Patents by Inventor Richard Eric NICOLAISEN

Richard Eric NICOLAISEN 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: 20220327593
    Abstract: A first-party vendor provides a licensed first-party service on one or more electronic devices, the first-party service associated with a licensed third-party service provided by a third-party vendor on the electronic devices. When a customer purchases a first-party license for the first-party service, the customer may automatically be issued a third-party license that aligns with the first-party license. Furthermore, distribution and activation of the third-party license may be concealed from the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher SMITH, Richard Eric NICOLAISEN
  • Patent number: 11403685
    Abstract: A first-party vendor provides a licensed first-party service on one or more electronic devices, the first-party service associated with a licensed third-party service provided by a third-party vendor on the electronic devices. When a customer purchases a first-party license for the first-party service, the customer may automatically be issued a third-party license that aligns with the first-party license. Furthermore, distribution and activation of the third-party license may be concealed from the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Richard Eric Nicolaisen
  • Publication number: 20180108059
    Abstract: A first-party vendor provides a licensed first-party service on one or more electronic devices, the first-party service associated with a licensed third-party service provided by a third-party vendor on the electronic devices. When a customer purchases a first-party license for the first-party service, the customer may automatically be issued a third-party license that aligns with the first-party license. Furthermore, distribution and activation of the third-party license may be concealed from the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher SMITH, Richard Eric NICOLAISEN
  • Patent number: 9729180
    Abstract: A system, a computer program product and a method associate service licenses with a wireless device. A device identifier (device ID) which identifies the wireless device and a Subscriber Identity Module identifier (SIM ID) identifying a SIM card currently inserted in the wireless device are received. If the SIM ID is not currently associated with the device ID, a listing of service licenses associated with the SIM ID is aggregated with a listing of service licenses associated with the device ID. The wireless device is authorized to use service licenses listed in the aggregate listing of service licenses. If the SIM ID was currently associated with a second device ID, the service licenses associated with the SIM ID are removed from a listing of service licenses associated with the second device ID and the second wireless device is deauthorized from using these service licenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Richard Eric Nicolaisen, Piotr Madej, Jia-Lin Chin
  • Publication number: 20160249218
    Abstract: A virtual pool of licenses associated with an identifier of a user is created. A license is added to the virtual pool by associating the license with the identifier of the user. Each license in the virtual pool was obtained in association with a SIM card. Reconciliation of services and features in use by one or more devices used by the user is performed in relation to the seats of the licenses in the virtual pool, and that a license state for the user is determined based on the reconciliation. The reconciliation checks whether the services and features match or are licensed by or consume corresponding seats of licenses that are in the virtual pool. All seats of all licenses in the virtual pool, regardless of which SIM card they were obtained in association with, are considered in the reconciliation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher SMITH, Richard Eric NICOLAISEN, Piotr MADEJ
  • Publication number: 20160142086
    Abstract: A system, a computer program product and a method associate service licenses with a wireless device. A device identifier (device ID) which identifies the wireless device and a Subscriber Identity Module identifier (SIM ID) identifying a SIM card currently inserted in the wireless device are received. If the SIM ID is not currently associated with the device ID, a listing of service licenses associated with the SIM ID is aggregated with a listing of service licenses associated with the device ID. The wireless device is authorized to use service licenses listed in the aggregate listing of service licenses. If the SIM ID was currently associated with a second device ID, the service licenses associated with the SIM ID are removed from a listing of service licenses associated with the second device ID and the second wireless device is deauthorized from using these service licenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Christopher Smith, Richard Eric NICOLAISEN, Piotr MADEJ, Jia-Lin CHIN