Patents by Inventor Joshua LaTendresse

Joshua LaTendresse 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).

  • Audio Controller for Gaming and Telephony
    Publication number: 20150065248
    Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods comprise: an audio mixer; a game chat output interface configured to transmit game chat output audio from the apparatus; a mobile output interface configured to transmit mobile output audio from the apparatus; a microphone interface configured to receive microphone audio into the apparatus; and wherein, responsive to selection of a first mode, the audio mixer is configured to provide the game chat output audio based on the microphone audio; and wherein, responsive to selection of a second mode, the audio mixer is further configured to provide the mobile output audio based on the microphone audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua LaTendresse, Robert Foster, Nicholas Paterson, Carrianne Minick, Wei Hai
  • Headset with noise plates
    Patent number: 8335335
    Abstract: A headset comprises two earphones joined together by a band which can be worn over the head of a wearer. Each earphone includes a noise plate, which functions to attenuate or eliminate noise from the environment such as a tournament gaming environment. The noise plate includes an aperture through which a boom assembly that houses a microphone may engage to transmit utterances of the wearer to audio processing circuitry. A grille can be exposed when the noise plate is removed, which allows sounds produced in the ambient environment to enter the earphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Astro Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Reiss, Kurt Dammermann, Joshua LaTendresse, Adam Barry, Dana Krieger, Brett Lovelady
  • Headset with Noise Plates
    Publication number: 20120140961
    Abstract: A headset comprises two earphones joined together by a band which can be worn over the head of a wearer. Each earphone includes a noise plate, which functions to attenuate or eliminate noise from the environment such as a tournament gaming environment. The noise plate includes an aperture through which a boom assembly that houses a microphone may engage to transmit utterances of the wearer to audio processing circuitry. A grille can be exposed when the noise plate is removed, which allows sounds produced in the ambient environment to enter the earphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Jordan Reiss, Kurt Dammermann, Joshua LaTendresse, Adam Barry, Dana Krieger, Brett Lovelady
  • Headset with noise plates
    Patent number: 8139807
    Abstract: A headset comprises two earphones joined together by a band which can be worn over the head of a wearer. Each earphone includes a noise plate, which functions to attenuate or eliminate noise from the environment such as a tournament gaming environment. The noise plate includes an aperture through which a boom assembly that houses a microphone may engage to transmit utterances of the wearer to audio processing circuitry. A grille can be exposed when the noise plate is removed, which allows sounds produced in the ambient environment to enter the earphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Astro Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Reiss, Kurt Dammermann, Joshua LaTendresse, Adam Barry, Dana Krieger, Brett Lovelady
  • HEADSET WITH NOISE PLATES
    Publication number: 20090238397
    Abstract: A headset comprises two earphones joined together by a band which can be worn over the head of a wearer. Each earphone includes a noise plate, which functions to attenuate or eliminate noise from the environment such as a tournament gaming environment. The noise plate includes an aperture through which a boom assembly that houses a microphone may engage to transmit utterances of the wearer to audio processing circuitry. A grille can be exposed when the noise plate is removed, which allows sounds produced in the ambient environment to enter the earphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRO GAMING, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Reiss, Kurt Dammermann, Joshua LaTendresse, Adam Barry, Dana Krieger, Brett Lovelady