Patents by Inventor EDWARD JOSEPH WILMES

EDWARD JOSEPH WILMES 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).

  • Privacy zone
    Patent number: 10083319
    Abstract: A method is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving and processing information from a first electronic device. The information includes at least location data, privacy zone data, and privacy distance data of the first electronic device. The method further includes calculating a current distance between the first electronic device and at least one sensor of a second electronic device, comparing the current distance with a predetermined privacy distance retrieved from the privacy distance data for the first electronic device, and determining an orientation of the at least one sensor of the second electronic device when the current distance is less than or equal to the privacy distance. The orientation is determined in relation to a privacy zone of the first electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Edward Joseph Wilmes
  • Privacy Zone
    Publication number: 20160364579
    Abstract: A method is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving and processing information from a first electronic device. The information includes at least location data, privacy zone data, and privacy distance data of the first electronic device. The method further includes calculating a current distance between the first electronic device and at least one sensor of a second electronic device, comparing the current distance with a predetermined privacy distance retrieved from the privacy distance data for the first electronic device, and determining an orientation of the at least one sensor of the second electronic device when the current distance is less than or equal to the privacy distance. The orientation is determined in relation to a privacy zone of the first electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: EDWARD JOSEPH WILMES