Patents by Inventor Connor Jam Watkins

Connor Jam Watkins 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: 20210089638
    Abstract: An enhanced reality system that includes a plurality of sensors to detect relative positions of a user's body and changes in positions of the plurality of sensors over time and a controller to: receive data from the sensors and determine a gesture made by the user; and an authentication module to, when executed by the controller translate the gesture into a passcode and authorize access to digital content based on verification of the passcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Seiler, Adolfo Adolfo Gomez, Connor Jam Watkins
  • Patent number: 10467165
    Abstract: One example of a system includes a Universal Serial Bus Type-C (USB-C) port, a set of logic circuits, a multiplexer, and an embedded controller. The set of logic circuits includes a first logic circuit providing a first utility and a second logic circuit providing a second utility different from the first utility. The multiplexer is communicatively coupled between the set of logic circuits and the USB-C port. The embedded controller controls the multiplexer to connect the first logic circuit or the second logic circuit to the USB-C port based on a value of a multi-level strap received from a device connected to the USB-C port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Connor Jam Watkins, Christopher Ritchie Tabarez, Amol Subhash Pandit, Peter Andrew Seiler
  • Publication number: 20190148898
    Abstract: An example device includes a port to receive a connector; at least two functions accessible through the port; and a controller coupled to the port. The controller includes an orientation detection portion to determine an orientation of the connector when received by the port, the orientation being one orientation of at least two possible orientations in which the connector may be received by the port; and a function selection portion to select, based on the determined orientation, at least one function of the at least two functions to be made accessible through the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Connor Jam WATKINS, Amol Subhash PANDIT, Peter Andrew SEILER, Christopher Ritchie TABAREZ
  • Publication number: 20180217956
    Abstract: One example of a system includes a Universal Serial Bus Type-C (USB-C) port, a set of logic circuits, a multiplexer, and an embedded controller. The set of logic circuits includes a first logic circuit providing a first utility and a second logic circuit providing a second utility different from the first utility. The multiplexer is communicatively coupled between the set of logic circuits and the USB-C port. The embedded controller controls the multiplexer to connect the first logic circuit or the second logic circuit to the USB-C port based on a value of a multi-level strap received from a device connected to the USB-C port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Connor Jam Watkins, Christopher Ritchie Tabarez, Amol Subhash Pandit, Peter Andrew Seiler