Patents by Inventor Bryan Loyd Young
Bryan Loyd Young 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).
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Publication number: 20210181823Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using at least one sensor, a value related to a current overall power consumption for an electronic device; calculating, using a processor, a forecasted heat value calculated from the current overall power consumption, wherein the forecasted heat value indicates an expected value of heat for a region of the electronic device, wherein the calculating comprises correlating the current overall power consumption to a forecasted heat value; and proactively cooling, based upon a fan control algorithm, the electronic device prior to a sensor detecting a temperature corresponding to the expected value of heat, wherein the proactively cooling comprises adjusting a speed of one or more fans located within the electronic device based on the calculated heat value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Bryan Loyd Young, William Fred Martin-Otto, Timothy Samuel Farrow, Marc Richard Pamley
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Patent number: 10620967Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for context-based program selection. A resource module receives a resource selection. A characteristic module determines at least one characteristic of the resource. The at least one characteristic includes either content within the resource and/or metadata associated with the resource. A program module selects a program to open the resource based on the at least one characteristic of the resource.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore)PTE LTDInventors: Amy Leigh Rose, John Scott Crowe, Gary David Cudak, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Nathan J. Peterson, Bryan Loyd Young
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Patent number: 10509677Abstract: For providing granular quality of service (QoS) for computing resources in a computing system, systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor having a plurality of processor cores and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to identify a thread belonging to a computing process, to identify one or more thread-level tags associated with the thread, to determine a computational requirement of the thread based on the one or more thread-level tags, and to assign the thread to one of the processor cores based on the computational requirement. In certain embodiments, the may include code executable by the processor to allocate hardware resources to the thread based on an intra-process priority, the hardware resources being allocated from a set of hardware resources assigned to the computing process.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: LENOVA (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Bryan Loyd Young, John Scott Crowe, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Nathan J. Peterson, Amy Leigh Rose
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Patent number: 10425768Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using a processor, a presence of a known device within a predetermined range; and adjusting, using the processor, an audio output volume based on the presence of the known device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Gary David Cudak, Nathan J. Peterson, Amy Leigh Rose, Jennifer Lee-Baron, John Scott Crowe, Bryan Loyd Young
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Patent number: 10359844Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for resizing interfaces based on eye gaze. A method includes tracking a user's eye gaze using an eye tracking sensor, determining, by a processor, that the user is looking at a pane of a multipane interface based on the user's eye gaze, and dynamically resizing the pane that the user is looking at in response to determining that the user is looking at the pane.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Jennifer Lee-Baron, John Scott Crowe, Gary David Cudak, Amy Leigh Rose, Bryan Loyd Young
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Patent number: 10255461Abstract: For a secure device chamber, the device chamber is disposed in a chassis and includes a device port. A door latches to obstruct access to the device chamber. A logic circuit receives an uninterrupted power supply from a computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Alan Ladd Painter, Omar Ali Ali, George O. Diatzikis, Marc Richard Pamley, Bryan Loyd Young
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Patent number: 10212263Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for delaying notification delivery based on user activity. A method includes detecting, by a processor, an external sound using a microphone, determining that the external sound comprises a message that is of interest to the user, and notifying the user of the message in response to determining that the message is of interest to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, John Scott Crowe, Gary David Cudak, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Amy Leigh Rose, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20180275752Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for resizing interfaces based on eye gaze. A method includes tracking a user's eye gaze using an eye tracking sensor, determining, by a processor, that the user is looking at a pane of a multipane interface based on the user's eye gaze, and dynamically resizing the pane that the user is looking at in response to determining that the user is looking at the pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Jennifer Lee-Baron, John Scott Crowe, Gary David Cudak, Amy Leigh Rose, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20180205812Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for delaying notification delivery based on user activity. A method includes detecting, by a processor, an external sound using a microphone, determining that the external sound comprises a message that is of interest to the user, and notifying the user of the message in response to determining that the message is of interest to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, John Scott Crowe, Gary David Cudak, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Amy Leigh Rose, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20170366490Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to identify content in a message that is to altered, alter the content in the message, and provide at least a portion of the message to a recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Amy Leigh Rose, Gary David Cudak, Bryan Loyd Young, Nathan J. Peterson, John Scott Crowe, Jennifer Lee-Baron
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Publication number: 20170308154Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a command to modify a setting of a computer system, wherein the modification requires a power cycle to a processor; modifying, using a processor, the setting of the computer system based on the command; thereafter, placing the computer system in a sleeping state, wherein the sleep state removes power from the processor; and automatically waking up the computer system based on a wake up timer. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Bryan Loyd Young, Marc Richard Pamley, William Fred Keown, JR., John Scott Crowe, Amy Leigh Rose, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Nathan J. Peterson, Gary David Cudak
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Publication number: 20170286720Abstract: For a secure device chamber, the device chamber is disposed in a chassis and includes a device port. A door latches to obstruct access to the device chamber. A logic circuit receives an uninterrupted power supply from a computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Alan Ladd Painter, Omar Ali Ali, George O. Diatzikis, Marc Richard Pamley, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20170163813Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive at least one audio signal, identify one or more of a user associated with at least one received audio signal and a location of the user, and modify at least one received audio signal based at least in part on identification of one or more of the user and the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Bryan Loyd Young, Gary David Cudak, John Scott Crowe, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Amy Leigh Rose, Nathan J. Peterson
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Publication number: 20170139553Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for context-based program selection. A resource module receives a resource selection. A characteristic module determines at least one characteristic of the resource. The at least one characteristic includes either content within the resource and/or metadata associated with the resource. A program module selects a program to open the resource based on the at least one characteristic of the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Amy Leigh Rose, John Scott Crowe, Gary David Cudak, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Nathan J. Peterson, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20170093356Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using a processor, a presence of a known device within a predetermined range; and adjusting, using the processor, an audio output volume based on the presence of the known device. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Gary David Cudak, Nathan J. Peterson, Amy Leigh Rose, Jennifer Lee-Baron, John Scott Crowe, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20170090988Abstract: For providing granular quality of service (QoS) for computing resources in a computing system, systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor having a plurality of processor cores and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to identify a thread belonging to a computing process, to identify one or more thread-level tags associated with the thread, to determine a computational requirement of the thread based on the one or more thread-level tags, and to assign the thread to one of the processor cores based on the computational requirement. In certain embodiments, the may include code executable by the processor to allocate hardware resources to the thread based on an intra-process priority, the hardware resources being allocated from a set of hardware resources assigned to the computing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Bryan Loyd Young, John Scott Crowe, Jennifer Lee-Baron, Nathan J. Peterson, Amy Leigh Rose
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Publication number: 20170030364Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using a processor, a value related to power consumption for an electronic device; calculating, using a processor, a heat value based on the value related to power consumption; and adjusting, using a processor, one or more cooling elements based on the heat value. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Bryan Loyd Young, William Fred Martin-Otto, Timothy Samuel Farrow, Marc Richard Pamley
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Patent number: 9535497Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, at least one at least partially transparent display accessible to the processor, at least one eye sensor accessible to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to present content at a first location on the at least partially transparent display and, based at least in part on data from the eye sensor, determine whether a user is looking one of at least substantially at the first location and past the first location. The instructions are also executable to, in response to a determination that the user is looking past the first location, remove the content from presentation at the first location.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Amy Leigh Rose, Nathan J. Peterson, John Scott Crowe, Bryan Loyd Young, Jennifer Lee-Baron
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Publication number: 20160273908Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a camera accessible to the processor, and memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to determine that a user is at least one of outside a threshold distance from the device and at a threshold distance from the device, and responsive to the determination, disallow the camera from generating images based on light from exterior to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Amy Leigh Rose, Nathan J. Peterson, John Scott Crowe, Bryan Loyd Young
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Publication number: 20160147297Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, at least one at least partially transparent display accessible to the processor, at least one eye sensor accessible to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to present content at a first location on the at least partially transparent display and, based at least in part on data from the eye sensor, determine whether a user is looking one of at least substantially at the first location and past the first location. The instructions are also executable to, in response to a determination that the user is looking past the first location, remove the content from presentation at the first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Amy Leigh Rose, Nathan J. Peterson, John Scott Crowe, Bryan Loyd Young, Jennifer Lee-Baron