Patents by Inventor Jonathan Cardy

Jonathan Cardy 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).

  • System and method for access control in a portable electronic device
    Patent number: 9332106
    Abstract: A method of access control in an electronic device includes monitoring for input at the electronic device, for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures including gestures from a touch-sensitive input device or from a movement sensor, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character and adding the respective Unicode character to a passcode to provide an entered passcode, comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode, and changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Runstedler, Brian Groux, Jonathan Cardy
  • System and method for access control in a portable electronic device
    Patent number: 8326358
    Abstract: A method of access control in an electronic device includes monitoring for input at the electronic device, for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures including gestures from a touch-sensitive input device or from a movement sensor, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character and adding the respective Unicode character to a passcode to provide an entered passcode, comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode, and changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Runstedler, Brian Groux, Jonathan Cardy
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS CONTROL IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100197352
    Abstract: A method of access control in an electronic device includes monitoring for input at the electronic device, for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures including gestures from a touch-sensitive input device or from a movement sensor, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character and adding the respective Unicode character to a passcode to provide an entered passcode, comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode, and changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher RUNSTEDLER, Brian GROUX, Jonathan CARDY