Patents by Inventor Nathan Provo
Nathan Provo 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).
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Patent number: 9917609Abstract: A method implemented by an enterprise server to facilitate activation of a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) service on a mobile communication device. The method includes detecting a triggering event and in response to detecting the triggering event: determining that a SIM application on a physical universal integrated circuit card (UICC) currently inserted into the mobile communication device is associated with a mobile network operator (MNO) providing one or more virtual SIMs to which the enterprise server has access; determining whether the SIM application on the physical UICC is associated with one of the virtual SIMs provided by the MNO; and if the SIM application on the physical UICC is associated with a virtual SIM provided by the MNO, sending a message to the mobile communication device indicating that the mobile communication device is enabled for a virtual SIM service.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Nathan Provo, Srdan Dikic
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Patent number: 9880982Abstract: A system renders presentation pages such as in a wireless communications system. A server includes an extensible stylesheet transformation (XSLT) module. A storage medium contains at least one of images and text. The XSLT module is operative for calling an XSL extension and rendering the at least one of images and text into a presentation page based on a language requirement at a foreign locale.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Sarinder Virk, Chris Lira, Nathan Provo
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Publication number: 20170033823Abstract: A method implemented by an enterprise server to facilitate activation of a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) service on a mobile communication device. The method includes detecting a triggering event and in response to detecting the triggering event: determining that a SIM application on a physical universal integrated circuit card (UICC) currently inserted into the mobile communication device is associated with a mobile network operator (MNO) providing one or more virtual SIMs to which the enterprise server has access; determining whether the SIM application on the physical UICC is associated with one of the virtual SIMs provided by the MNO; and if the SIM application on the physical UICC is associated with a virtual SIM provided by the MNO, sending a message to the mobile communication device indicating that the mobile communication device is enabled for a virtual SIM service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Christopher SMITH, Nathan PROVO, Srdan DIKIC
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Patent number: 8621021Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a unique identification (ID). The system may further include at least one electronic mail (email) server comprising a database of subscriber accounts and for sending emails to and receiving emails from the mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and unique IDs. The at least one email server may compare a given PIN and unique ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless device, with a corresponding PIN and unique ID for the corresponding subscriber account in the database, and update the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Nathan Provo
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Patent number: 8463859Abstract: An email system may include an email server(s) configured to store email messages in a plurality of mailboxes, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each configured to store email messages and an email synchronization indicator for a respective mailbox. The system may further include an email synchronization server(s) configured to establish synchronization sessions with the mobile wireless communications devices and retrieve the email synchronization indicators therefrom, and determine changes to the mailboxes and synchronize respective email messages between the mobile wireless communications devices and the email server(s) during the synchronization sessions based upon the retrieved email synchronization indicators.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Nathan Provo, David Clarke
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Patent number: 8351965Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications networks and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices for sending and receiving wireless electronic mail (email) messages over the wireless communications networks. The system may further include a resource deployment server for storing a plurality of resource deployment packages (RDPs), where each RDP includes deployment content and deployment instructions therefor relating to sending and receiving email messages. The resource deployment server may also be for dynamically deploying RDPs to the wireless communications networks to update deployment content thereof based upon the respective deployment instructions.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Nathan Provo
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Publication number: 20130007159Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a unique identification (ID). The system may further include at least one electronic mail (email) server comprising a database of subscriber accounts and for sending emails to and receiving emails from the mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and unique IDs. The at least one email server may compare a given PIN and unique ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless device, with a corresponding PIN and unique ID for the corresponding subscriber account in the database, and update the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventor: NATHAN PROVO
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Patent number: 8316293Abstract: A system renders presentation pages such as in a wireless communications system. A server includes an extensible stylesheet transformation (XSLT) module. A storage medium contains at least one of images and text. The XSLT module is operative for calling an XSL extension and rendering the at least one of images and text into a presentation page based on a language requirement at a foreign locale.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Sarinder Virk, Chris Lira, Nathan Provo
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Patent number: 8291020Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a unique identification (ID). The system may further include at least one electronic mail (email) server comprising a database of subscriber accounts and for sending emails to and receiving emails from the mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and unique IDs. The at least one email server may compare a given PIN and unique ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless device, with a corresponding PIN and unique ID for the corresponding subscriber account in the database, and update the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Nathan Provo
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Publication number: 20120005283Abstract: An email system may include an email server(s) configured to store email messages in a plurality of mailboxes, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each configured to store email messages and an email synchronization indicator for a respective mailbox. The system may further include an email synchronization server(s) configured to establish synchronization sessions with the mobile wireless communications devices and retrieve the email synchronization indicators therefrom, and determine changes to the mailboxes and synchronize respective email messages between the mobile wireless communications devices and the email server(s) during the synchronization sessions based upon the retrieved email synchronization indicators.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Nathan Provo, David Clarke
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Publication number: 20110223947Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications networks and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices for sending and receiving wireless electronic mail (email) messages over the wireless communications networks. The system may further include a resource deployment server for storing a plurality of resource deployment packages (RDPs), where each RDP includes deployment content and deployment instructions therefor relating to sending and receiving email messages. The resource deployment server may also be for dynamically deploying RDPs to the wireless communications networks to update deployment content thereof based upon the respective deployment instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicants: Ontario, Canada)Inventor: Nathan Provo
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Patent number: 8010551Abstract: A computer server system may include a plurality of database modules for storing user data for a plurality of users, and at least one processing module comprising a plurality of processing threads for processing jobs for users based upon respective user data. The computer server system may further include a database pool module connected between the plurality of database modules and the at least one processing module. The database pool module may be for selectively connecting the processing threads to corresponding database modules including respective user data for jobs to be processed, and determining when a database module becomes unresponsive and terminating processing thread connections to the unresponsive database module based thereon. The database pool module may also be for determining when the unresponsive database module becomes responsive and restoring processing thread connectivity thereto based thereon.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Research in Motion LimitedInventors: Nathan Provo, Harshad N. Kamat
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Patent number: 7962125Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications networks and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices for sending and receiving wireless electronic mail (email) messages over the wireless communications networks. The system may further include a resource deployment server for storing a plurality of resource deployment packages (RDPs), where each RDP includes deployment content and deployment instructions therefor relating to sending and receiving email messages. The resource deployment server may also be for dynamically deploying RDPs to the wireless communications networks to update deployment content thereof based upon the respective deployment instructions.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Nathan Provo
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Publication number: 20100325231Abstract: plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a device identification (ID). Each device ID may have associated therewith a device capability set from among a plurality of device capability sets. The system may further include at least one electronic mail (email) server including a database of subscriber accounts and for sending emails to and receiving emails from the mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and device IDs. The at least one email server may compare a given PIN and device ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless device, with a corresponding PIN and device ID for the corresponding subscriber account in the database, and update a corresponding device capability set for the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Nathan Provo
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Patent number: 7787864Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a device identification (ID). Each device ID may have associated therewith a device capability set from among a plurality of device capability sets. The system may further include at least one electronic mail (email) server including a database of subscriber accounts and for sending emails to and receiving emails from the mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and device IDs. The at least one email server may compare a given PIN and device ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless device, with a corresponding PIN and device ID for the corresponding subscriber account in the database, and update a corresponding device capability set for the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Teamon Systems, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Provo
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Publication number: 20100211816Abstract: A computer server system may include a plurality of database modules for storing user data for a plurality of users, and at least one processing module comprising a plurality of processing threads for processing jobs for users based upon respective user data. The computer server system may further include a database pool module connected between the plurality of database modules and the at least one processing module. The database pool module may be for selectively connecting the processing threads to corresponding database modules including respective user data for jobs to be processed, and determining when a database module becomes unresponsive and terminating processing thread connections to the unresponsive database module based thereon. The database pool module may also be for determining when the unresponsive database module becomes responsive and restoring processing thread connectivity thereto based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC. a Delaware corporationInventors: Nathan Provo, Harshad N. Kamat
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Patent number: 7752174Abstract: A computer server system may include a plurality of database modules for storing user data for a plurality of users, and at least one processing module comprising a plurality of processing threads for processing jobs for users based upon respective user data. The computer server system may further include a database pool module connected between the plurality of database modules and the at least one processing module. The database pool module may be for selectively connecting the processing threads to corresponding database modules including respective user data for jobs to be processed, and determining when a database module becomes unresponsive and terminating processing thread connections to the unresponsive database module based thereon. The database pool module may also be for determining when the unresponsive database module becomes responsive and restoring processing thread connectivity thereto based thereon.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Teamon Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Provo, Harshad N. Kamat
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Publication number: 20080104138Abstract: A computer server system may include a plurality of database modules for storing user data for a plurality of users, and at least one processing module comprising a plurality of processing threads for processing jobs for users based upon respective user data. The computer server system may further include a database pool module connected between the plurality of database modules and the at least one processing module. The database pool module may be for selectively connecting the processing threads to corresponding database modules including respective user data for jobs to be processed, and determining when a database module becomes unresponsive and terminating processing thread connections to the unresponsive database module based thereon. The database pool module may also be for determining when the unresponsive database module becomes responsive and restoring processing thread connectivity thereto based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Nathan Provo, Harshad N. Kamat
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Publication number: 20070226301Abstract: A wireless communications system may include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each having a subscriber account associated therewith including a respective personal identification number (PIN) and a unique identification (ID). The system may further include at least one electronic mail (email) server comprising a database of subscriber accounts and for sending emails to and receiving emails from the mobile wireless communications devices based upon the PINs and unique IDs. The at least one email server may compare a given PIN and unique ID, based upon a communication from a given mobile wireless device, with a corresponding PIN and unique ID for the corresponding subscriber account in the database, and update the corresponding subscriber account based upon a discrepancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Nathan Provo
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Publication number: 20070226608Abstract: A system renders presentation pages such as in a wireless communications system. A server includes an extensible stylesheet transformation (XSLT) module. A storage medium contains at least one of images and text. The XSLT module is operative for calling an XSL extension and rendering the at least one of images and text into a presentation page based on a language requirement at a foreign locale.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Sarinder Virk, Chris Lira, Nathan Provo