Patents by Inventor Brian A. Reeves

Brian A. Reeves 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).

  • Publication number: 20130086293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for docking portable electronic devices. A master device may be docked to a slave device to control the operation of the slave device. The slave device may have a form factor different than that of the master device. For example, the slave device may be a tablet and the master device may be a handheld device such as a smart phone. The slave device may include a retention mechanism to retain the master device in a docked position with respect to the slave device. When in the docked position, the master device may be in operative communication with one or more hardware components of the slave device to control the operation thereof. The slave device may lack the ability to exploit the full functionality of the one or more hardware components of the slave device without communication with the master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Bosse, Scott Semenik, Richard Page, Richard Teltz, Brian Reeves, Keith McAuliffe, Paul Reeves
  • Publication number: 20130080899
    Abstract: Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents a new user interface to allow access to functions of the unified desktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Paul E. Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Brian Reeves, Chris Tyghe, Richard Teltz
  • Publication number: 20130080969
    Abstract: Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on the displays that were pre-existing before docking or undocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Z124
    Inventors: Paul E. Reeves, Brian Reeves, Chris Tyghe, Sanjiv Sirpal, Richard Teltz
  • Publication number: 20130024778
    Abstract: Dynamic configuration of cross-environment applications enhances the computing experience in a computing environment with an extended active user environment and/or multiple active user environments. A mobile computing device maintains multiple active device configurations associated with multiple active user environments and/or application windows within active user environments. Device configuration qualifiers are determined from a variety of sources including device characteristics, device indicators, user settings, and/or application presentation. The mobile computing device selects active resource sets for applications based on the device configuration qualifiers. Application presentation is dynamically updated by disestablishing an application screen and establishing a new active application screen using a different resource set. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Z124
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul E. Reeves, Wuke Liu
  • Publication number: 20130024812
    Abstract: Graphical navigation of foreground and background applications running on a mobile computing device across multiple active user environments, even when graphics information for background applications is not maintained by a mobile operating system of the mobile computing device. A last graphical representation of an application screen may be captured as the application state is transitioned from the foreground state to the background state. The last graphical representation may be associated with a position in an application activity stack representing foreground and background mobile operating system applications. The navigation techniques may be used in a computing environment with multiple active user environments. A first active user environment may be associated with the mobile operating system. A second active user environment may be associated with the mobile operating system or a desktop operating system running concurrently with the mobile operating system on the mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Z124
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul E. Reeves, Wuke Liu
  • Publication number: 20130019183
    Abstract: Dynamic configuration of cross-environment applications enhances the computing experience in a computing environment with an extended active user environment and/or multiple active user environments. A mobile computing device maintains multiple active device configurations associated with multiple active user environments and/or application windows within active user environments. Device configuration qualifiers are determined from a variety of sources including device characteristics, device indicators, user settings, and/or application presentation. The mobile computing device selects active resource sets for applications based on the device configuration qualifiers. Application presentation is dynamically updated by disestablishing an application screen and establishing a new active application screen using a different resource set. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Z124
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Wuke Liu, Paul E. Reeves
  • Publication number: 20120143944
    Abstract: A mobile computing device with a mobile operating system and desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel without virtualization. The mobile operating system provides a user experience for the mobile computing device that suits the mobile environment. The desktop operating system provides a full desktop user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a second user environment. A seamless cross-environment workflow is provided in a multi-operating system computing environment. Two or more application programs, running in independent operating systems, share user interaction state information including user data, user settings, and/or application context information. Interaction state information may be shared for applications that are used primarily to access and edit local user content as well as applications that communicate to a remote server or access and navigate other remote content (i.e., Internet-based application, browser).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe
  • Publication number: 20120119888
    Abstract: A controller that automatically identifies one or more peripheral devices which need to be programmed for use with the controller. In some embodiments, the controller is able to visually identify a peripheral device from an image, obtain the configuration information for the peripheral device, and program itself in the background according to the configuration information. These tasks are advantageously performed by the remote control, without user input. The controller can be programmed to support a plurality of peripheral devices. When the controller is used to control a peripheral device, the controller may first present a selection list on the display screen. The selection list may include all the peripheral devices that the remote is communicatively coupled with. Upon the user selecting the desired peripheral device to be controlled, the remote control may dynamically outputs a customized user interface associated with the selected peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Richard Pocklington
  • Publication number: 20120124245
    Abstract: A remote control of the present invention automatically identifies one or more peripheral devices which need to be programmed with the remote control. In some embodiments, the remote control is able to visually identify a peripheral device from an image, obtain the configuration information for the peripheral device, and program itself in the background according to the configuration information. These tasks are advantageously performed by the remote control, without user input. The remote control can be programmed to support a plurality of peripheral devices. When the remote control is used to control a peripheral device, the remote control will first present a selection list on the display screen. The selection list includes all the peripheral devices that the remote is communicatively coupled with. Upon the user selecting the desired peripheral device to be controlled, the remote control dynamically outputs a customized user interface associated with the selected peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS ID, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Richard Pocklington
  • Publication number: 20120117290
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to the user interface of docking portable electronic devices. A master device may be docked with a slave device to control operation of the slave device. The master device may be operable to display a user interface. The user interface of the master device may be adapted to be used with the slave device that may include different display and/or input devices than that of the master device. In one embodiment, the master device may be a handheld device such as a smart phone and the slave device may be a tablet device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ, LLC
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Brian Reeves, Paul Reeves, Rodney Schrock, David Reeves, Richard Teltz, Kean Wing Kin Lam
  • Publication number: 20120090591
    Abstract: A condensate collector box includes a furnace mounting plate having a first edge portion, a second edge portion that extends from the first edge portion, at least one vent drain channel that extends along one of the first and second edge portions, and a heat exchanger condensate collection area. The condensate collector box also includes an inducer fan mounting member having a first surface and opposing second surface arranged upon the furnace mounting plate to form a condensate collection zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry D. Rieke, Jayashanger Goundiah Ramasamy, Brian A. Reeves
  • Publication number: 20120090601
    Abstract: A condensate collector system includes a condensate collector box having at least one condensate outlet port, and a condensate trap fluidly connected to the at least one condensate outlet port. The condensate trap is configured and disposed to be selectively positioned in multiple drain orientations relative to the condensate collector box to accommodate multiple installation configurations of the multi-poise gas furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jayashanger Goundiah Ramasamy, Brian A. Reeves, Larry D. Rieke
  • Publication number: 20120086716
    Abstract: Cross-environment rendering and user interaction support provide a seamless computing experience in a multi-operating system computing environment. The multi-operating system computing environment may include a mobile operating system and a desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel of a mobile computing device. User interaction support includes handling input events initially received in the shared kernel by accepting the input events in the desktop operating system and translating, mapping, and/or passing the input events through a virtual input device to the mobile operating system such that applications of the mobile operating system receive the input events as if coming from a user interaction space of the mobile operating system. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul E. Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe, Wuke Liu
  • Publication number: 20120089992
    Abstract: Cross-environment rendering and user interaction support provide a seamless computing experience in a multi-operating system computing environment. The multi-operating system computing environment may include a mobile operating system associated with a first user environment and a desktop operating system associated with a second user environment running concurrently and independently on a mobile computing device. User interaction support includes handling input events initially received in the shared kernel by accepting the input events in the desktop operating system and translating, mapping, and/or passing the input events through a virtual input device to the mobile operating system such that applications of the mobile operating system receive the input events as if coming from a user interaction space of the mobile operating system. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul E. Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe, Wuke Liu
  • Publication number: 20120089906
    Abstract: A seamless cross-environment workflow is provided in a multi-operating system computing environment. The multi-operating system computing environment may include a mobile operating system and a desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a mobile computing device. Two or more application programs, running in independent operating systems, share user interaction state information including user data, user settings, and/or application context information. Interaction state information may be shared for applications that are used primarily to access and edit local user content as well as applications that communicate to a remote server or access and navigate other remote content (e.g., Internet-based application, browser, etc.). The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe
  • Publication number: 20120084480
    Abstract: A mobile computing device with a mobile operating system and desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel without virtualization. The mobile operating system provides a user experience for the mobile computing device that suits the mobile environment. The desktop operating system provides a full desktop user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a secondary terminal environment. The mobile computing device configures the mobile operating system and/or the desktop operating system to take advantage of a docked secondary terminal environment. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile OS and a full desktop Linux OS distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe, Cristian Hancila
  • Publication number: 20120081383
    Abstract: Cross-environment rendering and user interaction support provide a seamless computing experience in a multi-operating system computing environment. The multi-operating system computing environment may include a mobile operating system and a desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a mobile computing device. The seamless computing experience includes mirroring the active user interaction space of the mobile operating system to a display of a user environment associated with the desktop operating system. The user interface is rendered by the desktop operating system by accessing surface information of the active user interaction space directly from shared memory. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul E. Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe, Octavian Chincisan
  • Publication number: 20120084481
    Abstract: A mobile computing device with a mobile operating system and desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel without virtualization. The mobile operating system provides a user experience for the mobile computing device that suits the mobile environment. The desktop operating system provides a full desktop user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a secondary terminal environment. The desktop operating system may be suspended when the mobile computing device is not docked with a secondary terminal environment and resumed when the mobile computing device is docked with a secondary terminal environment that provides a desktop computing experience. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile OS and a full desktop Linux OS distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe, Alisher Yusupov, Octavian Chincisan, Wuke Liu
  • Publication number: 20120081380
    Abstract: A mobile computing device with a mobile operating system and desktop operating system running concurrently and independently on a shared kernel without virtualization. The mobile operating system provides a user experience for the mobile computing device that suits the mobile environment. The desktop operating system provides a full desktop user experience when the mobile computing device is docked to a second user environment. Cross-environment rendering and user interaction support provide a seamless computing experience in a multi-operating system computing environment. The seamless computing experience includes mirroring the active user interaction space of the mobile operating system to a display of a user environment associated with the desktop operating system. The mobile computing device may be a smartphone running the Android mobile operating system and a full desktop Linux distribution on a modified Android kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Imerj LLC
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Paul E. Reeves, Richard Teltz, David Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Chris Tyghe, Octavian Chincisan
  • Patent number: D680532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Brian Reeves, Richard Teltz