Patents by Inventor Ginger D. McClendon

Ginger D. McClendon 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: 8458293
    Abstract: A pocket-size authentication token for authenticating an individual to a network and enabling a wireless network connection for a non-network-enabled device. Authentication token acts as a security token or dongle, supplying credentials of one individual to the network in order to gain access to the network. Authentication token provides the electrical interface and all logic required to communicate with the network, utilizing a wireless network access device. Authentication token provides the electrical interface and all logic required to communicate with the non-network-enabled device. Authentication token transfers data from the non-network-enabled device to the individual's online account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Clearwire IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Marcus J. Lemaitre, Ginger D. McClendon, Bin Shen, Abraham J. Kinney
  • Patent number: 7409202
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a mobile communication device group. A communication device sends a message from a member of a sender group and a network transmits the message to the recipient group if the identity of the sender group exists in a communication permission parameter associated with the recipient group. Systems and methods for transmitting a message to a group of communication device users in an identified geographical area. A graphical display presents a geographical representation of an area. A selection tool for identifying one or more communication device users located within a defined area. The network transmits a message from a sender to the users located within the defined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Ginger D. McClendon