Patents by Inventor Rachel Yu-Yin Ward

Rachel Yu-Yin Ward 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).

  • Processing of a coarse location request for a mobile device
    Patent number: 9439163
    Abstract: A location proxy server receives a network-initiated location request. The location proxy server determines the location request is a coarse location request for a mobile device. The location proxy server forwards the coarse location request for the mobile device to a location server. The location server completes a control plane function to determine the location of the mobile device and provides a location answer to the location proxy server. The location proxy server provides the location answer to the application server initiating the location request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Rachel Yu-Yin Ward, Atul Thaper
  • Trusted mode location service for mobile device access to private network based applications
    Patent number: 9071928
    Abstract: In response to a location assistance request initiated by a mobile device on a private network and directed to a data access port of a location server in a public mobile communication network, a source network address is extracted from the received request. If the extracted source network address is determined to be associated with a trusted private network domain, location assistance data obtained by the location server is provided to the mobile device on the private network without requiring any proprietary messaging schemes or application-specific authentication credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Rachel Yu-Yin Ward, Atul Thaper, Biren A. Patel
  • PROCESSING OF A COARSE LOCATION REQUEST FOR A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150181550
    Abstract: A location proxy server receives a network-initiated location request. The location proxy server determines the location request is a coarse location request for a mobile device. The location proxy server forwards the coarse location request for the mobile device to a location server. The location server completes a control plane function to determine the location of the mobile device and provides a location answer to the location proxy server. The location proxy server provides the location answer to the application server initiating the location request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Rachel Yu-Yin Ward, Atul Thaper
  • TRUSTED MODE LOCATION SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO PRIVATE NETWORK BASED APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140073355
    Abstract: In response to a location assistance request initiated by a mobile device on a private network and directed to a data access port of a location server in a public mobile communication network, a source network address is extracted from the received request. If the extracted source network address is determined to be associated with a trusted private network domain, location assistance data obtained by the location server is provided to the mobile device on the private network without requiring any proprietary messaging schemes or application-specific authentication credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Rachel Yu-Yin Ward, Atul Thaper, Biren A. Patel