Patents by Inventor George Ross Staikos

George Ross Staikos 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: 9473309
    Abstract: A system for providing security services to a mobile device where the mobile device is in communication with a public network through a first network path that is subject to interference by a third party. The system includes a security server and a private network. The security server is operative to communicate with the mobile device through the private network. The security server is also operative to communicate with the public network through a second network path that is less susceptible to the interference by the third party than is the first network path. The security server communicates with the public network through the second network path to provide security services to the mobile device that are delivered over the private network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.
    Inventors: Sean Alexander Courtney, Matthew John Campagna, George Ross Staikos, Alexander Truskovsky
  • Patent number: 9326114
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for transferring a call described. In some aspects, during a voice call, a mobile device detects proximity of an audio appliance. The mobile device determines that the audio appliance is permitted to carry an audio portion of the voice call. The mobile device establishes a bi-directional communication link operable to transfer audio data between the mobile device and the audio appliance. In some instances, the audio data for the voice call is routed between the mobile device and the audio appliance by the bi-directional communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, George Ross Staikos, Mark E. Pecen
  • Patent number: 8872773
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information associated with a first application and information associated with a second application, detecting on the touch-sensitive display, a touch at a first location associated with the first application, reporting the touch as a first touch type to the first application, and when the first touch type is not utilized by the first application within a threshold period of time and when movement of the touch on the touch-sensitive display is detected, reporting the touch to the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Genevieve Elizabeth Mak, Danny Thomas Dodge, George Ross Staikos
  • Publication number: 20140280698
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to process a link on a device. In some aspects, a link is received on a device. The link can be a link to content stored external to the device. The link can be selected by a user and associated with a first perimeter on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Nils Patrik Lahti, Geordon Thomas Ferguson, George Ross Staikos, Khalid El Mously
  • Publication number: 20140215206
    Abstract: A system for providing security services to a mobile device where the mobile device is in communication with a public network through a first network path that is subject to interference by a third party. The system includes a security server and a private network. The security server is operative to communicate with the mobile device through the private network. The security server is also operative to communicate with the public network through a second network path that is less susceptible to the interference by the third party than is the first network path. The security server communicates with the public network through the second network path to provide security services to the mobile device that are delivered over the private network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: CERTICOM CORP., RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Alexander Courtney, Matthew John Campagna, George Ross Staikos, Alexander Truskovsky
  • Publication number: 20140155033
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for transferring a call described. In some aspects, during a voice call, a mobile device detects proximity of an audio appliance. The mobile device determines that the audio appliance is permitted to carry an audio portion of the voice call. The mobile device establishes a bi-directional communication link operable to transfer audio data between the mobile device and the audio appliance. In some instances, the audio data for the voice call is routed between the mobile device and the audio appliance by the bi-directional communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridus, George Ross Staikos, Mark E. Pecen
  • Publication number: 20130111330
    Abstract: A device, system and method are provided for processing structured documents for display. Content of a first viewable portion of the structured document having a fixed position in relation to a viewport is rendered as first rendered image data. Content of a second viewable portion that does not have a fixed position is rendered as second rendered image data. The first and second rendered image data are composited, and a resultant composited image is output for display. In response to a scroll or zoom command applied to the document, and in particular to the second viewable portion, the second rendered image data is updated and composited with the first rendered image data. Compositing can be carried out by a graphics processor separate from a main processor in the electronic device. When no fixed position elements are present in the structured document, the main processor renders the entire content without compositing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: George Ross STAIKOS, Karl Arvid NILSSON, Jeremy Alexander NICHOLL, Eli Joshua FIDLER
  • Publication number: 20120311487
    Abstract: An electronic device receives a request to zoom content displayed in a display screen. A width corresponding to the display screen is determined. The zoomed content is wrapped to cause the zoomed content to fit within the determined width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: GEORGE ROSS STAIKOS, Eli Joshua Fidler, Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Adam Chester Treat, Matthew Nicholaos Staikos, Thomas Jan Stovicek
  • Publication number: 20120311427
    Abstract: A device receives data to be rendered. A fragment in the data that is unclosed is detected, and a benign tag is inserted in the unclosed fragment to cause a rendering engine to render the unclosed fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: GERHARD DIETRICH KLASSEN, George Ross Staikos, Prakash Damodaran, Eli Joshua Fidler
  • Publication number: 20120288012
    Abstract: An electronic device receives a web page having multiple media elements. Respective priorities are assigned to the multiple media elements. The media decoding resources are allocated to the media elements according to the assigned priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: GEORGE ROSS STAIKOS, MATTHEW NICHOLAOS STAIKOS, SCOTT PETER GAMMON
  • Publication number: 20120256847
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information associated with a first application and information associated with a second application, detecting on the touch-sensitive display, a touch at a first location associated with the first application, reporting the touch as a first touch type to the first application, and when the first touch type is not utilized by the first application within a threshold period of time and when movement of the touch on the touch-sensitive display is detected, reporting the touch to the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicants: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Genevieve Elizabeth MAK, Danny Thomas DODGE, George Ross STAIKOS
  • Publication number: 20100281402
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and programming product for displaying on a computer screen (200) a portion of a web page or other interface screen content (400), the methods performed by processors and comprising: accessing a data set representing display content (400) for a computer interface screen (200); mapping the accessed data set into a plurality of tiled content data sets; selecting a portion of the tiled content data set to be rendered into tiled image data set; rendering the selected portion of the tiled content data set into a plurality of tiled image data sets (510); and storing the set of tiled image data sets in a memory (700) controlled by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: TORCH MOBILE INC.
    Inventors: George Ross Staikos, Adam Chester Treat, Yong Li