Patents by Inventor Rito Natale Costanzo

Rito Natale Costanzo 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: 9344298
    Abstract: The present disclosure described herein relates to a device and method for managing access to a service of an account associated with an electronic device is provided. The method monitors a status of the account. If the account is inactive, then a notification is provided on the device indicating same with an option to reactivate the account. Upon reactivation of the account, access to the service is provided. In the device five modules are provided to: evaluate a status flag associated with the account; generate a notification on a display when the account is inactive; control access to the service related to the account depending on the status flag; generate and send an outbound message from the device to request reactivation of the account when requested; and monitor for receipt of a signal indicating approval of reactivation of the account and to update the status flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Rito Natale Costanzo, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20090137225
    Abstract: The present disclosure described herein relates to a device and method for managing access to a service of an account associated with an electronic device is provided. The method monitors a status of the account. If the account is inactive, then a notification is provided on the device indicating same with an option to reactivate the account. Upon reactivation of the account, access to the service is provided. In the device five modules are provided to: evaluate a status flag associated with the account; generate a notification on a display when the account is inactive; control access to the service related to the account depending on the status flag; generate and send an outbound message from the device to request reactivation of the account when requested; and monitor for receipt of a signal indicating approval of reactivation of the account and to update the status flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Rito Natale Costanzo, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20040242279
    Abstract: Direct access to telephone dialing from a home screen of a multi-purpose voice-enabled wireless mobile electronic device is provided. Direct access to database entries from a main screen of a telephone application of the device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Rito Natale Costanzo, Harry R. Major