Patents by Inventor Derek Linville Maynard

Derek Linville Maynard 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).

  • CONFERENCE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONNECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200274905
    Abstract: A conference system includes: an electronic apparatus configured to output shared information; and a terminal apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes: a sound wave output unit configured to output a sound wave; and an output processing unit configured to convert apparatus identification information for identifying the electronic apparatus into the sound wave, and output the sound wave from the sound wave output unit, and wherein the terminal apparatus includes: a sound collection unit configured to collect the sound wave output from the sound wave output unit; and a connection processing unit configured to extract the apparatus identification information from a sound signal of the sound wave collected by the sound collection unit, and connect the terminal apparatus to the electronic apparatus by wireless communication based on the extracted apparatus identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hironari Nishino, Derek Linville Maynard, Takumi Imai
  • Devices, systems, and methods for moving electronic windows between displays
    Patent number: 9026924
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for moving electronic windows between multiple electronic displays. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of displays can each be configured to display a portion of a desktop. A duplicate can be created of a window displayed on a first one of the displays. In response to an instruction to move the window from the first one of the displays to a second one of the displays, the duplicate can be programmatically moved on the second one of the displays in unison with movement of the window on the first one of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Derek Linville Maynard, Hidetoshi Mori
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MOVING ELECTRONIC WINDOWS BETWEEN DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20140101574
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for moving electronic windows between multiple electronic displays. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of displays can each be configured to display a portion of a desktop. A duplicate can be created of a window displayed on a first one of the displays. In response to an instruction to move the window from the first one of the displays to a second one of the displays, the duplicate can be programmatically moved on the second one of the displays in unison with movement of the window on the first one of the displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Derek Linville Maynard, Hidetoshi Mori