Patents by Inventor Sidney Weatherford

Sidney Weatherford 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: 7629884
    Abstract: A system for providing location based, event and inventory information having a first terminal coupled to a database correlating address information to location based coordinate information, said first terminal adapted to transmit said location based coordinate information and a second terminal adapted to receive the location based coordinate information, automatically input such location based coordinate information into a map display and display a map including the address that correlates to said location based coordinate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Michael Cameron, Sidney Weatherford
  • Publication number: 20090021425
    Abstract: A system for providing location based, event and inventory information having a first terminal coupled to a database correlating address information to location based coordinate information, said first terminal adapted to transmit said location based coordinate information and a second terminal adapted to receive the location based coordinate information, automatically input such location based coordinate information into a map display and display a map including the address that correlates to said location based coordinate information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Cameron, Sidney Weatherford
  • Publication number: 20070150743
    Abstract: A system and method for providing secure access to a computer system. An access device divides the password into multiple segments and places them in data packets. In one embodiment, an authentication server has multiple addresses, and each packet is sent to a different address. The server then reassembles the password. In another embodiment, when the server receives a password, the server sends an index value back to the access device, which then accesses the server on another address indicated by the index value. Alternatively, the password is sent to multiple addresses for the server, and the server determines whether any of the received packets have been altered. The multiple password packets may be forced to follow different paths to the server, thereby denying hackers the ability to intercept all of the password characters or determine the inter-packet timing factor. The system is effective against passive and active hackers, Trojans, and phishing techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Sidney Weatherford, Steven Smith, James Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20060070125
    Abstract: A client device, system, and method for constructing a two-factor password utilized by an authentication device to authenticate an accessing computer. The client device connects to the accessing computer through an input/output (I/O) port such as a USB connection. When a user desires to access a network, he enters a user ID, which is sent from the accessing computer to the client device. The client device includes a client application, which retrieves a second factor from an internal database, and combines the user ID and the retrieved second factor to form the two-factor password. The two-factor password is sent to the accessing computer, which transmits it to the authentication device. The accessing computer is authenticated only if both the user ID and the second factor match a user ID and second factor stored in the authentication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: James Pritchard, Sidney Weatherford, Steven Smith