Patents by Inventor Patrick ADAM
Patrick ADAM 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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Publication number: 20230229809Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting a privacy violation in an image file. A policy to be used by a master imaging application is obtained and a file system is monitored for a digital image modified by a monitored imaging application. It is then determined that the digital image file includes at least some content in violation of a defined setting for the master imaging application and, based on the determination that the digital image file includes at least some content in violation of the defined setting for the master imaging application, taking an action.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Robert Joseph LOMBARDI
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Patent number: 11679375Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of purifying solvents. The purified solvents can be used for cleaning a semiconductor substrate in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Stephen Earl Dyer, Brendan Thomas Lane, Patrick Adams Mahoney, Sr.
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Publication number: 20230156082Abstract: System and methods for tracking events in a sports game using one or more event input devices. Each event input device tracks a subset of the game events and the devices work together to provide a simplified input experience by sharing input and context from other event input devices. Since the user is only responsible for capturing a subset of the events, and because each device simplifies the input requirements of the other event input devices, the end user is still able to enjoy watching the game while also opening up the input task to users who would not have typically done so. The combined results of the devices provides a complete picture of the game in the form of a game play-by-play for the fans and statistics for the coaches. Integration with the scoreboard, communication system and player devices provide further event input simplification, rich content for viewers and simplification for traditional scorekeepers and sound controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventor: Neil Patrick Adams
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Publication number: 20230124410Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may communicate with a terminal including a first NFC device, the terminal being capable of receiving data from a provisioning server. The mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a second NFC device carried by the housing, a memory carried by the housing, a display carried by the housing, and a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver, the second NFC device, the memory, and the display. The processor may be configured to implement a digital wallet including user cards, receive from the terminal, via the second NFC device, a blank user card including user data fields, and fill the user data fields of the blank user card to define a completed user card and send the completed user card to the provisioning server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Ravi SINGH, Neil Patrick ADAMS, Geoffrey Wendell MACGILLIVRAY
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Patent number: 11625495Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting a privacy violation in an image file. A policy to be used by a master imaging application is obtained and a file system is monitored for a digital image modified by a monitored imaging application. It is then determined that the digital image file includes at least some content in violation of a defined setting for the master imaging application and, based on the determination that the digital image file includes at least some content in violation of the defined setting for the master imaging application, taking an action.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Robert Joseph Lombardi
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Patent number: 11605078Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for authorizing a payment card transaction using a dynamic code accessed from a first device and a presence of a second device. The dynamic code can be accessed on a first device when the second device is within a proximity of the first device (e.g., electronically paired using a short-range communication protocol, on the same local area network). The system can receive a request for authorization of a transaction using the payment card and can include a verification code associated with the payment card and an identifier of the payment card, and the payment card can have the associated dynamic code. The verification code can be compared with a value of the dynamic code at the time of the transaction. In response to the verification code matching the dynamic code at the time of the transaction, the system can authorize the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventor: Patrick Adam
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Patent number: 11586750Abstract: A method of managing access to protected file content is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request to open a first file stored on the computing device; determining that the first file is a protected file; in response to determining that the first file is a protected file: identifying a first application that is suitable for opening the first file; determining that the first application is an unsecured application; and in response to determining that the first application is an unsecured application, locking the first application to prevent unauthorized access of application data of the first application in a locked state.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Robert Joseph Lombardi, Neil Patrick Adams, Jasmin Mulaosmanovic
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Patent number: 11580201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Mark Alex Cullum, Nick Waterman
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Patent number: 11582301Abstract: System and methods for tracking events in a sports game using one or more event input devices. Each event input device tracks a subset of the game events and the devices work together to provide a simplified input experience by sharing input and context from other event input devices. Since the user is only responsible for capturing a subset of the events, and because each device simplifies the input requirements of the other event input devices, the end user is still able to enjoy watching the game while also opening up the input task to users who would not have typically done so. The combined results of the devices provides a complete picture of the game in the form of a game play-by-play for the fans and statistics for the coaches. Integration with the scoreboard, communication system and player devices provide further event input simplification, rich content for viewers and simplification for traditional scorekeepers and sound controllers.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Neil Patrick Adams
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Publication number: 20230034472Abstract: A processor-implemented method comprises displaying a user interface for responding to a first message; receiving a second message after the first message; and displaying an update message that indicates receipt of the second message.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Raymond Paul VANDER VEEN
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Patent number: 11562343Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device communicates with a terminal including a first NFC device, the terminal being capable of receiving data from a provisioning server. The mobile wireless communications device includes a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a second NFC device carried by the housing, a memory carried by the housing, a display carried by the housing, and a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver, the second NFC device, the memory, and the display. The processor is configured to implement a digital wallet including user cards, receive from the terminal, via the second NFC device, a blank user card including user data fields, and fill the user data fields of the blank user card to define a completed user card and send the completed user card to the provisioning server.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Ravi Singh, Neil Patrick Adams, Geoffrey Wendell Macgillivray
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Patent number: 11488165Abstract: A system and method for providing proof of a digital identification of a user which may include activating, on a mobile computing device, a bank application and a digital identification service provider application, and which may allow the bank application to have access to user accounts after the bank application receives a digital identification from the digital identification service provider application in order to provide proof of identify with speed and security.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Patrick Adam, Dustin Starr Trimmier, Steven Gonzalez
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Publication number: 20220345498Abstract: Methods and systems for removing sensitive information from a digital image. An instruction to share a digital image is received. It is then determined that the digital image contains a depiction of a corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on a policy and, based on the determination that the digital image contains the depiction of the corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on the policy, the digital image is processed to modify the depiction. The digital image is shared.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Robert Joseph LOMBARDI
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Patent number: 11468407Abstract: A method for updating an electronic mail (“email”) message presented to a user on a display screen of a data processing system, the email message belonging to a thread of email messages received by the data processing system, the method comprising: determining whether one or more of the email messages in the thread was received after the email message is opened on the display screen; and, if so, displaying an update message on the display screen indicating that one or more of the email messages in the thread was so received.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Raymond Paul Vander Veen
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Publication number: 20220292615Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described for identifying non-user social media accounts and that include obtaining a training data set of social media account information; generating additional data elements based on the training data set of social media account information; and generating a predictive model that indicates whether a social media account is a user account or a non-user account based on the obtained training data set and the additional data elements. An unknown social media account is identified for analysis. Social media account information associated with the unknown social media account is retrieved and the additional data elements for the unknown social media account are generated. The predictive model is applied to the social media account information and additional data elements for the unknown social media account to predict whether the unknown social media account is a user account or a non-user account.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Daniel Holliday Hoskins, III, David Alan Salter, Patrick Adam Wagstrom, Bryce L. Calton, Debamalya Choudhury, Sarang Kharpate, Vinay Govindan Muralidharan, Romi Malik, Kanad Bhowmik
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Patent number: 11429966Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for authorizing a payment card transaction using dynamic codes. The system can issue a payment card to a user. The payment card can be associated with a verification application accessible by a device associated with the user. The verification application can include a dynamic code associated with the payment card. The system can receive a request for authorization for a transaction using the payment card from a remote computing device, and the request can include an identifier of the payment card and a verification code. The system can identify the payment card using the identifier of the payment card and can compare the verification code with a value of the dynamic code at the time of the transaction. The system can authorize the transaction when the verification code matches the value of the dynamic code at the time of the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)Inventor: Patrick Adam
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Patent number: 11418545Abstract: Methods and systems for removing sensitive information from a digital image. An instruction to share a digital image is received. It is then determined that the digital image contains a depiction of a corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on a policy and, based on the determination that the digital image contains the depiction of the corporate display medium that is classified as sensitive based on the policy, the digital image is processed to modify the depiction. The digital image is shared.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Robert Joseph Lombardi
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Patent number: 11386229Abstract: As vehicles collect more data in autonomous or semi-autonomous operation, the collected data such as video, navigation and telemetry data, can containing personally identifiable information (PII). The PII may be governed by specific handling requirements or privacy policies. In order to comply with these requirements and policies a method, system and computer readable memory are provided for determining a location of a vehicle to enable determination of an enforcement policy associated with the location of the vehicle. The enforcement policy defines one or more PII objects that are to be filtered from the vehicle data. The PII objects contained within the vehicle data can then be filtered such that the PII objects are not identifiable. The filtered data can then be stored or transmitted to a remote location.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Jasmin Mulaosmanovic, Robert Joseph Lombardi
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Patent number: 11379610Abstract: An automatic file encryption method and device for automatically encrypting a file. A processor identifies a characteristic associated with likely sensitive content based on a usage pattern of encrypting files having the characteristic. Creation of a new file is detected and the newly-created file is analyzed to determine whether the file contains sensitive content based upon it having the characteristic. If the file is found to have the characteristic, then the file is automatically encrypted.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Robert Joseph Lombardi, Jasmin Mulaosmanovic
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Publication number: 20220198344Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises obtaining data associated with an event ticket and data associated with a digital health certificate of a user; generating a scannable code that includes the data associated with the event ticket and the data associated with the digital health certificate of the user, the scannable code configured to be scanned by a relying party device and causing the relying party device to display at least a notification indicating a ticket status and information associated with the user; and provide the scannable code to memory of a user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Stephen John BARRETT, James Robert ALFRED, Ming Chee TSANG, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Adam Richard SCHIEMAN, Neil Patrick ADAMS