Patents by Inventor Stephen McCann

Stephen McCann 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).

  • PROXY FOR ACCESS OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20200259919
    Abstract: In some examples, a proxy is provided to enable access of an internal network of a vehicle from an entity coupled to an external network. Responsive to a request received over the external network to access a vehicle component over the internal network, the proxy applies a security policy to determine whether to allow the access of the vehicle component over the internal network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: James Randolph Winter Lepp, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • Wireless network service transaction protocol
    Patent number: 10736020
    Abstract: A mobile device may retrieve service information about a network prior to associating with the network. Utilizing an advertisement protocol to transmit service query messages, a mobile device may receive service query responses from a network that identify the services available prior to establishing network capability. In other words, the messaging is prior to the exchange of any authentication parameters between the device and the network as well prior to the establishment of a recognized session between the device and the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
  • Method and system for battery life improvement for low power devices in wireless sensor networks
    Patent number: 10721683
    Abstract: A method at a sensor module within a sensor system for communicating with a gateway, the method including storing a timing profile for communications with the gateway; waking a radio core of the sensor module at a threshold time prior to a beacon signal being expected from the gateway; sampling a channel for the beacon signal at the radio core; if the beacon signal is detected: waking a processor on the sensor module; exchanging communication with the gateway; and powering down the processor and radio core upon completion of the exchanging communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • AGGREGATION OF DATA FRAMES
    Publication number: 20200229032
    Abstract: In some examples, a device aggregates data frames into an aggregated data frame for communication in an Outside the Context of a Basic Service Set (OCB) mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF GROUP-ADDRESSED DATA
    Publication number: 20200221262
    Abstract: In some examples, a first wireless device sends, to a second wireless device, a control indication that controls transmission of group-addressed data between the first wireless device and the second wireless device over a wireless local area network (WLAN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: James Randolph Winter Lepp, Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
  • LOCAL ACCESS INFORMATION FOR PRESENTING AT A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200220938
    Abstract: During a process to discover local access information from a hotspot provider, a mobile device transmits, to an access node connected to a hotspot within a wireless local area network (WLAN), an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) request, where the request is for the local access information provided by the hotspot provider that is a provider of the hotspot. The mobile device receives, from the access node, an ANQP response containing the local access information from the hotspot provider. The local access information is presented to a user of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, David Philip Hole
  • Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer communications in a wireless local area network including the negotiation and establishment of a peer-to-peer connection between peers based on capability information
    Patent number: 10681757
    Abstract: A method and device for peer-to-peer communications is provided. The method includes communication of the capabilities of a device to another device or network component. A peer to peer communication is established based on at least one of the capabilities of the device. The method may also include utilizing a control point or access point in conveying the capabilities of the device to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Brian Edward Anthony McColgan, Stephen McCann
  • Method and System for Wireless Road Side Units
    Publication number: 20200126416
    Abstract: A method at a computing device within an Intelligent Transportation System, the method including detecting a traffic event at the computing device; determining no fixed roadside unit is available from the computing device; establishing an Internet Protocol connection from the computing device to a network node; and sending a traffic event message from the computing device to the network node, the traffic event message providing information for the traffic event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, Adrian Buckley
  • ROUTE-BASED SELECTIONS OF VEHICLE PARAMETER SETS
    Publication number: 20200122736
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller receives information of a route of a vehicle, and selects a first parameter set from among a plurality of parameter sets based on the route of the vehicle, the plurality of parameter sets corresponding to different conditions of usage of the vehicle, where each parameter set of the plurality of parameter sets includes one or more parameters that control adjustment of one or more respective adjustable elements of the vehicle. The controller causes application of the first parameter set to control a setting of the one or more adjustable elements of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Edward Snow Willis, Christopher Scott Travers, Conrad Delbert Seaman, Claude Jean-Frederic Arzelier, Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
  • Link indication referring to content for presenting at a mobile device
    Patent number: 10623502
    Abstract: During an automated login process to a wireless network, a mobile device receives, from an access node, a link indication referring to content for presenting at the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, David Philip Hole
  • INDICATING SUPPORT FOR A BROADCAST SERVICE
    Publication number: 20200084696
    Abstract: A source wireless device sends an indication of support for one or more broadcast services that broadcasts information over a wireless local area network (WLAN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSOR MONITORING AND ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20200041383
    Abstract: A method for monitoring performance of at least one component on a moving platform, the method including receiving sensor data for the at least one component, along with supplemental data, at a processing node; and processing the sensor data, the processing using the supplemental data to filter the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Roland Emlyn WILLIAMS, James Randolph Winter LEPP, Stephen McCann
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190385446
    Abstract: A method at a computing device in an intelligent transportation system for reconfiguring a road segment, the method including receiving a request from a second computing device associated with a vehicle to change a configuration for the road segment; determining a road segment configuration; and reconfiguring the road segment based on the determined road segment configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: James Randolph Winter LEPP, Stephen MCCANN, Jeffrey Scott DEVER
  • NETWORK ADDRESS POLICY INFORMATION RECEIVED IN A PRE-ASSOCIATED STATE
    Publication number: 20190387459
    Abstract: In some examples, a wireless device includes a communication interface to communicate with a wireless network, and at least one processor configured to, while the wireless device is in a pre-associated state, receive, from the wireless network, information including a network address policy of the wireless network. The at least one processor is configured to further, in response to the information including the network address policy, use an address of the wireless device according to the network address policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • REVOKING CREDENTIALS AFTER SERVICE ACCESS
    Publication number: 20190380034
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device receives configuration information relating to network connectivity with a network of a vehicle, the configuration information including a credential. The electronic device establishes, using the configuration information, a connection with the network of the vehicle to access a service, and revokes the credential in response to a termination of the access of the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • Public Warning System Notifications in a Mobile Device Using Alternative Wireless Technologies
    Publication number: 20190380019
    Abstract: A method at a user equipment, the method including receiving at the user equipment over a first technology, an emergency notification, the emergency notification providing information for a second technology capable of carrying an emergency message; and activating the second technology using the information for the second technology to receive the emergency message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Adrian Buckley, Gordon Peter Young, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • ADDRESSES IN A WAKE-UP TRIGGER FRAME
    Publication number: 20190364506
    Abstract: A method for processing a wake-up trigger frame includes receiving, at a wake-up radio of a device and from an access point, a wake-up trigger frame, where the wake-up trigger frame includes a group receiver identity; and in response to determining that the device is associated with the group receiver identity, sending a signal to a primary radio of the device to turn on the primary radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: James Randolph Winter LEPP, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Stephen McCann
  • Wireless network discovery using a MIMO transceiver
    Patent number: 10477378
    Abstract: In some examples, a wireless device includes a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver that has a plurality of antennas to perform MIMO wireless communication. At least one processor is configured to concurrently perform discovery of respective different wireless devices using at least two of the plurality of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Lucas Dobrowolski, Konrad Hammel, Stephen McCann
  • USING RATE BUCKETS
    Publication number: 20190342796
    Abstract: In some examples, a wireless device selects a selected rate bucket of a plurality of different rate buckets, a rate bucket of the plurality of different rate buckets comprising a plurality of coding rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: James Randolph Winter Lepp, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID COLLECTIVE PERCEPTION AND MAP CROWDSOURCING
    Publication number: 20190339082
    Abstract: A method at a network element for collective perception in an intelligent transportation system, the method including receiving, from each of a plurality of intelligent transportation system stations, a local dynamic map; creating, based on the local dynamic map from each of the plurality of intelligent transportation system stations, a local collective perception map; and distributing the local collective perception map to at least one of the plurality of intelligent transportation system stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Christopher Drummond DOIG, James Randolph Winter LEPP, Stephen MCCANN, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Stephen John BARRETT