Patents by Inventor Joao Paulo Neves FRANCISCO

Joao Paulo Neves FRANCISCO 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).

  • Access control at a media server
    Patent number: 8949999
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for controlling access to a media server are provided. A browse request is received at a computing device, from a remote computing device to browse a memory structure including content files. Authentication of the remote computing device is initiated. Prior to the remote computing device being authenticated, a response is transmitted to the remote computing device indicative that the memory structure is empty of the content files, regardless of actual content of the memory structure. After the remote computing device is authenticated, a further response is transmitted to the remote computing device indicative of the actual content of the memory structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Bartholomew Alexander Boeckner, Joao Paulo Neves Francisco, Douglas Eugene Ross
  • ACCESS CONTROL AT A MEDIA SERVER
    Publication number: 20120291119
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for controlling access to a media server are provided. A browse request is received at a computing device, from a remote computing device to browse a memory structure including content files. Authentication of the remote computing device is initiated. Prior to the remote computing device being authenticated, a response is transmitted to the remote computing device indicative that the memory structure is empty of the content files, regardless of actual content of the memory structure. After the remote computing device is authenticated, a further response is transmitted to the remote computing device indicative of the actual content of the memory structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Bartholomew Alexander BOECKNER, Joao Paulo Neves FRANCISCO, Douglas Eugene ROSS