Patents by Inventor Donald W. HINDS

Donald W. HINDS 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: 8935741
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for enabling enforcement of an administrative policy on one or more mobile devices are described herein. In an embodiment, an administrator uses a policy server to create and provide an enforcement policy to a mobile device. An enforcement policy may include information on mobile device resources which may be controlled by an administrator. An enforcement policy also includes information on how mobile device features will be set, configured or disabled. An enforcement device driver and an enforcement monitor on a mobile device use the enforcement policy to control access to resources associated with the mobile device regardless of whether the mobile device is “online” and connected to a network or “offline” and disconnected from a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions, Inc
    Inventor: Donald W. Hinds
  • Publication number: 20090265754
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for enabling enforcement of an administrative policy on one or more mobile devices are described herein. In an embodiment, an administrator uses a policy server to create and provide an enforcement policy to a mobile device. An enforcement policy may include information on mobile device resources which may be controlled by an administrator. An enforcement policy also includes information on how mobile device features will be set, configured or disabled. An enforcement device driver and an enforcement monitor on a mobile device use the enforcement policy to control access to resources associated with the mobile device regardless of whether the mobile device is “online” and connected to a network or “offline” and disconnected from a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Donald W. HINDS
  • Publication number: 20090150970
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products to secure data stored on mobile client devices are provided. In an embodiment, the method operates by defining one or more security policies. Each security policy comprises a plurality of security policy parameters. The method stores the security policies in a data store, and selects a security policy from among the stored security policies for a mobile client device. The selected security policy is applied to the mobile client device. The mobile client device determines whether it is compliance with parameters of said selected security policy, and performs data fade actions if it is determined that it is out of compliance with said security policy parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Sybase, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Hinds, Shari Freeman