Patents by Inventor Thomas Whipple

Thomas Whipple 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).

  • Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a computing device
    Patent number: 10970377
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER BASED ON A COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190354664
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
  • Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a computing device
    Patent number: 10311222
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER BASED ON A COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180225442
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
  • Systems and methods for authenticating a user based on a computing device
    Patent number: 9858405
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER BASED ON A COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150363581
    Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills