Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Wouter De Vries

Ferdinand Wouter De Vries 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).

  • Identification of proximate mobile devices
    Patent number: 8224354
    Abstract: A method of identifying proximate mobile devices, the method comprising the steps of: providing a sensory identifier (ID), a first mobile device (1) detecting the sensory identifier (ID), a second mobile device (2) detecting the sensory identifier (ID), the first mobile device (1) sending a request message associated with the sensory identifier (ID) to the second mobile device (2), and the second mobile device (2) sending an acknowledgement message to the first mobile device (1) so as to establish mutual identification. The sensory identifier (ID) may comprise a visual identifier, such as a bar code, and/or an audio identifier, such as a sound signal. An audio identifier may be produced by tapping the mobile devices together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Koninklijke KPN N.V., Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Ferdinand Wouter De Vries, Mattijs Oskar van Deventer, Victor Bastiaan Klos, Edsger Jan Jager
  • IDENTIFICATION OF PROXIMATE MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100210287
    Abstract: A method of identifying proximate mobile devices, the method comprising the steps of: providing a sensory identifier (ID), a first mobile device (1) detecting the sensory identifier (ID), a second mobile device (2) detecting the sensory identifier (ID), the first mobile device (1) sending a request message associated with the sensory identifier (ID) to the second mobile device (2), and the second mobile device (2) sending an acknowledgement message to the first mobile device (1) so as to establish mutual identification. The sensory identifier (ID) may comprise a visual identifier, such as a bar code, and/or an audio identifier, such as a sound signal. An audio identifier may be produced by tapping the mobile devices together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Ferdinand Wouter De Vries, Mattijs Oskar van Deventer, Victor Bastiaan Klos, Edsger Jan Jager