Patents by Inventor Bryan Gurganus

Bryan Gurganus 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: 8831575
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of differentiated data session access on a wireless communication device and dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a wireless communication device are disclosed. User Identity Modules (UIMs) are provisioned such that network-service applications resident on the wireless device are associated with a corresponding application profile within the UIM. Each network-service application has a corresponding network address identifier defined within the user profile. The network address associated with the identifier is used to establish a data session for the corresponding network service application. By providing for application-specific network addresses, service providers and/or network operators can differentiate between what services a user is accessing during a data session. In addition, the UIMs may be provisioned with priority category identifiers that allow the associated network-service application to be prioritized for data session establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Nakul Duggal, Hai Qu, Bryan Gurganus, Alejandro R Holcman
  • Patent number: 8565765
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising extracting the at least one system specific parameter from a forward link signal; determining whether the at least one system specific parameter maps to a unique country; and identifying the serving country for a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Karthik Anantharaman, James A. Hutchison, Bryan Gurganus, Parag Mohan Kanade
  • Patent number: 8463279
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are presented that enable a network operator to control the source for network services in open market devices by provisioning the network operator-issued removable modules with network service provisioning information associated with the operator and configuring the open market wireless devices such that the device looks to the removable module first for the network service provisioning information before looking to device storage for any other provisioning information related to the network service. In this regard, the user of the open market wireless device is still provided access to the network service even if the network operator does not provide the service or provide access to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Alejandro R. Holcman, Nakul Duggal, Bryan Gurganus
  • Patent number: 8442507
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are described that provide for dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a per-network service basis for open market wireless devices. Specifically, systems, apparatus and methods provide for the open market wireless devices and/or the users of such devices to acquire provisioning information for network services in instances in which neither the removable module currently associated with the device or the non-removable memory of the open market wireless device store the provisioning information for the desired network service. In this regard, present aspects provide for a prompt, such as a user notification to presented on an output mechanism of the wireless device when the wireless determines first that the provisioning information is not stored on the removable module and, secondly, that the provisioning information is not stored on the non-removable data storage of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Nakul Duggal, Hai Qu, Bryan Gurganus
  • Publication number: 20100099406
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising extracting the at least one system specific parameter from a forward link signal; determining whether the at least one system specific parameter maps to a unique country; and identifying the serving country for a call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Karthik Anantharaman, James A. Hutchison, Bryan Gurganus, Parag Mohan Kanade
  • Publication number: 20100035595
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are described that provide for dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a per-network service basis for open market wireless devices. Specifically, systems, apparatus and methods provide for the open market wireless devices and/or the users of such devices to acquire provisioning information for network services in instances in which neither the removable module currently associated with the device or the non-removable memory of the open market wireless device store the provisioning information for the desired network service. In this regard, present aspects provide for a prompt, such as a user notification to presented on an output mechanism of the wireless device when the wireless determines first that the provisioning information is not stored on the removable module and, secondly, that the provisioning information is not stored on the non-removable data storage of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nakul Duggal, Hai Qu, Bryan Gurganus
  • Publication number: 20090082029
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are presented that enable a network operator to control the source for network services in open market devices by provisioning the network operator-issued removable modules with network service provisioning information associated with the operator and configuring the open market wireless devices such that the device looks to the removable module first for the network service provisioning information before looking to device storage for any other provisioning information related to the network service. In this regard, the user of the open market wireless device is still provided access to the network service even if the network operator does not provide the service or provide access to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alejandro R. Holcman, Nakul Duggal, Bryan Gurganus
  • Publication number: 20090081996
    Abstract: communication device and dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a wireless communication device are disclosed. User Identity Modules (UIMs) are provisioned such that network-service applications resident on the wireless device are associated with a corresponding application profile within the UIM. Each network-service application has a corresponding network address identifier defined within the user profile. The network address associated with the identifier is used to establish a data session for the corresponding network service application. By providing for application-specific network addresses, service providers and/or network operators can differentiate between what services a user is accessing during a data session. In addition, the UIMs may be provisioned with priority category identifiers that allow the associated network-service application to be prioritized for data session establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nakul Duggal, Hai Qu, Bryan Gurganus, Alejandro R Holcman
  • Publication number: 20090082004
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are presented for automatically providing network operators with identification of open market wireless devices that are used in the operator's respective network. Present aspects accomplish such by retrieving device profile information in response to the network operator's removable module being associated with (i.e., inserted into) a wireless device and communicating the device profile information to the network operator or the like. This allows for the network operator or third party entity to track and/or monitor the type of wireless devices existing in their respective wireless network. In addition, the automated nature of the tracking obviates the need for the subscribers/users of the removable modules to manually or otherwise provide the device identification to the network operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nakul Duggal, Hai Qu, Bryan Gurganus
  • Publication number: 20050071689
    Abstract: An independently powered slots architecture for use in telecom/datacom systems, the architecture including the capability to support at least one power module, and may include a manager module, a storage module, an alarm module, a console module, and a cooling module. Method for using same also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Coward, Alan Signorelli, Jeffrey Schafer, David French, Bryan Gurganus