Patents by Inventor Andrew A. MacBeth

Andrew A. MacBeth 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).

  • Apparatuses for authenticating a wireless connection using time related user actions
    Patent number: 9699653
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a wireless pairing method involves a touchscreen on a wireless host device combined with a switch on a wireless stylus device. The wireless pairing method uses the time-coincidence of a touch on the host device screen with the detection of a tip switch press on the stylus device as a mode of out-of-band communication to authenticate a pairing of the devices. In such embodiments, a user presses a tip portion of the stylus device against a pairing spot on the host device surface; the wireless devices then form a bonded pair if the touch and/or release of the tip portion of the stylus device with respect to the host device surface are within a pre-determined time co-incidence window of the detection by the host device of that touch and/or release of the tip portion of the stylus device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FiftyThree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian MacDuff, Jonathan R. Harris, Andrew A. MacBeth
  • APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATING A WIRELESS CONNECTION
    Publication number: 20150050879
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a wireless pairing method involves a touchscreen on a wireless host device combined with a switch on a wireless stylus device. The wireless pairing method uses the time-coincidence of a touch on the host device screen with the detection of a tip switch press on the stylus device as a mode of out-of-band communication to authenticate a pairing of the devices. In such embodiments, a user presses a tip portion of the stylus device against a pairing spot on the host device surface; the wireless devices then form a bonded pair if the touch and/or release of the tip portion of the stylus device with respect to the host device surface are within a pre-determined time co-incidence window of the detection by the host device of that touch and/or release of the tip portion of the stylus device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: FiftyThree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian MacDuff, Jonathan R. Harris, Andrew A. MacBeth