Patents by Inventor Brian Mahaffy

Brian Mahaffy 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: 9332488
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for pre-association discovery. In some aspects a frame having information useful to identify a service provided by a wireless device is received, the service provided by the wireless device is identified based on the information of the frame and known service identification information, and the identified service is associated with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Mahaffy, DeVerl Stokes, Raymond C. Asbury
  • Patent number: 9298334
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with providing a user interface having a guided task flow among a plurality of devices are described. According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a first device, a request from a second device requesting a user interface. The request includes a parameter describing a configuration of the second device. The second device is remote from the first device and includes a display. The method also includes generating, from a template user interface, a user interface for the second device based, at least in part, on the parameter. The user interface includes a task flow for controlling the first device to perform a series of tasks. The method includes providing the user interface to the second device for display on the display of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Gary D. Zimmerman, DeVerl Stokes, Brian Mahaffy, Bryan Allen
  • Publication number: 20140362735
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for pre-association discovery. In some aspects a frame having information useful to identify a service provided by a wireless device is received, the service provided by the wireless device is identified based on the information of the frame and known service identification information, and the identified service is associated with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Mahaffy, DeVerl Stokes, Raymond C. Asbury
  • Patent number: 8817662
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for pre-association discovery. In some aspects a frame having information useful to identify a service provided by a wireless device is received, the service provided by the wireless device is identified based on the information of the frame and known service identification information, and the identified service is associated with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Mahaffy, DeVerl Stokes, Ray Asbury
  • Patent number: 8610935
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising transmitting, by a mobile device, a print request to a print server to print a file; in response to transmitting the print request, displaying on the mobile device a bar code, wherein the bar code embeds information associated with the print request; and scanning the bar code from the mobile device to a printing device, to facilitate subsequent printing of the file by the printing device based on the information embedded in the bar code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick A. McKinley, Brian Mahaffy
  • Publication number: 20120099476
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for pre-association discovery. In some aspects a frame having information useful to identify a service provided by a wireless device is received, the service provided by the wireless device is identified based on the information of the frame and known service identification information, and the identified service is associated with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Brian Mahaffy, DeVerl Stokes, Ray Asbury