Patents by Inventor Brandon Z. Frank

Brandon Z. Frank 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).

  • Portable electronic device
    Patent number: 11689834
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Carli E. Oster, Colden N. Eldridge, Russell K. Williams, David Garrido Lopez, Forhad Hasnat, Alexander P. Niemeyer, Brandon Z. Frank, Melody L. Kuna, Matthew J. Wilander, Jordi A. Garcia Selva, Stuart M. Nevill, Carlo Catalano
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210314685
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Carli E. Oster, Colden N. Eldridge, Russell K. Williams, David Garrido Lopez, Forhad Hasnat, Alexander P. Niemeyer, Brandon Z. Frank, Melody L. Kuna, Matthew J. Wilander, Jordi A. Garcia Selva, Stuart M. Nevill, Carlo Catalano
  • Incentive-based crowdvoting using a blockchain
    Patent number: 10783539
    Abstract: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Z. Frank, Joseph A. Latone
  • INCENTIVE-BASED CROWDVOTING USING A BLOCKCHAIN
    Publication number: 20190251591
    Abstract: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Z. Frank, Joseph A. Latone
  • Incentive-based crowdvoting using a blockchain
    Patent number: 10318979
    Abstract: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Z. Frank, Joseph A. Latone
  • Identifying a location of an audio device relative to a mobile device
    Patent number: 10267868
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, at a mobile device, a magnetic field produced by an audio device, determining, by the mobile device, a location of the audio device relative to the mobile device, utilizing the magnetic field, and performing, by the mobile device, one or more operations, utilizing the location of the audio device relative to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Latone, Brandon Z. Frank
  • INCENTIVE-BASED CROWDVOTING USING A BLOCKCHAIN
    Publication number: 20180181979
    Abstract: An instant operation may include one or more of creating a smart contract identifying content and review requirements for performing a review of the content, signing and validating the smart contract, storing the smart contract in a blockchain, receiving content review feedback from one or more reviewers of the content, and amending the blockchain to include the content review feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Z. Frank, Joseph A. Latone
  • Verifying a user utilizing gyroscopic movement
    Patent number: 9942768
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes requesting input from a user of a mobile device, receiving gyroscope data at the mobile device, in response to the requesting, verifying the gyroscope data, and performing one or more actions, in response to the verifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Z. Frank, Joseph A. Latone
  • VERIFYING A USER UTILIZING GYROSCOPIC MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20180098220
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes requesting input from a user of a mobile device, receiving gyroscope data at the mobile device, in response to the requesting, verifying the gyroscope data, and performing one or more actions, in response to the verifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Z. Frank, Joseph A. Latone