Patents by Inventor Jeff Allen Sharkey

Jeff Allen Sharkey 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).

  • Methods and systems for determining, controlling, and reporting network data usage at the application and feature level
    Patent number: 9154550
    Abstract: An operating system (OS) of a computing device can include or operate in conjunction with a data usage service. The data usage service can determine the network data usage of applications and features of the applications and attribute the network data usage to the specific application and features of the specific application responsible for the network data usage. The data usage service can utilize the determined network data usage and policies governing network data usage to control and adapt the network data usage of the specific application or the features of the specific application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: JP Abgrall, Ashish Sharma, Jeff Allen Sharkey, Michael Gerard Morrissey, Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Gabriel Cohen