Patents by Inventor Victoria Pires

Victoria Pires 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).

  • Interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices
    Patent number: 11962985
    Abstract: A method for interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices includes determining a colocation of a wireless audio device with a subsequent wireless audio device with one or more sensors. An interrupt is generated in response to determining the colocation. A pairing mode of the wireless audio device is enabled in response to the interrupt. The wireless audio device is paired with the subsequent wireless audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P
    Inventors: Victoria Pires, Hua Zhao, Yu Zhang
  • INTERRUPT BASED PAIRING FOR WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210099802
    Abstract: A method for interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices includes determining a colocation of a wireless audio device with a subsequent wireless audio device with one or more sensors. An interrupt is generated in response to determining the colocation. A pairing mode of the wireless audio device is enabled in response to the interrupt. The wireless audio device is paired with the subsequent wireless audio device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Pires, Hua Zhao, Yu Zhang
  • Interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices
    Patent number: 10904668
    Abstract: A method for interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices includes determining a colocation of a wireless audio device with a subsequent wireless audio device with one or more sensors. An interrupt is generated in response to determining the colocation. A pairing mode of the wireless audio device is enabled in response to the interrupt. The wireless audio device is paired with the subsequent wireless audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Pires, Hua Zhao, Yu Zhang
  • Transfer of Battery Charge from Donor to Recipient Appliance
    Publication number: 20190394553
    Abstract: Appliances, such as earbuds, configured to be used in pairs or otherwise configured to be operated in communication with one another, are arranged for transferring charge from a donor appliance to a recipient appliance. For the earbud system, a first earbud includes an external contact operatively coupled to the first battery, and the second earbud includes a complementary external contact operatively coupled to the second battery. The external contact on the first earbud and the complementary external contact on the second earbud are arranged for electrical connection to provide power from the first battery on the first earbud for charging the second battery on the second earbud, so that the second earbud can act as a recipient of power from the first earbud which acts as a donor of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Pires, Andrew Ward, Terry M. Carr