Patents by Inventor Allan Jeffrey STIRRETT

Allan Jeffrey STIRRETT 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).

  • Server behavior based on paired device identification
    Patent number: 9584979
    Abstract: A method on a server for providing content to a mobile device is provided. Paired device identity information associated with a device that has been paired to the mobile device is received. Content available from the server based upon the paired device identity information is determined and sent to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sanjay Nathwani, Charles Angus Duffy, Devendra Jugdeo, Allan Jeffrey Stirrett
  • Method and apparatus pertaining to conveying categorically-characterizing information
    Patent number: 8934929
    Abstract: An apparatus receives a first wireless message via a first wireless transceiver, which first wireless message includes a content payload. The apparatus categorizes this first wireless message (for example, with respect to service type, a specific service, and/or a communication thread) and transmits, via a second wireless transceiver, a second message that includes the categorization information but not all (or necessarily even any) of the content payload. Upon then receiving, via that second wireless transceiver, a corresponding third message the apparatus determines a need to forward the content payload via that second wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Allan Jeffrey Stirrett, Christopher F. Sartori, Sanjay Nathwani
  • Server Behavior Based on Paired Device Identification
    Publication number: 20140379920
    Abstract: A method on a server for providing content to a mobile device is provided. Paired device identity information associated with a device that has been paired to the mobile device is received. Content available from the server based upon the paired device identity information is determined and sent to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Sanjay NATHWANI, Charles Angus DUFFY, Devendra JUGDEO, Allan Jeffrey STIRRETT
  • Behavior Based on Paired Device Identification
    Publication number: 20140378063
    Abstract: A method of mobile device behavior based on paired device identification is provided. The mobile device is connected with an in-vehicle infotainment system (IVIS). Paired-device identity information associated with the IVIS device identifier is retrieved. A device behavior for the mobile device is determined from paired-device identity information associated with an IVIS device identifier received from the IVIS. The mobile device is then configured based upon the determined device behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Sanjay NATHWANI, Charles Angus DUFFY, Devendra JUGDEO, Allan Jeffrey STIRRETT
  • Caller identification for hands-free accessory device wirelessly connected to mobile device
    Patent number: 8831579
    Abstract: A method enables a mobile device to provide caller information stored on the mobile device to an accessory device that is connected wirelessly to the mobile device. The method includes establishing a short-range wireless connection between the mobile device and the accessory device, determining an incoming telephone number for an incoming telephone call, searching a directory stored on the mobile device for an entry matching the incoming telephone number, and transmitting caller data from the entry matching the incoming telephone number to the accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Yoav Sachnovsky Yanai, Marc Élis Meunier, Christopher Pattenden, Allan Jeffrey Stirrett
  • Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Conveying Categorically-Characterizing Information
    Publication number: 20130324054
    Abstract: An apparatus receives a first wireless message via a first wireless transceiver, which first wireless message includes a content payload. The apparatus categorizes this first wireless message (for example, with respect to service type, a specific service, and/or a communication thread) and transmits, via a second wireless transceiver, a second message that includes the categorization information but not all (or necessarily even any) of the content payload. Upon then receiving, via that second wireless transceiver, a corresponding third message the apparatus determines a need to forward the content payload via that second wireless transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Allan Jeffrey STIRRETT, Christopher F. SARTORI, Sanjay NATHWANI
  • Caller Identification For Hands-Free Accessory Device Wirelessly Connected To Mobile Device
    Publication number: 20130053009
    Abstract: A method enables a mobile device to provide caller information stored on the mobile device to an accessory device that is connected wirelessly to the mobile device. The method includes establishing a short-range wireless connection between the mobile device and the accessory device, determining an incoming telephone number for an incoming telephone call, searching a directory stored on the mobile device for an entry matching the incoming telephone number, and transmitting caller data from the entry matching the incoming telephone number to the accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoav Sachnovsky YANAI, Marc Élis MEUNIER, Christopher PATTENDEN, Allan Jeffrey STIRRETT