Patents by Inventor Catherine M. Pearce

Catherine M. Pearce 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).

  • Side-Channel Integrity Validation of Devices
    Publication number: 20170061131
    Abstract: Techniques are presented herein that validate integrity of a computing device. A command to a first processor of a security module of the computing device is received through an interface unit of the security module on a communication channel external to the computing device. A configuration of the security module cannot be changed by a second processor of the computing device which executes an operating system and at least one application on the computing device. In response to receiving the command, one or more memory devices of the computing device are directly accessed by the first processor independent from the second processor to validate integrity of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Omar Santos, Christopher M. McCoy, Catherine M. Pearce, Carlos M. Pignataro, Jeff Apcar
  • System and method for customizing settings in a communication device for a user
    Patent number: 8799417
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for customizing settings in a communication device for a user. In one illustrative embodiment, the process identifies a user profile to which a user belongs. The process identifies a set of custom communication device settings associated with the user profile. The process also sets a current set of communication device settings for a set of functions in a communication device to the set of custom communication device settings. In one embodiment, identifying the user profile to which the user belongs includes identifying the user profile to which the user belongs based on one or more characteristics of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Catherine M. Pearce
  • System and Method for Customizing Settings in a Communication Device for a User
    Publication number: 20090271503
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for customizing settings in a communication device for a user. In one illustrative embodiment, the process identifies a user profile to which a user belongs. The process identifies a set of custom communication device settings associated with the user profile. The process also sets a current set of communication device settings for a set of functions in a communication device to the set of custom communication device settings. In one embodiment, identifying the user profile to which the user belongs includes identifying the user profile to which the user belongs based on one or more characteristics of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Catherine M. Pearce