Patents by Inventor Michael Crone

Michael Crone 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).

  • Controlling remote devices using user interface templates
    Patent number: 11978335
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a first computing device (110) and from a second computing device (118), using a short-range wireless communication unit of the first computing device (110), data including state information of the second computing device (118) and identification information for the second computing device (118). The method also includes, responsive to a distance between the first computing device (110) and the second computing device (118) satisfying a threshold distance, determining a particular template graphical user interface from a plurality of template graphical user interfaces. The method also includes determining one or more operations the second computing device (118) is configured to perform. The method further includes outputting a graphical user interface (114) associated with the remote computing device (118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Miroslav Bojic, Rohan Dhing, Zhengnan Zhao, Michael DelGaudio, Henry Holland, Mårten Jönsson, Ding Xu, Henry Owen Newton-Dunn, Mikkel Crone Koser
  • Air bearing designs to reduce external van der waals and electrostatic forces
    Patent number: 7023664
    Abstract: A slider for a disk drive has an air bearing surface that opposes a rotatable disk of recordable media. The air bearing surface includes one or more interior cavities to reduce van der Waals and electrostatic forces that attract the slider to the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Crone, Gordon James Smith, Wing Tsang Tang
  • System and method for scheduling and train control
    Publication number: 20050234757
    Abstract: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of, or to automatically control, the movement of trains through the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: William Matheson, Paul Julich, Michael Crone, Douglas Thomae, Thu Vu, M. Wills
  • Air bearing designs to reduce external van der waals and electrostatic forces
    Publication number: 20040052001
    Abstract: A slider for a disk drive has an air bearing surface that opposes a rotatable disk of recordable media. The air bearing surface includes one or more interior cavities to reduce van der Waals and electrostatic forces that attract the slider to the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Michael Crone, Gordon James Smith, Wing Tsang Tang