Patents by Inventor Peter J. Macer
Peter J. Macer 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: 7715533Abstract: A mobile telephone of an advertiser broadcasts an advertisement over a wireless short range piconet link to a mobile telephone of a consumer. The advertisement is broadcast with a predetermined set of classification tags. The consumer phone has a filter set to accept only certain advertisements. When an advertisement of interest is received by the consumer phone it requests further details automatically via the piconet link and the advertiser phone provides the further details automatically via the piconet link. The consumer phone replies to the advertisement by sending a reply message to a broker device that changes (i.e., modifies or augments the reply message text) and communicates the changed reply message to the advertiser.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Salil Pradhan, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer
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Patent number: 7370077Abstract: A networked information resource generation system includes a wireless network (10), a transceiver (12) and mobile devices (14a-c). The mobile devices (14a-e) share information over the network (10) via the transceiver (12). The information shared over the network (10) is displayed on the mobile devices (14a-e) web-page (71) which is dynamically updated with information from the mobile devices (14a-e).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Salil V. Pradhan, John T. Brassil, Peter J. Macer
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Patent number: 7212785Abstract: A method is disclosed of transferring data to a first communications device having a first transceiver for communication at a first data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver for communication at a second, higher data rate over a short range. The method includes forming a co-ordinated short-range wireless network using the first communications device and at least one second communications device of a similar type. Communication is then initiated between the first communications device and said at least one second communications device to establish whether that second communications device has data required by the first communications device. The first communications device then communicates, upon the first communications device receiving confirmation that a second communications device has the required data, with a service provider using its first transceiver to request permission for the transfer of the required data from said communications device to the first communications device.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John Brassil, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Peter J. Macer, Salil Pradhan
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Patent number: 7065575Abstract: A co-operative network includes a first device that advertises resources it has available for sharing and a second device that requests at least part of the available resources of the first device. The devices co-operatively execute a task using the shared resources of the first device and the resources of the second device.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Vijay Machiraju, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Peter J. Macer, Salil Pradhan, John Deryk Waters, John Brassil
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Patent number: 6968178Abstract: A mobile telephone (10), an advertiser, broadcasts an advertisement over a wireless short range piconet link to another mobile telephone (12), a consumer. The advertisement is broadcast with a predetermined set of classification tags and the consumer phone (12) has a filter set to accept only certain adverts. When an advertisement of interest is received by the consumer phone (12) it requests further details automatically via the piconet link and the advertiser phone (10) provides then automatically via the piconet link. When the consumer wishes to reply to the advertisement they contact the advertiser phone (10), or an advertiser device, via a long range cellular link (16).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2001Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Salil Pradhan, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer
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Patent number: 6950646Abstract: A mobile telephone (10), an advertiser, broadcasts an advertisement over a wireless short range piconet link to another mobile telephone (12), a consumer. The advertisement is broadcast with a predetermined set of classification tags and the consumer phone (12) has a filter set to accept only certain advertisements. When an advertisement of interest is received by the consumer phone (12) it assesses whether to obtain further details via the piconet link and the advertiser phone (10) provides then automatically via the piconet link. When the consumer wishes to reply to the advertisement they contact the advertiser phone (10), or an advertiser device, via a long range cellular link (16).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Salil Pradhan, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer
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Patent number: 6950668Abstract: A method of transferring high rate data between a first communications device (32) and a second communications device (1) is disclosed. The second communications device (1) has a first transceiver (4) for communication with the first communications device (32) at a first, low data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver (2) for communicating at a second, high data rate over a short range. The method comprises the steps of forming a coordinated short-range network (piconet) using the second communications device (1) and a plurality of other similar communications devices (11, 21), transferring a portion of said data to or from the first communications device (32) from or to each of said second communications device and said other communications devices using their first transceivers (2, 12, 22), and transferring said data portions between said other communications devices and the second communications device using their second transceivers (4, 14, 24).Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: John Brassil, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Salil Pradhan
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Patent number: 6591312Abstract: Digital communication devices and digital communication methods are provided. In one aspect of the invention, a digital communication device includes storage circuitry; communication circuitry coupled with the storage circuitry and configured to communicate digital data and a plurality of digital formats externally of the digital communication device; and processing circuitry coupled with the communication circuitry and configured to operate in a receive mode and a send mode, wherein in the receive mode the processing circuitry is configured to select one of the data formats and in the send mode the processing circuitry is configured to send data formats which correspond to digital data stored within the storage circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Warren J. Greaves, Peter J. Macer
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Publication number: 20030097419Abstract: A networked information resource generation system includes a wireless network (10), a transceiver (12) and mobile devices (14a-c). The mobile devices (14a-e) share information over the network (10) via the transceiver (12). The information shared over the network (10) is displayed on the mobile devices (14a-e) web-page (71) which is dynamically updated with information from the mobile devices (14a-e).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2001Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Salil V. Pradhan, John T. Brassil, Peter J. Macer
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Publication number: 20030001882Abstract: A portable entertainment machine (1) is used for storing, displaying and swapping digital objects such as virtual swap cards or tokens, video clips, or game features relating to a game that can be played on the machine. The machine has a selected article window display (8) in which the user can display digital objects, or icons (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) corresponding to digital objects, that have been selected by the machine user as being potentially available for swapping with another machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2001Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Peter J. Macer, James Thomas Edward McDonnell
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Publication number: 20020187776Abstract: A method is disclosed of transferring data to a first communications device having a first transceiver for communication at a first data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver for communication at a second, higher data rate over a short range. The method includes forming a co-ordinated short-range wireless network using the first communications device and at least one second communications device of a similar type. Communication is then initiated between the first communications device and said at least one second communications device to establish whether that second communications device has data required by the first communications device. The first communications device then communicates, upon the first communications device receiving confirmation that a second communications device has the required data, with a service provider using its first transceiver to request permission for the transfer of the required data from said communications device to the first communications device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2001Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: John Brassil, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Peter J. Macer, Salil Pradhan
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Publication number: 20020160759Abstract: A mobile telephone (10), an advertiser, broadcasts an advertisement over a wireless short range piconet link to another mobile telephone (12), a consumer. The advertisement is broadcast with a predetermined set of classification tags and the consumer phone (12) has a filter set to accept only certain adverts. When an advertisement of interest is received by the consumer phone (12) it requests further details automatically via the piconet link and the advertiser phone (10) provides then automatically via the piconet link. When the consumer wishes to reply to the advertisement they contact the advertiser phone (10), or an advertiser device, via a long range cellular link (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Salil Pradhan, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer
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Publication number: 20020160793Abstract: A mobile telephone (10), an advertiser, broadcasts an advertisement over a wireless short range piconet link to another mobile telephone (12), a consumer. The advertisement is broadcast with a predetermined set of classification tags and the consumer phone (12) has a filter set to accept only certain advertisements. When an advertisement of interest is received by the consumer phone (12) it requests further details automatically via the piconet link and the advertiser phone (10) provides then automatically via the piconet link. When the consumer wishes to reply to the advertisement they contact the advertiser phone (10), or an advertiser device, via a long range cellular link (16). An ASP advertisement broker (48) is interposed between the advertiser phone (10) and the consumer phone (12) for the long range telecommunication link.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Salil Pradhan, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer
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Publication number: 20020160758Abstract: A mobile telephone (10), an advertiser, broadcasts an advertisement over a wireless short range piconet link to another mobile telephone (12), a consumer. The advertisement is broadcast with a predetermined set of classification tags and the consumer phone (12) has a filter set to accept only certain advertisements. When an advertisement of interest is received by the consumer phone (12) it assesses whether to obtain further details via the piconet link and the advertiser phone (10) provides then automatically via the piconet link. When the consumer wishes to reply to the advertisement they contact the advertiser phone (10), or an advertiser device, via a long range cellular link (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Salil Pradhan, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer
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Publication number: 20020146067Abstract: A method of transferring high rate data between a first communications device (32) and a second communications device (1) is disclosed. The second communications device (1) has a first transceiver (4) for communication with the first communications device (32) at a first, low data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver (2) for communicating at a second, high data rate over a short range. The method comprises the steps of forming a coordinated short-range network (piconet) using the second communications device (1) and a plurality of other similar communications devices (11, 21), transferring a portion of said data to or from the first communications device (32) from or to each of said second communications device and said other communications devices using their first transceivers (2, 12, 22), and transferring said data portions between said other communications devices and the second communications device using their second transceivers (4, 14, 24).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Inventors: John Brassil, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Salil Pradhan
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Publication number: 20020132632Abstract: A method of transferring high rate data between a first communications device (32) and a second communications device (1) is disclosed. The second communications device (1) has a first transceiver (4) for communication with the first communications device (32) at a first, low data rate over a long range, and a second transceiver (2) for communicating at a second, high data rate over a short range. The method comprises the steps of forming a coordinated short-range network (piconet) using the second communications device (1) and a plurality of other similar communications devices (11, 21), transferring a portion of said data to or from the first communications device (32) from or to each of said second communications device and said other communications devices using their first transceivers (2, 12, 22), and transferring said data portions between said other communications devices and the second communications device using their second transceivers (4, 14, 24).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: John T. Brassil, John Deryk Waters, Peter J. Macer, James Thomas Edward Mcdonnell, Salil Pradhan