Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Caputo

Gianfranco Caputo 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).

  • Mobile communication and localization device
    Patent number: 9268007
    Abstract: A mobile communication and localization device cooperating with a plurality of mobile network devices includes a processing unit; a data structure containing a plurality of entries, each entry containing information about a corresponding mobile network device and a corresponding time stamp; a unit for sending data packets at respective transmission instants, each data packet containing position data indicating the position of corresponding mobile network devices; a unit for receiving data packets sent by sender mobile devices belonging to the plurality of mobile network devices; and a unit for determining the relative position of corresponding mobile network devices based on position data contained in the data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sisvel Technology S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giovanni Malnati, Gianfranco Caputo, Claudia Barberis, Paola Ruo Rui
  • MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND LOCALIZATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110134781
    Abstract: A mobile communication and localization device cooperating with a plurality of mobile network devices includes a processing unit; a data structure containing a plurality of entries, each entry containing information about a corresponding mobile network device and a corresponding time stamp; a unit for sending data packets at respective transmission instants, each data packet containing position data indicating the position of corresponding mobile network devices; a unit for receiving data packets sent by sender mobile devices belonging to the plurality of mobile network devices; and a unit for determining the relative position of corresponding mobile network devices based on position data contained in the data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Giovanni Malnati, Gianfranco Caputo, Claudia Barberis, Paola Ruo Rui