Patents by Inventor Danny L. Bowman

Danny L. Bowman 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: 8531412
    Abstract: A method and system for processing touch input. A computing device with a touch-sensing interface may maintain a stored size value for touch input by a known user. The computing device may detect and then determine a size of a touch input. The computing device may then compare the determined size of the detected touch input to the stored size value for the known user's tough input. Based on this comparison, the computing device may process the touch input. For example, in response to the touch input, the computing device may (a) take a first action if the determined size exceeds the stored size value by a first value, and (b) otherwise, take a second action. In one aspect, before using the stored size value for the known user's touch input, the computing device may identify a current user of the computing device as the known user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Geoffrey S. Martin, Danny L. Bowman
  • Patent number: 8254829
    Abstract: A wireless network service delivers audio tracks to a user via a mobile wireless terminal. A server maintains a plurality of audio tracks, wherein each audio track is stored in conjunction with a respective cadence tag. A cadence evaluator identifies a substantially instantaneous user status and selects a cadence tag corresponding to the user status. The server streams a selected audio track having a cadence tag matching the selected cadence tag, and the mobile wireless terminal plays it back to the user. The cadence can be selected to match a desired pace of an athletic workout, a desired heart rate, or the particular geographic surroundings, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Kindred, Geoffrey S. Martin, Danny L. Bowman