Patents by Inventor Nicolas Guy Albert Graube
Nicolas Guy Albert Graube 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: 10055570Abstract: A communication device capable of communicating over a network on behalf of a consumer device, the network being configured such transport of packets through the network is provided by each communication device in the network listening for and relaying packets, the communication device comprising a relay unit configured to listen for packets and relay them over the network, a mode unit configured to identify whether the consumer device is active or non-active with respect to the network, and a timing unit configured to control the time that the relay unit listens for packets in dependence on that identification.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTDInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube
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Patent number: 9910976Abstract: A communication device comprising: a first processing function for performing protocol processing of received datagrams; a second processing function for performing protocol processing for received datagrams at a higher level than the first processing function; and a power controller; the device being configured such that the power controller can place the second processing function in a low power state while the first processing function remains capable of performing protocol processing of received datagrams; and the first processing function comprising a mesh datagram processing function configured to process datagrams of a mesh protocol by analyzing received datagrams of the mesh protocol, determining a subset of those datagrams for retransmission, and causing the device to retransmit the determined ones of those datagrams.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Paul Nicholas Williamson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Patent number: 9842202Abstract: A method of determining the proximity of a first device to a second device, the method comprising, at the second device: receiving a first packet having a first payload and a first lifetime value, the first lifetime value being such so as to cause a device receiving the first packet to not retransmit the first payload; and generating, in dependence on the first packet, a second packet having a second payload and a second lifetime value, the second payload being indicative of the proximity of the first device to the second device and the second lifetime value being such as to cause a device receiving the second packet to retransmit the second payload.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Murray Robert Jarvis, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, David Huntingford, Hugo Mark Tyson
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Patent number: 9754096Abstract: A method for providing an update package to a node in a mesh network comprising a set of nodes and a gateway node arranged to provide access to an update server via a second network. The gateway node collects package information from each set node, including a first node. Each package identifies a respective node and its package version. The gateway node may query the update server based on the package information. The update server may respond to the gateway node with an updated package for the first node. The gateway node broadcasts the updated package into the mesh network as a sequence of mesh messages. Each of a first plurality of nodes of the set may forward the mesh messages to other nodes. The first node stores the mesh messages so as the sequence of mesh messages is received, assemble the updated package.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Mauro Scagnol, Srdjan Miocinovic, Hooman Borghei, Dragan Boscovic, Hamid Ahmadi, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, Clive Thomson
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Patent number: 9692538Abstract: A network including a plurality of wireless communication devices capable of operating according to a wireless protocol that imposes no common timebase at the network level, the plurality of devices comprising: an initiator device configured to detect an event and in response transmit an event message having a payload comprising a time field; and a set of appliance devices configured to receive and automatically retransmit messages received from others of the devices, each appliance device being associated with an appliance supplementary to its wireless communication function and being configured to, on receiving an event message comprising a time field, cause their respective associated appliance to perform a function at a time indicated by the content of the time field in the received message.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM Technologies International, LTD.Inventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Patent number: 9672346Abstract: A communication device configured to form a cluster with one or more other communication devices in its vicinity, monitor the presence, in the cluster, of those other communication devices and provide information about the presence, in the cluster, of the other communication devices to another device.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM Technologies International, LTD.Inventors: Murray Robert Jarvis, Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, David Huntingford, Reuven Meyer Samuel
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Patent number: 9489506Abstract: A communication device capable of communicating according to two communication protocols, the device being configured to: in response to receiving a first message according to a first one of the protocols, the first message including data defining a payload, automatically retransmit a second message according to the first protocol, the second message comprising data defining an identical payload to that of the first message; and in response to receiving the first message, automatically transmit a third message according to the second protocol, the second message also comprising data defining an identical payload to the first message.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Access point location identification methods and apparatus based on absolute and relative harvesting
Patent number: 9121922Abstract: A system and method which identifies locations associated with radio-frequency (RF) signal sources in an area, includes receiving multiple measurement sets from a plurality of collector devices. The collector devices obtain contemporaneous information on characteristics of the signal sources and absolute and/or relative location information of the collectors. These measurement sets are processed to discover positioning data for the RF signal sources that may be used to determine locations of devices in the area that are configured to receive or monitor the RF signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Murray Robert Jarvis, Ben Tarlow, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube -
Publication number: 20150245220Abstract: A communication device comprising: a first processing function for performing protocol processing of received datagrams; a second processing function for performing protocol processing for received datagrams at a higher level than the first processing function; and a power controller; the device being configured such that the power controller can place the second processing function in a low power state whilst the first processing function remains capable of performing protocol processing of received datagrams; and the first processing function comprising a mesh datagram processing function configured to process datagrams of a mesh protocol by analysing received datagrams of the mesh protocol, determining a subset of those datagrams for retransmission, and causing the device to retransmit the determined ones of those datagrams.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Paul Nicholas Williamson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Publication number: 20150244484Abstract: A network including a plurality of wireless communication devices capable of operating according to a wireless protocol that imposes no common timebase at the network level, the plurality of devices comprising: an initiator device configured to detect an event and in response transmit an event message having a payload comprising a time field; and a set of appliance devices configured to receive and automatically retransmit messages received from others of the devices, each appliance device being associated with an appliance supplementary to its wireless communication function and being configured to, on receiving an event message comprising a time field, cause their respective associated appliance to perform a function at a time indicated by the content of the time field in the received message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Publication number: 20150245203Abstract: A method for identifying packets received at a wireless communication device capable of operating according to a wireless communications protocol and capable of communicating in a network, the method comprising: receiving a first packet; processing, in accordance with a predetermined algorithm, a portion of the first packet in dependence on a first network key associated with a first network; and determining if a result of said processing is successful or unsuccessful and, if successful, identifying the first packet as being addressed to devices in the first network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Publication number: 20150245179Abstract: A communication device configured to form a cluster with one or more other communication devices in its vicinity, monitor the presence, in the cluster, of those other communication devices and provide information about the presence, in the cluster, of the other communication devices to another device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Murray Robert Jarvis, Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, David Huntingford, Reuven Meyer Samuel
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Publication number: 20150245182Abstract: A method for providing an update package to a node in a mesh network comprising a set of nodes and a gateway node arranged to provide access to an update server via a second network. The gateway node collects package information from each set node, including a first node. Each package identifies a respective node and its package version. The gateway node may query the update server based on the package information. The update server may respond to the gateway node with an updated package for the first node. The gateway node broadcasts the updated package into the mesh network as a sequence of mesh messages. Each of a first plurality of nodes of the set may forward the mesh messages to other nodes. The first node stores the mesh messages so as the sequence of mesh messages is received, assemble the updated package.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Mauro Scagnol, Srdjan Miocinovic, Hooman Borghei, Dragan Boscovic, Hamid Ahmadi, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, Clive Thomson
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Publication number: 20150245296Abstract: A communication device capable of communicating over a network on behalf of a consumer device, the network being configured such transport of packets through the network is provided by each communication device in the network listening for and relaying packets, the communication device comprising a relay unit configured to listen for packets and relay them over the network, a mode unit configured to identify whether the consumer device is active or non-active with respect to the network, and a timing unit configured to control the time that the relay unit listens for packets in dependence on that identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube
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Publication number: 20150245412Abstract: A communication device capable of communicating according to two communication protocols, the device being configured to: in response to receiving a first message according to a first one of the protocols, the first message including data defining a payload, automatically retransmit a second message according to the first protocol, the second message comprising data defining an identical payload to that of the first message; and in response to receiving the first message, automatically transmit a third message according to the second protocol, the second message also comprising data defining an identical payload to the first message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Publication number: 20150244623Abstract: An analysis device for analysing a communication network comprising a plurality of communication devices, the communication network being configured such that transport of packets through the network is provided by the communication devices in the network listening for and relaying packets, the analysis device being configured to: receive a traffic statistics log from a profile device, the traffic statistics log comprising a traffic statistics message from each of the plurality of communication devices, each traffic statistics message comprising data defining at least one reception property of the reception of at least one probe message at the respective communication device; and identify, based on the at least one reception property, at least one restriction point communication device from the plurality of communication devices that is a restriction point in the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, Clive Thomson, Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube
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Publication number: 20150245231Abstract: A method of determining the proximity of a first device to a second device, the method comprising, at the second device: receiving a first packet having a first payload and a first lifetime value, the first lifetime value being such so as to cause a device receiving the first packet to not retransmit the first payload; and generating, in dependence on the first packet, a second packet having a second payload and a second lifetime value, the second payload being indicative of the proximity of the first device to the second device and the second lifetime value being such as to cause a device receiving the second packet to retransmit the second payload.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Murray Robert Jarvis, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon, Nicholas John Jones, David Huntingford, Hugo Mark Tyson
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Publication number: 20150244648Abstract: A communication device capable of communicating over a communication network that is configured such transport of packets through the network is provided by each communication device in the network listening for and relaying packets, the communication device comprising a relay unit configured to listen for packets and relay them over the network, a detection unit configured to identify other communication devices in the network that are also capable of acting as relay devices and a power controller configured to adjust the power that the communication device uses to listen for packets in dependence on the other devices identified by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube
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Publication number: 20150244481Abstract: A wireless communication device configured to receive a first data packet identified as being of a broadcast packet type, the first packet comprising a first mesh network data packet that comprises a payload and a first lifetime value. A portion of the first packet may be compared against a record of mesh network data packets previously received by the device. If the record indicates that the first packet has not been previously received by the device and if the first lifetime value of the first packet is not equal to a predetermined threshold value, then form a second mesh network data packet that is unaltered from the first packet except that the first lifetime value is changed to indicate that the first packet has been received. The second packet may be transmitted within a second data packet that is identified as being of the broadcast packet type.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Hugo Mark Tyson, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Robin Heydon
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Publication number: 20150244565Abstract: A method of configuring a network, the network comprising a plurality of devices capable of operating according to a wireless communications protocol, each device having a device type, each device communicating directly with one or more local devices of a local group, the local devices being those devices of the network with which the device is in direct communications range, the method comprising: storing a device configuration for each device; at a device: detecting that a first local device having a first device type has left the local group, and detecting that a further device having the first device type has entered the local group; determining that the further device is a replacement for the first local device; and applying the stored configuration for the first local device to the further device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Robin Heydon, Nicolas Guy Albert Graube, Nicholas John Jones