Patents
US 9454743 B2: Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process
- Granted
- 2016-09-27
- Filed
- 2014-10-13 application 14512671
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than a deterrence threshold associated with a particular adversary, the adversary is not deterred from causing a certain disruption to the simulated competitive market environment. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than the deterrence threshold the adversary is deterred.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg160927.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich University Applied Research Institutes Ltd 12 patents | US company or organization | Montpelier, VT | NORWICH UNIVERSITY APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTES LTD Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric W. Braman | Montpelier, VT | 2 | Person page FUZZY high confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Andrew W. Cutts | Henniker, NH | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Geilich | Cornish, NH | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dennis McGrath | Hartland, VT | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Eric Richardson | Hartford, VT | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeffrey A. Schmidt | Chicago, IL | 26 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Robert Schmidt | Princeton, NJ | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thomas Bernhardt | Logan, UT | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q10/0635 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F30/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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