Patents by Inventor David S. Pratt, Jr.

David S. Pratt, Jr. 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROL AND UPDATING OF WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190058789
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to in one aspect update data on a wireless mobile device. Available updates may include both mandatory and discretionary updates, where the mandatory updates are always installed on the wireless mobile device. In another aspect, a method and apparatus for of remotely instructing a wireless mobile device to perform a service is provided. The wireless mobile device receives a ping message that instructs it to retrieve further instruction for performing services actions on the wireless mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald J. CRASWELL, David S. PRATT, JR., Paul J. KLASSEN.
  • Method and apparatus for remote control and updating of wireless mobile devices
    Patent number: 10057415
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to in one aspect update data on a wireless mobile device. Available updates may include both mandatory and discretionary updates, where the mandatory updates are always installed on the wireless mobile device. In another aspect, a method and apparatus for of remotely instructing a wireless mobile device to perform a service is provided. The wireless mobile device receives a ping message that instructs it to retrieve further instruction for performing services actions on the wireless mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GULA CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald J. Craswell, David S. Pratt, Jr., Paul J. Klassen
  • Backing up a wireless computing device
    Patent number: 7792799
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to backup and restore data (410) from/to wireless computing devices, utilizing strongly collision free deterministic identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Perlego Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Craswell, David S. Pratt, Jr., Paul J. H. Klassen