Patents by Inventor Ryan Hightower

Ryan Hightower 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).

  • Automatic authentication switching in online live chat applications
    Patent number: 10693856
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for automatic authentication switching in online chat sessions. A server receives a request to establish an online chat session from a first client device, including authentication credentials associated with the first client device. The server establishes an online chat session between the first client device and a second client device via a first authenticated communications channel. The server transmits one or more chat messages between the first client device and the second client device using the first authenticated communications channel. The first client device determines that the online chat session has lost authentication. The first client device automatically switches the online chat session to a second unauthenticated communications channel. The server maintains the established online chat session between the first client device and the second client device via the second unauthenticated communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FMR LLC
    Inventors: Richard Elliott Cox, Jr., Robert S. Campbell, Ryan Hightower, Ramakrishnan Balachandran, Mena Gerges