Patents by Inventor Nathan McCAULEY

Nathan McCAULEY 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).

  • SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130185559
    Abstract: A method of establishing secure communication between a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device includes generating a first self-signed key at the first mobile computing device, pairing the first device with a second device, the pairing including receiving user input of a passcode and after receiving the user input sending the first public key to the second mobile computing device and receiving a second public key from the second mobile computing device, storing the second public key in a database of trusted devices, the database of trusted devices being stored in the first mobile computing device, receiving in the first mobile computing device a list of mobile computing devices connected to a mobile network, matching the list of mobile computing device against the database of trusted devices, and establishing secure communication between the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn MOREL, Diogo MONICA, Eric MONTI, Sam WEN, Nathan McCAULEY