Patents by Inventor António José Pinto Soares Madureira

António José Pinto Soares Madureira 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).

  • Proxy-bridge for connecting different types of devices
    Patent number: 8406167
    Abstract: A proxy-bridge for connecting Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) compliant devices with Bluetooth (BT) compliant devices, and includes SSDP support for discovery of available UPnP compliant devices and services; a Bluetooth SDP client for discovery of available Bluetooth devices and available Bluetooth services and a Bluetooth SDP server for communicating with Bluetooth SDP clients in the available Bluetooth devices. The proxy-bridge has a converter for converting the discovered Bluetooth devices and services into associated UPnP device and service information, and the discovered UPnP compliant devices and services into associated Bluetooth device, service, and/or profile information. A device and service announcer advertises device availability at regular intervals. A UPnP adapter represents the Bluetooth devices towards the UPnP devices and a Bluetooth adapter represents the UPnP compliant devices towards the Bluetooth compliant devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke KPN N.V.
    Inventors: Frank Theodoor Henk Den Hartog, Franklin Selgert, Archi Delphinanto, António José Pinto Soares Madureira
  • Proxy-bridge for connecting different types of devices
    Publication number: 20090303926
    Abstract: A proxy-bridge for connecting Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) compliant devices with Bluetooth (BT) compliant devices, and includes SSDP support for discovery of available UPnP compliant devices and services; a Bluetooth SDP client for discovery of available Bluetooth devices and available Bluetooth services and a Bluetooth SDP server for communicating with Bluetooth SDP clients in the available Bluetooth devices. The proxy-bridge has a converter for converting the discovered Bluetooth devices and services into associated UPnP device and service information, and the discovered UPnP compliant devices and services into associated Bluetooth device, service, and/or profile information. A device and service announcer advertises device availability at regular intervals. A UPnP adapter represents the Bluetooth devices towards the UPnP devices and a Bluetooth adapter represents the UPnP compliant devices towards the Bluetooth compliant devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Frank Theodoor Henk Den Hartog, Franklin Selgert, Archi Delphinanto, António José Pinto Soares Madureira