Patents by Inventor Matthew Jacob Wardenaar

Matthew Jacob Wardenaar 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).

  • Method and user interface controlling communications and content from sources
    Patent number: 10257048
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards managing communications from different sources is described where such a management operation can be controlled using a user interface. Sources are selected using the user interface such that communications concerning a specified subject are received from such sources. The user interface can also be used to specific the amount of context/communications that come from different sources concerning the specified subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings
    Inventors: Matthew Jacob Wardenaar, Basil Badawiyeh, Roger Yeh
  • Video peeking
    Patent number: 9152235
    Abstract: A new user interface and display system for a video display device with a touch screen makes it possible to peek at, that is view briefly, a selected video content while watching other content. During a video peek, video from a second video source will be seen to partially displace and temporarily replace a portion of a video presently being viewed. Selection of the other video sources can be controlled, for example, by swiping with one, two, three or four finger tips and by swiping inwardly from any one of the four edges of a video display. Moreover, the video presently being viewed can be interchanged with the video being peeked at.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Thomas Licensing
    Inventor: Matthew Jacob Wardenaar
  • METHOD AND USER INTERFACE CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTENT FROM SOURCES
    Publication number: 20140229840
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards managing communications from different sources is described where such a management operation can be controlled using a user interface. Sources are selected using the user interface such that communications concerning a specified subject are received from such sources. The user interface can also be used to specific the amount of context/communications that come from different sources concerning the specified subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Jacob Wardenaar, Basil Badawiyeh, Roger Yeh
  • Video Peeking
    Publication number: 20140176479
    Abstract: A new user interface and display system for a video display device with a touch screen makes it possible to peek at, that is view briefly, a selected video content while watching other content. During a video peek, video from a second video source will be seen to partially displace and temporarily replace a portion of a video presently being viewed. Selection of the other video sources can be controlled, for example, by swiping with one, two, three or four finger tips and by swiping inwardly from any one of the four edges of a video display. Moreover, the video presently being viewed can be interchanged with the video being peeked at.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventor: Matthew Jacob Wardenaar