Patents by Inventor Tosha S. Lilac-McIntyre

Tosha S. Lilac-McIntyre 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).

  • Method of updating a roaming list in a mobile device
    Patent number: 8335506
    Abstract: A method of updating a roaming list in a mobile device is disclosed herein. The method involves detecting an occurrence of an event via a processor at a back-end system, generating a trigger in response to the detecting of the occurrence of the event, and recognizing, by the processor, the trigger as a roaming list update trigger. The method further includes identifying the mobile device, via the processor, as requiring a roaming list update based on the recognizing of the roaming list update trigger, and transmitting, via a wireless connection, the updated roaming list from the back-end system to the identified mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: General Motors LLC
    Inventors: Kevin R. Krause, William E. Mazzara, Jr., Tosha S. Lilac-McIntyre
  • METHOD OF UPDATING A ROAMING LIST IN A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110189991
    Abstract: A method of updating a roaming list in a mobile device is disclosed herein. The method involves detecting an occurrence of an event via a processor at a back-end system, generating a trigger in response to the detecting of the occurrence of the event, and recognizing, by the processor, the trigger as a roaming list update trigger. The method further includes identifying the mobile device, via the processor, as requiring a roaming list update based on the recognizing of the roaming list update trigger, and transmitting, via a wireless connection, the updated roaming list from the back-end system to the identified mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin R. Krause, William E. Mazzara, JR., Tosha S. Lilac-McIntyre