Patents by Inventor Jon Wayne Heim

Jon Wayne Heim 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: 11249823
    Abstract: Method and systems for facilitating communications using application programming interfaces (“APIs”) by interpreting a received command based on the command and an image of the user interface that was displayed on a display screen when the command was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Manik Malhotra, Jon Wayne Heim, Thomas Page Odom
  • Patent number: 11226686
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: capturing, using a gesture input component of an information handling device, a user gesture input; processing, using a processor, the captured user gesture input to extract one or more features; comparing, using a processor, the one or more extracted features of the user gesture input to a predetermined gesture input; determining, using a processor, that a confidence level calculated based on the comparing exceeds a lower similarity threshold but does not exceed a higher similarity threshold; and performing an action selected from the group consisting of communicating with the user, and adjusting the gesture input component. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Robert James Kapinos, Jon Wayne Heim, Paul Hilburger, James Anthony Hunt
  • Patent number: 10990456
    Abstract: Method and systems for facilitating communications using application programming interfaces (“APIs”) by interpreting a received command based on the command and an image of the user interface that was displayed on a display screen when the command was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Manik Malhotra, Jon Wayne Heim, Thomas Page Odom
  • Publication number: 20200387414
    Abstract: Method and systems for facilitating communications using application programming interfaces (“APIs”) by interpreting a received command based on the command and an image of the user interface that was displayed on a display screen when the command was received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Manik Malhotra, Jon Wayne Heim, Thomas Page Odom
  • Publication number: 20200387413
    Abstract: Method and systems for facilitating communications using application programming interfaces (“APIs”) by interpreting a received command based on the command and an image of the user interface that was displayed on a display screen when the command was received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Manik Malhotra, Jon Wayne Heim, Thomas Page Odom
  • Patent number: 10770060
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, via an audio receiver of an information handling device, user voice input; identifying a first word based on the user voice input; accessing a word association data store; selecting an equivalent based on an association with the first word within the word association data store; committing an action based on the equivalent; receiving feedback input from the user regarding the equivalent; and updating the selecting based on the feedback. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Jon Wayne Heim, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Patent number: 10338938
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to make a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, at least in part based on the first determination, make a second determination pertaining to at least one change in presentation of an element presented on the touch-enabled display from a first presentation to a second presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Paul Plaskonos, Jon Wayne Heim, Greyson Craig Davis, Mark David Krynock
  • Patent number: 10296207
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: providing, on an input and display device, an input field overlay application occupying an initial area of the input and display device, the input field overlay application overlaying an input field of an underlying application; accepting, using the input and display device, one or more handwriting input strokes provided to the input field overlay application; and resizing, on the input and display device, the initial area. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, John Weldon Nicholson, Jianbang Zhang, Joshua Neil Novak, Jon Wayne Heim
  • Patent number: 10037137
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: presenting, on an input and display device, one or more input fields for an underlying application; detecting, using the input and display device, one or more handwriting input strokes provided to an input field overlay application; determining, using a processor, an input field targeting characteristic based on the one or more handwriting input strokes; selecting one of the one or more input fields as a target input field based on the input field targeting characteristic; and inserting a converted form of the one or more handwriting input strokes into the target input field. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Jon Wayne Heim, Russell Speight VanBlon, Grigori Zaitsev, Jason Peter Sallinger, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20160371342
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an electronic device, a search query for user files; producing, using a processor, a first result set using the search query; producing, using a processor, an updated search query based on contextual data derived from the first result set; and producing, using a processor, an updated result set based on the updated search query. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Jon Wayne Heim
  • Publication number: 20160180160
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: providing, on an input and display device, an input field overlay application occupying an initial area of the input and display device, the input field overlay application overlaying an input field of an underlying application; accepting, using the input and display device, one or more handwriting input strokes provided to the input field overlay application; and resizing, on the input and display device, the initial area. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, John Weldon Nicholson, Jianbang Zhang, Joshua Neil Novak, Jon Wayne Heim
  • Publication number: 20160179777
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: presenting, on an input and display device, one or more input fields for an underlying application; detecting, using the input and display device, one or more handwriting input strokes provided to an input field overlay application; determining, using a processor, an input field targeting characteristic based on the one or more handwriting input strokes; selecting one of the one or more input fields as a target input field based on the input field targeting characteristic; and inserting a converted form of the one or more handwriting input strokes into the target input field. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Jon Wayne Heim, Russell Speight VanBlon, Grigori Zaitsev, Jason Peter Sallinger, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20150261423
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to make a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, at least in part based on the first determination, make a second determination pertaining to at least one change in presentation of an element presented on the touch-enabled display from a first presentation to a second presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Paul Plaskonos, Jon Wayne Heim, Greyson Craig Davis, Mark David Krynock
  • Patent number: 9093798
    Abstract: An aspect provides a combination power and data connector, including: a dedicated power connector element; and a combination data connector element separate from the dedicated power connector element, the combination data connector element providing a combination of pins for two data transmission protocols. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Joseph Michael Pennisi, Richard Wayne Cheston, David William Higgins, Thomas Kenneth Tobul, Jr., Jon Wayne Heim, Qihua Xiao, DeHong Meng, Zhigang Na, Zhang Jianhui
  • Publication number: 20150205359
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: capturing, using a gesture input component of an information handling device, a user gesture input; processing, using a processor, the captured user gesture input to extract one or more features; comparing, using a processor, the one or more extracted features of the user gesture input to a predetermined gesture input; determining, using a processor, that a confidence level calculated based on the comparing exceeds a lower similarity threshold but does not exceed a higher similarity threshold; and performing an action selected from the group consisting of communicating with the user, and adjusting the gesture input component. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Robert James Kapinos, Jon Wayne Heim, Paul Hilburger, James Anthony Hunt
  • Publication number: 20150161984
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, via an audio receiver of an information handling device, user voice input; identifying a first word based on the user voice input; accessing a word association data store; selecting an equivalent based on an association with the first word within the word association data store; committing an action based on the equivalent; receiving feedback input from the user regarding the equivalent; and updating the selecting based on the feedback. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Jon Wayne Heim, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20140194008
    Abstract: An aspect provides a combination power and data connector, including: a dedicated power connector element; and a combination data connector element separate from the dedicated power connector element, the combination data connector element providing a combination of pins for two data transmission protocols. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Joseph Michael Pennisi, Richard Wayne Cheston, David William Higgins, Thomas Kenneth Tobul, JR., Jon Wayne Heim, Qihua Xiao, DeHong Meng, Zhigang Na, Zhang Jianhui