Patents by Inventor Jeremy Lawson Kominar

Jeremy Lawson Kominar 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: 11021168
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mitigating irritants during travel in a vehicle. The method includes determining, at a remote server, an airborne irritant is present external to the vehicle, which may involve data from the vehicle or from other nearby vehicles. The data may be direct irritant measurements by sensors or may be indirect data indicative of possible irritants. Based on the determination that the airborne irritant is likely present external to the vehicle, an irritant mitigation action is caused within the vehicle. The irritant mitigation action may include displaying a notification signaling presence of the airborne irritant, outputting an audio notification signaling presence of the airborne irritant, closing a window of the vehicle, or closing an air vent of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Patent number: 10807448
    Abstract: Methods and systems to mitigate headlight blinding during travel in a vehicle by relaying location data from vehicles to a remote server. The remote server identifies vehicles approaching each other on an otherwise unoccupied roadway and sends one or more of those vehicles a warning signal. The vehicle receiving such as warning signal may then automatically take a headlight mitigation action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Patent number: 10754929
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to share content. In some aspect, a first user input for copying a content is received at a first application on a mobile device. A token that is associated with the content is generated. A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is sent from the first application to a clipboard application. A second user input for pasting the content is received at a second application on the mobile device. The token is received at the second application from the clipboard application. A request for the content is received from the second application. The request includes the token. Whether the second application is authorized to receive the content is determined at the first application. In response to determining that the second application is authorized to receive the content, the content is provided to the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar, Joseph Patrick Kirwin, Glenn Daniel Wurster
  • Patent number: 10754965
    Abstract: A system and method for protecting presented content text from unauthorized perception. A message comprising presentable data defining presentable content is received. A presence of a privacy indication token within the presentable data is determined. Based on determining the presence of the privacy indication token within the presentable data, a presentation privacy filter is applied to presentations of the presentable content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Patent number: 10708052
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring data input are disclosed. A dataset entered into a non-password field is received. Based on the dataset meeting one or more criteria for a likely password, a determination as to whether the dataset is inadvertently entered into the non-password field is made. Based on determining that the dataset is inadvertently entered into the non-password field, further processing of the dataset is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Lawson Kominar, Neil Patrick Adams, Nick Mark Waterman, Marc Anthony Lepage
  • Publication number: 20200108699
    Abstract: Methods and systems to mitigate headlight blinding during travel in a vehicle by relaying location data from vehicles to a remote server. The remote server identifies vehicles approaching each other on an otherwise unoccupied roadway and sends one or more of those vehicles a warning signal. The vehicle receiving such as warning signal may then automatically take a headlight mitigation action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Publication number: 20200101980
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mitigating irritants during travel in a vehicle. The method includes determining, at a remote server, an airborne irritant is present external to the vehicle, which may involve data from the vehicle or from other nearby vehicles. The data may be direct irritant measurements by sensors or may be indirect data indicative of possible irritants. Based on the determination that the airborne irritant is likely present external to the vehicle, an irritant mitigation action is caused within the vehicle. The irritant mitigation action may include displaying a notification signaling presence of the airborne irritant, outputting an audio notification signaling presence of the airborne irritant, closing a window of the vehicle, or closing an air vent of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Publication number: 20190384924
    Abstract: A method of providing information for display, from a portable electronic device, includes displaying information on a display of the portable electronic device, identifying a portion for redacting from the information displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, extracting the portion from the information to provide redacted information and an extracted portion, storing the redacted information, protecting and storing the extracted portion in association with a location identification in a file, and sending the redacted information and sending the file including extracted portions associated with the location identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Robert Joseph LOMBARDI, Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Patent number: 10491998
    Abstract: Communication systems in a vehicle and methods of operating the same. The vehicle has a safety belt securable around a vehicle occupant. The system includes processor executable instructions for detecting, at a microphone, a first acoustic input and, in response, determining that the first acoustic input corresponds to audible speech at a speech time. The system detects vibration associated with a speaking vehicle occupant at a vibration time using a vibration sensor associated with the safety belt. The system determines whether the vibration time substantially corresponds to the speech time to identify whether the audible speech originates from the vehicle occupant on which the first safety belt is secured about. In response to identifying that the audible speech originates from the vehicle occupant associated with safety belt, the system adjusts loudspeaker output of at least one loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Patent number: 10489134
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to share content. In some aspects, the electronic device receives an installation manifest for an application. The installation manifest indicates one or more resources on the electronic device that the application is configured to access. The electronic device receives resource usage information associated with the application. The resource usage information indicates how often the application uses at least one resources. A resource permission request for the application is outputted on the electronic device based on the installation manifest and the resource usage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Lawson Kominar, Neil Patrick Adams
  • Patent number: 10445519
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of confidential data input resilient against data capture includes receiving input concurrently from first and second input devices. The input from the first input device corresponds to characters. An input mode indication is determined based on the input received at the second input device and indicates at least a first character of the plurality of characters being input in a first input mode and at least a second character of the plurality of characters being input in a second input mode. An input string is formed by extracting the at least a first character input in the first input mode. An action is initiated based on the input string. The first input device may be a keyboard. The second input device may be a sensor such as a portion of a touchscreen or a fingerprint sensor. Related systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Patent number: 10387675
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically applying display privacy filters. Content to be displayed on a device is received. An indirect indication of a condition of the device that is associated with applying a display privacy filter to a presentation of the device is received. Based on receiving the indirect indication, the display privacy filter to presentations of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar, Clara Margarida Severino, Adam Richard Schieman
  • Patent number: 10347193
    Abstract: A method of applying a privacy filter to display information on a display of an electronic device, includes receiving information for display on the display of the electronic device, detecting a light condition of the display, and applying a privacy filter setting based on the light condition of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Publication number: 20190114073
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display and a method of providing selectable keys of a keyboard for input on the touch-sensitive display of the electronic device. The method includes displaying the keyboard including the keys in respective first locations on the touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, receiving, via the touch-sensitive display, an input associated with the keyboard, in response to identifying the input as an input to move keys of the keyboard, moving a plurality of the keys of the keyboard to respective second locations based on a direction of the input, receiving a selection of one of the keys of the keyboard, and in response to the selection of one of the keys, returning the keys of the keyboard to the respective first locations on the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Patent number: 10248161
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device having a display moveable relative to a keyboard, between a first position in which the keyboard is not exposed and a second position in which the keyboard is exposed. The method includes, detecting movement of the display relative to the keyboard, to a third position, between the first position and the second position, in which the keyboard is partially exposed, determining a location of the display relative to the keyboard when the display is in the third position relative to the keyboard, identifying an action associated with the third position, and performing the action associated with the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Lawson Kominar, Neil Patrick Adams
  • Publication number: 20190065767
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of confidential data input resilient against data capture includes receiving input concurrently from first and second input devices. The input from the first input device corresponds to characters. An input mode indication is determined based on the input received at the second input device and indicates at least a first character of the plurality of characters being input in a first input mode and at least a second character of the plurality of characters being input in a second input mode. An input string is formed by extracting the at least a first character input in the first input mode. An action is initiated based on the input string. The first input device may be a keyboard. The second input device may be a sensor such as a portion of a touchscreen or a fingerprint sensor. Related systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Publication number: 20190042787
    Abstract: A method of applying a privacy filter to information on the display of the electronic device includes applying the privacy filter to information for display on the display such that the information is obscured on the display, repeatedly receiving data from a sensor of the electronic device, repeatedly performing an authentication to determine if the data is associated with biometric data of an authorized user, displaying a portion of the information such that the portion of the information is unobscured in response to determining that the data is associated with the biometric data of the authorized user, and applying the privacy filter to the portion of the information such that the portion of the information is obscured in response to determining that the data from the sensor is no longer associated with the biometric data of the authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Patent number: 10200396
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to share content. In some aspect, an address associated with a packet is identified at an electronic device. The address is associated with a node on a traverse path of the packet. The address is compared with a list of one or more addresses associated with a security risk. The node is determined to have a security risk based on the address matching an address in the list of one or more addresses. In response to determining, a notification is outputted at the electronic device. The notification indicates that the traverse path of the packet has a security risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jeremy Lawson Kominar
  • Publication number: 20180374431
    Abstract: A method of applying a privacy filter to display information on a display of an electronic device, includes receiving information for display on the display of the electronic device, detecting a light condition of the display, and applying a privacy filter setting based on the light condition of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR
  • Publication number: 20180260577
    Abstract: A system and method for protecting presented content text from unauthorized perception. A message comprising presentable data defining presentable content is received. A presence of a privacy indication token within the presentable data is determined. Based on determining the presence of the privacy indication token within the presentable data, a presentation privacy filter is applied to presentations of the presentable content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR