Patents by Inventor David Castell

David Castell 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: 9876904
    Abstract: A method of communicating information describing a voice call from a caller device to a recipient device. Call subject information describing the call is obtained from the caller device and sent to the recipient device to inform the recipient about the subject of the call. The call subject information is can be presented as a subject line displayed to on the recipient device to inform the recipient about the nature of the call and/or its urgency, thereby enabling the recipient to better determined whether to answer the call. The call subject information can be input by the caller or extracted automatically from an application from which the call was initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Patrick Alfano, William David Castell, David Lloyd Heit, Douglas Michael Gisby, Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Richard John George, Ian James McDonald
  • Publication number: 20160234381
    Abstract: A method of communicating information describing a voice call from a caller device to a recipient device. Call subject information describing the call is obtained from the caller device and sent to the recipient device to inform the recipient about the subject of the call. The call subject information is can be presented as a subject line displayed to on the recipient device to inform the recipient about the nature of the call and/or its urgency, thereby enabling the recipient to better determined whether to answer the call. The call subject information can be input by the caller or extracted automatically from an application from which the call was initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Patrick Alfano, William David Castell, David Lloyd Heit, Douglas Michael Gisby, Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Richard John George, Ian James McDonald
  • Patent number: 9390413
    Abstract: An electronic device, system and method are provided for populating an online payment form. An electronic wallet resident on an electronic device stores data for at least one payment card. A transcoding proxy receives an online payment form from a website of an online vendor, and the electronic wallet is invoked to access data for one of the payment cards. The data is provided to the transcoding proxy, which populates the online payment form. One of the payment cards may be pre-selected for use with a given vendor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Castell, Eric Chan
  • Patent number: 8788515
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic message. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Yach, David Castell, Neil Adams, Michael K. Brown, Ian Patterson
  • Patent number: 8661546
    Abstract: A messaging server forwards emails to mobile communication devices of users to whom the emails were respectively addressed. An antivirus server determines whether an email addressed to a user of a mobile communication device, to be forwarded by the messaging server to the mobile communication device, is infected with a virus. In response to determining the email is infected with a virus, a bulletin generator transmits, to the mobile communication devices besides the mobile communication device of the addressee of the email determined to be infected, an all points bulletin message disclosing the existence of the virus. The bulletin message is transmitted directly to, instead of via email to, the wireless mobile communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: William David Castell, Allan David Lewis, Tabitha Kari Ferguson, Bill Yuan, Ian Michael Patterson
  • Publication number: 20130286900
    Abstract: A unified messaging system, method and user interface is provided for a handheld mobile communication device. The method may include the following steps: (a) receiving a notification signal at the wireless device via the wireless data channel indicating that the unified messaging system received and stored a voice mail message intended for a user of the wireless device; (b) transmitting a command signal from the wireless device to the unified messaging system via the wireless data channel, the command signal including a message retrieval command; (c) receiving via the wireless voice channel a voice call initiated by a voice mail system component of the unified messaging system in response to the message retrieval command transmitted from the wireless device; and (d) receiving the voice mail message from the unified messaging system via the wireless voice channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: William David Castell, Mihal Lazaridis, Gary Phillip Mousseau
  • Patent number: 8539553
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for managing delivery of pushed web content to communication devices. In an embodiment, the method comprises: uniquely identifying a communication device to which the pushed web content is to be delivered; establishing a pushed web content service linking the pushed web content to the communication device; receiving a pushed web content service request; and permitting delivery of content to the communication device via the pushed web content service based on verification of the identity of a trusted pushed web content provider. The method may further comprise uniquely identifying the pushed web content provider with an assignable unique pushed web content identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Julian Paas, David Castell, Peter Hantzakos, Piotr Calak, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20130013627
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic message. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David Yach, David Castell, Neil Adams, Michael K. Brown, Ian Patterson
  • Patent number: 8306989
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic message. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David Yach, David Castell, Neil Adams, Michael K. Brown, Ian Patterson
  • Publication number: 20120084204
    Abstract: An electronic device, system and method are provided for populating an online payment form. An electronic wallet resident on an electronic device stores data for at least one payment card. A transcoding proxy receives an online payment form from a website of an online vendor, and the electronic wallet is invoked to access data for one of the payment cards. The data is provided to the transcoding proxy, which populates the online payment form. One of the payment cards may be pre-selected for use with a given vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David CASTELL, Eric CHAN
  • Patent number: 8060413
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method of making an electronic payment from a wireless mobile device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an electronic wallet, the electronic wallet having a persistent store for storing data for one or more payment cards and a wallet security module configured to verify authorized access to the electronic wallet; and permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet upon verification of authorized access by the wallet security module. In an embodiment, the wallet security module is configured to store one or more of a password and biometric data, and the method further comprises: comparing any subsequently input password or biometric data to a password or biometric data previously supplied by the authorized user and stored in the wallet security module; and if the comparison matches or is within an acceptable range, then permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David Castell, Eric Chan
  • Patent number: 8060564
    Abstract: A system and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device upon sensing a triggering event is provided. A redirector program operating at the host system enables a user to continuously redirect certain user-selected data items from the host system to the user's mobile data communication device upon detecting that one or more user-defined triggering events has occurred. The redirector program operates in connection with event generating applications and repackaging systems at the host system to configure and detect a particular user-defined event, and then to repackage the user-selected data items in an electronic wrapper prior to pushing the data items to the mobile device. Included in the system is a program to manage information moved by the user within the host system or the mobile data communication device so that the move is made on both the host system and the mobile data communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Gary P. Mousseau, Tabitha Ferguson, Barry Linkert, Raymond Vander Veen, David Castell, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Patent number: 8024416
    Abstract: A system and method of pushing user-selected data items from a host system to a user's mobile data communication device upon detecting the occurrence of one or more user-defined event triggers is provided. The user may then move (or file) the data items to a particular folder within a folder hierarchy stored in the mobile data communication device, or may execute some other system operation on the data item. Software operating at the mobile device and the host system then synchronizes the folder hierarchy of the mobile device with a folder hierarchy of the host system, and any actions executed on the data items at the mobile device are then automatically replicated on the same data items stored at the host system, thus eliminating the need for the user to manually replicate actions at the host system that have been executed at the mobile data communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Tabitha Ferguson, Barry Linkert, Raymond Vander Veen, David Castell, Gary P. Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20110214132
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David YACH, David CASTELL, Neil ADAMS, Michael BROWN, Ian PATTERSON
  • Publication number: 20110029989
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David YACH, David CASTELL, Neil ADAMS, Michael K. BROWN, Ian PATTERSON
  • Patent number: 7873646
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David Yach, David Castell, Neil Adams, Michael K. Brown, Ian Patterson
  • Patent number: 7734281
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting data items to a user of a mobile data communication device that is associated with a host system and communicates therewith via a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method comprises: detecting arrival of data items for a user at the host system from one or more senders, the data items being directed to an address associated with the user at the host system; determining a delivery level provisioned for the user at the host system; and responsive to the delivery level, applying a delivery rule with respect to the data items received for the user to bundle at least a portion of the data items for transport in a single transmission to the user via the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Tabitha Ferguson, Barry Linkert, Raymond Vander Veen, David Castell, Gary P. Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20090233579
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method of making an electronic payment from a wireless mobile device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an electronic wallet, the electronic wallet having a persistent store for storing data for one or more payment cards and a wallet security module configured to verify authorized access to the electronic wallet; and permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet upon verification of authorized access by the wallet security module. In an embodiment, the wallet security module is configured to store one or more of a password and biometric data, and the method further comprises: comparing any subsequently input password or biometric data to a password or biometric data previously supplied by the authorized user and stored in the wallet security module; and if the comparison matches or is within an acceptable range, then permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: David Castell, Eric Chan
  • Publication number: 20090234751
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronic wallet for a wireless mobile device, and a method of operating the electronic wallet. In an embodiment, the electronic wallet comprises wallet invocation means responsive to an external trigger originating externally from the wallet; user authentication means for authenticating the user of the electronic wallet upon invocation of the wallet by the external trigger; and means for returning card information stored in the wallet in dependence upon a form specified by the external trigger invoking the wallet. The external trigger may be a webpage accessed via an Internet web browser on the wireless mobile device, the webpage having a wallet trigger instruction embedded therein. The wallet trigger instruction may be an extension embedded into the header of the webpage accessed via the Internet web browser. The webpage may further include field ID tags mapping specific data fields in the wallet to form input fields provided in the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Eric CHAN, David CASTELL
  • Publication number: 20090037413
    Abstract: A method of generating a list of prospective contacts for a communication comprising: receiving an indication of a user selected communication format selected from a plurality of different communications formats; generating a list of prospective contacts, the list of prospective contacts generated based on an analysis of said user's past communications; and providing said user with said list containing at least one prospective contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David Castell, Mihal Lazaridis