Patents by Inventor Forrest L. Carr

Forrest L. Carr 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).

  • Locker service for mobile device and mobile applications authentication
    Patent number: 9635546
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a locker setting that indicates at least one of a geographic location of a user device, a state of motion of the user device, or a state of connection of the user device relative to a network or another device; store the locker setting; monitor a current state of the user device, wherein the current state corresponds to a current at least one of geographic location, state of motion, or state of connection of the user device; compare the current state to the locker setting; determine whether to enter a locked state based on a comparison, wherein the locked state requires that a user of the user device re-enters login information; and enter the locked state in response to a determination to enter the locked state, such that the user device and/or an application enters the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Forrest L. Carr
  • LOCKER SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20150281950
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a locker setting that indicates at least one of a geographic location of a user device, a state of motion of the user device, or a state of connection of the user device relative to a network or another device; store the locker setting; monitor a current state of the user device, wherein the current state corresponds to a current at least one of geographic location, state of motion, or state of connection of the user device; compare the current state to the locker setting; determine whether to enter a locked state based on a comparison, wherein the locked state requires that a user of the user device re-enters login information; and enter the locked state in response to a determination to enter the locked state, such that the user device and/or an application enters the locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Forrest L. Carr