Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Alan Bush

Jeffrey Alan Bush 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: 8803737
    Abstract: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes detecting that a location is to be determined. The method includes selecting at least one among multiple location determination techniques based on a selection criterion. The method includes causing the location to be determined using the selected location determination technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low
  • Patent number: 8695078
    Abstract: A number of devices co-located at a geographic location can broadcast and receive tokens. Tokens can be exchanged using a communication link having limited communication range. Tokens that are received by a device can be stored locally on the device and/or transmitted to a trusted service operating remotely on a network. In some implementations, the tokens can be stored with corresponding timestamps to assist a trusted service in matching or otherwise correlating the tokens with other tokens provided by other devices. The trusted service can perform an analysis on the tokens and timestamps to identify devices that were co-located at the geographic location at or around a contact time which can be defined by the timestamps. A group can be created based on results of the analysis. Users can be identified as members of the group and invited to join the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl Mun-Kid Low, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Puneet Mishra, Gaurav Jain, Jason Gosnell, Jeffrey Alan Bush
  • Patent number: 8514816
    Abstract: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low, Rudolph van der Merwe, Richard Eugene Crandall, Patrick Block Carlisle
  • Publication number: 20120264460
    Abstract: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low, Rudolph van der Merwe, Richard Eugene Crandall, Patrick Block Carlisle
  • Patent number: 8213389
    Abstract: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low, Rudolph van der Merwe, Richard Eugene Crandall, Patrick Block Carlisle
  • Publication number: 20090258660
    Abstract: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low, Rudolph van der Merwe, Richard Eugene Crandall, Patrick Block Carlisle
  • Publication number: 20090219209
    Abstract: Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes detecting that a location is to be determined. The method includes selecting at least one among multiple location determination techniques based on a selection criterion. The method includes causing the location to be determined using the selected location determination technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low