Patents by Inventor Graham D. Perks

Graham D. Perks 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).

  • Home hub
    Patent number: 9559859
    Abstract: In one embodiment, transmitting, from a first computing device, a private-home-network-discovery message that comprises a first identifier corresponding to a private-home-networking system, receiving, at the first computing device, one or more content-response messages from a second computing device that collectively comprise a second identifier corresponding to the second computing device, a third identifier corresponding to the private-home-networking system, and information corresponding to content stored on the second computing device, and storing, at the first computing device, the second and third identifiers and the information received in the one or more content response messages for access by one or more applications hosted on the first computing device, one of the applications being associated with administering the private-home-networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Kacin, Michael R. Gray, Matthew N. Lewinski, Graham D. Perks
  • Home Hub
    Publication number: 20130179500
    Abstract: In one embodiment, transmitting, from a first computing device, a private-home-network-discovery message that comprises a first identifier corresponding to a private-home-networking system, receiving, at the first computing device, one or more content-response messages from a second computing device that collectively comprise a second identifier corresponding to the second computing device, a third identifier corresponding to the private-home-networking system, and information corresponding to content stored on the second computing device, and storing, at the first computing device, the second and third identifiers and the information received in the one or more content response messages for access by one or more applications hosted on the first computing device, one of the applications being associated with administering the private-home-networking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Kacin, Michael R. Gray, Matthew N. Lewinski, Graham D. Perks