Patents by Inventor Edward C. Ballot

Edward C. Ballot 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).

  • Using wireless characteristic to trigger generation of position fix
    Patent number: 9071701
    Abstract: A wireless characteristic of a wireless signal may be used to trigger generation of a position fix. A mobile computing device may include a wireless transceiver, a location determination circuit and a processing circuit. The wireless transceiver may be configured to receive a wireless signal over a short range wireless network from a wireless system. The processing circuit may be configured to detect a change in the wireless signal and, in response to the detected change, to generate a position fix using the location determination circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jesse E. Donaldson, Robert Tsuk, Edward C. Ballot, Janell Paulson, Isabel Ge Mahe, Craig C. Hamilton, Sachin S. Kansal, Gurunath Ramaswamy
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100161720
    Abstract: A mobile computing device comprises a memory and a processing circuit. The memory is configured to store use data indicative of a pattern of past uses of the mobile computing device. The processing circuit is configured to determine a present condition and to perform a function based at least in part on the use data and the present condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Edward T. Colligan, David Vadasz, Bernard P. Cousineau, David D. Daetz, Matias G. Duarte, Janell Paulson, Edward C. Ballot, Thomas Fong
  • USING WIRELESS CHARACTERISTIC TO TRIGGER GENERATION OF POSITION FIX
    Publication number: 20090098903
    Abstract: A wireless characteristic of a wireless signal may be used to trigger generation of a position fix. A mobile computing device may include a wireless transceiver, a location determination circuit and a processing circuit. The wireless transceiver may be configured to receive a wireless signal over a short range wireless network from a wireless system. The processing circuit may be configured to detect a change in the wireless signal and, in response to the detected change, to generate a position fix using the location determination circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jesse E. Donaldson, Robert Tsuk, Edward C. Ballot, Janell Paulson, Isabel Ge Mahe, Craig C. Hamilton, Sachin S. Kansal, Gurunath Ramaswamy