Patents by Inventor Hagay Katz
Hagay Katz 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).
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Patent number: 8750928Abstract: A wireless communication system including a wireless communicator, including a housing, wireless communication functionality, a first subscriber identifier module for accessing a wireless network, native user interface functionality, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to cooperating with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality, and an enhanced function device, including a pouch, a second subscriber identifier module for accessing the wireless network, and parenting user interface functionality, wherein the wireless communicator is able to access the wireless network using either the first subscriber identifier module or the second subscriber identifier module, when the wireless communicator is pouched with the eType: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Dov Moran, Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Cohen, Yaron Segalov, Tamir Demri, Eran Miller, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry
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Patent number: 8750936Abstract: A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, and a controller coupled with the modem including a monitor operable to monitor an ongoing call, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the monitor, when the wireless communicator is not being used in a low radiation listening mode and the ongoing phone call exceeds a pre-designated length of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Lior Storfer, Itay Sherman, Hagay Katz, Uriel R. Brison, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Sagiv Zeltser
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Publication number: 20130303115Abstract: A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, including receiving, by a server computer, a message from a cellular telephone, the message including a unique ID for an appliance, wherein the server computer stores billing information for the cellular telephone, wherein the appliance includes a modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone, further receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the modem of the appliance, and associating, by the server computer, the billing information for the cellular telephone, with the appliance registration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry, Ran Margalit
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Publication number: 20130253678Abstract: A method for synchronized playback of media players, including selecting, by each of a plurality of media players, a multimedia file to be played, monitoring, by each of the plurality of media players, the environment for an external trigger, and upon detection of the external trigger, playing, by each of the plurality of media players, the selected multimedia file.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Hagay Katz, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron
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Patent number: 8517255Abstract: A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, including receiving, by a server computer, a message from a cellular telephone, the message including a unique ID for an appliance, wherein the server computer stores billing information associated with the cellular telephone, wherein the appliance includes a modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone, further receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the modem of the appliance, and associating, by the server computer, the billing information associated with the cellular telephone, with the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry, Ran Margalit
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Publication number: 20130183929Abstract: A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, and a controller coupled with the modem including a monitor operable to monitor an ongoing call, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the monitor, when the wireless communicator is not being used in a low radiation listening mode and the ongoing phone call exceeds a pre-designated length of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Lior Storfer, Itay Sherman, Hagay Katz, Uriel R. Brison, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Sagiv Zeltser
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Publication number: 20130165100Abstract: A wireless communication system including a wireless communicator, including a housing, wireless communication functionality, a first subscriber identifier module for accessing a wireless network, native user interface functionality, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to cooperating with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality, and an enhanced function device, including a pouch, a second subscriber identifier module for accessing the wireless network, and parenting user interface functionality, wherein the wireless communicator is able to access the wireless network using either the first subscriber identifier module or the second subscriber identifier module, when the wireless communicator is pouched with the eType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Dov Moran, Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Cohen, Yaron Segalov, Tamir Demri, Eran Miller, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry
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Patent number: 8463875Abstract: A method for synchronized playback of media players, including selecting, by each of a plurality of media players, a multimedia file to be played, monitoring, by each of the plurality of media players, the environment for an external trigger, and upon detection of the external trigger, playing, by each of the plurality of media players, the selected multimedia file.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Hagay Katz, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron
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Patent number: 8406814Abstract: A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, a power amplifier coupled with the modem operable to dynamically apply a variable gain factor to voice communications transmitted by the modem, to produce an appropriate power output, and a controller coupled with the modem including a radiation monitor operable to monitor the power output of the power amplifier, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the radiation monitor, when the cumulative power output produced by the power amplifier exceeds a pre-designated daily cumulative power limit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Lior Storfer, Itay Sherman, Hagay Katz, Uriel R. Brison, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Sagiv Zeltser
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Patent number: 8391921Abstract: A wireless communicator including a housing, wireless communication functionality located within the housing, native user interface functionality cooperating with the wireless communication functionality and including user interface surfaces located on at least one outer facing surface of the housing, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for automatically causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to interoperation with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality. A method is also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Dov Moran, Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Cohen, Yaron Segalov, Tamir Demri, Eran Miller, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry
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Publication number: 20130045776Abstract: A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, including receiving, by a server computer, a message from a cellular telephone, the message including a unique ID for an appliance, wherein the server computer stores billing information associated with the cellular telephone, wherein the appliance includes a modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone, further receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the modem of the appliance, and associating, by the server computer, the billing information associated with the cellular telephone, with the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventors: Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry, Ran Margalit
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Publication number: 20130031410Abstract: Diagnostic apparatus for computers, including a diagnoser that connects to a PC, including an SD connector for connecting the diagnoser to an SD port of a PC, a storage medium for storing diagnostic program code that automatically runs on the PC via the SD connector, in response to connecting the diagnoser to the SD port of the PC, wherein the diagnostic program code performs specific diagnostic tests on the PC in response to input instructions, and generates test results as output, a modem for receiving input instructions from a remote online help-desk facility, specifying which diagnostic tests the diagnostic program code should perform on the PC, and for transmitting the test results to the help-desk facility, and a processor for controlling the storage medium and the modem.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Hagay Katz, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Sherman
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Patent number: 8352802Abstract: A diagnostic system for computers, including a connector interface for connecting the diagnostic system to a PC, a storage medium for storing executable instructions that boot the PC when the diagnostic system is connected to the connector interface, for storing diagnostic testing program code that scans and tests the PC, and for storing a phone number for a remote online help-desk facility, a modem for communicating wirelessly with the online help-desk facility when the PC is not fully operational, and for enabling the remote online help-desk facility to remotely run the diagnostic testing program code on the PC and view the results, an audio subsystem for enabling voice communication between a user and a representative at the remote online help-desk facility, and a processor for controlling the storage medium, the modem and the audio subsystem. A method is also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Hagay Katz, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Sherman
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Patent number: 8342394Abstract: A system for registering an electrical appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance, and for storing address information usable o obtain an address of a remote recipient corresponding o the electrical appliance, and a wireless communicator including a memory for storing identifying information about a user, and a wireless modem for ransmiWng data, wherein when the wireless communicator is first connected with the electrical appliance, the wireless communicator executes program code o register the electrical appliance with the remote recipient, wherein the program code includes insrucions that cause the wireless modem o ransmi a lease a portion of the identifying information about the electrical appliance and the identifying information about the user o the address of the remote recipient, the address obtained using the address information.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry, Ran Margalit
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Publication number: 20120289291Abstract: A wireless communicator including a housing, wireless communication functionality located within the housing, native user interface functionality cooperating with the wireless communication functionality and including user interface surfaces located on at least one outer facing surface of the housing, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for automatically causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to interoperation with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality. A method is also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Dov Moran, Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Cohen, Yaron Segalov, Tamir Demri, Eran Miller, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry
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Publication number: 20120282912Abstract: A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, a power amplifier coupled with the modem operable to dynamically apply a variable gain factor to voice communications transmitted by the modem, to produce an appropriate power output, and a controller coupled with the modem including a radiation monitor operable to monitor the power output of the power amplifier, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the radiation monitor, when the cumulative power output produced by the power amplifier exceeds a pre-designated daily cumulative power limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Lior Storfer, Itay Sherman, Hagay Katz, Uriel R. Brison, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Sagiv Zeltser
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Patent number: 8238961Abstract: A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, a power amplifier coupled with the modem operable to dynamically apply a variable gain factor to voice communications transmitted by the modem, to produce an appropriate power output, and a controller coupled with the modem including a radiation monitor operable to monitor the power output of the power amplifier, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the radiation monitor, when the cumulative power output produced by the power amplifier exceeds a pre-designated daily cumulative power limit.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Lior Storfer, Itay Sherman, Hagay Katz, Uriel R. Brison, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Sagiv Zeltser
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Publication number: 20120120994Abstract: A system for automatically registering an appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, and a communication card including a controller, an interface connector for connecting the communication card to the electrical appliance, a wireless cellular modem for transmitting data, and a card memory for storing program code, wherein when the communication card is connected to the electrical appliance via the interface connector, the program code automatically instructs the controller to collect the identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, to collect owner information and to transmit at least a portion of the collected information to at least one remote recipient using the cellular modem. A method is also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry, Ran Margalit
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Patent number: 8180395Abstract: A wireless communicator including a housing, wireless communication functionality located within the housing, native user interface functionality cooperating with the wireless communication functionality and including user interface surfaces located on at least one outer facing surface of the housing, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for automatically causing the wireless communication functionality to adapt to interoperation with parenting user interface functionality forming part of the enhanced function device at least partially instead of with the native user interface functionality. A method is also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Dov Moran, Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Itay Cohen, Yaron Segalov, Tamir Demri, Eran Miller, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry
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Patent number: 8091772Abstract: A system for automatically registering an appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, and a communication card including a controller, an interface connector for connecting the communication card to the electrical appliance, a wireless cellular modem for transmitting data, and a card memory for storing program code, wherein when the communication card is connected to the electrical appliance via the interface connector, the program code automatically instructs the controller to collect the identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, to collect owner information and to transmit at least a portion of the collected information to at least one remote recipient using the cellular modem. A method is also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz, Hagit Perry, Ran Margalit