System and method to integrate secure and privacy-preserving biometrics with identification, authentication, and online credential systems

    公开(公告)号:US10523654B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US15216285

    申请日:2016-07-21

    Abstract: Described is a system for the implementation of biometric scanning in a user-privacy preserving fashion with respect to identification, authentication, and online credential systems. At enrollment, the user enrolls or initially registers at a physical location, where the user is provided a Fuzzy Extractor (FE) encrypted output (Enc(R)). The user is then registered with an online server, which creates an ID-Wallet for the user and stores the ID-Waller. During operation, the user sends an authentication request to the online server, which provides a corresponding authentication response. The user or user's client then extracts secret (R) for user authentication. The user can then be authenticated with the online server to retrieve credentials from the ID-Wallet, which can be used for a variety of online services.

    System and method for using network data to improve event predictions

    公开(公告)号:US10452729B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US14830289

    申请日:2015-08-19

    Abstract: Described is a system for event prediction on microblogs. In operation, the system receives a social media post stream from a social network to generate and maintain a social network database and an audit trail database. New social media posts are filtered to determine if the new social media posts are related to a possible future event. The new social media posts are compared against the social network database and audit trail database to provide a quality score, the quality score representing a likelihood that at least one of the new social media posts is a true prediction of a future event. If the quality score is determined to be true, the detection is published as a true prediction of a future event.

    Systems and methods for pulse descriptor word generation using blind source separation

    公开(公告)号:US10429491B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15262987

    申请日:2016-09-12

    Abstract: A method for generating pulse descriptor words (PDWs) including frequency and/or bandwidth data from time-varying signals received by a sensor includes filtering, at a plurality of blind source separation (BSS) modules, signals derived from the time-varying signals, each BSS module including a filtering subsystem having a plurality of filter modules. Each filter module has a frequency filter coefficient (α) and is parameterized by a center frequency (f). The method also includes transmitting at least one blind source separated signal from the BSS modules to a PDW generation module communicatively coupled to the filtering subsystem. The method further includes generating, using the PDW generation module and based on the blind source separated signal, at least one PDW parameter vector signal containing the frequency data. The method also includes updating, upon generating and based on the PDW parameter vector signal, values of α and/or f for each filter module.

    System and method for operating a proactive digital currency ledger

    公开(公告)号:US10423961B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US14626561

    申请日:2015-02-19

    Abstract: Described is a proactive digital currency (PDC) system and method. In an embodiment, the PDC system operates using a plurality of ledger servers. Thereafter, the user can use a secret sharing protocol to transfer coins amongst users of the PDC system. In doing so, the system receives, at the plurality of collectively operated ledger servers, a first address of the first user, a second address of the second user, and a secret share of each bit in a binary representation of the transaction value. The secret share conceals the transaction amount. The ledger servers verify that the transaction value will not overdraw a balance ledger associated with the first address of the first user. The transaction value and a transaction fee are subtracted from the first address of the first user, with the transaction value being added to the second address of the second user.

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