Patents by Inventor Mark E. Pecen
Mark E. Pecen 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: 10278122Abstract: A device and method are provided for concurrently using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) to support a wireless-enabled communications session. A set of data is processed at a client node to identify a subset of priority data. The set of data and the subset of priority data are respectively provided to a first and second protocol stack, which correspond to a first and second RAT. The first and second protocol stacks are then used to control the transmission of a first and second set of transmitted data, which in turn respectively comprise the set of data and the subset of priority data. The first and second sets of transmitted data are received by an access node, which uses corresponding first and second protocol stacks to control their reception. The first and second sets of transmitted data are then processed to generate a set of received data.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Mark E. Pecen, David Gwyn Steer
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Publication number: 20180352503Abstract: A device and method are provided for concurrently using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) to support a wireless-enabled communications session. A set of data is processed at a client node to identify a subset of priority data. The set of data and the subset of priority data are respectively provided to a first and second protocol stack, which correspond to a first and second RAT. The first and second protocol stacks are then used to control the transmission of a first and second set of transmitted data, which in turn respectively comprise the set of data and the subset of priority data. The first and second sets of transmitted data are received by an access node, which uses corresponding first and second protocol stacks to control their reception. The first and second sets of transmitted data are then processed to generate a set of received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Mark E. Pecen, David Gwyn Steer
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Patent number: 10064125Abstract: A device and method are provided for concurrently using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) to support a wireless-enabled communications session. A set of data is processed at a client node to identify a subset of priority data. The set of data and the subset of priority data are respectively provided to a first and second protocol stack, which correspond to a first and second RAT. The first and second protocol stacks are then used to control the transmission of a first and second set of transmitted data, which in turn respectively comprise the set of data and the subset of priority data. The first and second sets of transmitted data are received by an access node, which uses corresponding first and second protocol stacks to control their reception. The first and second sets of transmitted data are then processed to generate a set of received data.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Mark E. Pecen, David Gwyn Steer
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Patent number: 9814077Abstract: A device, method or system implements operations to receive compressed samples of wireless transmissions from a plurality of user equipment (UEs) traveling through different communication regions in a wireless network, and detect information in the wireless transmissions of the UEs based on the compressed samples.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Aloysuis Sexton, Charles Arthur Cliff, Mark E. Pecen, Paul James Lusina
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Patent number: 9800377Abstract: In some implementations, a method in a wireless network includes allocating a radio resource to a plurality of transmitters. The radio resource is configured for simultaneously transmitting and receiving user data with varying transmission delays. User data bursts are received, from the plurality of transmitters, with varying transmission delays transmitted over the allocated radio resource with varying resource identities.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Mark E. Pecen, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Yongkang Jia
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Patent number: 9654981Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for trusted communication among mobile devices are described. In some aspects, information is wirelessly transmitted from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The information permits the second mobile device to detect proximity of the first mobile device. In some implementations, the information can be wirelessly transmitted by a proximity-activated wireless interface, such as, for example, a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface. In response to the information, the first mobile device receives a message and a first authentication value wirelessly transmitted from the second mobile device to the first mobile device. A second authentication value is generated at the first mobile device based on the message and the shared secret value. Integrity of the message is verified based on comparing the first authentication value and the second authentication value.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Mark E. Pecen, Scott Alexander Vanstone, Matthew John Campagna, Anthony Rosati
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Patent number: 9615257Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for trusted communication among mobile devices are described. In some aspects, an authentication value is generated at a first mobile device based on a message and a shared secret value stored on the first mobile device. In response to detecting proximity of a second mobile device, the message and the authentication value are wirelessly transmitted from the first mobile device to the second mobile device. In some implementations, the message and the authentication value can be wirelessly transmitted by a proximity-activated wireless interface, such as, for example, a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Mark E. Pecen, Scott Alexander Vanstone, Matthew John Campagna, Anthony Rosati
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Publication number: 20160374116Abstract: A device, method or system implements operations to receive compressed samples of wireless transmissions from a plurality of user equipment (UEs) traveling through different communication regions in a wireless network, and detect information in the wireless transmissions of the UEs based on the compressed samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Thomas Aloysuis Sexton, Charles Arthur Cliff, Mark E. Pecen, Paul James Lusina
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Publication number: 20160286472Abstract: A device and method are provided for concurrently using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) to support a wireless-enabled communications session. A set of data is processed at a client node to identify a subset of priority data. The set of data and the subset of priority data are respectively provided to a first and second protocol stack, which correspond to a first and second RAT. The first and second protocol stacks are then used to control the transmission of a first and second set of transmitted data, which in turn respectively comprise the set of data and the subset of priority data. The first and second sets of transmitted data are received by an access node, which uses corresponding first and second protocol stacks to control their reception. The first and second sets of transmitted data are then processed to generate a set of received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Mark E. Pecen, David Gywn Steer
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Publication number: 20160261389Abstract: In some implementations, a method in a wireless network includes allocating a radio resource to a plurality of transmitters. The radio resource is configured for simultaneously transmitting and receiving user data with varying transmission delays. User data bursts are received, from the plurality of transmitters, with varying transmission delays transmitted over the allocated radio resource with varying resource identities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Chandra Sekhar BONTU, Mark E. PECEN, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Yongkang JIA
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Patent number: 9369247Abstract: In some implementations, a method in a wireless network includes allocating a radio resource to a plurality of transmitters. The radio resource is configured for simultaneously transmitting and receiving user data with varying transmission delays. User data bursts are received, from the plurality of transmitters, with varying transmission delays transmitted over the allocated radio resource with varying resource identities.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Mark E. Pecen, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Yongkang Jia, Chandra Sekhar Bontu
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Patent number: 9326114Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for transferring a call described. In some aspects, during a voice call, a mobile device detects proximity of an audio appliance. The mobile device determines that the audio appliance is permitted to carry an audio portion of the voice call. The mobile device establishes a bi-directional communication link operable to transfer audio data between the mobile device and the audio appliance. In some instances, the audio data for the voice call is routed between the mobile device and the audio appliance by the bi-directional communication link.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Mihal Lazaridis, George Ross Staikos, Mark E. Pecen
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Patent number: 9325067Abstract: An antenna, comprising a plurality of feed points and tuning elements for tuning a resonant frequency at each feed point independently of the others of the plurality of feed points. The tuning elements are placed on the configured radiating element such that for a given feed point its tuning element is placed on the configured radiating element where a current distribution of the other feed points is a minimum.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Shirook M. Ali, Mark E. Pecen, James Paul Warden
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Patent number: 9215656Abstract: A data transfer system may coordinate the transfer of user data and control data using a self-contained data channel without using a separate control channel in a time period between set-up and tear-down of the self-contained data channel. For example, a plurality of data transfer resources may be established in a self-contained data channel between user equipment and a network controller. User data is transferred between the user equipment and the network controller in at least one of the plurality of data transfer resources of the self-contained data channel. Additionally, control data is transferred between the user equipment and the network controller in at least one of the plurality of data transfer resources of the self-contained data channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Mark E. Pecen, Biswaroop Mukherjee, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Chandra Sekhar Bontu
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Patent number: 9125231Abstract: A method for communication is provided. The method comprises receiving, by at least one instantiation of a supervisory interface installed on a telecommunications component, a plurality of data streams associated with an application. The method further comprises associating, by the at least one instantiation of the supervisory interface, a first data stream with a first RAT available on the component and a second data stream with a second RAT available on the component.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Atul Asthana, David Gywn Steer, Mark E. Pecen
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Patent number: 9118667Abstract: A system and method are provided for using a mobile device to authenticate access to a private network. The mobile device may operate to receive a challenge from an authentication server, the challenge having being generated according to a request to access a private network; obtain a private value; use the private value, the challenge, and a private key to generate a response to the challenge; and send the response to the authentication server. An authentication server may operate to generate a challenge; send the challenge to a mobile device; receive a response from the mobile device, the response having been generated by the mobile device using a private value, the challenge, and a private key; verify the response; and confirm verification of the response with a VPN gateway to permit a computing device to access a private network.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, Certicom Corp.Inventors: Anthony Rosati, Scott Alexander Vanstone, Mark E. Pecen
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Publication number: 20150230265Abstract: Method and associated apparatus for communicating data at reduced transmission latency in a radio communication system having a slotted interface are described. An example network device includes an assignor to receive an indication of an amount of data to be communicated by a first communication station, and assign communication resources to convey all of the indicated data amount, the assigned communication resources comprising a plurality of time slots within one time frame and one radio carrier and a data scheduler to receive an indication of assigned communication resources, and to schedule communication of the data block in conformity with the assigned communication resources and in response to a communication station minimum tuning latency period, wherein the schedule of the communication of the data block provides for completion of the communication of the data block and acknowledgement of successful delivery of the data block within the one time frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITEDInventors: Mark E. Pecen, Mihal Lazaridis, Sean Bartholomew Simmons, Johanna Lisa Dwyer
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Publication number: 20150054699Abstract: An antenna, comprising a plurality of feed points and tuning elements for tuning a resonant frequency at each feed point independently of the others of the plurality of feed points. The tuning elements are placed on the configured radiating element such that for a given feed point its tuning element is placed on the configured radiating element where a current distribution of the other feed points is a minimum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Shirook M. ALI, Mark E. PECEN, James Paul Warden
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Publication number: 20140369245Abstract: A data transfer system may coordinate the transfer of user data and control data using a self-contained data channel without using a separate control channel in a time period between set-up and tear-down of the self-contained data channel. For example, a plurality of data transfer resources may be established in a self-contained data channel between user equipment and a network controller. User data is transferred between the user equipment and the network controller in at least one of the plurality of data transfer resources of the self-contained data channel. Additionally, control data is transferred between the user equipment and the network controller in at least one of the plurality of data transfer resources of the self-contained data channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Mark E. Pecen, Biswaroop Mukherjee, Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Chandra Sekhar Bontu
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Publication number: 20140315597Abstract: A method for communication is provided. The method comprises receiving, by at least one instantiation of a supervisory interface installed on a telecommunications component, a plurality of data streams associated with an application. The method further comprises associating, by the at least one instantiation of the supervisory interface, a first data stream with a first RAT available on the component and a second data stream with a second RAT available on the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Shalini Suresh Periyalwar, Atul Asthana, David Gywn Steer, Mark E. Pecen