Patents by Inventor Nick Mark WATERMAN

Nick Mark WATERMAN 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIALS WITHIN A CREDENTIAL VAULT
    Publication number: 20240004974
    Abstract: A method at a computing device, the method including detecting, at the computing device, a trigger that authentication is pending for an application or service; indicating a state of a credential vault via a user interface of the computing device; and when the credential vault is in a locked state, activating an authentication mechanism for the credential vault without changing focus on the user interface for the application or service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Mark Alex CULLUM, Nick Mark Waterman
  • Firewall incorporating network security information
    Patent number: 11108739
    Abstract: A method of implementing a firewall incorporating network security information includes configuring a firewall at a first computing device. The firewall is configured to initiate the first computing device to establish a secured connection with a second computing device in response to the firewall determining that a data packet received from the second computing device or to be transmitted to the second computing device is unencrypted. The first computing device detects the data packet, where the data packet is received from the second computing device or to be transmitted to the second computing device. In response to detecting that the data packet is unencrypted, the secured connection is established between the first computing device and the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Nick Mark Waterman
  • Inadvertent password entry detection
    Patent number: 10708052
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring data input are disclosed. A dataset entered into a non-password field is received. Based on the dataset meeting one or more criteria for a likely password, a determination as to whether the dataset is inadvertently entered into the non-password field is made. Based on determining that the dataset is inadvertently entered into the non-password field, further processing of the dataset is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Lawson Kominar, Neil Patrick Adams, Nick Mark Waterman, Marc Anthony Lepage
  • FIREWALL INCORPORATING NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190260712
    Abstract: A method of implementing a firewall incorporating network security information includes configuring a firewall at a first computing device. The firewall is configured to initiate the first computing device to establish a secured connection with a second computing device in response to the firewall determining that a data packet received from the second computing device or to be transmitted to the second computing device is unencrypted. The first computing device detects the data packet, where the data packet is received from the second computing device or to be transmitted to the second computing device. In response to detecting that the data packet is unencrypted, the secured connection is established between the first computing device and the second computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Nick Mark WATERMAN
  • INADVERTENT PASSWORD ENTRY DETECTION
    Publication number: 20180248698
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring data input are disclosed. A dataset entered into a non-password field is received. Based on the dataset meeting one or more criteria for a likely password, a determination as to whether the dataset is inadvertently entered into the non-password field is made. Based on determining that the dataset is inadvertently entered into the non-password field, further processing of the dataset is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Lawson KOMINAR, Neil Patrick ADAMS, Nick Mark WATERMAN, Marc Anthony LEPAGE