Patents by Inventor Joshua T. MacDonald

Joshua T. MacDonald 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: 9485727
    Abstract: Techniques for determining if it is safe for a mobile device to transition directly from a traffic session to a paging mode and for avoiding network re-synchronization procedures in stationary M2M devices are disclosed. It may be safe for direct transition if before-call and in-call network parameters correspond. If safe, the mobile device may transition from the traffic session directly to the paging mode to begin immediately monitoring the paging channel. In stationary M2M devices, paging information is stored before the traffic session and, once the traffic session is complete, the M2M device may be configured to receive paging messaging based on the stored paging information. The M2M device may also store system access information and confirm the validity of the information before returning to the sleep state. The stationary M2M device avoids network re-synchronization procedures. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alvin S. Ng, Troy R. Curtiss, Stanley Tsai, Joshua T. MacDonald, Chunchung Chan, Tak Wai Wu, Ammar T. Kitabi
  • Publication number: 20140269472
    Abstract: Techniques for determining if it is safe for a mobile device to transition directly from a traffic session to a paging mode and for avoiding network re-synchronization procedures in stationary M2M devices are disclosed. It may be safe for direct transition if before-call and in-call network parameters correspond. If safe, the mobile device may transition from the traffic session directly to the paging mode to begin immediately monitoring the paging channel. In stationary M2M devices, paging information is stored before the traffic session and, once the traffic session is complete, the M2M device may be configured to receive paging messaging based on the stored paging information. The M2M device may also store system access information and confirm the validity of the information before returning to the sleep state. The stationary M2M device avoids network re-synchronization procedures. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alvin S. NG, Troy R. Curtiss, Stanley Tsai, Joshua T. MacDonald, chunchung Chan, Tak Wai Wu, Ammar T. Kitabi
  • Publication number: 20090092723
    Abstract: A system for controlling the process of cooking a variety of food items at a single cooking apparatus which includes a cooking computer for controlling the operation of the apparatus. A database is operatively connected to the computer recipes for controlling the cooking of each food item are stored in the database. The apparatus has a plurality of product keys. Each key activates the cooking computer to perform a recipe. The association of a respective recipe to a designated product key is stored in the database. At least one time period is associated with each recipe corresponding to a time when the recipe is associated with a product key. The association is stored in the database and the cooking computer causes the recipe to be associated product key when the real time corresponds to the time period associated with the product key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Technology Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Flynn, JR., Joshua T. MacDonald