Patents by Inventor Benjamin W. Boomhour

Benjamin W. Boomhour 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: 8433904
    Abstract: A reader device includes a housing for receiving a smart card, a processor in electronic communication with an integrated circuit chip of the smart card when the smart card is received in the housing, a wireless communications device in electronic communication with the processor for enabling the reader device to transmit first encrypted information wirelessly and to receive second encrypted information wirelessly, and a memory in electronic communication with the processor that includes one or more routines executable by the processor. The one or more routines include a cryptographic module adapted to encrypt first information to create the first encrypted information and decrypt the second encrypted information to obtain second information. In addition, a communication system that includes the reader device and a computing device, wherein the reader device and computing device are able to wirelessly exchange information in a secure manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Scott D. Rose, Scott W. Totzke, Herb A. Little, Chris K. C. Leung, Benjamin W. Boomhour, Ryan Bayne
  • Publication number: 20090276626
    Abstract: A reader device includes a housing for receiving a smart card, a processor in electronic communication with an integrated circuit chip of the smart card when the smart card is received in the housing, a wireless communications device in electronic communication with the processor for enabling the reader device to transmit first encrypted information wirelessly and to receive second encrypted information wirelessly, and a memory in electronic communication with the processor that includes one or more routines executable by the processor. The one or more routines include a cryptographic module adapted to encrypt first information to create the first encrypted information and decrypt the second encrypted information to obtain second information. In addition, a communication system that includes the reader device and a computing device, wherein the reader device and computing device are able to wirelessly exchange information in a secure manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Scott D. Rose, Scott Totzke, Herb Little, Chris K.C. Leung, Benjamin W. Boomhour, Ryan Bayne
  • Patent number: 7562219
    Abstract: A reader device includes a housing for receiving a smart card, a processor in electronic communication with an integrated circuit chip of the smart card when the smart card is received in the housing, a wireless communications device in electronic communication with the processor for enabling the reader device to transmit first encrypted information wirelessly and to receive second encrypted information wirelessly, and a memory in electronic communication with the processor that includes one or more routines executable by the processor. The one or more routines include a cryptographic module adapted to encrypt first information to create the first encrypted information and decrypt the second encrypted information to obtain second information. In addition, a communication system that includes the reader device and a computing device, wherein the reader device and computing device are able to wirelessly exchange information in a secure manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Scott D. Rose, Scott Totzke, Herb Little, Chris K. C. Leung, Benjamin W. Boomhour, Ryan Bayne
  • Patent number: D522512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Herb Little, Chris K. C. Leung, Benjamin W. Boomhour
  • Patent number: D606299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin W. Boomhour, Thuy Hong Nguyen, Joseph M. Hofer