Patents by Inventor Andrew Budker

Andrew Budker 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: 9021069
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for managing access to a fleet account of mobile electronic devices. For instance, an administrator of a business and educational institution may place an order with an offering service to purchase a large number of eBook reader devices. The offering service identifies that the business and educational institution is ordering a fleet of devices. Furthermore, each of the devices ordered are associated or registered to a managed or fleet account controlled by the administrator of the business and educational institution. The techniques described herein prevent an individual user of a fleet device from de-registering the device from the managed account, and also allow an account administrator to alter preferred settings of the managed account. Further, techniques are described for allowing a user of a device to opt-in or associate their device with the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Robert Ducrou, Brandon J. Smith, Christopher M. Brennan, Kenneth O. Sanders, II, Erik J. Miller, David M. Lerner, Andrew Budker, Marcus A. Barry
  • Publication number: 20140006567
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for managing access to a fleet account of mobile electronic devices. For instance, an administrator of a business and educational institution may place an order with an offering service to purchase a large number of eBook reader devices. The offering service identifies that the business and educational institution is ordering a fleet of devices. Furthermore, each of the devices ordered are associated or registered to a managed or fleet account controlled by the administrator of the business and educational institution. The techniques described herein prevent an individual user of a fleet device from de-registering the device from the managed account, and also allow an account administrator to alter preferred settings of the managed account. Further, techniques are described for allowing a user of a device to opt-in or associate their device with the account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jon Robert Ducrou, Brandon J. Smith, Christopher M. Brennan, Kenneth O. Sanders, II, Erik J. Miller, David M. Lerner, Andrew Budker, Marcus A. Barry