Patents by Inventor Paul W. Hangas

Paul W. Hangas 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: 8521218
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of an electronic device for providing group information associated with a group of contacts. After a group name associated with a group of contacts is obtained, the electronic device allows selection of one or more contacts of the group of contacts. Distinction between contacts of the group of contacts that are recipients and contacts of the group of contacts that are not recipients is provided based on the selection of the contact(s). The electronic device displays contacts that are recipients in place of the group name at a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Puneet S. Dhaliwal, Paul W. Hangas
  • Publication number: 20130205001
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for modifying data synchronization of an application responsive to the frequency of application usage are disclosed. Data describing a frequency with which the application is used is captured by a portable computing device. For example, data describing timestamps when the application receives input or data describing a timestamp when the application was the primary application being executed are captured. It is determined whether the frequency of interaction with which the application is used equals or exceeds a threshold value. For example, the portable computing device determines whether the application has received an input or was the primary application within a predetermined time interval from the current time. Responsive to determining the frequency of interaction with the application does not equal or exceed the threshold value, data synchronization for the application is disabled. In one embodiment, the portable computing device stops data synchronization for the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
    Inventors: Lisa N. Reed, Rashmi Chaudhury, Johnny C. Chen, Bryan C. Gebhardt, Paul W. Hangas, Scott I. Putterman
  • Publication number: 20120064863
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of an electronic device for providing group information associated with a group of contacts. After selecting a particular message type and obtaining a group name, the electronic device displays the number of contacts associated with the particular message type and the total number of contacts of the group of contacts. There is also disclosed a method of the electronic device for providing contact information associated with a contact. After obtaining a contact name, the electronic device displays the number of target addresses associated with the particular contact, based on selected addresses associated with the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Puneet S. Dhaliwal, Paul W. Hangas
  • Publication number: 20120064925
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of an electronic device for providing group information associated with a group of contacts. After a group name associated with a group of contacts is obtained, the electronic device allows selection of one or more contacts of the group of contacts. Distinction between contacts of the group of contacts that are recipients and contacts of the group of contacts that are not recipients is provided based on the selection of the contact(s). The electronic device displays contacts that are recipients in place of the group name at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Puneet S. Dhaliwal, Paul W. Hangas
  • Publication number: 20110231478
    Abstract: An aggregate service server, configured to communicate with a user device and a plurality of different content providers. A processor configured to obtain content from the plurality of different content providers and further configured to push the obtained content to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxon R. WHEELER, William N. CAMP, II, Lien T. MAMITSUKA, Christopher A. MITRA, Scott I. PUTTERMAN, Paul W. HANGAS, Cyrus P. MASTER, Xin HU, Sapna SAWHNEY, Heather M. LEROY, Christopher RYPINSKI, Tony ROBINSON, Stephen J. SEWERYNEK, Milan S. BRAHMBHATT, Anish M. SHAH, Kai WEI
  • Publication number: 20110179378
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a message entry area on a display for the user to view input text, the size based on the smallest message size permitted by the one or more destination content providers. The content from the user interface input populates the message input area. A warning is generated when the limit is reached. The message with entered content is communicated to the intermediary server with the identity of the one or more content providers for uploading by the intermediary server to the one or more content providers in the format desired by the content provider website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxon R. Wheeler, William N. Camp, II, Lien T. Mamitsuka, Christopher A. Mitra, Scott I. Putterman, Paul W. Hangas, Xin Hu, Sapna Sawhney, Tony Robinson, Heather M. LeRoy, Christopher Rypinski