T-mobile Usa, Inc.

Magical by Design, LLC

David B Winkler

Jasdeep Singh Chugh

Michael Kemery

Kandarp Jani

Randy Meyerson

Bukasa Tshilombo

Edward Carrigan

Yaro P Brock

Systems and methods for providing a smart hydration container or bottle which accurately tracks a user's liquid intake. The smart hydration container utilizes a new capacitive sensing technology which does not require a complicated design for capacitive conductive surfaces and provides accurate capacitive measurements which map to volume measurements. Through the use of calibrated data, the smart hydration container accurately measures capacitance 'as a whole' of the entire container's contents even when the container is not resting upright. In some implementations, the smart hydration container utilizes a combination of capacitive sensing, motion sensing, position sensing, and/or temperature sensing to provide an accurate measure of liquid volume in the container. The capacitive sensor may be electrically shielded by a passive conductive sensor shield, a grounded conductive sensor shield, or an active conductive sensor shield.

Hydration container with liquid volume measurement

A system and method for providing information on a map displayed by a mobile device is described. In some examples, the system facilitates user control of map elements, such as dynamically changing map elements based on events that occur at a user's mobile device or at locations associated with the map elements. In some examples, the system enables communication between users via map elements.

Dynamic elements on a map within a mobile device, such as elements that facilitate communication between users

A wireless access point and method of using a wireless access point to allow a user to use a pre-determined security key provided with the access point or a personal security key that is provided by the user. The access point is purchased with a pre-determined security key. A user of the access point may press a pairing button on the access point to automatically pair other devices with the access point using the pre-determined security key. A label with a passphrase that corresponds to the pre-determined security key is provided with the access point, allowing the user to manually enter the passphrase into devices that cannot automatically pair with the access point. The wireless access point also has a 'security on/off' button. When the user presses the security on/off button, the access point may cease use of the pre-determined security key in favor of a personal security key.

Method of securely pairing devices with an access point for an IP-based wireless network

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David B Winkler