Patents Issued in April 18, 2023
  • Patent number: 11630852
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automatic creation of optimal auditable entities (AEs) using a machine learning (ML)-based clustering model. The clustering model, when executed on one or more computing devices within an audit system of a company, is configured to automatically cluster the company's business processes into AEs based on similarity analyses of business process attributes. More specifically, in some examples, the clustering model ingests business processes and their corresponding attributes from a database, automatically clusters together business processes to achieve maximum intra-cluster similarity scores, and outputs the final clusters as model AEs. The resulting model AEs may be used as functional units for internal audits of the company's business processes. The resulting model AEs may improve audit efficiency due to the model AEs including only highly similar business processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tylor Christopher Mondloch, Richard Penfil, II, Brian Karp, Corinne Elizabeth Larsen, Jeremy Salden, Kelley Lyn Impoco, Jeremy Paynes
  • Patent number: 11630853
    Abstract: Generating semantic names for a data set is described. An example method can include retrieving data from a data set, the data organized in a plurality of columns. The method may also include generating one or more candidate semantic categories for that column, wherein each of the one or more candidate semantic categories has a corresponding probability for each of the columns. The method may also further include creating a feature vector for each column from the one or more column candidate semantic categories and the corresponding probabilities. Additionally, the method may also include selecting, for each column, a column semantic category from the one or more candidate semantic categories using at least the feature vector and a trained machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Craig E. Hawco, Joseph David Jensen
  • Patent number: 11630854
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing hash partitions to determine local densities and distances among users (or among other represented data points) for clustering sparse data into segments. For instance, the disclosed systems can generate hash signatures for users in a sparse dataset and can map users to hash partitions based on the hash signatures. The disclosed systems can further determine local densities and separation distances for particular users (or other represented data points) within the hash partitions. Upon determining local densities and separation distances for datapoints from the dataset, the disclosed systems can select a segment (or cluster of data points) grouped according to a hierarchy of a clustering algorithm, such as a density-peaks-clustering algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Du, Yeuk-Yin Chan, Eunyee Koh, Ryan Rossi, Margarita Savova, Charles Menguy, Anup Rao
  • Patent number: 11630855
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive, from a data stream, a set of data points arranged in a dimensional data space. The device may compare the set of data points to identify one or more clusters using values of a distance parameter for data points included in the set of data points, wherein the values of distance parameter includes different values of the distance parameter for different data points. The device may transmit an indication of the one or more clusters to cause a device to display information associated with the one or more clusters. The device may receive, from the device, feedback information associated with at least one data point, wherein the feedback information indicates that at least one data point is associated with an error. The device may modify a value of the distance parameter associated with the at least one data point to a modified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Allen, Milind Patel, James Howe
  • Patent number: 11630856
    Abstract: Point-of-Interest (POI) data is stored according to a first, POI library as a flat file in a database. An engine is positioned between the POI library and an interface. The interface is configured to interact with data structured in a hierarchical manner and stored according to a second library (e.g., a modeling interface utilizing folders). The engine functions to wrap a POI object taken from a table of the POI library, into an augmented object recognized and handled by the second library of the (hierarchical) interface. To accomplish this, the engine augments the POI table with an additional column that is to be indexed by the second library. In this manner, embodiments may impart additional, hierarchy-based functionality to existing POI handling schemes. Particular embodiments may impart enhanced security (e.g., permissions at the data object-level) to existing POI schemes that implement permissions only at the POI-level and/or at the application-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD
    Inventors: Xing Jin, Sumedha Sharma, James Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11630857
    Abstract: A data capturing system for use with aerial spherical imagery is provided. The system allows for capturing and tracking of data with respect to those accessing and viewing particular aerial spherical imagery, such as the imagery on a GIS map. The data capturing system may include a server having a processor and a memory and a software application providing instruction to the server to display aerial spherical imagery, such as spherical imagery, to a user through a network connection, such as through the Internet. For example the system may provide the map as a website to the user that is displayed on a remote computing device accessible by the user in order to view the spherical imagery. Data related to the interaction of the user with the website is captured and tracked in order to use such data for other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Aerial Sphere, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis J. Vegh, John C. Femiani, Michael Katic, Anshuman Razdan
  • Patent number: 11630858
    Abstract: The overall architecture and details of a scalable video fingerprinting and identification system that is robust with respect to many classes of video distortions is described. In this system, a fingerprint for a piece of multimedia content is composed of a number of compact signatures, along with traversal hash signatures and associated metadata. Numerical descriptors are generated for features found in a multimedia clip, signatures are generated from these descriptors, and a reference signature database is constructed from these signatures. Query signatures are also generated for a query multimedia clip. These query signatures are searched against the reference database using a fast similarity search procedure, to produce a candidate list of matching signatures. This candidate list is further analyzed to find the most likely reference matches. Signature correlation is performed between the likely reference matches and the query clip to improve detection accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: Mihailo M. Stojancic, Prashant Ramanathan, Peter Wendt, Jose Pio Pereira, Shashank Merchant
  • Patent number: 11630859
    Abstract: A computing system includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with an external media resource, a memory that stores operational instructions and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and to the memory, such that the processing module, when operable within the computing system based on the operational instructions, is configured to is configured to perform various operations. The computing system receives an audio fingerprint from the external medial resource, compares the received audio fingerprint with a stored audio fingerprint and in response to determining that a portion of a stored audio fingerprint substantially matches a portion of the received audio fingerprint, compares a first set of consecutive portions of of the received audio fingerprint to each of a plurality of consecutive portions of the stored audio fingerprint to generate corresponding match scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Dyon Anniballi
  • Patent number: 11630860
    Abstract: A system and method enabling an upgraded digital recorder to detect, retrieve, decrypt, encrypt and securely store digital content retrieved from one or more legacy digital recorders. The legacy digital recorder is placed into a mode permitting access to stored digital content. An upgraded digital recorder then interfaces with the legacy digital recorder and mutual authentication is performed. Following successful authentication, the upgraded digital recorder disables most of the legacy digital recorder's functionality. Utilizing a digital key protecting the stored content from unauthorized access, the upgraded digital recorder retrieves and decrypts the digital content from the legacy digital recorder. The decrypted content is then analyzed and if needed converted to a format compatible with the upgraded digital recorder. The digital content is then indexed, encrypted and stored in the upgraded digital recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Ernest George Schmitt, Carl A. Burger
  • Patent number: 11630861
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for video search, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a first event generated by triggering a first control in a video playback page; acquiring, in response to the first event, a current video image frame played in the video playback page when the first event is triggered; acquiring a first to-be-searched target positioned by a second control in the current video image frame and a first display position of the first to-be-searched target in the current video image frame, and displaying the second control on the first display position; and acquiring a first recommendation result corresponding to the first to-be-searched target, and displaying the first recommendation result in a search result page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ziang Wang, Yonghua Zhang, Xiaolu Wang
  • Patent number: 11630862
    Abstract: Example implementations are directed to methods and systems for individualized multimedia navigation and control including receiving metadata for a piece of digital content, where the metadata comprises a primary image and text that is used to describes the digital content; analyzing the primary image to detect one or more objects; selecting one or more secondary images corresponding to each detected object; and generating a data structure for the digital content comprising the one or more secondary images, where the digital content is described by a preferred secondary image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: OPENTV, INC.
    Inventor: Eunsook An
  • Patent number: 11630863
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for encoding data as DNA are provided. An encoder device can include circuitry to encode a data file having a bit sequence encoding data and to generate a virtual DNA (VDNA) sequence of virtual nucleotide bases (Vnb) that reversibly encodes the bit sequence of the data file, divide the VDNA sequence into a plurality of VDNA fragments, associate each VDNA fragment with an archive library sequence (Arc_SEQ), and generate a read instruction (READ) sequence of differences between each VDNA fragment and each associated Arc_SEQ including sufficient instruction to facilitate regeneration of each VDNA fragment from each associated Arc_SEQ. A codeword sequence (Code_SEQ) is additionally generated for each VDNA fragment that includes a codename identifying the associated Arc_SEQ, the READ sequence associated with the VDNA fragment, and an index sequence (Idx_SEQ) including an index mapping of the VDNA fragment in the VDNA sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xing Su, Kai Wu, Noureddine Tayebi, Grace Credo
  • Patent number: 11630864
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a vectorized queue, which implements a vectorized ‘contains’ function that determines whether a value is in the queue. A three-phase vectorized shortest-path graph search splits each expanding and probing iteration into three phases that utilize vectorized instructions: (1) The neighbors of nodes that are in a next queue are fetched and written into a current queue. (2) It is determined whether the destination node is among the fetched neighbor nodes in the current queue. (3) The fetched neighbor nodes that have not yet been visited are put into the next queue. According to an embodiment, a vectorized copy operation performs vector-based data copying using vectorized load and store instructions. Specifically, vectors of data are copied from a source to a destination. Any invalid data copied to the destination is overwritten, either with a vector of additional valid data or with a vector of nonce data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Schlegel, Martin Sevenich, Pit Fender, Matthias Brantner, Hassan Chafi
  • Patent number: 11630865
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine, based on reactions exhibited by a user while consuming information, options for further information. The method includes determining a user reaction while the user is consuming the information. The user reaction is indicative of the user implicitly requesting the further information. The information is presented based on the user selecting from original search results according to an original search string submitted by the user. The method includes determining a portion of the information corresponding to the user reaction being exhibited. The method includes determining a further search string corresponding to the portion of the information. The method includes receiving further search results based on the further search string. Each of the further search results configured to present the further information to the user. The method includes modifying the original search results to include the further search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Jeremy R. Fox, Melissa Restrepo Conde
  • Patent number: 11630866
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for searching and/or acting on information in a distributed data processing system. A method of processing a semantic rules engine may comprise receiving a rule data set, identifying a set of connected elements based on the rule data set, evaluating conditions related to the set of connected elements and the rule data set, determining a command set based on the evaluated conditions of the set of connected elements, and executing the command set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Charbel Joseph El Kaed, Andre van den Berg
  • Patent number: 11630867
    Abstract: A machine learning model repeatedly scans data exhaust for workstations (for which there are retention requirements regarding data exhaust) over a period of time. The machine learning model analyzes the respective data exhaust and the retention requirements to determine respective data exhaust logging parameters for each workstation. The machine learning model monitors respective data exhaust activity for each workstation over a subsequent period of time. An instance is identified in which logging activity of data exhaust for an identified workstation fails the retention requirements. An ameliorative action designed to satisfy the respective retention requirements for the identified workstation is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Seth Silverstein, Martin G. Keen, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 11630868
    Abstract: A tracking integration method includes acquiring at least one generalized object, extracting position characteristics of the generalized object and establishing the extracted position characteristics as a standard position model, receiving and storing tracking information of the at least one generalized object to complete integration of the tracking information, and querying and displaying the tracking information of the generalized object. The generalized object includes one or more of a person, an item, a digital asset, and a virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Qing Zhou
  • Patent number: 11630869
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining at least two documents, wherein one of the at least two documents comprises a revision different than another of the at least two documents; identifying, within each of the at least two documents, portions corresponding to groups of text containing a conceptual unit; assigning at least a subset of the identified portions to a category type corresponding to a topic of a given portion, wherein the assigning comprises (i) generating a semantic tag for the identified portions in the subset and (ii) tagging the identified portions in the subset with the semantic tag; and determining changes between the at least two documents, wherein the determining comprises (iii) aligning given portions across the at least two documents based upon a relationship between the given portions across the at least two documents, (iv) identifying semantic differences between the aligned portions, and (v) identifying any remaining unaligned portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arvind Agarwal, Vitobha Munigala, Mitesh H. Vasa, Shanmukha Guttula, Ankush Gupta, Nicholas Gomez Phan
  • Patent number: 11630870
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for academic search and analytics insights have been provided. The apparatus includes an ingestion component, obtaining data from external heterogeneous sources, to produce ingested data; a processing component for processing the ingested data; a search and analytics component for executing search queries on the ingested data and generating analytics insights on returned search result; and a storage component for storing the ingested data, the storage component acting as a communication data bus for the ingestion component, the processing component and the search and analytics component. Corresponding server and network system are have been provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Tarek A. M. Abdunabi
  • Patent number: 11630871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, devices and systems for associating consumable data with an assay consumable used in a biological assay. Provided are assay systems and associated consumables, wherein the assay system adjusts one or more steps of an assay protocol based on consumable data specific for that consumable. Various types of consumable data are described, as well as methods of using such information in the conduct of an assay by an assay system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Xinri Cong, Jerome Jackson, Carl Stevens, Michael Vock, Jacob N. Wohlstadter
  • Patent number: 11630872
    Abstract: An internet data collection method includes steps of receiving a collecting instruction, the collecting instruction corresponds to target data that marked on a web page; retrieving a web address corresponding to the web page and the location information of the target data on the web page; and storing the web address and the location information as a tag to an operating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jau-Yi Wu, Sheng-Ta Lin
  • Patent number: 11630873
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating information associated with unknown verbal communications is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a user indication of an unknown verbal communication. The computer-implemented method further includes displaying a potential unknown word list to the user, wherein the potential unknown word list includes words corresponding to verbal communications that occurred prior to receiving the user indication of the unknown verbal communication. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying that a word is selected from the potential unknown word list. The computer-implemented method further includes generating, in response to identifying that the word is selected from the potential unknown word list, additional information associated with the selected word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Ayuba, Yoshio Horiuchi, Masashi Doi, Timothy Waileong Koh
  • Patent number: 11630874
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to perform operations comprising receiving an imaging study including a medical image of a patient; extracting image context from the imaging study; generating a search query based on the image context; sending the search query to a data source; receiving results of the query from a data source; and providing the results to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Thusitha Dananjaya De Silva Mabotuwana, Yuechen Qian, Ranjith Naveen Tellis, Gabriel Ryan Mankovich
  • Patent number: 11630875
    Abstract: A method, according to one embodiment, includes, at a server in communication with a database and a network, receiving from a user a link to an internet webpage, via the network, analyzing, by the server, a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed of the internet webpage and text in the internet webpage, categorizing, by the server, the internet webpage into a predetermined category based on the RSS feed of the internet webpage and the text in the internet webpage, creating, by the server, a summary of the internet webpage, utilizing the RSS feed of the internet webpage and the text in the internet webpage, identifying, by the server, an image from the internet webpage, resizing, by the server, the image from the internet webpage to create a resized image, including, by the server, the resized image in the summary of the internet webpage, upon determining that the resized image has a minimum size, meets predetermined aspect ratio limits, and is not repeated within the predetermined category, and in a webpage associated w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Markson, Krishna Srinivasan, Nicholas Sorrentino, Ann Lee Richards, Rich Skrenta, Gregory B. Lindahl
  • Patent number: 11630876
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indexing actions for resources. In an aspect, a method receiving, for each resource a plurality of resources that are each accessible by a user device, action data describing actions supported by each resource, each action being an action that can be performed by the user device processing the resource; for each resource: determining, from the action data, an action type for each action supported by the resource, determining, from the action data, action parameters for each action supported by the resource, and indexing the action data, action types and action parameters for the resource in an index that is searchable by a search engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Steve Chen, Jason B. Douglas, Samuel Shoji Fukujima Goto
  • Patent number: 11630877
    Abstract: A user can create a customizable visual code that is associated with a network address of a page. The customizable visual data can be integrated with one or more user selected images and data marks. When the customizable visual code is scanned, one or more pages may be displayed on the scanning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Omer Cansizoglu, Caleb Ogden, Kirk Ouimet
  • Patent number: 11630878
    Abstract: A media communication system and computer-implemented method for transmitting responsive display auxiliary content to an end-user communication device to be rendered on a display device. The communication system is arranged to analyze media content constituents, including image content; create a throne portion based on the image content; create a headline, including headline rendering instructions, based on the image content; create a background, including background rendering instructions, based on the image content; create image rendering instructions based on the headline and background; and generate responsive display auxiliary content, including the headline rendering instructions, background rendering instructions and image rendering instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mikaël Bonnevie, Thomas Shimko
  • Patent number: 11630879
    Abstract: In order to prevent leakage of information, a server supplies a program to be executed by an external client having a Web browser that displays a screen based on Web data to the external client. Based on no operation for a predetermined time in regard to the screen displayed on the Web browser, the program causes the Web browser of the external client to perform a process of deleting an element related to specific content from the Web data corresponding to the screen displayed on the Web browser via a DOM (document object model), and updating the screen displayed on the Web browser with a screen not including the specific content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shuhei Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11630880
    Abstract: A fast Fourier transform (FFT) circuit of an audio processing device configured to perform an N-points FFT and including a memory circuit and a butterfly operation unit circuit is provided. The butterfly operation unit circuit reads two points input data from the memory circuit, performs a butterfly operation for the two points input data according to a twiddle factor to generate two points output data, and writes the two points output data into the memory circuit. The butterfly operation unit circuit includes a multiplier and a plurality of adders/subtractors. The multiplier sequentially multiplies real or imaginary coefficients of one of the two points input data by real or imaginary coefficients of the twiddle factor in multiple clock cycles. The multiplier performs a multiplication once in each clock cycle. The adders/subtractors perform addition/subtraction, such that the butterfly operation unit circuit generates the two points output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: XSail Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Meng-Hao Feng
  • Patent number: 11630881
    Abstract: Static and dynamic process data of a system are accessed. Thereafter, using this accessed process data, a subset of such data forming relevant data for a particular context is derived. The data is then explored using a computer-implemented process or processes to automatically get insight into information about structures, distributions and correlations of the relevant data. Rules can be generated based on the exploring of relevant data that describe data dependencies within the relevant data. These generated rules can later be used to generate synthetic data. Such synthetic data, in turn, can be used to for a variety of purposes including the training of a machine learning model while, at the same time, complying with applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Boris Greven, Michael Jung
  • Patent number: 11630882
    Abstract: Registered, first unregistered, and second unregistered encodings are generated for registered images of content, first unregistered images of the content, and second unregistered images of different content, respectively. First and second distance matrices having rows respectively corresponding to the first and second unregistered encodings are generated based on the registered encodings and the first and second unregistered encodings, respectively. A statistic is selected having a greatest difference between first and second distance vectors having values corresponding to the rows of the first and second distance matrices, respectively. Whether content of a new unregistered image corresponds to the content of the registered images is assessed by using the selected statistic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pei-Yuan Chien, Hong-Wei Chou, Peter Zhang
  • Patent number: 11630883
    Abstract: A method is provided that determines whether to allow an application (app) for use or restrict the app on a set top box (STB). The method includes the steps of measuring at the STB, one or more resources used by the app; comparing at the STB, one or more thresholds set by an operator; and determining if the one or more resources used by the app exceed one or more thresholds set by the operator. Another method is provided that monitors applications (apps) that are installed a set top box (STB) for illegal or harmful activity by a policy manager. This method includes downloading and copying an app from an external source; installing or uninstalling the app into an application folder; providing a notification informing the policy manager of the installing or uninstalling of the app; and evaluating the app be installed or uninstalled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Paul Moroney, Cesar A. Moreno, Gopalkrishna V. Mudaliar, Arpan Kumar Kaushal
  • Patent number: 11630884
    Abstract: A method for managing access to a device, which has a first and a second input interface, each for inputting a character string, including the steps of: generating a password having a prescribed minimum number of characters and having a measure of complexity; generating a subpassword on the basis of the generated password and a prescribed mapping specification, wherein the subpassword has a lower measure of complexity than the password; and enabling access to the device if a character string input via the first input interface corresponds to the password or a character string input via the second input interface corresponds to the subpassword. The method and a corresponding access system for a device permit simple handling of the password management by the respective user is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Jens-Uwe Busser
  • Patent number: 11630885
    Abstract: A method for online authentication includes receiving membership authenticating information specific to members of a particular affiliation from the members and from one or more remote databases. The information is aggregated and stored in an aggregate database. An individual is authenticated, via a widget at least one of integrated into, and accessible by, at least one of a mobile application and a website of a provider of at least one of a particular program and a particular service, as a member of the particular affiliation based on a comparison of authenticating indicia provided online by the individual and the information stored in at least one of the aggregate database and the remote databases. Digital credentials are provided to the individual for access to the at least one of the particular program and the particular service when the individual is authenticated. The credentials include a unique identifier, a login and password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ID.ME, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Hall, Matthew Thompson, Tony Huynh, William Kern
  • Patent number: 11630886
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for employing keystroke dynamics authentication. The method includes one or more processors recording, for a plurality of users, a respective keystroke session of multiple typing samples (typed consecutively) of a credential associated with a respective user of the plurality. The method further includes extracting a set of features that characterize typing changes between the multiple typing samples. The method further includes detecting repeated typing of a certain one of the credentials that is associated with a certain user of the plurality. The method further includes extracting, from the repeated typing of the certain credential, a set of features that characterize typing changes between repetitions. The method further includes comparing the feature set extracted from the repeated typing against feature sets extracted from a set of the keystroke sessions, estimating which user is the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Itay Hazan
  • Patent number: 11630887
    Abstract: Methods and systems for using a challenge-response problem to deter malicious clients are described. A denial of a first login request for logging into an account by a computing device is detected. A second login request for logging into the account is received from the computing device. A reputation score for the second login request is determined based on the denial of the first login request. A number of terms for a challenge-response problem is set based on the determined reputation score. The challenge-response problem is configured to use the set number of terms and sent to the computing device. The second login request is authorized in response to verifying a second login credential and a solution to the challenge-response problem received from the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventor: John Franco
  • Patent number: 11630888
    Abstract: Timed-based credential access to computer networks, applications and/or data files. A multi-factor authentication process in which time is an intrinsic part of the authentication/log-in process. Time periods are defined that coincide with a user's expected periods of use, such as standard work hours, and the user's credentials are only valid during the defined time period. This means that the user can only gain access to the computer network and/or the secure application(s) or data file(s) during those defined time periods. As a result, nefarious actors, in wrongful possession of a user's credentials, that attempt to access the computer network, application and/or data file outside of the defined period of time will be prevented from doing so.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christopher Daniel Birch
  • Patent number: 11630889
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to physiological sensor-based monitoring and control systems. A computing device may determine a physiological measurement. Then, the computing device may compare the physiological measurement with one or more baseline values to determine whether the physiological measurement is anomalous with respect to the one or more baseline values. When the physiological measurement is determined to be anomalous with respect to the one or more baseline values, the computing device may execute access control on a device to prevent access by a user to one or more systems, applications, resources, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth R. Liuzzo, George Albero, Edward Lee Traywick, Elijah Clark
  • Patent number: 11630890
    Abstract: A system translates a first biometric template of a first type to enable comparison with a second biometric template of a second type. In one example, a canonical template structure to which the first and second biometric templates adhere may be identified and used to compare corresponding portions of the first and second biometric templates. In another example, types and associated formats of the first and second biometric templates may be identified to enable both to be translated to a general format that can then be compared. In still other examples, an identification system may use the first biometric template to determine an identity associated with first biometric data to either retrieve second stored biometric data associated with the identity of a same type as the second biometric template or verify that an account in an external system having a record storing the second biometric template is associated with the identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ALCLEAR, LLC
    Inventor: Joe Trelin
  • Patent number: 11630891
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus of one embodiment includes an image processing unit and a controller. The controller receives biometric information for a user for a logon operation and re-orders user record entries in a table when a predetermined condition occurs. Each record entry in the table includes reference biometric information in association with user information. The re-ordering of the entries is based on user information stored in the user record entries. After the re-ordering of the user record entries in the table, the controller performs an authentication operation that includes comparing the received biometric information to reference biometric information in the re-ordered user record entries of the table until a match is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11630892
    Abstract: A fingerprint unlocking method and a terminal are provided. The method may be applied to a terminal having an in-screen fingerprint detection function. When the terminal is in a screen-locked state, the terminal determines whether an operation of a user meets a preset condition. If the operation of the user meets the preset condition, a fingerprint recognition identifier is displayed on a touch display screen of the terminal. A display area of the fingerprint recognition identifier is an area in which fingerprint recognition can be performed. The method resolves a problem that the user cannot perform fingerprint unlocking because the user cannot see a position of a fingerprint detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Zhou, Xi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11630893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method of providing identification of a user or authentication of a user's identity. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved method of providing identification of a user or authentication of a user's identity using conditional behavioural biometrics. The present invention seeks to provide an enhanced method of authenticating and/or identifying a user identity using conditional behavioural biometrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BIOCATCH LTD.
    Inventors: Alesis Novik, Andrius Sutas
  • Patent number: 11630894
    Abstract: To provide a structure capable of performing more secure authentication between devices. There is provided a processing device comprising: a processing unit that executes a defined process that is defined in advance according to an input first request, executes calculation using first information included in the first request, and transmits a first response including a result of the calculation to a first device having output the first request, wherein the processing unit transmits a second request including second information different from the first information to at least one second device different from the first device, and acquires a second response including a result of calculation using the second information from the at least one second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yosuke Hasegawa, Yosuke Ohashi, Takanori Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 11630895
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for changing a password of an account record under a threat of unlawful access to user data. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises generating, by an account records generator, a set of known user account records and sending the generated set of known user account records to a determination module, identifying, by the determination module, a use of at least one user account record from the generated set, and sending, to a verification module, data about the at least one user account record, performing, by the verification module, a verification of a presence of a threat of unlawful access to user data, the unlawful access being performed using the at least one user account record and performing, by a change module, the changing of a password of the at least one user account record the use of which has been identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: AO Kaspersky Lab
    Inventors: Sergey A. Sidorov, Mikhail S. Chebakov, Irina V. Ermilova
  • Patent number: 11630896
    Abstract: Biometric keystroke measure data derived from a computer-implemented long form examination taken by an examinee is received. Features are the extracted from the biometric keystroke measure data for the examinee. A similarity value is then determined, using one or more of a direct distance approach or a machine learning approach, for the extracted features relative to features extracted from biometric keystroke measure data derived from each of a plurality of other examinees while taking the long form examination. At least one of the determined similarity values is then identified having a value above a pre-defined threshold. The pre-defined threshold indicates a likelihood of the examinee being the same as one of the other examinees. Data can then be provided that characterizes the identification. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Deane, Ick Kyu Choi, Jiangang Hao, Mo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11630897
    Abstract: A goods processing apparatus includes a controller including a program memory, a security module, a first communication interface that is configured to, in cooperation with the security module, securely communicate with a remote server, and an acoustic output device electrically connected with the controller and configured to output audio files or sound files. The security module and the first communication interface can be electrically connected with the controller. The program memory may store a program to control the acoustic output via the acoustic output device. The program can facilitate external commands being transmitted from the remote server, or from one or more other internet sources, to the controller. Via security measures, operational security of the goods processing apparatus is prevented from being negatively affected, or harmful code is prevented from being transmitted to controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Francotyp-Postalia GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Lorenzen, Kai Nicolai, Axel Ortmann, Tobias Reisinger, Robert Hoefig, Karsten von der Waydbrink
  • Patent number: 11630898
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a host system comprising a host system processor, a logic device configured to perform a functionality of the information handling system in accordance with code stored on non-transitory computer-readable media of the logic device, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor and the logic device and configured to perform out-of-band management of the information handling system. The management controller may be further configured to: during a boot of the management controller, perform an initial authentication of the code via an immutable interface of the logic device, after the initial authentication and prior to completion of boot of the management controller, enable a hardware lock to prevent write access to the logic device via the immutable interface, and in response to a power on request of the host system, perform a second authentication of the code via a mutable interface of the logic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Lambert, Milton Olavo Decarvalho Taveira, Jeffrey L. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11630899
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor to execute code of a threat level detection module to receive and store in memory labeled data descriptive of operating environment variables related to the information handling system including operating environment variables selected from a basic input/output system (BIOS) setting, an information handling system hardware setting, and at least one of an operating system (OS) environment setting, a developer tool access setting, or a network setting; the processor to determine, via execution of a machine learning process of the threat level detection module, a threat level value; and a security module associated with a first application executed on the information handling system to: map the threat level value with the first application; and adjust the security level associated with the first application based on the provided threat level value to modify security checks operating with the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Nikhil M. Vichare, Mohit Arora, Danilo O. Tan
  • Patent number: 11630900
    Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a processor and memory; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: identify a scripted process for security analysis; hook application programming interface (API) calls of the scripted process to determine a plurality of pre-execution parameters and runtime parameters; assign individual scores to the pre-execution parameters and runtime parameters; compute a sum of the individual scores; compare the sum to a threshold; and detect malicious or suspicious activity if the sum is above the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Debasish Mandal, Abhishek Karnik
  • Patent number: 11630901
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for using triggered stimuli to enhance contextual information regarding detected risk events in a networked system. Embodiments monitor a system to identify risk-associated behavior, and upon detecting such behavior, can provide stimulus to a user associated with the risk-associated behavior to determine additional context behind the behavior, thereby initiating a two-way communication to acquire more information. If user response to the stimulus indicates a high risk associated with the behavior, then the system can trigger security measures to restrict the behavior. Some embodiments provide stimuli that are directly related to the nature of the risk-associated behavior, in order to better contextualize the behavior. In some embodiments, the stimuli are only applied if the risk-associated behavior presents a measure of risk above a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Forcepoint LLC
    Inventor: Sri Koganti