Patents by Inventor Clint B. Hope

Clint B. Hope 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).

  • Context-based limitation of mobile device operation
    Patent number: 8254957
    Abstract: Context-based limitation of mobile device operation. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for a function of a mobile device. The method further includes obtaining data regarding a context of the mobile device, and determining a current context for the mobile device based on the obtained data. The method includes determining whether the function of the mobile device should be limited at least in part the current context of the mobile device; and responding to the request for the function based on the determination regarding the limitation of the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Robert Curtiss Francis, Clint B. Hope
  • Context-based limitation of mobile device operation
    Patent number: 8229463
    Abstract: Context-based limitation of mobile device operation. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for a function of a mobile device. The method further includes obtaining data regarding a context of the mobile device, and determining a current context for the mobile device based on the obtained data. The method includes determining whether the function of the mobile device should be limited at least in part the current context of the mobile device; and responding to the request for the function based on the determination regarding the limitation of the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Robert Curtiss Francis, Clint B. Hope
  • CONTEXT-BASED LIMITATION OF MOBILE DEVICE OPERATION
    Publication number: 20100317336
    Abstract: Context-based limitation of mobile device operation. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for a function of a mobile device. The method further includes obtaining data regarding a context of the mobile device, and determining a current context for the mobile device based on the obtained data. The method includes determining whether the function of the mobile device should be limited at least in part the current context of the mobile device; and responding to the request for the function based on the determination regarding the limitation of the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Robert Curtiss Francis, Clint B. Hope