Patents by Inventor Brian Frederick MILLER

Brian Frederick MILLER 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: 9788138
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods of allocating application functions to motion-correlated devices. A processor may determine whether a first motion of a first mobile device and a second motion of a second mobile device are correlated. The processor may allocate a first application function to the first mobile device and a second application function to the second mobile device in response to determining that the first motion and the second motion are correlated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Frederick Miller
  • Patent number: 9503878
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods of verifying wireless devices for paring without user interaction or with reduced user interaction. A processor may send, from a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a discovery query, and may receive a discovery response from the second wireless device. The processor may authenticate, in the first wireless device, the second wireless device based on the discovery response. The processor may send, from the first wireless device to a second wireless device, a first capability query. The processor may receive, in the first wireless device from the second wireless device, a first capability response including first capability response information. The processor may authenticate, in the first wireless device, the second wireless device based on the first capability response information. The processor may initiate a pairing process between the first and second wireless devices when the first wireless device authenticates the second wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Raymond Alexander Moy, Brian Frederick Miller
  • Publication number: 20160295010
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods of allocating application functions to motion-correlated devices. A processor may determine whether a first motion of a first mobile device and a second motion of a second mobile device are correlated. The processor may allocate a first application function to the first mobile device and a second application function to the second mobile device in response to determining that the first motion and the second motion are correlated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Frederick MILLER
  • Publication number: 20160128114
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods of verifying wireless devices for paring without user interaction or with reduced user interaction. A processor may send, from a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a discovery query, and may receive a discovery response from the second wireless device. The processor may authenticate, in the first wireless device, the second wireless device based on the discovery response. The processor may send, from the first wireless device to a second wireless device, a first capability query. The processor may receive, in the first wireless device from the second wireless device, a first capability response including first capability response information. The processor may authenticate, in the first wireless device, the second wireless device based on the first capability response information. The processor may initiate a pairing process between the first and second wireless devices when the first wireless device authenticates the second wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond Alexander MOY, Brian Frederick Miller
  • Publication number: 20160112825
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods of enabling short-range communication among wireless devices. A passive sink device may receive an encryption key and wireless device addresses from an active sink device that has established a communication link with a source device. The passive sink device may use the encryption key and wireless device addresses to receive a media stream transmitted from the source device to the active sink device. The passive sink device may send to the active sink device information to cause the active sink device to instruct the source device to take an action to improve reception of the media stream by the passive sink device. In some embodiments, the processor of the passive sink device may send to the active sink device information about the media stream to cause the active sink device to instruct the source device to retransmit a portion of the media stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Frederick MILLER