Patents by Inventor Robert James Tisdale

Robert James Tisdale 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for associating a geographical position with an event occurring on a wireless device
    Patent number: 7400884
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for estimating a geographical position corresponding to an event associated with operation of a wireless device communicating in a wireless communications network. The time and distance between the occurrence of the event and the related time and speed of the wireless device of at least one of a first and second geographical position, respectively measured before and after the event, are analyzed. These analyses includes comparing those metrics to predetermined time and distance thresholds to associate and/or estimate a geographic position of the wireless device with the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenny Fok, Eric Chi Chung Yip, Mikhail A. Lushin, Prachi Windlass, Robert James Tisdale