Patents by Inventor Douglas Warren

Douglas Warren 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: 9747071
    Abstract: When an indication is received from a user input, a name of an audio source from an ordered list of audio sources to which a headset is currently connected is output. Whenever a successive indication is received within a predefined amount of time, the name of the next wireless audio source in the list is output. If the next wireless audio source in the list is the last wireless audio source in the list, and the successive indication from the user input is received before the elapsed time exceeds the predefined value, the name of the audio source to which the headset is currently connected is output as the next selected wireless audio source in the list. When an amount of time greater than the predefined value elapses without a successive indication from the user input, the last wireless audio source that had its name output is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naganagouda B. Patil, Rebecca DeVeer Crimmin, Douglas Warren Young
  • Patent number: 9697342
    Abstract: A device can include memory that stores information; a sensor that senses information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed information; and a field generator that outputs at least one magnetic field based at least in part on a portion of stored information responsive to authentication of sensed information. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20170169199
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touchscreen display operatively coupled to the processor; a sensor operatively coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to render targets to the touchscreen display, receive, via the touchscreen display, pattern information associated with the targets, receive sensor information via the sensor, and transition the device from a locked state to an unlocked state based at least in part on stored pattern information, the received pattern information and the received sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fergal Clarke, Carlos Munoz-Bustamante, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20170134810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for streaming video, interacting with video content, and sharing video content are disclosed herein. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Ashwin Kashyap, Rajiv Chamraj, Douglas Warren
  • Patent number: 9505930
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a polycarbonate; a copolymer derived from a copolymerization of a vinyl aromatic monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer; an impact modifier that comprises acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate; a first gel-type low gloss additive; where the first gel-type low gloss additive is an epoxy cross-linked styrene acrylonitrile dispersed in polycarbonate; a second gel-type low gloss additive; where the second gel-type low gloss additive is an epoxy cross-linked styrene acrylonitrile dispersed in polystyrene; a first polymethylmethacrylate; and a second polymethylmethacrylate; where the first polymethylmethacrylate and the second polymethylmethacrylate are present in a total amount of 1 to 25 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition; and wherein the first polymethylmethacrylate has a higher weight average molecular weight than the second polymethylmethacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Bin Sun, Stephen L. Taylor, Douglas Warren Howie, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9489502
    Abstract: A device can include a display; memory that stores biometric information and commercial information; a sensor that senses biometric information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed biometric information at least in part via a comparison to stored biometric information; and display circuitry that renders at least one graphic to the display based at least in part on a portion of the commercial information responsive to authentication of sensed biometric information. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160283194
    Abstract: When an indication is received from a user input, a name of an audio source from an ordered list of audio sources to which a headset is currently connected is output. Whenever a successive indication is received within a predefined amount of time, the name of the next wireless audio source in the list is output. If the next wireless audio source in the list is the last wireless audio source in the list, and the successive indication from the user input is received before the elapsed time exceeds the predefined value, the name of the audio source to which the headset is currently connected is output as the next selected wireless audio source in the list. When an amount of time greater than the predefined value elapses without a successive indication from the user input, the last wireless audio source that had its name output is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Naganagouda B. Patil, Rebecca DeVeer Crimmin, Douglas Warren Young
  • Patent number: 9398373
    Abstract: When an indication is received from a user input, a name of an audio source from an ordered list of audio sources to which a headset is currently connected is output. Whenever a successive indication is received within a predefined amount of time, the name of the next wireless audio source in the list is output. If the next wireless audio source in the list is the last wireless audio source in the list, and the successive indication from the user input is received before the elapsed time exceeds the predefined value, the name of the audio source to which the headset is currently connected is output as the next selected wireless audio source in the list. When an amount of time greater than the predefined value elapses without a successive indication from the user input, the last wireless audio source that had its name output is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Naganagouda B. Patil, Rebecca DeVeer Crimmin, Douglas Warren Young
  • Publication number: 20160182950
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using a sensor, one or more user characteristics; identifying, using the one or more user characteristics, a user currently handling a remote control device; associating, using a processor, a media device setting with the user currently handling the remote control device; and implementing, using a processor, the media device setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Douglas Warren Robinson, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Publication number: 20160013781
    Abstract: A damping circuit having an input terminal and an output terminal is described. The damping circuit comprises a driver having an input and an output; an RC circuit coupled between the input terminal and the output; and a resistor coupled between the output and the output terminal, wherein the RC circuit delays passing a signal from the output terminal to the input terminal and a low impedance associated with the driver generally reduces ringing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Douglas Warren Dean, Craig Matthew Brannon
  • Publication number: 20160009915
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a polycarbonate; a copolymer derived from a copolymerization of a vinyl aromatic monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer; an impact modifier that comprises acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate; a first gel-type low gloss additive; where the first gel-type low gloss additive is an epoxy cross-linked styrene acrylonitrile dispersed in polycarbonate; a second gel-type low gloss additive; where the second gel-type low gloss additive is an epoxy cross-linked styrene acrylonitrile dispersed in polystyrene; a first polymethylmethacrylate; and a second polymethylmethacrylate; where the first polymethylmethacrylate and the second polymethylmethacrylate are present in a total amount of 1 to 25 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition; and wherein the first polymethylmethacrylate has a higher weight average molecular weight than the second polymethylmethacrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Bin Sun, Stephen L. Taylor, Douglas Warren Howie
  • Publication number: 20160013617
    Abstract: A damping circuit having an input terminal and an output terminal is described. The damping circuit comprises a driver having an input and an output; an RC circuit coupled between the input terminal and the output; and a resistor coupled between the output and the output terminal, wherein the RC circuit delays passing a signal from the output terminal to the input terminal and a low impedance associated with the driver generally reduces ringing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Douglas Warren Dean, Craig Matthew Brannon
  • Publication number: 20150365540
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: detecting a received communication at a device; detecting, using a device orientation sensor, orientation data relating to device orientation; the orientation data being associated in time with the received communication; determining, using the orientation data, a value for a magnitude of a notification of the received communication; and adjusting, using a processor of the device, the magnitude of the notification of the received communication according to the value. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Douglas Warren Robinson, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki
  • Publication number: 20150331528
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a touch-sensitive display operatively coupled to the processor; and a tactile braille panel operatively coupled to the processor where the tactile braille panel overlays at least a portion of the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Patent number: 9183873
    Abstract: A damping circuit having an input terminal and an output terminal is described. The damping circuit comprises a driver having an input and an output; an RC circuit coupled between the input terminal and the output; and a resistor coupled between the output and the output terminal, wherein the RC circuit delays passing a signal from the output terminal to the input terminal and a low impedance associated with the driver generally reduces ringing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Douglas Warren Dean, Craig Matthew Brannon
  • Publication number: 20150310861
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device, user input; identifying, using a processor, elements included in the user input; determining, using a processor, that at least one of the identified elements renders the user input ambiguous; identifying, using a processor, a source of context data; accessing, using a processor, context data associated with the user input from the source of context data; disambiguating, using a processor, the user input based on the context data associated with the user input; and forming, using a processor, an altered input based on the disambiguating. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150249882
    Abstract: When an indication is received from a user input, a name of an audio source from an ordered list of audio sources to which a headset is currently connected is output. Whenever a successive indication is received within a predefined amount of time, the name of the next wireless audio source in the list is output. If the next wireless audio source in the list is the last wireless audio source in the list, and the successive indication from the user input is received before the elapsed time exceeds the predefined value, the name of the audio source to which the headset is currently connected is output as the next selected wireless audio source in the list. When an amount of time greater than the predefined value elapses without a successive indication from the user input, the last wireless audio source that had its name output is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naganagouda B. Patil, Rebecca DeVeer Crimmin, Douglas Warren Young
  • Publication number: 20150229237
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a band, including: an energy harvesting mechanism that stores energy in response to deformation of the band; a device; and a connection coupling the stored energy of the band to the device. In an embodiment, a force is applied to deform a deformable band along a length dimension of the deformable band. The force acts to move an energy harvesting mechanism of the deformable band such that the energy harvesting mechanism transforms deformation of the deformable band into stored energy. The stored energy may be used, e.g., to collect information using a sensor of said deformable band. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Debra Kay Kobs-Fortner, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150220918
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a display; memory that stores biometric information and account information for at least one account; a biometric sensor that senses biometric information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed biometric information at least in part via a comparison to stored biometric information; display circuitry that renders account information to the display responsive to authentication of sensed biometric information; selection circuitry that selects one of said at least one account associated with account information rendered to the display; and a field generator that generates an output session that outputs at least one magnetic field that represents account information for the selected one of said at least one account. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150220714
    Abstract: A device can include a display; memory that stores biometric information and commercial information; a sensor that senses biometric information; authentication circuitry that authenticates sensed biometric information at least in part via a comparison to stored biometric information; and display circuitry that renders at least one graphic to the display based at least in part on a portion of the commercial information responsive to authentication of sensed biometric information. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Douglas Warren Robinson