Patents by Inventor Guilherme K. Hoefel

Guilherme K. Hoefel 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: 8838064
    Abstract: Implementations relate to systems and methods for localized notification that provide localized information to one or more mobile devices in a wireless communication system that are located in one or more geographical regions. The wireless communication system includes a localized notification server that responds to geographically-targeted broadcast requests and localized service or information requests. The localized notification server localizes components of the wireless communication system into sets of localized components that provide wireless communication service to mobile devices in the specific geographical regions. In response to a request to broadcast to a target geographical region, the localized notification server identifies a set of localized components associated with the target geographical region. The localized notification server then broadcasts information to mobile devices actively serviced by the set of localized components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk S. Taylor, Liren Chen, Jack B. Steenstra, Guilherme K. Hoefel, Yang Zhang, Zhiheng Mao, Santosh Gopalan
  • Patent number: 8340628
    Abstract: Implementations relate to systems and methods for localized notification that provide localized information to one or more mobile devices in a wireless communication system that are located in one or more geographical regions. The wireless communication system includes a localized notification server that responds to geographically-targeted broadcast requests and localized service or information requests. The localized notification server localizes components of the wireless communication system into sets of localized components that provide wireless communication service to mobile devices in the specific geographical regions. In response to a request to broadcast to a target geographical region, the localized notification server identifies a set of localized components associated with the target geographical region. The localized notification server then broadcasts information to mobile devices actively serviced by the set of localized components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk S. Taylor, Liren Chen, Jack B. Steenstra, Guilherme K. Hoefel, Yang Zhang, Zhiheng Mao, Santosh Gopalan
  • Publication number: 20110059748
    Abstract: Implementations relate to systems and methods for localized notification that provide localized information to one or more mobile devices in a wireless communication system that are located in one or more geographical regions. The wireless communication system includes a localized notification server that responds to geographically-targeted broadcast requests and localized service or information requests. The localized notification server localizes components of the wireless communication system into sets of localized components that provide wireless communication service to mobile devices in the specific geographical regions. In response to a request to broadcast to a target geographical region, the localized notification server identifies a set of localized components associated with the target geographical region. The localized notification server then broadcasts information to mobile devices actively serviced by the set of localized components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Kirk S. Taylor, Liren Chen, Jack B. Steenstra, Guilherme K. Hoefel, Yang Zhang, Zhiheng Mao, Santosh Gopalan
  • Publication number: 20100179865
    Abstract: Music can be broadcast from a radio station and recorded onto a cache of a personal electronic device, such as a portable digital music player. The recording can occur such that there is segmenting of music into different cache portions based upon classification. Instead of playing music from the radio station, music can be played from the cache to ensure high quality and desirable variety. Different rules can be used to govern which music is played as well as how music should be removed from the cache. In addition, targeted advertisements can be used that relate to the music in the cache as well as a user location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrik N. Lundqvist, Guilherme K. Hoefel, Robert S. Daley, Jack B. Steenstra