Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Miles

Christopher A. Miles 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: 9502002
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for receiving a proximity input indicator signal associated with an information handling device, the information handling device comprising a display, determining a proximity of a user to the information handling device based on the proximity input indicator signal, and modifying one or more display settings of the information handling device in response to the determined proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Michael William Stuart Ripp, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 9424732
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising: associating, using a processor, an accessory with an information handling device; detecting, using a processor, a trigger event associated with the information handling device; determining, using a processor, the accessory is no longer within a predetermined proximity to the information handling device; and providing, using a processor, a notification to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Ethan Joshua Fricklas, Christopher Miles Osborne, Kazuo Nakada, Shinnosuke Takahashi, David Wayne Hill
  • Patent number: 9402323
    Abstract: A system can include a keyboard housing that includes a keyboard and a positionable keyboard bezel, a display housing that includes a display, a hinge that pivotably connects the keyboard housing and the display housing for orienting the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing, and a positioning mechanism that positions the keyboard bezel in a first state with respect to the keyboard for a first orientation of the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing and that positions the keyboard bezel in a second state with respect to the keyboard for a second orientation of the display housing with respect to the keyboard housing. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Aaron Michael Stewart, Fusanobu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20160180853
    Abstract: A speech-based system includes an audio device in a user premises and a network-based service that supports use of the audio device by multiple applications. The audio device may be directed to play audio content such as music, audio books, etc. The audio device may also be directed to interact with a user through speech. The network-based service monitors event messages received from the audio device to determine which of the multiple applications currently has speech focus. When receiving speech from a user, the service first offers the corresponding meaning to the application, if any, that currently has primary speech focus. If there is no application that currently has primary speech focus, or if the application having primary speech focus is not able to respond to the meaning, the service then offers the user meaning to the application that currently has secondary speech focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Spalding VanLund, Kurt Wesley Piersol, James David Meyers, Jacob Michael Simpson, Vikram Kumar Gundeti, David Robert Thomas, Andrew Christopher Miles
  • Publication number: 20160170206
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus including: a head mounted display device; a processor; a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: display information; detect at least one predetermined characteristic; and adjust the opacity of at least a part of the head mounted display device, based on the at least one predetermined characteristic. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Aaron Michael Stewart, John Weldon Nicholson, John Miles Hunt
  • Publication number: 20160142594
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system, including: an information handling device comprising a camera; and a cover for the information handling device, comprising: a movable area obscuring and exposing the camera; at least one button controlling activation of the camera; and a communication mechanism facilitating communication between the cover and the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Publication number: 20160130468
    Abstract: A photosensitive coverlay composition for flexible printed circuit (FPC) boards containing specifically designed polyurethane resins with good balance of flexibility, chemical resistance and heat resistance. The photoimageable coverlay composition comprises a photosensitive polyurethane resin, a photosensitive monomer, a photoinitiator, and a thermal setting resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: YONG ZHAO, CHRISTOPHER MILES EVANS
  • Publication number: 20160124572
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Publication number: 20160125718
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising: associating, using a processor, an accessory with an information handling device; detecting, using a processor, a trigger event associated with the information handling device; determining, using a processor, the accessory is no longer within a predetermined proximity to the information handling device; and providing, using a processor, a notification to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Ethan Joshua Fricklas, Christopher Miles Osborne, Kazuo Nakada, Shinnosuke Takahashi, David Wayne Hill
  • Patent number: 9317142
    Abstract: An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device; the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing defining the width dimension. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Michaela Rose Case, Scott Edwards Kelso, Christopher Miles Osborne
  • Patent number: 9310960
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
  • Patent number: 9304610
    Abstract: An aspect provides an expandable pen, including: an internal portion; an external portion that is flexible; and a biased component that is flexible and positioned between the internal portion and the external portion; the biased component applying force to the external portion to flex it away from the internal portion. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michaela Rose Case, Christopher Miles Osborne, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Howard Locker, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Publication number: 20160065806
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory; a touchscreen display; a network interface; a camera that includes a lens; an operating system executable by the processor to establish an operating system environment; applications that execute within the operating system environment to establish corresponding application states where the applications include a camera application to establish a camera state; a housing that houses at least the processor and the camera and that includes a surface where the surface includes an opening for the lens of the camera; a cover that includes a flap where the flap includes a closed orientation with respect to the opening and an open orientation with respect to the opening; and circuitry that switches from an existing application state to the camera state responsive to a transition of the flap from the closed orientation to the open orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, David Wayne Hill
  • Publication number: 20160063338
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display and which is coupled to the first panel at least at a junction, and at least one camera disposed on the device at or near the junction of the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp, Daniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell
  • Publication number: 20160021311
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: obtaining, using one or more sensors of a device, contextual data relating to a picture taking context; assigning, using a processor, the contextual data to a predetermined picture taking context; and selecting a camera from two or more cameras of the device based on the predetermined picture taking context. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Aaron Michael Stewart, Robert James Kapinos, Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp
  • Patent number: 9235275
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touchscreen display operatively coupled to the processor; a stylus that includes a first axial end, a second axial end and an axially translatable grip; and a housing that includes a stylus socket for docking the stylus. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Jordan Schantz, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Christopher Miles Osborne, Scott Edwards Kelso, Michaela Rose Case, Howard J. Locker
  • Publication number: 20150379202
    Abstract: Disclosed are peer-to-peer mobile applications that manage secure and intelligent communication between medical providers, patients, and/or physicians. The mobile application can be configured to provide an encrypted mixed media messaging system between registered users that provide, for example, a HIPAA compliant messaging platform. A secure messaging system can controls delivery of the mobile application and provide functionality to enable providers to control the messaging environment. The secure messaging system can be architected to provide geographically located servers. The geographically located servers can be configured to manage secure communication and implement geographically based communication requirements. In various embodiments, a plurality of communication management servers can be located in multiple jurisdictions, each managing respective communication requirements and/or restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Scott Plasse, Thomas Anthony Capozza, Todd Mitchell Cooper, Christopher Miles Geagon, SR.
  • Publication number: 20150379225
    Abstract: Disclosed are peer-to-peer mobile applications that manage secure and intelligent communication between medical providers, patients, and/or physicians. The mobile application can be configured to provide an encrypted mixed media messaging system between registered users that provide, for example, a HIPAA compliant messaging platform. A secure messaging system can controls delivery of the mobile application and provide functionality to enable providers to control the messaging environment. The secure messaging system can be architected to provide geographically located servers. The geographically located servers can be configured to manage secure communication and implement geographically based communication requirements. In various embodiments, a plurality of communication management servers can be located in multiple jurisdictions, each managing respective communication requirements and/or restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Scott Plasse, Thomas Anthony Capozza, Todd Mitchell Cooper, Christopher Miles Geagon, SR.
  • Publication number: 20150378546
    Abstract: A system can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a touch sensitive surface that comprises a slider region; and assignment circuitry that assigns one of a plurality of assignable system functions to the slider region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Thomas John Sluchak, Michael William Stuart Ripp
  • Publication number: 20150356338
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a first panel at least bearing a keyboard, a second panel at least bearing a display, and a fingerprint reader on at least a portion of at least one of the first and second panels. The portion is engageable by a user to transition the first panel away from the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Miles Osborne, Michael William Stuart Ripp