Patents by Inventor Frederick Rohles

Frederick Rohles 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).

  • Contextual information management in wireless communications devices and methods therefor
    Patent number: 6980816
    Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device including requesting contextual information from a source outside the wireless communication device, the contextual information requested by a context aware application on the wireless communications device, and providing alternate contextual information to the context aware application with a contextual information discriminator of the wireless communications device when contextual information from the source from which contextual information is requested is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Rohles, Venugopal Vasudevan, Joseph F. Wodka
  • Contextual information management in wireless communications devices and methods therefor
    Publication number: 20040203886
    Abstract: A wireless communications networks (100) and mobile wireless communications devices (120) that receive contextual information, which is unavailable in certain regions (160), which may not be populated with contextual information sources or due to temporary interruptions. In some modes of operation, the contextual information is provided to the wireless communications device via a contextual information discriminator, which may be located either in the network or on the wireless communications device, for example when contextual information requested is unavailable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Frederick Rohles, Venugopal Vasudevan, Joseph F. Wodka