Patents by Inventor Rob Butler

Rob Butler 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).

  • Remotely receiving and communicating commands to a mobile device for execution by the mobile device
    Patent number: 8660530
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for remotely commanding a mobile device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving input identifying a mobile device, presenting to a user one or more remote commands corresponding to the mobile device, receiving user input selecting a remote command from the one or more presented remote commands, generating a remote command message instructing the mobile device to execute the selected remote command, and transmitting the remote command message to a server for publication in a message topic. Further, a selectable list of mobile devices associated with a remote management account can be presented to the user, the selectable list including information uniquely identifying each mobile device. Additionally, the selectable list of mobile devices can include an indication of whether an included mobile device is online.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brooke Sharp, Brendan A. McCarthy, Stuart Slack, Carsten Guenther, Jeff Lin, Rob Butler
  • Remotely Locating and Commanding a Mobile Device
    Publication number: 20100279673
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for remotely commanding a mobile device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving input identifying a mobile device, presenting to a user one or more remote commands corresponding to the mobile device, receiving user input selecting a remote command from the one or more presented remote commands, generating a remote command message instructing the mobile device to execute the selected remote command, and transmitting the remote command message to a server for publication in a message topic. Further, a selectable list of mobile devices associated with a remote management account can be presented to the user, the selectable list including information uniquely identifying each mobile device. Additionally, the selectable list of mobile devices can include an indication of whether an included mobile device is online.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brooke Sharp, Brendan A. McCarthy, Stuart Slack, Carsten Guenther, Jeff Lin, Rob Butler
  • Discrete-time amplitude control of voltage-controlled oscillator
    Patent number: 6909336
    Abstract: Periodically, sensed amplitude for the output signal of a voltage-controlled oscillator is compared to a reference and biasing of the voltage-controlled oscillator is correspondingly set, thereby controlling amplitude of the voltage-controlled oscillator output signal. Process and temperature dependencies of the amplitude are eliminated while achieving low phase noise and large signal-to-noise ratio in the output signal, and consequently low phase noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jayendar Rajagopalan, Rob Butler