IP Library Granted Patent US 12,476,793
Granted Patent B2
US 12,476,793 · App. 18/438,586 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

System and method to securely distribute authenticated and trusted data streams to AI systems

Inventor: Srinivas Kumar (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: SYMMERA INC.
H04L9/0819G06N20/00H04L43/028H04L43/04
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Patent No.
US 12,476,793
App. No.
18/438,586
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method provides for securely harvesting and distributing trusted metadata from devices to artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It enables use of cryptographic hashes and signatures on data for supply chain provenance. It is an agentless method to enhance application security by design, and data protection with data authenticity and confidentiality in device to upstream services communications and data sharing. It helps securely harvest, filter, and forward device metadata to webhooks for AI/ML driven data analytics.

Claims (17)

1 . A method of configuring metadata connectors, sending metadata by a client device, receiving, processing, and sending metadata by a service provider to a webhook, wherein the metadata connectors include at least a service provider name, a filter type specified as a device type or device group, a filter name, a webhook specified as a universal resource locator (URL), an Application Program Interface (API) token, an API secret, and filter criteria specified as a list of metadata types and metadata identifiers, the method comprising:

configuring, on a key distribution service (KDS) portal, a plurality of metadata connectors;

authenticating, by a KDS service or a KDS proxy, the client device with two-factor authentication;

sending, by a client application on the client device using a client KDS interface, device metadata;

receiving, by the KDS service, the device metadata;

processing, by the KDS service, the received device metadata against the configured plurality of metadata connectors;

sending, by the KDS service, to the webhook URL, the received device metadata;

processing, by a webhook of the service provider; and

storing the received device metadata in a device metadata repository.

2 . A method of claim 1 , wherein the device metadata includes a metadata identifier, metadata type, and metadata value, wherein the metadata type includes at least one of plain text, formatted text, integer number, decimal number, image, video, and audio.

3 . A method of claim 2 , wherein the metadata type of plain text or formatted text includes any application defined telemetry, status, or log message.

4 . A method of claim 1 ,

wherein filters configured for the metadata connectors are applied by the KDS service, the received device metadata along with the filter type and filter name are matched based on the filter criteria,

wherein associated device member identifiers for the client device are sent to the webhook URL as a payload in a HTTP request, and

wherein the associated device member identifiers include at least one of the member UUID, member identifier and member DNS hostname.

5 . A method of claim 1 , wherein the received device metadata is processed by the webhook of the service provider as feature vectors to train artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) models, and further by applying methods including at least one of linear or logistic regression, neural networks, decision trees for assessments, predictions, analysis of cyber risks, threats to the device, and application security by design respectively.

6 . A method of claim 1 , wherein a response from the webhook is processed by the KDS service and stored in the device metadata repository.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2024
From: KUMAR, SRINIVAS
To: SYMMERA INC.
Reel/Frame 068326/0742 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 18530836 · Dec 6, 2023
Continuation In Part 18517804 · Nov 22, 2023
Continuation In Part 18377866 · Oct 9, 2023
Continuation In Part 18130942 · Apr 5, 2023
Provisional Application 63454612 · Mar 24, 2023
Related Publication 20250023714A1 · Jan 16, 2025
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