Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Thomas Lywood

Geoffrey Thomas Lywood 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: 11240293
    Abstract: Users of a client computer having non-conventional input devices interact with a host computing platform with the same user experience as if he or she was operating the client computer natively. This is achieved by having the non-conventional input devices of the client device appear local to the applications that are running on the host platform, even though the host computing platform may not be equipped with drivers for the non-conventional input devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Praveen Vegulla, Geoffrey Thomas Lywood, Olivier Alain Cremel
  • Publication number: 20170270108
    Abstract: Users of a client computer having non-conventional input devices interact with a host computing platform with the same user experience as if he or she was operating the client computer natively. This is achieved by having the non-conventional input devices of the client device appear local to the applications that are running on the host platform, even though the host computing platform may not be equipped with drivers for the non-conventional input devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Praveen VEGULLA, Geoffrey Thomas LYWOOD, Olivier Alain CREMEL
  • Patent number: 9672212
    Abstract: Users of a client computer having non-conventional input devices interact with a host computing platform with the same user experience as if he or she was operating the client computer natively. This is achieved by having the non-conventional input devices of the client device appear local to the applications that are running on the host platform, even though the host computing platform may not be equipped with drivers for the non-conventional input devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Vegulla, Geoffrey Thomas Lywood, Olivier Alain Cremel