Patents by Inventor Heiko Gernot Albert Panther
Heiko Gernot Albert Panther 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).
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Publication number: 20140273858Abstract: Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques, systems, and apparatuses are discussed herein for utilizing two different Bluetooth communications interfaces, one that provides Bluetooth classic (base rate/enhanced data rate) communications functionality and one that provides Bluetooth low-energy communications functionality, in a common device. The techniques, systems, and apparatuses may elect to use a particular Bluetooth interface based on various criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Fitbit,Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, James Park
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Publication number: 20140275850Abstract: Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques, systems, and apparatuses are discussed herein for providing power-conserving techniques and systems for efficiently utilizing a GPS receiver are described. The positional fix frequency of the GPS receiver may, according to some implementations, be modified or adjusted between various levels according to data from one or more non-GPS sensors. Such non-GPS sensors may include, for example, ambient light intensity or spectrum sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, heart rate sensors, galvanic skin response sensors, infrared sensors, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Subramaniam Venkatraman, Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen
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Publication number: 20140235171Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method for wirelessly identifying and validating an electronic device in order to initiate a communication process with another device or a service. In an embodiment, the system includes a portable biometric monitoring device that is identified by a client device or a server for the purpose of initiating a pairing process. In an embodiment, pairing implies pairing the portable device to an online user account with minimal user interaction. After pairing, the portable device and appropriate client devices and servers communicate with little or no user interaction, for example to upload sensor data collected by the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Peter Andrew MOLETTIERE, James PARK, Aislinn Abigail BILODEAUX-DEWEY, Chistine Boomer BRUMBACK, Eric Nathan FRIEDMAN, Robert Curtis COLE, Heiko Gernot Albert PANTHER, Andrew Cole AXLEY
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Publication number: 20140235168Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method for wirelessly identifying and validating an electronic device in order to initiate a communication process with another device or a service. In an embodiment, the system includes a portable biometric monitoring device that is identified by a client device or a server for the purpose of initiating a pairing process. In an embodiment, pairing implies pairing the portable device to an online user account with minimal user interaction. After pairing, the portable device and appropriate client devices and servers communicate with little or no user interaction, for example to upload sensor data collected by the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Peter Andrew MOLETTIERE, James PARK, Aislinn Abigail BILODEAUX-DEWEY, Chistine Boomer BRUMBACK, Eric Nathan FRIEDMAN, Robert Curtis COLE, Heiko Gernot Albert PANTHER, Andrew Cole AXLEY
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Publication number: 20140232558Abstract: A notification signal, intended to be received by a wireless communication device, is repetitively broadcast by a portable activity-monitoring device that generates user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device. The notification signal conveys information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: James Park, Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Barry Christopher Burton, Eric Nathan Friedman
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Publication number: 20140235166Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method for wirelessly identifying and validating an electronic device in order to initiate a communication process with another device or a service. In an embodiment, the system includes a portable biometric monitoring device that is identified by a client device or a server for the purpose of initiating a pairing process. In an embodiment, pairing implies pairing the portable device to an online user account with minimal user interaction. After pairing, the portable device and appropriate client devices and servers communicate with little or no user interaction, for example to upload sensor data collected by the portable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Peter Andrew MOLETTIERE, James PARK, Aislinn Abigail BILODEAUX-DEWEY, Christine Boomer BRUMBACK, Eric Nathan FRIEDMAN, Robert Curtis COLE, Heiko Gernot Albert PANTHER, Andrew Cole AXLEY
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Patent number: 8768648Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption in an activity monitoring device associated with a user. One method includes an operation for analyzing sensor data acquired by sensors of an activity monitoring device to be worn on a wrist of a user, the sensor data being associated with motion of the user. In addition, the method includes an operation for determining the motion profile of the activity monitoring device based on the sensor data. The method further includes an operation for identifying display settings for a display of the activity monitoring device based on the motion profile. The display settings are associated with a rate of power consumption by the display. The display settings are applied to the display of the activity monitoring device when the identified display settings are different than the current display settings.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Andrew Cole Axley, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Sara Yael Glick, Shimona Avelina Carvalho, James Park
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Patent number: 8751194Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption of a display. One method includes an operation for setting a first display setting for a touchscreen of an activity monitoring device associated with a user. The first display setting has having a first rate of power consumption by the display and a first touchscreen scan rate for detecting touch on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes operations for receiving data at the activity monitoring device, the data being indicative of an external event, and for applying a second display setting for the touchscreen based on a predefined expected user interaction. The second display setting has a second rate of power consumption and a second touchscreen scan rate.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Andrew Cole Axley, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Sara Yael Glick, Shimona Avelina Carvalho, James Park
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Patent number: 8745247Abstract: A notification signal, intended to be received by a wireless communication device, is repetitively broadcast by a portable activity-monitoring device that generates user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device. The notification signal conveys information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: James Park, Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Barry Christopher Burton, Eric Nathan Friedman
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Patent number: 8738925Abstract: A notification signal, intended to be received by a wireless communication device, is intermittently broadcast by a portable biometric device that generates biometric data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable biometric device. The notification signal conveys information that identifies the portable biometric device and that indicates whether or not the portable biometric device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the biometric data to the wireless communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: James Park, Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Barry Christopher Burton, Eric Nathan Friedman
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Publication number: 20140125618Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption in an activity monitoring device associated with a user. One method includes an operation for analyzing sensor data acquired by sensors of an activity monitoring device to be worn on a wrist of a user, the sensor data being associated with motion of the user. In addition, the method includes an operation for determining the motion profile of the activity monitoring device based on the sensor data. The method further includes an operation for identifying display settings for a display of the activity monitoring device based on the motion profile. The display settings are associated with a rate of power consumption by the display. The display settings are applied to the display of the activity monitoring device when the identified display settings are different than the current display settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Andrew Cole Axley, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Sara Yael Glick, Shimona Avelina Carvalho, James Park
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Publication number: 20140125620Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption by a display. One method includes an operation for identifying one or more possible inputs for an activity monitoring device based on a state of the activity monitoring device. The one or more possible inputs are defined to be entered via a touchscreen of the activity monitoring device. Further, the method identifies a first region and a second region in the touchscreen, the first region being associated with the one or more possible inputs, and the second region being defined outside the first region. Further, the method includes operations for establishing in the first region a first touchscreen setting for scanning the first region for touch, and for establishing in the second region a second touchscreen setting for scanning the second region, where the first touchscreen setting defines higher processing than the second touchscreen setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Andrew Cole Axley, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Sara Yael Glick, Shimona Avelina Carvalho, James Park
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Publication number: 20140125619Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption of a display. One method includes an operation for setting a first display setting for a touchscreen of an activity monitoring device associated with a user. The first display setting has having a first rate of power consumption by the display and a first touchscreen scan rate for detecting touch on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes operations for receiving data at the activity monitoring device, the data being indicative of an external event, and for applying a second display setting for the touchscreen based on a predefined expected user interaction. The second display setting has a second rate of power consumption and a second touchscreen scan rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Fitbit, Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Andrew Cole Axley, Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Sara Yael Glick, Shimona Avelina Carvalho, James Park
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Patent number: 8380948Abstract: Memory objects associated with a portion of a cache (e.g., data blocks of a media file) are assigned a value based on their importance to an application that is consuming memory objects. The values are used to assign the data blocks to purge groups. The purge groups are a labeling mechanism for determining a purge order. A memory object associated with a first data block assigned to a first purge group may be purged before a memory object associated with a second data block assigned to a second purge group. As new data blocks are received by the application (e.g., from disk or a network connection), the blocks are assigned a value and added to a purge group. In some cases, the data blocks arrive out of order (e.g., order of consumption). Memory objects can be reassigned to a different purge group when new data blocks are added or reclaimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, James Michael Magee, John Samuel Bushell
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Patent number: 7831784Abstract: A system and method of managing purgeable memory objects includes a LIFO and/or FIFO queue for volatile memory objects, which can be emptied at a rate that matches the speed of a page queue.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, James Michael Magee, John Samuel Bushell
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Publication number: 20090063915Abstract: Memory objects associated with a portion of a cache (e.g., data blocks of a media file) are assigned a value based on their importance to an application that is consuming memory objects. The values are used to assign the data blocks to purge groups. The purge groups are a labeling mechanism for determining a purge order. A memory object associated with a first data block assigned to a first purge group may be purged before a memory object associated with a second data block assigned to a second purge group. As new data blocks are received by the application (e.g., from disk or a network connection), the blocks are assigned a value and added to a purge group. In some cases, the data blocks arrive out of order (e.g., order of consumption). Memory objects can be reassigned to a different purge group when new data blocks are added or reclaimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, James Michael Magee, John Samuel Bushell
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Publication number: 20090024809Abstract: A system and method of managing purgeable memory objects includes a LIFO and/or FIFO queue for volatile memory objects, which can be emptied at a rate that matches the speed of a page queue.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, James Michael Magee, John Samuel Bushell