Patents by Inventor Dan Yeakley

Dan Yeakley 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).

  • Location-based feature enablement for mobile terminals
    Patent number: 8583924
    Abstract: A computing device to enable a feature thereof according to a current location and a control method thereof, the computing device including: a location unit to determine the current location of the computing device; and a licensing unit to determine whether the current location corresponds to a predetermined authorized location, and to enable the feature if the current location corresponds to the authorized location. Accordingly, a permission to use a software feature or a hardware feature of the computing device can be controlled according to the current location of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Aldo Caballero, Dan Yeakley
  • GPS-BASED PROVISIONING FOR MOBILE TERMINALS
    Publication number: 20110004756
    Abstract: A computing device to enable a feature thereof according to a current location and a control method thereof, the computing device including: a location unit to determine the current location of the computing device; and a licensing unit to determine whether the current location corresponds to a predetermined authorized location, and to enable the feature if the current location corresponds to the authorized location. Accordingly, a permission to use a software feature or a hardware feature of the computing device can be controlled according to the current location of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Aldo Caballero, Dan Yeakley