Patents by Inventor Tammy M. Otten

Tammy M. Otten 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).

  • Language selection for user equipment interface during initialization
    Patent number: 9525959
    Abstract: A mobile communication device comprising a radio transceiver to communicatively couple the mobile communication device to a radio access network by a wireless communication link, a processor coupled to the radio transceiver, a memory coupled to the processor, and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, collects language information for use in determining a default language for the mobile communication device, analyzes the language information to determine a probability of accuracy of the default language, and assigns the default language to the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Justin Eddings, Michelle E. Masterson, Tammy M. Otten, Bret D. Sumner
  • Traffic management of third party applications
    Patent number: 9413839
    Abstract: A proxy server for routing traffic between a mobile device and a network, comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a traffic monitoring application stored in the memory that, when executed by the at least one processor, monitors a plurality of mobile device installed applications that run on the mobile device and the mobile device installed applications' traffic, analyzes traffic usage for the mobile device installed applications, identifies the mobile device installed applications responsible for traffic that is excessive or unnecessary as determined by the mobile device's service provider, and blocks, delays, or reports the excessive and unnecessary traffic without interrupting the mobile device's communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Brandon C. Annan, John E. Belser, Tammy M. Otten, Ryan P. Sullivan
  • Traffic Management of Third Party Applications
    Publication number: 20140036697
    Abstract: A proxy server for routing traffic between a mobile device and a network, comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a traffic monitoring application stored in the memory that, when executed by the at least one processor, monitors a plurality of mobile device installed applications that run on the mobile device and the mobile device installed applications' traffic, analyzes traffic usage for the mobile device installed applications, identifies the mobile device installed applications responsible for traffic that is excessive or unnecessary as determined by the mobile device's service provider, and blocks, delays, or reports the excessive and unnecessary traffic without interrupting the mobile device's communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
    Inventors: Brandon C. Annan, John E. Belser, Tammy M. Otten, Ryan P. Sullivan