Patents by Inventor William J. McFarland

William J. McFarland 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: 12273775
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Wi-Fi network failover to cellular connection with throttling of traffic include detecting an outage on wired connections for any of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks; determining the any of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks have switched to a cellular connection as a failover based on the outage; and determining whether to throttle traffic on any cellular connection based on the failover and instructing corresponding gateways accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Ali Wahid, Yoseph Malkin, Manikanden Balakrishnan, William J. McFarland
  • Patent number: 12262207
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying a user device. In one implementation, a method may include the steps of monitoring one or more user devices operating on a Wi-Fi network, analyzing usage parameters with respect to each of the one or more user devices, and identifying the one or more user devices based on the usage parameters. Also, according to additional implementations, the method may include analyzing, over time, the usage parameters with respect to each of the one or more user devices. Based on the usage parameters analyzed over time, the method may include the step of creating one or more behavioral models associated with one or more users, where each behavioral model may represent a usage pattern of a respective user according to how the user uses at least one of the user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Preeti Agarwal, William J. McFarland
  • Patent number: 12256219
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining whether dissimilar device identifiers in a network actually represent the same physical device. A method, according to one implementation, includes obtaining first and second sets of operational parameters related to first and second set of devices operating in a section of a network. The first and second sets of operational parameters include first and second sets of device identifiers representing the first and second sets of devices, respectively. The method also includes comparing the first set of device identifiers with the second set of device identifiers to find non-matching device identifiers. With respect to the non-matching device identifiers, the first and second sets of operational parameters are analyzed to determine if a device identifier of the first set of device identifiers and a device identifier of the second set of device identifiers likely represent the same device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Evan Jeng, Vasudevan Nagendra, Tingyi Zhu, Raghav Karnam, Paul White, Derek Lownsbrough, Susmita Nayak, William J. McFarland
  • Patent number: 12244628
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for building intelligence around IoT devices that can prioritize an attack attack sphere, such that scanning and protection can be focused on risky spheres before others that may be less at risk. The attack spheres include specific device types, vendors, geographic locations, demographics, or organizations. Priority based vulnerability scanning and protection is utilized along with the concept of attack spheres to define priority zones which may be unique. Priority computation based on trend analysis and predictive analysis is used to determine the vulnerability of specific devices and groups of devices. This will significantly reduce the attack exposure and ensures the proactive damage control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Preeti Agarwal, William J. McFarland
  • Patent number: 12238539
    Abstract: System and methods include obtaining data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data for a condition of each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks; determining one or more resolutions for the condition of a Wi-Fi network of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks; and initiating a customer outreach workflow to provide the one or more resolutions to the customer associated with the Wi-Fi network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, William J. McFarland, Yoseph Malkin, Na Hyun Ha, Yusuke Sakamoto, Sai Venkatraman, Sandeep Eyyuni, Rohit Thadani, Adam Hotchkiss
  • Publication number: 20250059686
    Abstract: A knitted component comprising two yarns, forming at least a heel region of an upper for an article of footwear, where one of the yarns comprises a thermoplastic material. The outer surface may include a fused area comprising a first thermoplastic yarn. The inner surface may be at least partially formed with a second yarn and may substantially exclude the thermoplastic material. There may be a transitional area including a reduced amount of thermoplastic material relative to a fused area. The knitted component may include a cushioning material between layers of the knit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jessica Green, Chun-Ying Hsu, Jaroslav J. Lupinek, Darryl Matthews, William C. McFarland, II, Chun-Yao Tu, Yi-Ning Yang, Cheng-Ying Han
  • Patent number: 12231924
    Abstract: System and methods include obtaining Wi-Fi network data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers and obtaining customer data for each customer associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, the customer data including call-ins made by customers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data including correlating the call-ins made by customers to the Wi-Fi network data; predicting customer call-ins based on correlations made between the call-ins made by customers and the Wi-Fi network data; and initiating a customer outreach workflow prior to a predicted customer call-in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, William J. Mcfarland, Yoseph Malkin, Na Hyun Ha, Yusuke Sakamoto, Sai Venkatraman, Sandeep Eyyuni, Rohit Thadani, Adam Hotchkiss
  • Patent number: 12231923
    Abstract: System and methods include obtaining data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data for Wi-Fi metric based alarms, each Wi-Fi metric based alarm being associated with detection of one of an offline Wi-Fi network of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, an offline node of the Wi-Fi network, instability of the Wi-Fi network, congestion in the Wi-Fi network, and interference in the Wi-Fi network; determining the Wi-Fi metric based alarms based on the analyzing; and performing one or more actions based on the determined Wi-Fi metric based alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, William J. McFarland, Yoseph Malkin, Na Hyun Ha, Yusuke Sakamoto, Sai Venkatraman, Sandeep Eyyuni, Rohit Thadani, Adam R. Hotchkiss
  • Publication number: 20250055192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a radio system include configuring a first antenna of a plurality of antennas in a wireless device to operate in a configured mode of a plurality of modes, wherein the plurality of modes include a first mode of operating as a quarter wave for operation in a 2.4 GHz band, a second mode of operating as a half wave for operation in a 5 GHz band, and a third mode of operating simultaneous as a half wave and a quarter wave for operation in both the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band; and operating a first radio of a plurality of radios connected to the first antenna in the configured mode of the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Miroslav SAMARDZIJA, Brian NAM, Liem Hieu Dinh VO, William J. MCFARLAND
  • Publication number: 20250013303
    Abstract: Control systems and methods are provided that utilize a device, which can be worn by a user, to enable the user to enter control commands for causing a controller to control one or more electronic devices in a local network, such as a Wi-Fi system. A local control system, according to one implementation, includes a smart ring configured to obtain movement information related to one or more movements of the smart ring while a user is wearing the smart ring. The local control system also includes a controller device configured to communicate with the smart ring using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi signals. Characteristics of the movement information can be translated in order to obtain one or more control commands. The controller device is configured to control one or more aspects of one or more electronic devices based on the one or more control commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Zhicheng QIU, William J. MCFARLAND
  • Patent number: 12160053
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a radio system include configuring a first antenna of a plurality of antennas in a wireless device to operate in a configured mode of a plurality of modes, wherein the plurality of modes include a first mode of operating as a quarter wave for operation in a 2.4 GHz band, a second mode of operating as a half wave for operation in a 5 GHz band, and a third mode of operating simultaneous as a half wave and a quarter wave for operation in both the 2.4 GHz band and the 5 GHz band; and operating a first radio of a plurality of radios connected to the first antenna in the configured mode of the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Brian Nam, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, William J. Mcfarland
  • Patent number: 12130965
    Abstract: Control systems and methods are provided that utilize a device, which can be worn by a user, to enable the user to enter control commands for causing a controller to control one or more electronic devices in a local network, such as a Wi-Fi system. A local control system, according to one implementation, includes a smart ring configured to obtain movement information related to one or more movements of the smart ring while a user is wearing the smart ring. The local control system also includes a controller device configured to communicate with the smart ring using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi signals. Characteristics of the movement information can be translated in order to obtain one or more control commands. The controller device is configured to control one or more aspects of one or more electronic devices based on the one or more control commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Zhicheng Qiu, William J. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20240205699
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for testing a wireless network. A method, according to one implementation, includes receiving data captured from monitoring raw signals from one or more wireless networks at a given location; decoding the data to determine messages in the raw signals; analyzing the determined message to determine network parameters that define a status of the one or more wireless networks; and presenting the determined network parameters for the one or more wireless networks at the given location. The monitoring raw signals is performed by a device that excludes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The raw signals include In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) components of Over-the-Air (OTA) signals transmitted within a wireless network of the one or more wireless networks, the OTA signals being wirelessly transmitted between a base station and one or more User Equipment (UE) devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Lutris, Inc.
    Inventors: James Chillura Martin, II, William J. McFarland, Gregory A. Wright, John C. Wawrzynek, Robert W. Brodersen
  • Publication number: 20240121632
    Abstract: System and methods include obtaining Wi-Fi network data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers and obtaining customer data for each customer associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, the customer data including call-ins made by customers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data including correlating the call-ins made by customers to the Wi-Fi network data; predicting customer call-ins based on correlations made between the call-ins made by customers and the Wi-Fi network data; and initiating a customer outreach workflow prior to a predicted customer call-in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nipun AGARWAL, William J. MCFARLAND, Yoseph MALKIN, Na Hyun HA, Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Sai VENKATRAMAN, Sandeep EYYUNI, Rohit THADANI, Adam HOTCHKISS
  • Publication number: 20240098525
    Abstract: System and methods include obtaining data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data based on one or more use cases; determining any of predictions and alerts for the one or more use cases based on the analyzing; and performing one or more actions based on the any of predictions and alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Nipun AGARWAL, William J. MCFARLAND, Yoseph MALKIN, Na Hyun HA, Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Sai VENKATRAMAN, Sandeep EYYUNI, Rohit THADANI, Adam HOTCHKISS
  • Publication number: 20240064577
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Wi-Fi network failover to cellular connection with throttling of traffic include detecting an outage on wired connections for any of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks; determining the any of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks have switched to a cellular connection as a failover based on the outage; and determining whether to throttle traffic on any cellular connection based on the failover and instructing corresponding gateways accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Wahid, Yoseph Malkin, Manikanden Balakrishnan, William J. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20240064728
    Abstract: Systems and methods of frequency planning for a cellular gateway in a Wi-Fi network include connecting to cellular infrastructure at a cellular frequency; providing a Wi-Fi connection at a Wi-Fi frequency selected to coexist with the cellular frequency; and responsive to interference between the cellular frequency and the Wi-Fi frequency, performing one or more actions to reduce the interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Wahid, Prashant Jadhav, William J. McFarland, Yoseph Malkin
  • Publication number: 20240064628
    Abstract: Systems and methods of selecting and controlling base stations for connectivity to a cellular gateway for a Wi-Fi network include obtaining information related to a cellular infrastructure of a cellular network; determining a list of preferred cellular identifiers, each identifying a cell for connectivity with the cellular gateway, based on a plurality of factors; and providing the list of preferred cellular identifiers to the cellular gateway where the cellular gateway utilizes the list for wireless access to the cellular infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Adam R. Hotchkiss, Arun Kalmanje, William J. McFarland, Yoseph Malkin, Ali Wahid
  • Publication number: 20240064610
    Abstract: Systems and methods of geographically limiting a cellular gateway for a Wi-Fi network include obtaining a location of the cellular gateway; determining whether the cellular gateway is authorized to operate at the location on a given cellular network; and performing an action including any of blocking, allowing, or partially allowing operation of the cellular gateway on the cellular network. The method can be implemented by a cloud service, and wherein the location is determined by one of the cellular gateway and a user device connected to the cellular gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Wahid, Arun Kalmanje, Adam R. Hotchkiss, William J. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20240064571
    Abstract: In a Wi-Fi system having three or more Wi-Fi devices operating over multiple Wi-Fi bands, implementations include forming first and second connections between first and second pairs of Wi-Fi device, respectively. A first group of channels is assigned to a first Wi-Fi device for communicating with a second Wi-Fi device via the first connection using a first set of connection channels selected from the first group of assigned channels. A second group of channels (different from the first group) is assigned to the second Wi-Fi device, where the second group of assigned channels includes at least the first set of connection channels. The second Wi-Fi device communicates with the third Wi-Fi device via the second wireless connection using a second set of connection channels selected from the second group of assigned channels. The first group of assigned channels is different from the second group of assigned channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Mowen Lu, Manikanden Balakrishnan, William J. McFarland