Patents by Inventor Michael Lee Massimi

Michael Lee Massimi 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).

  • Wireless transmission duration and location-based services
    Patent number: 9277351
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing location-based services provided via a wireless access point. A signal is received from a client device by at least one wireless access point. A distance the signal has traveled to the at least one wireless access point is determined. A determination as to whether the client device is within an allowed range of the at least one wireless access point is made based on the determined distance. Responsive to a determination that the client device is within an allowed range, a location of the client device is determined. Location-based service information is sent to the client device based on the determined location of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Kent Karstens, Michael Lee Massimi
  • WIRELESS TRANSMISSION DURATION AND LOCATION-BASED SERVICES
    Publication number: 20090069033
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing location-based services provided via a wireless access point. A signal is received from a client device by at least one wireless access point. A distance the signal has traveled to the at least one wireless access point is determined. A determination as to whether the client device is within an allowed range of the at least one wireless access point is made based on the determined distance. Responsive to a determination that the client device is within an allowed range, a location of the client device is determined. Location-based service information is sent to the client device based on the determined location of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Kent Karstens, Michael Lee Massimi