one or more applications, to transmit a signal requesting application data, to receive the requested application data, to transmit a control command to a screensaver application based on the received application data, and to execute the screensaver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELETRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changwook Im, Chanjin Park, Joonsang Lee, Stephen Winston, David Berbessou
  • Publication number: 20160364195
    Abstract: A digital device and a method of processing screensaver thereof are disclosed in this disclosure. According to the present invention, a digital device for processing a screensaver includes a manager configured to manage a display window of the digital device and to generate and transmit first status data to a controller, a processor configured to collect application data including format data and reference data, and the controller configured to control to launch one or more applications, to transmit a signal requesting application data, to receive the requested application data, to transmit a control command to a screensaver application based on the received application data, and to execute the screensaver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Changwook IM, Chanjin PARK, Joonsang LEE, Stephen WINSTON, David BERBESSOU
  • Publication number: 20160364246
    Abstract: A digital device and a method of processing screensaver the same are disclosed in this disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kyungho LEE, Changwook IM, Joonsang LEE, Chanjin PARK, David BERBESSOU, Stephen WINSTON
  • Publication number: 20150381754
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to unify cloud services for online sharing. In example embodiments, a system use a web service model to detect a user interaction with a web service and obtain, based on the user interaction, cloud service models associated with cloud services. The system may then obtain cloud content metadata from the cloud services using the cloud service models and transmit cloud content from a cloud service to the web service using a portion of the cloud content metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Zhao, Itai VONSHAK, Stephen WINSTON