Patents by Inventor Loren Gilbert Terveen
Loren Gilbert Terveen 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: 10126828Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Publication number: 20170052598Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 9430043Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 9395819Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 7148879Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as a wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal, laptops and personal digital assistant devices (PDA). Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2001Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Publication number: 20020009972Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as a wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal, laptops and personal digital assistant devices (PDA). Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Publication number: 20010014441Abstract: Myoelectric and wireless technologies are used for the control of a portable electronic device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). That is, a portable electronic device has a wireless myoelectric user interface. An apparatus includes a material which forms a forearm or wrist band, myoelectric sensors attached to the band, a digital processor coupled to the myoelectric sensors, and a wireless transmitter coupled to the digital processor. The apparatus is operative to sense and detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to broadcast control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Fernando Carlos Pereira, Yoram Singer, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 6256648Abstract: A set of seed resources S is received that is typically specified by a user. A set of discovered resources D is identified from a hyperlinked collection of resources C such that each resource in D is in a NK clan graph with respect to the set of seed resources S. An NK clan graph is the set of all resources that are in an N clan with at least K seeds. An N clan is a subgraph G of the hyperlinked collection of resources C such that every node in G is connected to every other node in G by a path of length N or less, and the connecting paths traverse only nodes in the subgraph G. The set of discovered resources D is added to the set of seed resources S. At least some of the resources in subgraph G are displayed to the user to convey information about resources in G as well as the relationship between these resources.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1998Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 6244873Abstract: Myoelectric and wireless technologies are used for the control of a portable electronic device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). That is, a portable electronic device has a wireless myoelectric user interface. An apparatus includes a material which forms a forearm or wrist band, myoelectric sensors attached to the band, a digital processor coupled to the myoelectric sensors, and a wireless transmitter coupled to the digital processor. The apparatus is operative to sense and detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to broadcast control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of the portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Fernando Carlos Pereira, Yoram Singer, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 6029192Abstract: Resources are located on a network by searching a database including resource evaluation information obtained from electronic messages. Electronic messages having information evaluating network resources such as files, websites, and utilities are identified. Evaluation information including the network address of the evaluated resource is stored in the database. Resource information from the resource itself is also stored. A useful and manageable number of evaluated resource titles responsive to a user request for information are presented to the user. The user can browse evaluation information and fetch the resource.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 5953393Abstract: A personal telephone messaging agent can automate routine scheduling, coordinating and information gathering tasks while maintaining the advantages inherent in the telephone system. A person specifies a message and, optionally, some specific questions, and a list of recipients to his or her personal messaging agent. The messaging agent delivers the message to and collects a response from each messaging recipient using the telephone system. When each intended recipient has been reached, the agent contacts the sender to report the results or, optionally, the agent could undertake routine tasks such as scheduling a meeting based upon the responses and assigning a conference room for the meeting.An even more sophisticated personal telephone agent may be employed in the context of an information retrieval service. An IVR system has an interface designed for people to use.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1996Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Pamela Jean Culbreth, Peter John Danielsen, Robert J. Hall, Elena Maria Papavero, Loren Gilbert Terveen, Mark Logan Tuomenoksa
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Patent number: 5809492Abstract: An apparatus and method for a user to program a personal software agent using an agent manager. The agent manager receives instructions for creating a rule. The rule is placed in a hierarchical order. A determination is made as to whether the rule is valid within the hierarchical order. If the rule is not valid, repairs are suggested to make the rule valid.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1996Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: LaTondra Alyce Murray, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 5806060Abstract: An information retrieval system implemented as a virtual data base management system which uses a knowledge base management system to provide a problem-oriented conceptual schema for one or more standard data base management systems. In the conceptual schema, a hierarchy of concepts is used to organize individual objects. A classifier determines which concepts an individual object is a representative of and determines the relationship of new concepts to existing concepts. The use of a knowledge base with a classifier permits conversion of queries into concepts and detection of changes in the relationships between individual objects and the concepts. A window-based user interface permits flexible and experimental access to the information. Special features of the user interface permit the user to specify conversion of a query into a concept, to establish monitors to detect such changes, and to define a query by specifying a portion of a graph.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1997Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Alexander Tiberiu Borgida, Ronald Jay Brachman, Thomas Kirk, Peter Gilman Selfridge, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 5680530Abstract: Apparatus for constructing a complex artifact out of primitive artifacts and other complex artifacts. The apparatus has a permanent knowledge base of primitive artifacts, previously-made complex artifacts, and rules defining how complex artifacts are made from primitive artifacts. All artifacts in the permanent knowledge base have been checked for consistency. Artifacts from the permanent knowledge base are displayed in a search area as directed graphs in which the artifacts are represented by nodes. A user may search the permanent knowledge base, and the directed graphs in the search area show the results of the search. To construct a new complex artifact or to add to a complex artifact under construction, the user selects nodes of the directed graphs which represent desired component artifacts. Information about the desired artifacts is copied from the permanent knowledge base to a working knowledge base and a directed graph of the contents of the working knowledge base is displayed in a work area.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1994Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Peter Gilman Selfridge, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 5659724Abstract: An information retrieval system implemented as a virtual data base management system which uses a knowledge base management system to provide a problem-oriented conceptual schema for one or more standard data base management systems. In the conceptual schema, a hierarchy of concepts is used to organize individual objects. A classifier determines which concepts an individual object is a representative of and determines the relationship of new concepts to existing concepts. The use of a knowledge base with a classifier permits conversion of queries into concepts and detection of changes in the relationships between individual objects and the concepts. A window-based user interface permits flexible and experimental access to the information. Special features of the user interface permit the user to specify conversion of a query into a concept, to establish monitors to detect such changes, and to define a query by specifying a portion of a graph.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1992Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: NCRInventors: Alexander Tiberiu Borgida, Ronald Jay Brachman, Thomas Kirk, Peter Gilman Selfridge, Loren Gilbert Terveen