Patents by Inventor Martin A. Tiernan
Martin A. Tiernan 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).
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Patent number: 9760707Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Patent number: 9754095Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Patent number: 9679121Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Publication number: 20170116407Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Publication number: 20170116408Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Patent number: 9471761Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Patent number: 9430144Abstract: An electronic device can be unlocked by displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, on a touchscreen of the electronic device, line(s) dividing the touchscreen into input regions. Input gestures are detected on the touchscreen, and one of the input regions is identified as an input region containing the starting point of the input gesture. A base number is retrieved corresponding to the identified input region, and a numerical value of a password digit is calculated by using the base number and a numerical value corresponding to the input gesture. A sequence of thus calculated password digits is compared to a password stored within the electronic device, and the electronic device is unlocked following a match between the series of calculated password digits and the stored password.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John E. Alsvig, Tao Jiang, Jian Zhong Li, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang
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Publication number: 20160180067Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Patent number: 9357391Abstract: An electronic device can be unlocked by displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, on a touchscreen of the electronic device, line(s) dividing the touchscreen into input regions. Input gestures are detected on the touchscreen, and one of the input regions is identified as an input region containing the starting point of the input gesture. A base number is retrieved corresponding to the identified input region, and a numerical value of a password digit is calculated by using the base number and a numerical value corresponding to the input gesture. A sequence of thus calculated password digits is compared to a password stored within the electronic device, and the electronic device is unlocked following a match between the series of calculated password digits and the stored password.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John E. Alsvig, Tao Jiang, Jian Zhong Li, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang
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Patent number: 9251386Abstract: A transceiver locking assembly includes at least one processor device, a network device, in a network environment, in communication with the least one processor device, a transceiver in communication with the network device; a transceiver port, coupled to the network device, defining a first slot opening in at least one of a variety of positions of the transceiver port and configured for selectively receiving the transceiver, and a dynamically controlled locking mechanism coupled to the transceiver port. The dynamically controlled locking mechanism is selectively positioned into the first slot opening to lock the transceiver into the network device or selectively removed away from the first slot opening to unlock the transceiver from the network device.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Chen, Martin Tiernan
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Publication number: 20150324113Abstract: A computer implemented method for detecting input gesture events on a touchscreen of an electronic device and for unlocking the electronic device is disclosed. The method may include displaying, while the electronic device is in a locked state, a plurality of guidance lines on the touchscreen of the electronic device, detecting, during an input gesture event, guidance line crossings and calculating a number of guidance line crossings detected during the input gesture event. The method may also include converting a calculated number of detected guidance line crossings into at least one password digit, comparing a sequence of password digits to a stored password in the electronic device and unlocking, in response to comparing the sequence of password digits to the stored password, the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
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Patent number: 9104897Abstract: A transceiver locking assembly includes at least one processor device, a network device, in a network environment, in communication with the least one processor device, a transceiver in communication with the network device; a transceiver port, coupled to the network device, defining a first slot opening in at least one of a variety of positions of the transceiver port and configured for selectively receiving the transceiver, and a dynamically controlled locking mechanism coupled to the transceiver port. The dynamically controlled locking mechanism is selectively positioned into the first slot opening to lock the transceiver into the network device or selectively removed away from the first slot opening to unlock the transceiver from the network device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Chen, Martin Tiernan
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Publication number: 20140223585Abstract: A transceiver locking assembly includes at least one processor device, a network device, in a network environment, in communication with the least one processor device, a transceiver in communication with the network device; a transceiver port, coupled to the network device, defining a first slot opening in at least one of a variety of positions of the transceiver port and configured for selectively receiving the transceiver, and a dynamically controlled locking mechanism coupled to the transceiver port. The dynamically controlled locking mechanism is selectively positioned into the first slot opening to lock the transceiver into the network device or selectively removed away from the first slot opening to unlock the transceiver from the network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lei CHEN, Martin TIERNAN
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Publication number: 20140223587Abstract: A transceiver locking assembly includes at least one processor device, a network device, in a network environment, in communication with the least one processor device, a transceiver in communication with the network device; a transceiver port, coupled to the network device, defining a first slot opening in at least one of a variety of positions of the transceiver port and configured for selectively receiving the transceiver, and a dynamically controlled locking mechanism coupled to the transceiver port. The dynamically controlled locking mechanism is selectively positioned into the first slot opening to lock the transceiver into the network device or selectively removed away from the first slot opening to unlock the transceiver from the network device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Lei CHEN, Martin TIERNAN