Patents by Inventor Steven Rahn

Steven Rahn 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).

  • Publication number: 20080057964
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data items from a messaging host system to a user's mobile device using a redirector component disposed in a wide-area data network. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting receipt of a new data item from the messaging host system for a user over the wide-area data network; based on filtering rules configured for the user, determining if the new data item is to be redirected to the user's mobile device over a wireless network; and upon determining that the new data item is to be redirected, processing at least a portion of the new data item for transmission thereof to the user's mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080046529
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting messages between an Internet Service Provider (ISP) host and a mobile device associated with a user having a mail address at the ISP host. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: receiving incoming messages directed to the user's mail address at the ISP host; responsive to a setting of a redirection trigger associated with the user, encrypting and redirecting the incoming messages from the ISP host to the mobile device via a redirector that is integrated with the ISP host; receiving encrypted outgoing messages that are generated and encrypted at the mobile communications device; decrypting the received encrypted outgoing messages to recover the outgoing messages; and configuring address information of the outgoing messages so that the user's mail address is used as an originating address of the outgoing messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080044029
    Abstract: A key distribution scheme for management of keys used for encryption of data items redirected between a messaging server and a mobile device associated with a user. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: generating a first pair of keys by a redirector component associated with the messaging server, the first pair of keys including a public key and a private key; storing the private key of the first pair of keys at the redirector component and providing the public key of the first pair of keys to a key repository; generating a second pair of keys by the mobile device, the second pair of keys including a public key and a private key; storing the private key of the second pair of keys at the mobile device and providing the public key of the second pair of keys to the key repository; and exchanging the public keys of the first and second pairs of keys between the redirector component and the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080046591
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile data communication device operable with a redirector component disposed in a wide-area data network. The claimed embodiment comprises a structure for manipulating a set of filtering rules configured for a user associated with the mobile data communication device, the filtering rules operating in conjunction with a redirector component disposed in a wide-area data network; and a structure for determining that a data item received at the mobile data communication device responsive to the filtering rules is a data item redirected from the redirector component based on examining a redirection flag associated with the data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080045194
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting messages with an appropriate tag line. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user's mobile data communication device; obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID; obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and retrieving a site information record based on the site ID; if a user tag line information in the user record is blank, examining a site tag line in the site information record for the user; and appending the site tag line found in the site information record to the message before transmission to a recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Ngoc Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080046528
    Abstract: A message redirection scheme, comprising: receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user's mobile data communication device; obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID; obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and obtaining a site information record based on the site ID; if the site information record has a blank domain name, using an address found in the user record as an e-mail address; and if the site information record a populated domain name, then using a juxtaposition of a user name and a domain name as the e-mail address for transmitting the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080046592
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data items from a messaging host system. One embodiment comprises one or more of the following: setting a redirection flag configured for a user associated with a mobile communication device to enable continuous redirection of data items thereto received from the messaging host system over a wide area data network until the redirection flag is reset to indicate cessation of redirection of the data items; automatically detecting receipt of a new data item from the messaging host system for a user over the wide area data network; and upon determining that the new data item is to be redirected, processing at least a portion of the new data item for transmission thereof to the user's mobile communication device over a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Ngoc Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20060069737
    Abstract: A system and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device upon sensing a triggering event is disclosed. A redirector program operating at the host system enables a user to continuously redirect certain user-selected data items from the host system to the user's mobile data communication device upon detecting that one or more user-defined triggering events has occurred. The redirector program operates in connection with event-generating applications and repackaging systems at the host system to configure and detect a particular user-defined event, and then to encrypt and repackage the user-selected data items in an electronic wrapper prior to pushing the data items to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis