Patents Assigned to Seven Networks, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8107921
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a mobile virtual network are disclosed. A mobile virtual network operator is disclosed as an entity that provides a mobile networking service to a user, the mobile networking service being provided using a physical mobile network provided by a third party. The mobile virtual network operator may provide content distribution services, data access services, or messaging services to a user of a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Trevor Fiatal
  • Patent number: 8078158
    Abstract: Methods and systems for provisioning an application for a mobile device are provided. A user may request an application. A request concerning the application is sent to a provisioning device. The request includes information concerning the mobile device and/or the user of the mobile device. The information is used to determine the requirements for operating the requested application on the mobile device. A hyperlink for downloading the requirements information is sent to the user of the mobile device via text messaging and/or email. The requirements information may be provided directly to the mobile device, to a personal computing device associated with the user of the mobile device, or a combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Ari Backholm
  • Patent number: 8069166
    Abstract: Means for allowing users to manage and make productive use of PIM data are provided. User status is determined by certain contextual indicia whereby other parties may contact the user through the most appropriate means as reflected by that contextual indicia. Information concerning presence, status, location, availability and so forth are aggregated from various PIM sources and communicated to other parties who initiate contact with the user in light of the aggregated information. Various groups and permissions may be implemented with regard to the collection and sharing of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Billy Alvarado, Ido Ariel, Robert Paul van Gent
  • Patent number: 8064583
    Abstract: System and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method receives a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Sutaria, Brian Daniel Gustafson, Robert Paul van Gent, Ruth Lin, David Merriwether, Parvinder Sawhney
  • Publication number: 20110252088
    Abstract: Serving user selected content in accordance with a service policy is disclosed. The user may select content from a content source to be accessed at a mobile device. The desired content is modified as necessary such that transmission of the content complies with a policy. Alternatively, only content that complies with the policy may be made available for selection. The manner in which a policy is defined and the content provided may be determined by various factors including mobile device capabilities, user preferences, and network conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Trevor Fiatal
  • Patent number: 8010082
    Abstract: A flexible billing system captures communication events on a more granular level then current communication systems. The captured communication events can then be aggregated into different event categories and combined with other event parameters to provide a wider variety of billing options to mobile network operators. The flexible billing system can be integrated with existing billing and provisioning systems. Thus, subscribers can be billed for enabled data access services and services are only enabled for billable entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Sutaria, Sridhar Nanjundeswaran, Brian Gustafson, Robert van Gent
  • Patent number: 7917505
    Abstract: A system and method for publishing information to a community of users is disclosed. Published information is inclusive of, for example, calendar data, blog data and photographs. Communities may be defined by PIM data or automatically generated by a data aggregation server in response to a user-defined rubric. Published information may be provided to a recipient or in conjunction with a notification delivered to the recipient. Published data may be subject to certain read/write limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Paul van Gent, Ido Ariel
  • Patent number: 7917468
    Abstract: A system and method for linking information of one user to other users via a data aggregation server is provided. Various security settings govern the linking of information. Various methodologies for initiating a link of PIM data are also provided including automatic linking, targeted linking and requested linking. Implementations utilizing group profiles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ido Ariel, Robert Paul van Gent
  • Patent number: 7877703
    Abstract: Methods for the intelligent rendering of information in a limited display environment are provided. Display environments, especially in mobile devices, are limited with regard to physical space and technical capability. The present invention provides for the scaling of information in the display in light of those limitations. Additional methods for intelligently determining information to be or not to be displayed in the environment are further provided. Determinations of information to be displayed may be a result of a user-determination or automatic determinations made by a user device. Zooming and ‘quick look’ features are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Fleming
  • Patent number: 7853563
    Abstract: A system for aggregating and managing PIM data from multiple sources is provided. By aggregating various sources of data, the present system allow for the bridging of networked communities and organizations. Limitations of data aggregation as a result of proprietary and/or protocol concerns are overcome through the development of trusted relationships amongst users of the data aggregation and management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Billy Alvarado, Ido Ariel, Robert Paul van Gent
  • Patent number: 7827597
    Abstract: A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee R. Boynton, Trevor A. Fiatal, Scott M. Burke, Mark Sikes
  • Patent number: 7796742
    Abstract: A system and method for simplified provisioning is provided. The method comprises storing information associated with a user during a non-provisioning event. The information is utilized to pre-fill a registration related to a provisioning event. One or more communications are forwarded to the user requesting information to complete the registration for the provisioning event based on the information stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: SEVEN Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Sutaria, Brian Daniel Gustafson, Robert Paul van Gent, Ruth Lin, David Merriwether, Parvinder Sawhney
  • Patent number: 7769395
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using location information to determine a medium to use for communications to a user of a mobile device are provided. The user's mobile device provides location information to in intermediate computing device. That location information is accessed and used to determine, from a plurality of media, which to use for communications with the user. In various embodiments of the present invention, the user's mobile device can receive location-based content and commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: SEVEN Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Fiatal, Jason Guesman
  • Patent number: 7752633
    Abstract: A system and method for translating, synthesizing and acting upon disparate event sets is provided. The disclosed cross-platform event engine comprises an event module with information pertaining to various event inputs as they relate to different operating platforms and devices. Logic utilized by the cross-platform event engine determines how to handle a particular event within an operating environment. Methods of updating and training the engine are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: SEVEN Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Fleming
  • Patent number: 7680281
    Abstract: An intercept system provides more effective and more efficient compliance with legal intercept warrants. The intercept system can provide any combination of operations that include near-real-time intercept, capture of intercepted data in structured authenticated form, clear text intercept for communications where there is access to encryption keys, cipher text intercept for communications where there is no access to encryption keys, provision of transactional logs to the authorized agency, interception without altering the operation of the target services, and encryption of stored intercepted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Fiatal, Jay Sutaria, Sridhar Nanjundeswaran, Shailesh Bavadekar
  • Patent number: 7643818
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sharing an e-mail address between a host system (100) and a mobile terminal (102) addressable by a temporary wireless identity (122D) in an access network (114). A terminal identifier (122A) is assigned to the mobile terminal (102) or its user. The system comprises a connectivity function (600) and a messaging centre (110) that collectively maintain an association (610, 612) between the terminal identifier (122A), encryption information (122C) and the temporary wireless identity (122D). When detecting an e-mail message addressed to the terminal identifier (122A), the connectivity function encrypts the e-mail message with the encryption information (122C). The messaging centre determines the temporary wireless identity (122D) of the mobile terminal and transmits the encrypted e-mail message to the mobile terminal which receives and decrypts the encrypted e-mail message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: SEVEN Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ari Backholm, Seppo Salorinne, Antti Saarilahti, Marko Ketonen, Lauri Vuornos, Petri Salmi
  • Publication number: 20090016526
    Abstract: An intercept system provides more effective and more efficient compliance with legal intercept warrants. The intercept system can provide any combination of operations that include near-real-time intercept capture of intercepted data in structured authenticated form, clear text intercept for communications where there is access to encryption keys, cipher text intercept for communications where there is no access to encryption keys, provision of transactional logs to the authorized agency, interception without altering the operation of the target services, and encryption of stored intercepted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor FIATAL, Jay Sutaria, Sridhar Nanjundeswaran, Shailesh Bavadekar
  • Publication number: 20080037787
    Abstract: A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Boynton, Trevor Fiatal, Scott Burke, Mark Sikes
  • Patent number: 7305700
    Abstract: A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee R. Boynton, Trevor A. Fiatal, Scott M. Burke, Mark Sikes
  • Patent number: 7139565
    Abstract: A real-time communication architecture establishes a continuous connection between an enterprise network and a communication management system. The connection is continuously held open allowing mobile devices real-time access to enterprise email systems. The real-time communication architecture can support an entire enterprise email system or individual email users. The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Seven Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor A. Fiatal, Lee R. Boynton, Scott M. Burke, Brian D. Gustafson, Binu Raj, William Alvarado, Juan Benitez, Fred J. Duncan