Patents by Inventor Steven Sinks

Steven Sinks 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: 11895132
    Abstract: A network security computing system includes a steganographic communications analysis engine monitoring incoming and outgoing messages on a secure computing network. The steganographic communications analysis engine identifies a pattern of file transfers between a first computing device on the secure computing network and an internal or external message recipient. When a pattern is identified, the steganographic communications analysis engine quarantines an associated computing device from the secure network. The steganographic communications analysis engine analyzes files transferred between the computing device and the recipient for indications of steganographic information and causes display, based on an identified indication of steganography, an indication that the computing device had been compromised by command and control malware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Sinks, Jonathan Sheedy
  • Publication number: 20240020649
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to email verification. A computing platform may receive an electronic message and identify one or more portions of content in the message. Then, the computing platform may generate and embed one or more message-specific identifiers into the electronic message and store electronic message information associating the one or more portions of content with the one or more embedded message-specific identifiers. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive an electronic message verification request to verify authenticity of an identified electronic message received by a computing device. The computing platform may prompt a user of the computing device to provide authentication information associated with one or more portions of content of the identified electronic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Sheedy, Steven Sinks, Brian P. Prange, Matthew W. Findley, Jared D. Wilson, Donald Hess, Brian Devine
  • Publication number: 20230403256
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to preventing data loss using enhanced analysis of the URLs and URIs in webpage requests. A computing platform may receive a user request to access a webpage, and may determine whether the webpage is regularly accessed by the user and whether the user is permitted to access the webpage. Based on determining the user might not regularly access the website, but that the user is permitted to access the webpage, the computing platform may engage an artificial intelligence (AI) engine to parse the URL and URI from the webpage request. The AI engine may compare the URL to source code associated with the webpage to determine whether the URI was re-written. The computing platform may grant the webpage request based on determining the source code corresponds to the URL and based on determining the URI might not have been re-written.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Sheedy, Donald Hess, Steven Sinks
  • Publication number: 20230087924
    Abstract: A network security computing system includes a steganographic communications analysis engine monitoring incoming and outgoing messages on a secure computing network. The steganographic communications analysis engine identifies a pattern of file transfers between a first computing device on the secure computing network and an internal or external message recipient. When a pattern is identified, the steganographic communications analysis engine quarantines an associated computing device from the secure network. The steganographic communications analysis engine analyzes files transferred between the computing device and the recipient for indications of steganographic information and causes display, based on an identified indication of steganography, an indication that the computing device had been compromised by command and control malware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Sinks, Jonathan Sheedy