Patents by Inventor Thomas Carey ARTHUR

Thomas Carey ARTHUR 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).

  • Patent number: 10505907
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture to perform an operation comprising receiving, from one of a plurality of stations, a message which includes at least a random number and a first hash value of the random number concatenated with a first key, comparing the first hash value to one or more second hash values, wherein each second hash value is generated by hashing the random number concatenated with one of a plurality of second keys and wherein each second key corresponds to a registered device of a device identification system, upon determining the first hash value matches one of the second hash values, determining an identity of the mobile device based on the corresponding second key, and based on the location of the station which sent the message, assigning a location to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Harout Jarchafjian, Thomas Carey Arthur, Scott Frazier Watson, Joshua Benjamin Gorin
  • Publication number: 20180324152
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture to perform an operation comprising receiving, from one of a plurality of stations, a message which includes at least a random number and a first hash value of the random number concatenated with a first key, comparing the first hash value to one or more second hash values, wherein each second hash value is generated by hashing the random number concatenated with one of a plurality of second keys and wherein each second key corresponds to a registered device of a device identification system, upon determining the first hash value matches one of the second hash values, determining an identity of the mobile device based on the corresponding second key, and based on the location of the station which sent the message, assigning a location to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Harout JARCHAFJIAN, Thomas Carey ARTHUR, Scott Frazier WATSON, Joshua Benjamin GORIN
  • Patent number: 9485603
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein use customized beacons embedded in Bluetooth low-energy advertisements to transmit information between a user device and a beacon module. In one embodiment, the beacon module transmits the advertisement to the user device. The user device then parses the data contained within the advertisement to identify a customized beacon. Based on the information contained in the beacon, the application may provide an audio and/or visual presentation to the user. For example, the beacon may inform the user device that it is within close proximity to a particular geographic location (e.g., a point of interest). In response, the beacon application may present a visual presentation about the geographic location using a display screen within the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Worrall, David Alexander Francus, Gregory Gerard Johnson, Peter Stepniewicz, Jeffrey Robert Schenck, Thomas Carey Arthur
  • Publication number: 20160142856
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein use customized beacons embedded in Bluetooth low-energy advertisements to transmit information between a user device and a beacon module. In one embodiment, the beacon module transmits the advertisement to the user device. The user device then parses the data contained within the advertisement to identify a customized beacon. Based on the information contained in the beacon, the application may provide an audio and/or visual presentation to the user. For example, the beacon may inform the user device that it is within close proximity to a particular geographic location (e.g., a point of interest). In response, the beacon application may present a visual presentation about the geographic location using a display screen within the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: John David WORRALL, David Alexander FRANCUS, Gregory Gerard JOHNSON, Peter STEPNIEWICZ, Jeffrey Robert SCHENCK, Thomas Carey ARTHUR