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).

  • Patent number: 9760707
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9754095
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9679121
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20170116407
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20170116408
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9471761
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9430144
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Alsvig, Tao Jiang, Jian Zhong Li, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160180067
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9357391
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Alsvig, Tao Jiang, Jian Zhong Li, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9251386
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Martin Tiernan
  • Publication number: 20150324113
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Kapp, Martin A. Tiernan, Zhi Qiang Wei, Xiao Qing Zhang, Cheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9104897
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Martin Tiernan
  • Publication number: 20140223585
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei CHEN, Martin TIERNAN
  • Publication number: 20140223587
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei CHEN, Martin TIERNAN