Patents by Inventor Robert Thomas FRANZO

Robert Thomas FRANZO 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: 11997590
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first edge application server (EAS) discovery message from an application client that is external to the UE. The UE may transmit a second EAS discovery message to an edge enabler server (EES) based at least in part on the first EAS discovery message. The UE may receive, from the EES, an EAS response message. The EAS response message may indicate a failure of a discovery request associated with the application client or the EAS response message may indicate an EAS associated with the application client. The UE may transmit an indication of the failure of the discovery request or an indication of the EAS to the application client. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Dario Serafino Tonesi, Alan Soloway, Ajith Tom Payyappilly, Tom Chin, Robert Thomas Franzo
  • Publication number: 20240005267
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for asset tracking. In an aspect, an asset tracking coordination component estimates a time of a beacon transmission from a wireless energy charging-capable device coupled to an asset within a threshold proximity of a scanning device based on an estimated distance between the asset tracking coordination device and the scanning device and timing information associated with a wireless energy transmission, and schedules a beacon scanning window for the scanning device to scan for the beacon transmission based on the estimated time. In a further aspect, a scanning device may both provide a wireless energy transmission and may also scan for beacon transmission(s) from wireless energy charging-capable device(s) during a beacon scanning window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nicolas GRAUBE, Abhishek PRASAD, Aline COELHO DE SOUZA, Mafalda Pereira VARELA, Laksh BHATIA, Tingting LIU, Robert Thomas FRANZO, Joe THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20230047503
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first edge application server (EAS) discovery message from an application client that is external to the UE. The UE may transmit a second EAS discovery message to an edge enabler server (EES) based at least in part on the first EAS discovery message. The UE may receive, from the EES, an EAS response message. The EAS response message may indicate a failure of a discovery request associated with the application client or the EAS response message may indicate an EAS associated with the application client. The UE may transmit an indication of the failure of the discovery request or an indication of the EAS to the application client. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sunghoon KIM, Dario Serafino TONESI, Alan SOLOWAY, Ajith Tom PAYYAPPILLY, Tom CHIN, Robert Thomas FRANZO
  • Publication number: 20220051183
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to verifying a state of an item during transit. In some embodiments, shipment data including sensor data and/or user input may be obtained by one or more sensor(s) and/or input device(s) of a shipping container (e.g., box, conveyance, custom container, receptacle, smart container, tote) that houses the item during transit. Shipment data may be transmitted to a data store (e.g., blockchain, immutable ledger, distributed ledger technology). At suitable time(s), the location of the shipping container may be estimated and/or identified from the shipment data obtained from the data store. A state of the item may be verified at least in part by analyzing the sensor data and/or user input obtained from the data store. Utilizing the techniques herein, a determination may be made as to whether the item was mishandled and a likelihood that the item was affected (e.g., damaged, spoiled, etc.) during transit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Thomas FRANZO