Patents by Inventor William J. Woodmancy

William J. Woodmancy 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).

  • Portable wireless access to computer-based systems
    Patent number: 7069444
    Abstract: A portable wireless system for providing a user with access to a computer-based system includes a BARB Badge to interface with the user's body, responsive to a disruption in the interface and including a transceiver to communicate with an external source, a BARB Base to detect a presence of said BARB Badge in a vicinity of said BARB Base and relay secure communications between said BARB Badge and said computer-based system; and an administrator subsystem to regulate interfacing operations of said BARB Badge and said computer-based system based on predetermined administrative protocols. In this way, the overall security of the computer-based system is enhanced while the amount of operational burdens associated with accessing the computer-based system are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventors: Brent A. Lowensohn, David A. Bellenger, Jimmy E. Braun, Richard C. Grosser, David L. Thompson, William J. Woodmancy, Steven R. Pomerantz
  • Portable wireless access to computer-based systems
    Publication number: 20040230809
    Abstract: A portable wireless system for providing a user with access to a computer-based system includes a BARB Badge to interface with the user's body, responsive to a disruption in the interface and including a transceiver to communicate with an external source, a BARB Base to detect a presence of said BARB Badge in a vicinity of said BARB Base and relay secure communications between said BARB Badge and said computer-based system; and an administrator subsystem to regulate interfacing operations of said BARB Badge and said computer-based system based on predetermined administrative protocols. In this way, the overall security of the computer-based system is enhanced while the amount of operational burdens associated with accessing the computer-based system are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
    Inventors: Brent A. Lowensohn, David A. Bellenger, Jimmy E. Braun, Richard C. Grosser, David L. Thompson, William J. Woodmancy, Steven R. Pomerantz