Patents by Inventor Alec Reid Thomas

Alec Reid Thomas 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: 9294718
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for automated alerts are provided. Communication, via a processor and communication interface of a communication device, occurs with one or more remote communication devices in a communication session. Data is received at the processor, from a camera device. In response, to the data, an alert is transmitted, via the communication interface, to the one or more remote communication devices in the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: James Allen Hymel, Jonathan Andrew Evans, Janine Mary Hodder, Edvard Kikic, Alec Reid Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130169778
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for automated alerts are provided. Communication, via a processor and communication interface of a communication device, occurs with one or more remote communication devices in a communication session. Data is received at the processor, from a camera device. In response, to the data, an alert is transmitted, via the communication interface, to the one or more remote communication devices in the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: James Allen Hymel, Jonathan Andrew Evans, Janine Mary Hodder, Edvard Kikic, Alec Reid Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130145273
    Abstract: Methods and devices for configuring a web browser based on an other party's profile are described. In one aspect, the method includes: receiving a selection of an other party's identifier within a web browser; and in response to receiving the selection of the other party's identifier: i) receiving an other party's profile associated with the other party's identifier; and ii) configuring the web browser based on the other party's profile. In another aspect, the present application describes a method implemented by a web server. The web server has stored therein an other party's profile. The method includes: receiving a selection of an other party's identifier; and in response to receiving a selection of the other party's identifier: i) retrieving an other party's profile associated with the other party's identifier; and ii) sending the other party's profile to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: James Allen Hymel, William Donald Santo, Alec Reid Thomas, Janine Mary Hodder