Patents by Inventor Richard Heines

Richard Heines 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALUING AND MANAGING CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240104615
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for managing, processing, refurbishing of electronic devices, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Seth David Heine, Jonathan Richard Newman, Daniel Thomas Ricci, Zachary Alan Vorwaller
  • Secure SMS messaging
    Patent number: 9706372
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle communications system and a method of sending one or more secure short message service (SMS) messages using that system. The method includes the steps of: (a) determining at a sender a data quantity associated with zero or more proprietary data parcels (PDPs) to send within one or more SMS messages; (b) configuring an encrypted payload of each of the one or more configured SMS messages to carry the total number of PDPs, wherein when the size of the payload would result in an SMS message exceeding 140 bytes, the configuring step includes configuring a plurality of SMS messages to carry the payload; and (c) transmitting from the mobile originated device one or more configured SMS messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: General Motors LLC
    Inventors: Yao Hui Lei, Richard Heines, Kenneth L. Peirce, Dipankar Pal
  • SECURE SMS MESSAGING
    Publication number: 20150289116
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle communications system and a method of sending one or more secure short message service (SMS) messages using that system. The method includes the steps of: (a) determining at a sender a data quantity associated with zero or more proprietary data parcels (PDPs) to send within one or more SMS messages; (b) configuring an encrypted payload of each of the one or more configured SMS messages to carry the total number of PDPs, wherein when the size of the payload would result in an SMS message exceeding 140 bytes, the configuring step includes configuring a plurality of SMS messages to carry the payload; and (c) transmitting from the mobile originated device one or more configured SMS messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: General Motors LLC
    Inventors: Yao Hui Lei, Richard Heines, Kenneth L. Peirce, Dipankar Pal