Patents by Inventor Kin Fai Wong

Kin Fai Wong 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).

  • Techniques and methods for controlling crowdsourcing from a mobile device
    Patent number: 9609539
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for crowdsourcing measurements of wireless base stations, access points and/or other transmitters from a mobile device to a server are presented. A crowdsourcing request sent by a server to a mobile device may comprise control parameters and measurement parameters. Control parameters may determine when a mobile obtains and reports measurements and measurement parameters may determine which types of measurements a mobile device obtains. Control parameters may comprise trigger parameters for crowdsourcing activation, measurement, reporting and duration. Crowdsourcing may be instigated by a control server and reported to a different data server. Crowdsourcing may be anonymous and may comprise basic or advanced reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, David Richard Coleman, Kin Fai Wong
  • TECHNIQUES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING CROWDSOURCING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150133152
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for crowdsourcing measurements of wireless base stations, access points and/or other transmitters from a mobile device to a server are presented. A crowdsourcing request sent by a server to a mobile device may comprise control parameters and measurement parameters. Control parameters may determine when a mobile obtains and reports measurements and measurement parameters may determine which types of measurements a mobile device obtains. Control parameters may comprise trigger parameters for crowdsourcing activation, measurement, reporting and duration. Crowdsourcing may be instigated by a control server and reported to a different data server. Crowdsourcing may be anonymous and may comprise basic or advanced reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen William EDGE, David Richard COLEMAN, Kin Fai WONG
  • Transmitter position integrity checking
    Patent number: 8437772
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining whether a reported position of a wireless transmitter is sufficiently accurate in accordance with an accuracy metric based at least in part on a calculated range between an estimated position of a mobile station and the reported position and also based at least in part on one or more measurements taken from one or more signals transmitted by the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Leo Moeglein, Douglas Neal Rowitch, Ashok Bhatia, Kin Fai Wong
  • TRANSMITTER POSITION INTEGRITY CHECKING
    Publication number: 20110065457
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining whether a reported position of a wireless transmitter is sufficiently accurate in accordance with an accuracy metric based at least in part on a calculated range between an estimated position of a mobile station and the reported position and also based at least in part on one or more measurements taken from one or more signals transmitted by the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Leo Moeglein, Douglas Neal Rowitch, Ashok Bhatia, Kin Fai Wong