Patents by Inventor Sheila A. Vyas

Sheila A. Vyas 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).

  • Device to device content upgrades
    Patent number: 9621422
    Abstract: In embodiments of device to device content upgrades, a computing device includes a peer sharing manager that shares content and upgrades to content with peer devices. The computing device downloads content and upgrades from sources on the Internet, and shares the content and upgrades with peer devices that lack an Internet connection. A lowest supported version of the content can be shared from the computing device to one of the peer devices. The lowest supported version of the content determines capabilities of the peer device and establishes a peer-to-peer communication link with the computing device. The peer device reports the capability information to the computing device and, if the computing device determines that the peer device is capable of supporting an upgraded version of the content, the computing device communicates the upgraded version of the content to the peer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Jagadish Kumar Agrawal, Sujoy Das, Nathan J Fortin, Jordan Andrew Hurwich, Catherine T Nguyen, Sheila A Vyas
  • Device to Device Content Upgrades
    Publication number: 20150372859
    Abstract: In embodiments of device to device content upgrades, a computing device includes a peer sharing manager that shares content and upgrades to content with peer devices. The computing device downloads content and upgrades from sources on the Internet, and shares the content and upgrades with peer devices that lack an Internet connection. A lowest supported version of the content can be shared from the computing device to one of the peer devices. The lowest supported version of the content determines capabilities of the peer device and establishes a peer-to-peer communication link with the computing device. The peer device reports the capability information to the computing device and, if the computing device determines that the peer device is capable of supporting an upgraded version of the content, the computing device communicates the upgraded version of the content to the peer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jagadish Kumar Agrawal, Sujoy Das, Nathan J. Fortin, Jordan Andrew Hurwich, Catherine T. Nguyen, Sheila A. Vyas