Patents by Inventor Christopher deCharms

Christopher deCharms 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: 9820120
    Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes determining a location of a mobile computing device using one or more of a plurality of data sources; communicating, by the mobile computing device, with another computing device as part of a two-way video chat session over a first network connection, the communicating including transmitting the location of the mobile computing device; displaying, as part of the two-way video chat session, real-time video from the other computing device; recording video using one or more cameras that are accessible to the mobile computing device; and transmitting, over a second network connection, the video to a remote storage system for persistent storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher deCharms
  • Publication number: 20160267809
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of directing mental exercise includes providing, by a first output component, a stimulus representing an imagined perception, experience or activity that a user should attempt to generate in their mind; providing, by a second output component, an instruction for the user to perform a mental exercise that includes instructing the user to generate an internal felt sense of the imagined perception, experience or activity; receiving, at a user interface, an input that characterizes the user's internal felt sense, where the input includes an overt response from the user; determining, by a processing module, an attribute of the received input; determining, by the processing module and based on the determined attribute, a next instruction; storing at least one of the determined attribute and the determined next instruction in one or more memory locations; and training the user, including presenting the determined attribute, and providing the next instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher deCharms, David Bressler
  • Publication number: 20160192166
    Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes determining a location of a mobile computing device using one or more of a plurality of data sources; communicating, by the mobile computing device, with another computing device as part of a two-way video chat session over a first network connection, the communicating including transmitting the location of the mobile computing device; displaying, as part of the two-way video chat session, real-time video from the other computing device; recording video using one or more cameras that are accessible to the mobile computing device; and transmitting, over a second network connection, the video to a remote storage system for persistent storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher deCharms
  • Publication number: 20160005320
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of directing mental exercise includes providing, by a first output component, a stimulus representing an imagined perception, experience or activity that a user should attempt to generate in their mind; providing, by a second output component, an instruction for the user to perform a mental exercise that includes instructing the user to generate an internal felt sense of the imagined perception, experience or activity; receiving, at a user interface, an input that characterizes the user's internal felt sense, where the input includes an overt response from the user; determining, by a processing module, an attribute of the received input; determining, by the processing module and based on the determined attribute, a next instruction; storing at least one of the determined attribute and the determined next instruction in one or more memory locations; and training the user, including presenting the determined attribute, and providing the next instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher deCharms, David Bressler
  • Patent number: 9014661
    Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes determining a location of a mobile computing device using one or more of a plurality of data sources; communicating, by the mobile computing device, with another computing device as part of a two-way video chat session over a first network connection, the communicating including transmitting the location of the mobile computing device; displaying, as part of the two-way video chat session, real-time video from the other computing device; recording video using one or more cameras that are accessible to the mobile computing device; and transmitting, over a second network connection, the video to a remote storage system for persistent storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher deCharms
  • Publication number: 20140368601
    Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes determining a location of a mobile computing device using one or more of a plurality of data sources; communicating, by the mobile computing device, with another computing device as part of a two-way video chat session over a first network connection, the communicating including transmitting the location of the mobile computing device; displaying, as part of the two-way video chat session, real-time video from the other computing device; recording video using one or more cameras that are accessible to the mobile computing device; and transmitting, over a second network connection, the video to a remote storage system for persistent storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Christopher deCharms