Patents by Inventor James V. Ralston

James V. Ralston 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).

  • Patent number: 9767566
    Abstract: A method of analyzing the dimensions of an interior. The method comprises capturing a first image of the interior with a first camera of a mobile communication device and capturing a second image of the interior with a second camera of the mobile communication device. The method further comprises analyzing the first image and the second image by the mobile communication device and, based at least in part on the analysis of the first image and the second image, determining a three-dimensional model of the interior. The method further comprises transmitting a transaction by a radio transceiver of the mobile communication device, wherein the transaction is based on the three-dimensional model of the interior and wherein the transaction is one of an insurance claim estimate, a contractor material order, or a real-estate broker listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle W. Paczkowski, James V. Ralston, Dale S. Schempp, Jennifer P. Tarwater
  • Patent number: 9699754
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system for causing a de-authorized or decommissioned wireless communication device (WCD) to refrain from initiating communications with one or more services and/or servers in a wireless communication system. The WCD may be configured for communicating with a wireless communication system via (i) air interface access with a radio access network (RAN) having a dedicated backhaul connection to the wireless communication system, and (ii) a wireless access device providing a communication link to at least one intermediate network in a communication path to the wireless communication system. In response to the WCD detecting a threshold number of consecutive failed attempts to gain air interface access via the RAN, the WCD would disable at least one computer application from attempting to initiate communications with the wireless communication system via the wireless access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Brian D. Mauer, James V. Ralston