Patents by Inventor Steven Douglas Parker

Steven Douglas Parker 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).

  • Smart management of background network connections
    Patent number: 10187430
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network daemon can manage access to a mobile device's network interface. The network daemon (e.g., network connection managing process) can monitor the condition of the mobile device's network connection on one or more interfaces. The network daemon can monitor many conditions on the mobile device. The network daemon can receive background networking requests from network clients (e.g., processes, applications) that specify criteria for initiating a network connection. The network daemon can then smartly manage network connections taking into account network conditions, mobile device conditions and/or client criteria received in the client request. This can help reduce battery life impact, memory usage, likelihood of call drops, data usage cost, and load on network operators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Amit K. Vyas, Joshua V. Graessley, John Iarocci, Darren Litzinger, Andrew C. Lam, Ray Ling Chang, Steven Douglas Parker, Justin Wood, Matthew Scott Klahn, Daniel B. Pollack
  • Smart management of background network connections based on historical data
    Patent number: 9603086
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network daemon can manage access to a mobile device's network interface. The network daemon (e.g., network connection managing process) can monitor the condition of the mobile device's network connection on one or more interfaces. The network daemon can monitor many conditions on the mobile device. The network daemon can receive background networking requests from network clients (e.g., processes, applications) that specify criteria for initiating a network connection. The network daemon can then smartly manage network connections taking into account network conditions, mobile device conditions and/or client criteria received in the client request. This can help reduce battery life impact, memory usage, likelihood of call drops, data usage cost, and load on network operators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Lam, Ray Ling Chang, Steven Douglas Parker, Amit K. Vyas, Joshua V. Graessley, John Iarocci, Darren Litzinger, Justin Wood, Matthew Scott Klahn, Daniel B. Pollack
  • Smart Management of Background Network Connections Based on Historical Data
    Publication number: 20140365642
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network daemon can manage access to a mobile device's network interface. The network daemon (e.g., network connection managing process) can monitor the condition of the mobile device's network connection on one or more interfaces. The network daemon can monitor many conditions on the mobile device. The network daemon can receive background networking requests from network clients (e.g., processes, applications) that specify criteria for initiating a network connection. The network daemon can then smartly manage network connections taking into account network conditions, mobile device conditions and/or client criteria received in the client request. This can help reduce battery life impact, memory usage, likelihood of call drops, data usage cost, and load on network operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew C. Lam, Ray Ling Chang, Steven Douglas Parker, Amit K. Vyas, Joshua V. Graessley, John Iarocci, Darren Litzinger, Justin Wood, Matthew Scott Klahn, Daniel B. Pollack
  • Smart Management of Background Network Connections
    Publication number: 20140365673
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network daemon can manage access to a mobile device's network interface. The network daemon (e.g., network connection managing process) can monitor the condition of the mobile device's network connection on one or more interfaces. The network daemon can monitor many conditions on the mobile device. The network daemon can receive background networking requests from network clients (e.g., processes, applications) that specify criteria for initiating a network connection. The network daemon can then smartly manage network connections taking into account network conditions, mobile device conditions and/or client criteria received in the client request. This can help reduce battery life impact, memory usage, likelihood of call drops, data usage cost, and load on network operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Amit K. Vyas, Joshua V. Graessley, John Iarocci, Darren Litzinger, Andrew C. Lam, Ray Ling Chang, Steven Douglas Parker, Justin Wood, Matthew Scott Klahn, Daniel B. Pollack