Permitting Access Patents (Class 235/382)
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Patent number: 11001199Abstract: An audio notification system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) determines that the AV is within range of a user and emits a sound though a speaker of the AV to notify that the user that the vehicle has arrived. The audio notification system may include a sensor for sensing that the user has accessed the AV, and turns off the sound in response to the user accessing the AV. The audio notification may be generated according to one or more audio options, e.g., volume, pitch, or audio pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Anthony Galliano, III, Arun A. Mathews, Charlotte Blanc, Pratik Palnitkar, Jacqueline Mary Shannon, Timothy Jon Meador
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Patent number: 10997302Abstract: A computer implemented method of authenticating a user accessing a secure terminal, comprising obtaining identification information stored in a personal machine readable storage medium exclusively associated with an accessing user attempting to access a secure system, retrieving authentication information exclusively associated with the accessing user from a remote network resource using the identification information, operating one or more privately directed user interfaces to exclusively present to the accessing user a requested alteration to a challenge request generated based on the authentication information and presented via another user interface, receiving a response to the challenge request from the accessing user and granting the accessing user access to the secure terminal in case the response matches the altered challenge request and denying access in case of no match.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: NEC Corporation Of AmericaInventors: Moshe Karako, Yaacov Hoch
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Patent number: 10977457Abstract: The present technology relates to information processing system and method, and information processing device and method for realizing a system capable of increasing efficiency while reducing load concentration. Each of the information processing system and method and the information processing device and method according to an aspect of the present technology belongs to one or more center servers. One or more gate controllers different from each other are allocated. Acquired is user data that relates to data about a user corresponding to identification data, and is supplied on the basis of prediction data corresponding to the identification data. Acquired is the identification data that is read from a storage device storing the identification data, and is supplied from the gate controller allocated to the corresponding system, method or device. The acquired user data that corresponds to the acquired identification data is processed.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Shuichi Sekiya
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Patent number: 10977631Abstract: Secure content transfer systems and methods to operate the same are disclosed. Disclosed example systems include a client device for use at a physical location and a media server for use at the physical location. The example media server includes a security device to determine a first encryption secret based on a first encryption key and to determine a second encryption secret based on a second encryption key. The media server also includes a decrypter to decrypt received encrypted content for requested content based on the first encryption secret and an encrypter to re-encrypt the decrypted content data for the requested content based on the second encryption secret. In addition, the media server includes an interface to send the re-encrypted content data to the client device, wherein the client device is to decrypt the re-encrypted content data based on the second encryption secret to access the requested content.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.Inventors: Raynold M. Kahn, Peter M. Klauss, Stephen P. Dulac, David N. Schlacht, Hanno Basse, Thomas H. James
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Patent number: 10979420Abstract: A method for authenticating a user by a verifier device. The method includes: receiving a password entered by a user and a first piece of context information entered by the user; calculating a current fingerprint, by applying a one-way function to the password and to the first piece of context information; and verifying that the current calculated fingerprint is equal to a reference fingerprint of a secret, calculated during a preceding authentication of the user, the authentication being successful when the current fingerprint is equal to the reference fingerprint.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: ORANGEInventor: Loic Ferreira
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Patent number: 10964215Abstract: The present invention is a method and system to verify the availability of and qualification for parking and ride-sharing incentives. In an embodiment the present innovation uses a variety of technologies to reliably count the number of live humans purportedly in a given vehicle and ascertain their simultaneous co-location. The present invention may be used to implement means-based incentive programs for registered users of modest means. The described system may use, by way of non-limiting example, mobile communications devices such as cell phones, tablets, smart phones, or transponders, each of which may be incidental to or integrated within a given vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Michel Papineau, Mark Feltham
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Patent number: 10963714Abstract: A method for updating biometric reference data for a person is provided. The biometric reference data is defined as a multi-template formed by a number of templates each representing an area of an associated biometric object of the person. The method comprises providing at least one template associated with a biometric image that depicts at least one area of a finger of the person. Moreover, the method comprises matching the at least one template to the multi-template of the biometric reference data and in the event of a match, updating the multi-template of the biometric reference data with at least one selected previously matched template stored in a candidate template queue. Furthermore, the method comprises storing the matched template in the candidate template queue.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Precise Biometrics ABInventor: Fredrik Rosqvist
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Patent number: 10956907Abstract: A voice authentication transaction system may receive, as part of an authorization request to authorize a transaction of the customer, information that specifies an identity of the customer and a sample of the customer's speech. The system may generate various voice information based on the specified speech sample, and may determine whether to authorize the transaction based at least in part on validating the speech sample, such as by comparing the generated voice information with stored voice reference information already associated with the indicated customer identity. The customer may present a portable instrument such as a mobile device or smartcard to a point-of-sale terminal, and the portable instrument may include securely stored voice reference information for comparison with the voice information generated based on the provided speech sample. The voice reference information may be securely stored by a remote server.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Datalogic USA, Inc.Inventor: William L. Parnell
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Patent number: 10931659Abstract: A system that includes an artificial intelligence (AI) system and an information service system. The information service system includes an authentication engine configured to authenticate the AI system to enable data transfers between the AI system and the information service system. The information service system further includes an AI service engine configured to receive behavior information for the user from the AI system and link the user with a classification type based on the content of the behavior information. The AI service engine is further configured to receive an information request from a user device associated with the user, to send the account information to the user device, to identify general information with a classification type that matches the classification type of the user and a classification type of the private information request, and to send the general information to the user device.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Saul H. Florez, Jisoo Lee
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Patent number: 10929313Abstract: A method is provided for securely and efficiently accessing connection data of at least one telecommunication provider is provided, wherein the connection data is ascertained by the telecommunication provider and is encrypted by the telecommunication provider, the encrypted connection data is transmitted from the telecommunication provider to a secured environment, the connection data is decrypted in the secured environment and, for a first predetermined time period, is stored as decrypted connection data exclusively in a volatile memory of the secured environment, and the access to the connection data is exclusively granted as access to the decrypted connection data stored in the volatile memory of the secured environment via a predetermined interface of the secured environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: UNISCON UNIVERSAL IDENTITY CONTROL GMBHInventors: Ralf Rieken, Michael Kellermann, Hubert Jäger, Edmund Ernst
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Patent number: 10926722Abstract: An on-board communication device, an on-board communication system, and a specific processing prohibition method for a vehicle, in which a specific service can be prevented from being provided without limitation is disclosed. The on-board communication system can perform update processing of a relay processing program for a gateway using a wireless communication path through a wireless communication device or a communication path through a communication cable connected to a connector unit. When receiving an authentication request through either of the two communication paths, the gateway performs authentication processing, and if the authentication processing was successful, the gateway receives an update relay processing program through this communication path, and performs update processing by overwriting a stored relay processing program.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Tomohiro Mizutani
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Patent number: 10929551Abstract: Methods and systems for managing data assets and rights thereto are disclosed. One method can include generating an access token representing access rights of one or more users or device. A request for access to data can be received from the one or more users and the request can be granted or denied based upon the access rights of the one or more users. The access token can be modified based upon granting or denying the request.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Weidong Mao, Elad Nafshi, Mark Andrew Vickers, Gregory Allen Broome, Sree Kotay
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Patent number: 10922512Abstract: The present invention relates to a contactless fingerprint recognition method using a smartphone and, more particularly, to a contactless fingerprint recognition method using a smartphone, which can generate an optimal fingerprint image without distortion regardless of various standards of built-in camera lenses of smartphones, has compatibility with a fingerprint image of a conventional optical fingerprint recognition device that has been widely popularized, and enables the fingerprint image to be converted into an image that meets the requirements of the international standard (ISO19794-4) and into optimal recognized fingerprint data (ISO19794-2), so that the utilization of contactless fingerprint recognition is further improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: WINNINGI CO., LTD.Inventor: Sang Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 10909439Abstract: System for safeguarding a person from an autonomously operating machine. The system comprises a safety controller for asserting control over the autonomously operating machine based on an input signal generated by a body-worn. The body-worn device comprises safety means for ensuring failsafe locking and arrangement of the body-worn device on the person in a predefined manner. Furthermore, the body-worn device is configured to generate the input signal only when the body-worn device is locked and arranged in said predefined manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Jan Tournois, Max Veenman
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Patent number: 10909483Abstract: A computer method enable retail businesses to manage their customers using personal communication devices. The method assigns a customer to a tail of a first wait list when the customer is at a location remote from the store and registers through a software application on a personal communication device. The method also sends a message to the personal communication device when a length of a second wait list is shorter than a predetermined length and the customer is at a head of the first wait list and ready to be moved to a transition pool. The method also moves the customer from the transition pool to the second wait list after the customer arrives at the store, and removes the customer from the second wait list in response to an action by the store.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventors: Yuh-shen Song, Catherine Lew, Alexander Song, Victoria Song
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Patent number: 10902699Abstract: A system for configuring gaming machines according to player gaming preferences is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of gaming machines. Each of the gaming machines includes a master gaming controller configured to provide game play of a wager-based game and a reader configured to read a configuration instrument. The master gaming controller modifies a configuration setting of the gaming machine based on a customized setting indicated in the configuration instrument. The system further includes a server in communication with the plurality of gaming machines. The server is configured to store the configuration setting, to validate the configuration instrument, and to provide the configuration setting to the plurality of gaming machines.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: IGTInventors: Cara Iddings, Timothy Moser
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Patent number: 10885364Abstract: Various example implementations of the present invention are directed towards systems and methods to quantify biometric acquisition and identification. A test facility evaluates the acquisition by a biometric station of biometric information. Evaluations can relate to biometric information acquisition speed, rates of acquisition failure, rates of biometric information extraction failure, rates of biometric match failure, calculating a true identification rate, and/or calculating other metrics related to quantifying biometric acquisition and identification. The test facility can calculate an efficiency metric and an effectiveness metric of the quantification determinations, and output such results.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 10880719Abstract: Physical layer processing and procedures for device-to-device (D2D) discovery signal generation and transmission and scheduling of D2D discovery signals are described. Detection and measurement of a D2D discovery signal, D2D signal identity management, and monitoring by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of PDCCH for D2D discovery scheduling is described, as is a WTRU that may be configured with a D2D-specific transmission/reception opportunity pattern. The discovery signal may carry a payload for explicit information about user and/or service identity, and may be mapped to physical resources in such a way as to decouple transmission/reception of the discovery signal from downlink operations. A WTRU may measure a D2D discovery signal quality and report to the network.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gwenael Poitau, Ghyslain Pelletier, Marian Rudolf, Benoit Pelletier, Paul Marinier, Diana Pani
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Patent number: 10878524Abstract: A candidate is enrolled for continuous background check monitoring where a computing system continually electronically monitors data sources that include background check data for data of the candidate for any changes or updates for the candidate, until the candidate is no longer enrolled. If a record is received, an identity matching process is performed to determine the probability the record belongs to the candidate. If the probability is below a threshold or manual review is desired, the system automatically triggers a manual review of the record to determine if it belongs to the candidate. If the system determines the record belongs to the candidate, a verification of the data may be triggered including triggering a county records search using the record as a pointer. The county records search may have more complete information. The system receives the results and automatically generates a report and transmits a notification of the report.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: CHECKR, INC.Inventors: Paul Dolby Zaich, Benjamin Jon Jacobson, Jason Scott Dougherty, Albert Ho
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Patent number: 10862882Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing location-based authentication using location-aware devices. One method includes: receiving an access request comprising authentication credentials and a first location from a first location-aware device; receiving a second location from a second location-aware device associated with the authentication credentials; and upon determining that the first location and second location are within a pre-determined distance, authenticating the authentication credentials.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Oath Inc.Inventor: El-Amine M. Raounak
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Patent number: 10853474Abstract: A controller of an information handling system (IHS) prevents unauthorized access to an information handling system (IHS). The controller determines whether a lock data structure in a persistent memory device indicates one or more resources of the IHS are in a locked state. If in locked state, the controller: (i) disables a processor subsystem of the IHS from performing a start-up procedure until a unique password is received from a user interface coupled to the IHS; (ii) receives an input; (iii) determines whether the input matches a unique password contained in an externally unreadable portion of memory of the IHS; (iv) in response to the input matching the unique password, permanently changes the lock data structure to an unlocked state and enables the processor subsystem to perform the start-up procedure.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Alaric J. N. Silveira
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Patent number: 10846997Abstract: A shopping payment system for promptly settling a product price without bothering humans. The system comprising, a management server that assists customers to settle their merchandise purchases, a camera capable of communicating with the management server and capable of imaging a product that moves in and out of the shopping basket, and a customer terminal for accessing the management server. The management server links the customer terminal with the camera, which receives an instruction to start imaging and transmits imaging information of the product to the management server, which identifies the product type based on the imaging information. If identified normally, the management server notifies shopping product details to the customer terminal. If not identified normally, the management server notifies an abnormal state to the customer terminal. When the customer approves the shopping product details, the customer terminal notifies the approval to the management server to complete payment.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventor: Kenta Nakamura
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Patent number: 10834088Abstract: Authorizing an entity to access data in a service. A method includes, at a service, creating a subscription, for a subscriber entity, to notifications of events for data. The method further includes, at the service, determining that the subscriber entity is in an authorization state indicating that the subscriber entity is required to reauthorize to the service to continue receiving notifications of events for the data. The method further includes, as a result of determining that the subscriber entity is in an authorization state indicating that the subscriber entity is required to reauthorize to the service to continue receiving notifications of events for the data, publishing a reauthorization notification to the subscriber entity to reauthorize the subscription.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Bogdan Moldoveanu, Pooja Shamjibhai Patel, Piotr Aleksander Ciszewski
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Patent number: 10833509Abstract: Networked electric vehicle charging stations for charging electric vehicles are coupled with an electric vehicle charging station network server that performs authorization for charging session requests while the communication connection between the charging stations and the server are operating correctly. When the communication connection is not operating correctly, the networked electric vehicle charging stations enter into a local authorization mode to perform a local authorization process for incoming charging session requests.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: CHARGEPOINT, INC.Inventors: James Solomon, Milton Tormey, Praveen Mandal, Richard Lowenthal, Harjinder Bhade, David Baxter
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Patent number: 10816350Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using a processor, a user identification of a vehicle passenger; obtaining, based on the user identification, a travel restriction; and providing, to a vehicle, an indication of the travel restriction. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Rod D. Waltermann
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Patent number: 10817738Abstract: Various example implementations of the present invention are directed towards systems and methods to quantify biometric acquisition and identification. A test facility evaluates the acquisition by a biometric station of biometric information. Evaluations can relate to biometric information acquisition speed, rates of acquisition failure, rates of biometric information extraction failure, rates of biometric match failure, calculating a true identification rate, and/or calculating other metrics related to quantifying biometric acquisition and identification. The test facility can calculate an efficiency metric and an effectiveness metric of the quantification determinations, and output such results.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 10814732Abstract: A method controls the electric charging of a group of vehicles. A central control system can communicate with the respective vehicles of the group and with a server of the network operator. In each case a charging time window, a departure time and a setpoint state of charge of the vehicle-side energy store at the departure time are defined in advance for one or more specific vehicles. In addition, a cost value for the charging time window is predefined in accordance with a cost function which specifies a cost level as a function of the charging process according to the charging time window. The central control system transmits a modified charging time window to a respective specific vehicle of at least some of the specific vehicles, after which the charging process is carried out according to the modified charging time window by fulfilling the charging time criterion with an unchanged departure time and setpoint state of charge.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Simon Ellgas, Enrique Marcial-Simon, Thomas Stauner, Rainer Mehlhorn, Xaver Pfab
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Patent number: 10803445Abstract: A system and method of conducting an authentication transaction; and a near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile device for conducting the authentication transaction. The method includes the steps of: storing data associated with one or more authentication certificates in a secure element of the NFC enabled mobile device; sending the data associated with the one or more authentication certificates from the NFC enabled mobile device to a server via a NFC enabled transceiver; verifying the authenticity of the one or more authentication certificates at the server; and upon successful authentication, sending transaction data from the server to the NFC enabled mobile device via the NFC enabled transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: MASTERCARD ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. LTD.Inventors: Donghao Huang, Bensam Joyson, Jie Zhang, Jasmine Ng, Ross Finch
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Patent number: 10801235Abstract: An electronic door lock is operable to control access to an access controlled area adjacent the inner side of a door. The door lock includes an outer base, an inner base, a locking mechanism movable between a locked and unlocked position in response to a control signal, and a control circuit disposed within the inner base and operable to generate the control signal in response to the presentation of an input credential. A plurality of different types of credential readers arc each selectively attachable and removable from an attachment interface when the outer base is attached to the door to electrically connect the selected one of the plurality of different types of credential readers to the control circuit. The selected credential reader receives data from a user or credential and generates the input credential. A communication module is operable to communicate with a device separate from the electronic door lock.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: James W. Brown, James W. Overbey, Alfred S. Levesque
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Patent number: 10789554Abstract: There are provided systems and method for validity determination of an event ticket and automatic population of admission information. A user wishing to sell a ticket for admission to an event at a venue may upload an image containing a visual representation of the image. Ticket information may be extracted from the visual representation. The ticket information may be extracted using optical character recognition and/or polygon coordinates of information with assistance from template for the tickets. Additionally, using the ticket information or the visual representation of the ticket, ticket validity may be determined. The ticket validity may depend on the information presented on the ticket, the placement of the information on the ticket, or other factors, such as a database including sold and available tickets at the venue through validating with a Primary Partner. If the ticket is suspicious, the ticket may be reviewed or sale of the ticket prohibited.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: STUBHUB, INC.Inventors: Eun Nok Sohn, Venmal Arasu
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Patent number: 10783380Abstract: An object counting device includes an image capturer and a processor. The image capturer captures an image sequence related to a gate within a field of view. When an object in the image sequence passes through an entry/exit reference corresponding to the gate, the processor determines a moving direction of the object. When the processor determines that the object moves from a first side of the gate towards a second side of the gate, the processor counts the object into a first accumulated number. When the object exits from the field of view, the processor records an exit position of the object. The processor determines whether to count the object into a second accumulated number according to the exit position.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: VIVOTEK INC.Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Liu, Szu-Mo Chang, Chih-Yen Lin
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Patent number: 10769288Abstract: In a system for providing access control management to electronic data, techniques to secure the electronic data and keep the electronic data secured at all times are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a secured file or secured document includes two parts: an attachment, referred to as a header, and an encrypted document or data portion. The header includes security information that points to or includes the access rules and a file key. The access rules facilitate restrictive access to the secured document and essentially determine who/when/how/where the secured document can be accessed. The file key is used to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion. Only those who have the proper access privileges are permitted to retrieve the file key to encrypt/decrypt the encrypted data portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VENTURES I LLCInventors: Denis Jacques Paul Garcia, Michael Michio Ouye, Alain Rossmann, Steven Toye Crocker, Eric Gilbertson, Weiqing Huang, Serge Humpich, Klimenty Vainstein, Nicholas Michael Ryan
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Patent number: 10757098Abstract: A residential key may be programmed by a computer with access rights information. A lock device may receive the access rights information from the residential key. The lock device may store and utilize the access rights information if the lock determines that the residential key is authorized to update the lock device.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Raymond F. Rettig, Donald L. Beene, Frank L. Coolidge, Daniel R. Sharp, Michael Cahill, Srikanth Venkateswaran
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Patent number: 10740836Abstract: A smart payment device is issued to a user; the device is capable of both offline and online transactions and has a total available balance split. The split is between an available offline balance and an available online balance. It is determined whether the user has entered a primarily offline environment or will imminently enter a primarily offline environment. If this is so, the total available balance split is redistributed to favor offline transactions.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Aaron Baker, Colin Tanner
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Patent number: 10742630Abstract: Method and devices for making access decisions in a secure access network are provided. The access decisions are made by one or more portable credentials using data and algorithms stored on or received by two or more credentials. Since access decisions are made by the portable credential or credentials, non-networked hosts or local hosts can be employed that do not necessarily need to be connected to a central access controller or database, thereby reducing the cost of building and maintaining the secure access network.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Assa Abloy ABInventors: Mark Anthony Caterino, Fredrik Carl Stefan Einberg, Philip Hoyer, Daniel Berg, Masha Leah Davis, Robert Wamsley, Tam Hulusi
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Patent number: 10726141Abstract: Proposed is a Capability Management System (CMS) in a distributed computing environment that controls access to multiple objects by multiple subjects based upon a specified access order. A capability is dynamically constructed when the capability is needed. After the capability is used to access an object, a new capability is generated. In the alternative, multiple capabilities for enforcing an access order are generated independently of each other. The new capability is then employed by the same or another subject to access the object according to a prescribed access sequence. In this manner, at any particular time there is one capability valid to access the object by the appropriate subject. In addition, the capability includes information for verifying the authenticity of the capability and for specifying an expiration time associated with the cap ability. The technology may also be enhanced by providing a linkage between capabilities intended for use in a sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: I-Lung Kao
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Patent number: 10713740Abstract: A doorbell cam device for controlling access to a listing includes a microprocessor, a video interface, an input interface, a wireless network interface, an audio interface and a special computer program. The doorbell cam device is adapted to scan a machine readable optical label encoding a showing appointment, request a showing appointment management system to validate the showing appointment, receive a validation result, and notify an electronic lock system to open when the showing appointment is validated. The opened electronic lock system provides access to the listing for a user presenting a showing pass scanned by the video interface. The scanning can be triggered by a double-press of the input interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ShowingTime.com, Inc.Inventor: Michael P. Caputo
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Patent number: 10713224Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for implementing a continuity plan generated using solution data modeling based on predicted future event simulation testing. The system is typically configured for generating one or more solution data models comprising a plurality of asset systems and a plurality of users, identifying a potential event associated with at least a first asset of the plurality of asset systems, extracting a first solution data model associated with the first asset from a model database, identifying one or more relationships associated with the first asset from the extracted first solution data model, formulating a continuity plan for the potential events based on the one or more relationships, and testing the continuity plan by creating a simulation of the potential events and implementing the continuity plan for the simulated potential event.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron Dion Kephart, Katy Leigh Huneycutt, Richard LeRoy Hayes
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Patent number: 10713872Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling access to controlled-environment facility visitations enable and accept requests for visitations with residents of the controlled-environment facility and enable and accept scheduling of visitations with residents of the controlled-environment facility. A matrix barcode is assigned to each scheduled visitation in accordance with such systems and methods, and the resultingly assigned matrix barcode is provided to at least a non-resident taking part in a respective scheduled visitation, and in some implementations, to the resident. The visitation proceeds between the resident scheduled to take part in the scheduled visitation and the non-resident in response to confirmation that the non-resident, and in applicable implementations, the resident, is in possession of the assigned matrix barcode.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Securus Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Danny C. Milliorn, Adam Christopher Edwards
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Patent number: 10706653Abstract: A wireless access tag duplication device, system and method is provided. The wireless access tag duplication system comprises: a wireless access tag reader; a wireless access tag writer; a processor, coupled to the wireless access card reader and the wireless access card writer; and a memory. The memory includes instruction code, executable by the processor, for: determining a first key of a first wireless access tag; determining remaining keys of the first wireless access tag using nested authentication and the first key; reading data of the first tag using the wireless access card reader, the first key and the remaining keys; and writing the data to a second tag using the wireless access card writer, the first key and the remaining keys.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: INFO WISE LIMITEDInventor: Simon Yorkston
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Patent number: 10701314Abstract: A computer-implemented video vistation system of a correctional facility includes at least one inmate computer device in the correctional facility for use by an incarcerated inmate and being pre-programmed to communicate exclusively with a visitation services computer system. The at least one inmate computer device is configured, via an inmate interface presented on the inmate computer device, to accept a selection from a pre-registered authorized inmate user to initiate a visitation session with a remotely located non-incarcerated visitor without requiring endpoint control to schedule or initiate the visitation session by administrative personnel of the correctional facility.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: HomeWAV, LLCInventor: Gary James Humphries
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Patent number: 10691920Abstract: Techniques for providing an information image display method are described. One example method includes biometric information is received from a user at a client device. The received biometric information is determined whether it matches a predetermined biometric information from a plurality of stored predetermined biometric information. In response to determining the received biometric information matches one of the stored predetermined biometric information, data indicating an interface of an application is retrieved that corresponds to the stored predetermined biometric information. The data indicating the interface of the application on a display screen of the client device for a predetermined duration is displayed while the client device is in an unused mode. After the predetermined duration has elapsed, the data indicating the interface of the application from the display screen is removed while the client device remains in the unused mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Jing Wang, Wenxia Tong, Jie Zeng
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Patent number: 10693952Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for processing and sending messages with low latency are described. An application server may obtain a triggered send request (TSR) message from triggered send (TS) subscriber. The TSR message may comprise TSR information and a TSR payload. The application server may directly inject the TSR payload to an available message server for processing when the TSR information indicates that a first priority is associated with the payload, and may notify the available message server that the TSR payload is available for processing when the TSR information indicates that a second priority is associated with the payload. The application server may also write the TSR payload and/or TSR information to a TSS queue of a TSS tenant space, and may write the payload to a non-relational datastore regardless of a priority associated with the payload. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.Inventors: D. Thomas Waltz, Jerry Seiler, Michael Clark, Steve Shellist, Kevin King, Andrew Rewald, Jonathan Bennett, Mike Alexander, Tod Karpinski
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Patent number: 10685209Abstract: Techniques for providing an information image display method are described. One example method includes biometric information is received from a user at a client device. The received biometric information is determined whether it matches a predetermined biometric information from a plurality of stored predetermined biometric information. In response to determining the received biometric information matches one of the stored predetermined biometric information, data indicating an interface of an application is retrieved that corresponds to the stored predetermined biometric information. The data indicating the interface of the application on a display screen of the client device for a predetermined duration is displayed while the client device is in an unused mode. After the predetermined duration has elapsed, the data indicating the interface of the application from the display screen is removed while the client device remains in the unused mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Jing Wang, Wenxia Tong, Jie Zeng
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Patent number: 10687118Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for allowing responses to offers displayed with digital content. The responses may be provided on a receiver system via a conventional feedback through the same distribution channel through which the content and offer were provided, or through an alternative channel, with data being transmitted from an alternative channel device to a transacting entity. For time-shifted playback, content is identified and time-adapted offers may be provided, taking into account factors such as the content, the time of play back, the date of play back, and so forth. The alternate response channel may be more suitable for time-adapted offer responses then for contemporaneously transmitted offers.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Daniel Berkowitz, Christopher J. Falkner, Sheau Bao Ng, Myra Einstein
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Patent number: 10673617Abstract: A combined system and not a system separately having a complex system hardware architecture and software with levels of complexity of P2PE, IAM, and BCE. A microcontroller (MC) 64-bit using MC (A) and MC (B) embedded into a device using point-to-point encryption (P2PE) to communicate with the novel IAM blockchain software and a central server database to track all registered and non-registered IoT devices in the BCE. The present invention includes a MC 64-bit method of MC (A) and MC (B) having an advanced encryption standards (AES) strong encryption algorithm (SEA) of 512-bit key utilizing the blockchain ecosystem (BCE), IoT identity to validate transactions between the authentication, and identity of the IoT devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Inventors: George Antoniou, Oresteban Carabeo, Roberto Hernandez Espinosa
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Patent number: 10664834Abstract: An electronic transaction verification system for use with transaction tokens such as checks, credit cards, debit cards, and smart cards that gathers and transmits information about the transaction token and biometric data. Customers can be enrolled in the system by receiving customer information that includes at least a biometric datum, associating the received customer information with a transaction instrument issued to the customers and storing the received customer information and the issued transaction instrument information in a database for future reference.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: BIOMETRIC PAYMENT SOLUTIONSInventor: Joan Tibor McNeal
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Patent number: 10657782Abstract: A premises security system can leverage cloud-based analytics and captured information about a visitor at the premises to provide security to the premises. The system can include a sensor, an actuator, and a local processing device. The sensor can capture information about a visitor to the premises without requiring the visitor to provide the information. The actuator can perform an action with respect to the premises. The local processing device can communicatively couple to a cloud-based analytics system that can analyze the information with respect to one or more databases that include criminal history information, and return data representing a risk rating for the visitor or a command to perform the action. The local processing device can, in response to receiving the data, output a command to the actuator to perform the action.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Nigel Bradley, Bhumit Patel, Daniel Oberholtzer, Alexander MacDougall, Oliver Elliott, Aubree Doernberg, Hifza Sakhi, Molly Hutsler
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Patent number: 10649427Abstract: Apparatus and methods pertaining to a moveable well construction apparatus to be electrically energized via an electrical power transmission path extending between a stationary power source and the moveable well construction apparatus. The path comprises cables and connectors. A system comprises a detector operable for generating information indicative of whether the path is properly installed. The system permits the path to be electrically energized when the detector-generated information indicates the path is properly installed, and prevents the path from being electrically energized when the detector-generated information indicates the path is not properly installed.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Nick Paul Krippner, Carlos White, Jacques Orban
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Patent number: 10650317Abstract: A computing system is described that predicts a future action to be taken by a user of a computing device and determines, based on contextual information associated with the computing device, a current action being taken by the user. The computing system determines, based on the current action, a degree of likelihood of whether the user will be able to take the future action and predicts, based on the degree of likelihood, that the user will not be able to take the future action. The computing system sends information to the computing device indicating that the current action being taken by the user will lead to the user not being able to take the future action.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Jakob Nicolaus Foerster, Frederick Peter Brewin