Patents by Inventor Gareth P. DeKlerk

Gareth P. DeKlerk 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).

  • Reducing power consumption on location reference devices
    Patent number: 9326242
    Abstract: A device may request location information for a location reference device (LRD); receive, based on the request, the location information for the LRD via a cellular network connection; transmit, via the cellular network, an instruction to direct the LRD to activate a non-cellular radio on the LRD; receive wireless signals outputted via the non-cellular radio; determine a distance between the user device and the LRD based on a strength of the wireless signals received by the user device; and audibly or visually indicate, by the user device, the determined distance between the user device and the LRD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Nabil N. Bitar, Gareth P. DeKlerk, Lawrence Richard Rau, Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Matthew Santaiti
  • REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ON LOCATION REFERENCE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160100364
    Abstract: A device may request location information for a location reference device (LRD); receive, based on the request, the location information for the LRD via a cellular network connection; transmit, via the cellular network, an instruction to direct the LRD to activate a non-cellular radio on the LRD; receive wireless signals outputted via the non-cellular radio; determine a distance between the user device and the LRD based on a strength of the wireless signals received by the user device; and audibly or visually indicate, by the user device, the determined distance between the user device and the LRD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Nabil N. Bitar, Gareth P. DeKlerk, Lawrence Richard Rau, Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Matthew Santaiti
  • POWER CONSERVATION ON USER DEVICES HAVING LOCATION IDENTIFICATION HARDWARE
    Publication number: 20150237593
    Abstract: A user device may detect, using a first radio associated with the user device, a presence of a location reference device; and determine a location associated with the user device. When determining the location associated with the user device, the user device is to receive location information from the location reference device, via the first, and refrain, based on detecting the presence of the location reference device, from determining the location using a second radio associated with the user device while the user device is within a communication range of the location reference device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. D'Argenio, Edward Gruskin, Kristopher T. Frazier, Lonnie Katai, James Y. Hwang, Abhishek S. Sheth, Matthew Santaiti, Gareth P. DeKlerk