Patents by Inventor Bradley Park Strazisar

Bradley Park Strazisar 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: 11748415
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device comprising a digital assistant, a user command, wherein the digital assistant is providing a current output; determining whether an attribute of the current output should be modified, wherein the determining is based on a content type of the current output and a request type of the command; and providing a response to the user command; wherein the providing comprises modifying, responsive to determining that an attribute should be modified, an attribute of the current output during provision of the response, wherein the modification and the attribute to be modified are based on the content type and the request type; and wherein the providing comprises continuing the current output with no modification responsive to determining that an attribute should not be modified. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 11593569
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving text data, detecting auto-generated text in the received text data to identify tags in the received text to distinguish between the auto-generated text and user generated text, and providing the tagged text data to a machine learning language model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryan Knudson, Russell VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 11455983
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio input device associated with an information handling device, an audible user query; identifying, using a processor, syntactic aspects of the audible user query; determining, based at least in part on the syntactic aspects and regardless of whether a trained answer to the audible user query is available, an answer responsive to the audible user query; and providing, using an output device associated with the information handling device, the answer. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 11373033
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an input surface, ink input; determining, using a processor, typeset for the ink input; providing, on a display, a combined display of the ink input and the typeset; where the combined display visually associates the ink input and the typeset. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 11302322
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device comprising a digital personal assistant, a command; determining, utilizing at least one sensor operatively coupled to the information handling device, a source of the command comprises a source to be ignored; and ignoring, responsive to determining the source is to be ignored, the command. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, Bradley Park Strazisar, John Polischak
  • Publication number: 20210151035
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio input device associated with an information handling device, an audible user query; identifying, using a processor, syntactic aspects of the audible user query; determining, based at least in part on the syntactic aspects and regardless of whether a trained answer to the audible user query is available, an answer responsive to the audible user query; and providing, using an output device associated with the information handling device, the answer. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Publication number: 20210149965
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device comprising a digital assistant, a user command, wherein the digital assistant is providing a current output; determining whether an attribute of the current output should be modified, wherein the determining is based on a content type of the current output and a request type of the command; and providing a response to the user command; wherein the providing comprises modifying, responsive to determining that an attribute should be modified, an attribute of the current output during provision of the response, wherein the modification and the attribute to be modified are based on the content type and the request type; and wherein the providing comprises continuing the current output with no modification responsive to determining that an attribute should not be modified. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Publication number: 20210151047
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device comprising a digital personal assistant, a command; determining, utilizing at least one sensor operatively coupled to the information handling device, a source of the command comprises a source to be ignored; and ignoring, responsive to determining the source is to be ignored, the command. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, Bradley Park Strazisar, John Polischak
  • Publication number: 20210110119
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving text data, detecting auto-generated text in the received text data to identify tags in the received text to distinguish between the auto-generated text and user generated text, and providing the tagged text data to a machine learning language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Knudson, Russell VanBlon, Roderick Echols, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 10698597
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input overlay application, handwriting ink strokes; determining handwriting units for the handwriting ink strokes; accepting editing input of the handwriting ink strokes; and reflowing handwriting ink strokes based on the editing input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Bradley Park Strazisar, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Patent number: 10614300
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes; providing, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes; determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; changing, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and inputting the one or more machine words according to the input formatting. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Bradley Park Strazisar, Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, Sarah Jane E Cox, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Patent number: 10437461
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device instructions executable by a processor to present, on a touch-enabled display at a first location, a first representation of at least a portion of first handwriting input. The instructions are executable to identify at least a first characteristic related to the first handwriting input, receive first input pertaining to second handwriting input, and in response to receipt of the first input, present on the touch-enabled display at a second location a second representation of at least a portion of the second handwriting input. The instructions are executable to receive second input to present at least a portion of the second representation at least adjacent to the first location and, in response to receipt of the second input and without receiving further input from a user, present at least the portion of the second representation at least adjacent to the first location using the first characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Song Wang, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 10383498
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive an image of an area from a camera, and to execute image recognition on the first image to identify a dirty region in the area. Based on the identification of the dirty region, the instructions are executable to generate a command for a robotic cleaning device to move to the dirty region for facilitating cleaning of the dirty region by the robotic cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bradley Park Strazisar, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Carolyne Rose Sealy, Xiaohua Xu
  • Patent number: 10372396
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device; using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; establishing, using a communication module of the information handling device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; and transmitting, with the communication module of the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo ( Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso, Matthew Price Roper, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Song Wang, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 10230700
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for transaction based networks security. A data module determines a set of data that is common between a first device and a second device. A key module generates, on a first device, a communication key based on a set of data. A message module secures a message sent to a second device from a first device with a communication key. A second device accepts a message in response to a communication key matching a corresponding communication key generated on the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Rodrigo Felix de Almeida, Brian Alan Burdette, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 10133368
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an input and display device, an ink stroke provided to an input overlay application; providing a display of the ink stroke on the input and display device; converting the ink stroke input into a converted input for an underlying application; providing the converted input to the underlying application; detecting a user input associated with the converted input; and reverting to the ink stroke on the input and display device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Steven Richard Perrin, Russell Speight VanBlon, Joshua Neil Novak, Bradley Park Strazisar, Sarah Jane E Cox, John Weldon Nicholson, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Patent number: 10095673
    Abstract: For generating candidate logograms, code recognizes one or more strokes of the logogram input. The code further generates one or more candidate logograms with strokes matching the logogram input strokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Jian Li, Ming Qian, Bradley Park Strazisar, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10048805
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a left optical trackpad that, responsive to object sensing, outputs a left optical trackpad signal; a right optical trackpad that, responsive to object sensing, outputs a right optical trackpad signal; assignment circuitry that assigns a status to the optical trackpads that is a right hand dominant status or a left hand dominant status; and control circuitry that outputs one or more commands based at least in part on the status and at least one of the right optical trackpad signal and the left optical trackpad signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Julie Anne Gordon, James S. Rutledge, Bradley Park Strazisar, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jay Wesley Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180092499
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive an image of an area from a camera, and to execute image recognition on the first image to identify a dirty region in the area. Based on the identification of the dirty region, the instructions are executable to generate a command for a robotic cleaning device to move to the dirty region for facilitating cleaning of the dirty region by the robotic cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Bradley Park Strazisar, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Carolyne Rose Sealy, Xiaohua Xu
  • Patent number: 9904374
    Abstract: For displaying corrected logogram input, code detects a difference between the logogram input and a logogram recognized from the logogram input. The code further displays the corrected logogram input in response to the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Jian Li, Ming Qian, Bradley Park Strazisar, Jianbang Zhang