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).
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Patent number: 11748497Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mary G. Baker
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Patent number: 11710357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mary Gray Baker, Alexander Thayer
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Publication number: 20220139507Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Eric Faggin, Alexander Thayer, Josep-Maria Serra
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Patent number: 11321034Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Rafael Ballagas, Alexander Thayer
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Publication number: 20220092895Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mary Gray Baker, Alexander Thayer
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Patent number: 11226674Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Ian N. Robinson, Hiroshi Horii, Junrui Yang, Rafael Ballagas, Ning Ge, Craig Peter Sayers
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Publication number: 20210240423Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Rafael Ballagas, Alexander Thayer
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Publication number: 20210209238Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mary G. Baker
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Patent number: 10937284Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kevin Smathers, Mithra Vankipuram, Hiroshi Horii, Alexander Thayer, Sarthak Ghosh
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Publication number: 20210058677Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Rafael Ballagas, Alexander Thayer
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Publication number: 20200233484Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Alexander THAYER, Ian N. ROBINSON, Hiroshi HORII, Junrui YANG, Rafael BALLAGAS, Ning GE, Craig Peter SAYERS
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Publication number: 20200184047Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Alexander Thayer, Mithra Vankipuram
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Patent number: 10678493Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Nelson L Chang, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N Robinson, Alexander Thayer, Jishang Wei, Ji Won Jun, Kevin Smathers
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Publication number: 20190121598Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Nelson L Chang, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N Robinson, Alexander Thayer, Jishang Wei, Ji Won Jun, Kevin Smathers
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Publication number: 20190057582Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Kevin SMATHERS, Mithra VANKIPURAM, Hiroshi HORII, Alexander THAYER, Sarthak GHOSH
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Publication number: 20180182270Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Nelson L. Chang, Hiroshi Horii, Ian N. Robinson, Alexander Thayer, Jishang Wei, Ji Won Jun
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Patent number: 6405216Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 17, 1999Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gary Minnaert, Ayanna Sawyer, Alexander Thayer