Patents by Inventor Daniel Thom

Daniel Thom 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).

  • Voice recognition system for use with a personal media streaming appliance
    Patent number: 11935526
    Abstract: A system and method for voice control of a media playback device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instruction of a voice command, converting the voice command to text, transmitting the text command to the playback device, and having the playback device execute the command. An instruction may include a command to play a set of audio tracks, and the media playback device plays the set of audio tracks upon receiving the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer, Karl Humphreys, Robert Williams, Kurt Jacobson, Henrik Lindström
  • Voice recognition system for use with a personal media streaming appliance
    Patent number: 11935534
    Abstract: A system and method for voice control of a media playback device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instruction of a voice command, converting the voice command to text, transmitting the text command to the playback device, and having the playback device execute the command. An instruction may include a command to play a set of audio tracks, and the media playback device plays the set of audio tracks upon receiving the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Horia Jurcut, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Henriette Cramer, Karl Humphreys, Robert Williams, Kurt Jacobson, Henrik Lindström
  • METHODS OF DEPOSITING SIO2 FILMS
    Publication number: 20110318502
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of depositing an inorganic SiO2 film at temperatures below 250° C. using plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) in a chamber including supplying tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and O2, or a source thereof, as precursors, with an O2/TEOS ratio of between 15:1 and 25:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SPP PROCESS TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Kathrine Giles, Andrew Price, Stephen Robert Burgess, Daniel Thoms Archard
  • Method, system and media for improved operation of a device in a foreign domain
    Patent number: 7613879
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions for performing a method comprising detecting presence of a SATA device in the process of spinning up, and creating a target which comprises default information relating to the SATA device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jacob Cherian, Daniel Thom
  • Method, System and Media for Improved Operation of a Device in a Foreign Domain
    Publication number: 20080177946
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions for performing a method comprising detecting presence of a SATA device in the process of spinning up, and creating a target which comprises default information relating to the SATA device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jacob Cherian, Daniel Thom