Patents by Inventor Ronald Houston Gibson, JR.

Ronald Houston Gibson, JR. 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).

  • Systems, methods and devices for modifying relay operation of a wireless device
    Patent number: 10122438
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for modifying relay operation of a wireless device are disclosed. In one aspect an apparatus for modifying relay operation of a wireless node comprises a processing system configured to generate a message requesting the wireless node to enable access point operation of the wireless node or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation of the wireless node. The message comprises a relay activation information element. The message comprises one or more of a field indicating a time for the wireless node to enable the access point operation or disable the access point operation and a field indicating whether the message is requesting the wireless node to enable the access point operation or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Amin Jafarian, Luiza Timariu, George Cherian, Ronald Houston Gibson, Jr., Abhishek Pramod Patil, Santosh Paul Abraham
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MODIFYING RELAY OPERATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150124695
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for modifying relay operation of a wireless device are disclosed. In one aspect an apparatus for modifying relay operation of a wireless node comprises a processing system configured to generate a message requesting the wireless node to enable access point operation of the wireless node or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation of the wireless node. The message comprises a relay activation information element. The message comprises one or more of a field indicating a time for the wireless node to enable the access point operation or disable the access point operation and a field indicating whether the message is requesting the wireless node to enable the access point operation or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Amin Jafarian, Luiza Timariu, George Cherian, Ronald Houston Gibson, JR., Abhishek Pramod Patil, Santosh Paul Abraham