Patents by Inventor Josh WOLFF

Josh WOLFF 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).

  • Persistent display device with power harvesting
    Patent number: 10269309
    Abstract: A display device which includes an electronic paper display additionally comprises power harvesting hardware and display update hardware which is configured to control the updating of the electronic paper display based on a sensed power harvesting level which may, in various embodiments, be a current incoming power level as generated by the power harvesting hardware or a stored power level in a power storage device within the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Alastair Taylor, Nicholas Yen-Cherng Chen, John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Stephen Edward Hodges, James Scott, Albrecht Schmidt, Pascal Knierim, Gavin Wood, Josh Wolff Fromm, Tobias Grosse-Puppendahl
  • PERSISTENT DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POWER HARVESTING
    Publication number: 20170098416
    Abstract: A display device which includes an electronic paper display additionally comprises power harvesting hardware and display update hardware which is configured to control the updating of the electronic paper display based on a sensed power harvesting level which may, in various embodiments, be a current incoming power level as generated by the power harvesting hardware or a stored power level in a power storage device within the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Stuart Alastair Taylor, Nicholas Yen-Cherng Chen, John Franciscus Marie Helmes, Stephen Edward Hodges, James Scott, Albrecht Schmidt, Pascal Knierim, Gavin Wood, Josh Wolff Fromm, Tobias Grosse-Puppendahl
  • DUAL DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170083232
    Abstract: A display device has both an emissive display and an electronic paper display. The electronic paper display is used for rendering visually static user input controls and a portion of the emissive display which is close to the electronic paper display is used for rendering visually dynamic user input controls. Also described are covers for an emissive display device, the covers comprising an electronic paper display device, and an emissive display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: John Franciscus Marie Helmes, James Scott, Stephen Edward Hodges, Urho Konttori, Nicholas Yen-Cherng Chen, Stuart Alastair Taylor, Pascal Knierim, Gavin Wood, Josh Wolff Fromm
  • Mobile Device And Method For Using The Mobile Device
    Publication number: 20140101611
    Abstract: A device and method for operating the device that includes verifying a user, managing communication priorities, predicting application use, rewarding the user for device activity, posting social media status updates, and enhancing sleep patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew K. LANG, Steven SPENCER, Josh WOLFF