Patents by Inventor Caleb Sisson Hyde

Caleb Sisson Hyde 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: 9736114
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and products provide for restricting access to mature content by individuals for whom access to the mature content is designated as inappropriate. A content filter receives a communication, determines that the communication includes an image, and extracts the image. The image is scanned for mature content. A content restrictor component restricts access by various classes of users to the mature content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Clark Douglas Halferty, Caleb Sisson Hyde, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger
  • Patent number: 9591453
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for locating a lost mobile device utilizing a radio frequency signal associated with the lost mobile device. One embodiment of the method includes activating a signal on a lost mobile device. An identifier associated with the lost mobile device allows a locating mobile device to receive the signal from the lost mobile device and filter out interference. The strength of the signal is determined and a location of the lost mobile device is communicated to a user based on the strength of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Caleb Sisson Hyde, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Clark Douglas Halferty
  • Patent number: 9119037
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for locating a lost mobile device utilizing a radio frequency signal associated with the lost mobile device. One embodiment of the method includes activating a signal on a lost mobile device. An identifier associated with the lost mobile device allows a locating mobile device to receive the signal from the lost mobile device and filter out interference. The strength of the signal is determined and a location of the lost mobile device is communicated to a user based on the strength of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Caleb Sisson Hyde, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Clark Douglas Halferty
  • Patent number: 8942719
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for locating a lost mobile device utilizing a radio frequency signal associated with the lost mobile device. One embodiment of the method includes activating a signal on a lost mobile device. An identifier associated with the lost mobile device allows a locating mobile device to receive the signal from the lost mobile device and filter out interference. The strength of the signal is determined and a location of the lost mobile device is communicated to a user based on the strength of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Caleb Sisson Hyde, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Clark Douglas Halferty
  • Patent number: 8875257
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and products provide for restricting access to mature content by individuals for whom access to the mature content is designated as inappropriate. A content filter receives a communication, determines that the communication includes an image, and extracts the image. The image is scanned for mature content. A content restrictor component restricts access by various classes of users to the mature content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Caleb Sisson Hyde, Clark Douglas Halferty
  • Patent number: 8774875
    Abstract: Noise reduction is provided to audio captured by a headset by employing spatially separated microphones provided by a headset and a mobile phone. Primary audio is captured by a headset microphone and includes both voice audio and ambient noise. Secondary audio is captured by a mobile phone microphone and includes ambient audio. Noise reduction is performed using the primary and secondary audio to generate a noise-reduce audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Clark Douglas Halferty, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Caleb Sisson Hyde
  • Patent number: 8599152
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for orienting a keyboard layout onto a touch screen of a computing device. In particular, the keyboard layout is received at the computing device. Based on the keyboard layout, at least one anchor key is identified. The at least one anchor key is associated with haptic feedback. Further, the haptic feedback associated with the at least one anchor key is presented on the keyboard layout on the touch screen of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Clark Douglas Halferty, Caleb Sisson Hyde
  • Patent number: 8406390
    Abstract: Methods and products are described for facilitating a method of controlling participation in a teleconference call. One embodiment of the method includes connection to a teleconference call so that a user of a communications device is capable of participating in the call. Any real-time inbound audio and real-time outbound audio is recorded and stored. At some point during the call, a pause command is received that indicates a desire to suspend real-time participation in the teleconference call and that starts a pause process. One embodiment of the pause process includes continuing to record the real-time inbound audio but preventing it from being presented via the communications device until a resume request is received, preventing the real-time outbound audio from being sent to other call participants until a resume request is received, and enabling a resume option that allows the user to re-engage in real-time participation in the teleconference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Clark Douglas Halferty, Caleb Sisson Hyde, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger
  • Patent number: 8359642
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and products provide for restricting access to mature content by individuals for whom access to the mature content is designated as inappropriate. A content filter receives a communication, determines that the communication includes an image, and extracts the image. The image is scanned for mature content. A content restrictor component restricts access by various classes of users to the mature content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Caleb Sisson Hyde, Clark Douglas Halferty
  • Patent number: 7882117
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides for receiving a data-value-location indication from which a set of data values that are to be normalized can be determined, determining column-header and row-header information associated with the set of data values, and automatically creating a set of associations, wherein, for each data value in the set of data values, each association associates respective column-header and row-header information with a single data value such that no data is duplicated per row of a table that is composed of rows of data created from the associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Caleb Sisson Hyde, Kanglung Wong