Patents by Inventor Dustin Martinka

Dustin Martinka 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).

  • Publication number: 20230254307
    Abstract: A contact may select to use a biometric input to access help and services related to the contact. On a portable computing device, a user may contact a help service. The help service contact address may be known and an app may execute if the contact attempts to communicate with the contact address. The app may receive the biometric data, compare it to known biometric data for the user and determine if the received biometric data is sufficiently dose to the stored biometric data, the communication may be forwarded to a help or service agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Regalado, Kirk W. McGettigan, Sheetal Guttigoli, Dustin Martinka
  • Patent number: 11616778
    Abstract: A contact may select to use a biometric input to access help and services related to the contact. On a portable computing device, a user may contact a help service. The help service contact address may be known and an app may execute if the contact attempts to communicate with the contact address. The app may receive the biometric data, compare it to known biometric data for the user and determine if the received biometric data is sufficiently close to the stored biometric data, the communication may be forwarded to a help or service agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Regalado, Kirk W. McGettigan, Sheetal Guttigoli, Dustin Martinka
  • Publication number: 20220124089
    Abstract: A contact may select to use a biometric input to access help and services related to the contact. On a portable computing device, a user may contact a help service. The help service contact address may be known and an app may execute if the contact attempts to communicate with the contact address. The app may receive the biometric data, compare it to known biometric data for the user and determine if the received biometric data is sufficiently close to the stored biometric data, the communication may be forwarded to a help or service agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Regalado, Kirk W. McGettigan, Sheetal Guttigoli, Dustin Martinka