Patents by Inventor Bruce K. JACKSON

Bruce K. JACKSON 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: 8798644
    Abstract: Implementations relate to systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device. The mobile device can query other mobile devices within service range for identification information, and send the identification information to a remote server for storage therein. The remote server can receive location information from other mobile devices corresponding to the identification information. The mobile device can send a location query to the remote server, which can determine or calculate a location of the mobile device based on the identification and/or location information of the other mobile devices. The remote server can provide the location of the mobile device to the mobile device for use in associated mobile applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Bruce K. Jackson
  • Patent number: 8516071
    Abstract: Methods and devices enable a device located on a source network to appear as a virtual device on a target network. Agent applications running on computers on the source and target networks communicate over a peer-to-peer network enabled by a super-peer networking server on the Internet. To share a device, the target network agent requests the source network agent to provide access to a device in the source network. The source network agent sends the device name, properties, and service template information to the target network agent. The target network agent uses the received information to announce itself as the device to the target network. Devices on the target network may request device services from the target network agent. Such requests are repackaged by the target network agent and sent to the source network agent. The source network agent redirects the service request to the actual device and redirects received responses to the target network agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce K. Jackson, Mark L. Caunter, Steven R. Geach
  • Publication number: 20110159862
    Abstract: Implementations relate to systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device. The mobile device can query other mobile devices within service range for identification information, and send the identification information to a remote server for storage therein. The remote server can receive location information from other mobile devices corresponding to the identification information. The mobile device can send a location query to the remote server, which can determine or calculate a location of the mobile device based on the identification and/or location information of the other mobile devices. The remote server can provide the location of the mobile device to the mobile device for use in associated mobile applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Bruce K. JACKSON
  • Publication number: 20100312851
    Abstract: Methods and devices enable a device located on a source network to appear as a virtual device on a target network. Agent applications running on computers on the source and target networks communicate over a peer-to-peer network enabled by a super-peer networking server on the Internet. To share a device, the target network agent requests the source network agent to provide access to a device in the source network. The source network agent sends the device name, properties, and service template information to the target network agent. The target network agent uses the received information to announce itself as the device to the target network. Devices on the target network may request device services from the target network agent. Such requests are repackaged by the target network agent and sent to the source network agent. The source network agent redirects the service request to the actual device and redirects received responses to the target network agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Bruce K. JACKSON, Mark L. CAUNTER, Steven R. GEACH
  • Publication number: 20080200220
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for limiting power consumption in a wireless communication device. The described aspects provide for power limiting thresholds to reserve power for, or limit power usage by, one or more predetermined applications executable by the wireless communications device. The described aspects are highly user-configurable, allowing a device user and/or a third party to define which applications have a battery power consumption limit or reserve, and the amount of battery power associated with the limit or reserve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce K. JACKSON