Privacy and security systems and methods of use

US9979427B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Teddy David Thomas · Bedford, US
• Harald Quintus-Bosz · Boston, US
• Manas C. Menon · Boston, US
• Anthony Clegg Parker · Platteville, US
• Klaus Renner · Hollis, US
• Julien Prosper Marc Aknin · Somerville, US
• Christopher O. Evans · Amherst, US
• Bing Xu · Austin, US
• Huyen NguyenNgoc Cam Le · Portola Valley, US
• Fa Dai · Auburn, US
• John Stadille · Frederick, US
• Michael Fong · Chandler, US
• John B. Kinnard · San Tan Valley, US
• Craig Ovans · Chandler, US
• Andres Parada · Chicago, US
• John Deros · Phoenix, US
• Andrew Goodfellow · Scottsdale, US
• Justin David Cumming · Boston, US
• Gregg Robert Draudt · Boston, US
• Eric Smallwood · Boston, US
• Piotr Diduch · Billerica, US
• Christopher R. McCaslin · Alameda, US
• Elias R. Samia · Berkeley, US
• Evan Hutker · Boston, US
• Robert Francis Hartmann · Westford, US
• Stuart E. Schechter · Newton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2015
• Grant date: May 22, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/185
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments include a privacy/security apparatus for a portable communication device that includes a housing assembly configured to at least partially attenuate at least one of sound energy, acoustic energy, and electromagnetic energy including light, optical, and IR energy and RF radiation from passing through the housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a Faraday cage with two or more portions, and at least one protective shell coupled to or forming at least one aperture. The at least one aperture is configured and arranged to at least partially enclose the portable communication device so that at least a portion of the portable communication device is positioned within at least one portion of the Faraday cage, and the at least one seal coupled or integrated with the protective shell. The housing assembly can be an articulating assembly, a sliding assembly, and can include an active acoustic jamming or passive acoustic attenuation element.