Patents by Inventor Wade Douglas Guthrie

Wade Douglas Guthrie 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).

  • Connecting to a network
    Patent number: 9204452
    Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for connecting to a network. Plural assignable channels for connecting to a network are determined. History data for one or more of the assignable channels is obtained. The history data indicates a number of prior network connections for the computing device via each of the one or more assignable channels. The plural assignable channels are ranked based on the obtained history data. The plural assignable channels are scanned based on the ranking. The computing device is connected to the network based on the scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Douglas Guthrie, Paul Stewart