Patents by Inventor Alfred Zalmon Spector

Alfred Zalmon Spector has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10013552
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include identifying a mining-restriction mark in low order bits or high order bits in a frame buffer of a mobile device and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. Mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of data in the frame buffer. The method may also include preventing the mining of data in the frame buffer when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon Spector, David Petrou, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20170357802
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include identifying a mining-restriction mark in low order bits or high order bits in a frame buffer of a mobile device and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. Mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of data in the frame buffer. The method may also include preventing the mining of data in the frame buffer when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon SPECTOR, David PETROU, Blaise AGUERA-ARCAS, Matthew SHARIFI
  • Patent number: 9836597
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include identifying a mining-restriction mark in low order bits or high order bits in a frame buffer of a mobile device and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. Mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of data in the frame buffer. The method may also include preventing the mining of data in the frame buffer when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon Spector, David Petrou, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20170091448
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include identifying a mining-restriction mark in low order bits or high order bits in a frame buffer of a mobile device and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. Mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of data in the frame buffer. The method may also include preventing the mining of data in the frame buffer when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon SPECTOR, David PETROU, Blaise AGUERA-ARCAS, Matthew SHARIFI
  • Patent number: 9563671
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include identifying a mining-restriction mark in low order bits or high order bits in a frame buffer of a mobile device and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. Mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of data in the frame buffer. The method may also include preventing the mining of data in the frame buffer when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon Spector, David Petrou, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20160306860
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include identifying a mining-restriction mark in low order bits or high order bits in a frame buffer of a mobile device and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. Mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of data in the frame buffer. The method may also include preventing the mining of data in the frame buffer when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon SPECTOR, David PETROU, Blaise AGUERA-ARCAS, Matthew SHARIFI
  • Patent number: 9401000
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include determining that content to be displayed on a screen includes content that matches a mining-restriction trigger, inserting a mining-restriction mark in the content that protects at least a portion of the content, and displaying the content with the mining-restriction mark on the screen. As another example, a method may include identifying, by a first application running on a mobile device, a mining-restriction mark in frame buffer data, the mining-restriction mark having been inserted by a second application, and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. The method may also include preventing mining when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining and, when the mining-restriction mark does not prevent mining, determining a restriction for the data based on the mining-restriction mark and providing the restriction with the data for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon Spector, David Petrou, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20160063660
    Abstract: Systems and methods prevent or restrict the mining of content on a mobile device. For example, a method may include determining that content to be displayed on a screen includes content that matches a mining-restriction trigger, inserting a mining-restriction mark in the content that protects at least a portion of the content, and displaying the content with the mining-restriction mark on the screen. As another example, a method may include identifying, by a first application running on a mobile device, a mining-restriction mark in frame buffer data, the mining-restriction mark having been inserted by a second application, and determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content. The method may also include preventing mining when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining and, when the mining-restriction mark does not prevent mining, determining a restriction for the data based on the mining-restriction mark and providing the restriction with the data for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Alfred Zalmon Spector, David Petrou, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Matthew Sharifi