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Castell, Waterloo

David Castell, Waterloo CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273677Method and System for Communicating and Displaying Data With a Voice Call - A method of communicating information describing a voice call from a caller to a recipient comprises steps of obtaining call subject information describing the call and communicating the call subject information to the recipient to inform the recipient about the call. The call subject information can be presented as a subject line displayed to a recipient in which the caller provides information about the nature of the call and/or its urgency, which thus enables the recipient to better judge whether it should be answered immediately. The call subject information can be input as text by the caller or it can be extracted automatically from a calendar application or a messaging application.11-06-2008
20090013387SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DELIVERY OF INTERNET CONTENT - Disclosed are a system and method for managing delivery of pushed web content to communication devices. In an embodiment, the method comprises: uniquely identifying a communication device to which the pushed web content is to be delivered; establishing a pushed web content service linking the pushed web content to the communication device; receiving a pushed web content service request; and permitting delivery of content to the communication device via the pushed web content service based on verification of the identity of a trusted pushed web content provider. The method may further comprise uniquely identifying the pushed web content provider with an assignable unique pushed web content identification.01-08-2009
20090037413METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ADDRESS LISTS - A method of generating a list of prospective contacts for a communication comprising: receiving an indication of a user selected communication format selected from a plurality of different communications formats; generating a list of prospective contacts, the list of prospective contacts generated based on an analysis of said user's past communications; and providing said user with said list containing at least one prospective contact.02-05-2009
20090233579SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS FROM A WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE - There is disclosed a system and method of making an electronic payment from a wireless mobile device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an electronic wallet, the electronic wallet having a persistent store for storing data for one or more payment cards and a wallet security module configured to verify authorized access to the electronic wallet; and permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet upon verification of authorized access by the wallet security module. In an embodiment, the wallet security module is configured to store one or more of a password and biometric data, and the method further comprises: comparing any subsequently input password or biometric data to a password or biometric data previously supplied by the authorized user and stored in the wallet security module; and if the comparison matches or is within an acceptable range, then permitting access to the data for one or more payment cards stored in the electronic wallet.09-17-2009
20110029989METHOD FOR MODIFYING NOTIFICATIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.02-03-2011

Patent applications by David Castell, Waterloo CA

William D. Castell, Waterloo CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100223670WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CONGESTION REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A messaging server forwards emails to mobile communication devices of users to whom the emails were respectively addressed. An antivirus server determines whether an email addressed to a user of a mobile communication device, to be forwarded by the messaging server to the mobile communication device, is infected with a virus. In response to determining the email is infected with a virus, a bulletin generator transmits, to the mobile communication devices besides the mobile communication device of the addressee of the email determined to be infected, an all points bulletin message disclosing the existence of the virus. The bulletin message is transmitted directly to, instead of via email to, the wireless mobile communication devices.09-02-2010

Patent applications by William D. Castell, Waterloo CA

William David Castell, Waterloo CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274694System and Method for Multi-Channel Blocking - A system and method for multi-channel blocking, the method having the steps of: creating a block filter to block a plurality of communication channels to a mobile device; communicating the block filter to a blocking element; and executing the blocking filter at the blocking element.11-06-2008