Patents by Inventor Jonathan Vincent

Jonathan Vincent 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).

  • Configuration of WiFi network parameters
    Publication number: 20060173976
    Abstract: A system and method of configuring network access parameters of a portable computing device is provided. A portable computing device usually includes wireless networking components and may be used with various wireless networks. A configuration server using a device management protocol, such as the OMA-DM protocol, sends network configuration information to a portable computing device. This configuration information includes network parameters such as network identifiers, encryption keys and authentication credentials. The portable computing device then uses the provided parameters to set its configuration information so that it can access a defined wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Vincent, Yuhang Zhu