Patents by Inventor Robert Adam McKay

Robert Adam McKay 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: 9820144
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for surreptitiously installing, monitoring, and operating software on a remote computer controlled wireless communication device are described. One aspect includes a control system for communicating programming instructions and exchanging data with the remote computer controlled wireless communication device. The control system is configured to provide at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a computer implemented device controller; a module repository in electronic communication with the device controller; a control service in electronic communication with the device controller; an exfiltration data service in electronic communication with the device controller configured to receive, store, and manage data obtained surreptitiously from the remote computer controlled wireless communication device; and a listen-only recording service in electronic communication with the device controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hildner, Nathan Klonoski, Jerry N. Lukin, Jr., Robert Adam McKay, Sam Emara, Thomas Shanley, Thomas Krussel, Paul Neuner
  • Patent number: 9686236
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software for mediating SMS messages, and especially type 0 SMS messages, in a wireless mobile communications device configured to send and receive data using a GSM protocol and including a subscriber identity module (“SIM”) including electronic hardware and computer software executed by the hardware such that the SIM is configured to send, receive, and process messages using a Short Message System (“SMS”) between the wireless mobile communications device and a communications network. One aspect includes a method for mediating SMS messages comprising: configuring electronic hardware on the wireless mobile communications device to implement a firewall on the wireless mobile communications device, the firewall configured to identify and optionally mediate infrastructure SMS messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry N. Lukin, Mihaela Mihaylova, Nathan Klonoski, Robert Adam McKay, Sam Emara, Steven Hildner, Terry Bahr, Thomas Shanley, Timothy C. Berzins, Wesley W. Driver
  • Patent number: 8373538
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for surreptitiously installing, monitoring, and operating software on a remote computer controlled wireless communication device are described. One aspect includes a control system for communicating programming instructions and exchanging data with the remote computer controlled wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Oceans' Edge, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Hildner, Thomas P. Shanley, Sam Emara, Nathan Klonoski, Robert Adam McKay, Jay Lukin, Tom Krussel, Paul Neuner
  • Patent number: 8140062
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for surreptitiously installing, monitoring, and operating software on a remote computer controlled wireless communication device are described. One aspect includes a control system for communicating programming instructions and exchanging data with the remote computer controlled wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Oceans' Edge, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Hildner, Thomas P. Shanley, Tom Krussel, Paul Neuner, Robert Adam McKay, Jay Lukin, Sam Emara, Nathan Klonoski
  • Patent number: 8131281
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for surreptitiously installing, monitoring, and operating software on a remote computer controlled wireless communication device are described. One aspect includes a control system for communicating programming instructions and exchanging data with the remote computer controlled wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Oceans' Edge, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hildner, Thomas Shanley, Tom Krussel, Paul Neuner, Robert Adam McKay, Jay Lukin, Sam Emara, Nathan Klonoski