Patents by Inventor Allan Perry Herrod

Allan Perry Herrod 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).

  • Patent number: 11412067
    Abstract: A method of dynamic staging in a client device includes: receiving, at the client device, a staging profile identifier definition; generating a staging profile identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of staging data files stored at a server, by: detecting a dynamic field in the staging profile identifier definition; retrieving a local parameter from a memory of the client device according to the dynamic field; and replacing the dynamic field with the local parameter to generate the staging profile identifier; and retrieving the one of the plurality of staging data files by transmitting a request to the server including the staging profile identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Ayyagari, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Patent number: 11381447
    Abstract: A method of dynamic staging in a client device includes: receiving, at the client device, a staging profile identifier definition; generating a staging profile identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of staging data files stored at a server, by: detecting a dynamic field in the staging profile identifier definition; retrieving a set of prompt definitions according to the dynamic field; presenting prompts via an output assembly of the client device according to the prompt definitions; receiving input data corresponding to the prompts via an input assembly of the client device; retrieving a selected parameter corresponding to the input data; and replacing the dynamic field with the selected parameter to generate the staging profile identifier; and retrieving the one of the plurality of staging data files by transmitting a request to the server including the staging profile identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Ayyagari, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Publication number: 20220138307
    Abstract: A method of staging mobile computing devices includes, at a computing device: receiving a staging request from a mobile computing device in response to insertion of the mobile computing device in a network-connected charging rack; selecting a source of staging data to fulfill the staging request; sending a source identifier of the selected source of staging data to the mobile computing device; and in response to sending the source identifier of the selected source of staging data, sending an access control command to the network-connected charging rack to lock the mobile computing device in the charging rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Deepak Ayyagari, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Publication number: 20200153687
    Abstract: A method of dynamic staging in a client device includes: receiving, at the client device, a staging profile identifier definition; generating a staging profile identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of staging data files stored at a server, by: detecting a dynamic field in the staging profile identifier definition; retrieving a set of prompt definitions according to the dynamic field; presenting prompts via an output assembly of the client device according to the prompt definitions; receiving input data corresponding to the prompts via an input assembly of the client device; retrieving a selected parameter corresponding to the input data; and replacing the dynamic field with the selected parameter to generate the staging profile identifier; and retrieving the one of the plurality of staging data files by transmitting a request to the server including the staging profile identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Deepak Ayyagari, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Publication number: 20190182353
    Abstract: A method of dynamic staging in a client device includes: receiving, at the client device, a staging profile identifier definition; generating a staging profile identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of staging data files stored at a server, by: detecting a dynamic field in the staging profile identifier definition; retrieving a local parameter from a memory of the client device according to the dynamic field; and replacing the dynamic field with the local parameter to generate the staging profile identifier; and retrieving the one of the plurality of staging data files by transmitting a request to the server including the staging profile identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Deepak Ayyagari, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Patent number: 9058763
    Abstract: A system and method automatically determines aligned edges of display devices for an aggregate display. The system includes a first mobile unit (MU) and a second MU. The first and second MUs include respective emitters, sensors, transceivers, and display devices. The emitters of the MUs are activated to transmit edge patterns based upon an inter-device communication such that when one of the sensors of the first MU receives the edge pattern from the second MU and vice versa, the MUs have an aligned edge. Select emitters of the MUs are activated to transmit a further edge pattern based upon a further inter-device communication such that when a corresponding sensor of the first MU receives the further edge pattern from the second MU and vice versa, the aligned edges are verified to be aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William T Burgess, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Publication number: 20150002371
    Abstract: A system and method automatically determines aligned edges of display devices for an aggregate display. The system includes a first mobile unit (MU) and a second MU. The first and second MUs include respective emitters, sensors, transceivers, and display devices. The emitters of the MUs are activated to transmit edge patterns based upon an inter-device communication such that when one of the sensors of the first MU receives the edge pattern from the second MU and vice versa, the MUs have an aligned edge. Select emitters of the MUs are activated to transmit a further edge pattern based upon a further inter-device communication such that when a corresponding sensor of the first MU receives the further edge pattern from the second MU and vice versa, the aligned edges are verified to be aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: William T. Burgess, Allan Perry Herrod
  • Publication number: 20120317267
    Abstract: A system and method for presence-based site assignment of a device includes a step of detecting a presence of the device by a network-managed device having a known logical location, wherein the logical location of the device is not known. A next step includes reporting the presence of the detected device to a network manager by the network-managed device. A next step includes assigning the detected device to the same logical location as the first network-managed device by the network manager. Subsequently, a next step includes a second network-managed device detecting the presence of the device and then associating to the logical location of the device. As a result the logical location of devices is inferred by the co-presence of other device having a known logical location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Allan Perry Herrod, Larry J. Dykes
  • Publication number: 20120158991
    Abstract: A system includes a first mobile device and a second mobile device. The first mobile device has access to staging data of a network relay server. The second mobile device is precluded from connecting to the network relay server. The second mobile device is configured to connect to the first mobile device. The first mobile device is configured as a mobile relay server for transmitting the staging data to the second mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Sandhya Rani Ajjaguttu, Chandra Kumar Banavara Krishna Murthy, Allan Perry Herrod, Gnana Prasad Reddy B
  • Publication number: 20090096585
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for controlling initiation of configuration of RFID readers using initiate-staging control information, include interrogating a reading zone of a reader for initiate-staging control information, and selectively setting the reader in an initiate-staging state in accordance with initiate-staging control information detected by the interrogation. The interrogation may include interrogating at least one RFID tag located in the reading zone of the reader for initiate-staging control information stored therein. The interrogation may include interrogating a reading zone of the reader for initiate-staging control information only during a predetermined period of time TISC, e.g., after power-up of the reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Perry Herrod, Steven Lee Zimmerman, Paul Alexander Cowan