Patents by Inventor Raymond Robert O'Brien

Raymond Robert O'Brien 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).

  • Embedded device update service
    Patent number: 7716661
    Abstract: A method and system for updating an OS of an embedded device. The embedded device provides its current OS version information to a mobile operation network via a SMS message. The embedded device can provide its current OS version information to a mobile operation network in response to a request from a mobile operator network that has implemented the SyncML specifications promulgated by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). The mobile operator network interacts with the datacenter to provide the embedded devices's current OS version and get the address of the image update. The mobile operator service sends the address to the embedded device via another SMS message. The embedded device downloads the image update using the RF link via a global packet radio service (GPRS) connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Paul, Yuguo Liu, Donghoon Park, Raymond Robert O'Brien