Patents by Inventor Howard S. Kapustein

Howard S. Kapustein 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).

  • Machine-readable code rendering device and methods for using the same
    Patent number: 11182658
    Abstract: A machine-readable code rendering device may include an electronic paper display and a machine-readable code rendering module that dynamically renders machine-readable codes on the electronic paper display. The electronic paper display may be configured so that the machine-readable codes are read by a light-based code reader off of the electronic paper display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Amacker, Howard S Kapustein, Lawrence Arnold Lynch-Freshner, Syam Sundar Pannala
  • UNIVERSAL APPLICATION COMPOSED OF MULTIPLE UNIVERSAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180239894
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises executing a first application package in a runtime having a first application security context, identifying a dependency element in a second application package, and if the dependency element is associated with the first application package, then executing the second application package within the runtime and security context for the first application package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Sarjana Sheth Mitra, John M. Sheehan, John J. Vintzel, Jason G. Salameh, Carl W. Russell, Howard S. Kapustein, Paul Sliwowicz, Letao Wang, Stephen R. Reading, William L. Cheng
  • Pervasive package identifiers
    Patent number: 9679130
    Abstract: A package identifier for a package from which an application is installed on a computing device is obtained. The package identifier is assigned to each of one or more processes created for running the application and, for each of the one or more processes, whether the process is permitted to access a resource of the computing device is determined based at least in part on the package identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Sheehan, Howard S. Kapustein, Jerome Thomas Holman, Scott B. Graham, Sermet Iskin
  • Pervasive Package Identifiers
    Publication number: 20150178495
    Abstract: A package identifier for a package from which an application is installed on a computing device is obtained. The package identifier is assigned to each of one or more processes created for running the application and, for each of the one or more processes, whether the process is permitted to access a resource of the computing device is determined based at least in part on the package identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: John M. Sheehan, Howard S. Kapustein, Jerome Thomas Holman, Scott B. Graham, Sermet Iskin
  • Machine-readable code rendering device and methods for using the same
    Patent number: 9004354
    Abstract: A machine-readable code rendering device may include an electronic paper display and a machine-readable code rendering module that dynamically renders machine-readable codes on the electronic paper display. The electronic paper display may be configured so that the machine-readable codes are read by a light-based code reader off of the electronic paper display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Amacker, Howard S. Kapustein, Lawrence Arnold Lynch-Freshner, Syam Sundar Pannala
  • Pervasive package identifiers
    Patent number: 8990561
    Abstract: A package identifier for a package from which an application is installed on a computing device is obtained. The package identifier is assigned to each of one or more processes created for running the application and, for each of the one or more processes, whether the process is permitted to access a resource of the computing device is determined based at least in part on the package identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Sheehan, Howard S. Kapustein, Jerome Thomas Holman, Scott B. Graham, Sermet Iskin
  • Pervasive Package Identifiers
    Publication number: 20130062401
    Abstract: A package identifier for a package from which an application is installed on a computing device is obtained. The package identifier is assigned to each of one or more processes created for running the application and, for each of the one or more processes, whether the process is permitted to access a resource of the computing device is determined based at least in part on the package identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Sheehan, Howard S. Kapustein, Jerome Thomas Holman, Scott B. Graham, Sermet Iskin
  • Collecting information from user devices
    Patent number: 8171351
    Abstract: An information collection system may include a server and one or more user devices that are in electronic communication with each other. Information may be collected by the user devices. For example, a user device may collect information regarding an error that occurred on the device. A server may monitor the user devices and receive information reports from those devices. The server may also instruct the user devices to perform self-corrective actions based on information received from those devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Beryl Tomay, Howard S. Kapustein, William D. Dozier, John B. Roy, II, Paul F. Ferraro, David Berbessou