Patents by Inventor Carol Shilrin Gruchala

Carol Shilrin Gruchala 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).

  • GPS parasite system
    Patent number: 7548197
    Abstract: A non-GPS capable stationary device and method thereof is presented that permits the stationary device to receive location and time information from a mobile, GPS capable device using a non-GPS wireless protocol. This permits the stationary device to make use of the location information in combination with other information from the stationary device, communicated from the mobile device and/or communicated from other devices in a network of devices connected to the stationary device, to customize features of the stationary device accordingly. The stationary device is activated through an external trigger or automatically through an internal trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Carol Shilrin Gruchala, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Dianna Inara Tiliks