Patents by Inventor Justin Michael Ringuette

Justin Michael Ringuette 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).

  • Publication number: 20220198076
    Abstract: Apparatus that can detect chassis tamper events are disclosed. One apparatus includes a chassis including a secure area housing a secure element within the chassis and a security switch coupled between the chassis and the secure area. The security switch includes a switch and a processor in which the switch is configured to mechanically trigger to a tamper state from a non-tamper state in response to a chassis tamper event occurring between the chassis and the secure area and to be electrically reset to the non-tamper state from the tamper state in response to receiving a reset signal from the processor. Methods and computer program products that can perform chassis tamper event and switch reset functions for the apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert Norton, Sandy Collins
  • Publication number: 20220180010
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, an electrical circuit that includes a screw forming part of the circuit, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to determine that the screw has been removed from the circuit and to take at least one action at the device to indicate device tampering based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert James Norton, JR., Sandy Scott Collins
  • Patent number: 11250227
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify a decryption key, receive input from the camera, identify a quick response (QR) code based on the input from the camera, and use the decryption key to decrypt at least part of the QR code. The instructions may also be executable to identify a subset of content indicated via the QR code based on the decryption of the QR code and to then present the subset of content on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert Norton, Sandy Scott Collins
  • Publication number: 20220027592
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify a decryption key, receive input from the camera, identify a quick response (QR) code based on the input from the camera, and use the decryption key to decrypt at least part of the QR code. The instructions may also be executable to identify a subset of content indicated via the QR code based on the decryption of the QR code and to then present the subset of content on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert Norton, Sandy Scott Collins
  • Patent number: 11169749
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request to print a document; analyzing, using a processor, content of the document; determining, based on the analyzing, a printing characteristic of the content, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic; establishing, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing the document. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Sandy Scott Collins, Richard Todd Wall, Jimmie Dale Treat, Wiechun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11113383
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive password input from a second device and to determine whether the password input indicates at least one predetermined character and at least one dynamic character that conforms to at least one preestablished parameter. The instructions are also executable to permit a login via the first device responsive to a determination that the password input indicates the at least one predetermined character and at least one dynamic character that conforms to the at least one preestablished parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert James Norton, Jr., Sandy Scott Collins
  • Patent number: 11102388
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: activating, on a device, a world view camera; obtaining, using the world view camera, world view image data; activating, on the device, a front view camera; obtaining, using the front view camera, front view image data; and providing, on a display of the device, a view displaying the front view image data and the world view image data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David Perez-Feliciano, Justin Michael Ringuette, Catherine Pratt Davis
  • Publication number: 20210258292
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to determine that the first device is currently logged in to a service associated with a predetermined domain name. The instructions may also be executable to, based on the first device being logged in to the service associated with the predetermined domain name, permit an image to be one or more of viewed at the first device and sent to a second device. The image may not be accessed by the first device through the service or sent to the second device through the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Norton, Justin Michael Ringuette, Sandy Scott Collins
  • Publication number: 20210256297
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to categorize a first image into one of a work category and a non-work category. Based on the first image being categorized into the work category, the instructions may be executable to present the first image on a display while the device is disposed at a first location associated with the work category. Based on the first image being categorized into the non-work category, the instructions may be executable to present the first image on the display while the device is disposed at a second location associated with the non-work category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert Norton, Sandy Scott Collins
  • Patent number: 11036386
    Abstract: For application switching, a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a display, an input module that monitors user input for a switching command, an axis module that determines whether the switching command is along a first axis or along a second axis, the first axis being orthogonal to the second axis, and a switching module that presents a next application on the display in response to the switching command being along the first axis and that presents a next instance of a current application on the display in response to the switching command being along the second axis. In certain embodiments, the first axis comprises a vertical axis with respect to the display and the second axis comprises a horizontal axis with respect to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David Perez-Feliciano, Catherine Pratt Davis, James Alan Pfaltzgraff, Justin Michael Ringuette
  • Publication number: 20210058782
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to access a first network connection history for a second device different from the first device. The instructions are also executable to determine in a first instance whether to authenticate the second device based on the first network connection history and to authenticate the second device based on a determination to authenticate the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Robert James Norton, JR., Justin Michael Ringuette, Sandy Scott Collins
  • Publication number: 20210055890
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request to print a document; analyzing, using a processor, content of the document; determining, based on the analyzing, a printing characteristic of the content, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic; establishing, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing the document. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Sandy Scott Collins, Richard Todd Wall, Jimmie Dale Treat, Wiechun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210019391
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive password input from a second device and to determine whether the password input indicates at least one predetermined character and at least one dynamic character that conforms to at least one preestablished parameter. The instructions are also executable to permit a login via the first device responsive to a determination that the password input indicates the at least one predetermined character and at least one dynamic character that conforms to the at least one preestablished parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert James Norton, JR., Sandy Scott Collins
  • Publication number: 20200310544
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: determining, using a processor, at least one area of interest on a display screen of an information handling device; identifying at least one haptic source corresponding to the at least one area of interest; and directing, based on the identifying, the at least one haptic source to produce a standing wave pattern. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Robert James Norton, JR.
  • Patent number: 10778847
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using an information handling device, a proximate sound source; determining, using a processor, that noise produced by the proximate sound source is duplicated on a conference bridge that a user is connected to and is within an audible range of the user; and preventing, based on the determining, the noise on the conference bridge from reaching the user. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sandy Scott Collins, Justin Michael Ringuette, Richard Todd Wall
  • Publication number: 20200203783
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: measuring, using a controller circuit of an information handling device, resistance of a printed resistive element coated onto a portion of a battery; identifying, based on the measuring, an aspect associated with battery swelling; determining, using a processor, whether the aspect is greater than a predetermined threshold; and triggering, responsive to determining that the aspect is greater than the predetermined threshold, execution of a remedial action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette, Larry Glenn Estes
  • Patent number: 10523605
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for conforming electronic communication attachments to a recipient system's settings. One or more characteristics of a resource attached to an electronic communication being sent to a recipient system are determined. It is determined whether one or more characteristics of a resource conform to one or more settings of a recipient system. One or more nonconforming characteristics of a resource are adjusted prior to sending the electronic communication such that the one or more nonconforming characteristics of the resource conform to the one or more settings of the recipient system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Scott Wentao Li, Zhenglong Bai, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Axel Ramirez Flores, Justin Michael Ringuette
  • Patent number: 9996517
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accessing, using a processor, a form comprising at least one fillable field; receiving, from an audio input device, audio input from a user; identifying, using a processor, a fillable field associated with the audio input; and providing input, based on the audio input, to the fillable field associated with the audio input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Justin Michael Ringuette
  • Patent number: 9848121
    Abstract: Methods and electronic devices are provided that obtain a reference image of an imaged body using a first camera disposed on a first side of an electronic device, obtain image data of the imaged body using a second camera disposed on an opposite, second side of the electronic device, and provide guidance to an operator of the electronic device based on a comparison between the reference image and the image data. The guidance notifies the operator how to move the electronic device so that the imaged body in the image data is closer to being spatially aligned with a reference location of the imaged body in the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David Perez-Feliciano, Guillermo Regulez, Justin Michael Ringuette
  • Patent number: 9805254
    Abstract: For preventing clearing of a display, a method is disclosed that includes receiving input from a non-tactile sensor, determining user activity based on the input from the sensor, and preventing a display from clearing in response to determining the user activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Amy Leigh Rose, Guillermo Regulez, Justin Michael Ringuette, Nathan J. Peterson, Jennifer Lee-Baron, John Scott Crowe