Patents by Inventor Todd Michael Wostrel

Todd Michael Wostrel 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).

  • Wireless device network association
    Patent number: 8533788
    Abstract: A method for associating handheld calculators with a network host system of a classroom network that includes receiving a service set identifier (SSID) of the classroom network by a handheld calculator, wherein the SSID includes a network mode indicator, and operating the handheld calculator according to the network mode indicator. The method may also include operating the handheld calculator in a configuration mode in which the handheld calculator sends a request for association to the network host system, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the first handheld calculator, and acceptance of the request by the network host system, wherein authentication information for the handheld calculator is stored by the network host system to indicate that the first handheld calculator is associated with the classroom network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: David M. Newman, Harshal S. Chhaya, Jamie Lane Graves, Robert Allen Lorentzen, Todd Michael Wostrel
  • Wireless Device Network Association
    Publication number: 20120102550
    Abstract: A method for associating handheld calculators with a network host system of a classroom network that includes receiving a service set identifier (SSID) of the classroom network by a handheld calculator, wherein the SSID includes a network mode indicator, and operating the handheld calculator according to the network mode indicator. The method may also include operating the handheld calculator in a configuration mode in which the handheld calculator sends a request for association to the network host system, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the first handheld calculator, and acceptance of the request by the network host system, wherein authentication information for the handheld calculator is stored by the network host system to indicate that the first handheld calculator is associated with the classroom network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: David M. Newman, Harshal S. Chhaya, Jamie Lane Graves, Robert Allen Lorentzen, Todd Michael Wostrel
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING FUNCTIONALITY OF A CALCULATOR
    Publication number: 20120041993
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring calculator functionalities available to an end user. The method includes selecting at least one of functionality to be enabled and disabled in the calculator to the end user, saving the selection in a content document, construction a new application based on the content document, and configuring the calculator according to the new application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Todd Michael Wostrel