Patents by Inventor Umberto Trinchero

Umberto Trinchero 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 and system for notifying proximity of mobile communication terminals users
    Patent number: 8831640
    Abstract: A method for notifying proximity of users of mobile communication terminals, comprising: a) having a mobile communication terminal obtaining from a remote server data suitable to be used by the mobile communication terminal for deriving a distance between a position of another mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal; b) having the mobile terminal determining, based on said obtained data, whether the position of the other mobile communication terminal falls within a predetermined distance range; and c) in case the position of the other mobile communication terminal falls within said predetermined distance range, having the mobile communication terminal generating a notification for the user of the mobile communication terminal. A corresponding system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Trinchero, Guido Montalbano
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING PROXIMITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS USERS
    Publication number: 20120252498
    Abstract: A method for notifying proximity of users of mobile communication terminals, comprising: a) having a mobile communication terminal obtaining from a remote server data suitable to be used by the mobile communication terminal for deriving a distance between a position of another mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal; b) having the mobile terminal determining, based on said obtained data, whether the position of the other mobile communication terminal falls within a predetermined distance range; and c) in case the position of the other mobile communication terminal falls within said predetermined distance range, having the mobile communication terminal generating a notification for the user of the mobile communication terminal. A corresponding system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Umberto Trinchero, Guido Montalbano