Patents by Inventor Christopher Paul Beckmann

Christopher Paul Beckmann 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: 20150172855
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for activating a feature on a mobile device based on social proximity. Information associated with a first user of a first mobile device and a second user of a second mobile device is received. A degree of spatial proximity between the first device and the second device is estimated based on the received information. When the estimated degree of spatial proximity exceeds a threshold, a degree of social proximity is estimated between the first user and the second user based on the received information. Finally, based on the measure of social proximity, a feature on the first device is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Arunesh Mishra, Christopher Paul Beckmann