Patents by Inventor Heitor Soares Ramos Filho

Heitor Soares Ramos Filho 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).

  • Low-energy GPS
    Patent number: 9684080
    Abstract: This document describes various techniques for implementing low-energy GPS on a mobile device. A GPS module is activated, a sub-millisecond pseudo-range estimate is received from the GPS module, the GPS module is deactivated, the sub-millisecond pseudo-range estimate and a time stamp are transmitted to a remote entity, and location information based on the sub-millisecond pseudo-range estimate and time stamp is received from the remote entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha, Heitor Soares Ramos Filho
  • Low-Energy GPS
    Publication number: 20120146850
    Abstract: This document describes various techniques for implementing low-energy GPS on a mobile device. A GPS module is activated, a sub-millisecond pseudo-range estimate is received from the GPS module, the GPS module is deactivated, the sub-millisecond pseudo-range estimate and a time stamp are transmitted to a remote entity, and location information based on the sub-millisecond pseudo-range estimate and time stamp is received from the remote entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha, Heitor Soares Ramos Filho