Patents by Inventor Andrew Charles Heckford

Andrew Charles Heckford 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).

  • Augmenting handset sensors with car sensors
    Patent number: 9858809
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer programmable media for generating applications configured to access telemetry from at least one vehicle, the applications being generated by a consumer-programmable platform, are presented. The application may display data indicative of the vehicle telemetry or may allow a user to interface with the vehicle telemetry. Examples of vehicle telemetry may include data about the health and status of the vehicle, such as the current temperature of the vehicle engine or the current speed of the vehicle. Embodiments may generate applications configured to access telemetry from multiple vehicles built by different automobile manufacturers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Heckford, Peter Andic
  • AUGMENTING HANDSET SENSORS WITH CAR SENSORS
    Publication number: 20140125489
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer programmable media for generating applications configured to access telemetry from at least one vehicle, the applications being generated by a consumer-programmable platform, are presented. The application may display data indicative of the vehicle telemetry or may allow a user to interface with the vehicle telemetry. Examples of vehicle telemetry may include data about the health and status of the vehicle, such as the current temperature of the vehicle engine or the current speed of the vehicle. Embodiments may generate applications configured to access telemetry from multiple vehicles built by different automobile manufacturers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Heckford, Peter Andic