Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Lorentzen

Robert Allen Lorentzen 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).

  • Wireless device network association
    Patent number: 8533788
    Abstract: A method for associating handheld calculators with a network host system of a classroom network that includes receiving a service set identifier (SSID) of the classroom network by a handheld calculator, wherein the SSID includes a network mode indicator, and operating the handheld calculator according to the network mode indicator. The method may also include operating the handheld calculator in a configuration mode in which the handheld calculator sends a request for association to the network host system, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the first handheld calculator, and acceptance of the request by the network host system, wherein authentication information for the handheld calculator is stored by the network host system to indicate that the first handheld calculator is associated with the classroom network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: David M. Newman, Harshal S. Chhaya, Jamie Lane Graves, Robert Allen Lorentzen, Todd Michael Wostrel
  • Method and System for Operating a Handheld Calculator
    Publication number: 20120117364
    Abstract: A method for operating a handheld calculator having a controllable power domain is provided. The method includes receiving, by the handheld calculator, a signal to power down the handheld calculator, storing context information of at least one component in the controllable domain in an external memory, setting a boot indicator to indicate a quick boot on power up, and removing power from the controllable power domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Russell Melvin Rosenquist, Robert Allen Lorentzen
  • Wireless Device Network Association
    Publication number: 20120102550
    Abstract: A method for associating handheld calculators with a network host system of a classroom network that includes receiving a service set identifier (SSID) of the classroom network by a handheld calculator, wherein the SSID includes a network mode indicator, and operating the handheld calculator according to the network mode indicator. The method may also include operating the handheld calculator in a configuration mode in which the handheld calculator sends a request for association to the network host system, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the first handheld calculator, and acceptance of the request by the network host system, wherein authentication information for the handheld calculator is stored by the network host system to indicate that the first handheld calculator is associated with the classroom network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: David M. Newman, Harshal S. Chhaya, Jamie Lane Graves, Robert Allen Lorentzen, Todd Michael Wostrel