John C Bahr

US Patent:

20120061458, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Aug 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/207929

Inventors:

John Bahr - Superior CO, US
Scott Hallowell - Arvada CO, US
Aaron Bell - Denver CO, US
Christopher Piekarski - Louisville CO, US

Assignee:

POLYCOM, INC. - Pleasanton CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

235375

Abstract:

A system allows a connecting a mobile device with a barcode scanner to a stationary device by scanning a barcode displayed on a display of the stationary device. The system allows connecting only one mobile device to the stationary device at any given time and allows connecting the mobile device to only one stationary device at any given time. Once connected to the stationary device, the mobile device may be used to scan additional printed barcodes and barcodes displayed by the stationary device or elsewhere, sending data corresponding to the scanned barcodes to the stationary device as if the data were entered by an input device of the stationary device. The barcode scanning functionality may also allow other ways of controlling the mobile device, including performing speed dialing, call transfer, or other telephone functionality based on barcode scanning Encryption and other similar techniques may be employed for additional security.

US Patent:

20120238216, Sep 20, 2012

Filed:

Mar 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/050622

Inventors:

Scott Hallowell - Arvada CO, US
Chris Durand - Superior CO, US
John Bahr - Superior CO, US

Assignee:

POLYCOM, INC. - Pleasanton CA

International Classification:

H04B 7/00

US Classification:

455 413

Abstract:

A system and method manages Bluetooth connections between Bluetooth devices. A first Bluetooth device can have a virtual Bluetooth device associated with it. A virtual Bluetooth device can include Bluetooth parameters and values that when adopted by a second Bluetooth device, would allow the first and second Bluetooth devices to begin communicating as already paired devices. The first Bluetooth device can be configured to allow a Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth device only if the second Bluetooth device has the Bluetooth parameters associated with the first Bluetooth device. An administrator server can control access to virtual Bluetooth devices based on access privileges. The first Bluetooth device can identify the second Bluetooth device using methods other than Bluetooth communication. The first Bluetooth device can then access virtual Bluetooth device associated with the second Bluetooth device and establish a secure connection with the second Bluetooth device.

US Patent:

20120262281, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Apr 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/088158

Inventors:

Bryan Edwards - Boulder CO, US
Peter Santeusanio - Hampton Falls NH, US
John Bahr - Superior CO, US
Kent Graham Bodell - Burnaby, CA
Stephen Rolapp - Boulder CO, US
Caglan M. Aras - Los Gatos CA, US

Assignee:

Polycom, Inc. - Pleasanton CA

International Classification:

H04Q 5/22

US Classification:

340 1042

Abstract:

Configurable electronic devices contain identifying information in a dual-ported memory. A plurality of un-configured units are assembled into a set. Using identifying information, a provisioning server matches each particular unit to configuration settings needed to appropriately configure that device for use by a specific end user. The configuration settings and/or data may be transmitted to the devices via their embedded RFID systems and stored in their dual-ported memory (via the first memory port). The electronic devices may comprise processor-based systems and, upon system initialization, the configuration data can be read from the memory via a second port thereof and used to configure the device for use by the user. In this way, devices may be configured as a set destined for a particular end user immediately prior to shipment and/or deployment and it is not necessary to separately track customized units prior to assembling them into a set.

US Patent:

20210037396, Feb 4, 2021

Filed:

Oct 18, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/073385

Inventors:

- Louisville CO, US
JOHN C. BAHR - Superior CO, US
KEVIN E. MAHONEY - Longmont CO, US

International Classification:

H04W 16/28
H04W 16/26
H04W 36/00

Abstract:

Steering clients between access points (APs) or other sources of wireless signaling is contemplated. The client steering may be used to supplant or augment roaming capabilities of the clients with independent steering decisions made at the APs such as by utilizing information shared between the APs to generate a steering threshold for use in assessing whether clients should be steered from one AP to another.

US Patent:

20200267559, Aug 20, 2020

Filed:

May 4, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/866418

Inventors:

- Louisville CO, US
JOHN C. BAHR - Superior CO, US
NEEHARIKA ALLANKI - Mercer Island VA, US
MUFFADDAL MAKATI - Broomfield CO, US

International Classification:

H04W 16/12
H04W 24/02
H04B 17/318

Abstract:

A multiple access point system includes a wireless network including a first channel and a second channel. The system further includes a first access point and a second access point co-located within a single physical location environment, a wireless backhaul connecting the first and second access points to the wireless network, and a processor configured to (i) assign the first channel as a primary channel of the first access point and the second channel as a primary channel of the second access point, and (ii) assign the first channel as a secondary channel of the second access point and the second channel as a secondary channel of the second access point. The primary channel of the first access point does not overlap with the primary channel of the second access point, and the secondary channel of the second access point overlaps with the first access point.

US Patent:

20200092750, Mar 19, 2020

Filed:

Sep 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/569432

Inventors:

- Louisville CO, US
John C. Bahr - Superior CO, US

International Classification:

H04W 28/06
H04W 36/00
H04W 80/10
H04W 8/08
H04W 64/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods enhance handling, within an access point (AP) of a local area network, of content from a content provider. A content session core of the AP opens a session with the content provider and allows interaction between a user of a first end device and the content provider via the session. Content from the content provider is received at the content session core and forwarded for play on the first end device. The content session core may mirror the content to a second real end device without requiring an additional session with the content provider, and may switch play of the content from the first to the second end devices without disconnecting the session with the content provider. A wireless LAN controller enhances a connectivity experience of a mobile device by determining its location and predicting when to handoff connectivity between wireless APs of the LAN.

US Patent:

20200045534, Feb 6, 2020

Filed:

Aug 2, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/530677

Inventors:

- Louisville CO, US
John C. Bahr - Superior CO, US

International Classification:

H04W 12/00
H04W 12/04
H04W 36/00

Abstract:

A method for distributed wireless encryption includes (a) establishing, at a first wireless access point (WAP), a first encrypted wireless communication link between the first WAP and a first device, (b) receiving, at the first WAP, an encrypted data packet from the first device via the first encrypted wireless communication link, and (c) forwarding the encrypted data packet from the first WAP to a first node within the first local area network (LAN), without decrypting the encrypted data packet.

US Patent:

20190223067, Jul 18, 2019

Filed:

Jan 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/252156

Inventors:

- Louisville CO, US
John C. Bahr - Superior CO, US

International Classification:

H04W 36/06
H04W 36/20
H04W 36/32
H04W 72/04

Abstract:

A wireless transceiver includes an access point and a dynamic frequency selection unit. The access point is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one Wi-Fi user equipment and monitor a target band for energy signatures of a radio frequency operation within the target band. The dynamic frequency selection unit is configured to (i) receive a detected energy signature from the target band, (ii) determine whether the detected energy signature corresponds to a known radio frequency operation within a vicinity of a location of the access point or represents a false positive, and (iii) control the operation of the access point within the target band based on the determination.