Patents by Inventor Clifton J. Barker

Clifton J. Barker 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: 10459985
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing behavior in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive engagement metrics from a participant of a virtual collaboration session, wherein the engagement metrics are indicative of the participant's level of engagement in the virtual collaboration session; calculate a score based upon the engagement metrics; and provide the score to the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason A. Shepherd, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Clifton J. Barker, Yuan-Chang Lo
  • Patent number: 9734191
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods for asynchronous image repository functionality are presented. In an embodiment, a method includes storing user data in a data storage device that is local to a user interface device, storing a copy of the user data to a storage location that is remote from the user interface device, performing a service for a user of the user interface device using the copy of the user data stored to the storage location, and communicating information associated with the service back to the user interface device. Additionally, the data image may be directly scanned for malicious software. In a further embodiment, the method may include providing a software inventory associated with the user data, such as software, stored in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Swierk, Gary Douglas Huber, Carlton A. Andrews, Clint H. O.Connor, Bruce C. Bell, David Konetski, Clifton J. Barker
  • Patent number: 9398059
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing information and content sharing in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include creating a virtual collaboration workspace for a plurality of participants, where each of the participants operates a device configured to access the workspace, the workspace including a public portion and a plurality of private portions, the public portion accessible to each of the participants and each of the plurality of private portions accessible to a corresponding participant to the exclusion of at least another participant. The method may also include providing, to a given one of the participants, a representation of the public portion and a representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion, where the representation of the public portion and the representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion are renderable concurrently in a single window of a graphical user interface displayable by the given participant's device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason A. Shepherd, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Clifton J. Barker, Yuan-Chang Lo
  • Patent number: 9372543
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a presentation interface in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving, from a gesture capture system, an indication of a body movement performed by a participant of a virtual collaboration session; receiving, from a drawing control system, an indication of a drawing characteristic associated with the participant of the virtual collaboration session, and identifying an intent of the participant based upon a combination of the indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chang Lo, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Clifton J. Barker, Jason A. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 9329833
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing visual audio quality cues and context awareness in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a plurality of audio signals, each audio signal captured from one of a plurality of a participants of a virtual collaboration session; determining, for each of the plurality of participants, a voice quality of the participant's audio signal; and providing a visual cue of the voice quality of each participant's audio signal to at least one of the plurality of participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Swierk, Michael S. Gatson, Jason A. Shepherd, Clifton J. Barker, Yuan-Chang Lo
  • Publication number: 20150278293
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods for asynchronous image repository functionality are presented. In an embodiment, a method includes storing user data in a data storage device that is local to a user interface device, storing a copy of the user data to a storage location that is remote from the user interface device, performing a service for a user of the user interface device using the copy of the user data stored to the storage location, and communicating information associated with the service back to the user interface device. Additionally, the data image may be directly scanned for malicious software. In a further embodiment, the method may include providing a software inventory associated with the user data, such as software, stored in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Swierk, Gary Douglas Huber, Carlton A. Andrews, Clint H. O.Connor, Bruce C. Bell, David Konetski, Clifton J. Barker
  • Patent number: 9143503
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing trust relationships. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving an indication of an in-person transaction between a first user and a second user; calculating, for the first user, a trust score associated with the second user, the trust score based, at least in part, upon the indication; and storing a record of the trust score. For example, the in-person transaction may include a face-to-face meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chang Lo, Charles D. Robison, Clifton J. Barker
  • Publication number: 20150179186
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing visual audio quality cues and context awareness in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a plurality of audio signals, each audio signal captured from one of a plurality of a participants of a virtual collaboration session; determining, for each of the plurality of participants, a voice quality of the participant's audio signal; and providing a visual cue of the voice quality of each participant's audio signal to at least one of the plurality of participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Swierk, Michael S. Gatson, Jason A. Shepherd, Clifton J. Barker, Yuan-Chang Lo
  • Publication number: 20150169069
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a presentation interface in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving, from a gesture capture system, an indication of a body movement performed by a participant of a virtual collaboration session; receiving, from a drawing control system, an indication of a drawing characteristic associated with the participant of the virtual collaboration session, and identifying an intent of the participant based upon a combination of the indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chang Lo, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Clifton J. Barker, Jason A. Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20150163217
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing trust relationships. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving an indication of an in-person transaction between a first user and a second user; calculating, for the first user, a trust score associated with the second user, the trust score based, at least in part, upon the indication; and storing a record of the trust score. For example, the in-person transaction may include a face-to-face meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chang Lo, Charles D. Robison, Clifton J. Barker
  • Publication number: 20150154291
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing behavior in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive engagement metrics from a participant of a virtual collaboration session, wherein the engagement metrics are indicative of the participant's level of engagement in the virtual collaboration session; calculate a score based upon the engagement metrics; and provide the score to the participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason A. Shepherd, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Clifton J. Barker, Yuan-Chang Lo
  • Publication number: 20150149540
    Abstract: Systems and methods for manipulating audio and/or speech in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include capturing speech originated by a given one of a plurality of participants during a virtual collaboration session, and capturing a discrete collaboration event originated by the given participant during the virtual collaboration session. The method may also include synchronizing the speech with the event and storing the synchronized speech and event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Clifton J. Barker, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Jason A. Shepherd, Yuan-Chang Lo
  • Publication number: 20150149929
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing information and content sharing in a virtual collaboration session. In some embodiments, a method may include creating a virtual collaboration workspace for a plurality of participants, where each of the participants operates a device configured to access the workspace, the workspace including a public portion and a plurality of private portions, the public portion accessible to each of the participants and each of the plurality of private portions accessible to a corresponding participant to the exclusion of at least another participant. The method may also include providing, to a given one of the participants, a representation of the public portion and a representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion, where the representation of the public portion and the representation of the given participant's corresponding private portion are renderable concurrently in a single window of a graphical user interface displayable by the given participant's device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason A. Shepherd, Michael S. Gatson, Todd Swierk, Clifton J. Barker, Yuan-Chang Lo