Patents Assigned to Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10320932
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to conveying state changes from an advertising node to one or more discovering nodes, wherein the advertising node may convey the state changes using small efficient low-level broadcast or multicast advertisements to trigger delivering larger structured data in a manner that may be conceptually similar to broadcasting or multicasting but actually delivered using point-to-point or other delivery mechanisms that may be more efficient and reliable. In particular, the advertising node may the convey state changes using broadcast messaging and a store-and-forward cache in a manner that removes bandwidth and/or size constraints that networks impose on multicast/broadcast datagrams while preserving benefits associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM CONNECTED EXPERIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Profit, Gregory Burns, Craig Dowell
  • Patent number: 9906605
    Abstract: A system and method for discovering services in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment are disclosed. The method may include providing service-feature information from a consumer app to a query service that is indicative of a service provided by a remotely located provider app and incorporating the service-feature information into resource records of an additional information section of a multicast domain name service (mDNS) message. The message is multicasted to other IoT devices, and a response message is received from at least one provider device. The additional information section of the response message is then analyzed to determine whether a service provided by the at least one provider device meets criteria defined by the service-feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Phil Tien Nguyen, Ashutosh Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 9712491
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to using a control service to control external access to APIs of IoT devices on a private network. An external application can request access to an API, and in response, the control service can monitor broadcasts from the IoT devices indicating what APIs they have available. If a match exists, the control service can request user authorization to allow the requested access. The user can grant or deny the requested access, and place limitations on the authorized access. The control service uses this information to open a connection between the requesting application and the IoT device having the requested API, and via this connection, the requesting application can access and control the device running the requested API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM CONNECTED EXPERIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Burns, Joshua Dickenson Hershberg, Phil Tien Nguyen, Fruma Adina Geffen
  • Patent number: 9641987
    Abstract: To ensure that multicasts from access points sent in response to periodic beacons reach a variety of listening clients that may have longer sleep intervals than an interval between beacons, this disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for multicasting bursts of frames where a burst number is selected so as to be equal to or greater than a range of common sleep intervals. Further, where multicast frames are re-multicast according to known protocols, the repeated bursts can be offset from the re-multicast start time suggested by the protocol, in order to increase a likelihood that clients with especially long sleep intervals receive the multicast frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Aggarwal, Matthew Daniel Smith, Aaron Michael Pulliam, Clifton Scott
  • Patent number: 9635124
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to conveying state changes from an advertising node to one or more discovering nodes, wherein the advertising node may convey the state changes using small efficient low-level broadcast or multicast advertisements to trigger delivering larger structured data in a manner that may be conceptually similar to broadcasting or multicasting but actually delivered using point-to-point or other delivery mechanisms that may be more efficient and reliable. In particular, the advertising node may the convey state changes using connectionless messaging and a store-and-forward cache in a manner that removes bandwidth and/or size constraints that networks impose on multicast/broadcast datagrams while preserving benefits associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack H. Profit, Gregory Burns, Craig M. Dowell
  • Patent number: 9596603
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the distributed bulk onboarding of devices onto a Wi-Fi network are provided. A method may comprise receiving, at an onboarding device, Wi-Fi configuration information. Then, it may comprise detecting, at the onboarding device, broadcast information from a plurality of devices that may be onboarded onto the Wi-Fi network, the broadcast information indicating that one or more of the plurality of devices is an onboarding node capable of onboarding another of the plurality of devices. The method may further comprise creating instructions indicating an order in which the plurality of devices may be onboarded, and by which of the one or more onboarding nodes each of the remaining devices of the plurality shall be onboarded, and providing the Wi-Fi configuration information and at least a portion of the instructions to at least one of the onboarding nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Spencer, Wayne Lee, Kenneth Swinson
  • Patent number: 9584482
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to using a control service to control external access to APIs of IoT devices on a private network. An external application can request access to an API, and in response, the control service can monitor broadcasts from the IoT devices indicating what APIs they have available. If a match exists, the control service can request user authorization to allow the requested access. The user can grant or deny the requested access, and place limitations on the authorized access. The control service uses this information to open a connection between the requesting application and the IoT device having the requested API, and via this connection, the requesting application can access and control the device running the requested API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Burns, Joshua Dickenson Hershberg, Phil Tien Nguyen, Fruma Adina Geffen
  • Patent number: 9413821
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to operating a first device configured to communicate with one or more other devices. An aspect discovers the one or more other devices, wherein the first device and the one or more other devices form a device network, monitors one or more conditions associated with the device network to identify a triggering condition that occurs within the device network, wherein the triggering condition is associated with one or more actions to be performed by the device network, detects an occurrence of the triggering condition, and in response, performs an action associated with the triggering condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM CONNECTED EXPERIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Sarah Harris, Isaac David Guedalia
  • Patent number: 9166879
    Abstract: A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may be configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other satellites is automatically received, and information indicating a capability of the one or more other satellites is automatically received. The given satellite may be configured to enable at least one other corresponding satellite in the plurality of satellites to be made available for use, so that a capability of the at least one other corresponding satellite is made available for the given satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Julia, Makhlouf Serghine, Johan Le Nerriec, Jehan Gerard Bing, Jerome Dubreuil
  • Patent number: 9002329
    Abstract: A system of provisioning contact information associated with one or more contacts of a communication device user may include a first processing device associated with a first service provider, a first computer-readable storage medium in communication with the first processing device and a second processing device associated with a second service provider and in communication with the first processing device. The first computer-readable storage medium may include instructions for receiving a mobile device identifier corresponding to a mobile device associated with a user of a second service provider, sending a message having an authorization code to the mobile device associated with the user, and receiving the mobile device identifier and the authorization code, receiving contact information associated with one or more contacts of an address book associated with the user, updating the received contact information and updating contact information associated with the user in one or more second address books.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac David Guedalia, Jacob Guedalia
  • Patent number: 8973072
    Abstract: a media file is electronically communicated by programmatically generating a link for an electronic communication, where the link identifies a media file that is stored on a given terminal of a user. Selection of the link at a remote terminal is detected, indicating that a recipient of the electronic communication has selected to view the media file. In response to the link in the message being selected from the remote terminal, streaming data from the media file to the recipient. An embodiment such as described may be performed from a user terminal or system, correspond to, for example, where the media file was recorded, created and/or stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc E. Julia, Boris Henriot, Maklouf Serghine
  • Patent number: 8909305
    Abstract: A system for running an application on a mobile device may include a mobile device having an application associated with a service provider, a computing device in communication with the mobile device and a computer readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer readable storage medium may have one or more programming instructions for determining an inactive time associated with the mobile device, determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value and in response to the inactive time being equal to or greater than the threshold value, sending a message to the mobile device. The inactive time may represent a length of a period of inactivity associated with the mobile device, and the message may include one or more instructions to activate the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac David Guedalia, Jacob Guedalia
  • Patent number: 8880677
    Abstract: Targeted content may be provided to a designated set of one or more interconnected resources. Programmatic operations are executed using resources that are private to the one or more interconnected devices. The operations, when executed, cause or result in (i) monitoring activities of one or more users of the designated set; (ii) developing profile information of the one or more users, where the profile information is based at least partially on information determined from monitoring activities of the one or more users; (iii) generating, from the profile information, a set of coded data that represent selection criteria; and (iv) communicating the set of coded data to a programmatic source external to the system, where the represented selection criteria enables programmatic selection of content resources from a content library for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Julia, James Behrens, Johan Le Nerriec
  • Publication number: 20140323103
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for establishing and maintaining communication between two or more communication devices coupled to a communication networks. Some specific aspects relate to communication between a plurality of communication devices each of which is coupled to a respective network. Other aspects relate to establishing such communication by way of contact lists maintained and facilitated on systems coupled to the networks. Users of multiple communication networks, such as VoIP, PSTN and wireless, employ multiple communication devices to communicate with their contacts. For example, a VoIP enabled computer is necessary to access contacts on a VoIP network and a mobile or cellular telephone is used to access contacts on wireless and PSTN networks. A contact list, stored on one communication device, in some instances, cannot be accessed from another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM CONNECTED EXPERIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob GUEDALIA, Isaac David GUEDALIA
  • Patent number: 8856359
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for establishing and maintaining communication between two or more communication devices coupled to communication networks. Some specific aspects relate to communication between a plurality of communication devices each of which is coupled to a respective network. Other aspects relate to establishing such communication by way of contact lists maintained and facilitated on systems coupled to the networks. Users of multiple communication networks, such as VoIP, PSTN and wireless, employ multiple communication devices to communicate with their contacts. For example, a VoIP enabled computer is necessary to access contacts on a VoIP network and a mobile or cellular telephone is used to access contacts on wireless and PSTN networks. A contact list, stored on one communication device, in some instances, cannot be accessed from another communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Guedalia, Isaac David Guedalia, Ronnie Sha'ag
  • Patent number: 8805325
    Abstract: A method of providing cost information associated with one or more contact numbers in an address book may include receiving cost information, storing the cost information, mapping at least a portion of the cost information to one or more contact numbers using one or more pre-defined rules and transmitting the mapped cost information to a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Guedalia, Isaac David Guedalia
  • Patent number: 8805356
    Abstract: A system and method for achieving or assisting dynamic transfer of call support information across a network including at least a wireless portion coupled to a wireless communication device. The call support information providing the wireless communication device with updated caller identification and status or presence information by way of a service or server provisioned product and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac David Guedalia, Jacob Guedalia
  • Patent number: 8756328
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for establishing and maintaining communication between two or more communication devices coupled to communication networks. Some specific aspects relate to communication between a plurality of communication devices each of which is coupled to a respective network. Other aspects relate to establishing such communication by way of contact lists maintained and facilitated on systems coupled to the networks. Users of multiple communication networks, such as VoIP, PSTN and wireless, employ multiple communication devices to communicate with their contacts. For example, a VoIP enabled computer is necessary to access contacts on a VoIP network and a mobile or cellular telephone is used to access contacts on wireless and PSTN networks. A contact list, stored on one communication device, in some instances, cannot be accessed from another communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Guedalia, Isaac David Guedalia
  • Publication number: 20140079054
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for establishing and maintaining communication between two or more communication devices coupled to communication networks. Some specific aspects relate to communication between a plurality of communication devices each of which is coupled to a respective network. Other aspects relate to establishing such communication by way of contact lists maintained and facilitated on systems coupled to the networks. Users of multiple communication networks, such as VoIP, PSTN and wireless, employ multiple communication devices to communicate with their contacts. For example, a VoIP enabled computer is necessary to access contacts on a VoIP network and a mobile or cellular telephone is used to access contacts on wireless and PSTN networks. A contact list, stored on one communication device, in some instances, cannot be accessed from another communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM CONNECTED EXPERIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Isaac David GUEDALIA, Jacob GUEDALIA
  • Patent number: 8577341
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing voicemail services to callers of wireless devices may include providing customized outgoing messages to callers based upon the caller's identification. A subscriber to the voicemail service may select one or more contacts associated with the subscriber to receive a customized outgoing message while the remaining callers receive a general outgoing message. The methods and apparatus may further include distributing voicemail messages from a subscriber's voicemail accounts to one or more social networking sites. The subscriber to the voicemail services may share one or more received voicemail messages via one or more social networking accounts associated with the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Williams Jacobstein, Jacob Guedalia, Isaac David Guedalia