Patents by Inventor Patrick Stephen

Patrick Stephen 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for selecting between an ad-hoc conference mode and an infrastructure supported conference mode
    Patent number: 8243629
    Abstract: Devices that are enabled to communicate with each other via an ad hoc conference mode and an infrastructure supported conference mode, are provided with processing capabilities that can allow them to evaluate one or more resources required to support an ad hoc conference communication session and/or one or more quality metrics associated with the ad hoc conference communication session, and determine whether one or more resources or metrics are outside optimal operating parameters. If so, the processing logic can initiate a transition from the ad hoc conference communication session to an infrastructure supported conference communication session hosted at a conference server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Stephen, Greg Dykes, Richard Joyner, Yi-Cheng Liu, Edgardo Promenzio
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BETWEEN AN AD-HOC CONFERENCE MODE AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTED CONFERENCE MODE
    Publication number: 20110019593
    Abstract: Devices that are enabled to communicate with each other via an ad hoc conference mode and an infrastructure supported conference mode, are provided with processing capabilities that can allow them to evaluate one or more resources required to support an ad hoc conference communication session and/or one or more quality metrics associated with the ad hoc conference communication session, and determine whether one or more resources or metrics are outside optimal operating parameters. If so, the processing logic can initiate a transition from the ad hoc conference communication session to an infrastructure supported conference communication session hosted at a conference server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Stephen, Greg Dykes, Richard Joyner, Yi-Cheng Liu, Edgardo Promenzio