Patents by Inventor Xiaoyan C. Liu-Barker

Xiaoyan C. Liu-Barker 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).

  • Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing adaptive levels of assurance in a financial management system
    Patent number: 10044730
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing adaptive levels of authentication assurance according to sensitivity or criticality of information accessed or actions performed in a financial management system to enhance user experience and usability of the financial management system while providing adequate security to safeguard sensitive data. Various flow nodes are associated with one or more levels of assurance which are further associated with some authentication tokens of different authentication strengths. Users are usually first authenticated with a lower authentication strength token. Risk profiles may also be accessed to examine the users' requests for access for fraud detection or prevention purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Alex G. Balazs, Xiaoyan C. Liu-Barker, Douglas L. Foiles, Thomas M. Pigoski, Robert E. Lee
  • Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing adaptive levels of assurance in a financial management system
    Patent number: 9444824
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing adaptive levels of authentication assurance according to sensitivity or criticality of information accessed or actions performed in a financial management system to enhance user experience and usability of the financial management system while providing adequate security to safeguard sensitive data. Various flow nodes are associated with one or more levels of assurance which are further associated with some authentication tokens of different authentication strengths. Users are usually first authenticated with a lower authentication strength token. Risk profiles may also be accessed to examine the users' requests for access for fraud detection or prevention purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Alex G. Balazs, Xiaoyan C. Liu-Barker, Douglas L. Foiles, Thomas M. Pigoski, II, Robert E. Lee