Patents by Inventor Neil Hendin
Neil Hendin 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: 10448233Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for enhancing emergency communications in a wireless system. Implementations can be realized with an end-user device, a base station, or a combination thereof. Described implementations facilitate the institution of emergency communications with a heightened level of reliability to increase the safety of an end-user that is relying on a wireless connection to make an emergency communication. Example implementations include local transmission priority elevation, automatic audio channel modification, transmission power boosting, end-user interaction control, modulation scheme adjustment, robust category selection, prioritized resource assignment, and so forth. In some aspects, an end-user device includes a transmission data buffer to store emergency communication data having a first priority level and other communication data having a second priority level.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jibing Wang, Neil Hendin, Erik Richard Stauffer, Aamir Akram
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Publication number: 20190141507Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for enhancing emergency communications in a wireless system. Implementations can be realized with an end-user device, a base station, or a combination thereof. Described implementations facilitate the institution of emergency communications with a heightened level of reliability to increase the safety of an end-user that is relying on a wireless connection to make an emergency communication. Example implementations include local transmission priority elevation, automatic audio channel modification, transmission power boosting, end-user interaction control, modulation scheme adjustment, robust category selection, prioritized resource assignment, and so forth. In some aspects, an end-user device includes a transmission data buffer to store emergency communication data having a first priority level and other communication data having a second priority level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jibing Wang, Neil Hendin, Erik Richard Stauffer, Aamir Akram
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Patent number: 9912556Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to displaying of a status of a network device. A performance of a preset sequence of actions can be initiated, where the preset sequence of actions includes a first action. A determination can be made as to whether the first action is performed successfully. Characteristics of the light sources can be set based on the determination of whether the first action is performed successfully.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Neil Hendin, Jonathan Huang
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Patent number: 9805562Abstract: A computing device includes a memory storing executable instructions, a processor configured to execute the instructions, a programmable display screen configured to display text-based information, and a multi-color indicator. The multi-color indicator is located on a surface of the computing device and includes a plurality of segments, each segment configured to display at least four different colors, where colors displayed by segments of the multi-color indicator are programmable, through execution of the instructions by the processor, to display non-text-based information.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: William F. Richardson, Andrew Bowers, Neil Hendin
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Patent number: 9693390Abstract: Techniques to manage a mobile device based on network density are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio module operative to receive radio signals, a resource detector operative to collect a sample for one or more wireless resources based on the received radio signals, a network density module operative to estimate a network density for an operating environment of the mobile computing device based on the sample and a probability density function, and a parameter management module operative to manage one or more operational parameters of the mobile computing device based on the estimated network density. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: James Beninghaus, William Ngo, Welly Kasten, Neil Hendin
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Patent number: 9645908Abstract: A computing device may include a policy agent configured to receive activity information, apply at least one display policy to the activity information, and determine at least one command based on results of the at least one display policy being applied to the activity information, and a multi-colored indicator unit, located on a non-display screen area of the computing device, configured to display at least one of a plurality of colors based on the at least one command.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew Bowers, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Neil Hendin
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Patent number: 9632969Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a wireless connection between a computing device and a peripheral module are provided. In some aspects, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a mechanical coupling between the peripheral module and the computing device. The method also includes identifying a first function of the mechanically coupled peripheral module, and comparing the first function to a preapproved function. The method also includes managing the wireless connection between the peripheral module and the computing device based on the comparison of the first function to the preapproved function.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Neil Hendin, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla, Trond Thomas Wuellner
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Publication number: 20160323934Abstract: Techniques to manage a mobile device based on network density are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio module operative to receive radio signals, a resource detector operative to collect a sample for one or more wireless resources based on the received radio signals, a network density module operative to estimate a network density for an operating environment of the mobile computing device based on the sample and a probability density function, and a parameter management module operative to manage one or more operational parameters of the mobile computing device based on the estimated network density. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Qualcomm, IncorporatedInventors: James Beninghaus, William Ngo, Welly Kasten, Neil Hendin
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Publication number: 20160170858Abstract: A computing device may include a policy agent configured to receive activity information, apply at least one display policy to the activity information, and determine at least one command based on results of the at least one display policy being applied to the activity information, and a multi-colored indicator unit, located on a non-display screen area of the computing device, configured to display at least one of a plurality of colors based on the at least one command.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Andrew BOWERS, Felix Jose Alvarez RIVERA, Neil HENDIN
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Patent number: 9330542Abstract: A computing device includes a memory storing executable instructions, a processor configured to execute the instructions, a programmable display screen configured to display text-based information, and a multi-color indicator. The multi-color indicator is located on a surface of the computing device and includes a plurality of segments, each segment configured to display at least four different colors, where colors displayed by segments of the multi-color indicator are programmable, through execution of the instructions by the processor, to display non-text-based information.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William F. Richardson, Andrew Bowers, Neil Hendin
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Patent number: 9305439Abstract: A computing device may include a policy agent configured to receive activity information, apply at least one display policy to the activity information, and determine at least one command based on results of the at least one display policy being applied to the activity information, and a multi-colored indicator unit, located on a non-display screen area of the computing device, configured to display at least one of a plurality of colors based on the at least one command.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew Bowers, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Neil Hendin
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Publication number: 20150205750Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a wireless connection between a computing device and a peripheral module are provided. In some aspects, a computer-implemented method includes detecting a mechanical coupling between the peripheral module and the computing device. The method also includes identifying a first function of the mechanically coupled peripheral module, and comparing the first function to a preapproved function. The method also includes managing the wireless connection between the peripheral module and the computing device based on the comparison of the first function to the preapproved function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Neil HENDIN, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla, Trond Thomas Wuellner
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Patent number: 9088176Abstract: A power management unit for improving power efficiency of an electronic device. The power management unit includes a first and a second stage power regulator and a control circuitry. The first stage power regulator includes a switching regulator to efficiently adjust an input voltage based on a feedback signal. The adjusted input voltage provides the second stage power regulator that includes low dropout voltage regulators with an input voltage close to its output. Thus, power dissipation in the second stage is reduced by reducing the voltage differential between the input and desired output voltages. The second stage turns on/off power to units of the electronic device. The control circuitry generates the feedback signal based on dropout voltages of the low dropout voltages, the desired output voltage and the adjusted input voltage. The largest dropout voltage is selected and adds it to the desired output voltage to generate the feedback signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Neil Hendin, Zahid Najam
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Patent number: 8909165Abstract: Isolation techniques for multiple co-located radio modules are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include an antenna, a first transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a first link, a second transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a second link, a shared antenna structure operative to allow the first transceiver and the second transceiver to share the antenna for simultaneous operations, and an active signal canceller operative to generate a cancellation signal to cancel an interference signal for a radio-frequency coupling channel between the first and second transceivers. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Neil Hendin
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Publication number: 20140118155Abstract: A computing device may include a policy agent configured to receive activity information, apply at least one display policy to the activity information, and determine at least one command based on results of the at least one display policy being applied to the activity information, and a multi-colored indicator unit, located on a non-display screen area of the computing device, configured to display at least one of a plurality of colors based on the at least one command.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew Bowers, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera, Neil Hendin
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Patent number: 8498574Abstract: Techniques for enhanced co-existence for co-located radios are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a first radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a first link using a first set of communications channels, a second radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a second link using a second set of communications channels, and a coordination module operative to receive information regarding operation of the first and second radio modules, and modify a communications parameter for the first or second radio module based on the received information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Palm, Inc.Inventors: James Beninghaus, Jerome Tu, Neil Hendin, William Ngo, Welly Kasten
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Patent number: 8327173Abstract: In an integrated circuit device, a circuit for maintaining asserted values on an input output pin of the device when a functional block of the device is placed in a sleep mode. The circuit includes an interface for coupling a functional block of a processor to an input and output pin and an output storage element coupled to the interface for storing a current value of the input output pin. The circuit further includes a sleep mode enable for controlling the output storage element to store the current value of the input output pin prior to the functional block being entering a sleep mode and cause the current value of the input output pin to remain asserted after the functional block is in sleep mode. The sleep mode enable is also to deactivate the storage element when the sleep mode is exited.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Neil Hendin, Zahid Najam, Stephane Le Provost, Brian Smith
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Publication number: 20120302286Abstract: Techniques for enhanced co-existence for co-located radios are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a first radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a first link using a first set of communications channels, a second radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a second link using a second set of communications channels, and a coordination module operative to receive information regarding operation of the first and second radio modules, and modify a communications parameter for the first or second radio module based on the received information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: James Beninghaus, Jerome Tu, Neil Hendin, William Ngo, Welly Kasten
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Patent number: 8265563Abstract: Techniques for enhanced co-existence for co-located radios are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a first radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a first link using a first set of communications channels, a second radio module operative to communicate wirelessly across a second link using a second set of communications channels, and a coordination module operative to receive information regarding operation of the first and second radio modules, and modify a communications parameter for the first or second radio module based on the received information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: James Beninghaus, Jerome Tu, Neil Hendin, William Ngo, Welly Kasten
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Patent number: 8260214Abstract: A shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules is disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include an antenna, a first transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a first link, a second transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a second link, and a shared antenna structure communicatively coupled to the first transceiver, the second transceiver and the antenna. The shared antenna structure may comprise a combiner and at least one switch arranged to allow the first transceiver and the second transceiver to share the antenna for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jeff Marlett, Neil Hendin, Jerome Tu, James Beninghaus