Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas Sexton

Mark Thomas Sexton 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).

  • Battery efficient hybrid mobile device location monitoring
    Patent number: 10009726
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing hybrid location monitoring of a mobile device. While performing region monitoring for a set of regions, a mobile device enters a first region. Upon entering a region, the mobile device requests region information for the region from a web server. Using the region information, the mobile device determines whether to enable location updates while within the region. Upon exiting the region, the mobile device determines whether to disable location updates. While performing location updates, the location of the mobile device can be tracked and be determined to be within other contained or partially contained irregularly shaped geofences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: PING4 INC.
    Inventors: Sean Nathan Roy, Kurt Alfred Dobbins, Mark Thomas Sexton, Sett Paing Oo, Rindress Andrew MacDonald, Tatsuki Nakano, Daniel Willis Post, Mohamed Jamal Fadlalla
  • BATTERY EFFICIENT HYBRID MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION MONITORING
    Publication number: 20170034660
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing hybrid location monitoring of a mobile device. While performing region monitoring for a set of regions, a mobile device enters a first region. Upon entering a region, the mobile device requests region information for the region from a web server. Using the region information, the mobile device determines whether to enable location updates while within the region. Upon exiting the region, the mobile device determines whether to disable location updates. While performing location updates, the location of the mobile device can be tracked and be determined to be within other contained or partially contained irregularly shaped geofences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Nathan ROY, Kurt Alfred DOBBINS, Mark Thomas SEXTON, Sett PAING OO, Rindress Andrew MACDONALD, Tatsuki NAKANO, Daniel Willis POST, Mohamed Jamal FADLALLA
  • Managing content resources
    Publication number: 20080319857
    Abstract: Content resources are managed. A request is received from a user for access to a source of content resources. It is determined that the user is authorized for access to the source. A portal Web page is generated based on a set of content element data applicable to the subscriber. The portal Web page is returned to the user. A system for use in managing content resources has a switch for receiving requests from Web browsers, a content resource management engine in communication with the switch, and a billing system in communication with the content resource management engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: ELLACOYA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt A. Dobbins, Jason P. Poirier, Andre C. Boutin, Justin William Haddad, Stephen G. Delahunty, David L. Cullerot, Mark Thomas Sexton, Adam Michael Lederman, Wouter Johan Weiss, Christopher Lawrence Cheetham, David Ruffen
  • Managing content resources
    Patent number: 7370364
    Abstract: Content resources are managed. A request is received from a user for access to a source of content resources. It is determined that the user is authorized for access to the source. A portal Web page is generated based on a set of content element data applicable to the subscriber. The portal Web page is returned to the user. A system for use in managing content resources has a switch for receiving requests from Web browsers, a content resource management engine in communication with the switch, and a billing system in communication with the content resource management engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Ellacoya Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt A. Dobbins, Jason P. Poirier, Wouter Johan Weiss, Andre C. Boutin, Justin William Haddad, Stephen G. Delahunty, David L. Cullerot, Mark Thomas Sexton, Adam Michael Lederman, Christopher Lawrence Cheetham, David Ruffen
  • Managing content resources
    Publication number: 20020066033
    Abstract: Content resources are managed. A request is received from a user for access to a source of content resources. It is determined that the user is authorized for access to the source. A portal Web page is generated based on a set of content element data applicable to the subscriber. The portal Web page is returned to the user. A system for use in managing content resources has a switch for receiving requests from Web browsers, a content resource management engine in communication with the switch, and a billing system in communication with the content resource management engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Kurt A. Dobbins, Jason P. Poirier, Wouter Johan Weiss, Andre C. Boutin, Justin William Haddad, Stephen G. Delahunty, David L. Cullerot, Mark Thomas Sexton, Adam Michael Lederman, Christopher Lawrence Cheetham, David Ruffen