Patents by Inventor Allen Brooks

Allen Brooks 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).

  • Managing permissions in collaborative workspaces using visual representations of clients
    Patent number: 9781176
    Abstract: Certain aspects involve managing permissions in collaborative workspaces using visual representations of clients. For example, a graphical interface can be displayed that represents a collaborative workspace and that includes visual representations of different clients accessing the workspace. A workspace application executed by a processor can determine that visual representations for at least two clients are positioned in a common region of the graphical interface. The workspace application can authorize the clients to collaboratively modify electronic content that is accessible via the graphical interface based on the visual representations being positioned in the common region. Subsequently, the workspace application can determine that the visual representations are positioned outside the common region and restrict access to the collaboratively modified content accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Min Xin, Erik Daniel Huizing, Eliezer Mar Yumol Manarang, Keith Matthew Allen, Allen Brooks, Sandra Chow
  • MANAGING PERMISSIONS IN COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES USING VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CLIENTS
    Publication number: 20160241609
    Abstract: Certain aspects involve managing permissions in collaborative workspaces using visual representations of clients. For example, a graphical interface can be displayed that represents a collaborative workspace and that includes visual representations of different clients accessing the workspace. A workspace application executed by a processor can determine that visual representations for at least two clients are positioned in a common region of the graphical interface. The workspace application can authorize the clients to collaboratively modify electronic content that is accessible via the graphical interface based on the visual representations being positioned in the common region. Subsequently, the workspace application can determine that the visual representations are positioned outside the common region and restrict access to the collaboratively modified content accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Min Xin, Erik Daniel Huizing, Eliezer Mar Yumol Manarang, Keith Matthew Allen, Allen Brooks, Sandra Chow
  • APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR VAPORIZING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
    Publication number: 20070130963
    Abstract: The invention provides for an apparatus and process for vaporizing liquefied natural gas using groundwater. The invention provides for an apparatus including: a groundwater well; a vaporizer for vaporizing LNG; and an LNG tank. The invention also provides for a process including vaporizing LNG in a vaporizer using groundwater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Denby Morrison, William Hunter, Allen Brooks, Kris Digre, Gregory Koehler