Patents by Inventor Paul J. Pelzl

Paul J. Pelzl 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: 20180349447
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to provide customized suggestions based on user-specific information. An example method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, obtaining impressions associated with at least one of the electronic device or additional electronic devices communicatively coupled to the electronic device; and determining one or more concepts based on the impressions. The method also includes generating, based on the one or more determined concepts, a representation of a collection of user-specific information; and providing one or more suggestions to a user based on the representation of the collection of user-specific information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: William C. MACCARTNEY, Ahmed S. ELDEEB, Paul J. PELZL, Vivek Kumar RANGARAJAN SRIDHAR, Xingwen XU
  • Patent number: 7761635
    Abstract: A bridge device access system permits access to a locked bridge device coupled between a host and a storage device. The bridge device is unlocked by sending an unlock sequence of storage device verify commands from the host to the bridge device. Each verify command includes a start address and a length parameter, wherein the sequence of start addresses in the sequence of storage device verify commands is a pseudorandom sequence of hexadecimal values. The bridge device detects the unlock sequence and is unlocked. The host can send a bridge-access command as the first command after the unlock sequence. Bridge-access commands can include storage device commands that are interpreted by the bridge device as queries and/or instructions for performing various tasks. The bridge device processes the bridge-access command, performing a prescribed operation in response to the bridge-access command, and then immediately re-enters its locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Tableau, LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Pelzl, Robert C. Botchek