Patents by Inventor Geoff White

Geoff White 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).

  • Publication number: 20170105176
    Abstract: Control and automation devices and systems for automatically and/or remotely controlling fixtures such as, for example, light fixtures and/or other electrical and/or electronic devices, by controlling, operating, and/or interacting with existing switches, controls, power sources, and/or other components already present in an environment of interest, and methods for their installation and use; conservation of power in wireless devices while providing capacity for power and bandwidth demanding applications such as, for example, video transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Switchmate Home LLC
    Inventors: Dean Finnegan, Geoff White, Robert Y. Romano, Tyler Kroymann, Ashish Dua, Daniel Peng
  • Patent number: 9520247
    Abstract: Control devices for automatically and/or remotely controlling fixtures such as, for example, light fixtures and/or other electrical and/or electronic devices, by controlling, operating, and/or interacting with existing switches, controls, power sources, and/or other components already present in an environment of interest, and methods for their installation and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventors: Dean Finnegan, Geoff White, Robert Y. Romano, Tyler Kroymann, Ashish Dua, Daniel Peng
  • Publication number: 20160358719
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of methods, systems, devices, apparatus, compositions, articles of manufacture, and improvements thereof useful for automatically and/or remotely controlling fixtures such as, for example, light fixtures and/or other electrical and/or electronic devices, by controlling, operating, and/or interacting with existing switches, controls, power sources, and/or other components already present in an environment of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Switchmate Home LLC
    Inventors: Dean Finnegan, Geoff White, Robert Y. Romano, Tyler Kroymann, Ashish Dua, Daniel Peng
  • Publication number: 20110262103
    Abstract: A system and method associates relevant additional information with a video stream, whether live or pre-recorded. The system creates a spot within the video that is linked to the additional information. When a particular action occurs in relation to the spot, the additional information is presented to the viewer of the video. The action that triggers the action of the spot can be automatically controlled by the system or the action can be a user initiated action. Viewers of the video stream can interact, independently of each other, with the video and be presented with the information associated with the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kumar Ramachandran, Geoff White, Marcus Kwan
  • Publication number: 20110261258
    Abstract: A system and method associates relevant additional information with a video stream, whether live or pre-recorded. The system creates a spot within the video that is linked to the additional information. When a particular action occurs in relation to the spot, the additional information is presented to the viewer of the video. The action that triggers the action of the spot can be automatically controlled by the system or the action can be a user initiated action. Viewers of the video stream can interact, independently of each other, with the video and be presented with the information associated with the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kumar Ramachandran, Geoff White, Marcus Kwan