Patents by Inventor RICHARD ABBOT

RICHARD ABBOT 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).

  • Patent number: 10552648
    Abstract: A capability for localization of a wireless tag based on wireless gateway association information uses a wireless tag supporting multiple states and wireless gateway association information associated with the wireless tag to control localization of the wireless tag. The wireless tag may support an unconnected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information using a wireless beacon signal which may be detected by various wireless gateways and a connected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information via one or more connections with one or more wireless gateways. The wireless gateway association information may include wireless gateway lists (e.g., whitelists, blacklists, or the like), association rules, notification rules, or the like. The wireless gateway association information may be used to control transitions of the wireless tag between the unconnected state and the connected state, to control notifications for the wireless tag, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Nokia of America Corporation
    Inventors: Howard Huang, Irwin Kennedy, Surya Mattu, Richard Abbot, Jonathan Ling, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Publication number: 20180276422
    Abstract: A capability for localization of a wireless tag based on wireless gateway association information uses a wireless tag supporting multiple states and wireless gateway association information associated with the wireless tag to control localization of the wireless tag. The wireless tag may support an unconnected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information using a wireless beacon signal which may be detected by various wireless gateways and a connected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information via one or more connections with one or more wireless gateways. The wireless gateway association information may include wireless gateway lists (e.g., whitelists, blacklists, or the like), association rules, notification rules, or the like. The wireless gateway association information may be used to control transitions of the wireless tag between the unconnected state and the connected state, to control notifications for the wireless tag, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Howard Huang, Irwin Kennedy, Surya Mattu, Richard Abbot, Jonathan Ling, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Patent number: 9977926
    Abstract: A capability for localization of a wireless tag based on wireless gateway association information uses a wireless tag supporting multiple states and wireless gateway association information associated with the wireless tag to control localization of the wireless tag. The wireless tag may support an unconnected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information using a wireless beacon signal which may be detected by various wireless gateways and a connected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information via one or more connections with one or more wireless gateways. The wireless gateway association information may include wireless gateway lists (e.g., whitelists, blacklists, or the like), association rules, notification rules, or the like. The wireless gateway association information may be used to control transitions of the wireless tag between the unconnected state and the connected state, to control notifications for the wireless tag, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Huang, Irwin Kennedy, Surya Mattu, Richard Abbot, Jonathan Ling, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Patent number: 9609474
    Abstract: A capability for controlling or facilitating the use of a wireless tag to communicate location tracking information is presented. The capability for controlling or facilitating use of a wireless tag to communicate location tracking information utilizes a wireless tag supporting multiple states in order to control communication of location tracking information. The wireless tag supporting multiple states in order to control communication of location tracking information may be configured to support or facilitate tag-controlled state transitions, gateway-controlled state transitions, infrastructure-controlled state transitions, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Howard C. Huang, Irwin Kennedy, Chih-Kuang Lin, Vijay Venkateswaran, Richard Abbot
  • Patent number: 9565633
    Abstract: A capability for opportunistic forwarding of information using a wireless terminal is presented. An energy limited node includes a wake-up circuit configured to detect a wake-up signal from a wireless terminal where the wake-up signal includes a modulated waveform signal, and a communication module configured to switch, based on a control signal generated by the wake-up circuit, from a sleep mode in which the communication module is not operable to communicate with the wireless terminal to an active mode in which the communication module is operable to communicate with the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Dragan Samardzija, Howard Huang, Vijay Venkateswaran, Chih-Kuang Lin, Irwin Kennedy, Richard Abbot
  • Publication number: 20160291127
    Abstract: A capability for localization of a wireless tag based on wireless gateway association information uses a wireless tag supporting multiple states and wireless gateway association information associated with the wireless tag to control localization of the wireless tag. The wireless tag may support an unconnected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information using a wireless beacon signal which may be detected by various wireless gateways and a connected state in which the wireless tag communicates location tracking information via one or more connections with one or more wireless gateways. The wireless gateway association information may include wireless gateway lists (e.g., whitelists, blacklists, or the like), association rules, notification rules, or the like. The wireless gateway association information may be used to control transitions of the wireless tag between the unconnected state and the connected state, to control notifications for the wireless tag, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Howard Huang, Irwin Kennedy, Surya Mattu, Richard Abbot, Jonathan Ling, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Publication number: 20160227360
    Abstract: A capability for controlling or facilitating the use of a wireless tag to communicate location tracking information is presented. The capability for controlling or facilitating use of a wireless tag to communicate location tracking information utilizes a wireless tag supporting multiple states in order to control communication of location tracking information. The wireless tag supporting multiple states in order to control communication of location tracking information may be configured to support or facilitate tag-controlled state transitions, gateway-controlled state transitions, infrastructure-controlled state transitions, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicants: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC., ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Howard C. Huang, Irwin Kennedy, Chih-Kuang Lin, Vijay Venkateswaran, Richard Abbot
  • Publication number: 20160007288
    Abstract: A capability for opportunistic forwarding of information using a wireless terminal is presented. An energy limited node includes a wake-up circuit configured to detect a wake-up signal from a wireless terminal where the wake-up signal includes a modulated waveform signal, and a communication module configured to switch, based on a control signal generated by the wake-up circuit, from a sleep mode in which the communication module is not operable to communicate with the wireless terminal to an active mode in which the communication module is operable to communicate with the wireless terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: ALCATEL LUCENT, ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: DRAGAN SAMARDZIJA, HOWARD HUANG, VIJAY VENKATESWARAN, CHIH-KUANG LIN, IRWIN KENNEDY, RICHARD ABBOT