Patents by Inventor David L. Bednar
David L. Bednar 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).
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Patent number: 9473611Abstract: Various arrangements for handling a call by a mobile device and/or selecting a function for execution by the mobile device are presented. A phone call may be commenced by a mobile device. During the phone call, the mobile device may collect proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to an ear of a user. The microphone of the mobile device may be muted in response to the proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to the ear of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Leonid Sheynblat, David L. Bednar
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Patent number: 9310217Abstract: Methods and apparatus for delivering content may include receiving a direction of travel for a wireless device and selecting a route of travel for the wireless device that proceeds in the given direction to maximize an amount of contact with one or more access terminals capable of providing data connectivity. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include providing content to the wireless device via the data connectivity provided by the one or more access terminals along the selected route of travel.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, David L. Bednar, Devender Akira Yamakawa, Kevin Edward Hunter
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Patent number: 9239849Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying images to a user. Mobile devices are used to provide position information that may be used to identify a set of images associated with the position information. The position information may include location, ordinal direction, and orientation information of the mobile device, all of which can be used to identify an object or location where a user of the mobile device desires an image. A data store of images is queried to identify a set of images having location information similar to that provided by the mobile device. Images from the set of images are provided to the user, such as through a display at the mobile device and/or a separate system such as a personal computer of the user. A user may select one or more images for local storage, in some cases making a payment for the received image.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Ted R. Gooding, David L. Bednar
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Patent number: 9171384Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing hands-free augmented reality on a wireless communication device (WCD). According to the techniques, an application processor within the WCD executes an augmented reality (AR) application to receive a plurality of image frames and convert the plurality of image frames into a single picture comprising the plurality of image frames stitched together to represent a scene. The WCD executing the AR application then requests AR content for the scene represented in the single picture from an AR database server, receives AR content for the scene from the AR database server, and processes the AR content to overlay the single picture for display to a user on the WCD. In this way, the user may comfortably look at the single picture with the overlaid AR content on a display of the WCD to learn more about the scene represented in the single picture.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Ruben M. Velarde, David L. Bednar, Brian Lee Momeyer
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Publication number: 20140357251Abstract: Various arrangements for handling a call by a mobile device and/or selecting a function for execution by the mobile device are presented. A phone call may be commenced by a mobile device. During the phone call, the mobile device may collect proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to an ear of a user. The microphone of the mobile device may be muted in response to the proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to the ear of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Babak Forutanpour, Leonid Sheynblat, David L. Bednar
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Patent number: 8838085Abstract: Various arrangements for handling a call by a mobile device and/or selecting a function for execution by the mobile device are presented. A phone call may be commenced by a mobile device. During the phone call, the mobile device may collect proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to an ear of a user. The microphone of the mobile device may be muted in response to the proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to the ear of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Leonid Sheynblat, David L. Bednar
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Patent number: 8645064Abstract: Apparatus and methods for recommending a navigation destination based upon recent updates are provided. The apparatus and methods include, in one or more aspects, receiving a request from a user communication device for a desired item, and associating a user location of the user communication device with a destination location of a provider of the desired item. Further, the one or more aspects include identifying a destination communication device at the destination location, and querying the destination communication device for a human-originating response to obtain a current accessibility status of the desired item. Additionally, the one or more aspects include reporting the destination location of the provider and the current accessibility status to the user communication device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: David L. Bednar, Babak Forutanpour, Devender A. Yamakawa, Daniel S. Baker
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Publication number: 20130332297Abstract: Methods and apparatus for delivering content may include receiving a direction of travel for a wireless device and selecting a route of travel for the wireless device that proceeds in the given direction to maximize an amount of contact with one or more access terminals capable of providing data connectivity. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include providing content to the wireless device via the data connectivity provided by the one or more access terminals along the selected route of travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Babak FORUTANPOUR, David L. BEDNAR, Devender Akira YAMAKAWA, Kevin Edward HUNTER
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Publication number: 20130288655Abstract: Various arrangements for handling a call by a mobile device and/or selecting a function for execution by the mobile device are presented. A phone call may be commenced by a mobile device. During the phone call, the mobile device may collect proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to an ear of a user. The microphone of the mobile device may be muted in response to the proximity data that indicates the mobile device is not proximate to the ear of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Foruntanpour, Leonid Sheynblat, David L. Bednar
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Publication number: 20130166390Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for uploading files to a social media website, including reformatting the selected files to reduce the amount of bandwidth required in the upload, uploading the reformatted files to a social media website server, receiving an indication of the popularity of certain identified files, and uploading from to the server the identified popular files in full or larger format. The social media website server may determine the popularity of files based on user interactions with the files, and request greater resolution versions of the files when the interactions exceed a popularity threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Anthony T. BLOW, Manas ABICHANDANI, Jose R. MENENDEZ, Babak FORUTANPOUR, David L. BEDNAR
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Publication number: 20130166391Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for uploading files to a social media website, including receiving in a computing device a user input identifying files for upload to a social media website, selecting one or more files representative of the selected files, uploading the representative files to a social media website server, receiving in the computing device from the social media website server a request for upload of files similar to identified particular representative files, and uploading the additional files that are similar to the identified particular representative files. The social media website server may determine the popularity of files based on user interactions with the files, and request additional files similar to the particular uploaded files when the interactions exceed a popularity threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Anthony T. BLOW, Manas ABICHANDANI, Jose R. MENENDEZ, Babak FORUTANPOUR, David L. BEDNAR
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Publication number: 20130113827Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing hands-free augmented reality on a wireless communication device (WCD). According to the techniques, an application processor within the WCD executes an augmented reality (AR) application to receive a plurality of image frames and convert the plurality of image frames into a single picture comprising the plurality of image frames stitched together to represent a scene. The WCD executing the AR application then requests AR content for the scene represented in the single picture from an AR database server, receives AR content for the scene from the AR database server, and processes the AR content to overlay the single picture for display to a user on the WCD. In this way, the user may comfortably look at the single picture with the overlaid AR content on a display of the WCD to learn more about the scene represented in the single picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Ruben M. Velarde, David L. Bednar, Brian Lee Momeyer
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Publication number: 20130066551Abstract: Apparatus and methods for recommending a navigation destination based upon recent updates are provided. The apparatus and methods include, in one or more aspects, receiving a request from a user communication device for a desired item, and associating a user location of the user communication device with a destination location of a provider of the desired item. Further, the one or more aspects include identifying a destination communication device at the destination location, and querying the destination communication device for a human-originating response to obtain a current accessibility status of the desired item. Additionally, the one or more aspects include reporting the destination location of the provider and the current accessibility status to the user communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: David L. BEDNAR, Babak FORUTANPOUR, Devender A. YAMAKAWA, Daniel S. BAKER
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Patent number: 8379130Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing images is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a selection of a first image from a plurality of images stored at a memory device and displaying the first image. The method also includes receiving image modification data to modify processing of the first image displayed and providing an adjusted value of an image processing parameter to an image processor. The adjusted value of the image processing parameter is determined based at least in part on the image modification data.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, David L. Bednar, Ying X. Noyes, Szepo R. Hung
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Publication number: 20120315884Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying images to a user. Mobile devices are used to provide position information that may be used to identify a set of images associated with the position information. The position information may include location, ordinal direction, and orientation information of the mobile device, all of which can be used to identify an object or location where a user of the mobile device desires an image. A data store of images is queried to identify a set of images having location information similar to that provided by the mobile device. Images from the set of images are provided to the user, such as through a display at the mobile device and/or a separate system such as a personal computer of the user. A user may select one or more images for local storage, in some cases making a payment for the received image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Ted R. Gooding, David L. Bednar
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Patent number: 8121472Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to setting photographic parameters based, at least in part, on signal measurements, such as, for example, without limitation, position of the Sun. Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise the following: a wireless communication capable device (E.G., 400, 1100) including an integrated digital camera (E.G., 1180, 402); the device capable of estimating position of the Sun relative to the position of the device based at least in part on signal information received via wireless communication; and the device being further capable of using the estimated position of the Sun so as to affect one or more photographic parameters. Briefly, in accordance with another embodiment, a method may comprise the following: acquiring information via wireless communication (E.G.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Inventors: Babak Forutanpour, Brian Momeyer, David L. Bednar
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Publication number: 20110058802Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to setting photographic parameters based, at least in part, on signal measurements, such as, for example, without limitation, position of the Sun. Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise the following: a wireless communication capable device (E.G., 400, 1100) including an integrated digital camera (E.G., 1180, 402); the device capable of estimating position of the Sun relative to the position of the device based at least in part on signal information received via wireless communication; and the device being further capable of using the estimated position of the Sun so as to affect one or more photographic parameters. Briefly, in accordance with another embodiment, a method may comprise the following: acquiring information via wireless communication (E.G.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Brian Momeyer, David L. Bednar
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Publication number: 20110032373Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing images is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a selection of a first image from a plurality of images stored at a memory device and displaying the first image. The method also includes receiving image modification data to modify processing of the first image displayed and providing an adjusted value of an image processing parameter to an image processor. The adjusted value of the image processing parameter is determined based at least in part on the image modification data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, David L. Bednar, Yung X. Noyes, Szepo R. Hung