Patents by Inventor Brian D. Farst

Brian D. Farst 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: 9763180
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing peer-to-peer wireless device communication over a wireless local area network. In a particular embodiment, a method of operating a wireless communication device in communication with a wireless wide area communication network (WWAN) and a wireless local area communication network (WLAN) is provided. The method includes receiving a request from a user to initiate a communication with a second wireless communication device and determining whether the second wireless device is in communication with the WLAN. Upon determining that the second wireless device is in communication with the WLAN, the method provides establishing the communication with the second wireless device as a peer-to-peer communication over the WLAN. Upon determining that the second wireless device is not in communication with the WLAN, the method provides establishing the communication with the second wireless device over the WWAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Young Suk Lee, Raymond Emilio Reeves, Gregory Anderson Drews, Brian D. Farst
  • Patent number: 9680914
    Abstract: A method of providing an update to a user mobile communication device, wherein the update comprises at least one new credential for a user mobile communication device following a change of a domain name related to a service, the method comprising changing the domain name, changing a state of an at least one old credential for the user mobile communication device used at the service to transient, granting access to the service to the user mobile communication device in response to a request for access using the at least one transient credential, determining if the user mobile communication device is in an acceptable environment to update to the at least one new credential and, when the user mobile communication device is in an acceptable environment, updating the user mobile communication device to the at least one new credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Drews, Brian D. Farst, Young S. Lee, Raymond E. Reeves
  • Patent number: 9338616
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for routing messages having destination identifiers associated with multiple entities. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a message from a communication device directed to the message routing system, wherein a destination identifier associated with a plurality of entities indicates the message routing system. The method further provides identifying an entity of the plurality of entities associated with a key indicator within content of the message and routing the message based on the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Raymond Emilio Reeves, Gregory Anderson Drews, Brian D. Farst, Young Suk Lee