Patents by Inventor Sophia Bong

Sophia Bong 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).

  • Mobile assisted television sign in using discovery and launch protocol
    Patent number: 11347834
    Abstract: Implementations disclose methods and systems for facilitating an automated user login into a first application hosted by a first-screen device. A method includes detecting, by a second-screen device, a message transmitted by the first-screen device over a network; determining, based on the message, that the first application hosted by the first-screen device is requesting user authentication for the automated user login; presenting, via a second application hosted by the second-screen device, a prompt for user input indicating user acceptance of the automated user login; receiving the user input indicating the user acceptance of the automated user login; and responsive to the user input, transmitting an authentication code from the message to the server device to perform the user authentication for the automated user login into the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julien Marchand, Sophia Bong, Daniel Kaemmerer, Allan Mills, Jaee Patwardhan, Steven Wright, Sana Mithani, Nicolas Klein, William Denniss
  • MOBILE ASSISTED TELEVISION SIGN IN USING DISCOVERY AND LAUNCH PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20200067901
    Abstract: Implementations disclose methods and systems for facilitating an automated user login into a first application hosted by a first-screen device. A method includes detecting, by a second-screen device, a message transmitted by the first-screen device over a network; determining, based on the message, that the first application hosted by the first-screen device is requesting user authentication for the automated user login; presenting, via a second application hosted by the second-screen device, a prompt for user input indicating user acceptance of the automated user login; receiving the user input indicating the user acceptance of the automated user login; and responsive to the user input, transmitting an authentication code from the message to the server device to perform the user authentication for the automated user login into the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Julien Marchand, Sophia Bong, Daniel Kaemmerer, Allan Mills, Jaee Patwardhan, Steven Wright, Sana Mithani, Nicolas Klein, William Denniss
  • Mobile assisted television sign in using discovery and launch protocol
    Patent number: 10469474
    Abstract: Implementations disclose methods and systems for facilitating an automated user login into a first application hosted by a first-screen device. A method includes detecting, by a second-screen device, a message transmitted by the first-screen device over a network; determining, based on the message, that the first application hosted by the first-screen device is requesting user authentication for the automated user login; presenting, via a second application hosted by the second-screen device, a prompt for user input indicating user acceptance of the automated user login; receiving the user input indicating the user acceptance of the automated user login; and responsive to the user input, transmitting an authentication code from the message to the server device to perform the user authentication for the automated user login into the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Julien Marchand, Sophia Bong, Daniel Kaemmerer, Allan Mills, Jaee Patwardhan, Steven Wright, Sana Mithani, Nicolas Klein, William Denniss
  • MOBILE ASSISTED TELEVISION SIGN IN USING DISCOVERY AND LAUNCH PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20180343240
    Abstract: Implementations disclose methods and systems for facilitating an automated user login into a first application hosted by a first-screen device. A method includes detecting, by a second-screen device, a message transmitted by the first-screen device over a network; determining, based on the message, that the first application hosted by the first-screen device is requesting user authentication for the automated user login; presenting, via a second application hosted by the second-screen device, a prompt for user input indicating user acceptance of the automated user login; receiving the user input indicating the user acceptance of the automated user login; and responsive to the user input, transmitting an authentication code from the message to the server device to perform the user authentication for the automated user login into the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Julien Marchand, Sophia Bong, Daniel Kaemmerer, Allan Mills, Jaee Patwardhan, Steven Wright, Sana Mithani, Nicolas Klein, William Denniss