Patents by Inventor Aron M. Holzman

Aron M. Holzman 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).

  • Account creation via a mobile device
    Patent number: 7606918
    Abstract: Creating an account via a mobile device. A request to create an account is received from a user via a mobile device. The request is received from the mobile device according to a wireless communications protocol. In response to the received request, a confirmation message is delivered to the mobile device for rendering to the user as a challenge. A response to the rendered challenge is received from the user via the mobile device. It is determined if the received response to the rendered challenge corresponds to the delivered confirmation message. And the account is created for the user if the received response to the rendered challenge is determined to correspond to the delivered confirmation message. Other aspects of the invention are directed to computer-readable media for use with account creation via a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aron M. Holzman, Raja Pazhanivel Perumal, Michael Shayne Agney, Vikas Khandelwal