Patents by Inventor Eric T. Tokubo

Eric T. Tokubo 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).

  • Aggregation of Beacon Data for Network Load Mitigation
    Publication number: 20220039055
    Abstract: A method in a computing device includes: via a short-range interface of the computing device, detecting a plurality of beacons emitted by another computing device, each beacon containing an identifier of the other computing device; obtaining respective proximity indicators corresponding to the beacons; generating a first set of aggregated attributes from the proximity indicators; storing the first set of aggregated attributes in association with the identifier of the other computing device; and transmitting the first set of aggregated attributes to a server configured to detect physical proximity between the computing device and the other computing device based on the first set of aggregated attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas C. Bowman, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Edward W. Geiger, Yu Wan, Janakiraman Gopalan, Thomas E. Warner, Eric T. Tokubo, Carl S. Mower