Patents by Inventor John Ludwig

John Ludwig 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: 9706168
    Abstract: A method includes capturing a first image at a first time using a camera; processing the first image to identify a representation of an object in the first image; storing the first image as an event forming a navigable marker in a conference room tracking system; measuring one or more of a room sound and a room activity level at a time associated with capture of the first image; generating a heat marker representing a level of the room sound or the room activity level; and storing the heat marker in association with the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Surround.IO
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Richard Tong
  • Patent number: 9684834
    Abstract: A machine system includes monitor devices each having a camera, the monitor devices distributed over a physical area; layout logic forms images from the cameras of the monitor devices into a scene layout for the area; user interface logic receives training signals from sensors directed to a person physically present in the area and to correlate those signals to subareas of the layout; and analytical logic analyzes the layout and training signals to ascertain subareas of the area at which the monitor devices should focus machine sensor and processing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Surround.IO
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Richard Tong, Jonathan Anderson, John Zagula
  • Patent number: 9635317
    Abstract: A camera includes logic to capture images and video (collectively, ‘media’) and to store the captured media internally to the camera in an encrypted format; the encrypted format including multiple regions encrypted with different keys, each key corresponding to a human subject or object identified in the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Surround.IO
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Richard Tong
  • Patent number: 9614898
    Abstract: A system includes event engine logic distributed across a plurality of devices dispersed over an area of coverage, and logic to process events according to layout information homologized by an event web service from scene captures and location data from the plurality of devices, and logic to partition the homologized layout into areas of coverage and to assign each area of coverage to a device or subgroup of devices in the plurality of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Surround.IO
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Richard Tong
  • Patent number: 9407675
    Abstract: A room conferencing system includes a hub with a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node including a sensor node camera and a sensor node processor. A master controller is operable to establish a plurality of named queues, each of the named queues associated with a proximate physical object in an area comprising the hub and detectable by the sensor node camera. Each sensor node operable to cause the sensor node processor to identify a viewed physical object in a feed from the sensor node camera, and associate the viewed physical object with one of the named queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Surround.IO
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Richard Tong, John Zagula, Jon Anderson
  • Patent number: 9398450
    Abstract: A system includes a server computing device executing code to provide a privacy-enabled service to users, and a mobile computing device able to access the server. The mobile device further able to open a user interface on the mobile device, receive a user name and password through the user interface, determine that the application is privacy-enabled, notify the user that the application is privacy-enabled and prompting the user for an application passcode, and receive the passcode from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SURVEYMONKEY, INC.
    Inventors: Phillip John Ludwig, Stuart Loh, David Whitfield Morriss, Sean Duncan Holbert
  • Publication number: 20160042370
    Abstract: A computer-controlled method of recommending survey content to a user includes receiving an input from a user through a user interface that initiates creation of a survey, accessing information about the user, retrieving pre-existing content from a content repository based upon the information, and presenting the pre-existing content to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: PHILLIP JOHN LUDWIG, TIMOTHY GRAY CEDERMAN-HAYSOM, JAMES ALEXANDER LEVY, SHAYANI ROY, BRETT LEONARD SILVERMAN, FEDOR NIKITOVICH DZEGILENKO
  • Patent number: 9226101
    Abstract: A system includes digital media rendering devices and logic to federate the plurality of devices into a single federated rendering device for a proximate mobile device. The system accepts a request from the mobile device for rendering services by the federated rendering device via a rendering protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Surround IO
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Richard Tong
  • Publication number: 20150223056
    Abstract: A system includes a server computing device executing code to provide a privacy-enabled service to users, and a mobile computing device able to access the server. The mobile device further able to open a user interface on the mobile device, receive a user name and password through the user interface, determine that the application is privacy-enabled, notify the user that the application is privacy-enabled and prompting the user for an application passcode, and receive the passcode from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: SURVEYMONKEY INC.
    Inventors: PHILLIP JOHN LUDWIG, STUART LOH, DAVID WHITFIELD MORRISS, SEAN DUNCAN HOLBERT
  • Publication number: 20100185661
    Abstract: Effectiveness of search terms is determined. The search terms are classified to include effective search terms and ineffective search terms. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective search terms is created. The ineffective search terms that conflict with the effective search terms are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: YIELD SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott MALDEN, John Ludwig COKER
  • Publication number: 20100169356
    Abstract: Effectiveness of keywords is determined. The keywords are classified to include effective keywords and ineffective keywords. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective keywords is created. The ineffective keywords that conflict with the effective keywords are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: YIELD SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Malden, John Ludwig Coker
  • Publication number: 20100169312
    Abstract: Effectiveness of keywords is determined. The keywords are classified to include effective keywords and ineffective keywords. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective keywords is created. The ineffective keywords that conflict with the effective keywords are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: YIELD SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Malden, John Ludwig Coker
  • Publication number: 20100042495
    Abstract: An internet advertising campaign is administered. Campaign configuration data is received. A selection of publishers to run the campaign is received. The campaign configuration data is adjusted according to abstraction rules to conform to campaign requirements for each of the publishers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: YIELD SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott Malden, John Ludwig Coker
  • Publication number: 20100042613
    Abstract: A system and method receives identification of a web page. The web page is added to a web page library. Upon occurrence of an analysis event, the web page is provided to an automated analysis framework. Analyses representing SEO best practices are run against the web page. Each of the analyses is associated with input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: YIELD SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Scott MALDEN, John Ludwig COKER
  • Patent number: 7096451
    Abstract: A method, system and program product implementing storage of a (power or ground) mesh plane file using a multiple line shape, possibly with the storage of lines also, to reduce file size. In addition, the invention implements an activate-substantial-portion-and-remove technique to generate mesh planes rather than the conventional additive approach, which improves the speed of designing the IC carriers. A resulting mesh plane design file may be as much as half the size of a file generated using the conventional line-by-line and storage approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alice L. Donaldson, Jason L. Frankel, John A. Ludwig, Kenneth A. Papae, Rafael Perez-Acevedo, C. Timothy Ryan, Paul R. Walling
  • Publication number: 20060081094
    Abstract: A plumbers tool set packaged in a container having a transparent plastic cover includes a hex nut socket wrench, a tubular flange nut socket wrench, a driver rod and a turning rod. The tool set permits a plumber to quickly install and remove the faucet unit and spray nozzle holder associated with washbasins and kitchen sinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: John Ludwig, Mac McElrath
  • Publication number: 20050055660
    Abstract: A method, system and program product implementing storage of a (power or ground) mesh plane file using a multiple line shape, possibly with the storage of lines also, to reduce file size. In addition, the invention implements an activate-substantial-portion-and-remove technique to generate mesh planes rather than the conventional additive approach, which improves the speed of designing the IC carriers. A resulting mesh plane design file may be as much as half the size of a file generated using the conventional line-by-line and storage approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Alice Donaldson, Jason Frankel, John Ludwig, Kenneth Papae, Rafael Perez-Acevedo, C. Ryan, Paul Walling
  • Patent number: 4760289
    Abstract: A masterslice cell wireable to form any of a selected book set of two level differential cascode current switch basic circuits. Twenty percent increased performance is provided as compared with ECL masterslice circuits running at the same power. In spite of increased wire due to differential logic, and potential increased complexity in design software, the invention is actually readily adaptable to existing masterslice design systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward B. Eichelberger, Stephen E. Bello, Rolf O. Bergenn, William M. Chu, John A. Ludwig, Richard F. Rizzolo