Patents by Inventor Patrick McCanna

Patrick McCanna 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for activation of communication devices
    Patent number: 9736144
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, by a universal integrated circuit card including at least one processor, a digital root certificate locking a communication device to a network provider, and disabling an activation of the communication device responsive to receiving an indication of a revocation of the stored digital root certificate from a certificate authority, wherein the indication of the revocation of the stored digital root certificate is associated with a revocation of permission for an identity authority to issue a security activation information to the communication device on behalf of the network provide. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Patrick McCanna, Inderpreet Singh Ahluwalia, John Crockett, David Harber, Aubryn Lewis, Liane F Rulifson
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140325210
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, by a universal integrated circuit card including at least one processor, a digital root certificate locking a communication device to a network provider, and disabling an activation of the communication device responsive to receiving an indication of a revocation of the stored digital root certificate from a certificate authority, wherein the indication of the revocation of the stored digital root certificate is associated with a revocation of permission for an identity authority to issue a security activation information to the communication device on behalf of the network provide. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick McCanna, Inderpreet Singh Ahluwalia, John Crockett, David Harber, Aubryn Lewis, Liane F. Rulifson
  • Apparatus and methods for activation of communication devices
    Patent number: 8812837
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, by a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) including at least one processor, a digital root certificate locking a communication device to a network provider, and disabling an activation of the communication device responsive to receiving an indication of a revocation of the stored digital root certificate from a certificate authority, wherein the indication of the revocation of the stored digital root certificate is associated with a revocation of permission for an identity authority to issue a security activation information to the communication device on behalf of the network provide. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, AT&T Mobility II, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick McCanna, Inderpreet Singh Ahluwalia, John Crockett, David Harber, Aubryn Lewis, Liane F Rulifson
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130326214
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, by a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) including at least one processor, a digital root certificate locking a communication device to a network provider, and disabling an activation of the communication device responsive to receiving an indication of a revocation of the stored digital root certificate from a certificate authority, wherein the indication of the revocation of the stored digital root certificate is associated with a revocation of permission for an identity authority to issue a security activation information to the communication device on behalf of the network provide. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: AT&T Mobility II, LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Patrick McCanna, Inderpreet Singh Ahluwalia, John Crockett, David Harber, Aubryn Lewis, Liane F. Rulifson