Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Geiger
Joseph M. Geiger 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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Patent number: 10657965Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems for controlling audio feedback to user requests. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; at least one microphone for receiving an audio input from a user; and a control system including a recommendation engine, the control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the at least one microphone, the recommendation engine configured to: analyze the audio input for a non-specific request from the user; and provide an audio sample to the user along with a prompt for feedback about the audio sample in response to the non-specific request.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Christine M. Hostage, Lya Batlle-Rafferty, Conor William Sheehan, Joseph M. Geiger, Elio Dante Querze, Ruben M. Carbonell, Curtis Bard, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Patent number: 10499136Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph M. Geiger, Muhammad Masood, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr.
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Patent number: 10390129Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Base CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester Smith Williams, Pelham Norville, Brandon Westley
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Patent number: 10225647Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester S. Williams, Pelham Norville
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Publication number: 20190035397Abstract: Various implementations include audio systems for controlling audio feedback to user requests. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; at least one microphone for receiving an audio input from a user; and a control system including a recommendation engine, the control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the at least one microphone, the recommendation engine configured to: analyze the audio input for a non-specific request from the user; and provide an audio sample to the user along with a prompt for feedback about the audio sample in response to the non-specific request.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Todd Richard Reily, Keith Dana Martin, Christine M. Hostage, Lya Batlle-Rafferty, Conor William Sheehan, Joseph M. Geiger, Elio Dante Querze, Ruben M. Carbonell, Curtis Bard, Saurabh Khanwalkar
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Publication number: 20180103314Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester Smith Williams, Pelham Norville, Brandon Westley
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Publication number: 20180069815Abstract: A system and method for exchanging electronic messages between a mobile electronic device of a first party of a communication including the electronic messages and a mobile electronic device of a second party of the communication, comprises outputting an electronic message in a first format from one of the mobile electronic devices; reading the electronic message in the first format; transcribing the electronic message into a second format; outputting the electronic message in both the first format and the second format to the other of the mobile electronic devices; and selecting by a user of the other of the mobile electronic devices at least one of the first and second formats.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Gustavo Fontana, Joseph M. Geiger, Maximilian Kiener
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Publication number: 20180048955Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Joseph M. Geiger, Muhammad Masood, Daniel M. Gauger, JR.
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Patent number: 9877103Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester Smith Williams, Pelham Norville, Brandon Westley
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Patent number: 9832559Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph M. Geiger, Muhammad Masood, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr.
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Patent number: 9654867Abstract: An acoustic device having a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes housing that defines an acoustic volume, a first acoustic driver located at a first distal end of the housing and acoustically coupled to the housing, and a second acoustic driver located at a second distal end of the housing, opposite the first distal end and acoustically coupled to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester Smith Williams, Pelham Norville
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Publication number: 20170111733Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester S. Williams, Pelham Norville
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Patent number: 9571784Abstract: Exemplary media content watch list systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a media content watch list subsystem maintaining media content watch list data representing a plurality of media content instances available for experiencing by a user, receiving a request for a media content watch list from a media content access device associated with the user, generating the media content watch list based on the media content watch list data and the request, and transmitting data representative of the media content watch list to the media content access device for presentation to the user. The maintaining of the media content watch list data includes updating the media content watch list data based on at least one predetermined non-watch-list-specific operation performed by the media content access device associated with the user. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Brian F. Roberts, George M. Higa, Joseph M. Geiger, Jayson Sellers, Donald H. Relyea, Greg A. Johns, Heath Stallings
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Patent number: 9571917Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester S. Williams, Pelham Norville
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Publication number: 20160337747Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester Smith Williams, Pelham Norville, Brandon Westley
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Publication number: 20160309252Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph M. Geiger, Muhammad Masood, Daniel M. Gauger, JR.
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Patent number: 9407738Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph M. Geiger, Muhammad Masood, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr.
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Publication number: 20160021449Abstract: An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester S. Williams, Pelham Norville
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Publication number: 20160021446Abstract: An acoustic device having a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes housing that defines an acoustic volume, a first acoustic driver located at a first distal end of the housing and acoustically coupled to the housing, and a second acoustic driver located at a second distal end of the housing, opposite the first distal end and acoustically coupled to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Bojan Rip, Joseph M. Geiger, Chester Smith Williams, Pelham Norville
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Publication number: 20150296061Abstract: An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph M. Geiger, Muhammad Masood, Daniel M. Gauger, JR.