Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick McMullen

Michael Patrick McMullen 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).

  • Validation service portal for wireless location management
    Patent number: 10075843
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for validating the identity or authority of a user of a wireless device to consent to providing geographic locations of their respective wireless device to a third-party application. Upon receiving a request to validate the authority of a user to consent to providing of geographic locations, the user is automatically redirected to a validation service portal. The validation service portal verifies the identity or authority of the user to consent by requiring the user to provide identification information. The identification information is compared to identification information in one or more databases to determine if the user has the authority to consent. An indication is provided by the validation service portal to the third-party application of whether the user has the authority to consent. The third-party application then initiates location-based services based on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: John R. Schuler, Rodney Dewaine Nelson, Michael Patrick McMullen, Geetha R. Thati
  • Validation service portal for wireless location management
    Patent number: 8855307
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for validating the identity or authority of a user of a wireless device to consent to providing geographic locations of their respective wireless device to a third-party application. Upon receiving a request to validate the authority of a user to consent to providing of geographic locations, the user is automatically redirected to a validation service portal. The validation service portal verifies the identity or authority of the user to consent by requiring the user to provide identification information. The identification information is compared to identification information in one or more databases to determine if the user has the authority to consent. An indication is provided by the validation service portal to the third-party application of whether the user has the authority to consent. The third-party application then initiates location-based services based on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: John R Schuler, Rodney Dewaine Nelson, Michael Patrick McMullen, Geetha R Thati