Patents by Inventor Danae Sierra
Danae Sierra 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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Patent number: 10019778Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
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Patent number: 9696793Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that may be implemented to selectably suppress computing input events that are generated for an information handling system based on output signals received from a variable pressure or displacement (VPD) sensor that correspond to one or more pressure or displacement zones defined for the VPD sensor. Using the disclosed systems and methods, computing input events based on sensor output signals from one or more given VPD sensing zones may be selectably suppressed and/or withheld during sensor pressure or displacement changes from further host system processing according to a time delay, e.g., as a function of the elapsed time taken for a user to depress or release a given VPD sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Eyzen Medina, Alonzo F. Seay
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Patent number: 9665191Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
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Publication number: 20170103495Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
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Patent number: 9558527Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
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Patent number: 9468853Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for locally capturing the identity of the actual executable file required to set system configuration upon indirect launching of a computer game or other type of indirectly-launched file. Such a captured identity of an executable file may be added to a locally and dynamically created and updated local white list which then may be used to determine when to set the desired game mode configuration upon indirect launching of a game so that the desired game mode configuration may remain active for as long as the game is open and running, or for as long as the game is in-focus within an active window.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Dell Products LPInventors: Carlos Liendo, Danae Sierra, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Alexander Galiano
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Publication number: 20160299573Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
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Patent number: 9389711Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
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Publication number: 20160117793Abstract: Systems and methods that may be implemented to orchestrate external graphics, for example to support and extend switchable graphics capability beyond internal system components of a host information handling system so as to include an external discrete graphics processing unit (xGPU) that is not integrated or embedded within the chassis enclosure of the host information handling system, and that is coupled to the host information handling system from outside the host system chassis enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Danae Sierra, Carlos L. Ross, Louis Bruno, Philip J. Grossmann, Mark A. Casparian, Joe A. Olmsted, Alexander Galiano, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Henry A. Bove
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Publication number: 20150323987Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that may be implemented to selectably suppress computing input events that are generated for an information handling system based on output signals received from a variable pressure or displacement (VPD) sensor that correspond to one or more pressure or displacement zones defined for the VPD sensor. Using the disclosed systems and methods, computing input events based on sensor output signals from one or more given VPD sensing zones may be selectably suppressed and/or withheld during sensor pressure or displacement changes from further host system processing according to a time delay, e.g., as a function of the elapsed time taken for a user to depress or release a given VPD sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Eyzen Medina, Alonzo F. Seay
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Patent number: 9111005Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that may be implemented to allow a user and/or a software entity to define particular variable pressure or variable pressure or displacement sensor (VPD) system configurations to achieve a desired system functionality as a function of varying key pressure or varying displacement applied to one or more sensors, such as VPD keys of a keyboard or other VPD sensors such as game controller or mouse buttons, etc. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented using these defined VPD system configurations to control interaction between VPD subsystem hardware components and software application/s of interest that are executing on a host processing device of an information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Dell Products LPInventors: Carlos Ross, Danae Sierra
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Publication number: 20150196844Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for locally capturing the identity of the actual executable file required to set system configuration upon indirect launching of a computer game or other type of indirectly-launched file. Such a captured identity of an executable file may be added to a locally and dynamically created and updated local white list which then may be used to determine when to set the desired game mode configuration upon indirect launching of a game so that the desired game mode configuration may remain active for as long as the game is open and running, or for as long as the game is in-focus within an active window.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Carlos Liendo, Danae Sierra, Amaury Brito Alvarez, Alexander Galiano
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Publication number: 20140176441Abstract: User input devices with variable pressure buttons are configured. A user may specify a range of pressure to be associated with a pressure level. In some embodiments, a user may also associate a command or other instruction to an application with an identity of a variable pressure button and a pressure level of the button. In some embodiments, the associations may be represented in a configuration profile. In further embodiments, a microcontroller for a mouse may translate signals from variable pressure buttons into pressure levels based upon the configuration file. In many embodiments, a user may associate a reporting rate with a variable pressure button. A legacy application may receive reports of the state of the variable pressure button at the associated reporting rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos L. Ross, Danae Sierra, Frank C. Azor, A. Fleming Seay
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Patent number: 8700829Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for implementing one or more individual pressure sensitive keys that each support multiple native scan codes, with each scan code corresponding to a unique pressure level output. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented in one exemplary embodiment to allow users to leverage the capability of a variable pressure keyboard by providing an information handling system having individual variable pressure keys that are each capable of outputting a different macro or multi-key sequence per key pressure level sensed.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos Ross, Danae Sierra, Karun Reddy, Larry E. Knepper
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Publication number: 20130067126Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for implementing one or more individual pressure sensitive keys that each support multiple native scan codes, with each scan code corresponding to a unique pressure level output. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented in one exemplary embodiment to allow users to leverage the capability of a variable pressure keyboard by providing an information handling system having individual variable pressure keys that are each capable of outputting a different macro or multi-key sequence per key pressure level sensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Mark A. Casparian, Carlos Ross, Danae Sierra, Karun Reddy, Larry E. Knepper