Patents by Inventor J. Eric Mason

J. Eric Mason 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).

  • Method and system to provide access to secure features of a device
    Patent number: 9779225
    Abstract: A method of providing access to secure features of a device includes detecting motion of a secured device during entry of first access credentials on the secured device, storing first motion data in association with the first access credentials, the first motion data indicating a pattern of the detected motion, and granting access to a secured feature of the secured device when a user enters user access credentials matching the first access credentials accompanied by detected motion that produces user motion data matching the first motion data to a degree within a defined valid data range of the first motion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: J. Eric Mason, Kenneth Louis Herman, Yash Modi
  • Method and system to provide access to secure features of a device
    Publication number: 20160300048
    Abstract: A method of providing access to secure features of a device includes detecting motion of a secured device during entry of first access credentials on the secured device, storing first motion data in association with the first access credentials, the first motion data indicating a pattern of the detected motion, and granting access to a secured feature of the secured device when a user enters user access credentials matching the first access credentials accompanied by detected motion that produces user motion data matching the first motion data to a degree within a defined valid data range of the first motion data
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: J. Eric Mason, Kenneth Louis Herman, Yash Modi