Patents by Inventor Barry Fraser Yerxa
Barry Fraser Yerxa 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).
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Patent number: 10868696Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing virtual private network (VPN) connectivity for data communications are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes storing, in a computer-readable medium of a computing device, packages of code and configuration data that associate the packages of code with respective virtual private networks (VPNs), the configuration data associating at least one of the packages of code with at least two of the VPNs, and, in response to a request to execute application code included in a first package of code, identifying, based on the configuration data, a first VPN associated with the first package of code and binding a communication interface of the first package of code to a connection with the first VPN.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Ennis Al-Asaaed, Barry Fraser Yerxa
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Patent number: 10178238Abstract: A method at a user equipment to facilitate activation and splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method including starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service on the user equipment; verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment; and setting a status indicator on the user equipment to indicate the VSP service is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario LimitedInventors: Peter Steven Pieda, Sivakumar Nagarajan, Mark De Abreu, Barry Fraser Yerxa, Pierre Pierre Blais, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Kevin Paul Fernandes
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Publication number: 20180034974Abstract: A method at a user equipment to facilitate activation and splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method including starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service on the user equipment; verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment; and setting a status indicator on the user equipment to indicate the VSP service is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Peter Steven PIEDA, Sivakumar NAGARAJAN, Mark DE ABREU, Barry Fraser YERXA, Pierre Pierre BLAIS, Thomas Leonard Trevor PLESTID, Kevin Paul FERNANDES
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Patent number: 9872319Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting a data connection IP (Internet Protocol) type during roaming. At a device a comprising a processor, a memory storing data indicative of radio access technologies and associated internet protocol (IP) types to use under different roaming conditions, and a communication interface, it is determined, using the communication interface, that roaming is occurring and a given radio access technology being used in the roaming is also determined. The data is processed to select an IP type associated with the given radio access technology. Thereafter, the IP type selected is used, during the roaming, in requests to a gateway to a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITEDInventors: Michal Seman, Mark De Abreu, Jean Dolbec, Barry Fraser Yerxa
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Patent number: 9794418Abstract: A method at a user equipment to facilitate activation and splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method including starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service on the user equipment; verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment; and setting a status indicator on the user equipment to indicate the VSP service is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.Inventors: Peter Steven Pieda, Sivakumar Nagarajan, Mark De Abreu, Barry Fraser Yerxa, Pierre Pierre Blais, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Kevin Paul Fernandes
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Publication number: 20160373275Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing virtual private network (VPN) connectivity for data communications are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes storing, in a computer-readable medium of a computing device, packages of code and configuration data that associate the packages of code with respective virtual private networks (VPNs), the configuration data associating at least one of the packages of code with at least two of the VPNs, and, in response to a request to execute application code included in a first package of code, identifying, based on the configuration data, a first VPN associated with the first package of code and binding a communication interface of the first package of code to a connection with the first VPN.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITEDInventors: Ennis Al-Asaaed, Barry Fraser Yerxa
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Publication number: 20160352917Abstract: A method at a user equipment to facilitate activation and splitting of data billing between at least two parties, the method including starting, at the user equipment, a virtual subscriber identity module platform (‘VSP’) service on the user equipment; verifying VSP configuration information with a network server; upon verification, starting a data networking access point name (‘APN’) based on the configuration information on the user equipment; and setting a status indicator on the user equipment to indicate the VSP service is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Peter Steven PIEDA, Sivakumar NAGARAJAN, Mark DE ABREU, Barry Fraser YERXA, Pierre Pierre BLAIS, Thomas Leonard Trevor PLESTID, Kevin Paul FERNANDES
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Publication number: 20160088662Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting a data connection IP (Internet Protocol) type during roaming. At a device a comprising a processor, a memory storing data indicative of radio access technologies and associated internet protocol (IP) types to use under different roaming conditions, and a communication interface, it is determined, using the communication interface, that roaming is occurring and a given radio access technology being used in the roaming is also determined. The data is processed to select an IP type associated with the given radio access technology. Thereafter, the IP type selected is used, during the roaming, in requests to a gateway to a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Michal SEMAN, Mark De ABREU, Jean DOLBEC, Barry Fraser YERXA
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Patent number: 9094830Abstract: Described are systems and methods for managing data transfer from a communication device to a communication network over a wireless connection comprising determining that a requesting process on the communication device is authorized to establish a protected connection to the communication network; and, configuring a network interface on the communication device to allow data packets to be transmitted from the requesting process to the communication network over the protected connection, wherein the network interface is associated with the protected connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignees: BLACKBERRY LIMITED, 2236008 ONTARIO INC.Inventors: Barry Fraser Yerxa, Nils Patrik Lahti, Jean Dolbec
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Publication number: 20140013395Abstract: Described are systems and methods for managing data transfer from a communication device to a communication network over a wireless connection comprising determining that a requesting process on the communication device is authorized to establish a protected connection to the communication network; and, configuring a network interface on the communication device to allow data packets to be transmitted from the requesting process to the communication network over the protected connection, wherein the network interface is associated with the protected connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicants: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Barry Fraser YERXA, Nils Patrik LAHTI, Jean DOLBEC
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Publication number: 20100083108Abstract: A touch-screen device has a processor operatively coupled to a memory for storing and executing an application, and a touch-sensitive display screen for receiving a touch input for triggering a displaying of an escape key on the display screen. The displaying of the escape key can be triggered by touching the screen for a predetermined period of time, by swiping a stylus over the screen or by any other recognizable gesture. This soft escape key can thus be used to close, or escape from, an application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Douglas Clayton Rider, Jean Dolbec, Barry Fraser Yerxa