Patents by Inventor Dean L. Thorson

Dean L. Thorson 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for radio network scanning using geo-tagged information from wireless client devices of heterogeneous wide area networks
    Patent number: 9603003
    Abstract: A method includes collecting roaming connectivity information for a plurality of wide area networks from a plurality of mobile devices, independently of the wide area networks, receiving the roaming connectivity information at a server and relating the connectivity information to the wide area networks and to a plurality of geographic locations to create a roaming network connectivity information database, generating a list of candidate wide area networks to serve as roaming networks for a specific mobile device and a given location based on the roaming connectivity information, and sending a preferred roaming list to the specific mobile device, the preferred roaming list including the list of candidate wide area networks. The method may include receiving location prediction information from the mobile device, and generating the list of candidate wide area networks based on a predicted location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Krishna K. Bellamkonda, Nischal Y. Patel, Brett L. Robertson, Daniel P. Rose, Dean L. Thorson, Malhar D. Vaishnav
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO NETWORK SCANNING USING GEO-TAGGED INFORMATION FROM WIRELESS CLIENT DEVICES OF HETEROGENEOUS WIDE AREA NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20150256993
    Abstract: A method includes collecting roaming connectivity information for a plurality of wide area networks from a plurality of mobile devices, independently of the wide area networks, receiving the roaming connectivity information at a server and relating the connectivity information to the wide area networks and to a plurality of geographic locations to create a roaming network connectivity information database, generating a list of candidate wide area networks to serve as roaming networks for a specific mobile device and a given location based on the roaming connectivity information, and sending a preferred roaming list to the specific mobile device, the preferred roaming list including the list of candidate wide area networks. The method may include receiving location prediction information from the mobile device, and generating the list of candidate wide area networks based on a predicted location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
    Inventors: Krishna K. Bellamkonda, Nischal Y. Patel, Brett L. Robertson, Daniel P. Rose, Dean L. Thorson, Malhar D. Vaishnav