Patents by Inventor Christopher James WILLIAMS

Christopher James WILLIAMS 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).

  • Publication number: 20240089169
    Abstract: Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a user interface at a plurality of computing devices. A first interface application executing at a first computing device may determine a first state for a user interface. The first interface application may detect a set of user computing devices for providing the user interface to a user and select a second computing device that is in the set of user computing devices based at least in part on the first state of the user interface. The first interface application may send a description of the user interface to the second computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Teresa Lynn Rench, Jonathan Austin Hartsell, John C. Brenner, Christopher James Williams
  • Patent number: 11855838
    Abstract: Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a user interface at a plurality of computing devices. A first interface application executing at a first computing device may determine a first state for a user interface. The first interface application may detect a set of user computing devices for providing the user interface to a user and select a second computing device that is in the set of user computing devices based at least in part on the first state of the user interface. The first interface application may send a description of the user interface to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Teresa Lynn Rench, Jonathan Austin Hartsell, John C. Brenner, Christopher James Williams
  • Patent number: 11366890
    Abstract: Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for managing an interface between a user and a user computing device. The user computing device may determine that an audio sensor in communication with the user computing device indicates a first command in a user voice of the user, where the first command instructs the user computing device to perform a first task. The user computing device may determine that the audio sensor also indicates a first ambient voice different than the user voice and match the first ambient voice to a first known voice. The user computing device may determine that a second computing device associated with the first known voice is within a threshold distance of the user computing device and select a first privacy level for the first task based at least in part on the first known voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Teresa Lynn Rench, Jonathan Austin Hartsell, John C. Brenner, Christopher James Williams
  • Patent number: 10887161
    Abstract: Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a user interface at a plurality of computing devices. A first interface application executing at a first computing device may determine a first state for a user interface. The first interface application may detect a set of user computing devices for providing the user interface to a user and select a second computing device that is in the set of user computing devices based at least in part on the first state of the user interface. The first interface application may send a description of the user interface to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Teresa Lynn Rench, Jonathan Austin Hartsell, John C. Brenner, Christopher James Williams
  • Patent number: 10719592
    Abstract: Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for managing an interface between a user and a user computing device. The user computing device may determine that an audio sensor in communication with the user computing device indicates a first command in a user voice of the user, where the first command instructs the user computing device to perform a first task. The user computing device may determine that the audio sensor also indicates a first ambient voice different than the user voice and match the first ambient voice to a first known voice. The user computing device may determine that a second computing device associated with the first known voice is within a threshold distance of the user computing device and select a first privacy level for the first task based at least in part on the first known voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Tambra Nichols, Teresa Lynn Rench, Jonathan Austin Hartsell, John C. Brenner, Christopher James Williams
  • Publication number: 20140209572
    Abstract: There is provided a contact device (10) for application to an opposing surface (46;50) in use. The contact device comprises a support (12) and a plurality of contact members (14) aligned along the support. Each contact member has an end portion (15) spaced from the support and is independently resiliently mounted to the support such that the end portions (15) can conform to the opposing surface (46;50) in use and thereby provide a seal there-against. The contact members and/or support and may be planar in form and may be cut from a sheet metal material. The contact device may serve as a gas shield or a support jig or clamp device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Christopher James WILLIAMS, Martyn Anthony JONES, Andrew James GILMOUR, Andrew James LODGE, Kwok Hei WONG, Jonathan Robert HAM