Patents by Inventor Tad Dreier

Tad Dreier 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).

  • Real-time relay of wireless communications
    Patent number: 11864025
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Gostev, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang
  • Real-time Relay of Wireless Communications
    Publication number: 20220338056
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Anatoli GOSTEV, Louay ALSAKKA, Axel BERNY, Tad DREIER, Joachim HAMMERSCHMIDT, Lei LI, Xiaojun CHEN, Vusthla Sunil REDDY, Peter M. AGBOH, Mohit NARANG
  • Real-time relay of wireless communications
    Patent number: 11412409
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Gostev, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang
  • Real-time Relay of Wireless Communications
    Publication number: 20200205031
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Anatoli GOSTEV, Louay ALSAKKA, Axel BERNY, Tad DREIER, Joachim HAMMERSCHMIDT, Lei Li, Xiaojun CHEN, Vusthla Sunil REDDY, Peter M. AGBOH, Mohit NARANG
  • Real-time relay of wireless communications
    Patent number: 10602397
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoli Gostev, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang
  • Real-time Relay of Wireless Communications
    Publication number: 20180084456
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system having a first wireless audio output device configured to connect to a source device via a first piconet and a second wireless audio output device configured to connect to the first wireless audio output device via a second piconet. A schedule of the first piconet includes a plurality of slots associated with an audio packet, a first subset of the slots used by the source device to transmit the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices tuning to the first piconet to listen for the transmissions of the audio packet, and when, after a last one of the first subset of slots, the first or second wireless audio output devices did not receive the audio packet, the first and second wireless audio output devices exchange information via the second piconet such that the both wireless audio output device receive the audio packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Anatoli GOSTEV, Louay Alsakka, Axel Berny, Tad Dreier, Joachim Hammerschmidt, Lei Li, Xiaojun Chen, Vusthla Sunil Reddy, Peter M. Agboh, Mohit Narang