Patents by Inventor John Nicholas Timmons

John Nicholas Timmons 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).

  • Methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona
    Patent number: 9671931
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Kosmach, Sumant Kowshik, Dennis J. Lin, Glenn B. Francisco, John Nicholas Timmons, Fernando Rossi Goncalves
  • Methods and Systems for Visually Deemphasizing a Displayed Persona
    Publication number: 20160196675
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: James J. Kosmach, Sumant Kowshik, Dennis J. Lin, Glenn B. Francisco, John Nicholas Timmons, Fernando Rossi Goncalves