Patents by Inventor William Tolbert Smith

William Tolbert Smith 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 apparatus for analysis of user traffic within a predefined area
    Patent number: 9438677
    Abstract: Multiple packets are received that were transmitted by multiple mobile electronic device sensors located in a predefined area. The packets each include data detected by the sensors of multiple mobile electronic devices. At least a portion of the collected data is stored including multiple unique device identifiers that belong to multiple mobile electronic devices. Responsive to determining that at least two of the unique device identifiers are sequential, a set of values based on the at least two unique devices identifiers are associated as belonging to a same one of the mobile electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Euclid Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Man-Kin Leung, William Tolbert Smith, Steve Lawrence Wilhelm
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF USER TRAFFIC WITHIN A PREDEFINED AREA
    Publication number: 20140229616
    Abstract: Multiple packets are received that were transmitted by multiple mobile electronic device sensors located in a predefined area. The packets each include data detected by the sensors of multiple mobile electronic devices. At least a portion of the collected data is stored including multiple unique device identifiers that belong to multiple mobile electronic devices. Responsive to determining that at least two of the unique device identifiers are sequential, a set of values based on the at least two unique devices identifiers are associated as belonging to a same one of the mobile electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Man-Kin Leung, William Tolbert Smith, Steve Lawrence Wilhelm
  • Method and apparatus for analysis of user traffic within a predefined area
    Patent number: 8699370
    Abstract: Multiple packets are received that were transmitted by multiple mobile electronic device sensors located in a predefined area. The packets each include data detected by the sensors of multiple mobile electronic devices. At least a portion of the collected data is stored including multiple unique device identifiers that belong to multiple mobile electronic devices. Responsive to determining that at least two of the unique device identifiers are sequential, a set of values based on the at least two unique devices identifiers are associated as belonging to a same one of the mobile electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Euclid, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Man-Kin Leung, William Tolbert Smith, Steve Lawrence Wilheim
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF USER TRAFFIC WITHIN A PREDEFINED AREA
    Publication number: 20120163206
    Abstract: Multiple packets are received that were transmitted by multiple mobile electronic device sensors located in a predefined area. The packets each include data detected by the sensors of multiple mobile electronic devices. At least a portion of the collected data is stored including multiple unique device identifiers that belong to multiple mobile electronic devices. Responsive to determining that at least two of the unique device identifiers are sequential, a set of values based on the at least two unique devices identifiers are associated as belonging to a same one of the mobile electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth Man-Kin Leung, William Tolbert Smith, Steve Lawrence Wilhelm