Patents by Inventor Greg F. Eastman

Greg F. Eastman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for adaptive synchronization of network devices
    Patent number: 6931454
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing data on a network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method including establishing a wireless communications channel between a first mobile computer device belonging to a workgroup and a second device and determining if the second device belongs to the workgroup of the first device. If the second device belongs to the workgroup of the first device, then the method further includes receiving data at the first device from the second device through the wireless communications channel and resolving conflicts between the received data and data of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nikhil Deshpande, Ben H. Lee, III, Greg F. Eastman, Stephen H. Dohrmann
  • Method and apparatus for adaptive synchronization of network devices
    Publication number: 20020099772
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing data on a network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method including establishing a wireless communications channel between a first mobile computer device belonging to a workgroup and a second device and determining if the second device belongs to the workgroup of the first device. If the second device belongs to the workgroup of the first device, then the method further includes receiving data at the first device from the second device through the wireless communications channel and resolving conflicts between the received data and data of The first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Nikhil Deshpande, Ben H. Lee, Greg F. Eastman, Stephen H. Dohrmann