Patents by Inventor Russell Owen
Russell Owen 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).
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Patent number: 10462144Abstract: A system for managing privacy of shared content. The system includes a terminal device and a server device. The terminal device includes a content receiving device configured to receive content, a storage configured to store content by the content receiving device, a privacy setting determiner, a content obfuscator; and a transmitter configured to transmit obfuscated content. The server device includes a receiver configured to receive the obfuscated content from the transmitter of the terminal device, a publisher configured to publish the obfuscated content, and a de-obfuscator configured to, based on the received request to change privacy settings, de-obfuscate the at least a portion of the received content to generate de-obfuscated content.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Inventors: Russell Owen, Ivan Medvedev, Garth Shoemaker, Andrew Swerdlow, Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn, Amanda Elwell Walker
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Publication number: 20190190916Abstract: A system for managing privacy of shared content. The system includes a terminal device and a server device. The terminal device includes a content receiving device configured to receive content, a storage configured to store content by the content receiving device, a privacy setting determiner, a content obfuscator; and a transmitter configured to transmit obfuscated content. The server device includes a receiver configured to receive the obfuscated content from the transmitter of the terminal device, a publisher configured to publish the obfuscated content, and a de-obfuscator configured to, based on the received request to change privacy settings, de-obfuscate the at least a portion of the received content to generate de-obfuscated content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Russell Owen, Ivan Medvedev, Garth Shoemaker, Andrew Swerdlow, Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn, Amanda Elwell Walker
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Patent number: 10284558Abstract: Systems and methods for managing privacy settings of shared content include receiving content associated with an object; receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content; based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Russell Owen, Ivan Medvedev, Garth Shoemaker, Andrew Swerdlow, Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn, Amanda Elwell Walker
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Publication number: 20170048245Abstract: Systems and methods for managing privacy settings of shared content include receiving content associated with an object; receiving privacy settings associated with the object associated with the received content; based on the received privacy settings, obfuscating, at least a portion of the content associated with the object to generated obfuscated content; and transmitting the obfuscated content to a publishing server, wherein the publishing server publishes the obfuscated content to one or more third parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Russell Owen, Ivan Medvedev, Garth Shoemaker, Andrew Swerdlow, Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn, Amanda Elwell Walker
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Patent number: 8856207Abstract: A click detection method, apparatus and system is provided. An embodiment includes a method that receives a request from a client destined for a server and a unique identifier for the client. The method of the method also includes generating a representation of the unique identifier, and forwarding the unique identifier and the request to the server.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Russell Owen, Michael Brown, Herbert Little
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Patent number: 8615509Abstract: Requesting from a device to a source. In a device comprising a datastore, the datastore comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising a plurality of fields, retrieving a common set of fields from each of the plurality of records. The technology abstracts at least one of the retrieved fields across the plurality of records, resulting in abstracted information. The technology sends, to the source, the abstracted information from the device in place of the retrieved fields.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Russell Owen
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Publication number: 20120071144Abstract: A system and method for managing mobile device communication in an enterprise includes a device management agent and a synchronization agent in the mobile device. Information about the status of the mobile device is collected by the device management agent and the synchronization agent communicates the status information to the enterprise with which the mobile device is associated. A synchronization server at the enterprise collects device information and updates records at the enterprise. Information such as device telephone number is propagated to the enterprise directory and potentially to a PBX to ensure connectivity with the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventor: Russell OWEN
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Patent number: 8085891Abstract: A system and method for managing mobile device communication in an enterprise includes a device management agent and a synchronization agent in the mobile device. Information about the status of the mobile device is collected by the device management agent and the synchronization agent communicates the status information to the enterprise with which the mobile device is associated. A synchronization server at the enterprise collects device information and updates records at the enterprise. Information such as device telephone number is propagated to the enterprise directory and potentially to a PBX to ensure connectivity with the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Russell Owen
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Publication number: 20110145222Abstract: Requesting from a device to a source. In a device comprising a datastore, the datastore comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising a plurality of fields, retrieving a common set of fields from each of the plurality of records. The technology abstracts at least one of the retrieved fields across the plurality of records, resulting in abstracted information. The technology sends, to the source, the abstracted information from the device in place of the retrieved fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: Russell Owen
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Patent number: 7751809Abstract: A method for automatically configuring an access control point based upon the network resource requirements of an application. The installation of a new application on a mobile device or other user device is accompanied, before, during, or after installation, with the distribution of access control information. An access control point blocks communications based upon access rules. An access update module modifies or sets the access rules based upon the access control information. The access control point and the access update module may be located within the mobile device, within an associated wireless connector system, or in other locations within the mobile communication system. The setting or resetting of the access rules based upon the access control information may be triggered during installation, modification, or removal of the application.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Research in Motion LimitedInventors: Russell Owen, Neil Adams, Timothy R. Tyhurst
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Publication number: 20100003988Abstract: A method and mobile device for performing wireless channel selection that employs more than one concurrent level 2 interface to facilitate a level 3 handoff. The method and device maintain an active service over a first level 3 connection through a first transceiver, establish a second level 3 connection through a second transceiver, and then switch the service over to the second connection. To establish an appropriate level 3 connection, the mobile device may evaluate candidate channels against criteria associated with the active service to ensure quality of service can be maintained over the new connection or may adapt the active service to a candidate channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: ADRIAN BUCKLEY, CRAIG DUNK, VYTAUTAS ROBERTAS KEZYS, RUSSELL OWEN
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Publication number: 20090253424Abstract: A method for automatically configuring an access control point based upon the network resource requirements of an application. The installation of a new application on a mobile device or other user device is accompanied, before, during, or after installation, with the distribution of access control information. An access control point blocks communications based upon access rules. An access update module modifies or sets the access rules based upon the access control information. The access control point and the access update module may be located within the mobile device, within an associated wireless connector system, or in other locations within the mobile communication system. The setting or resetting of the access rules based upon the access control information may be triggered during installation, modification, or removal of the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Russell Owen, Neil Adams, Timothy R. Tyhurst
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Patent number: 7596119Abstract: A method and mobile device for performing wireless channel selection that employs more than one concurrent level 2 interface to facilitate a level 3 handoff. The method and device maintain an active service over a first level 3 connection through a first transceiver, establish a second level 3 connection through a second transceiver, and then switch the service over to the second connection. To establish an appropriate level 3 connection, the mobile device may evaluate candidate channels against criteria associated with the active service to ensure quality of service can be maintained over the new connection or may adapt the active service to a candidate channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Adrian Buckley, Craig Dunk, Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Russell Owen
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Patent number: 7532882Abstract: A method for automatically configuring an access control point based upon the network resource requirements of an application. The installation of a new application on a mobile device or other user device is accompanied, before, during, or after installation, with the distribution of access control information. An access control point blocks communications based upon access rules. An access update module modifies or sets the access rules based upon the access control information. The access control point and the access update module may be located within the mobile device, within an associated wireless connector system, or in other locations within the mobile communication system. The setting or resetting of the access rules based upon the access control information may be triggered during installation, modification, or removal of the application.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Russell Owen, Neil Adams, Timothy R. Tyhurst
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Publication number: 20090112978Abstract: A click detection method, apparatus and system is provided. An embodiment includes a method that receives a request from a client destined for a server and a unique identifier for the client. The method of the method also includes generating a representation of the unique identifier, and forwarding the unique identifier and the request to the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Russell Owen, Michael Brown, Herbert Little
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Publication number: 20070275745Abstract: A system and method for managing mobile device communication in an enterprise includes a device management agent and a synchronization agent in the mobile device. Information about the status of the mobile device is collected by the device management agent and the synchronization agent communicates the status information to the enterprise with which the mobile device is associated. A synchronization server at the enterprise collects device information and updates records at the enterprise. Information such as device telephone number is propagated to the enterprise directory and potentially to a PBX to ensure connectivity with the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2006Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventor: Russell Owen
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Publication number: 20070265007Abstract: A method relates to a network identification that uniquely identifies a communication device. The method includes determining a network address corresponding to the network identification. Another step is determining which device manager, of multiple device managers, is assigned the network address. Information and the network address is transmitted to the assigned device manager. The assigned device manager determines, from the network address, a device identification that identifies the wireless device within a communication device network. Using the device identification, the assigned device manager transmits the information to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventors: Salim Omar, Russell Owen
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Publication number: 20070207777Abstract: A method for automatically configuring an access control point based upon the network resource requirements of an application. The installation of a new application on a mobile device or other user device is accompanied, before, during, or after installation, with the distribution of access control information. An access control point blocks communications based upon access rules. An access update module modifies or sets the access rules based upon the access control information. The access control point and the access update module may be located within the mobile device, within an associated wireless connector system, or in other locations within the mobile communication system. The setting or resetting of the access rules based upon the access control information may be triggered during installation, modification, or removal of the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Russell Owen, Neil Adams, Timothy Tyhurst
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Publication number: 20070118729Abstract: Enhanced reset logic is included in a user's computerized device so that the device owner (e.g., the user's employer) can assure prompt reset (e.g., to insure device use of newly downloaded software versions or other control or security data) while still allowing user convenience (e.g., some limited continued normal use of the device before reset is forced upon the user thus permitting the user to avoid possibly aggravating losses of data and/or ongoing usage).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2007Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Neil ADAMS, Herbert Little, Russell Owen
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Publication number: 20060286976Abstract: A method relates to a network identification that uniquely identifies a communication device. The method includes determining a network address corresponding to the network identification. Another step is determining which device manager, of multiple device managers, is assigned the network address. Information and the network address is transmitted to the assigned device manager. The assigned device manager determines, from the network address, a device identification that identifies the wireless device within a communication device network. Using the device identification, the assigned device manager transmits the information to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Salim Omar, Russell Owen