Patents by Inventor David Brandon Sosby

David Brandon Sosby 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: 9274613
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Brandon Sosby, My Phuong Thi Vu, Satyam Babu Kothapally
  • Patent number: 8892086
    Abstract: Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Owen Parry, Robert David Turner, Timothy Ryan Salter, Nicole Melissa Debickes, David Brandon Sosby, Melanie Arlene Barker, Martin John Bowyer, Douglas Eugene Ross, Richard Enrique Lopez, Paul Munguia, Cora Lynne Collins, James Arthur Bruck
  • Publication number: 20140306896
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: David Brandon SOSBY, My Phuong Thi VU, Satyam Babu KOTHAPALLY
  • Publication number: 20140213233
    Abstract: Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Owen PARRY, Robert David TURNER, Timothy Ryan Salter, Nicole Melissa DEBICKES, David Brandon SOSBY, Melanie Arlene Barker, Martin John Bowyer, Douglas Eugene ROSS, Richard Enrique Lopez, Paul Munguia, Cora Lynne Collins, James Arthur BRUCK
  • Patent number: 8773359
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Brandon Sosby, My Phuong Thi Vu, Satyam Babu Kothapally
  • Publication number: 20130344920
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Brandon SOSBY, My-Phuong Ti VU, Satyam Babu KOTHAPALLY
  • Patent number: 8514180
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David Brandon Sosby, My-Phuong Thi Vu, Satyam Babu Kothapally
  • Publication number: 20130009877
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David Brandon Sosby, My-Phuong Thi Vu, Satyam Babu Kothapally
  • Patent number: RE47297
    Abstract: Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Owen Parry, Robert David Turner, Timothy Ryan Salter, Nicole Melissa Debickes, David Brandon Sosby, Melanie Arlene Barker, Martin John Bowyer, Douglas Eugene Ross, Richard Enrique Lopez, Paul Munguia, Cora Lynne Collins, James Arthur Bruck