Patents by Inventor Pascal Wissmann

Pascal Wissmann 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).

  • Blacklisting of frequently used gesture passwords
    Patent number: 8615793
    Abstract: A method of maintaining a blacklist for gesture-based passwords is provided. A data store of index values corresponding to gestures is maintained on a blacklist server. Upon receiving a new gesture based password, an electronic device converts the password to an index value and forwards that index value to the blacklist server. The blacklist server increases an occurrence of the received index value by one in a data store and if the increase results in a blacklist threshold being exceeded, the index value is inputted to the blacklist. A notification can be sent back to the electronic device if the forwarded index value is on the blacklist or is inputted to the blacklist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Wolfgang Michael Theimer, Thomas Balon, Pascal Wissmann
  • BLACKLISTING OF FREQUENTLY USED GESTURE PASSWORDS
    Publication number: 20120198529
    Abstract: A method of maintaining a blacklist for gesture-based passwords is provided. A data store of index values corresponding to gestures is maintained on a blacklist server. Upon receiving a new gesture based password, an electronic device converts the password to an index value and forwards that index value to the blacklist server. The blacklist server increases an occurrence of the received index value by one in a data store and if the increase results in a blacklist threshold being exceeded, the index value is inputted to the blacklist. A notification can be sent back to the electronic device if the forwarded index value is on the blacklist or is inputted to the blacklist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Wolfgang Michael THEIMER, Thomas BALON, Pascal Wissmann