Patents by Inventor Simon T. Wise

Simon T. Wise 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 initiation of a security update
    Patent number: 7769175
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device. Upon detecting at a mobile communications device that one of a list of criteria have been met, a challenge-and-response procedure is initiated by the mobile communications device. During the challenge-and-response procedure, the mobile communications device and a network node will authenticate the personalized indicium using a shared authentication key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David Bajar, Simon T. Wise, Ian M. Patterson