Patents by Inventor David Gerard

David Gerard 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).

  • INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS INTO A SOCIAL GRAPH
    Publication number: 20200026742
    Abstract: An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of receiving, from a device, a first data containing a trigger, obtaining a trigger sentence from the first data. analyzing the trigger sentence to determine a second data including at least one keyword, sending a profile query, including the second data to an external server, determining, by the external server, a profile result including at least one profile related to the profile query, receiving a response from the external server including the profile result, and presenting the profile result to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Color based search application interface and corresponding control functions
    Patent number: 10534500
    Abstract: A user interface may be accessed and used to illustrate various user options. One example method of operation may include initiating an application on a user computing device, receiving a selection to initiate a circular menu associated with the application including multiple selection options on a user display interface of the user computing device, identifying a user action associated with the application, and populating the circular menu with menu options linked to the user action identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • System and method for simultaneous touch and voice control
    Patent number: 10528318
    Abstract: For a mobile computing device, enhanced functionality may be provided by associating actions with combined speech and touch gestures. A touch gesture is received into the device and simultaneously or near-simultaneously speech is received into the device. The touch gesture and speech are processed to determine a result and the device performs an action based on the result. In particular embodiments, commands for a mapping application may be based on spoken search terms and geographic areas marked by touch gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: OPEN INNOVATION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Delivering secure content in an unsecure environment
    Patent number: 10521610
    Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to an application and a system capable of identifying levels of secure data within electronic message content. In one example, the method includes at least one of: receiving an electronic message from a user device, the electronic message including message content and at least one recipient, determining that the message content includes a plurality of different levels of secure content corresponding to a plurality of different authentication levels, shielding each portion of the secure content, and providing an indicator indicating a level of authentication associated with each respective shielded portion of secure content from among the plurality of different levels of authentication, and transmitting the electronic message to the at least one recipient including the shielded secure content and the indications of the plurality of different levels of authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Location awareness assistant that activates a business-oriented operation system or a personal-oriented operation system based on conditions
    Patent number: 10515344
    Abstract: A location based assistant is provided on client device. The client device may activate a business-oriented operation system or a personal-oriented operating system based on a location of the apparatus, a time of day, or a user defined setting. Upon activation of the business-oriented operation system or the personal-oriented operating system, client device may interact and communicate with a business or personal calendar of a user, business or personal messages of the user, business or personal activities of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Message-based keyword, phrase, and object processor and resource allocator
    Patent number: 10515325
    Abstract: Message-based keyword, phrase, and/or object processing and resource allocation may perform functionality related to the message data, such as keywords, phrases, and/or objects (e.g., images, video, etc.). Based on the keywords, phrases, and/or objects, emails may be modified, project plans may be updated, calendar events may be created, and/or various notifications may be sent to allocate and notify human resources accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • AUDIO-BASED NOTIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190362318
    Abstract: An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of recording data, by a device, wherein the data is one or more of a location, a video, and an audio, sending the data to a server, splitting, by the server, the data into at least one participant, determining, by the server, an interaction by matching the at least one participant, and a group of stored data, and notifying the device, by the server, of the match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • AUDIO AIDED NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20190360815
    Abstract: An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of recording a first audio sample at a set of waypoints, traveling, by a device, down a route, reaching a first waypoint, notifying the device to record a second audio sample when the device is not at a destination, comparing the second audio sample with each first audio sample, notifying the device to return to a previous waypoint when the comparison does not match, and notifying the device to continue when the comparison does match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • DEPICTING OUTCOMES OF A DECISION
    Publication number: 20190361785
    Abstract: An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of sending, by a device, a notification message to a server, when a threat is determined on a device, developing a simulation to spread awareness of a situation in response to the sending, requesting, by the server, a permission to present the simulation to the device, sending, by the device, a response message in response to the requesting, and executing the simulation, by the server, when permission is granted on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Comment data interaction and updating among input data received for a shared application
    Patent number: 10481904
    Abstract: Code creation and revision requires optimal error detection and correction and collaboration among programmers. One example method of operation may include receiving and processing a comment associated with a first user profile, identifying a software code context of the comment based on a software code data file, identifying a number of other user profiles associated with the software code context of the comment, and transmitting request messages to the other user profiles to provide feedback regarding the software code context of the comment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Transport communication
    Patent number: 10469548
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one autonomous transport and at least one user, determining at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection, determining at least one user location of said at least one autonomous transport and querying at least one adjacent entity based at least on said determined at least one characteristic within a predetermined range of said at least one user location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Method and apparatus of creating electronic forms to include Internet list data
    Patent number: 10460372
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that create an electronic form based on table data provided by Internet searching operations. One example may include determining at least one search term, querying, via a server, information provided by at least one network based on the search term, and copying at least one data table resulting from the information discovered during the querying operation. Additional operations may include parsing the at least one data table and storing the information in the server, displaying the data table to an end user so that the end user may select whether the data table should be included in the electronic form, and providing the user with the option to select and edit the contents of the data table. Upon the user's approval the data table may be copied into the electronic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Method and apparatus of organizing and delivering data to intended recipients
    Patent number: 10454874
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of transmitting a message to a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information from a leader. An example method of operation may include transmitting a message intended for the plurality of data recipients, analyzing content of the message to determine a category corresponding to the content and matching the message with the category. The method may also include determining that only a subset of the plurality of data recipients are configured to receive the message based on the determined category, and transmitting the message to the subset of the plurality of data recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Recessed tab for higher energy density and thinner batteries
    Patent number: 10446828
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for an electrode assembly for a battery and a method of making the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises an active material layer having a recess formed therein at an outer surface of the active material layer, the recess extending from a side facet of the active material layer toward an interior portion of the active material layer; a current collector layer supported on and in electrical contact with the outer surface of the active material layer; and a tab element supported partially within the recess and in electrical contact with at least one of the active material layer and the current collector layer, the tab element being adapted to provide an electrical connection for the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Gerard Rich, Taha Shabbir Husain Sutarwala
  • Method and device for appending information in a conversation in a voice based networking website
    Patent number: 10437437
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for executing application code to connect with a voice based networking website, the method includes connecting at least a user in a conference through the voice based networking website. The information provided by at least the user is appended in a conversation after the conference is over. The appended information is displayed in the voice based networking website as per a timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Wireless device application interaction via external control detection
    Patent number: 10429958
    Abstract: Wireless device application interaction via external control detection comprises identifying a first position of a wireless device and identifying a first change in the wireless device's position. The method may also provide calculating a first distance vector. The method may also perform comparing the first distance vector to a first threshold distance and calculating a second distance vector based on a distance between the second position and a third position and comparing the second distance vector to a second threshold distance, and changing a current operating state of the wireless device to a different operating state if the first distance vector exceeds the first minimum distance and the second distance vector does not exceed the first maximum distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Message content modification devices and methods
    Patent number: 10425422
    Abstract: The example embodiments are directed to an application and a system capable of securely delivering message content to an unintended recipient to enhance the security of message delivery. In an example, the method includes at least one of: receiving an electronic message from a user device, the electronic message including secure content and one or more recipients, determining that a recipient of the electronic message is a member of a project group associated with an organization, and in response, identifying an unintended recipient who is associated with the organization but who is not a member of the project group, and transmitting a notification to a device of the recipient indicating that the secure content is accessible via a device of the unintended recipient instead of transmitting the secure content directly to the device of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • AMUSEMENT PARK CAPSULE RIDE
    Publication number: 20190282909
    Abstract: A capsule ride system includes a capsule, where the capsule includes a drum, which may include a curved annular wall that may define a chamber. The capsule also includes a platform that may fit within the chamber and that supports a restraint for a passenger. The system further includes a drive system capable of driving rotation of the capsule about a central axis of the capsule and driving forward and/or rearward movement of the capsule along a track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Matthew Freedman, David Gerard Majdali, Nathanael Gordon White
  • Mobile device transport parking notification and movement tracking
    Patent number: 10403144
    Abstract: Tracking movements of mobile devices may provide insight into parking space availability for transports deemed to be associated with those mobile devices. One example method of operation may include tracking movements of mobile devices within a predefined geographical area, identifying a first movement of a first mobile device as being limited to a predetermined threshold distance, identifying a second movement of the first mobile device as having a movement speed that is greater than a movement speed of the first movement, and designating the mobile device as being inside a transport leaving a parking spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet
  • Collaborative data sharing and data modification application
    Patent number: 10394689
    Abstract: Sharing data with various user devices may offer an opportunity for various software testing and troubleshooting procedures to optimally process software code and provide testing results to those interested parties. In one example method of operation, a procedure provides receiving a modification to software code stored in a first file, identifying an oversight level of a user profile associated with a user device that performed the modification to the software code, creating a second file including the software code modification and an identifier identifying the modification, creating a number of notifications identifying the second file and the software code modification, and transmitting the notifications to a plurality of user devices having an oversight level that is greater than or equal to the oversight level of the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: David Gerard Ledet