Patents by Inventor Paul Douglas MORLEY

Paul Douglas MORLEY 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).

  • Patent number: 11086692
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing multiple wireless devices are disclosed. An exemplary system includes multiple domains each having a particular type of wireless device management system and respective (application programming interface) APIs. API call modules corresponding to each domain enable accessing of the APIs exposed by each of the respective domains. A management console enables compiling of a consolidated list of devices and users from each of the device management systems into a single view. An exemplary method includes querying multiple domains to obtain user information, compiling a consolidated list of users, displaying the consolidated list in a user interface, selecting a user from the consolidated list, and submitting a command to either all or a specific domain for the selected user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Morley, Michael Wayne Dennis, Neil Andrew Billings, Aleksandar Susnjar
  • Patent number: 10015279
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for reconciling application assignments of different types to users and devices, and associating appropriate licenses for the applications to the users from purchase accounts managed by an external application store. An example method includes identifying a change in an assignment configuration for a user, the assignment configuration including a plurality of assignments of an application to the user; determining a winning assignment from the plurality of assignments; in response to determining the winning assignment, determining that the winning assignment requires a change to an external application store; and in response to determining that the winning assignment requires a change to the external application store, instructing the external application store to perform a configuration change corresponding to the winning assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Haseem Ul Haq Kheiri, Qiusheng Wang, Paul Douglas Morley, Kelsey McKinnon Smith
  • Publication number: 20180018161
    Abstract: An enterprise server selectively controls the ability of enterprise devices to install firmware updates. In some examples, the enterprise server identifies a subset of enterprise devices designated as alpha devices for testing functionality of newly installed firmware updates prior to installation at the remaining non-alpha devices, the alpha devices being configured to apply a first firmware update policy that enables installation of firmware updates. The enterprise server transmits a first command to the non-alpha devices to apply a second firmware update policy that disables or postpones installation of firmware updates. Once a new firmware version is determined to be installed at a number of alpha devices of a particular type for a period time, without problems, the enterprise server transmits a second command to the non-alpha devices of the particular type to temporarily apply the first firmware update policy, thereby enabling installation of the new firmware version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Balasubrahmanyam GATTU, Robert Lorne BOWERMAN, Paul Douglas MORLEY, Jeffrey Alan KUCKELMAN
  • Publication number: 20160142511
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for reconciling application assignments of different types to users and devices, and associating appropriate licenses for the applications to the users from purchase accounts managed by an external application store. An example method includes identifying a change in an assignment configuration for a user, the assignment configuration including a plurality of assignments of an application to the user; determining a winning assignment from the plurality of assignments; in response to determining the winning assignment, determining that the winning assignment requires a change to an external application store; and in response to determining that the winning assignment requires a change to the external application store, instructing the external application store to perform a configuration change corresponding to the winning assignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Haseem UI Haq Kheiri, Qiusheng Wang, Paul Douglas Morley, Kelsey McKinnon Smith
  • Publication number: 20160070606
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing multiple wireless devices are disclosed. An exemplary system includes multiple domains each having a particular type of wireless device management system and respective (application programming interface) APIs. API call modules corresponding to each domain enable accessing of the APIs exposed by each of the respective domains. A management console enables compiling of a consolidated list of devices and users from each of the device management systems into a single view. An exemplary method includes querying multiple domains to obtain user information, compiling a consolidated list of users, displaying the consolidated list in a user interface, selecting a user from the consolidated list, and submitting a command to either all or a specific domain for the selected user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Morley, Michael Wayne Dennis, Neil Andrew Billings, Aleksandar Susnjar
  • Patent number: 9189753
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing multiple wireless devices are disclosed. An exemplary system includes multiple domains each having a particular type of wireless device management system and respective (application programming interface) APIs. API call modules corresponding to each domain enable accessing of the APIs exposed by each of the respective domains. A management console enables compiling of a consolidated list of devices and users from each of the device management systems into a single view. An exemplary method includes querying multiple domains to obtain user information, compiling a consolidated list of users, displaying the consolidated list in a user interface, selecting a user from the consolidated list, and submitting a command to either all or a specific domain for the selected user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Morley, Michael Wayne Dennis, Neil Andrew Billings, Aleksandar Susnjar
  • Publication number: 20130103816
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing multiple wireless devices are disclosed. An exemplary system includes multiple domains each having a particular type of wireless device management system and respective (application programming interface) APIs. API call modules corresponding to each domain enable accessing of the APIs exposed by each of the respective domains. A management console enables compiling of a consolidated list of devices and users from each of the device management systems into a single view. An exemplary method includes querying multiple domains to obtain user information, compiling a consolidated list of users, displaying the consolidated list in a user interface, selecting a user from the consolidated list, and submitting a command to either all or a specific domain for the selected user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Douglas MORLEY, Michael Wayne DENNIS, Neil Andrew BILLINGS, Aleksandar SUSNJAR
  • Publication number: 20110321038
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for downloading and displaying advertisements during software installation on the device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: receiving a selection of one or more software installation options and considering any additional criteria for selection of an initialization file; in dependence upon the selection of one or more installation options and any additional criteria, downloading a corresponding initialization file; reading the downloaded initialization file for a list of one or more advertisement files to be downloaded to the device and played back in accordance with playback parameters provided in the initialization file; and downloading the list of advertisement files and displaying the advertisement files during the software installation in accordance with the playback parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher SMITH, Kristin Gerald MURPHY, Paul Douglas MORLEY, Wei Jiang (Virgil) CUI