Patents by Inventor Mark Andress

Mark Andress 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: 9716689
    Abstract: The connectivity and security of wireless handheld devices (HDs) can be leveraged to provide a presentation appliance (PA) such as a laptop with an ability to securely communicate with an enterprise's private network. A split-proxy server, with part of it executing on the HD and a part executing on the PA, implements a full HTTP 1.1 compliant Internet/Web Proxy to couple the PA for communication through the HD. Specifically, the split proxy provides support for the pragmatic keep-alive header, the CONNECT method, socket connection sharing, and thread pooling, to enable a fully functional browsing environment. Such an environment enables access to commercial web-based applications that are built on standard Internet technologies without the need for re-rendering or re-writing the user interfaces to suit the HD. In addition, Intranet web-based applications are made securely accessible without the need for additional VPN and remote access technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mark Andress, Trevor Dietrich, Kevin Dixon, Duncan Noble
  • Patent number: 8621199
    Abstract: The connectivity and security of wireless handheld devices (HDs) can he leveraged to provide a presentation appliance (PA) (e.g. a laptop) with an ability to securely communicate with an enterprise's private network. A split-proxy server, with part of it executing on the HD and a part executing on the PA, implements a full HTTP 1.1 compliant Internet/Web Proxy to couple the PA for communication through the HD. Support for the pragmatic keep-alive header, the CONNECT method, socket connection sharing, and thread pooling, enables a fully functional browsing environment to access web-based applications that are built on standard Internet technologies without the need for re-rendering or re-writing the user interfaces to suit the HD. In addition, Intranet web-based applications are made securely accessible without the need for additional VPN and remote access technologies. The PA may be configured to prevent residual storage of sensitive data on the PA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: 2288538 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Andress, Trevor Dietrich, Kevin Dixon, Duncan Noble
  • Publication number: 20100306528
    Abstract: The connectivity and security of wireless handheld devices (HDs) can he leveraged to provide a presentation appliance (PA) (e.g. a laptop) with an ability to securely communicate with an enterprise's private network. A split-proxy server, with part of it executing on the HD and a part executing on the PA, implements a full HTTP 1.1 compliant Internet/Web Proxy to couple the PA for communication through the HD. Support for the pragmatic keep-alive header, the CONNECT method, socket connection sharing, and thread pooling, enables a fully functional browsing environment to access web-based applications that are built on standard Internet technologies without the need for re-rendering or re-writing the user interfaces to suit the HD. In addition, Intranet web-based applications are made securely accessible without the need for additional VPN and remote access technologies. The PA may be configured to prevent residual storage of sensitive data on the PA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Andress, Trevor Dietrich, Kevin Dixon, Duncan Noble
  • Publication number: 20100281258
    Abstract: The connectivity and security of wireless handheld devices (HDs) can be leveraged to provide a presentation appliance (PA) such as a laptop with an ability to securely communicate with an enterprise's private network. A split-proxy server, with part of it executing on the HD and a part executing on the PA, implements a full HTTP 1.1 compliant Internet/Web Proxy to couple the PA for communication through the HD. Specifically, the split proxy provides support for the pragmatic keep-alive header, the CONNECT method, socket connection sharing, and thread pooling, to enable a fully functional browsing environment. Such an environment enables access to commercial web-based applications that are built on standard Internet technologies without the need for re-rendering or re-writing the user interfaces to suit the HD. In addition, Intranet web-based applications arc made securely accessible without the need for additional VPN and remote access technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Andress, Trevor Dietrich, Kevin Dixon, Duncan Noble