Patents by Inventor Christopher Scullion

Christopher Scullion 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).

  • Preventing unregistered electronic devices from accessing a secure area
    Patent number: 12438886
    Abstract: A computer program product and a method may include various operations. The operations include receiving, from one or more computing devices, user data identifying a user of the computing device, user device data identifying the computing device, a current location of the computing device, and identification of electronic devices transmitting a wireless signal detected by the computing device. Access into a secure area is enabled responsive to determining that, for each computing device, a set of conditions are satisfied. The conditions include: the user data authenticates the user with reference to user records in an authorized user data structure; the user device data identifies a device registered to the user; the received current location of the computing device is nearby to the secure area; and for each detected electronic device, the electronic device is registered to an authorized user that has been authenticated and is present nearby the entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.
    Inventors: Eric R Kern, Paola Martinez Morales, Drew Johnson, Christopher Scullion
  • PREVENTING UNREGISTERED ELECTRONIC DEVICES FROM ACCESSING A SECURE AREA
    Publication number: 20250112931
    Abstract: A computer program product and a method may include various operations. The operations include receiving, from one or more computing devices, user data identifying a user of the computing device, user device data identifying the computing device, a current location of the computing device, and identification of electronic devices transmitting a wireless signal detected by the computing device. Access into a secure area is enabled responsive to determining that, for each computing device, a set of conditions are satisfied. The conditions include: the user data authenticates the user with reference to user records in an authorized user data structure; the user device data identifies a device registered to the user; the received current location of the computing device is nearby to the secure area; and for each detected electronic device, the electronic device is registered to an authorized user that has been authenticated and is present nearby the entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Eric R Kern, Paola Martinez Morales, Drew Johnson, Christopher Scullion