Patents by Inventor William George Thomson

William George Thomson 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: 8782394
    Abstract: Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes an authentication registration system, a content provider and an internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provider, and is operable to receive a single identification number and password from a user independent of a platform the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number and password combination provided by the user is associated with a registered user. The content provider provides personalized content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of platforms. The server receives a connection request from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the authentication registration system, and provides a personalized content from the content provider to said at least one device. Methods and other systems for multiple access portals are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas R. O'Neil, Jose F. Rivera, William George Thomson
  • Publication number: 20090068987
    Abstract: Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes an authentication registration system, a content provider and an internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provider, and is operable to receive a single identification number and password from a user independent of a platform the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number and password combination provided by the user is associated with a registered user. The content provider provides personalized content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of platforms. The server receives a connection request from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the authentication registration system, and provides a personalized content from the content provider to said at least one device. Methods and other systems for multiple access portals are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas R. O'Neil, Jose F. Rivera, William George Thomson
  • Patent number: 7454615
    Abstract: Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes a mobile authentication registration system, a content provider and a wireless internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provider which is coupled to the internet, and is operable to receive a single identification number and password from a user independent of a platform the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number and password combination provided by the user is associated with a registered user. The content provider provides personalized internet content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of platforms. The wireless internet server receives a connection request from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the mobile authentication registration system, and provides a personalized internet content from the content provider to said at least one wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas R. O'Neil, Jose F. Rivera, William George Thomson
  • Publication number: 20040225887
    Abstract: Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes a mobile authentication registration system, a content provider and a wireless internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provider which is coupled to the internet, and is operable to receive a single identification number and password from a user independent of a platform the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number and password combination provided by the user is associated with a registered user. The content provider provides personalized internet content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of platforms. The wireless internet server receives a connection request from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the mobile authentication registration system, and provides a personalized internet content from the content provider to said at least one wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas R. O'Neil, Jose F. Rivera, William George Thomson