Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Hanson

Mark Allen Hanson 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).

  • Publication number: 20130326356
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for case of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: JIANYU ROY ZHENG, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130125004
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for case of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: JIANYU ROY ZHENG, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8095072
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyu Roy Zheng, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20110078627
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for ease of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: JIANYU ROY ZHENG, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7917089
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyu Roy Zheng, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20100100642
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for ease of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: JIANYU ROY ZHENG, MARK ALLEN HANSON, DJUNG NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 7668508
    Abstract: A Wireless Connection Utility (WCU) provides a unified user experience for managing various types of wireless connections, including Wireless WANs, Wireless LANs, and Bluetooth networks. The WCU functions as a gateway for a user of a computer to monitor the computer's wireless network status, to switch wireless connections, to configure wireless connection settings, and to diagnose wireless connection problems through a Wireless Helper Utility (WHU). The WCU thus provides a unified U/I layer on the top of the existing operating system components for ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyu Roy Zheng, Mark Allen Hanson, Djung Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20080046943
    Abstract: A TV communicates with an Internet video system providing video content to the TV for display of the content on the TV. The Internet video system also provides information to the TV for rendering into a user interface (UI) screen on the TV and presenting icons representing respective Internet video providers, the icons being arranged on the screen in accordance with respective remunerations remitted by each provider. Parental controls entered into the V-chip of the TV can be automatically provided to the Internet video system for implementation in the Internet video system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Nick Colsey, Mark Allen Hanson, Jason R. Meerbergen, Lee Pedlow, Gen Tsuchikawa