Patents by Inventor Daniel Van Geest

Daniel Van Geest 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).

  • METHOD OF REFLECTING ON ANOTHER DEVICE A CHANGE TO A BROWSER CACHE ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ASSOCAITED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110179138
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device includes an Application Programming Interface (API) that generates various notifications in certain circumstances. The handheld electronic device provides an improved method of employing the notifications to enable another device to reflect a change to a browser cache on the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Van Geest, Yu Tang
  • Method of reflecting on another device a change to a browser cache on a handheld electronic device, and associated device
    Patent number: 7937361
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device includes an Application Programming Interface (API) that generates various notifications in certain circumstances. The handheld electronic device provides an improved method of employing the notifications to enable another device to reflect a change to a browser cache on the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Van Geest, Yu Tang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING NETWORK BROWSING SPEED BY SETTING A PROXY SERVER ON A HANDHELD DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100011121
    Abstract: A system for enhancing network-browsing speed by setting a proxy server on a handheld device is disclosed. The system comprises a browser for sending a request for requesting a message from a website and receiving a response in response to the request, a proxy server for transcoding and compressing the request, and transcoding and decompressing the response including the requested message, a wireless network communicably linked to the proxy server, and Mobile Data Service (MDS) gateway communicably linked to the wireless network for transcoding and decompressing the request, and transcoding and compressing the response including the requested message from the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Van Geest, Robbie Maurice
  • Method of reflecting on another device an addition to a browser cache on a handheld electronic device, and associated device
    Patent number: 7644149
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device includes an Application Programming Interface (API) that generates various notifications in certain circumstances. The handheld electronic device provides an improved method of employing the notifications to enable another device to reflect an addition to a browser cache on the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Van Geest, Yu Tang
  • System and method for enhancing network browsing speed by setting a proxy server on a handheld device
    Publication number: 20060168129
    Abstract: A system for enhancing network-browsing speed by setting a proxy server on a handheld device comprises a browser operating on the handheld for sending a request for requesting a message including at least one image from a website, receiving a response in response to the request, a proxy server including a cache for processing the request and the response and caching the image included in the response, a wireless network communicably linked to the proxy server, Mobile Data Service (MDS) gateway communicably linked to the proxy server for transcoding and decompressing the request, and transcoding and compressing the response including the requested message from the website. MDS gateway further processes a redirect response and request and fetches the requested message from another address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Van Geest, Rafal Rybak
  • System and method for enhancing network browsing speed by setting a proxy server on a handheld device
    Publication number: 20060168349
    Abstract: A system for enhancing network-browsing speed by setting a proxy server on a handheld device is disclosed. The system comprises a browser for sending a request for requesting a message from a website and receiving a response in response to the request, a proxy server for transcoding and compressing the request, and transcoding and decompressing the response including the requested message, a wireless network communicably linked to the proxy server, and Mobile Data Service (MDS) gateway communicably linked to the wireless network for transcoding and decompressing the request, and transcoding and compressing the response including the requested message from the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Van Geest, Robbie Maurice