Patents by Inventor Brendan T. O'Connor

Brendan T. O'Connor 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: 9436841
    Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining the confidentiality of data provided by an organization for storage on a third party database system are provided. The data can be encrypted on an internal network of the organization and sent to the third party database system for storage. The third party database system can associate metadata with the encrypted data and can store the encrypted data. Accordingly, when a request for the encrypted data is received from a computing device communicating with an internal network of the organization, the encrypted data and associated metadata can be sent to the computing device. A key that is stored on an internal network of the organization can be called through an applet, which utilizes information within the metadata to locate the key on the internal network of the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brendan T. O'Connor, James L. Cavalieri, III, Robert C. Fly
  • Publication number: 20140237234
    Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining the confidentiality of data provided by an organization for storage on a third party database system are provided. The data can be encrypted on an internal network of the organization and sent to the third party database system for storage. The third party database system can associate metadata with the encrypted data and can store the encrypted data. Accordingly, when a request for the encrypted data is received from a computing device communicating with an internal network of the organization, the encrypted data and associated metadata can be sent to the computing device. A key that is stored on an internal network of the organization can be called through an applet, which utilizes information within the metadata to locate the key on the internal network of the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brendan T. O'Connor, James L. Cavalieri, III, Robert C. Fly
  • Patent number: 8751826
    Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining the confidentiality of data provided by an organization for storage on a third party database system are provided. The data can be encrypted on an internal network of the organization and sent to the third party database system for storage. The third party database system can associate metadata with the encrypted data and can store the encrypted data. Accordingly, when a request for the encrypted data is received from a computing device communicating with an internal network of the organization, the encrypted data and associated metadata can be sent to the computing device. A key that is stored on an internal network of the organization can be called through an applet, which utilizes information within the metadata to locate the key on the internal network of the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Brendan T. O'Connor, James L. Cavalieri, III, Robert C. Fly
  • Publication number: 20110253200
    Abstract: A novel solar cell architecture consisting of multiple fiber-based photovoltaic (PV) cells. Each PV fiber element is designed to maximize the power conversion efficiency within a narrow band of the incident solar spectrum, while reflecting other spectral components through the use of optical microcavity effects and distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) coatings. Combining PV fibers with complementary absorption and reflection characteristics into volume-filling arrays produces an array of spectrally tuned solar cells with an effective dispersion element intrinsic to the architecture, resulting in high external quantum efficiency over the visible spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Max Shtein, Kevin P. Pipe, Brendan T. O'Connor, Denis Nothern
  • Publication number: 20100257351
    Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining the confidentiality of data provided by an organization for storage on a third party database system are provided. The data can encrypted on an internal network of the organization and sent to the third party database system for storage. The third party database system can associate metadata with the encrypted data and can store the encrypted data. Accordingly, when a request for the encrypted data is received from a computing device communicating with an internal network of the organization, the encrypted data and associated metadata can be sent to the computing device. A key that is stored on an internal network of the organization can be called through an applet, which utilizes information within the metadata to locate the key on the internal network of the organization. The computing device to which the encrypted data is sent can use the key location information to retrieve the key and decrypt the data for display to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Salesforce. com, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan T. O'Connor, James L. Cavalieri, III, Robert C. Fly
  • Publication number: 20090134025
    Abstract: A probe for a scanning device having an anode, a cathode, and an organic material. The organic material is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The organic material is operable for at least one of emitting and detecting light by an electrical bias applied between the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Max Shtein, Kevin P. Pipe, Kwang Hyup An, Yiying Zhao, Brendan T. O'Connor