Patents by Inventor James A. Boone, JR.

James A. Boone, JR. 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).

  • Mobile platform as a delivery mechanism for security capabilities
    Patent number: 9160865
    Abstract: A system for making a trust determination of a telephone number includes a memory, which stores the telephone number, communicatively coupled to a processor. The processor transmits a request message, which comprises the telephone number and at least two of a telephone porting information request, a call forwarding information request, a telephone switching information request, and a telephone simultaneous ring information request, to a service provider. The processor then receives from the service provider a response message, which includes at least two of a telephone information response, a call forwarding information response, a telephone switching information response, and a telephone simultaneous ring information response. The processor then determines a tampering concern associated with at least one of the responses in the response message and increases an inquiry level based at least upon the determined tampering concern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Boone, Jr.
  • Mobile Platform as a Delivery Mechanism for Security Capabilities
    Publication number: 20140153706
    Abstract: A system for making a trust determination of a telephone number includes a memory, which stores the telephone number, communicatively coupled to a processor. The processor transmits a request message, which comprises the telephone number and at least two of a telephone porting information request, a call forwarding information request, a telephone switching information request, and a telephone simultaneous ring information request, to a service provider. The processor then receives from the service provider a response message, which includes at least two of a telephone information response, a call forwarding information response, a telephone switching information response, and a telephone simultaneous ring information response. The processor then determines a tampering concern associated with at least one of the responses in the response message and increases an inquiry level based at least upon the determined tampering concern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Boone, JR.