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John Hillan
Also filed as: HILLAN JOHN · HILLAN JOHN G B · HILLAN JOHN GEOFFREY BERNARD
42 granted patents·8 pending applications·230 citations·filing 1996–2019
97Inventor score
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50 records- 0195US9240824B2Wireless power and wireless communication for electronic devicesHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 19, 2016·28 cites·22 claims
- 0294US8803474B2Optimization of wireless power devicesHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 12, 2014·40 cites·35 claims
- 0390US9054750B2Methods and apparatus for improving RF discovery for peer mode communicationsHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·10 cites·40 claims
- 0490US8989658B2Methods and apparatuses for improving NFC parameter update mechanismsHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 24, 2015·12 cites·28 claims
- 0588US8923761B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC RF discovery loop tuning based on device sensor measurementsHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·10 cites·60 claims
- 0686US8810194B2Retrofitting wireless power and near-field communication in electronic devicesKIRBY MILES A·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 19, 2014·27 cites·26 claims
- 0784US9647884B2Near field communication forum listen mode profilesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 9, 2017·4 cites·38 claims
- 0884US9351144B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC RF discovery based on detection of other RF activityHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted May 24, 2016·6 cites·41 claims
- 0982US8971800B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC activation and data exchange reporting mechanismsHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·5 cites·48 claims
- 1081US9214988B2Methods and apparatus for improving peer communications using an active communication modeQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 15, 2015·4 cites·16 claims
- 1181US8923763B2Methods and apparatuses for reducing the nonvolatile memory used to support application identifier routing in an NFC controllerQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·7 cites·24 claims
- 1281US8838026B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC data exchange configuration parameter update mechanismsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 16, 2014·5 cites·40 claims
- 1379US10186749B1Systems and methods for a remote near field communication antenna unitQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 22, 2019·3 cites·30 claims
- 1478US8942623B2Reducing NFC peer mode connection timesHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 27, 2015·4 cites·36 claims
- 1577US9112541B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC data exchange configuration parameter update mechanismsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 18, 2015·3 cites·48 claims
- 1677US9113284B2Methods and apparatus for improving management of NFC logical connectionsHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 18, 2015·4 cites·32 claims
- 1776US10812262B2Performing a key agreement recovery procedureQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 20, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1876US9735834B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC activation and data exchange reporting mechanismsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 15, 2017·2 cites·48 claims
- 1976US9374134B2Methods and apparatus for improving the identification of multiple NFC-A devicesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 21, 2016·4 cites·36 claims
- 2075US9887743B2Methods and apparatus for discovering tag talks first devicesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 6, 2018·3 cites·36 claims
- 2175US8929810B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC connection through device positioningFRANKLAND STEPHEN·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 6, 2015·3 cites·36 claims
- 2274US9124304B2Methods and apparatus for reducing overhead for NFC data exchange protocol messagesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 1, 2015·3 cites·23 claims
- 2370US7970976B2Remote memory access using reversible host/client interfaceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 28, 2011·5 cites·15 claims
- 2469US9094049B2Methods and apparatus for improving device activition among a plurality of NFC devices that support type a RF technologyQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 28, 2015·2 cites·32 claims
- 2568US9331744B2Methods and apparatus for improving collision resolution among multiple NFC-A devicesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 3, 2016·2 cites·32 claims
- 2668US9008574B2Focused antenna, multi-purpose antenna, and methods related theretoFRANKLAND STEPHEN·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 14, 2015·3 cites·21 claims
- 2766US9559405B2Devices and methods related to a display assembly including an antennaSORRELL DAVID J·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 31, 2017·5 cites·26 claims
- 2863US9326222B2Methods and apparatus for improving a NFCEE discovery processQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 26, 2016·1 cites·36 claims
- 2963US9113373B2Methods and apparatus for improving peer communications using an active communication modeHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 18, 2015·1 cites·40 claims
- 3062US9800693B2Systems and methods for an inductive communication interfaceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 24, 2017·1 cites·53 claims
- 3162US9370040B2Methods and apparatus for improving NFC LLCP partitioningQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 14, 2016·1 cites·33 claims
- 3262US8391904B2Method and apparatus for maintaining quality of service during regulatory domain changeHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 5, 2013·1 cites·24 claims
- 3359US8126447B2Combined bluetooth/alternate radio environment with criterion for reporting a condition of the alternate radio defined in a physical abstraction layer associated with the alternate radioHILLAN JOHN·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 28, 2012·1 cites·20 claims
- 3458US11791866B2Systems and methods for device coexistenceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 17, 2023·0 cites·14 claims
- 3551US11363455B2Near field communication forum data exchange format (NDEF) messages with authenticated encryptionQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 14, 2022·0 cites·34 claims
- 3651US2013054417A1Methods and systems aggregating micropayments in a mobile deviceO'DONOGHUE JEREMY R·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3750US9980117B2Methods and apparatus for improving peer communications using an active communication modeQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 22, 2018·0 cites·28 claims
- 3849US10645651B2Methods and apparatus for improving re-activation of a NFC-F based remote NFC deviceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 5, 2020·0 cites·12 claims
- 3946US11272358B2Near field communication forum data exchange format (NDEF) messagesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 8, 2022·0 cites·40 claims
- 4046US2015118964A1Methods and apparatus for improving nfc connection through device positioningQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4144US10690762B2Systems and methods for determining an upper bound on the distance between devicesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·44 claims
- 4242US5774738AState machinesTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 30, 1998·14 cites·9 claims
- 4341US10361754B2Enabling use of stay quiet requests in a near field communication deviceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 23, 2019·0 cites·26 claims
- 4441US2020092087A1Apparatus and methods for authentication using message exchangeQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 4541US2013201007A1Methods and apparatus for improving resolution among devices with different size nfc identifiersQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4640US2018205818A1Mechanism for indicating transport infrastructure compatibility to contactless application installersQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4738US2017127225A1Systems and methods for distance bounding using near field communicationQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 4835US2016352605A1Systems and methods for distance bounding to an authenticated deviceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4933US2015256229A1Systems and methods for improving the robustness of an nfc forum peer-to-peer linkQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 5030US5834961AGated-clock registers for low-power circuitryPACIFIC COMM SCIENCES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 10, 1998·4 cites·2 claims
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