Patents by Inventor Calvin Tsun-Lam Mak

Calvin Tsun-Lam Mak 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).

  • Methods and Systems for a Frictionless Login to a Service
    Publication number: 20180232530
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and/or devices for providing a frictionless login experience are described herein. In one aspect, a user is allowed to log into a first service using an account associated with a second service by providing the first service with an identifier, such as an email address or phone number. The second service authenticates the user based on the identifier and other information stored on the user's device. Accordingly, the user does not need to enter a password or other confidential information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Calvin Tsun-Lam Mak, Ravit Cohen, Ethan Goldman-Kirst, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
  • Methods and Systems for Verifying a User Login Using Contact Information of the User
    Publication number: 20180176221
    Abstract: A server system receives, from a first device, a request to authenticate a user with a third-party application using a social networking system and contact information of the user. The server system requests the social networking system to authenticate the user based on the contact information. The social networking system is different from the third-party application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Li Zhou, Calvin Tsun-Lam Mak, Olga Ivanovna Kuznetsova, Todd Michael Krabach, Emilia Kathleen Dallman Howley, Jonathon Daniel Colman, Pui Ling Tsang