Patents by Inventor Jean-Philippe Cormier

Jean-Philippe Cormier 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: 10609099
    Abstract: A method to transfer control is presented. The method includes receiving a request to transfer control of a collaborative session from a first user equipment (UE). The method includes sending a request for the transfer of control of the collaborative session in response to the received request to a second UE, and receiving, in response to the sent request to the second UE, an indication of acceptance of the transfer of control of the collaborative session. The method includes sending a notification of status to the first UE of the control of the collaborative session in response to receiving, from the second UE, the indication of acceptance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Allen, Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Adrian Buckley, Jean-Philippe Cormier, Young Ae Kim
  • Patent number: 9967851
    Abstract: A method at a user equipment including a mobile equipment and a smartcard, the method receiving from a remote server a plurality of subscriber identities and a roaming policy; storing the plurality of subscriber identities and roaming policy on the smartcard; selecting, based on the roaming policy, a subscriber identity; and attaching to a network based on the selected subscriber identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Joseph Tu Long Deu-Ngoc, Trevor Plestid
  • Publication number: 20180103453
    Abstract: A computing device may schedule transmission of software packages on a broadcast/multicast downlink channel. The schedule may also include media transmissions on the channel, and the software package transmissions may be scheduled for times when the media transmissions are using less than or equal to a threshold capacity level of the channel. A software update request may be received from a wireless computing device. Possibly in response to receiving the software update request, a particular software package related to the wireless computing device may be determined. The particular software package may be scheduled to begin transmission on the channel at a particular time. At least an identifier of the channel and the particular time may be transmitted to the wireless computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Guillaume Desjardins
  • Patent number: 9872276
    Abstract: A computing device may schedule transmission of software packages on a broadcast/multicast downlink channel. The schedule may also include media transmissions on the channel, and the software package transmissions may be scheduled for times when the media transmissions are using less than or equal to a threshold capacity level of the channel. A software update request may be received from a wireless computing device. Possibly in response to receiving the software update request, a particular software package related to the wireless computing device may be determined. The particular software package may be scheduled to begin transmission on the channel at a particular time. At least an identifier of the channel and the particular time may be transmitted to the wireless computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Guillaume Desjardins
  • Patent number: 9717063
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are provide for managing the Open Channel for IMS command correctly the UICC to have knowledge about the specific status codes the ME received from IMS. This knowledge allows the UICC to make a smarter decision on what it attempts to do to access IMS. Accordingly, the UICC is provided with detailed information about the status codes from the IMS service to allow the UICC to make an informed decision. If the UICC does not have such knowledge, it is possible that the UICC will send potentially unwanted commands to the ME to establish access to IMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Syed Hussain Ali, Jean-Philippe Cormier
  • Patent number: 9619442
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are provide for managing the Open Channel for IMS command correctly the UICC to have knowledge about the specific status codes the ME received from IMS. This knowledge allows the UICC to make a smarter decision on what it attempts to do to access IMS. Accordingly, the UICC is provided with detailed information about the status codes from the IMS service to allow the UICC to make an informed decision. If the UICC does not have such knowledge, it is possible that the UICC will send potentially unwanted commands to the ME to establish access to IMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Syed Hussain Ali, Jean-Philippe Cormier
  • Patent number: 9538344
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically sending a data message from a mobile device to at least one recipient during or soon after an emergency voice call, the method having the steps of: determining whether the data message can be sent over the network during the emergency voice call, and if yes, creating and sending the data message; and if no, waiting until either the mobile device connects to a new network, wherein the method proceeds back to said determining step, or until the voice call has ended and then creating and sending the data message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Jean-Philippe Cormier, Farhad Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20160205662
    Abstract: A computing device may schedule transmission of software packages on a broadcast/multicast downlink channel. The schedule may also include media transmissions on the channel, and the software package transmissions may be scheduled for times when the media transmissions are using less than or equal to a threshold capacity level of the channel. A software update request may be received from a wireless computing device. Possibly in response to receiving the software update request, a particular software package related to the wireless computing device may be determined. The particular software package may be scheduled to begin transmission on the channel at a particular time. At least an identifier of the channel and the particular time may be transmitted to the wireless computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Guillaume Desjardins
  • Publication number: 20150341770
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically sending a data message from a mobile device to at least one recipient during or soon after an emergency voice call, the method having the steps of: determining whether the data message can be sent over the network during the emergency voice call, and if yes, creating and sending the data message; and if no, waiting until either the mobile device connects to a new network, wherein the method proceeds back to said determining step, or until the voice call has ended and then creating and sending the data message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Muhammad Khaledul ISLAM, Jean-Philippe CORMIER, Farhad AHMED
  • Publication number: 20150312295
    Abstract: A method to transfer control is presented. The method includes receiving a request to transfer control of a collaborative session from a first user equipment (UE). The method includes sending a request for the transfer of control of the collaborative session in response to the received request to a second UE, and receiving, in response to the sent request to the second UE, an indication of acceptance of the transfer of control of the collaborative session. The method includes sending a notification of status to the first UE of the control of the collaborative session in response to receiving, from the second UE, the indication of acceptance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Allen, Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Adrian Buckley, Jean-Philippe Cormier, Young Ae Kim
  • Publication number: 20150312873
    Abstract: A method at a user equipment including a mobile equipment and a smartcard, the method receiving from a remote server a plurality of subscriber identities and a roaming policy; storing the plurality of subscriber identities and roaming policy on the smartcard; selecting, based on the roaming policy, a subscriber identity; and attaching to a network based on the selected subscriber identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe CORMIER, Maiyuran WIJAYANATHAN, Joseph Tu Long DEU-NGOC, Trevor PLESTID
  • Patent number: 9154929
    Abstract: A method and system for introducing support for SM rejections in a USAT network rejection event including an APN. The method and system provide the UICC with all PDP Context activation rejection cause codes received by the ME and their respective APNs. Such a method and system allows the UICC to monitor all the rejections to intelligently select an appropriate APN to activate using its Open channel command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jean-Philippe Cormier
  • Patent number: 9100802
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically sending a data message from a mobile device to at least one recipient during or soon after an emergency voice call, the method having the steps of: determining whether the data message can be sent over the network during the emergency voice call, and if yes, creating and sending the data message; and if no, waiting until either the mobile device connects to a new network, wherein the method proceeds back to said determining step, or until the voice call has ended and then creating and sending the data message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Jean-Philippe Cormier, Farhad Ahmed
  • Patent number: 8989709
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided for customization of a mobile communications device's data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network. The mobile communication device requests activation of a data session with a node via the wireless network and receives a reject message via the wireless network in response to the request for activation of the data session, the reject message including a cause code. If the cause code corresponds to a no-retry behavior of the data session retry mechanism of the mobile communication device, the mobile communications device no longer requesting activation of a data session with the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Ian Simpson, Arun Munje
  • Patent number: 8983541
    Abstract: To consolidate session initiation protocol (SIP) messages a user equipment (UE) is made aware of all Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) applications installed in its memory and on a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and supported communication services. By obtaining this information before the initial IMS Registration, the UE can save resources by registering all local applications and communication services in single IMS registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Syed Hussain Ali, Jean-Philippe Cormier, Andrew Allen
  • Patent number: 8862135
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to restore always on connectivity to user equipment, the method having the steps of: monitoring whether the user equipment has transitioned to a network that supports concurrent voice and data; performing, upon the monitoring step detecting the transition, a routing area update; checking whether the user equipment was in a voice call at the time of the transition, and if yes, sending a data packet to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Jeffrey Wirtanen, Jean-Philippe Cormier, Dimitrios Prodanos
  • Patent number: 8774805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for radio access technology specific routing for multi-mode mobile devices are provided. For each of a number of radio access technologies supported by a mobile device, the mobile device is configured to use respective routing information. This has the advantage of allowing radio access technology specific processing to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Trevor Plestid, M. Khaledul Islam
  • Patent number: 8682340
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for communicating location-based information between an application server and a mobile device in response to an information query, the mobile device and the application server communicating via a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: initially transmitting a subset of the location-based information to the mobile device in response to the information query; transmitting further subsets of the location-based information as required; and pre-caching a predefined amount of location-based information at the device in response to a pre-cache trigger notification, the pre-cache trigger notification being generated when it is determined that the mobile device may lose contact with the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Trevor Plestid
  • Publication number: 20140010148
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are provide for managing the Open Channel for IMS command correctly the UICC to have knowledge about the specific status codes the ME received from IMS. This knowledge allows the UICC to make a smarter decision on what it attempts to do to access IMS. Accordingly, the UICC is provided with detailed information about the status codes from the IMS service to allow the UICC to make an informed decision. If the UICC does not have such knowledge, it is possible that the UICC will send potentially unwanted commands to the ME to establish access to IMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Syed Hussain Ali, Jean-Philippe Cormier
  • Patent number: 8611946
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for configuring multi-mode mobile stations. When the number of data sessions available to a multi-mode mobile station changes, the multi-mode mobile station sends information to configuration server sufficient to determine the capability of the network and identify the multi-mode mobile station. The number of data sessions available to a multi-mode mobile station may change for example due to the multi-mode mobile entering a network, changing radio access technologies (RAT) used in the network or changing radio network controllers having the same or a different respective number of data sessions. A configuration server receives the information sent by the multi-mode mobile station and selects configuration information for configuring the multi-mode mobile station to support services/applications that are subscribed to by a user of the multi-mode mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cormier, Trevor Plestid, Jeff Wirtanen