Inventor

William Neil Robinson

Inventor

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Overview

1997–2021

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 36 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Wprimary

H04WWireless communication networks28%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication22%

G06FElectric digital data processing18%

H04BTransmission8%

H04MTelephonic communication5%

A61MDevices for introducing media into, or onto, the body2%

B41JTypewriters2%

F16KValves2%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus2%

A61BDiagnosis1%

PatentTitleYear

10,973,569Electrosurgical tissue sealing device with non-stick coating2021 10,749,877Performing a security action in response to a determination that a computing device is lost or stolen2020 10,623,960Methods and systems for enhancing electronic device security by causing the device to go into a mode for lost or stolen devices2020 10,540,494Determining source of side-loaded software using an administrator server2020 10,509,911Methods and systems for conditionally granting access to services based on the security state of the device requesting access2019 10,509,910Methods and systems for granting access to services based on a security state that varies with the severity of security events2019 10,491,603Software component substitution based on rule compliance for computing device context2019 10,489,862Systems and methods for computing device protection2019 10,452,447Coordinating multiple security components2019 10,417,432Methods and systems for blocking potentially harmful communications to improve the functioning of an electronic device2019 10,419,936Methods and systems for causing mobile communications devices to emit sounds with encoded information2019 10,360,364Method for changing mobile communication device functionality based upon receipt of a second code2019 10,218,697Use of device risk evaluation to manage access to services2019 9,955,352Methods and systems for addressing mobile communications devices that are lost or stolen but not yet reported as such2018 9,940,454Determining source of side-loaded software using signature of authorship2018 9,781,148'Methods and systems for sharing risk responses between collections of mobile communications devices'2017 9,779,253'Methods and systems for sharing risk responses to improve the functioning of mobile communications devices'2017 9,763,097'Method for performing device security corrective actions based on loss of proximity to another device'2017 9,740,531'Coordinating multiple components'2017 9,589,129'Determining source of side-loaded software'2017 9,033,304'Methods, devices, and mediums associated with optical lift mechanism'2015 8,646,747'Methods, devices, and mediums associated with optical lift mechanism'2014 7,340,266'Method and apparatus for communicating with multimode receiving device in non-synchronized wireless systems'2008 7,184,774'Coordination among mobile stations servicing terminal equipment'2007 6,751,464'Data handling system and method therefor'2004 6,704,572'Time sharing of communications resources in cellular communications systems'2004 6,351,638'Method and apparatus for accessing a plurality of communication networks'2002 6,330,459'Communication system with a beamformed control channel and method of system control'2001 6,223,030'Communications operating system and method therefor'2001 6,122,291'Communication system and operating method thereof'2000 6,122,270'Communications system and a method therefor'2000 5,983,092'Method and apparatus for system selection'1999 5,943,333'Radio communications device and method'1999 5,862,480'Method and apparatus for managing service accessibility between differing radio telecommunication networks'1999 5,826,188'Method and apparatus for handing off calls between differing radio telecommunication networks'1998 5,625,875'Method for allocating communications resources in a radio communications system'1997

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1997–2008Patents assigned to MOTOROLA INC (14)· patent assignee history

1998–2004Based in Farnham, GB· patent location history

1999–2000Based in Saint Nom la Breteche, FR· patent location history

2007–2008Based in Grayslake, IL, US· patent location history

2014–2015Patents assigned to INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 79 LLC (2)· patent assignee history

2014Patents assigned to ROBINSON WILLIAM NEIL (1)· patent assignee history

2014–2020Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history

2017–2020Patents assigned to LOOKOUT INC (19)· patent assignee history

2019–2020Based in Brentwood, CA, US· patent location history

2021Patents assigned to COVIDIEN LP (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
LOOKOUT INC	19	2017–2020
MOTOROLA INC	14	1997–2008
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 79 LLC	2	2014–2015
COVIDIEN LP	1	2021
ROBINSON WILLIAM NEILself	1	2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Sunnyvale, California, US	16	2014–2020
Farnham, GB	7	1998–2004
Brentwood, California, US	5	2019–2020
Saint Nom la Breteche, FR	3	1999–2000
Grayslake, Illinois, US	2	2007–2008