Patents by Inventor Pål Håland

Pål Håland 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).

  • Patent number: 11917402
    Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device and a second device is disclosed. An advertising packet is transmitted between first and second devices, wherein the packet includes a first address and a data portion. Additionally, an encryption key is transmitted between the devices. The first device generates a second address by encrypting an identity value derived from part of the first address using the encryption key and the data portion. The result is encrypted to generate second portion of the second address. The first device then transmits a connection request including the second address. The second device decrypts the second portion and uses the encryption key to determine correspondence with the first portion. If said correspondence is determined, the second device decrypts the first portion using at least the encryption key and compares it to an expected identity value derived from the first address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
    Inventors: Carsten Wulff, Pål Håland
  • Publication number: 20240056894
    Abstract: A digital radio transmitter device operates in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol that defines a default inter-frame spacing. The device has a minimum inter-frame spacing that is shorter than said default inter-frame spacing. The device is configured to: transmit a first data packet indicating that the device is able to support an inter-frame spacing shorter than said default inter-frame spacing; receive a second data packet from a peer device after said default inter-frame spacing; if said second data packet indicates that said peer device is able to support an inter-frame spacing shorter than said default inter-frame spacing, transmit a third data packet using an inter-frame spacing shorter than said default inter-frame spacing; and if said second data packet does not indicate that said peer device is able to support an inter-frame spacing shorter than said default inter-frame spacing, transmit said third packet using said default inter-frame spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
    Inventor: Pål HÅLAND
  • Publication number: 20240004805
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device. It has peripherals which each have one or more event outputs or task inputs, connected to a peripheral interconnect. The device also has a controller for configuring the peripheral interconnect and a memory, which are communicatively coupled to a bus system. The peripheral interconnect receives configuration data from the controller, which selectively connects peripheral event outputs and task inputs. The controller uses the bus system to access a sequence of instructions in a script stored in the memory. Each instruction in the sequence identifies a peripheral task input, event output and a second peripheral event output. Each subsequent instruction in the sequence is implemented in response to detecting an event signalled from the second peripheral event output identified by the preceding instruction in the sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
    Inventors: Pål HÅLAND, Carsten WULFF
  • Publication number: 20220174484
    Abstract: A method of digital radio communication between a first device and a second device is disclosed. An advertising packet is transmitted between first and second devices, wherein the packet includes a first address and a data portion. Additionally, an encryption key is transmitted between the devices. The first device generates a second address by encrypting an identity value derived from part of the first address using the encryption key and the data portion. The result is encrypted to generate second portion of the second address. The first device then transmits a connection request including the second address. The second device decrypts the second portion and uses the encryption key to determine correspondence with the first portion. If said correspondence is determined, the second device decrypts the first portion using at least the encryption key and compares it to an expected identity value derived from the first address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
    Inventors: Carsten Wulff, Pål Håland