Patents by Inventor Frank D. Larocca

Frank D. Larocca 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).

  • Application assisted software update for connected devices without a display
    Patent number: 9690565
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method avoids unannounced software updates for a connected device by acquiring installation consent from the user for each software update to the connected device. Consent is acquired by leveraging an extended interface application described below, to facilitate notifications from the connected device to the user and receive user inputs indicating consent in response to the notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Huiyu Wang, Kathleen J. Chylinski, Stephen J. Kolanowski, Snehal Desai, Jerome A. Bankos, Jr., Frank D. Larocca, Lily Zhu
  • APPLICATION ASSISTED SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR CONNECTED DEVICES WITHOUT A DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20150178061
    Abstract: An exemplary system and method avoids unannounced software updates for a connected device by acquiring installation consent from the user for each software update to the connected device. Consent is acquired by leveraging an extended interface application described below, to facilitate notifications from the connected device to the user and receive user inputs indicating consent in response to the notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP (D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS)
    Inventors: Huiyu Wang, Kathleen J. Chylinski, Stephen J. Kolanowski, Snehal Desai, Jerome A. Bankos, JR., Frank D. Larocca, Lily Zhu