Patents by Inventor Andrew Mattingly

Andrew Mattingly 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).

  • Patent number: 9089454
    Abstract: Absorbent articles are disclosed having extended waistbands. More particularly, the absorbent articles include a back waistband and/or a front waistband that encircle a portion of the circumference of the waist opening. The absorbent article includes a front portion attached to a back portion by a pair of stretchable side areas. Each of the side areas are made from at least two panels that are connected together along a vertical attachment area. In accordance with the present disclosure, a waistband is incorporated into the article that extends over the entire front portion or the entire back portion and terminates at opposite ends on opposing side areas. Each end of the waistband, however, terminates prior to the vertical attachment areas leaving a gap in between. The presence of the gap has been found to provide various benefits and advantages including improved stretch properties for donning the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Andrew Mattingly, Sherry A. VanDyke, Michael Donald Sperl, Lisa L. Bushman, Robert Lee Popp, Valerie V. Finch, Thomas E. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20130311944
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing on-screen graphical handles to control interaction between a user and on-screen objects. A handle defines what actions a user may perform on the object, such as for example scrolling through a textual or graphical navigation menu. Affordances are provided to guide the user through the process of interacting with a handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Mattingly, Jeremy Hill, Arjun Daval, Brian Kramp, Ali Vassigh, Christian Klein, Adam Poulos, Alex Kipman, Jeffrey Margolis
  • Patent number: 8499257
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing on-screen graphical handles to control interaction between a user and on-screen objects. A handle defines what actions a user may perform on the object, such as for example scrolling through a textual or graphical navigation menu. Affordances are provided to guide the user through the process of interacting with a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Mattingly, Jeremy Hill, Arjun Dayal, Brian Kramp, Ali Vassigh, Christian Klein, Adam Poulos, Alex Kipman, Jeffrey Margolis
  • Publication number: 20110279368
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for inferring a user's intent to interact with an application run by a motion capture system. Deliberate user gestures to interact with the motion capture system are disambiguated from unrelated user motions within the system's field of view. An algorithm may be used to determine the user's aggregated level of intent to engage the system. Parameters in the algorithm may include posture and motion of the user's body, as well as the state of the system. The system may develop a skeletal model to determine the various parameters. If the system determines that the parameters strongly indicate an intent to engage the system, then the system may react quickly. However, if the parameters only weakly indicate an intent to engage the system, it may take longer for the user to engage the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christian Klein, Andrew Mattingly, Ali Vassigh, Chen Li, Arjun Dayal
  • Publication number: 20110197161
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing on-screen graphical handles to control interaction between a user and on-screen objects. A handle defines what actions a user may perform on the object, such as for example scrolling through a textual or graphical navigation menu. Affordances are provided to guide the user through the process of interacting with a handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Mattingly, Jeremy Hill, Arjun Dayal, Brian Kramp, Ali Vassigh, Christian Klein, Adam Poulos, Alex Kipman, Jeffrey Margolis
  • Publication number: 20090157034
    Abstract: Absorbent articles are disclosed having extended waistbands. More particularly, the absorbent articles include a back waistband and/or a front waistband that encircle a portion of the circumference of the waist opening. The absorbent article includes a front portion attached to a back portion by a pair of stretchable side areas. Each of the side areas are made from at least two panels that are connected together along a vertical attachment area. In accordance with the present disclosure, a waistband is incorporated into the article that extends over the entire front portion or the entire back portion and terminates at opposite ends on opposing side areas. Each end of the waistband, however, terminates prior to the vertical attachment areas leaving a gap in between. The presence of the gap has been found to provide various benefits and advantages including improved stretch properties for donning the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Andrew Mattingly, Sherry A. VanDyke, Michael Donald Sperl, Lisa L. Bushman, Robert Lee Popp, Valerie V. Finch, Thomas E. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20090125441
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed that may use a float account to manage monetary accounts associated with an account holder. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a transaction for the float account that has an associated monetary amount. The method may also include holding the monetary transaction in the float account of the account holder. The method may include distributing the monetary amount of the transaction among the monetary accounts of the account holder per directions of the account holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Cameron Allen Minges, Douglas A. True, Charles Andrew Mattingly
  • Publication number: 20080201990
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is directed to a kit that includes a pair of footwear that each have an upper with a patch attachment section for releasably engaging a patch and at least one pair of patches. The pair of patches can depict a character (e.g., a make believe character, cartoon character, movie character etc.). When the pair of patches depict such a character, an embodiment of the kit further includes a descriptor of the character that is used to provide a child with a reference point for playing with the patches or the footwear with the attached patches and for playing with other children that have patches for different characters. Another embodiment of the invention comprises marketing a kit with a follow-on kit that has one or more pairs of additional patches that are adapted to engage the footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Mattingly, Mark Richard Warwick