Patents by Inventor Alessio CENTAZZO

Alessio CENTAZZO 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).

  • Method and system for remote battery notification
    Patent number: 9942576
    Abstract: There is a need to provide an intuitive way for a battery-powered device to send a low battery notification to another device that can properly notify a user that the battery-powered device has a low battery. The user can be notified by the other device even after the battery-powered device has exhausted its battery to the point where it can no longer report its battery state. A second electronic device (e.g., a remote control) can send a low battery notification to a first electronic device (e.g., a set-top box) so that the first electronic device can alert a user that the second electronic device has a low battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Belk, Alessio Centazzo, Daniel R. Fletcher, William M. Bumgarner
  • Simultaneous wireless connections with improved efficiency
    Patent number: 9848026
    Abstract: An interface circuit in a computing device may communicate with user-interface devices using shared slots during time intervals. In particular, the computing device may transmit outgoing messages to the user-interface devices at a first predefined time during sequential time intervals when the user-interface devices transition from a sleep mode to a normal mode. In response, the computing device may receive incoming messages from one or more of the user-interface devices at a second predefined time following the first predefined time during the sequential time intervals. Then, the computing device may transmit a multicast message to the user-interface devices at a third predefined time during the sequential time intervals. In response to the given multicast message, one of the user-interface devices may communicate data to the computing device. Note that, in some instances, a multicast time slot may instead be used to communicate data to one of the user-interface devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Siegfried Lehmann, Christiaan A. Hartman, Camille Chen, Sriram Hariharan, Jianxiong Shi, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Alessio Centazzo, Donald Eng, Michael J. Giles, Craig P. Dooley, Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Anjali S. Sandesara, Langford M. Wasada
  • SIMULTANEOUS WIRELESS CONNECTIONS WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20160360526
    Abstract: An interface circuit in a computing device may communicate with user-interface devices using shared slots during time intervals. In particular, the computing device may transmit outgoing messages to the user-interface devices at a first predefined time during sequential time intervals when the user-interface devices transition from a sleep mode to a normal mode. In response, the computing device may receive incoming messages from one or more of the user-interface devices at a second predefined time following the first predefined time during the sequential time intervals. Then, the computing device may transmit a multicast message to the user-interface devices at a third predefined time during the sequential time intervals. In response to the given multicast message, one of the user-interface devices may communicate data to the computing device. Note that, in some instances, a multicast time slot may instead be used to communicate data to one of the user-interface devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Siegfried Lehmann, Christiaan A. Hartman, Camille Chen, Sriram Hariharan, Jianxiong Shi, Syed Aon Mujtaba, Alessio Centazzo, Donald Eng, Michael J. Giles, Craig P. Dooley, Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Anjali S. Sandesara, Langford M. Wasada
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE BATTERY NOTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20160292989
    Abstract: There is a need to provide an intuitive way for a battery-powered device to send a low battery notification to another device that can properly notify a user that the battery-powered device has a low battery. The user can be notified by the other device even after the battery-powered device has exhausted its battery to the point where it can no longer report its battery state. A second electronic device (e.g., a remote control) can send a low battery notification to a first electronic device (e.g., a set-top box) so that the first electronic device can alert a user that the second electronic device has a low battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew BELK, Alessio CENTAZZO, Daniel R. FLETCHER, William M. BUMGARNER