Patents by Inventor Michael Boyle

Michael Boyle 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).

  • Publication number: 20160337416
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to improving content input between interactive input systems in a collaborative session. A mobile device having a processing structure; a transceiver communicating with a network using a communication protocol; and a computer-readable medium having instructions configures the processing structure to: receive a content object from an interactive device; perform recognition on the content object; determine a command code from the recognized content object; and modify another content object based at least in part on the command code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Davin GALBRAITH, Roberto SIROTICH, Michael BOYLE
  • Publication number: 20160335242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for identifying templates or forms for interpreting data input thereto on an interactive device in communication with one or more mobile devices. The interactive device comprises template overlay, having an identifiable feature, is aligned with an interactive surface. The mobile device has a reader that reads the identifiable feature and produces a template identifier that is retrieved from a content server. Input into the template overlay is recognized and interpreted into labels or equations. Subsequent input is then automatically calculated using the equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Chung Chi CHENG, Michael BOYLE
  • Publication number: 20160338120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for adapting communication between interactive input systems. A mobile device has a processing structure; a transceiver communicating with a network using a communication protocol; and a computer-readable medium comprising instructions to configure the processing structure. The mobile device is configured to retrieve a pairing uniform resource locator (URL) from an interactive device and convert the pairing URL into a network address. A connection is established to an interactive device located at the network address using the transceiver. The mobile device queries the interactive device for device information and authenticates with the interactive device. One or more content objects are retrieved from the interactive device. The mobile device optimizes the communication protocol through negotiation of a protocol level based in part on the device information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Michael BOYLE
  • Patent number: 9491942
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents, compositions comprising such repellents, and methods of repelling an arthropod using such compounds and compositions. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anandasankar Ray, Sean Michael Boyle
  • Publication number: 20160320952
    Abstract: A method is described for manipulating a view displayed on one or more follower participants' devices to track a view displayed on a lead participant's device. A request to manipulate the view displayed on the one or more follower participant devices is received. The lead participant is identified. The follower participants are identified. A lead view of the lead participant is determined. The lead view is communicated to the follower participants computing devices for display. A computing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions configured to implement the method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Min Xin, Michael Boyle, Kathryn Rounding
  • Patent number: 9474948
    Abstract: A putter-type golf club head has a main body and a face component including a first element formed of a resilient material. The putter-type golf club head also has a second element forward of the first element and including a rigid material. The second element is secured directly to the first element. The first element has a thickness that gradually increases toward a sole portion of the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Keith Dolezel, Dan Nivanh, Mitch Samson, Joseph Chen, Mika Becktor, Michael Boyle, Dustin Brekke, Bryce Weir, Phillip C. Seagram
  • Publication number: 20160272612
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for repelling arthropods. The compositions include a carrier and an arthropod repelling compound, which can be a compound discovered by a novel and complex cheminformatic process to demonstrate repellency behavior across a broad spectrum of arthropods. The compound can be a thiane compound, a pyrrolidone compound, a cyclohexadiene compound, a cyclohexenone compound, a cyclohexene compound, a furanone compound, a pyran compound, a tetrahydropyran compound, a thiazolidine compound, a thiazoline compound, a dihydrothiophene compound, a dithiolane compound, a dithiane compound, an epoxide compound, an oxathiane compound, a cyclopentene compound, a cyclohexane compound, a quinoline compound, an oxazoline compound, a tetrahydropyridine compound, and an imidazolidinone compound, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anandasankar Ray, Christine Krause Pham, Sean Michael Boyle
  • Patent number: 9442602
    Abstract: An interactive input system comprises an interactive surface; at least one proximity sensor in proximity with the interactive surface and generating output signifying user proximity to the interactive surface; and processing structure configured to process user input generated in response to user interaction with said interaction input system and output from the at least one proximity sensor, said processing structure controlling interactive input system operation based upon at least one of said user input and proximity sensor output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Edward Tse, Mark Fletcher, Neal Hanebury Wilding, Sean Thompson, Derek Tse, Michael Andrew Strilchuk, Harold Gill, David Martin, Kathryn Rounding, Alan Peter Boykiw, Michael Boyle, Min Xin
  • Patent number: 9428276
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger seat swivel mechanism connected between a seat frame and a seat base secured to a vehicle body. The swivel assembly can include a swivel axis around which the seat frame rotates and a tracking axis, approximately perpendicular to the swivel axis, along which the seat frame can translate. A guide plate can be disposed on the seat base and has a guide plate rail. A guide follower can be disposed on the seat frame having an engagement surface engaging the guide plate rail. As the seat frame swivels around the swivel axis, the guide follower is displaced along the translation axis, which causes at least the seat frame to displace in the same direction along the translation axis, to at least a first or a second clearance distance from the swivel axis, and the guide plate and the guide follower do not overlap along the swivel axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: PAC SEATING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Hector Noel Marini, Michael Boyle
  • Publication number: 20160244170
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger seat swivel mechanism connected between a seat frame and a seat base secured to a vehicle body. The swivel assembly can include a swivel axis around which the seat frame rotates and a tracking axis, approximately perpendicular to the swivel axis, along which the seat frame can translate. A guide plate can be disposed on the seat base and has a guide plate rail. A guide follower can be disposed on the seat frame having an engagement surface engaging the guide plate rail. As the seat frame swivels around the swivel axis, the guide follower is displaced along the translation axis, which causes at least the seat frame to displace in the same direction along the translation axis, to at least a first or a second clearance distance from the swivel axis, and the guide plate and the guide follower do not overlap along the swivel axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: PAC SEATING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Hector Noel Marini, Michael Boyle
  • Patent number: 9392043
    Abstract: Enhanced telephony computer user interfaces seamlessly integrate and leverage the features of personal computers and telephones. The manner in which media is presented at a computing system can also be modified automatically in response to detected telephone operations. These modifications can include pausing media in response to a detected telephone call and/or adjusting a volume of the media presentation. The media presentation/volume can also be resumed/restored upon detecting that the telephone call has terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Jay Cadiz, Anoop Gupta, Gavin Jancke, Attila Narin, Michael Boyle
  • Publication number: 20160129320
    Abstract: A putter-type golf club head has a main body and a face component including a first element formed of a resilient material. The putter-type golf club head also has a second element forward of the first element and including a rigid material. The second element is secured directly to the first element. The first element has a thickness that gradually increases toward a sole portion of the club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Keith DOLEZEL, Dan Nivanh, Mitch Samson, Joseph Chen, Mika Becktor, Michael Boyle, Dustin Brekke, Bryce Weir, Phillip C. Seagram
  • Publication number: 20160125453
    Abstract: One or more systems and/or techniques for determining advertisement viewability are described herein. In an example where a webpage comprises a managed container within which an advertisement is populated, view percentage functionality associated with the managed container may be invoked to obtain a stream of viewable percentages of the managed container to determine a viewable percentage of the advertisement. In an example where the webpage comprises an unmanaged container in which the advertisement is populated, a grid may be generated and evaluated to determine a viewable percentage of the advertisement. When the viewable percentage of the advertisement is above a percentage threshold for a duration threshold a viewable impression beacon is generated for the managed container based upon the viewable percentage. The viewable impression beacon may be indicative of viewability of the advertisement (e.g., an amount of the advertisement that may be visible to a user).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ashish Shukla, Richard Hansen, Sean Snider, Jayadev Billa, John Logan, Kieran Michael Boyle
  • Patent number: 9323367
    Abstract: A method of modifying an annotation input on an interactive display in an interactive input system is described. Reference pixel values in a region of interest of a reference frame are determined. The region of interest is associated with the annotation. The reference pixel values are stored in memory. It is determined whether current pixel values in the region of interest of a current frame differ from the reference pixel values. The annotation is faded if the current pixel values in the region of interest differ from the reference pixel values. A computing device configured to implement the method and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instruction to implement the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Min Xin, Andrew Leung, Michael Boyle, Edward Tse
  • Patent number: 9307763
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents and compositions comprising such repellents. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anandasankar Ray, Sean Michael Boyle
  • Patent number: 9288440
    Abstract: A method is described for manipulating a view displayed on one or more follower participants' devices to track a view displayed on a lead participant's device. A request to manipulate the view displayed on the one or more follower participant devices is received. The lead participant is identified. The follower participants are identified. A lead view of the lead participant is determined. The lead view is communicated to the follower participants computing devices for display. A computing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions configured to implement the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Min Xin, Michael Boyle, Kathryn Rounding
  • Publication number: 20160057124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for managing profiles for use with touch systems. A user logs into a communal device using a pointer paired with a mobile device. The communal device is authenticated and retrieves the user's profile. The user profile is used to setup a workspace on the communal device. The workspace is granted access to the user's content on a content server. When the communal device has multiple users, each workspace may be shared or not depending on the user's requirements. Each pointer is individually identified to a particular user and workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES, ULC
    Inventors: Michael BOYLE, Lynel BARROW, Brent ADAM, Roberto SIROTICH
  • Patent number: 9261987
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving an input event associated with a first user ID, the input event being a command for selecting at least one graphic object; determining if a selection is currently associated with the first user ID; and if no selection is currently associated with the first user ID creating a first selection; associating the first selection with the first user ID; and including the selected at least one graphic object in the first selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Kathryn Rounding, David Milford, Shih-Chen Man, Michael Boyle, William Leung
  • Publication number: 20160003805
    Abstract: Provided herein are screening methods for identifying compounds for use as an arthropod repellent based on the masking or inhibition of the detection of the skin odor by a cpA neuron. Provided herein are also screening methods for identifying compounds for use as an arthropod attractant based on activation of the cpA neuron. Further provided are one or more compounds identified using the screening methods described herein, and compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Anandasankar RAY, Sean Michael BOYLE, Dyan MACWILLIAM, Genevieve Mitchell TAUXE
  • Publication number: 20150292318
    Abstract: A system and method for use in determining the start time of a pressure pulse created by a downhole explosive device detonated by a firing signal includes a downhole tool with a pressure pulse detector that detects the pressure pulse and generates an input signal in response thereto, and a circuit path configured to output a signaling pulse distinguishable from the firing signal. A surface unit receives and discriminates the signaling pulse from the firing signal, and outputs a start time signal in response to receiving the signaling pulse. Alternatively, the downhole tool includes a processor that measures and stores the time that the pressure pulse detector generates the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: David Edwin SENGER, Michael BOYLE