Patents by Inventor Charles R. Bower

Charles R. Bower 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).

  • Method and apparatus for managing confidential information
    Patent number: 9940450
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information, to facilitate identity rights management; and/or preemptively authorized data querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160162682
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information, to facilitate identity rights management; and/or preemptively authorized data querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • Method and apparatus for managing confidential information
    Patent number: 9218507
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information, to facilitate identity rights management; and/or preemptively authorized data querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140149747
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information, to facilitate identity rights management; and/or preemptively authorized data querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • Method and apparatus for managing confidential information
    Patent number: 8321685
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information using biometric keys to lock data storage devices, a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to facilitate identity rights management; and/or data querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20100223474
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information using biometric keys to lock data storage devices, a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to facilitate identity rights management; and/or data querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • Method and apparatus for managing confidential information
    Patent number: 7716493
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information using biometric keys to lock data storage devices, a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to facilitate identity rights management; and/or metadata querying techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • Method and apparatus for managing confidential information
    Patent number: 7334130
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information through the use of: (a) biometric keys to lock data storage devices; (b) a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to facilitate identity rights management; and (c) the use of metadata techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Charles R. Bowers
  • Load sharing for engine nacelle
    Patent number: 4658579
    Abstract: The moment induced by the thrust load of a gas turbine engine housed in a nacelle are reacted by tying the nacelle to the engine's fan casing and transmitting the load rearwardly from the thrust linkage through the fan case, through the nacelle cowling and through the thrust load sharing adaptor link, to the engine turbine case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. Bower, Frank L. Fowler