Patents by Inventor Daniel A. THAU

Daniel A. THAU 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).

  • Automated setting customization using real-time user data
    Patent number: 10776135
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated device setting customization based on user characteristic data are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, by a computing device, real-time user characteristic data; determining whether the user is a known user of the computing device based on the real-time user characteristic data; identifying one or more characteristics of the user based on the real-time user characteristic data; determining a statistical confidence level of the one or more characteristics of the user; determining that the statistical confidence level meets a predetermined threshold value; and automatically changing a plurality of user configurable settings of the computing device based on the one or more characteristics of the user and in response to the determining that the statistical confidence level meets the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karen C. Buchanan, Garrett Hamers, Alexander T. Mann, Daniel A. Thau, Alexander Xu
  • AUTOMATED SETTING CUSTOMIZATION USING REAL-TIME USER DATA
    Publication number: 20190155617
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated device setting customization based on user characteristic data are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, by a computing device, real-time user characteristic data; determining whether the user is a known user of the computing device based on the real-time user characteristic data; identifying one or more characteristics of the user based on the real-time user characteristic data; determining a statistical confidence level of the one or more characteristics of the user; determining that the statistical confidence level meets a predetermined threshold value; and automatically changing a plurality of user configurable settings of the computing device based on the one or more characteristics of the user and in response to the determining that the statistical confidence level meets the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Karen C. BUCHANAN, Garrett HAMERS, Alexander T. MANN, Daniel A. THAU, Alexander XU