Human Resources Patents (Class 705/320)
  • Patent number: 11979408
    Abstract: In an example method, a system obtains a data record indicating an anticipated change in an employment status of a user at an organization, including a data field indicating an effective time of the anticipated change. At a first time prior to the effective time, the system modifies an access privilege of the user with respect to computer resources of the organization, including (i) allowing the user to perform first operations using the computer resources between the first time and a second time subsequent to the first time, and (ii) preventing the user from performing second operations using the computer resources starting at the first time. At the second time, the system further modifies the access privilege of the user, including preventing the user from performing the operations using the computer resources starting at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Tariq Al-Essa, Khalid H. Qahtani, Norah A. Yousif, Waleed A. Alamri, Tariq S. Alshlash, Lamia M. Mugla, Fahd S. Alghamdi
  • Patent number: 11954159
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for building knowledge graphs which map the aspects of entities, then transforming the graphs into vectors for a similarity comparison. The resulting vectors can be used to identify skills and competencies of individuals, which the system uses to compare those individuals to others. The system can then quantify who would make for a good replacement for a given individual and make an associated recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ADP, Inc.
    Inventor: Roberto Coutinho
  • Patent number: 11941583
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a request to generate a customized dataset comprising data stored onto a blockchain; retrieving user work history data associated with a user from one or more block instances of the blockchain; in response to presenting the user work history data on a display of the second computing device, receiving a selection of a subset of the user work history data from the second computing device; generating a blockchain address corresponding to one or more hash values of a subset of the one or more block instances associated with the selection of the subset of the user work history data; and transmitting the blockchain address to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John, Krzysztof Gibadlo, Rick Ferry
  • Patent number: 11934992
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cross-dock management system comprises: a plurality of movable platforms configured to hold one or more pallets or parcels; at least one barcode or RFID tag positioned on each of said movable platforms, pallets, or parcels, wherein the barcode readers are configured to read the barcodes and RFID readers are configured to read the RFID tags. The data scanned by the barcode readers and RFID readers is stored in a local warehouse database and is used to determine an optimized placement and load for each movable platform in the warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Shannon Lively, Mark Bradley, Patrick Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11907875
    Abstract: A collaborative development project having a plurality of contributors is provided. A first contributor of the plurality of contributors as an influencer of the collaborative development project. Contributions of the influencer to a sample project are analyzed to determine a development characteristic of the influencer. One or more development rules are then generated based on the determined development characteristic of the influencer. Further, a second contributor of the plurality of contributors may be identified as a follower of the development project. Identified contributions of the follower may then be modified based on the obtained one or more development rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashleigh Shona Denholm, Emma Jane Dawson, Jack Peter Wadsted, Samantha Catling
  • Patent number: 11880777
    Abstract: The described features of the present disclosure generally relate to one or more improved systems for analyzing the electronic information associated with driving activities (e.g., driver log information) obtained from the one or more mobile computing platforms (ELDs) associated with one or more vehicles to identify a likelihood of a driver resigning or deserting his or her position. Accordingly, features of the present disclosure may identify “at-risk” drivers for the fleet operators to trigger remedial measures to prevent such adverse event (e.g., driver quitting).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMNITRACS, LLC
    Inventor: Lauren Domnick
  • Patent number: 11853143
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of managing power consumption of a system with a first device coupled to a communication device of a communication network by way of a first communication link and a second device coupled to the communication device of the communication network by way of a second communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DHAANI SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Shankar Mukherjee, Jean Walrand, Nicholas Bambos
  • Patent number: 11823276
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method of allocating a resource based on myriad input data. In some embodiments, the myriad input data include membership information, claims data, transactional data, etc. The myriad input data are sorted and organized in a meaningful association relationship before applied to a resource allocation modeling algorithm. The resource allocation modeling algorithm provides estimated resource necessary for the application chosen. For example, an insurance company may use membership information, claims data, transactional data, etc., to estimate how much reserves or funds it should hold to cover future claims within a certain timeframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aetna Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Jones, Gaurav Sharma, Faisal Khan, Hualiang Li, Yue Xiao, Jingran Li, Jamal Timsah, Ryan T. Berns, Sanjeev Bollam, Radhika G. Athalye
  • Patent number: 11803795
    Abstract: A work assist device includes a work burden degree evaluation unit, an improvement measures storage, a simulation unit, and an improvement measures determination unit. The work burden degree evaluation unit evaluates a work burden degree indicating a degree of burden imposed on an operator due to work from operator information and production facility information. The operator information is information related to the operator performing the work in cooperation with a production facility. The improvement measures storage stores improvement measures for improving the work burden degree. The simulation unit performs simulation of estimating an estimated improvement effect indicating a degree of improvement of the work burden degree when the improvement measures are applied. The improvement measures determination unit determines application improvement measures to be applied to at least one of the operator and the production facility from the improvement measures, based on the estimated improvement effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuko Aoki, Ryuhei Sumisaki
  • Patent number: 11803599
    Abstract: In an aspect an apparatus for attribute data table matching is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor. An apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configured at least a processor to receive an attribute data table from a user. A processor is configured to query an opportunity posting database as a function of a received attribute data table. A processor is configured to select an opportunity posting of an opportunity posting database as a function of at least an attribute data table criterion. A processor is configured to match an attribute data table to an opportunity posting as a function of at least an attribute data table criterion. A processor is configured to provide a match of an attribute data table to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MY JOB MATCHER, INC.
    Inventor: Arran Stewart
  • Patent number: 11677767
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a risk score or vulnerable for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system. The server may create a frequency score for a user, which predicts the frequency at which the user is to be hit with a malicious attack. The frequency score may be based on at least a job score, which may be represented by a value that is based on the type of job the user has, and a breach score that may be represented by a value that is based on the user's level of exposure to email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KnowBe4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Sites, Greg Kras, Alin Irimie, Stu Sjouwerman, Marcio Castilho, Siegfried Martens, Eric Bonabeau, Kristian Kime
  • Patent number: 11677760
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed for configuring actions to be performed by a network security application in response to the detection of potential security incidents, and for causing a network security application to report on the performance of those actions. For example, users may use such a network security application to configure one or more “modular alerts.” As used herein, a modular alert generally represents a component of a network security application which enables users to specify security modular alert actions to be performed in response to the detection of defined triggering conditions, and which further enables tracking information related to the performance of modular alert actions and reporting on the performance of those actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Banipal Shahbaz, Siri Atma Oaklander De Licori, John Robert Coates, David Hazekamp, Devendra Badhani, Luke Murphey, Patrick Schulz
  • Patent number: 11650973
    Abstract: A method may include maintaining first data structure with records organized in a first hierarchy, and maintaining a second data structure with records organized in a second hierarchy. The method may additionally include receiving a change request for the value stored in the first record. The change request may be received from a parent in the second data structure of the first record. The method may further include sending a notification to the parent in the first data structure that the parent in the second data structure is attempting to change the first record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anadi Upadhyaya, Ty Hayden
  • Patent number: 11625801
    Abstract: A survey submission system and method for a personalised career counselling is provided to multiple users. The system includes one or more display devices with a display unit, a display region variation determining unit, a preloading controller, and a preloading performing unit displaying multiple program parameters in proximity to a short text field. Particularly, one or more display devices includes multiple display device modules and display device modules is selected from any one of an user interface module, an admin interface module, a sponsor interface module admin interface module and an expert interface module. Moreover, the system also has a remote server for storing a multiple of databases for storing multiple data related to program parameters. Particularly, one or more display device and the remote server communicate via a communication channel enabling users to communicate with other users and experts in a highly secured chat room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Jiun Jack Low
  • Patent number: 11568370
    Abstract: A method for associating a team with a meeting for prospective meeting includes receiving a meeting invitation comprising first information, wherein the first information comprises data identifying the prospective meeting attendees, receiving second information for a plurality of teams, wherein the second information comprises data identifying members for each one of the plurality of teams, comparing the first information with the second information to determine a match metric for each one of the plurality of teams, and determining a matching team from the plurality of teams for which the match metric is above a match threshold value. The method further includes, in response to determining that the match metric is below the match threshold value computed for each one of the plurality of teams, creating a new team, and associating one of the matching team or the new team with the meeting for prospective meeting attendees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasad Raje, John Wang, Michael Machado
  • Patent number: 11568336
    Abstract: An information-technology-utilization evaluation device evaluates the degree of utilization of information technology in process management targeted at a managed process that is a set of unit processes. The information-technology-utilization evaluation device includes a first determination unit to evaluate an achievement status of automation of the process management through utilization of the information technology to determine a maturity level of the automation in the managed process and a maturity level of the automation in the unit processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takenori Baba
  • Patent number: 11546283
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes extracting message attributes of an email associated with a user from the email. User interaction data is identified that is generated by the user in association with display of the email based on sensor data from one or more sensors. It is determined that the user interaction data corresponds to a routine of the user based on a routine-related aspect generated from a user routine model representing the routine. A time to present a notification of the email is determined based on the routine. The notification is provided to the user on a user device based on the determined time to present the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Dikla Dotan-Cohen, Haim Somech, Ido Priness
  • Patent number: 11531928
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for using machine learning techniques to associate skills with different content. In one technique, multiple classifications models are trained. Each classification model corresponds to a different skill and is trained based on textual embeddings of a plurality of content items and labels indicating whether each content item is associated with the skill that corresponds to that classification model. A particular content item embedding is generated based on text from a particular content item. The particular content item embedding is applied to the classification models to generate multiple results. One or more results of the multiple results are identified that indicate that one or more corresponding skills are associated with the particular content item. For each result of the one or more results, skill tagging data are stored that associate the particular content item with a particular skill that corresponds to that result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shivani Rao, Deepak Kumar Dileep Kumar, Zhe Cui, Bonnie Bills, SeyedMohsen Jamali, Siyuan Zhang, Gungor Polatkan
  • Patent number: 11501259
    Abstract: A system and a method to train an avatar to assist a user for career advancement. User information including academic qualifications and work experience is received from the user. A training program including a sequence of questions and template response is dynamically designed based on the user information. Further, the user is nudged with a question from the sequence of questions. Career aspirations including job preferences, a timeline, career goals and a behavioral characteristic of the user are predicted based on a user response to the question and the user information. Further, a career path is determined for the user based on the career aspirations and the user information. The career path includes a set of steps and a schedule to complete the set of steps. Finally, an avatar is trained based on the career path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MIPS SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Prabakaran Murugaiah, Muthulakshmi Sankaralingam
  • Patent number: 11503050
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a risk score or vulnerable for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system. The server may create a frequency score for a user, which predicts the frequency at which the user is to be hit with a malicious attack. The frequency score may be based on at least a job score, which may be represented by a value that is based on the type of job the user has, and a breach score that may be represented by a value that is based on the user's level of exposure to email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KnowBe4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Sites, Greg Kras, Alin Irimie, Stu Sjouwerman, Marcio Castilho, Siegfried Martens, Eric Bonabeau, Kristian Kime
  • Patent number: 11494733
    Abstract: A system and method for zero-touch payroll management that enables an employer to automate payroll recording, approval, and disbursement, while giving employees increased flexibility in their working hours and pay scheduling and enabling processing of payroll based on real-time and predicted business cashflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC.
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 11461735
    Abstract: A system and method for zero-touch payroll management that enables an employer to automate payroll recording, approval, and disbursement, while giving employees increased flexibility in their working hours and pay scheduling and enabling processing of payroll based on real-time and predicted business cashflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC.
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 11361038
    Abstract: The present teaching relates to providing a recommendation for subscribing to or unsubscribing from an electronic communication. In one example, actions of a user are obtained with respect to electronic communications of the user. One or more categories of the electronic communications are determined. A state of the user is determined based on the actions and the one or more categories. The state is either a discovery state indicating that the user expresses an interest to receive electronic communications associated with a specific category or a cleaning state indicating that the user lacks an interest in one or more received electronic communications. A subscribe recommendation for subscribing to electronic communications associated with the specific category is provided when the state is determined to be a discovery state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Liane Lewin-Eytan, Iftah Gamzu, Natalia Silberstein, Ian McCarthy, Oren Shlomo Somekh, Keren Baruch, Christopher Royer
  • Patent number: 11170416
    Abstract: A system having a program running thereon to match babysitters with a user requesting babysitting services, the system including a storage unit to store data regarding the babysitters, a first apparatus having an input unit to allow the user to post a babysitting job via the program, and a second apparatus, including a display unit to allow at least one of the babysitters to view the posed babysitting job, based on information requested by the user matching the data stored in the storage unit, and an input unit to allow the at least one of the babysitters to respond to the posted babysitting job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Casey Klippel
  • Patent number: 11144861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method suitable for objectively evaluating individuals within an organization. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for objectively and consistently evaluating individuals for knowledge, training, and compensation within an organization, and across industries. Further the system and method provides models that enable individuals to identify skill that can be altered in a manner that dictates a desired career path and compensation range for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Vega Factor Inc.
    Inventors: Lindsay E. McGregor, Neel J. Doshi, Mary W. Miller
  • Patent number: 11107038
    Abstract: A multimedia resume distribution system includes staffing core appliances including processors and memory configured to store and execute staffing core applications to receive video resume content; receive audio resume content; receive graphics resume content; receive text resume content; integrate the video resume content, the audio resume content, the graphics resume content, and the text resume content into a multimedia resume; record the multimedia resume; and distribute the recorded multimedia resume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PEOZZLE Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Chavan
  • Patent number: 11108792
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a risk score or vulnerable for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system. The server may create a frequency score for a user, which predicts the frequency at which the user is to be hit with a malicious attack. The frequency score may be based on at least a job score, which may be represented by a value that is based on the type of job the user has, and a breach score that may be represented by a value that is based on the user's level of exposure to email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KnowBe4, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Sites, Greg Kras, Alin Irimie, Stu Sjouwerman, Marcio Castilho, Siegfried Martens, Eric Bonabeau, Kristian Kime
  • Patent number: 11107039
    Abstract: A multimedia human resource system distribution includes human resource core appliances including processors and memory configured to store and execute human resource core applications to receive video resume content; receive audio resume content; receive graphics resume content; receive text resume content; integrate the video resume content, the audio resume content, the graphics resume content, and the text resume content into a multimedia resume; record the multimedia resume; and distribute the recorded multimedia resume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: PEOZZLE Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Chavan
  • Patent number: 11042825
    Abstract: An assessment system and method configured to automatically assess an individual and an associated job using a computing device. The system includes a benchmark module that stores a benchmark associated with a job. The benchmark includes both minimum threshold scores and maximum threshold scores associated with particular characteristics. The system includes an electronic library of questions associated with an array of characteristics. The system includes a survey module functionally coupled to the electronic library and the benchmark module that automatically performs an assessment by automatically selecting questions from the electronic library based on the benchmark and applying such questions to an individual using a user interface module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Shaw, Timothy D. Brennan, David Pothier, Jan G. Van der Hoop
  • Patent number: 10984365
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a new industry classification for a company are described. An industry classifier can access company data of a company and profile data of an employee of the company. Additionally, a plurality of updated classifications associated with the company can be accessed from an industry taxonomy database. A featurization process can calculate a classification score for each updated classification based on the accessed data. Additionally, the featurization process can determine a new industry classification for the company based on the calculation. Subsequently, a company page updater can update a company page associated with the company by adding the new industry classification to the company page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Zhanpeng Fang
  • Patent number: 10922658
    Abstract: A talent recruitment system and method. The system and method stores a first vacancy profile that includes a track-able link. This first vacancy profile may be from a first opportunity provider. An electronic campaign directed at opportunity seekers that are interested in being potential matches for the single vacancy profile is initiated. A candidate profile for a potential candidate is generated and a matching algorithm to determine if the candidate profile and the first vacancy profile are correlated is executed. If no correlation exists, it is determined whether to seek correlation between the candidate profile and a second vacancy profile from a second opportunity provider. If correlation between the candidate profile and the second vacancy profile is authorized, the matching algorithm is executed to determine correlation between the candidate profile and the second vacancy profile. If a correlation is found, the candidate is notified that a match exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Bryan Moll
  • Patent number: 10839330
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a display system and a portfolio builder in communication with the display system. The portfolio builder identifies activities of an employee. In response to identifying the activities, the portfolio builder identifies achievements of the employee from the activities. Further, the portfolio builder identifies recommended achievements from the achievements based on the application of one or more rules in a policy. Still further, the portfolio builder associates the recommended achievements with an achievement portfolio of the employee, enabling performing an operation for the organization based on the skills for the people in the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Agatha Kurjanowicz, Scott Crockett, Sirui Liu, Jesse S. Zolna, Michael Thibodeau, Valérie Felger, David Philander Derby, Jerome Gouvernel
  • Patent number: 10712908
    Abstract: Techniques and tools are described for facilitating user reflection on past decisions in order to determine trends and to assist in future decision-making. Technologies for administering a career history exercise and for visualizing results of the career history exercise are described. Visualizations include using stage cards representative of stages in a user's career history. User ratings of the stages in his or her career history are displayed on the stage cards using color-shaded ratings units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Zsuzsanna Kovacs, Christoph Dobiasz, Simone Charlotte Holz, Nenad Dordevic, Aniko Zsofia Georgiev, Katalin Ocsai, Tamas Kirmer
  • Patent number: 10430431
    Abstract: A course recommendation system is provided with an on-line social network system. The course recommendation system detects that an electronic presentation is being presented on a display device of a viewer, determines skills that are being discussed in the electronic presentation, and determines electronic courses that have been identified as associated with one or more skills discussed in the electronic presentation. References to one or more of the determined electronic courses are recommended to the viewer of the electronic presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Krishnaram Kenthapadi
  • Patent number: 10409866
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating normalized occupations for job titles at a job aggregation system is described. The method may include receiving a job title having a plurality of words that make up the job title, the job title received as part of a request of a job aggregation system to perform a service. The method may also include translating the plurality of words into standardized terms of the job aggregation system to generate a translated job title. Furthermore, the method may include mapping the translated job title to one of a plurality of normalized occupations of the job aggregation system by a machine learning based classifier of the translated job title, wherein the machine learning based classifier is trained based on user search behavior of users that have searched for jobs at the job aggregation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GLASSDOOR, INC.
    Inventors: Lingfeng Cheng, Alan Warren Wilson, Vikas Sabnani, Amanda Nichole Baker
  • Patent number: 10325327
    Abstract: The present invention relates, according to one aspect, to a method for creating a group comprising at least one of a plurality of first parties and a plurality of second parties, the method comprising the steps of a first party preparing a first data set, a second party preparing a second data set, determining a correspondence indicator indicating a degree of correspondence between the first data set and the second data set, and storing said correspondence indicator and an identifying indicator for at least one of said first party and said second party linked to each other, wherein said first type of data includes objective information, and wherein said second type of data includes subjective information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Gerhard H. Wenglorz
  • Patent number: 10104182
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating information within an interface system is provided. The method includes receiving information associated with a first opportunity provider, the information associated with the first opportunity provider being received from a first opportunity provider device, receiving information associated with an enterprise, the information associated with the enterprise being received from an enterprise network access device, establishing a connection between the first opportunity provider and the enterprise within the interface system, receiving information associated with a first service provider, the information associated with the first service provider being received from a first service provider device, and establishing a connection between the first service provider and the first opportunity provider within the interface system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ARVE CAPITAL, LLC
    Inventors: David Lowit, Philip Lowit
  • Patent number: 10055561
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing an identity risk score as part of an authentication assertion, applying operating heuristics to determine an operating application's validity and to providing identity risk scores to requesting third parties. In one scenario, an authentication server receives from a cloud service portal various user credentials from a user. The user credentials identify a user to the authentication server. The authentication server verifies the user's identity using the received credentials and generates an identity risk score based on one or more identity factors. The identity factors indicate a likelihood that the user is a valid user. The authentication server encapsulates the generated identity risk score in an authentication assertion and sends the authentication assertion that includes the generated identity risk score to the cloud service portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: George M. Moore
  • Patent number: 10055578
    Abstract: A computer system that comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a system application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the application receives a request to create a software container, creates the container, generates a signature of the container, creates a container security token that comprises the signature and embeds the container security token in the container, and returns the container with the embedded container security token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald R. Marquardt, Lyle W. Paczkowski, Carl J. Persson, Arun Rajagopal
  • Patent number: 10044821
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an evaluation module that is configured to monitor activities of new users and ascertain, from monitored activities, a reputation associated with the new users. In at least some embodiments, the evaluation module comprises an activity store and/or a reputation service. The activity store can monitor different types of actions associated with new users. For example, the activity store can monitor content-based actions that pertain to particular pieces of content and/or user behaviors associated with new users. The reputation service, which may or may not comprise part of the evaluation module, can ascertain from information provided from the activity store, information, such as a reputation category, associated with content-based actions and/or user behaviors associated with new users. Based on a new user's information, e.g. reputation category, the new user can be assigned an activity type which, in turn, defines allowed and disallowed activities for the new user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Daron Spektor, Chinna B. Polinati
  • Patent number: 10033754
    Abstract: The cyber threat monitor and control apparatuses, methods and systems (hereinafter “CTMC”) determines risk across a global Internet network graph model for various virtual or physical network elements. In one embodiment, the CTMC defines a factor mechanism representing interactions among the set of network elements, the factor mechanism including a factor indicative of a correlation between a pair of network elements from the set of network elements, and dynamically calculate the probabilistic network security measure for each network element in the global Internet graph model based at least in part on the factor mechanism and any observed threat indicators related to the global Internet graph model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Pinney Wood, John Joseph Helmsen, Allan Thomson, Christopher D. Coleman
  • Patent number: 9953295
    Abstract: Event data management is disclosed. Event data management can include receiving a first set of event data including events classified using local contexts. Event data management can include receiving a second set of event data including one or more event data classified using the local contexts and using a global context. Event data management can include determining a first subset of event data corresponding to a first data flow and a second subset of event data corresponding to a second data flow. Event data management can include establishing a global relationship between the first and second data flow. Event data management can include receiving a third set of event data corresponding to the first data flow and having a local bookend identifier. Event data management can include clearing, in response to determining that the third event datum includes the local bookend identifier, the first subset of event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel D. Hughes, Doina L. Klinger
  • Patent number: 9836485
    Abstract: Auditing database access in a distributed medical computing environment includes receiving from a user a query of one or more databases within the distributed medical administration computing environment; determining by an audit manager in dependence upon audit policies for the medical computing environment whether any of the results of the query require auditing access; and if any of the results of the query require auditing access, creating an audit record and storing the audit record in an audit database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel C. Dubbels, Janice R. Glowacki, Richard J. Stevens
  • Patent number: 9817850
    Abstract: Auditing database access in a distributed medical computing environment includes receiving from a user a query of one or more databases within the distributed medical administration computing environment; determining by an audit manager in dependence upon audit policies for the medical computing environment whether any of the results of the query require auditing access; and if any of the results of the query require auditing access, creating an audit record and storing the audit record in an audit database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel C. Dubbels, Janice R. Glowacki, Richard J. Stevens
  • Patent number: 9798813
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to representing users in different contexts within customer relationship management (CRM) environments. In particular, it relates to creating a person object model for each user in the CRM environment by linking a plurality of user records in the CRM environment that is separately created by different organizations and departments. The person object model also incorporates online social identities of the users, according to one implementation. This inclusive linked model provides a comprehensive view of the users to handlers of the CRM environment, thus facilitating an enhanced overall CRM experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Jeanine Walters, Blake Whitlow Markham, Aditya Sesha Kuruganti, Joseph Ryan, Steven Tamm, Jason Winters
  • Patent number: 9058349
    Abstract: A first data set is derived from a second data set. The first data set is stored in a database of derived data sets. The second data set is updated without updating the first data set, such that the first data set and the second data are inconsistent. The first data set is deleted or updated during batch processing of the database of the derived data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: ARUBA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Bhanu Gopalasetty, Ramsundar Janakiraman, Ravinder Verma
  • Patent number: 9037517
    Abstract: A system includes an integration framework proxy and an integration framework. The integration framework proxy and the integration framework provide for integration of an applicant tracking system with a background screening system. Such integration permits bi-directional communication between the applicant tracking system and the background screening system to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Hireright, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Malnati, Prasanna Vinjamuri
  • Patent number: 9038187
    Abstract: Systems and methods for calculating threat scores for individuals within an organization or domain are provided. Aspects of the invention relate to computer-implemented methods that form a predictive threat rating for user accounts. In one implementation, a first threat score representing a first time period may be calculated. The first threat score may be compared with aspects of the same user accounts for a second time period. Weighting schemes may be applied to certain activities, controls, and/or user accounts. Further aspects relate to apparatuses configured to execute methods for ranking individual user accounts. Certain embodiments may not block transmissions that violate predefine rules, however, indications of such improper transmission may be considered when constructing a threat rating. Blocked transmissions enforced upon a user account may also be received. Certain activity, such as accessing the internet, may be monitored for the presence of a security threat and/or an ethics threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Brian McHugh, Ronald Ramcharran, Peter J. Langsam, Timothy C. Metzger, Dan P. Antilley, Jonathan W. Deats
  • Publication number: 20150127566
    Abstract: Methods for managing an interactive personnel directory are disclosed. Example of a method includes providing a database of personnel records that includes contact information, the database being resident on a non-transitory storage medium of a host computer or a mobile device; processing an authority code that defines user-specific privileges, wherein the authority code is configured to provide personnel record of a selected contact to the user upon request and within the defined user-specific privileges; and providing a user-interface configured to allow the user to contact the selected contact via the host computer or mobile device by selecting the contact information on the personnel record of the selected contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Darryl S. ANDREWS, Janet L. KELLY
  • Publication number: 20150120590
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for human resources value recommendations. A system identifies a department of multiple departments in an enterprise for adding value. The system identifies a change in human resources in the department that meets a value threshold based on an estimated benefit and an estimated cost associated with the change in human resources. The system outputs, via a user interface, a recommendation for the change in human resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Jager McConnell, Ciara Peter