Patents by Inventor Robert William Hulvey

Robert William Hulvey 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: 20230308846
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multicast communication for an augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) system may include a first device that transmits a multicast message to a first peripheral device and a second peripheral device. The multicast message may include map data of a virtual environment. The first device may transmit, responsive to completing transmission of the multicast message, a poll message to the first peripheral device and the second peripheral device. The first device may receive, from the first peripheral device responsive to the poll message, first positioning data of the first peripheral device with respect to the map data. The first device may receive, from the second peripheral device responsive to the poll message, second positioning data of the second peripheral device with respect to the map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kanji Mavji KERAI, Robert William HULVEY, Abhishek Kumar AGRAWAL
  • Patent number: 10698652
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating reception of a digital audio stream over a wireless personal area network (PAN). At a wireless network mobile computing device, a wireless network audio broadcast device is discovered. The wireless network audio broadcast device is operable to provide a digital audio stream over a wireless PAN. The wireless network mobile computing device facilitates the reception of the digital audio stream over the wireless PAN by a wireless network audio listening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert William Hulvey
  • Publication number: 20190156345
    Abstract: An adaptive biometric authentication system may include a user identity reference module that is configured to maintain user identification items stored in a secure memory. The system may include a passive data aggregator that is configured to receive and aggregate data items that are passively collected by a device that is in proximity to a user. The system may include a user identity confidence level generator that is configured to generate a user identity confidence level that indicates a confidence that the user in proximity to the device is the reference user based at least in part on a comparison between the passively collected data items and the user identification items, and to update the user identity confidence level as additional passively collected data items are received. The system may include an authentication module that facilitates user authentication based at least in part on the user identity confidence level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, John Stuart WALLEY, Robert William HULVEY, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, Jeyhan KARAOGUZ, James Duane BENNETT
  • Publication number: 20190107995
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating reception of a digital audio stream over a wireless personal area network (PAN). At a wireless network mobile computing device, a wireless network audio broadcast device is discovered. The wireless network audio broadcast device is operable to provide a digital audio stream over a wireless PAN. The wireless network mobile computing device facilitates the reception of the digital audio stream over the wireless PAN by a wireless network audio listening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Robert William HULVEY
  • Patent number: 10223696
    Abstract: An adaptive biometric authentication system may include a user identity reference module that is configured to maintain user identification items stored in a secure memory. The system may include a passive data aggregator that is configured to receive and aggregate data items that are passively collected by a device that is in proximity to a user. The system may include a user identity confidence level generator that is configured to generate a user identity confidence level that indicates a confidence that the user in proximity to the device is the reference user based at least in part on a comparison between the passively collected data items and the user identification items, and to update the user identity confidence level as additional passively collected data items are received. The system may include an authentication module that facilitates user authentication based at least in part on the user identity confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales PTE. Limited
    Inventors: Xuemin Chen, John Stuart Walley, Robert William Hulvey, Marcus Christopher Kellerman, Jeyhan Karaoguz, James Duane Bennett
  • Patent number: 10185535
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating reception of a digital audio stream over a wireless personal area network (PAN). At a wireless network mobile computing device, a wireless network audio broadcast device is discovered. The wireless network audio broadcast device is operable to provide a digital audio stream over a wireless PAN. The wireless network mobile computing device facilitates the reception of the digital audio stream over the wireless PAN by a wireless network audio listening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales PTE. Limited
    Inventor: Robert William Hulvey
  • Publication number: 20160162258
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating reception of a digital audio stream over a wireless personal area network (PAN). At a wireless network mobile computing device, a wireless network audio broadcast device is discovered. The wireless network audio broadcast device is operable to provide a digital audio stream over a wireless PAN. The wireless network mobile computing device facilitates the reception of the digital audio stream over the wireless PAN by a wireless network audio listening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Robert William HULVEY
  • Patent number: 9294158
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating reception of a digital audio stream over a wireless personal area network (PAN). At a wireless network mobile computing device, a wireless network audio broadcast device is discovered. The wireless network audio broadcast device is operable to provide a digital audio stream over a wireless PAN. The wireless network mobile computing device facilitates the reception of the digital audio stream over the wireless PAN by a wireless network audio listening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Robert William Hulvey
  • Patent number: 9177565
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing data disclosed herein includes, in a transceiver chip comprising at least one on-chip processor, compressing, by the at least one on-chip processor, audio information received by the transceiver chip. The compressing utilizes an on-chip audio codec implemented within said at least one on-chip processor. The at least one on-chip processor determined, within said transceiver chip, a frame size of at least one audio frame comprising the compressed audio information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Hillyard, Robert William Hulvey, John Walley, Victor Zhodzishsky
  • Patent number: 9179136
    Abstract: A 3D shutter glasses device, coupled via a wireless link to a 3D video display device, maintains a slave clock synchronized with a master clock in the display device. The clocks may comprise Bluetooth clocks. The shutter glasses receive 3D frame display information and time information referenced to the master clock that corresponds to when frames are displayed. The shutter glasses control opening and closing of left and right shutters utilizing slave clock time and the received information. The received display information comprises left, right and/or blank frame pattern information, a frame pattern time interval, a frame refresh rate and a time offset for delaying opening and/or closing of shutters. The time information indicates master clock time when frames are displayed. The shutter glasses and the display maintain synchronization when display and/or time information updates are skipped. The shutter glasses may transmit information to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Robert William Hulvey, Shawn Shiliang Ding
  • Publication number: 20150310444
    Abstract: An adaptive biometric authentication system may include a user identity reference module that is configured to maintain user identification items stored in a secure memory. The system may include a passive data aggregator that is configured to receive and aggregate data items that are passively collected by a device that is in proximity to a user. The system may include a user identity confidence level generator that is configured to generate a user identity confidence level that indicates a confidence that the user in proximity to the device is the reference user based at least in part on a comparison between the passively collected data items and the user identification items, and to update the user identity confidence level as additional passively collected data items are received. The system may include an authentication module that facilitates user authentication based at least in part on the user identity confidence level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, John Stuart WALLEY, Robert William HULVEY, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, Jeyhan KARAOGUZ, James Duane BENNETT
  • Publication number: 20150304851
    Abstract: A portable authorization device may include memory and at least one circuit. The memory may be configured to store an identifier and keys corresponding to services associated with the identifier. The at least one circuit may be configured to receive, from a service accessor device, a request to access one of the services. The at least one circuit may be configured to authenticate with the service using at least the identifier and the key for the service. After authenticating with the service, the at least one circuit may be configured to sign and/or encrypt the request based at least on the key for the service, and provide the signed and/or encrypted request to the service. In one or more implementations, the at least one circuit may be configured to facilitate with providing the service to the service accessor device when the service accessor device is granted access to the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, Robert William HULVEY, John Stuart WALLEY
  • Publication number: 20150162015
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing data disclosed herein includes, in a transceiver chip comprising at least one on-chip processor, compressing, by the at least one on-chip processor, audio information received by the transceiver chip. The compressing utilizes an on-chip audio codec implemented within said at least one on-chip processor. The at least one on-chip processor determined, within said transceiver chip, a frame size of at least one audio frame comprising the compressed audio information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Jason HILLYARD, Robert William Hulvey, John Walley, Victor Zhodzishsky
  • Patent number: 8902877
    Abstract: According to one disclosed embodiment, a method for reducing power consumption in wireless communications is described. This method may include transmitting a data transmission from a peripheral device to a primary device during a receiving interval of the primary device, receiving a correction offset by the peripheral device from the primary device after the transmitting of the data transmission, and transmitting a subsequent data transmission from the peripheral device to the primary device using the correction offset to ensure that the subsequent data transmission by the peripheral device occurs within a subsequent receiving interval of the primary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Robert William Hulvey
  • Patent number: 8873691
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for circuitry that generates a sync code for wireless transmission. The system generates a sync word according to an identifier of the transmitter, the sync word being unique under a cyclic shift of the sync word. The system inserts a plurality of instances of the sync word into a data stream. The system also transmits, via the transmitter, the data stream to a receiver, the receiver being operable to perform a sliding correlation operation on the sync word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Robert William Hulvey, Hyungjin Kim, Steven Deane Hall, Nicholas Michael Carbone, Siukai Mak
  • Publication number: 20140072083
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for circuitry that generates a sync code for wireless transmission. The system generates a sync word according to an identifier of the transmitter, the sync word being unique under a cyclic shift of the sync word. The system inserts a plurality of instances of the sync word into a data stream. The system also transmits, via the transmitter, the data stream to a receiver, the receiver being operable to perform a sliding correlation operation on the sync word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Robert William Hulvey, Hyungjin Kim, Steven Deane Hall, Nicholas Michael Carbone, Siukai Mak
  • Publication number: 20140044276
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating reception of a digital audio stream over a wireless personal area network (PAN). At a wireless network mobile computing device, a wireless network audio broadcast device is discovered. The wireless network audio broadcast device is operable to provide a digital audio stream over a wireless PAN. The wireless network mobile computing device facilitates the reception of the digital audio stream over the wireless PAN by a wireless network audio listening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert William Hulvey
  • Patent number: 8401588
    Abstract: A dual mode human interface device (HID) includes a wireless interface for wireless communication with a host computer; a wired interface for wired communication with the host computer; and a processor coupled with the wireless interface and the wired interface for transferring data between the HID and the host computer, wherein the processor initiates establishing wireless communication with the host computer, when the HID is connected to the host computer via the wired interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Muhammad Farooq Hameed, Brian Jason Tietz, Robert William Hulvey
  • Publication number: 20130054990
    Abstract: According to one disclosed embodiment, a method for reducing power consumption in wireless communications is described. This method may include transmitting a data transmission from a peripheral device to a primary device during a receiving interval of the primary device, receiving a correction offset by the peripheral device from the primary device after the transmitting of the data transmission, and transmitting a subsequent data transmission from the peripheral device to the primary device using the correction offset to ensure that the subsequent data transmission by the peripheral device occurs within a subsequent receiving interval of the primary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert William Hulvey
  • Patent number: 8285212
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling secure short-range communication. A close proximity transmitter is used that is designed with a relatively poor radiator as compared to a conventional transmitter supporting conventional transmissions such as mobile phone communications, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth communication. The close-proximity transmitter and the conventional transmitter are selectively activated based on a communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Robert William Hulvey, John Walley