Patents by Inventor Bryan J. Follis

Bryan J. Follis 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).

  • Low-latency Wi-Fi MAC-layer protocol
    Patent number: 11184890
    Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device may contend for access to a shared communication channel on behalf of the electronic device and a recipient electronic device, where the access has a duration. Then, the electronic device may provide a schedule frame intended for the recipient electronic device that includes information that specifies one or more time slots during the duration that are associated with the recipient electronic device and one or more communication functions of the recipient electronic device in the one or more time slots. Moreover, the electronic device may provide a data frame with data intended for the recipient electronic device. In response, the electronic device may receive a response frame associated with the recipient electronic device, where the response frame is received during at least one of the one or more time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Borges, Oren Shani, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Charles F. Dominguez, Karthik R. Mekala, Tashbeeb Haque, Lawrie Kurian, Mete Fikirlier, Guoqing Li, Rajneesh Kumar, Ka Ho P. Poon, Brian B. Whitaker, Joseph Hakim, John A. Wilson, Tony Chi Wang Ng, Roopkumar Parthasarathy Rao, Curtis J. Schmidek, Shishir Gupta, Tushar R. Shah, Jacob H. Power, Bryan J. Follis, Anand Rajagopalan
  • Low-Latency WI-FI MAC-Layer Protocol
    Publication number: 20200053729
    Abstract: An interface circuit in an electronic device may contend for access to a shared communication channel on behalf of the electronic device and a recipient electronic device, where the access has a duration. Then, the electronic device may provide a schedule frame intended for the recipient electronic device that includes information that specifies one or more time slots during the duration that are associated with the recipient electronic device and one or more communication functions of the recipient electronic device in the one or more time slots. Moreover, the electronic device may provide a data frame with data intended for the recipient electronic device. In response, the electronic device may receive a response frame associated with the recipient electronic device, where the response frame is received during at least one of the one or more time slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel R. Borges, Oren Shani, Christiaan A. Hartman, Yong Liu, Charles F. Dominguez, Karthik R. Mekala, Tashbeeb Haque, Lawrie Kurian, Mete Fikirlier, Guoqing Li, Rajneesh Kumar, Ka Ho P. Poon, Brian B. Whitaker, Joseph Hakim, John A. Wilson, Tony Chi Wang Ng, Roopkumar Parthasarathy Rao, Curtis J. Schmidek, Shishir Gupta, Tushar R. Shah, Jacob H. Power, Bryan J. Follis, Anand Rajagopalan
  • Automatic configuration of video output settings for video source
    Patent number: 10306307
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to select display settings for a display device. Device capabilities may be read from a display device and a determination made whether the device capabilities support other display formats than are read from the display, for example, a high dynamic range (HDR) format or a high resolution format. When the device capabilities do not include an format supported by a video source, video may be driven from the video source to the display device in the format and, if confirmation is received that the display device displays the driven video, settings may be stored for the display device identifying the format as a one supported by the display device. Additionally, interconnect may be tested by estimating noise levels generated by the interconnect to a network connection and/or by estimating network throughput both when video is driven over the interconnect and when it is not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Sanders, Christopher J. Kane, Jad Osseiran, James A. Young, Ori Gersten, Patrick E. McClaughry, Vijay Sundaram, Jano Banks, Timur O. Starobinets, Bryan J. Follis
  • Automatic Configuration of Video Output Settings for Video Source
    Publication number: 20190007731
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to select display settings for a display device. Device capabilities may be read from a display device and a determination made whether the device capabilities support other display formats than are read from the display, for example, a high dynamic range (HDR) format or a high resolution format. When the device capabilities do not include an format supported by a video source, video may be driven from the video source to the display device in the format and, if confirmation is received that the display device displays the driven video, settings may be stored for the display device identifying the format as a one supported by the display device. Additionally, interconnect may be tested by estimating noise levels generated by the interconnect to a network connection and/or by estimating network throughput both when video is driven over the interconnect and when it is not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher J. Sanders, Christopher J. Kane, Jad Osseiran, James A. Young, Ori Gersten, Patrick E. McClaughry, Vijay Sundaram, Jano Banks, Timur O. Starobinets, Bryan J. Follis