Patents by Inventor Jeffrey D. Beckley
Jeffrey D. Beckley 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).
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Patent number: 9881616Abstract: A method for improving speech recognition by a speech recognition system includes obtaining a voice sample from a speaker; storing the voice sample of the speaker as a voice model in a voice model database; identifying an area from which sound matching the voice model for the speaker is coming; providing one or more audio signals corresponding to sound received from the identified area to the speech recognition system for processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jeffrey D. Beckley, Pooja Aggarwal, Shivakumar Balasubramanyam
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Patent number: 9417329Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for initiating at least one process in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus determines an approximate position of the vehicle. In addition, the apparatus determines a shortest time period based on the determined approximate position in which one or more registered drivers of the vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle. Furthermore, the apparatus determines whether to initiate the at least one process within the vehicle based on the determined time period.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Babak Forutanpour, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Shivakumar Balasubramanyam, Martin Renschler
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Patent number: 8712848Abstract: Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements identified in a playlist(s) generated by at least one playlist server, via the advertisement download communication link, at the selected advertisement download times, an advertisement storage function for storing the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steve Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John Sam Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David Jonathan Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20130332165Abstract: A method for improving speech recognition by a speech recognition system includes obtaining a voice sample from a speaker; storing the voice sample of the speaker as a voice model in a voice model database; identifying an area from which sound matching the voice model for the speaker is coming; providing one or more audio signals corresponding to sound received from the identified area to the speech recognition system for processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Jeffrey D. BECKLEY, Pooja AGGARWAL, Shivakumar BALASUBRAMANYAM
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Publication number: 20130297318Abstract: A method of enabling speech commands in an application includes identifying, by a computer processor, a user interaction element within a resource of the application; extracting, by the computer processor, text associated with the identified user interaction element; generating, by the computer processor, a voice command corresponding to the extracted text; and adding the generated voice command to a grammar associated with the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Shivakumar BALASUBRAMANYAM, Jeffrey D. BECKLEY, Pooja AGGARWAL
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Publication number: 20130245884Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for initiating at least one process in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus determines an approximate position of the vehicle. In addition, the apparatus determines a shortest time period based on the determined approximate position in which one or more registered drivers of the vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle. Furthermore, the apparatus determines whether to initiate the at least one process within the vehicle based on the determined time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Babak FORUTANPOUR, Jeffrey D. BECKLEY, Shivakumar BALASUBRAMANYAM, Martin RENSCHLER
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Patent number: 7103643Abstract: Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network instantiates a communications function that effects an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements identified in a playlist(s) generated by at least one playlist server, via the advertisement download communication link, at the selected advertisement download times, an advertisement storage function for storing the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2000Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Qualcomm INCInventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak, William J. Rhodes
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Publication number: 20040249708Abstract: Software for use on a client device that is configured for communications with at least one remote source of advertisements via a communications network instantiates an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements from the at least one remote source, during one or more advertisement download sessions, an advertisement storage function that stores the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements on a display associated with the client device, an obscured ad monitor function that determines whether an obscured ad condition has occurred, whereby the obscured ad condition occurs when an advertisement currently being displayed on the display associated with the client device is being obscured by one or more other items currently being displayed on the display, and an obscured ad nag function that generates an obscured ad nag display in response to detectType: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20040054588Abstract: Software, for use on a client device that is configured for communications with at least one remote source of advertisements via a communications network, instantiates an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements from the at least one remote source, during one or more advertisement download sessions, an advertisement storage function that stores the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements on a display associated with the client device, an audit function that compiles ad-related statistical data relating to the downloaded advertisements, wherein the ad-related statistical data includes display event-related data regarding advertisements that were displayed during a prescribed audit interval, and an audit data transmit function that transmits the ad-related statistical data to a prescribed server system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20040039784Abstract: Software, for use on a client device that is configured for communications with at least one remote source of advertisements via a communications network, instantiates an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements from the at least one remote source, during one or more advertisement download sessions, an advertisement storage function that stores the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements on a display associated with the client device, an audit function that compiles ad-related statistical data relating to the downloaded advertisements, wherein the ad-related statistical data includes display event-related data regarding advertisements that were displayed during a prescribed audit interval, and an audit data transmit function that transmits the ad-related statistical data to a prescribed server system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20040039642Abstract: Software, for use on a client device that is configured for communications with at least one remote source of advertisements via a communications network, instantiates an advertisement download function that downloads advertisements from the at least one remote source, during one or more advertisement download sessions, an advertisement storage function that stores the downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, an advertisement display function that effects display of at least selected ones of the stored advertisements on a display associated with the client device, an audit function that compiles ad-related statistical data relating to the downloaded advertisements, wherein the ad-related statistical data includes display event-related data regarding advertisements that were displayed during a prescribed audit interval, and an audit data transmit function that transmits the ad-related statistical data to a prescribed server system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20030149738Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a system for distributing advertisements to a multiplicity of client devices each of which is configured for communications via a communications network, which system includes an advertisement distribution facility that communicates with each of the client devices over the communications network, via a respective advertisement download communication link. Preferably, each of the client devices downloads advertisements from the advertisement distribution facility via the respective advertisement download communication link, and each of the client devices communicates with a data communications service provider over the communications network via a respective data communications link that is separate from the respective advertisement download communication link.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20030050832Abstract: Software for use on a client device, which is configured for communications with a multiplicity of other client devices via a communications network, provides an installer function for installing the software on the client device, a communications function that effects a send e-mail communication link between the client device and an e-mail service provider server system via the communications network whenever the user desires to send e-mail messages a receive e-mail communication link between the client device and the e-mail service provider system whenever the user desires to check for received e-mail messages; and an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system via the communications system, at selected advertisement download times.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2001Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20020072967Abstract: A playlist server system for supplying a playlist response to a client device which exchanges information with an information server system and which receives ads from an ad server over a communications network, including a playlist response generating device for generating a playlist response identifying a plurality of selected ads to be presented by the client device, and a first communications device for establishing a playlist response send communications link with the client device via the communications network over which the playlist response is transmitted to the client device, wherein the information server system and the playlist server are independently controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2000Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20020029166Abstract: An advertisement distribution system for distributing advertisements to a multiplicity of client devices via a communications network includes at least one ad server that stores the advertisements to be distributed to the client devices, each advertisement being stored in a storage location designated by a source address, and at least one playlist server that receives a playlist request from each of the client devices, and that transmits a playlist response in response to each received playlist request. Moreover, the playlist response transmitted to each client device includes at least one playlist that identifies advertisements to be downloaded by that client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: March 7, 2002Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20010047408Abstract: A system for distributing advertisements to a multiplicity of client devices each of which is configured for communications via a communications network preferably includes an advertisement distribution facility that communicates with each of the client devices over the communications network. Most preferably, each of the client devices downloads advertisements from the advertisement distribution facility, and displays at least selected ones of the downloaded advertisements. The advertisement distribution facility includes an auditing function that transmits a send audit data request to a subset of the client devices at prescribed client audit intervals, which send audit data request includes a request that the receiving client device transmit ad-related statistical data to the advertisement distribution facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: November 29, 2001Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20010044736Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides an advertisement distribution system for distributing advertisements to a multiplicity of client devices via a communications network, which system includes at least one ad server that stores the advertisements to be distributed to the client devices, each advertisement being stored in a storage location designated by a source address, and at least one playlist server that provides at least one playlist for each client device. Preferably, the at least one playlist provided for each client device identifies advertisements to be downloaded by that client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20010044741Abstract: A method for operating a client device that is configured for communications via a communications network includes steps for effecting an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system, via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, effecting a data communication link with a data communications service provider, via the communications network, wherein the advertisement download communication link and the data communication link are separate communication links, downloading advertisements from the advertisement distribution server system via the advertisement download communication link, storing downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and displaying at least selected ones of the stored advertisements, in accordance with ad display parameters prescribed by the advertisement distribution server system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20010034763Abstract: A playlist server system for supplying a playlist response to a client device which exchanges information with an information server system and which receives ads from an ad server over a communications network, includes a playlist response generation device for generating a playlist response identifying a plurality of selected ads to be presented by the client device, and a first communications device that effects a playlist response send communications link with the client device via the communications network over which the playlist response is transmitted to the client device, wherein the information server system and the playlist server are independently controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2000Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak
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Publication number: 20010034762Abstract: A client device that is configured for communications with a multiplicity of other client devices via a communications network, includes a first device for effecting an advertisement download communication link between the client device and an advertisement distribution server system, via the communications network, at selected advertisement download times, a second device for effecting a data communication link with a data communications service provider, via the communications network, wherein the advertisement download communication link and the data communication link are separate communication links, a third device for downloading advertisements from the advertisement distribution server system via the advertisement download communication link, a fourth device for storing downloaded advertisements on a storage medium associated with the client device, and a fifth device for displaying at least selected ones of the stored advertisements, in accordance with ad display parameters prescribed by the advertiseType: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Paul E. Jacobs, Franklin P. Antonio, Steven Dorner, John W. Noerenberg, Jeffrey K. Belk, Benjamin P. Ogdon, Jeffrey D. Beckley, Alan Bird, John D. Boyd, John S. Purlia, William J. Rhodes, David J. Ross, Matthew J. Dudziak