IP Library Granted Patent US 8,428,571
Granted Patent B2
US 8,428,571 · App. 13/273,977 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Uninterrupted usage and access of physically unreachable handheld device

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Patent No.
US 8,428,571
App. No.
13/273,977
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for uninterrupted usage and access to physically unreachable handheld devices are provided. A physically unreachable handheld device includes an automated agent that is configured to authenticate a message received without manual intervention and to forward information from the handheld device to another remote and different handheld device.

Claims (13)

1. A computer-implemented method that is adapted to executed by a processor on a portable device to perform the method, comprising:

receiving, at a portable device, a message from a remote portable device;

inspecting, at the portable device, the message and detecting an email address in the body of the message;

validating, at the portable device, the email address is associated with an owner registered to the portable device;

sending, from the portable device, a code to the email address;

acquiring, at the portable device, a second message having the code; and

configuring the portable handheld device to forward subsequent incoming messages or voice calls to the remote portable device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing the method on a phone that is the portable device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the message further includes receiving the message as a text message via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol over a wireless communication service provider network.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the message further includes recognizing the remote portable device as a different phone.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein inspecting further includes identifying the email address as a previously registered email address provided previously by the owner, and registered with the method on the portable device by the owner.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring further includes forwarding calendar information included on the portable device in response to an instruction included with the second message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring further includes forwarding one or more of the following in response to an instruction included with the second message: pictures, videos, files, music, and audio messages.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST REEL/FRAME 035656/0251 Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION; ATTACHMATE CORPORATION; NETIQ CORPORATION; MICRO FOCUS (US), INC.; MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE INC. (F/K/A NOVELL, INC.)
Reel/Frame 062623/0009 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST REEL/FRAME 044183/0718 Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: MICRO FOCUS LLC (F/K/A ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC); BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION; MICRO FOCUS (US), INC.; SERENA SOFTWARE, INC; ATTACHMATE CORPORATION; MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE INC. (F/K/A NOVELL, INC.); NETIQ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062746/0399 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TO CORRECT TYPO IN APPLICATION NUMBER 10708121 WHICH SHOULD BE 10708021 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 042388 FRAME 0386. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF AGENCY. Recorded Jul 26, 2018
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS PRIOR AGENT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 048793/0832 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2017
From: ATTACHMATE CORPORATION; BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION; NETIQ CORPORATION; MICRO FOCUS (US), INC.; MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE, INC.; ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC; ARCSIGHT, LLC; SERENA SOFTWARE, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 044183/0718 →
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF AGENCY Recorded May 2, 2017
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS PRIOR AGENT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 042388/0386 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: NOVELL, INC.
To: MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE INC.
Reel/Frame 040020/0703 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2015
From: MICRO FOCUS (US), INC.; BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION; ATTACHMATE CORPORATION; NETIQ CORPORATION; NOVELL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 035656/0251 →