Patents by Inventor William L. Schofield

William L. Schofield 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: 11568080
    Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for obfuscating data. The method includes the steps of receiving an input data stream including a sequence of n-grams, mapping at least some of the sequence of n-grams to corresponding dictionary terms using a dictionary, and disposing the corresponding tokens to an output data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian J. Stankiewicz, Eric C. Lobner, Richard H. Wolniewicz, William L. Schofield
  • Patent number: 10503928
    Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for obfuscating data. The method includes the steps of receiving or retrieve an input data stream including a sequence of n-grams, mapping at least some of the sequence of n-grams to corresponding tokens using an obfuscation table, and disposing the corresponding tokens to an output data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian J. Stankiewicz, Eric C. Lobner, Richard H. Wolniewicz, William L. Schofield
  • Publication number: 20160321468
    Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for obfuscating data. The method includes the steps of: receiving or retrieve an input data stream comprising a sequence of n-grams; mapping at least some of the sequence of n-grams to corresponding tokens using an obfuscation table; disposing the corresponding tokens to an output data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Brian J. Stankiewicz, Eric C. Lobner, Richard H. Wolniewicz, William L. Schofield
  • Publication number: 20160300075
    Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for obfuscating data. The method includes the steps of: receiving an input data stream comprising a sequence of n-grams; mapping at least some of the sequence of n-grams to corresponding dictionary terms using an dictionary; disposing the corresponding tokens to an output data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Brian J. Stankiewicz, Eric C. Lobner, Richard H. Wolniewicz, William L. Schofield