Patents by Inventor Alexander Thayer

Alexander Thayer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11748497
    Abstract: Examples associated with BIOS access are described. One example device includes receiving data associated with a basic input/output system (BIOS) access request. The data may be received by a print device. The access request may be for a computing device. The method also includes printing a set of instructions for accessing the BIOS of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mary G. Baker
  • Patent number: 11710357
    Abstract: Examples of devices are described herein. In some examples, a device may include a plurality of electronic elements. In some examples, each of the electronic elements is mechanically interlockable to another of the electronic elements. In some examples, each of the electronic elements is to control a lock state based on a broadcast signal to modify a shape of the device to a predetermined target shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mary Gray Baker, Alexander Thayer
  • Publication number: 20220139507
    Abstract: Examples are described herein for using medical test results to trigger routine for medical supply replenishment. In various examples, based on a result of a medical test administered to a subject at a first medical facility, it may be determined that the subject has an exogenous medical condition. In response to determining that the subject has the exogenous medical condition, a message may be transmitted over a computer network from a computing device associated with the first medical facility to a remote computing device associated with a second medical facility. The message may trigger the remote computing device to initiate a routine to replenish medical supplies associated with the exogenous medical condition at the second medical facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Eric Faggin, Alexander Thayer, Josep-Maria Serra
  • Patent number: 11321034
    Abstract: An example communication device includes a camera to detect media. A processor is to link the detected media with a stored version of the detected media in a database. The processor is to instruct a printing device associated with a remote device to output a hardcopy of the stored version of the detected media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Rafael Ballagas, Alexander Thayer
  • Publication number: 20220092895
    Abstract: Examples of devices are described herein. In some examples, a device may include a plurality of electronic elements. In some examples, each of the electronic elements is mechanically interlockable to another of the electronic elements. In some examples, each of the electronic elements is to control a lock state based on a broadcast signal to modify a shape of the device to a predetermined target shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mary Gray Baker, Alexander Thayer
  • Patent number: 11226674
    Abstract: An enhanced reality system, in an example, includes an input device, the input device including a first arm and a second arm configured to be held together by a user; a sensor to sense, at least, a relative position of at least a portion of the first and second arms; wherein sensing, at least, the relative position of the first and second arms comprises a haptic retargeting process that simulates a touching of ends of the first and second arms to the outer surface of a virtual object presented in the enhanced reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Ian N. Robinson, Hiroshi Horii, Junrui Yang, Rafael Ballagas, Ning Ge, Craig Peter Sayers
  • Publication number: 20210240423
    Abstract: An example communication device includes a camera to detect media. A processor is to link the detected media with a stored version of the detected media in a database. The processor is to instruct a printing device associated with a remote device to output a hardcopy of the stored version of the detected media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Rafael Ballagas, Alexander Thayer
  • Publication number: 20210209238
    Abstract: Examples associated with BIOS access are described. One example device includes receiving data associated with a basic input/output system (BIOS) access request. The data may be received by a print device. The access request may be for a computing device. The method also includes printing a set of instructions for accessing the BIOS of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mary G. Baker
  • Patent number: 10937284
    Abstract: A somatosensory feedback system may include at least one somatosensory feedback device to, when actuated, invoke a sensation in a user. The somatosensory feedback system may instruct the at least one somatosensory feedback device to actuate to indicate a passage of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin Smathers, Mithra Vankipuram, Hiroshi Horii, Alexander Thayer, Sarthak Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20210058677
    Abstract: A non-transitory media having machine-readable instructions stored thereon is provided. The instructions include a context analyzer to determine context data based on information shared between participants as part of a communications session. An emotion detector detects an emotional state of a given participant of the communications session and generates a media request based on the detected emotional state and the context data, wherein a representation of personal media content is provided to at least one of the participants based on the media request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Rafael Ballagas, Alexander Thayer
  • Publication number: 20200233484
    Abstract: An enhanced reality system, in an example, includes an input device, the input device including a first arm and a second arm configured to be held together by a user; a sensor to sense, at least, a relative position of at least a portion of the first and second arms; wherein sensing, at least, the relative position of the first and second arms comprises a haptic retargeting process that simulates a touching of ends of the first and second arms to the outer surface of a virtual object presented in the enhanced reality environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexander THAYER, Ian N. ROBINSON, Hiroshi HORII, Junrui YANG, Rafael BALLAGAS, Ning GE, Craig Peter SAYERS
  • Publication number: 20200184047
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to authenticating a first and second user. For example, a processor may authenticate a first user to access at least one of a device and a location and identify a second user located within an authentication zone. The processor may trigger an authentication process for the second user based on the identification and output information indicating whether the second user is authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mithra Vankipuram
  • Patent number: 10678493
    Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, presence data indicative of a presence factor for a remote subject is received from a server. The presence data is analyzed and a display representative of the presence factor is caused at a 3D object. The 3D object includes a 3D element representative of the remote subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nelson L Chang, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N Robinson, Alexander Thayer, Jishang Wei, Ji Won Jun, Kevin Smathers
  • Publication number: 20190121598
    Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, presence data indicative of a presence factor for a remote subject is received from a server. The presence data is analyzed and a display representative of the presence factor is caused at a 3D object. The 3D object includes a 3D element representative of the remote subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Nelson L Chang, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N Robinson, Alexander Thayer, Jishang Wei, Ji Won Jun, Kevin Smathers
  • Publication number: 20190057582
    Abstract: A somatosensory feedback system may include at least one somatosensory feedback device to, when actuated, invoke a sensation in a user. The somatosensory feedback system may instruct the at least one somatosensory feedback device to actuate to indicate a passage of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin SMATHERS, Mithra VANKIPURAM, Hiroshi HORII, Alexander THAYER, Sarthak GHOSH
  • Publication number: 20180182270
    Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, presence data indicative of a presence factor for a remote subject is received from a server. The presence data is analyzed and a display representative of the presence factor is caused at a 3D object. The 3D object includes a 3D element representative of the remote subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Nelson L. Chang, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N. Robinson, Alexander Thayer, Jishang Wei, Ji Won Jun
  • Patent number: 6405216
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for customizing a document interface for display on a computer monitor. In accordance with the present invention, a documentation file is retrieved. Next, an input from a user is received. The input from the user comprises an instruction for customizing a hierarchical format of the retrieved documentation file. Based on the received input from the user, the hierarchical format of the retrieved documentation file is dynamically customized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Minnaert, Ayanna Sawyer, Alexander Thayer