Patents by Inventor William Whyte

William Whyte 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: 12345832
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for wireless communications. For example, a process may include determining a potential position overlap between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and determining a characteristic of at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle based on information from a vehicle-based message. The process may include determining whether the potential position overlap is an actual position overlap between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Jonathan Petit, William Whyte, Cong Chen, Mohammad Raashid Ansari, Virendra Kumar
  • Patent number: 12271492
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of imaging devices in a vehicle includes determining that a change of data security mode is indicated for frames of image data transmitted over a first data communication link, determining whether a sensor management system has sufficient processing capacity to support the change of data security mode, increasing the processing capacity of the sensor management system by modifying data security settings for at least one other data communication link when the processing capacity of the sensor management system is insufficient to support the change of data security mode, and initiating the change of data security mode when the sensor management system has sufficient processing capacity to support the change of data security mode. The change of data security mode may include a change from an application-based to a link-based data security mode or a change from the link-based to the application-based data security mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Dominic Wietfeldt, Philip Michael Hawkes, Jonathan Petit, William Whyte
  • Patent number: 12259951
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for token device transfer management. A system identifies, in a payload of at least one block of a distributed ledger, a token corresponding to media content. A parameter of the token in the distributed ledger indicates that the token is associated with a first user. The system identifies a device that is associated with the token and the media content. The device is also associated with the first user. The system identifies that the device has been relocated to an area associated with a second user. In response to identifying that the device has been relocated to the area, the system causes the parameter of the token in the distributed ledger to be modified from indicating that the token is associated with the first user to indicating that the token is associated with the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wesley James Holland, Jonathan Kies, Brian Vogelsang, Abhijeet Bisain, William Whyte, Michael Franco Taveira
  • Patent number: 12219452
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system of a vehicle for managing transmission of misbehavior reports. Various embodiments may include generating a misbehavior report based on a detected V2X misbehavior, assigning a priority or a transmission probability to the generated misbehavior report based on an external condition related to the detected V2X misbehavior, and transmitting the misbehavior report based on the assigned priority or transmission probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Petit, William Whyte, Cong Chen, Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Mohammad Raashid Ansari
  • Publication number: 20250016554
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system for protecting proprietary data within misbehavior reports. The method includes receiving a misbehavior report from a V2X system participant, obtaining sensor data from the received misbehavior report indicating that a misbehavior condition has occurred, determining whether the sensor data indicating that a misbehavior condition has occurred includes encrypted proprietary information. In response to determining that the sensor data includes encrypted proprietary information, the V2X system identifies an entity that owns the encrypted proprietary information, transmits the misbehavior report including the encrypted proprietary information to the entity that owns the encrypted proprietary information, and receives a confirmation report from the entity that owns the encrypted proprietary information indicating whether the misbehavior report is accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: William WHYTE, Jonathan PETIT, Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI, Cong CHEN, Virendra KUMAR
  • Patent number: 12175457
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for situational token-associated media output. A system receives sensor data captured by at least one sensor of a media device. The system identifies, based on the sensor data, a relationship between the media device and an anchor element that is associated with a token. The system identifies the token in a payload of at least one block of a distributed ledger. The token corresponds to media content according to the distributed ledger. The system generates a representation of the media content corresponding to the token. In response to identifying the relationship between the media device and the anchor element, the system outputs the representation of the media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wesley James Holland, Jonathan Kies, Brian Vogelsang, Abhijeet Bisain, William Whyte, Michael Franco Taveira
  • Publication number: 20240381087
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for device verification. For example, a process can include obtaining a certificate from a user device; obtaining an expected physical attribute of the user device; obtaining an indication of a current physical characteristic of the user device; verifying that the current physical characteristic of the user device matches the expected physical attribute of the user device; verifying the certificate from the user device based on verifying the current physical characteristic of the user device matches the expected physical attribute of the user device; and based on verifying the certificate, outputting an indication that the user device is verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE
  • Patent number: 12136297
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for road usage charging (RUC) are described. RUC computation may be performed at a vehicle using a vehicle computing device (VCD) that is trusted by a service provider, charger, or both. The VCD may be trusted to collect high accuracy, high resolution time and location data for RUC, and also compute for itself what the RUC charge is according to one or more applicable charge policies that are provided to the VCD. Anonymity related to specific vehicle and location information may be provided by encrypting portions of RUC data that are decryptable by different entities with reduced likelihood of revealing specific vehicle, location, and time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Drew Foster Van Duren, Sean Vincent Maschue, Virendra Kumar, William Whyte, Jonathan Petit, Anthony Bahadir Lopez
  • Patent number: 12132635
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems for managing a volume of misbehavior reports. In various embodiments, a vehicle processing system may identify one or more misbehavior observations from among a plurality of misbehavior observations made by the vehicle processing system based on one or more volume management criteria for misbehavior report generation, generate a misbehavior report including information about the identified misbehavior observations, and transmit the generated misbehavior report to a network computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Petit, William Whyte, Mohammad Raashid Ansari, Cong Chen, Jean-Philippe Monteuuis
  • Patent number: 12126993
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system for protecting proprietary data within misbehavior reports. Various embodiments may include detecting misbehavior conditions based on received sensor data, determining whether the received sensor data that supports a conclusion that a misbehavior condition has occurred is or includes proprietary information, and encrypting the sensor data that supports the conclusion that the misbehavior condition has occurred in response to determining that the received sensor data is or includes the proprietary information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Whyte, Jonathan Petit, Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Mohammad Raashid Ansari, Cong Chen, Virendra Kumar
  • Publication number: 20240320351
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of imaging devices in a vehicle includes determining that a change of data security mode is indicated for frames of image data transmitted over a first data communication link, determining whether a sensor management system has sufficient processing capacity to support the change of data security mode, increasing the processing capacity of the sensor management system by modifying data security settings for at least one other data communication link when the processing capacity of the sensor management system is insufficient to support the change of data security mode, and initiating the change of data security mode when the sensor management system has sufficient processing capacity to support the change of data security mode. The change of data security mode may include a change from an application-based to a link-based data security mode or a change from the link-based to the application-based data security mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Dominic WIETFELDT, Philip Michael HAWKES, Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE
  • Publication number: 20240323691
    Abstract: A processing circuit is coupled to imaging devices through multiple data communication links. Each data communication link couples at least one imaging device with the processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine when a change is required in a first data protection configuration that protects first image data transmitted over a first data communication link, and determine a second data protection configuration to be used when second image data is transmitted from a first imaging device over the first data communication link to an image processing circuit. The first data protection configuration or the second data protection configuration provides a partial integrity mode of data protection for frames of image data transmitted over the first data communication link. The partial integrity mode protects some, but not all frames of image data transmitted over the first data communication link using a message authentication code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Dominic WIETFELDT, Philip Michael HAWKES, William WHYTE, Jonathan PETIT
  • Publication number: 20240251288
    Abstract: A method of completing a transaction for a UE includes: receiving, at roadside equipment, a position message indicating a position of the UE; receiving, at the roadside equipment, a transaction message from the UE, the transaction message being separate from the position message and including an encrypted token containing information associated with the UE to enable completion of the transaction; determining that the position message and the transaction message are cryptographically bound; decrypting the encrypted token to produce a decrypted token; determining a presence of the UE in a transaction region; and completing the transaction using the information contained in the decrypted token in response to determining that the position message and the transaction message are cryptographically bound and determining the presence of the UE in the transaction region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Drew Foster VAN DUREN, William WHYTE, Sean Vincent MASCHUE, Soumya DAS
  • Patent number: 12028744
    Abstract: A method of controlling a radio-frequency (RF) transaction region comprises: determining a value of a characteristic associated with an ability of roadside equipment, associated with an RF transaction, to obtain information from a user equipment (UE) in the RF transaction region; determining, based on the value of the characteristic, a value of a parameter affecting the ability of the roadside equipment to obtain the information from the UE in the RF transaction region; and conveying the value of the parameter to the UE to affect transmission of messages from the UE to the roadside equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Drew Foster Van Duren, William Whyte, Sean Vincent Maschue, Soumya Das
  • Publication number: 20240214818
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems for managing privileged operation request misbehavior. In various embodiments, a network computing device may receive a first privileged operation request purportedly from a vehicle at a first location at a first time and a second privileged operation request purportedly from the vehicle at a second location at a second time, and may perform a security action in response to determining that the vehicle cannot have traveled from the first location to the second location between the first time and the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: William WHYTE, Jonathan PETIT
  • Publication number: 20240193568
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for road usage charging. For example, a vehicle (e.g., using a vehicle computing device (VCD)) can receive an encryption key of a first charging entity and determine a first road usage charge associated with the first charging entity based on a first charge policy. The vehicle can determine a total usage charge (based on the first road usage charge) for road usage (e.g., associated with the first charging entity) and can encrypt the total usage charge based on the encryption key. The vehicle can determine information associated with the total usage charge and can encrypt the information associated with the total usage charge based at least in part on the encryption key. The vehicle can transmit the encrypted total usage charge to a first network entity and can transmit the encrypted information to a second network entity for verifying the encrypted total usage charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Drew Foster VAN DUREN, William WHYTE, Sean Vincent MASCHUE, Jonathan PETIT, Virendra KUMAR, Anthony Bahadir LOPEZ
  • Patent number: 12008895
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods performed by a processor of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system within a vehicle for detecting misbehavior conditions by comparing information received in V2X messages to local dynamic map data. Various embodiments may include receiving V2X messages from other V2X system participants, determining whether a misbehavior condition is detected by comparing data contained in the received V2X messages to information in a locally maintained or stored local dynamic map data model, detecting a misbehavior condition and generating a misbehavior report identifying the misbehavior condition in response to a conflict or inconsistency between some data in the received V2X message and the local dynamic map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Whyte, Jonathan Petit, Cong Chen, Jean-Philippe Monteuuis
  • Patent number: 11882223
    Abstract: Various embodiments enable broadcast communications security. Various embodiments enable the authentication of broadcast communications. Various embodiments may enable asymmetric authentication and integrity protection of small size messages, such as one or more signed messages totaling a length of 250 bytes or less. Various embodiments may support cryptographic signing of beacon type messages using certificates. Various embodiments may include generating a beacon type message, cryptographically signing the beacon type message at least in part using a certificate to generate a signed beacon message, and sending the signed beacon type message in one or more broadcast transmissions in conjunction with, or independently of, certificate information used to verify the signed beacon message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Drew Foster Van Duren, Stefano Faccin, William Whyte
  • Publication number: 20230408642
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for wireless communications. For example, a process may include determining a potential position overlap between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and determining a characteristic of at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle based on information from a vehicle-based message. The process may include determining whether the potential position overlap is an actual position overlap between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE, Cong CHEN, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI, Virendra KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20230336956
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system of a vehicle for managing transmission of misbehavior reports. Various embodiments may include generating a misbehavior report based on a detected V2X misbehavior, assigning a priority or a transmission probability to the generated misbehavior report based on an external condition related to the detected V2X misbehavior, and transmitting the misbehavior report based on the assigned priority or transmission probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan PETIT, William WHYTE, Cong CHEN, Jean-Philippe MONTEUUIS, Mohammad Raashid ANSARI