Patents by Inventor Wesley Calidonna

Wesley Calidonna 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).

  • Systems and methods for altering a state of a system using a remote device that processes gestures
    Patent number: 9958948
    Abstract: Systems and methods systems and methods for altering a state of system using a remote device that processes gestures are described herein. The electronic device can communicate with the system in response to monitoring a user generated gesture or other interaction. For example, a user can wave the personal device or wave to the personal device, and in response thereto, the personal device can transmit an instruction to the system that causes it to change its operational state. Thus, embodiments discussed herein enable a user to perform remote gestures with a first device to affect the operation of a second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong, Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wesley Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan