Patents by Inventor Christine Thomas

Christine Thomas 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).

  • Publication number: 20210186801
    Abstract: A personalized wearable device can detect muscle contractions, such as spasms, and provide vibrational energy that treats these muscle contractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Christine Thomas, Jorge Bohorquez, Khema Sharma, Bradley Deforest
  • Patent number: 10681617
    Abstract: Determining a permission for a user equipment to connect to an access point based on the public/private status of the access point device is disclosed. The permission can be based on a historic user equipment density for an area comprising the location of the access point device. The permission can be further based on analysis of an access point device identifier. Analysis of the access point device identifier can be based on comparing a portion of the access point device identifier to a term associated with either a public status or a private status of the access point device. In an embodiment, the access point device identifier can be an SSID, such as for a Wi-Fi network, whereby the SSID can be parsed into keywords that can be compared to the term. Ranking and/or white/blacklisting can be performed based on the analysis of the access point device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Christine Thomas
  • Patent number: 10531237
    Abstract: Techniques for wirelessly receiving, at a mobile device, information related to another mobile device determined to be in a line of sight relative to the mobile device, are presented. In an aspect, a method includes, determining by a first mobile device, a location of a mobile object determined to be in a line of sight relative to the first mobile device, and wirelessly receiving descriptive information associated with a second mobile device having a location substantially corresponding to the location of the mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Jeremy Fix, Christine Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190141611
    Abstract: Determining a permission for a user equipment to connect to an access point based on the public/private status of the access point device is disclosed. The permission can be based on a historic user equipment density for an area comprising the location of the access point device. The permission can be further based on analysis of an access point device identifier. Analysis of the access point device identifier can be based on comparing a portion of the access point device identifier to a term associated with either a public status or a private status of the access point device. In an embodiment, the access point device identifier can be an SSID, such as for a Wi-Fi network, whereby the SSID can be parsed into keywords that can be compared to the term. Ranking and/or white/blacklisting can be performed based on the analysis of the access point device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Christine Thomas
  • Patent number: 10271174
    Abstract: A network device can be placed in a central location to detect and disseminate mobile device data via a wireless network. The network device actions can be determined by an end-user device that receives subscription-based data. The end-user can determine parameters for communication between the network, network device, and the mobile device and determine actions based on the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Christine Thomas, Mark Austin
  • Patent number: 10200936
    Abstract: Determining a permission for a user equipment to connect to an access point based on the public/private status of the access point device is disclosed. The permission can be based on a historic user equipment density for an area comprising the location of the access point device. The permission can be further based on analysis of an access point device identifier. Analysis of the access point device identifier can be based on comparing a portion of the access point device identifier to a term associated with either a public status or a private status of the access point device. In an embodiment, the access point device identifier can be an SSID, such as for a Wi-Fi network, whereby the SSID can be parsed into keywords that can be compared to the term. Ranking and/or white/blacklisting can be performed based on the analysis of the access point device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Christine Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180343541
    Abstract: A network device can be placed in a central location to detect and disseminate mobile device data via a wireless network. The network device actions can be determined by an end-user device that receives subscription-based data. The end-user can determine parameters for communication between the network, network device, and the mobile device and determine actions based on the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Christine Thomas, Mark Austin
  • Patent number: 10051420
    Abstract: A network device can be placed in a central location to detect and disseminate mobile device data via a wireless network. The network device actions can be determined by an end-user device that receives subscription-based data. The end-user can determine parameters for communication between the network, network device, and the mobile device and determine actions based on the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Christine Thomas, Mark Austin
  • Publication number: 20180184238
    Abstract: Techniques for wirelessly receiving, at a mobile device, information related to another mobile device determined to be in a line of sight relative to the mobile device, are presented. In an aspect, a method includes, determining by a first mobile device, a location of a mobile object determined to be in a line of sight relative to the first mobile device, and wirelessly receiving descriptive information associated with a second mobile device having a location substantially corresponding to the location of the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Jeremy Fix, Christine Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180152881
    Abstract: Determining a permission for a user equipment to connect to an access point based on the public/private status of the access point device is disclosed. The permission can be based on a historic user equipment density for an area comprising the location of the access point device. The permission can be further based on analysis of an access point device identifier. Analysis of the access point device identifier can be based on comparing a portion of the access point device identifier to a term associated with either a public status or a private status of the access point device. In an embodiment, the access point device identifier can be an SSID, such as for a Wi-Fi network, whereby the SSID can be parsed into keywords that can be compared to the term. Ranking and/or white/blacklisting can be performed based on the analysis of the access point device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Sheldon Kent Meredith, Christine Thomas
  • Patent number: 9936340
    Abstract: Techniques for wirelessly receiving, at a mobile device, information related to another mobile device determined to be in a line of sight relative to the mobile device, are presented. In an aspect, a method includes, determining by a first mobile device, a location of a mobile object determined to be in a line of sight relative to the first mobile device, and wirelessly receiving descriptive information associated with a second mobile device having a location substantially corresponding to the location of the mobile object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Jeremy Fix, Christine Thomas
  • Publication number: 20170041753
    Abstract: A network device can be placed in a central location to detect and disseminate mobile device data via a wireless network. The network device actions can be determined by an end-user device that receives subscription-based data. The end-user can determine parameters for communication between the network, network device, and the mobile device and determine actions based on the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Christine Thomas, Mark Austin
  • Patent number: 9503853
    Abstract: A network device can be placed in a central location to detect and disseminate mobile device data via a wireless network. The network device actions can be determined by an end-user device that receives subscription-based data. The end-user can determine parameters for communication between the network, network device, and the mobile device and determine actions based on the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Christine Thomas, Mark Austin
  • Publication number: 20160007157
    Abstract: A network device can be placed in a central location to detect and disseminate mobile device data via a wireless network. The network device actions can be determined by an end-user device that receives subscription-based data. The end-user can determine parameters for communication between the network, network device, and the mobile device and determine actions based on the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Rick Tipton, Christine Thomas, Mark Austin
  • Publication number: 20150133162
    Abstract: Techniques for wirelessly receiving, at a mobile device, information related to another mobile device determined to be in a line of sight relative to the mobile device, are presented. In an aspect, a method includes, determining by a first mobile device, a location of a mobile object determined to be in a line of sight relative to the first mobile device, and wirelessly receiving descriptive information associated with a second mobile device having a location substantially corresponding to the location of the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, Jeremy Fix, Christine Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100022758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive material being composed and/or consisting of at least one protein obtained or obtainable from fimbriae from archaea. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of at least one protein obtained from fimbriae from archaea for the preparation of an adhesive material and a method for the preparation of an adhesive material comprising the step of isolating and/or purifying at least one protein obtained from fimbriae from archaea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT REGENSBURG
    Inventors: Reinhard Wirth, Christine Thoma
  • Patent number: 7160721
    Abstract: A composition and method for enhancing cell growth and increasing the density of cell cultures containing lentivirus-infected host cells comprises adding a suitable quantity of an antibiotic to the culture to destroy harmful bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Anne Christine Thomas, Terry Kaleung Ng
  • Patent number: 7141587
    Abstract: Indazole compounds that modulate and/or inhibit the activity of certain protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating tyrosine kinase signal transduction and thereby modulate and/or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to methods of treating cancer and other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation, such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Steven Kania, Steven Lee Bender, Allen J. Borchardt, Stephan James Cripps, Ye Hua, Michael David Johnson, Theodore Otto Johnson, Jr., Hiep The Luu, Cynthia Louise Palmer, Siegfried Heinz Reich, Anna Maria Tempczyk-Russell, Min Teng, Christine Thomas, Michael David Varney, Michael Brennan Wallace, Michael Raymond Collins
  • Publication number: 20060074102
    Abstract: A compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined herein, which are useful as kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Kevin Cusack, Jose-Andres Salmeron-Garcia, Thomas Gordon, Claude Barberis, Hamish Allen, Agniezka Bischoff, Anna Ericsson, Michael Friedman, Dawn George, Gregory Roth, Robert Talanian, Christine Thomas, Grier Wallace, Neil Wishart, Zhengtian Yu
  • Patent number: 6927214
    Abstract: Novel non-peptide GLP-1 agonists, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, use of the non-peptide GLP-1 agonists for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders and diseases wherein an activation of the human GLP-1 receptor is beneficial, especially metabolic disorders such as IGT, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Min Teng, Larry Kenneth Truesdale, Dilip Bhumralkar, Dan Kiel, Michael D. Johnson, Christine Thomas, Anker Steen Jorgensen, Peter Madsen, Preben Houlberg Olesen, Liselotte Bjerre Knudsen, Ingrid Vivika Petterson, Johannes Cornelis de Jong, Carsten Behrens, Janos Tibor Kodra, Jesper Lau