Patents by Inventor Erik W. Hochstedt

Erik W. Hochstedt 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: 11029811
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a display of an electronic device includes performing, in iterations, a current execution of icon processing for icons on the display. Each iteration includes selecting, as a candidate for appearance adjustment, one of the icons, where the selected icon has not been previously selected as a candidate in the current execution and selecting an appearance for the candidate based on at least one of the icons neighboring the candidate. The selecting the appearance includes selecting between changing and not changing the appearance in response to comparing an average quantitative hue of the candidate to the at least one of the neighboring icons and changing the appearance of the candidate responsive to selecting to change the appearance. Changing the appearance includes changing the average quantitative hue of the candidate. The method includes repeating the iterations until all the icons have been selected as candidates for appearance adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell J. Bouknight, Jr., Erik W. Hochstedt, Thai T. La, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20190265863
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a display of an electronic device includes performing, in iterations, a current execution of icon processing for icons on the display. Each iteration includes selecting, as a candidate for appearance adjustment, one of the icons, where the selected icon has not been previously selected as a candidate in the current execution and selecting an appearance for the candidate based on at least one of the icons neighboring the candidate. The selecting the appearance includes selecting between changing and not changing the appearance in response to comparing an average quantitative hue of the candidate to the at least one of the neighboring icons and changing the appearance of the candidate responsive to selecting to change the appearance. Changing the appearance includes changing the average quantitative hue of the candidate. The method includes repeating the iterations until all the icons have been selected as candidates for appearance adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: WENDELL J. BOUKNIGHT, JR., ERIK W. HOCHSTEDT, THAI T. LA, DANA L. PRICE
  • Patent number: 10345991
    Abstract: Adjusting appearance of icons in an electronic device includes determining, for icons proximate to one another on a display of the electronic device, a visual property of each icon, wherein the determining includes a computer system computing a quantitative indication of the visual property for each icon. The visual properties of the icons are compared, wherein the comparing includes the computer system determining at least one quantitative difference for the visual properties of the icons. The visual property of at least one of the icons is changed by the computer system responsive to a comparison of the at least one quantitative difference to a predetermined threshold quantity, such that the at least one of the icons is more visually distinct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wendell J. Bouknight, Jr., Erik W. Hochstedt, Thai T. La, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20160370972
    Abstract: Adjusting appearance of icons in an electronic device includes determining, for icons proximate to one another on a display of the electronic device, a visual property of each icon, wherein the determining includes a computer system computing a quantitative indication of the visual property for each icon. The visual properties of the icons are compared, wherein the comparing includes the computer system determining at least one quantitative difference for the visual properties of the icons. The visual property of at least one of the icons is changed by the computer system responsive to a comparison of the at least one quantitative difference to a predetermined threshold quantity, such that the at least one of the icons is more visually distinct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: WENDELL J. BOUKNIGHT, JR., ERIK W. HOCHSTEDT, THAI T. LA, DANA L. PRICE
  • Publication number: 20150334349
    Abstract: A method to provide an audio message or a visual message to at least one participant within a plurality of participants upon joining a live teleconference or a live videoconference is provided. The method may include determining a critical piece of information that needs to be shared with the plurality of participants joining the live teleconference or the live videoconference, wherein the critical piece of information is associated with the live teleconference or the live videoconference. The method may further include recording the critical piece of information as the audio message or the visual message in real-time during the live teleconference or the live videoconference. The method may further include replaying the audio message or the visual message to the at least one participant upon the at least one participant joining the live teleconference or the live videoconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Wendell J. Bouknight, JR., Erik W. Hochstedt, Thai T. La, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20150333922
    Abstract: A method to provide an audio message or a visual message to at least one participant within a plurality of participants upon joining a live teleconference or a live videoconference is provided. The method may include determining a critical piece of information that needs to be shared with the plurality of participants joining the live teleconference or the live videoconference, wherein the critical piece of information is associated with the live teleconference or the live videoconference. The method may further include recording the critical piece of information as the audio message or the visual message in real-time during the live teleconference or the live videoconference. The method may further include replaying the audio message or the visual message to the at least one participant upon the at least one participant joining the live teleconference or the live videoconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell J. Bouknight, JR., Erik W. Hochstedt, Thai T. La, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20140372846
    Abstract: Document content is parsed using a reader-defined content creation profile. The document content includes information and information layout specified by an author of the document content. The reader-defined content creation profile specifies document content creation preferences specified by a reader and applicable to augment the document content. A group of individual items of information usable to create augmented document content is identified, as specified by the reader-defined content creation profile, within the parsed document content. A new item of augmented document content is created, as specified by the reader-defined content creation profile, using at least a portion of the identified group of individual items of information. At least the created new item of augmented document content is rendered at a display location specified by the reader-defined content creation profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Wendell J. Bouknight, JR., Erik W. Hochstedt, Thai H. T. La, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20140185785
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide collaborative call management wherein during a multi-participant audio communication, volume adjustments made on participant devices for a specific speaker are detected and passed to a conference server to generate collaborative volume feedback; and using the collaborative volume feedback to adjust a volume level of the specific speaker for all participants of the audio communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wendell J. Bouknight, JR., Erik W. Hochstedt, Thai T. La, Dana L. Price