Patents by Inventor Richard Dunning

Richard Dunning 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: 20160182576
    Abstract: Computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform functions having corresponding methods comprise: joining a user of the computer to an electronic meeting; causing a display device to display a list of participants in the electronic meeting; receiving electronic messages, wherein each electronic message comprises a comment contributed by one of the participants; and causing the display device to display each comment without displaying an identity of the participant who contributed the comment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kromnick, Timothy P. Johnston, Richard A. Dunning, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150249736
    Abstract: A communication device having corresponding computer-readable media comprises: a receiver configured to receive, into the communication device, i) audio transmitted by a headset, ii) a voice activity notification, where the voice activity notification indicates the headset is detecting voice activity in the audio, iii) a mute status notification, where the mute status notification indicates whether a first muter in the headset is configured to block or pass the audio; a second muter configured to pass or block the audio; and a notifier configured to provide a user-perceivable notification responsive to contemporaneous occurrence of i) the headset detecting the voice activity, and ii) one or both of the first and second muters being configured to block the audio; where the user-perceivable notification indicates which of the first and second muters are configured to block the audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Johnston, Richard A. Dunning, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140222437
    Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a muter configured to pass or block an audio signal; a voice activity detector configured to detect voice activity in the audio signal; and a vibrator configured to produce a mechanical vibration responsive to the contemporaneous occurrence of i) the voice activity detector detecting the voice activity in the audio signal; and ii) the muter being configured to block the audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Joe Burton, Shantanu Sarkar, Michael Gjerstad, Richard A. Dunning, JR.
  • Publication number: 20050039794
    Abstract: Vessel and method for the production and delivery of a precursor-containing fluid stream comprising the gaseous phase of a precursor material are disclosed herein. In one aspect, there is provided an vessel comprising: an interior volume wherein the interior volume is segmented into an upper volume and a lower volume wherein the upper volume and the lower volume are in fluid communication; a lid comprising a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, an optional fill port, and an internal recess wherein at least a portion of the upper volume resides within the internal recess; a sidewall interposed between the lid and a base; and at least one protrusion that extends into the lower volume wherein the precursor is in contact with the at least one protrusion and wherein at least one protrusion extends from at least one selected from the lid, the sidewall, the base, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Charles Birtcher, Richard Dunning, Robert Clark, Arthur Hochberg, Thomas Steidl
  • Patent number: D477126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Dunning, Ann M. Dorrell