Patents by Inventor Peter Charles WHALE

Peter Charles WHALE 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: 10091322
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided in which a communications device is operable to provide an improved user experience or to improve the performance and/or operation of the communications device through use of an enriched user profile. In one aspect, the communications device may predict an event occurrence by interpreting an enriched user profile including an attribute and an enhanced informational element. The communications device may modify a functionality of a component of the device based on the predicted event occurrence. In one aspect, component modification may include presenting the contextually relevant informational element on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hugh O'Donoghue, Peter Charles Whale, Colm Healy, Andrew Pegum, Sean Corrigan, Scott Beith, Jason Hough, Anthony M. Sheehan
  • Patent number: 9462045
    Abstract: In an aspect, a client device detects a set of proximate client devices. The client device classifies, for each respective proximate client device in the set of proximate client devices, a relationship relative to an operator of the client device based on a local evaluation of one or more interactions between the client device and at least one proximate client device from the set of proximate client devices in response to the detecting. The client device determines whether to automatically trigger a communicative action with one or more proximate client devices from the set of proximate client devices based on the classifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sarah Glickfield, Isaac David Guedalia, Peter Charles Whale, Hugh O'Donoghue
  • Publication number: 20160044090
    Abstract: In an aspect, a client device detects a set of proximate client devices. The client device classifies, for each respective proximate client device in the set of proximate client devices, a relationship relative to an operator of the client device based on a local evaluation of one or more interactions between the client device and at least one proximate client device from the set of proximate client devices in response to the detecting. The client device determines whether to automatically trigger a communicative action with one or more proximate client devices from the set of proximate client devices based on the classifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Sarah GLICKFIELD, Isaac David GUEDALIA, Peter Charles WHALE, Hugh O'DONOGHUE
  • Patent number: 9253282
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided in which a communications device is operable to provide an improved user experience or to improve the performance and/or operation of the device through use of an enriched user profile. In one aspect, the communications device may obtain an attribute including a user specific informational element from a component operable on the communications device. The communications device may generate a profile synopsis from the attribute by abstracting at least a portion of the user specific informational element from the attribute, and transmit the profile synopsis. The communications device may receive an enhanced informational element derived from an aggregation of profile synopses from a plurality of devices and may generate an enriched user profile by augmenting the attribute with at least a portion of the received enhanced informational element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hugh O'Donoghue, Peter Charles Whale, Colm Healy, Andrew Pegum, Sean Corrigan, Scott Beith, Jason Hough, Anthony M. Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20150123595
    Abstract: Aspects disclosed include systems and methods for context based battery charging. In one aspect, context information about usage patterns of an electronic device is used to customize charging a rechargeable battery. In one aspect, a predictive engine accesses context information and generates a predicted charge duration. A charging application customizes charging parameters in a battery charger based on the predicted charge duration. In some aspects, the charging application may generate suggestions to a user to improve battery charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Abid HUSSAIN, Hugh O'DONOGHUE, Peter Charles WHALE, William Kevin MORKAN, Shadi HAWAWINI
  • Publication number: 20130246595
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided in which a communications device is operable to obtain an attribute associated with an enriched user profile including three or more informational elements. In one aspect, at least one of the three or more informational elements may include a contextual sub-element. The communications device may be operable to populate an organizational matrix using the three or more informational elements, and determine a repetitious structure based at least in part on analysis of the populated organizational matrix. In one aspect, the device may determine a relevance value associated with the attribute based at least in part on the determined repetitious structure and predict a second attribute based at least in part on the determined relevance and the repetitious structure. In one aspect, the device may query the organizational matrix using a querying criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Hugh O'DONOGHUE, Peter Charles WHALE, Colm HEALY, Andrew PEGUM, Sean CORRIGAN, Scott BEITH, Jason HOUGH
  • Publication number: 20130238686
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided in which a communications device is operable to provide an improved user experience or to improve the performance and/or operation of the device through use of an enriched user profile. In one aspect, the communications device may obtain an attribute including a user specific informational element from a component operable on the communications device. The communications device may generate a profile synopsis from the attribute by abstracting at least a portion of the user specific informational element from the attribute, and transmit the profile synopsis. The communications device may receive an enhanced informational element derived from an aggregation of profile synopses from a plurality of devices and may generate an enriched user profile by augmenting the attribute with at least a portion of the received enhanced informational element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Hugh O'DONOGHUE, Peter Charles WHALE, Colm HEALY, Andrew PEGUM, Sean CORRIGAN, Scott BEITH, Jason HOUGH, Anthony M. SHEEHAN
  • Publication number: 20130238540
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided in which a communications device is operable to provide an improved user experience or to improve the performance and/or operation of the communications device through use of an enriched user profile. In one aspect, the communications device may predict an event occurrence by interpreting an enriched user profile including an attribute and an enhanced informational element. The communications device may modify a functionality of a component of the device based on the predicted event occurrence. In one aspect, component modification may include presenting the contextually relevant informational element on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Hugh O'DONOGHUE, Peter Charles WHALE, Colm HEALY, Andrew PEGUM, Sean CORRIGAN, Scott BEITH, Jason HOUGH, Anthony M. SHEEHAN