Bank of America Assigned Three Patents

Zoned data storage and control security
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC, has been assigned a patent (10,824,751) developed by Kurian, Manu Jacob, Dallas, TX, for “zoned data storage and control security system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The invention relates generally to improved secure data storage that utilizes zoned data storage and control and/or integration of discrete data for masking the stored data. The data may be divided and stored in different zoned databases and assigned different access rights in order to separate data that is part of a larger combination of data into smaller data portions, which makes it difficult for unauthorized use of such data. Additionally, or alternatively, data that is stored within a database may be combined with other discrete data (e.g., unrelated real data) in order to mask the data being stored. As such, the masked data is more secure and less storage spaces is required due to the utilization of real data for masking. When an unauthorized requestor of the stored data is identified deterrence actions may be taken to reduce the unauthorized user’s ability to access the desired data.”

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2018 (15/962,779).

Generating distributed cloud data storage on disparate devices
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC, has been assigned a patent (10,812,590) developed by Sloane, Brandon, Santa Barbara, CA, and Diederich, Brian, Simi Valley, CA, for a “system for generating distributed cloud data storage on disparate devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system is configured to allocate storage space on existing devices within the entity’s networked system to create cloud storage space. In particular, unallocated space on computing devices, typically user devices, within an entity’s network is utilized as a cloud data repository. Cloud data is indexed, divided into chunks, encrypted, and stored on numerous disparate endpoint devices connected to the network. Copies of cloud chunk data may be duplicated across multiple endpoint devices to allow for data redundancy, thereby ensuring cloud data uptime according to the availability needs of the entity. Cloud data may further be allocated to different devices based on regional data restrictions. In this way, the system provides an efficient and secure way to generate an internal cloud data storage repository within an entity’s networked system.”

The patent application was filed on November 17, 2017 (15/816,848).

Utilizing smart data tags to track and control secure enterprise data
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC, has been assigned a patent (10,812,486) developed by Delson, Kevin A., Woodland Hills, CA, Sundaramoorthy, Crystal M., Charlotte, NC, Kurian, Manu, Dallas, TX, Nemalikanti, Gopikrishna, Frisco, TX, Varma, Jayachandra, Irving, TX, and Gatchalian, Gilbert M., Union, NJ, for “utilizing smart data tags to track and control secure enterprise data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Aspects of the disclosure relate to utilizing smart data tags to track and control secure enterprise data. A computing platform may receive, from an enterprise user computing device, enterprise data. Subsequently, the computing platform may determine one or more tags to be applied to the enterprise data. Then, the computing platform may generate a smart data object based on the enterprise data received from the enterprise user computing device and the one or more tags determined to be applied to the enterprise data received from the enterprise user computing device. Next, the computing platform may send, to an enterprise data storage platform, the smart data object, and sending the smart data object to the enterprise data storage platform may cause the enterprise data storage platform to store the smart data object in a repository comprising a plurality of smart data objects maintained by the enterprise data storage platform.”

The patent application was filed on December 5, 2018 (16/210,542).