Patents Assigned to Macheen, Inc.
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Patent number: 8825002Abstract: A method is provided for controlling access to applications available on a second network by a plurality of client mobile communications devices on a first network, wherein the first network includes (a) a first database comprising (i) a product catalog which contains a listing of a subset of the applications available on the second network, and (ii) a set of service rules which governs access to any of the applications in the product catalog by the client mobile communications devices, (b) a second database which specifies the applications that have been activated for each of the plurality of client mobile communications devices, and (c) a network appliance which is in communication with the second database and which grants access by each of the client mobile communications devices to the respective applications specified as active for that device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: Justin B. Meyer, Glenda J. Akers, Richard L. Schwartz, James Cesar Alfred Trotter, Catherine T. Callen
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Publication number: 20140078991Abstract: A mobile communications device having a client installed thereon which establishes and maintains a connection between the mobile communications device and a network via a platform, wherein the connection utilizes a message protocol in which all messages between the device and the network are packetized, and wherein, while a first connection between the mobile communications device and the platform is available and a second connection between the platform and the network is available, the client establishes the connection when the mobile communications device is powered up and subsequently maintains the connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: James Cesar Alfred Trotter, Justin B. Meyer, Glenda J. Akers, Richard L. Schwartz, Catherine T. Callen
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Publication number: 20140025503Abstract: A communications system is provided which comprises (a) a platform having a plurality of tenants associated therewith, wherein each tenant has a set of mobile communications devices associated with it which has a plurality of members, wherein each mobile communications device in the set maintains an open connection to a communications network and is equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI); and (b) for each of the plurality of tenants, a group of offers selected by the tenant which are displayed on the GUI of each member of the set of mobile communications devices associated with that tenant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: Justin B. Meyer, Glenda J. Akers, Richard L. Schwartz, James Cesar Alfred Trotter, Catherine T. Callen
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Publication number: 20140023026Abstract: A network access device is provided which includes a connector, a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, and a computer program stored in the medium. The connector is adapted to releasably engage a port in a mobile communications device, thereby bringing the network access device into electrical communication with the mobile communications device. The computer program contains suitable programming instructions which, when executed, provide the mobile communications device with broadband access to a network through an MVNO or MNO, subject to a predefined set of restrictions defined by a tenant of the MVNO.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: Justin B. Meyer, Glenda J. Akers, Richard L. Schwartz, James Cesar Alfred Trotter, Catherine T. Callen
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Publication number: 20140022954Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing broadband communication services. The method comprises establishing a first entity which provides broadband wireless access to a network; and providing the broadband wireless access to a second entity on a white label basis through said first entity. The second entity distributes wireless mobile communications devices to third parties, and the wireless mobile communications devices are configured to establish broadband wireless access to the network through the broadband wireless access provided by the first entity to the second entity and under a private label applied by the second entity to the network access.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: Glenda J. Akers, Justin B. Meyer, Richard L. Schwartz, James Cesar Alfred Trotter, Catherine T. Callen
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Publication number: 20130336235Abstract: A method is provided for controlling access to applications available on a second network by a plurality of client mobile communications devices on a first network, wherein the first network includes (a) a first database comprising (i) a product catalog which contains a listing of a subset of the applications available on the second network, and (ii) a set of service rules which governs access to any of the applications in the product catalog by the client mobile communications devices, (b) a second database which specifies the applications that have been activated for each of the plurality of client mobile communications devices, and (c) a network appliance which is in communication with the second database and which grants access by each of the client mobile communications devices to the respective applications specified as active for that device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: Justin B. MEYER, Glenda J. AKERS, Richard L. SCHWARTZ, James Cesar Alfred TROTTER, Catherine T. CALLEN
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Patent number: 8594618Abstract: A method and system are provided for mobile communications. The system includes a first platform (103) associated with an MVNE; a second platform (105) which is integrated with said first platform and which has a plurality of tenants associated therewith, wherein each tenant has a set of mobile communications devices (107) associated with it, wherein each mobile communications device in the set has an instance of a client installed on it which maintains an open connection to a communications network, and wherein each client is equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI); and a group of offers (143) selected by a tenant which are displayed on the GUI of each member of the set of mobile communications devices associated with the tenant.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Macheen, Inc.Inventors: Justin B. Meyer, Glenda J. Akers, Richard L. Schwartz, James Cesar Alfred Trotter, Catherine T. Callen