Patents by Inventor David Hite

David Hite 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).

  • Patent number: 11565170
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a game apparatus for facilitating a gameplay, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the game apparatus may include a base member, a support member, and a game board. Further, the support member coupled to the base member. Further, the support member may include a first support member end and a second support member end. Further, the first support member end may be attached to the base member. Further, the support member may be configured for extending between positions in relation to the base member. Further, the game board may be rotatably coupled with the second support member end. Further, the game board may be configured for rotating about a board axis between first board positions. Further, the support member may be configured for elevating the game board to board positions in relation to the surface based on the extending of the support member between the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Jonathan David Hite
  • Patent number: 11327646
    Abstract: A method for modifying visual aspects of a keyboard in response to a user typing on the keyboard. The method includes one or more computer processors receiving a first character input to an input device. The method further includes determining a plurality of words that begin with the first received character. The method further includes ranking the determined plurality of words. The method further includes selecting a word from among the ranked plurality of words based on a first set of criteria. The method further includes determining a sequence of one or more characters after the received first character that correspond to the selected word. The method further includes modifying one or more respective characteristics of input elements of the input device that correspond to the sequence of characters of the selected word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard V. Tran, Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Kevin David Hite
  • Publication number: 20210187383
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a game apparatus for facilitating a gameplay, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the game apparatus may include a base member, a support member, and a game board. Further, the support member coupled to the base member. Further, the support member may include a first support member end and a second support member end. Further, the first support member end may be attached to the base member. Further, the support member may be configured for extending between positions in relation to the base member. Further, the game board may be rotatably coupled with the second support member end. Further, the game board may be configured for rotating about a board axis between first board positions. Further, the support member may be configured for elevating the game board to board positions in relation to the surface based on the extending of the support member between the positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Jonathan David Hite
  • Publication number: 20210096716
    Abstract: A method for modifying visual aspects of a keyboard in response to a user typing on the keyboard. The method includes one or more computer processors receiving a first character input to an input device. The method further includes determining a plurality of words that begin with the first received character. The method further includes ranking the determined plurality of words. The method further includes selecting a word from among the ranked plurality of words based on a first set of criteria. The method further includes determining a sequence of one or more characters after the received first character that correspond to the selected word. The method further includes modifying one or more respective characteristics of input elements of the input device that correspond to the sequence of characters of the selected word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Richard V. Tran, Heidi Legares-Greenblatt, Kevin David Hite
  • Patent number: 10881965
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer products for identifying improper online player accounts are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, online gaming data associated with a user account of an online gaming environment, accessing a player profile associated with the user account, wherein the player profile includes historical online gaming data of a user, analyzing the historical online gaming data of the user to determine a historical play style of the user account, analyzing the online gaming data to determine a current play style of the user account, and comparing the historical play style of the user to the current play style of the user account to determine one or more deviations between the current play style and the historical play style of the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard V. Tran, Kevin David Hite
  • Publication number: 20200155945
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer products for identifying improper online player accounts are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, online gaming data associated with a user account of an online gaming environment, accessing a player profile associated with the user account, wherein the player profile includes historical online gaming data of a user, analyzing the historical online gaming data of the user to determine a historical play style of the user account, analyzing the online gaming data to determine a current play style of the user account, and comparing the historical play style of the user to the current play style of the user account to determine one or more deviations between the current play style and the historical play style of the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: RICHARD V. TRAN, KEVIN DAVID HITE
  • Patent number: 10465416
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mia Criner, David Hite
  • Publication number: 20190093388
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mia Criner, David Hite
  • Patent number: 10227793
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mia Criner, David Hite
  • Patent number: 9803389
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mia Criner, David Hite
  • Publication number: 20170306645
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for treating items may include a cabinet having a plurality of walls at least partly defining an interior chamber for treating items; a door assembly to enclose the interior chamber; a fascia panel attached to the door assembly, the fascia panel having a handle shell that at least partly defines a handle recess on the fascia panel, and the fascia panel having at least one fascia panel rib formed on an interior surface of the fascia panel opposite the handle shell; a handle tray having a main body and at least one finger extending from the main body, the at least one finger structured to be positioned adjacent to the at least one fascia panel rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Mia Criner, David Hite
  • Patent number: 9750391
    Abstract: A freestanding domestic appliance includes at least one mounting aid which has at least two functional parts arranged on its front side, wherein a first functional part is configured as a hose holder, wherein a second functional part is configured as an upwardly open hook for mounting additional parts and is arranged at a height below the first functional part. A fastening contour is provided on the backside of the mounting aid for holding the mounting aid on the domestic appliance, and is arranged at a height above the first functional part and on a fastening leg which extends in the opposite direction of the at least two functional parts. A height stop is provided at least on the topside of the fastening leg for preventing an insertion of the freestanding domestic appliance into an installation niche without prior removal of the mounting aid from the freestanding domestic appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Haltmayer, David Hite
  • Patent number: D838924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mia Criner, David Hite
  • Patent number: D915265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PACCAR INC
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Jordan Christopher Brewer, Scott David Hite
  • Patent number: D934765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Zachary Steven Gross, Kelsey Elizabeth Hart, Mark Aaron Bohannon, Scott David Hite, Jordan Christopher Brewer
  • Patent number: D934766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Jordan Christopher Brewer, Scott David Hite
  • Patent number: D935363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Jordan Christopher Brewer, Scott David Hite
  • Patent number: D935364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Zachary Steven Gross, Kelsey Elizabeth Hart, Mark Aaron Bohannon, Scott David Hite, Jordan Christopher Brewer
  • Patent number: D945335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Jordan Christopher Brewer, Scott David Hite, Jacob White
  • Patent number: D1016692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jonathan Scott Duncan, Amanda Allison Koh, Jordan Christopher Brewer, Scott David Hite, Jacob White