Patents by Inventor David Richard Coleman

David Richard Coleman 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: 9609539
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for crowdsourcing measurements of wireless base stations, access points and/or other transmitters from a mobile device to a server are presented. A crowdsourcing request sent by a server to a mobile device may comprise control parameters and measurement parameters. Control parameters may determine when a mobile obtains and reports measurements and measurement parameters may determine which types of measurements a mobile device obtains. Control parameters may comprise trigger parameters for crowdsourcing activation, measurement, reporting and duration. Crowdsourcing may be instigated by a control server and reported to a different data server. Crowdsourcing may be anonymous and may comprise basic or advanced reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, David Richard Coleman, Kin Fai Wong
  • Patent number: 9516582
    Abstract: Method and system for providing information of an access point database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing information of an access point database comprises receiving a request to access an access point database from a mobile client, generating a segment of the access point database in accordance with at least an application requirement of the mobile client, and providing the segment of the access point database to the mobile client. The application requirement of the mobile client comprises precision level requested by the mobile client, and cache level of the mobile client. The method of generating a segment of the access point database comprises at least one of: generating the segment of the access point database in real-time, and providing the segment of the access point database previously generated and stored in the access point database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ferit Ozan Akgul, Weihua Gao, David Richard Coleman, Bruce Everett Wilson
  • Patent number: 9204419
    Abstract: Techniques for publishing location information associated with a non-geotagged transceiver are disclosed. A method for publishing a position of a non-geotagged transceiver in a wireless communication system includes determining a first position of the non-geotagged transceiver based on a periodic neighbor list, determining a second position of the non-geotagged transceiver based on an accumulated neighbor list, determining if the first position and the second position agree, publishing a third position if the first position and the second position agree, such that the third position is determined based on the union of the periodic neighbor list and the accumulated neighbor list, and resetting the accumulated neighbor list if the first and second position do not agree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weihua Gao, Anil R. Admal, Gengsheng Zhang, David Richard Coleman, Ashok Bhatia, Arun Agrawal, Srimaruti Manoj Nimmagadda, Kirk Allan Burroughs
  • Publication number: 20150289225
    Abstract: Techniques for publishing location information associated with a non-geotagged transceiver are disclosed. A method for publishing a position of a non-geotagged transceiver in a wireless communication system includes determining a first position of the non-geotagged transceiver based on a periodic neighbor list, determining a second position of the non-geotagged transceiver based on an accumulated neighbor list, determining if the first position and the second position agree, publishing a third position if the first position and the second position agree, such that the third position is determined based on the union of the periodic neighbor list and the accumulated neighbor list, and resetting the accumulated neighbor list if the first and second position do not agree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Weihua GAO, Anil R. ADMAL, Gengsheng ZHANG, David Richard COLEMAN, Ashok BHATIA, Arun AGRAWAL, Srimaruti Manoj NIMMAGADDA, Kirk Allan BURROUGHS
  • Publication number: 20150133152
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for crowdsourcing measurements of wireless base stations, access points and/or other transmitters from a mobile device to a server are presented. A crowdsourcing request sent by a server to a mobile device may comprise control parameters and measurement parameters. Control parameters may determine when a mobile obtains and reports measurements and measurement parameters may determine which types of measurements a mobile device obtains. Control parameters may comprise trigger parameters for crowdsourcing activation, measurement, reporting and duration. Crowdsourcing may be instigated by a control server and reported to a different data server. Crowdsourcing may be anonymous and may comprise basic or advanced reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen William EDGE, David Richard COLEMAN, Kin Fai WONG
  • Publication number: 20140029468
    Abstract: Method and system for providing information of an access point database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing information of an access point database comprises receiving a request to access an access point database from a mobile client, generating a segment of the access point database in accordance with at least an application requirement of the mobile client, and providing the segment of the access point database to the mobile client. The application requirement of the mobile client comprises precision level requested by the mobile client, and cache level of the mobile client. The method of generating a segment of the access point database comprises at least one of: generating the segment of the access point database in real-time, and providing the segment of the access point database previously generated and stored in the access point database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ferit Ozan AKGUL, Weihua Gao, David Richard Coleman, Bruce Everett Wilson