Patents Issued in January 15, 2019
  • Patent number: 10182043
    Abstract: Method for connecting multiple devices associated with an Internet of Things (IoT) network is provided. The method includes the steps of associating a first device identifier of a first device with a first account name and a second device identifier of at least a second device with a second account name, where each device is associated with at least one device identifier for each account name, authenticating each device with a server associated with the IoT network using the corresponding account name and the associated device identifier, determining whether the first account name and the second account name belong to the same group in response to authenticating the first device and the second device and connecting the first device and the second device for management and information exchange based on the determination whether the first and second account names belong to the same group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CYBROOK INC.
    Inventor: Qunshan Gu
  • Patent number: 10182044
    Abstract: Techniques for personalizing short-term session credentials are described herein. A global session key is provided to a plurality of regions of a computing resource service provider and an account key is also provided to one or more of the plurality of regions based at least in part on those regions being trusted by a customer of the computing resource service provider. When a request for short-term session credentials is received at the trusted region by that customer, a session token is generated and encrypted with a combination of the global session key and the account key, thereby creating a session token that can be uniquely associated with the customer and that may only be used in regions that that customer has designated as trusted regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Slavka Praus, Khaled Salah Sedky, Srikanth Mandadi, Marc R. Barbour
  • Patent number: 10182045
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method, system, and program storage device for binding an industrial application to a plurality of services in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is provided. For each of a plurality of tenants, a service template corresponding to a group in which the corresponding tenant belongs is retrieved and an instance of the industrial application is instantiated for the corresponding tenant. Then, at runtime of an instance of the industrial application, a number of actions are taken. A request by the instance of the industrial application for a service identified by a first service name is detected. Then a credential for the service name is retrieved, with the credential identifying a location where an instance of the service identified by the first service name resides. The service identified by the first service name is then dynamically called using the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vineet Banga, Vipul Parmar, Ilya Lipkind
  • Patent number: 10182046
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting a network crawler may be described. In particular, a request for information may be received from a computing system. Based on this request, a network-based document may be provided to the computing system. The network-based document may include a portion of the information, code, and an identifier of another network-based document. The code may be configured to, upon execution, determine whether the other network-based document was accessed prior to providing the network-based document to the computing system. An indication whether the other network-based document was accessed may be received from the computing system. The indication may be received based on an execution of the code at the computing system. Based on the indication, the request for the information may be determined as being associated with a network crawler hosted on the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Ernest Canavor, William Alexander Strand
  • Patent number: 10182047
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a pictograph password sequence and association phrase are provided. In some example embodiments, an assigned pictograph sequence request is received from a client device, with the request causing the system to generate a template pictograph sequence, generate an association phrase based on the template pictograph sequence, store the template pictograph sequence and associated phrase on a memory, and transmit instructions to cause a display of the template pictograph sequence and the association phrase. In some example embodiments, the system requires an input of a pictograph sequence that matches the template pictograph sequence in order for a user to view content. In some example embodiments, the template pictograph sequence may be replaced by a user pictograph sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Buehl, Michael Cieslak
  • Patent number: 10182048
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for automatically populating one-time-password input fields may include (1) detecting, at a first computing device of a user, an input field that requires a one-time password that is included in a message that is sent by a one-time-password provider to a second computing device of the user, (2) identifying, at the second computing device, the message that includes the one-time password, (3) transmitting the one-time password from the second computing device to the first computing device, (4) receiving, at the first computing device, the one-time password, and (5) automatically populating, at the first computing device, the input field with the one-time password. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Umamaheswarii Sabanayagam
  • Patent number: 10182049
    Abstract: Implementations of a system and method of generating and using bilaterally generated variable instant passwords are disclosed. In some implementations, a computer implemented method of Authenticated Dialogue Initiation between a USER and another party is provided. In some implementations, the USER may attempt to establish a connection with another party at their IP address; the other party may be known or unknown by the USER. In this implementation, a publically available authentication device, comprised of a variable character set, is used to generate a CALL for a password. The password is used to authenticate the other party; authentication is to completed once the correct password is received from the IP address of the party contacted by the USER. In some implementations, Authenticated Dialogue Initiation may be used to control (e.g., grant, deny, and/or limit) another party's access to the USER's computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Inventor: Abdul Rahman Syed Ebrahim Abdul Hameed Khan
  • Patent number: 10182050
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides example methods and apparatuses of data processing based on a two-dimensional code. The two-dimensional code is generated upon receiving a data processing request from a user of a first communication device. Information relating to the data processing request obtained through scanning the two-dimensional code by a second communication device is received. A user interface for data processing is generated at the second communication device based on the information relating to the data processing request. The present techniques for data processing based on the two-dimensional code use the two-dimensional code to complete logging-in and avoid the tedious logging-in process, thereby conveniently, efficiently, and securely implements data output processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Tao Dang
  • Patent number: 10182051
    Abstract: Block chain-based multifactor personal identity verification may be provided. Verification addresses may be established on a block chain by: associating identifiers with individuals having previously verified personal identities, assigning verification addresses on a block chain to the individuals, and recording identifiers and biometric data associated with the individuals at corresponding verification addresses. Block chain-based multifactor personal identity verification using the verification addresses may be performed by: receiving one or more identifiers in connection with one or more requests to verify an identity of one or more individuals, extracting the biometric data associated with the one or more individuals from the corresponding verification addresses, and verifying the identity of the one or more individuals upon receiving matching biometric data and private keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK GOLD COIN, INC.
    Inventor: Marcus Andrade
  • Patent number: 10182052
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by an operating system of the first computing device and from a client application executing on the first computing device, a first request for accessing a set of data associated with a user of the first computing device. The set of data is managed by a second computing device. The method further includes sending, by the operating system and to the second computing device, a second request for accessing the set of data. The method still further includes receiving, by the operating system and from the second computing device, a response to the second request. The method additionally includes, if the response to the second request grants the client application access to the set of data, then forwarding, by the operating system and to the client application, an access token to be used by the client application for accessing the set of data with the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Jonathan Shepard, Julie Christina Tung, Yariv Sadan, Brent Justin Goldman, Arun Vijayvergiya, Naitik Hemant Shah
  • Patent number: 10182053
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, infrastructure node, a method in the 3GPP infrastructure node, 3GPP Access, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA server, a method in the 3GPP AAA server, a Home Subscriber Server, HSS and a method in the HSS. More particularly the embodiments herein relate to handling a UE requesting access to a service via an untrusted non-3GPP network. According to a first aspect, a method performed by a 3GPP node for handling a UE, requesting access to a service via an untrusted non-3GPP network is provided. The method comprises checking if trusted 3GPP network location information associated with the UE is available to the 3GPP node from a subscriber database or if the available trusted 3GPP network location information is obsolete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Vicente De Vega De La Red, Peter Robert Khello, Cristina Ruiz Balmaseda
  • Patent number: 10182054
    Abstract: An information integration system may include a set of integration services embodied on one or more server machines in a computing environment. The set of integration services may include connectors communicatively connected to disparate information systems. The connectors may be configured for integrating data stored in the disparate information systems utilizing a common model employed by the set of integration services. The common model may overlay, augment, integrate, or otherwise utilize a content management interoperability services data model and may include common property definitions and a common security model. The common security model may include permissions particularly defined for use by the set of integration services. These common property definitions and permissions may be uniquely defined and utilized by the information integration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventors: Jody Hupton Palmer, Alexander Lilko, Steve Molloy
  • Patent number: 10182055
    Abstract: A management entity communicates over a network with devices on which security rules are configured to control network access. Data that indicates a hit count for each security rule across the devices is repeatedly collected from the devices. The indicated hit counts for each security rule are aggregated over different repeating time intervals to produce repeatedly aggregated hit counts for respective ones of the different repeating time intervals. The security rules are generated for display on a user interface screen as selectable options. Responsive to a selection of one of the security rules, a selected security rule and most recently aggregated hit counts for the different repeating time intervals for the selected security rule are generated for concurrent display on the user interface screen. The display of the most recently aggregated hit counts for the selected security rule is updated as time progresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Lawrence, Jason M. Perry, Yedidya Dotan, Denis Knjazihhin, Umesh Kumar Miglani
  • Patent number: 10182056
    Abstract: Case management systems and techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, a definition is received that associates a descendant case role alias with a first case node at a first hierarchical level of a hierarchical data model, the definition further associating a permission with the descendant case role alias and referencing a referenced case role associated with a second case node at a second hierarchical level of the hierarchical data model. The definition is used to extend the permission to a user assigned to the referenced case role with respect to a case instance comprising the hierarchical data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Open Text Corporation
    Inventors: Satyapal P. Reddy, Muthukumarappa Jauakumar, Julian M. Hjortshoj, Ravikumar Meenakshisundaram
  • Patent number: 10182057
    Abstract: Techniques of the present disclosure provide an embodiment of a multistage filter (MSF) that takes a rate limiting parameter. The entries of the MSF are updated upon each access. Each update may cause a different breakdown of entries in the MSF and the entries can be dynamically set to reduce collisions and their impact. In some embodiments, the MSF is: configured based on the rate limiting parameter, used to dynamically monitor network traffic and changing assignments, and adjustable in size. In some embodiments, hashing is performed on a per-row basis and seeding initializes entries of the buckets to entries that are the same within a given row and different within a given column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Avi Networks
    Inventor: Raju Kumar
  • Patent number: 10182058
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, device and server for managing user login sessions. A session cache list is queried, using a user ID and after a user has successfully logged in with the user ID via the login medium, whether a login session queue corresponding to the user ID exists in the session cache list. If the login session queue exists in the session cache list, a user login status is managed through the login session queue. If the login session queue corresponding to the user ID is absent from the session cache list, a session ID corresponding to the user's login is stored in a login session queue corresponding to the user ID in the session cache list. A legitimate user is able to effectively manage each login created with the user's user ID through the login session queue, and to prevent any login sessions created when the user ID is used to log in from being beyond the legitimate user's control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventor: Dian Xu
  • Patent number: 10182059
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process: the process comprising: performing a first utilization permission process for an authorized user; and performing a second utilization permission process for a guest user, the second utilization permission process comprising: acquiring user identification information input by the guest user; inquiring, of a directory service that retains information of a member of an organization, whether the user identification information acquired by the acquiring is registered; and permitting the guest user who inputs the user identification information to use the system within a range of a utilization authority, which is different between a case where a response indicating that the user identification information is registered is received and a case where a response indicating that the user identification information is not registered is received, in response to the inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kishida
  • Patent number: 10182060
    Abstract: A method for downloading a profile on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a terminal is provided. The method includes transmitting a profile request containing eUICC authentication information to a profile providing server through a security channel, upon receiving, from the profile providing server, profile-related information generated in response to the profile request, displaying non-encrypted profile information contained in the profile-related information on a screen, identifying whether a user input indicating whether to proceed to download the profile is detected, and downloading the profile, corresponding to the identified user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Won Lee, Jong-Han Park, Duckey Lee, Sang-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10182061
    Abstract: A method and computer executable program code are disclosed for performing one or more maintenance tasks on a remotely located computer connected to a server computer via a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Chandrasekar Balasubramaniam, Ravi Kannan, Siddaraya Basappa Revashetti, Srivats Sampath, Babu Katchapalayam
  • Patent number: 10182062
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes determining, by a security software application on a communication device, that the communication device has been accessed by an unauthorized user. The communication device is configured to communicate with a telecommunications network over the air through a first communication channel. The method also includes generating, by the communication device, security notification data and providing the security notification data or a derivative of the security notification data to a host computer via a second communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Robert Youdale, Mohamed Nosseir, Brijendra Singh, Paul Hilliar
  • Patent number: 10182063
    Abstract: Architectures and techniques for in-app behavior detection. A behavior detection agent within an application running on a hardware computing device captures events within the application. The events are inputs received from one or more sources external to the application. The behavior detection agent generates an event stream from the captured events. The behavior detection agent analyzes the event stream for significant feature frequencies and associations corresponding to one or more attack profiles. The behavior detection agent initiates an attack response in response to finding one or more significant feature frequencies and associations. The attack response comprises at least changing an operational configuration of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Philip Raymond Nadeau, Tejinder Singh Aulakh, Ping Yan, Huy Nhut Hang
  • Patent number: 10182064
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, computer systems, and the like, which protect messages in an electronic messaging system, are disclosed. The methods, computer program products, computer systems, and the like include detecting an occurrence of an event, and, in response to the detecting the occurrence of the event, scanning a message. The occurrence of the event indicates that the message should be scanned. The message includes recipient information, which identifies a recipient of the message, and is stored in a message store. The message has been received at a message destination associated with the recipient. The scanning uses a malware definition. The scanning is performed prior to the message being retrieved from the message store in response to a request by the recipient to retrieve the message from the message store. The event is other than the request by the recipient to retrieve the message from the message store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Preeti Agarwal, Rohit Bhagwat
  • Patent number: 10182065
    Abstract: A computing device may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium and a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The processor may be configured to receive, from a vetronics computing device including a processor, data associated with messages received by the vetronics computing device, the messages having been determined to include aberrant data. Based at least on the received data, the processor may be configured to determine an occurrence of a cyber security threat. The processor may be configured to output cyber security threat data associated with the determined occurrence of the cyber security threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke E. Ryon, Carl J. Riechers
  • Patent number: 10182066
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network analyzes data indicative of a behavior of a network using a supervised anomaly detection model. The device determines whether the supervised anomaly detection model detected an anomaly in the network from the analyzed data. The device trains an unsupervised anomaly detection model, based on a determination that no anomalies were detected by the supervised anomaly detection model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien Flacher, Grégory Mermoud, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Sukrit Dasgupta
  • Patent number: 10182067
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, a device and a storage medium for determining a health state of an information system. At first, a baseline configuration document corresponding to the information system is received, and data records under inspection of the information system are acquired. The baseline configuration document defines baselines. Then, each of the data records under inspection is compared with at least one baseline defined in the baseline configuration document to obtain a comparing result between each of the data records under inspection and the at least one baseline. At last, the health state of the information system is determined according to the comparing result between each of the data records under inspection and the at least one baseline. A health-determining apparatus relative to the above-mentioned method is also provided. Therefore, by these method and apparatus, the health state of the information system is quantifiable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Bin Zhou, Dong Shan Xu, Shan Yang Fu
  • Patent number: 10182068
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to determination of vulnerability of an application under test using a runtime agent and network sniffer during a security test. A runtime agent monitors execution of an application under test. A network sniffer is used to identify a probe value for determination of the vulnerability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC
    Inventors: Alvaro Munoz, Sasi Siddharth Muthurajan
  • Patent number: 10182069
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for blocking access to restricted elements of application interface and covering the restricted elements by trusted interface elements. The system includes an analyzer module, a database of restricted elements and a blocking module. The analyzer module is configured to detect interface elements of an active application rendered on a computer or a mobile device. The analyzer module determines if an application interface element is restricted by comparing the application interface element against the known restricted interface elements from the database. If the restricted element is detected, the analyzer module sends the data about the restricted element to the blocking module. The blocking module covers the restricted interface element by a trusted interface element or by an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Kaspersky Lab, ZAO
    Inventors: Konstantin M. Filatov, Victor V. Yablokov
  • Patent number: 10182070
    Abstract: A digital security threat management system is disclosed. The system detects the presence of a computing system, on a network, that has been compromised by an undetected and/or unknown digital security threat. The digital security threat management system recognizes characteristic emanations from a computer system that has been compromised. Because the characteristic emanations that result from a known threat can be the same as the characteristic emanations that result from an undetected and/or unknown threat, the digital security threat management system can learn to detect a computing system that has been compromised by an unknown threat if the security threat management system recognizes characteristic emanations from a previous attack, based on a known threat, of the computing system. In this way, the system can detect the presence of a compromised computing system, even if the cause of the compromise remains undetected and/or unknown. Appropriate remedial action may be taken upon detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: EVENGX, LLC
    Inventors: John S. Flowers, Ridgely C. Evers
  • Patent number: 10182071
    Abstract: A system for mitigating network attacks includes a protected network and one or more attack mitigation devices communicatively coupled to the protected network. The attack mitigation devices are configured to receive a request from a host having an IP address and determine whether the IP address is included in a first probabilistic data structure representing addresses of hosts having failed to authenticate using a first authentication procedure. The attack mitigation devices are also configured to perform the first authentication procedure, responsive to a determination that the IP address of the host is not included in the first data structure. The attack mitigation devices are yet further configured to allow the host to access the protected network, responsive to successful completion of the first authentication procedure and to update the first data structure to include the IP address of the host, responsive to unsuccessful completion of the first authentication procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Arbor Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Huston, III, Mathew R. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10182072
    Abstract: There is described an RF communication device, the device comprising (a) a data memory for storing data, (b) an RF interface (112) for RF communication with an external RF device (130), (c) a host interface (111) for communication with a host device (120), (d) a host access memory unit (214, 215) comprising host interface access control data, the host interface access control data defining host access rules for accessing data in the data memory through the host interface (111), and (e) a host access control unit for, based on the host interface access control data, controlling access to data in the data memory through the host interface (111). There is also described a system and a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Sreedhar Patange, Nitin Labdhe, Martin Liebl
  • Patent number: 10182073
    Abstract: Method of creating an information infrastructure for processing data throughput or a method for processing data throughput in a distributed computing system works on sensitive content (e.g., trade secrets) or select content (e.g., critical content) and generates or reduces sensitive/select data with configurable filters (expanding, contracting, hierarchical/orthogonal classifier filters) to separate and store sensitive/select data in designated, distributed data stores. Sensitive/select data stores may have security clearance requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Inventors: Ron M. Redlich, Martin A. Nemzow
  • Patent number: 10182074
    Abstract: Techniques for virtual Representational State Transfer (REST) interfaces are provided. A proxy is interposed between a client and a REST service over a network. The proxy performs independent authentication of the client and provides credentials to the client and for the client to authenticate to the REST service using a REST service authentication mechanism. The proxy inspects requests and responses and translates the requests and responses into formats expected by the client and the REST service. Moreover, the proxy enforces policy and audits the requests and responses occurring between the client and the REST service over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Micro Focus Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Leon Burch, Douglas Garry Earl, Jonathan Paul Bultmeyer, Carolyn B. McClain
  • Patent number: 10182075
    Abstract: A request message is generated with a trusted network entity executing trusted code on a first network layer. The request message to target a non-trusted network entity executing non-trusted code on a second network layer. The request message is transmitted from the trusted network entity to the non-trusted network entity through at least a policy enforcement entity. The policy enforcement entity applies one or more network traffic rules to enforce a unidirectional flow of traffic from the first network layer to the second network layer. A response check message is generated with the trusted network entity. The response check message to determine whether response information is available on the non-trusted network entity in response to the request message. The response check message is transmitted from the trusted network entity to the non-trusted network entity through at least the policy enforcement entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Fry, Timothy Kral, Simon Chen, Andrey Falko
  • Patent number: 10182076
    Abstract: An access control system includes a memory, a processor, a host operating system (OS) executing on the processor, a container on the host OS, and a security manager running on the host OS. The container has a set of access control rules and includes a containerized utility. The security manager receives a request to run the utility to complete a transaction, retrieves credentials associated with the user, and determines a status of the credentials. The status of the credentials is privileged if the credentials are included in the set of access control rules and is non-privileged if the credentials are not included in the access control rules. Responsive to determining the status as privileged, the security manager executes an RBD command for the transaction to obtain a target RBD image, retrieves the target RBD image, and records the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Huamin Chen, Bradley Childs
  • Patent number: 10182078
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for selectively enabling and disabling biometric authentication are presented. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from a device monitoring and management computer system, a device state indicator message comprising device state information associated with a mobile computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may set a biometric authentication flag for the mobile computing device based on the device state indicator message received from the device monitoring and management computer system. Then, the computing platform may generate an authentication functionality message for the mobile computing device based on the biometric authentication flag set for the mobile computing device, and the authentication functionality message may be configured to selectively enable or disable one or more biometric authentication functions provided by the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Xianhong Zhang, Wenhui Meng, Kalyan V. Pasumarthi, Elizabeth Votaw, Andrew T. Keys, Apeksh M. Dave
  • Patent number: 10182079
    Abstract: There are provided measures for lawful interception and security based admission control for proximity service. Such measures could include detecting a requirement for control in relation to setting up or securing a connection of a proximity service between at least two devices, determining availability of at least one lawful interception and security agent capable of performing an operation relating to lawful interception and/or security in relation to the connection of the proximity service, and performing control in relation to setting up or securing the connection of the proximity service when availability of the at least one lawful interception and security agent is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Vinh Van Phan, Ling Yu, Kari Veikko Horneman
  • Patent number: 10182080
    Abstract: An interworking of a wireless network and a wireline network is provided. A call setup method of a network apparatus in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network includes setting a call between a first terminal of a first IMS network and a second terminal of a second IMS network; determining whether a protocol conversion is needed between the first terminal and the second terminal in the setting operation; and performing the protocol conversion when the protocol conversion is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shi-Jae Lee, Joon-Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 10182081
    Abstract: A control system is provided. The control system includes a state management unit configured to control state information indicating a state of a communication terminal and a control unit configured to, when a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal communicate, determine whether content data should be transmitted from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal and whether content data should be transmitted from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal based on a set of the state information indicating the state of the first communication terminal and the state information indicating the state of the second communication terminal controlled by the state management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoh Nagamine, Takuya Imai, Kenichiro Morita, Hideki Shiro
  • Patent number: 10182082
    Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising supervising if an information in a registration request is received from a registrar of a network domain, wherein the information comprises an application identity of a user of a terminal device and a network identity; storing, based on the received information, a binding between the application identity and the network identity; determining the network identity based on the binding and a received first request for establishing a communication to the terminal device; providing, based on the received first request, to the network domain, a second request for establishing the communication towards the terminal device, wherein the second request is based on the determined network identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Peter Leis, Rainer Liebhart
  • Patent number: 10182083
    Abstract: Electronic source information is reconciled by normalizing at least some electronic source information, transport information and destination information by applying a plurality of rules to extract the information into at least one schema. At least some of the normalized information is identified to contain at least one discrepancy or missing data record, and reconciliation information is provided in a graphical user interface. Electronic information is received that reconciles the discrepancy or the missing record, and the reconciled and normalized electronic source, transport and destination information is processed to provide data analytics. A report is generated that represents the data analytics and that is output to at least one user. This can occur in one or more implementations of the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: COMMODITIES SQUARE LLC
    Inventors: Tim Cannon, Marc Lefebvre, Greg Drillock
  • Patent number: 10182084
    Abstract: One or more examples provide a method of web conferencing that includes: receiving an initiation request at a management server from a host client device to initiate a scheduled web conference; obtaining, in response to the initiation request, invitation information for the scheduled web conference, the invitation information identifying at least one user; obtaining device information for the at least one user, the device information identifying at least one recipient client device authorized by the management server; and relaying a content stream from the host client device through the management server to the at least one recipient client device for display of the content stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Moses George
  • Patent number: 10182085
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for establishing a Unified Communications (UC) session between a client endpoint device and remote endpoint devices, the client endpoint device managing the session using a first-party call control protocol in response to commands from a third-party control protocol and user input. A hosted virtual desktop (HVD) generates an HVD image and communicates it to the client endpoint device for display, via a virtual desktop interface (VDI) protocol. The HVD image comprises a UC user interface generated by a UC application on the HVD, the user interface comprising at least one user interface element and at least one placeholder where a client-provided user interface element may be inserted. A client UC application receives the HVD image and inserts client-provided user interface elements over the placeholders before sending the integrated image to a client operating system to be rendered on the display of client endpoint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Baird, Liam P. O'Gorman, Stephan E. Friedl, J. Steven Mayer, Joe Smyth
  • Patent number: 10182086
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting streaming media data and relates to the field of multimedia communication technologies. The method includes: receiving a data request sent by a user equipment UE, where the data request is used to request a media presentation description MPD file from a streaming media server; if the UE does not support a dynamic adaptive steaming over the Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP DASH technology, forwarding the data request to the streaming media server, and receiving the requested MPD file that is delivered by the streaming media server according to the data request; and acquiring DASH streaming media data from the streaming media server according to the MPD file, and sending the DASH streaming media data to the UE, where a rate at which the DASH streaming media data is transmitted matches a bit rate selected from the MPD file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunshan Xiong, Lixue Zhang
  • Patent number: 10182087
    Abstract: A streaming data acquisition section acquires streaming data distributed from a server and including an application image, and a streaming data reproduction section reproduces the streaming data. A command input acceptance section accepts a command input to an application inputted by a user. A command transmission section transmits the inputted command. The command is provided to an information processing apparatus of a distributor of the streaming data and is reflected on processing of the application being executed in the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Takaichi, Norihiko Shiomi, Masahiro Fujihara, Tomohiro Ogawa, Erika Ohno
  • Patent number: 10182088
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for utilization of an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for performing a ranging procedure. Performance of the ranging procedure may be triggered by a signal transmitted in a licensed radio frequency spectrum band. While conventional ranging in Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications, for example, using the licensed radio frequency spectrum band may be limited to a 10 MHz bandwidth, using the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band for ranging may allow use of a wider bandwidth, such as 100 MHz or greater. Use of the wider bandwidth may result in more accurate ranging measurements (e.g., time-of-arrival estimation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jubin Jose, Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Xinzhou Wu, Hong Cheng, Shailesh Patil
  • Patent number: 10182089
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method 100 performed in a broadcast multicast service center, BM-SC, node 10 for providing an on-request service to an end-user device 5. The method 100 comprises obtaining 101, from a content delivery node 4, the size of a file of the on-request service; determining (102), based on the obtained file size, one or more parameters related to encoding of the file, thereby establishing a virtual partitioning of the file into a number Z of source blocks; downloading 103, from the content delivery node 4, a source block of the file according to the determined one or more parameters; encoding 104 the source block of the file into encoding symbols according to the determined one or more parameters; and providing 105 the encoding symbols for delivery to the end-user device 5. The disclosure also relates to a BM-SC node 10, computer programs and computer program products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jinyang Xie, Jie Ling, Nancy Ye
  • Patent number: 10182090
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for updating content stored in a cache residing at an internet service provider (ISP) location that includes receiving popularity data associated with a first plurality of content assets, where the popularity data indicate the popularity of each content asset in the first plurality of content assets across a user base that spans multiple geographic regions, generating a manifest that includes a second plurality of content assets based on the popularity data and a geographic location associated with the cache, where each content asset included in the manifest is determined to be popular among users proximate to the geographic location or users with preferences similar to users proximate to the geographic location, and transmitting the manifest to the cache, where the cache is configured to update one or more content assets stored in the cache based on the manifest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: David Fullagar, Kenneth W. Florance, Ian Van Hoven
  • Patent number: 10182091
    Abstract: An anchor server in an information-centric network (ICN) receives registration and deregistration requests from one or more producers in the ICN. In response to a producer initially registering, the anchor server stores records associating the producer with content available from the producer via a first point of attachment. In response to the producer deregistering, the records are marked as deactivated. While the records are deactivated, requests for the content from consumers may be queued. In response to the producer reregistering as being connected to the ICN via a second point of attachment, the queued requests are forwarded to the producer via the second point of attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aytac Azgin, Ravishankar Ravindran, Guoqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10182092
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a media data transmission method and a device. The method is mainly used to, when there is media data suitable for transmission by using a first frequency band, control a media source device and a media presentation device to establish a connection in the first frequency band and transmit the media data based on the established connection. Thereby, transmission performance of the media data may be ensured, and power consumption may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 10182093
    Abstract: Providing real-time interaction between a first player and a second player to collaborate for a musical performance over a network, includes maintaining a reference data item generated using a musical instrument performed by a user; receiving first user input data generated using a first musical instrument, the received first user input data associated with the first musical instrument and the musical performance; receiving second user input data generated using a second musical instrument, the received second user input data associated with the second musical instrument and the musical performance; detecting a missing data packet within the received second user input data when generating real-time collaboration data for the musical performance; replacing the missing data packet using the reference data item to correct the second user input data; and generating real-time collaboration data for the musical performance based on the corrected second user input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: YOUSICIAN OY
    Inventor: Anssi Klapuri