Maria C Thompson

US Patent:

7539796, May 26, 2009

Filed:

Mar 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/694549

Inventors:

Steven Nowlan - South Barrington IL, US
William F. Zancho - Hawthorn Woods IL, US
Jon Godston - Chicago IL, US
Kenneth W. Douros - South Barington IL, US
Maria B. Thompson - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Christopher W. Drackett - Chicago IL, US
Deborah A. Matteo - Schaumburg IL, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

710 72, 710 8, 710 9, 710 10, 710 73, 710 71, 710301, 709228, 705 26, 705 40, 707 2, 707 9

Abstract:

A configuration of an electronic device () is managed by obtaining () stakeholder attributes of a component resident in the electronic device from stakeholder requirements (FIGS. ) of one or more stakeholders and correlating () the respective stakeholder attributes as well as available sets of values of attributes of the component to determine () a set of selected values of the attributes, and establishing () at least a portion of a new configuration of the electronic device using the set of selected values of the attributes of the component. When the stakeholder requirements cannot be met with an existing application in the electronic device, the application may be formed () from components of existing applications.

US Patent:

20070281742, Dec 6, 2007

Filed:

May 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/421137

Inventors:

Hoi L. Young - Lake Villa IL, US
Michael Bohan - Fox Lake IL, US
Christopher W. Drackett - Chicago IL, US
Thomas C. Hill - Crystal Lake IL, US
Steven J. Nowlan - South Barrington IL, US
Conor P. O'Sullivan - Chicago IL, US
Chad A. Phipps - Grayslake IL, US
Maria B. Thompson - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Elisa S. Vargas - Chicago IL, US
Theodore R. Arneson - Ivanhoe IL, US

International Classification:

H04B 1/38
H04M 1/00

US Classification:

455557

Abstract:

A device () having a user interface () is provided with an automatic discretionary capability of determining use of a wireless message. The wireless message may contain user interface preference information that is initially sourced by an end user platform. The device uses the automatic discretionary capability to determine whether and to what extent to use the user interface preference information to influence control of the user interface (). The device () may contain a wireless receiver () for receiving the wireless messages with a memory () for storing the user interface preference information therein. Also provided in the device () is a processor () which provides and uses the automatic discretionary capability to determine to what extent to use the user interface preference information to influence control of the user interface (). The automatic discretionary capability of the device () may override, accept, or weight the user interface preference information.

US Patent:

20080074488, Mar 27, 2008

Filed:

Sep 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/530924

Inventors:

Maria B. Thompson - Hoffman Estates IL, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04N 7/14

US Classification:

348 1408

Abstract:

A method () or system () of controlling audible alerts includes detecting () a communication event among participant devices ( and ), detecting () a non-participant device ( or ) within a predetermined range of a participant device, and sending () a wireless control signal by at least one among the participant devices to the non-participant device to control audible alert functions. The wireless control signal can be sent () after a start of the communication event and can be sent () for example using Bluetooth signaling, signaling using an IEEE 802.11 standard, or any other signaling. The method can mute () audible alerts on the non-participant device in response to receipt of the wireless control signal. Detecting the communication event can include detection of an instant messaging session, a telephone conference, a video conference, a audio-visual conference, internet or online or web conferencing, or a calendared event.

US Patent:

20080244470, Oct 2, 2008

Filed:

Mar 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/694593

Inventors:

Steven Nowlan - South Barrington IL, US
Kenneth W. Douros - South Barrington IL, US
Maria B. Thompson - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Deborah A. Matteo - Schaumburg IL, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715866

Abstract:

An electronic device () uses a theme record () which defines themes desired for the electronic device. An example patriotic theme might call for red, white and blue screen colors. A processor compares the theme record () against at least components () of the electronic device to determine operation characteristics of the electronic device (). The processor can execute a correlation process () to resolve conflicts among configurations. The theme records () can be shared among users of the portable devices.