Patents by Inventor Timothee GEOGHEGAN

Timothee GEOGHEGAN 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: 11662996
    Abstract: A technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the identified applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Eric S. Brown, Eric O. Carlson, Cindy M. Barrett, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. Firlik, Cameron S. Birse, Timothee Geoghegan
  • Publication number: 20220244941
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher S. LINN, Eric S. BROWN, Eric O. CARLSON, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jonathan M. GRYNSPAN, Donald M. FIRLIK, Cameron S. BIRSE, Timothee GEOGHEGAN
  • Patent number: 11314498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Eric S. Brown, Eric O. Carlson, Cindy M. Barrett, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. Firlik, Cameron S. Birse, Timothee Geoghegan
  • Patent number: 10423804
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to securely storing data in a computing device. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a secure circuit configured to maintain key bags for a plurality of users, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of users and including a first set of keys usable to decrypt a second set of encrypted keys for decrypting data associated with the respective user. The secure circuit is configured to receive an indication that an encrypted file of a first of the plurality of users is to be accessed and use a key in a key bag associated with the first user to decrypt an encrypted key of the second set of encrypted keys. The secure circuit is further configured to convey the decrypted key to a memory controller configured to decrypt the encrypted file upon retrieval from a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Benson, Conrad Sauerwald, Mitchell D. Adler, Michael Brouwer, Timothee Geoghegan, Andrew R. Whalley, David P. Finkelstein, Yannick L. Sierra
  • Publication number: 20190187974
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher S. LINN, Eric S. BROWN, Eric O. CARLSON, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jonathan M. GRYNSPAN, Donald M. FIRLIK, Cameron S. BIRSE, Timothee GEOGHEGAN
  • Patent number: 10235152
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Linn, Eric S. Brown, Eric O. Carlson, Cindy M. Barrett, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. Firlik, Cameron S. Birse, Timothee Geoghegan
  • Publication number: 20170357830
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to securely storing data in a computing device. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a secure circuit configured to maintain key bags for a plurality of users, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of users and including a first set of keys usable to decrypt a second set of encrypted keys for decrypting data associated with the respective user. The secure circuit is configured to receive an indication that an encrypted file of a first of the plurality of users is to be accessed and use a key in a key bag associated with the first user to decrypt an encrypted key of the second set of encrypted keys. The secure circuit is further configured to convey the decrypted key to a memory controller configured to decrypt the encrypted file upon retrieval from a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Wade Benson, Conrad Sauerwald, Mitchell D. Adler, Michael Brouwer, Timothee Geoghegan, Andrew R. Whalley, David P. Finkelstein, Yannick L. Sierra
  • Publication number: 20160357545
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for downgrading applications to placeholder applications in order to free up storage space in a user device. Based on a variety of heuristics, a number of installed applications are identified as candidates for a downgrade. The downgrading of the identified applications involves creating a placeholder application for each of the identified applications. The identified applications are temporarily deleted while keeping the user data associated with the applications intact and the placeholder applications are installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher S. LINN, Eric S. BROWN, Eric O. CARLSON, Cindy M. BARRETT, Jonathan M. Grynspan, Donald M. FIRLIK, Cameron S. BIRSE, Timothee GEOGHEGAN