Patents by Inventor David A. Howley
David A. Howley 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: 10089064Abstract: An audio playback device includes a housing, an electroacoustic driver, and a wireless receiver capable of receiving first and second signals from respective first and second remote control devices. The first signal includes an identification of the first remote control device and an identification of the selected one of the first plurality of preset indicators. The second signal includes an identification of the second remote control device and an identification of the selected one of the second plurality of preset indicators. In response to receiving one of the first and second signals, the playback device is configured to use both the identification of the corresponding remote control device as well as the identification of the selected one of the corresponding plurality of preset indicators in the received signal to select an audio source.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Clark Don Woolstenhulme, David A. Howley
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Publication number: 20180210696Abstract: An audio playback device includes a housing, an electroacoustic driver, and a wireless receiver capable of receiving first and second signals from respective first and second remote control devices. The first signal includes an identification of the first remote control device and an identification of the selected one of the first plurality of preset indicators. The second signal includes an identification of the second remote control device and an identification of the selected one of the second plurality of preset indicators. In response to receiving one of the first and second signals, the playback device is configured to use both the identification of the corresponding remote control device as well as the identification of the selected one of the corresponding plurality of preset indicators in the received signal to select an audio source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Clark Don Woolstenhulme, David A. Howley
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Patent number: 9924363Abstract: A wireless audio device includes one or more electroacoustic transducers and a first wireless transceiver. The device also includes a processor configured to (a) process audio signals received by the transceiver in a first received signal and communicate the processed audio signals to the transducer(s) to cause the transducer(s) to output sound pressure waves, (b) determine that a characteristic of a second received signal independent of the first received signal surpassed at least one threshold, and (c) change a state of the audio device based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Douglas Warren Young, David A. Howley, Misha K. Hill, Douglas C. Moore
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Publication number: 20170366973Abstract: A wireless audio device includes one or more electroacoustic transducers and a first wireless transceiver. The device also includes a processor configured to (a) process audio signals received by the transceiver in a first received signal and communicate the processed audio signals to the transducer(s) to cause the transducer(s) to output sound pressure waves, (b) determine that a characteristic of a second received signal independent of the first received signal surpassed at least one threshold, and (c) change a state of the audio device based on the determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Douglas Warren Young, David A. Howley, Misha K. Hill, Douglas C. Moore
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Patent number: 9323697Abstract: A detachable audio device structured to be coupled to an interface port of a computer system simulates the coupling and uncoupling of an audio controller to trigger an operating system being executed by a processing device of the computer system to select between an audio driver for that same audio controller and another audio driver for a different audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access, thus triggering a selection between causing audio played by the computer system to be acoustically output through either an acoustic driver to which the detachable audio device relays the audio or another acoustic driver associated with the other audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Kenneth S. Lyons, David A. Howley
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Publication number: 20140181329Abstract: A detachable audio device structured to be coupled to an interface port of a computer system simulates the coupling and uncoupling of an audio controller to trigger an operating system being executed by a processing device of the computer system to select between an audio driver for that same audio controller and another audio driver for a different audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access, thus triggering a selection between causing audio played by the computer system to be acoustically output through either an acoustic driver to which the detachable audio device relays the audio or another acoustic driver associated with the other audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Kenneth S. Lyons, David A. Howley, Benjamin D. Burge
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Patent number: 8688431Abstract: A detachable audio device structured to be coupled to an interface port of a computer system simulates the coupling and uncoupling of an audio controller to trigger an operating system being executed by a processing device of the computer system to select between an audio driver for that same audio controller and another audio driver for a different audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access, thus triggering a selection between causing audio played by the computer system to be acoustically output through either an acoustic driver to which the detachable audio device relays the audio or another acoustic driver associated with the other audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Kenneth S. Lyons, David A. Howley, Benjamin D. Burge
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Publication number: 20120259612Abstract: A detachable audio device structured to be coupled to an interface port of a computer system simulates the coupling and uncoupling of an audio controller to trigger an operating system being executed by a processing device of the computer system to select between an audio driver for that same audio controller and another audio driver for a different audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access, thus triggering a selection between causing audio played by the computer system to be acoustically output through either an acoustic driver to which the detachable audio device relays the audio or another acoustic driver associated with the other audio controller to which the processing device of the computer system has access.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: Kenneth S. Lyons, David A. Howley, Benjamin D. Burge
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Publication number: 20110149170Abstract: According to a first aspect, a method of controlling an electronic system includes the step of receiving by a first device a plurality of receivable wireless signals that are intended to control functions of a second device. The first device transmits a wireless signal that prevents a subset of the plurality of receivable wireless signals from controlling the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Lee Zamir, Laszlo Otto Drimusz, David A. Howley