Patents by Inventor Benjamin Colin Burns

Benjamin Colin Burns 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: 11937159
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a BT trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from a set of additional BT devices paired to the first BT device; if an RSSI from a first additional BT device is a highest RSSI from the set and exceeds an RSSI from a second additional BT device with a second-highest RSSI by a threshold, selecting the first additional BT device for connection with the first BT device; and if a difference between the RSSI from the first additional BT device and the RSSI from the second additional BT devices does not exceed the threshold, selecting either the first additional BT device or the second additional BT device for connection based on a BT connection hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur, Naganagouda Patil, Santiago Carvajal, Benjamin Colin Burns
  • Patent number: 11792868
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first Bluetooth (BT) device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from each of a set of additional Bluetooth (BT) devices paired to the first BT device, in response to determining the RSSI for a first additional BT device and a second additional BT device in the set of additional BT devices, determining if the RSSI of each of the first additional BT device and the second additional BT device satisfies a threshold, and in response to determining that the RSSI of both the first additional BT device and the second additional BT device satisfy the threshold, selecting either the first additional BT device or the second additional BT device for connection with the first BT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Colin Burns, Naganagouda Patil, Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur, Santiago Carvajal
  • Publication number: 20230328495
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a BT trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from a set of additional BT devices paired to the first BT device; if an RSSI from a first additional BT device is a highest RSSI from the set and exceeds an RSSI from a second additional BT device with a second-highest RSSI by a threshold, selecting the first additional BT device for connection with the first BT device; and if a difference between the RSSI from the first additional BT device and the RSSI from the second additional BT devices does not exceed the threshold, selecting either the first additional BT device or the second additional BT device for connection based on a BT connection hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur, Naganagouda Patil, Santiago Carvajal, Benjamin Colin Burns
  • Publication number: 20230180316
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first Bluetooth (BT) device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from each of a set of additional Bluetooth (BT) devices paired to the first BT device, in response to determining the RSSI for a first additional BT device and a second additional BT device in the set of additional BT devices, determining if the RSSI of each of the first additional BT device and the second additional BT device satisfies a threshold, and in response to determining that the RSSI of both the first additional BT device and the second additional BT device satisfy the threshold, selecting either the first additional BT device or the second additional BT device for connection with the first BT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Colin Burns, Naganagouda Patil, Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur, Santiago Carvajal
  • Patent number: 11601996
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a second BT device paired to the first BT device, the second BT device having a highest priority on a list of one or more BT devices paired to the first BT device; in response to determining the RSSI for the second BT device, determining if the RSSI of the second BT device satisfies a threshold; and in response to determining that the RSSI of the second BT device satisfies the threshold, attempting to establish a BT connection between the first BT device and the second BT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Colin Burns, Naganagouda Patil, Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur, Santiago Carvajal
  • Publication number: 20220361264
    Abstract: Various implementations include approaches for establishing a Bluetooth (BT) connection between devices. One example approach includes: in response to a trigger at a first BT device, attempting to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a second BT device paired to the first BT device, the second BT device having a highest priority on a list of one or more BT devices paired to the first BT device; in response to determining the RSSI for the second BT device, determining if the RSSI of the second BT device satisfies a threshold; and in response to determining that the RSSI of the second BT device satisfies the threshold, attempting to establish a BT connection between the first BT device and the second BT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Colin Burns, Naganagouda Patil, Pramodh Guruswamy Alathur, Santiago Carvajal