Patents by Inventor Philip A. Froese

Philip A. Froese 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).

  • Intelligent role selection for dual-role devices
    Patent number: 10715381
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to mechanisms that enable roles (e.g., host vs. function, power provider vs. power consumer, master vs. slave, server vs. client, source vs. sink, upstream vs. downstream) to be dynamically assigned between two interconnected dual-role devices in an intelligent and deterministic manner based on the available context on each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Firdosh K. Bhesania, Anthony Y. Chen, Vivek Gupta, Andrea A. Keating, Randall E. Aull, Rahul Ramadas, Robert E. Harris, Jr., Jayson L. Kastens, Philip A. Froese, Cong Yang
  • INTELLIGENT ROLE SELECTION FOR DUAL-ROLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190052525
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to mechanisms that enable roles (e.g., host vs. function, power provider vs. power consumer, master vs. slave, server vs. client, source vs. sink, upstream vs. downstream) to be dynamically assigned between two interconnected dual-role devices in an intelligent and deterministic manner based on the available context on each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Firdosh K. Bhesania, Anthony Y. Chen, Vivek Gupta, Andrea A. Keating, Randall E. Aull, Rahul Ramadas, Robert E. Harris Jr., Jayson L. Kastens, Philip A. Froese, Cong Yang
  • Intelligent role selection for dual-role devices
    Patent number: 10122576
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to mechanisms that enable roles (e.g., host vs. function, power provider vs. power consumer, master vs. slave, server vs. client, source vs. sink, upstream vs. downstream) to be dynamically assigned between two interconnected dual-role devices in an intelligent and deterministic manner based on the available context on each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Firdosh K. Bhesania, Anthony Y. Chen, Vivek Gupta, Andrea A. Keating, Randall E. Aull, Rahul Ramadas, Robert E. Harris, Jr., Jayson L. Kastens, Philip A. Froese, Cong Yang
  • INTELLIGENT ROLE SELECTION FOR DUAL-ROLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160277235
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to mechanisms that enable roles (e.g., host vs. function, power provider vs. power consumer, master vs. slave, server vs. client, source vs. sink, upstream vs. downstream) to be dynamically assigned between two interconnected dual-role devices in an intelligent and deterministic manner based on the available context on each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Firdosh K. Bhesania, Anthony Y. Chen, Vivek Gupta, Andrea A. Keating, Randall E. Aull, Rahul Ramadas, Robert E. Harris, JR., Jayson L. Kastens, Philip A. Froese, Cong Yang