Patents by Inventor Benjamin F. Christen

Benjamin F. Christen 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).

  • Reflection-Based Location Detection
    Publication number: 20150334549
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a mobile device configured to transmit a first advertisement to a listening device and a repeater device, receive a data advertisement from the listening device in response to transmitting the first advertisement to the listening device, the data advertisement including a time difference between the listening device receiving the first advertisement and the listening device receiving a second advertisement transmitted from the repeater device in response to transmitting the first advertisement from the mobile device to the repeater device, and determine a location of the mobile device using the data advertisement including the time difference. In the system, the listening device and the repeater device may each include Bluetooth low energy devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Harout Jarchafjian, Jeffrey Voris, Benjamin F. Christen, Robert P. Michel
  • Reflection-based location detection
    Patent number: 9179285
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a mobile device configured to transmit a first advertisement to a listening device and a repeater device, receive a data advertisement from the listening device in response to transmitting the first advertisement to the listening device, the data advertisement including a time difference between the listening device receiving the first advertisement and the listening device receiving a second advertisement transmitted from the repeater device in response to transmitting the first advertisement from the mobile device to the repeater device, and determine a location of the mobile device using the data advertisement including the time difference. In the system, the listening device and the repeater device may each include Bluetooth low energy devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Harout Jarchafjian, Jeffrey Voris, Benjamin F. Christen, Robert P. Michel