Patents by Inventor James J. Hinton

James J. Hinton 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).

  • System and method for remotely controlling features of wireless mobile devices
    Patent number: 9787823
    Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of wireless beacons carried by a wireless portable device, a wireless transceiver of the portable device that monitors a predetermined wireless spectrum and detects a signal from another of the plurality of wireless beacons, a processor of the portable device that decodes the detected beacon for an identifier including a sequence of bits, a processor of the portable device that correlates a content of the identifier with one of a plurality of programs of the portable device by matching the one or more bits of an identifier sequence of the one program with a content and location of one or bits of the identifier of the detected beacon and a processor of the portable device that interacts with another device that is directly physically adjacent the portable device via the beacon carried by the portable device and via execution of the one program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventors: Randal Gruberman, Eric Carlton, James J. Hinton
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING FEATURES OF WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160277560
    Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of wireless beacons carried by a wireless portable device, a wireless transceiver of the portable device that monitors a predetermined wireless spectrum and detects a signal from another of the plurality of wireless beacons, a processor of the portable device that decodes the detected beacon for an identifier including a sequence of bits, a processor of the portable device that correlates a content of the identifier with one of a plurality of programs of the portable device by matching the one or more bits of an identifier sequence of the one program with a content and location of one or bits of the identifier of the detected beacon and a processor of the portable device that interacts with another device that is directly physically adjacent the portable device via the beacon carried by the portable device and via execution of the one program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Randal Gruberman, Eric Carlton, James J. Hinton