Patents by Inventor Q Newton BECK

Q Newton BECK 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).

  • Publication number: 20140337997
    Abstract: A software application stored in a memory in a mobile device for selectively blocking data transmission via a mobile device over a communication network, comprising means for identifying a software application of interest from among a plurality of software applications stored in a memory of the mobile device, means for determining a categorization of the software application of interest based on data provided over the communication network from a database, and means for selectively restricting transmission of data to or from the software application of interest over the communication network based on the determined categorization, wherein personally identifiable information is prevented from being transmitted by the software application of interest if the determined categorization indicates that transmission of date to or from the software application of interest is to be restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Famigo, Inc.
    Inventors: Q Newton BECK, Douglas FERGUSON, John Russell ISTURIZ, Matthew Martin MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20140289866
    Abstract: A software system stored in a memory in a mobile device for preventing access to software applications, said mobile device containing a plurality of software applications, the software system comprising means for allowing a first user to toggle the mobile device between a regular mode and a safe mode; means for identifying, based on information received over a communications network or based on selections by the first user, one or more of the software applications as restricted software applications and one or more of the software applications as safe software applications; means for preventing a second user different from the first user from accessing the restricted software applications while the mobile device operates in the safe mode by displaying a safe mode desktop that excludes icons for the restricted software applications; and means for allowing the first user to access the restricted software applications by displaying a regular desktop having icons for both the restricted software applications and
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Famigo, Inc.
    Inventors: Q Newton BECK, Douglas FERGUSON, John Russell ISTURIZ, Matthew Martin MCDONNELL