Patents by Inventor Richard Lawerance Woodburn

Richard Lawerance Woodburn 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).

  • Publication number: 20240137880
    Abstract: Radio transceiver devices and methods are disclosed herein. An example transceiver device includes at least one processor, a plurality of radio transceivers, and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the transceiver device to cause the plurality of radio transceivers to scan over each of a plurality of advertisement channels during a first period; and during a second period of the scan period, cause the plurality of radio transceivers to scan over each of the plurality of advertisement channels. The instruction may further cause the transceiver device to receive a beacon data packet including beacon information that is associated with a beacon device disposed proximate to the transceiver device, and wherein the beacon data packet includes beacon information captured during the first period and the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Edward W. Geiger, Yu Wan, Janakiraman Gopalan, Richard Lawerance Woodburn
  • Publication number: 20240072840
    Abstract: Devices and methods for using separate advertisement streams in a single beacon device are disclosed herein. An example beacon device includes at least one processor, a radio transceiver, and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the beacon device to receive a set of beacon information captured during a scan period. The instructions may further cause the beacon device to transmit a captured beacon stream (CBS) that includes beacon information from the set of beacon information. The instructions may further cause the beacon device to transmit, to a mobile device, a waypoint beacon stream (WBS) including a protocol data unit (PDU) data payload. The PDU data payload may encode a media access control (MAC) identifier adjacent to a type field indicative of a format for heartbeat data encoded in the PDU data payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Edward W. Geiger, Yu Wan, Janakiraman Gopalan
  • Patent number: 11824595
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may determine that a channel is to be used to transmit an advertisement. The wireless communication device may determine a channel-specific gain associated with transmitting the advertisement via the channel. The wireless communication device may generate the advertisement to include information identifying a channel identifier of the channel and the channel-specific gain. The wireless communication device may transmit the advertisement for locationing based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward W. Geiger, Janakiraman Gopalan, Yu Wan, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Thomas E. Warner
  • Publication number: 20220039055
    Abstract: A method in a computing device includes: via a short-range interface of the computing device, detecting a plurality of beacons emitted by another computing device, each beacon containing an identifier of the other computing device; obtaining respective proximity indicators corresponding to the beacons; generating a first set of aggregated attributes from the proximity indicators; storing the first set of aggregated attributes in association with the identifier of the other computing device; and transmitting the first set of aggregated attributes to a server configured to detect physical proximity between the computing device and the other computing device based on the first set of aggregated attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas C. Bowman, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Edward W. Geiger, Yu Wan, Janakiraman Gopalan, Thomas E. Warner, Eric T. Tokubo, Carl S. Mower
  • Publication number: 20210288727
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may determine that a channel is to be used to transmit an advertisement. The wireless communication device may determine a channel-specific gain associated with transmitting the advertisement via the channel. The wireless communication device may generate the advertisement to include information identifying a channel identifier of the channel and the channel-specific gain. The wireless communication device may transmit the advertisement for locationing based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Edward W. Geiger, Janakiraman Gopalan, Yu Wan, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Thomas E. Warner
  • Patent number: 11057128
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may determine that a channel is to be used to transmit an advertisement. The wireless communication device may determine a channel-specific gain associated with transmitting the advertisement via the channel. The wireless communication device may generate the advertisement to include information identifying a channel identifier of the channel and the channel-specific gain. The wireless communication device may transmit the advertisement for locationing based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward W. Geiger, Janakiraman Gopalan, Yu Wan, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Thomas E. Warner
  • Publication number: 20210184777
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may determine that a channel is to be used to transmit an advertisement. The wireless communication device may determine a channel-specific gain associated with transmitting the advertisement via the channel. The wireless communication device may generate the advertisement to include information identifying a channel identifier of the channel and the channel-specific gain. The wireless communication device may transmit the advertisement for locationing based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Edward W. Geiger, Janakiraman Gopalan, Yu Wan, Richard Lawerance Woodburn, Thomas E. Warner