Patents by Inventor William Rudolph Wolf

William Rudolph Wolf 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: 10595206
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe multi-challenge, multi-level authentication systems, methods and products. Each authentication challenge may be independent of other challenges and may be associated with a particular network resource or functionality. Counters may track the number of attempts for each authentication challenge and each type of network resource and functionality. Each authentication challenge, network resource, or network functionality may be independently locked and unlocked based on the attempts tracked by the counters. Furthermore, the authentication system may configure the authentication challenges hierarchically, and a higher level challenge may unlock a locked lower level challenge. Therefore, embodiments disclosed herein significantly improve upon the conventional all-in/all-out binary authentication systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Noel Robert Latsha, William Rudolph Wolf, Benjamin Van Ruitenbeek, Marcus Pierce Jameson, Dereck Marsh Henson
  • Patent number: 10405186
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe multi-challenge, multi-level authentication systems, methods and products. Each authentication challenge may be independent of other challenges and may be associated with a particular network resource or functionality. Counters may track the number of attempts for each authentication challenge and each type of network resource and functionality. Each authentication challenge, network resource, or network functionality may be independently locked and unlocked based on the attempts tracked by the counters. Furthermore, the authentication system may configure the authentication challenges hierarchically, and a higher level challenge may unlock a locked lower level challenge. Therefore, embodiments disclosed herein significantly improve upon the conventional all-in/all-out binary authentication systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Noel Robert Latsha, William Rudolph Wolf, Benjamin Van Ruitenbeek, Marcus Pierce Jameson, Dereck Marsh Henson