Patents by Inventor Kent E. Biggs
Kent E. Biggs 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: 11729281Abstract: Example implementations relate to calibration data transmissions. For example, a computing device includes a storage device to store calibration data of an electronic device coupled to the computing device. The computing device also includes a network interface to establish a network connection with a second computing device. The computing device further includes a processor to automatically transmit, via the network connection, the calibration data to the second computing device based on a location of the second computing device relative to the computing device and based on an association with second computing device via a communication session.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Richard E. Hodges, Kent E. Biggs
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Patent number: 11507891Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability to determine the availability of a conference room. In one example, a computing device may determine whether there is a user present in a conference room, determine scheduling of the conference room, and illustrate, on a display outside the conference room, availability of the conference room.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs, Robert C. Brooks
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Patent number: 11507389Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a computing device to adjust settings on a computing device. In one example method, the computing device captures, via a first sensor of a computing device, images of an environment that the computing device is currently in, and detects objects in the environment as captured by the images. As an example, the computing device determines a location of the environment based on contextual data gathered from the detected objects and adjusts a setting on the computing device based on the determined location.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs, Qian Lin, Madhu Sudan Athreya
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Patent number: 11477295Abstract: A system and method for enhancing operability of client-server computing system is herein disclosed. A system includes a first computing device. The first computing device includes a file type association module. The file type association module determines, as part of a remote computing session, whether to associate a file type with an application program on the first computing device or an application program on a second computing device. The file type association module causes the file type to associate with the application program on one of the first and second computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Michael A. Provencher, Kent E. Biggs, Thomas J. Flynn
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Patent number: 11449302Abstract: An example device includes a headset interface to connect a headset that includes a speaker and a first microphone, a second microphone to detect ambient sound in an environment of the device, and a processor connected to the headset interface and the second microphone. The processor is to perform a volume adjustment to sound to be outputted at the speaker of the headset based on the ambient sound detected by the second microphone during a call that uses the headset. The processor is further to compensate the volume adjustment for a user's voice detected at the first microphone.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs
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Patent number: 11222060Abstract: In an example, an apparatus having a voice assistant application that generates a graphical image response is provided. The apparatus includes a microphone and a processor in communication with the microphone. The microphone receives a secure voice assistant mode activation command and a voice command. The processor is to execute a voice assistant application, wherein the voice assistant application is to generate a graphical image response in response to the secure voice assistant mode activation command and the voice command, to change a privacy setting in the apparatus in response to the secure voice assistant mode activation command, to transmit the voice command from the microphone to the voice assistant application, and to transmit the graphical image response to a display.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs, Henry Wang
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Patent number: 11102611Abstract: In an example implementation, a method of tracking a mobile device includes determining by a tracked device, that a pairing status between the tracked device and a command device has changed from a paired status to an unpaired status. A timer is started on the tracked device in response to determining the unpaired status, and in response to the timer reaching a threshold time, a distress packet is transmitted from the tracked device that indicates the tracked device is lost.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Kent E. Biggs, Valentin Popescu
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Publication number: 20210216269Abstract: An example device includes a headset interface to connect a headset that includes a speaker and a first microphone, a second microphone to detect ambient sound in an environment of the device, and a processor connected to the headset interface and the second microphone. The processor is to perform a volume adjustment to sound to be outputted at the speaker of the headset based on the ambient sound detected by the second microphone during a call that uses the headset. The processor is further to compensate the volume adjustment for a user's voice detected at the first microphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs
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Publication number: 20210191735Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a computing device to adjust settings on a computing device. In one example method, the computing device captures, via a first sensor of a computing device, images of an environment that the computing device is currently in, and detects objects in the environment as captured by the images. As an example, the computing device determines a location of the environment based on contextual data gathered from the detected objects and adjusts a setting on the computing device based on the determined location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Kent E. BIGGS, Qian LIN, Madhu Sudan ATHREYA
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Publication number: 20210182330Abstract: In an example, an apparatus having a voice assistant application that generates a graphical image response is provided. The apparatus includes a microphone and a processor in communication with the microphone. The microphone receives a secure voice assistant mode activation command and a voice command. The processor is to execute a voice assistant application, wherein the voice assistant application is to generate a graphical image response in response to the secure voice assistant mode activation command and the voice command, to change a privacy setting in the apparatus in response to the secure voice assistant mode activation command, to transmit the voice command from the microphone to the voice assistant application, and to transmit the graphical image response to a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne CLARK, Kent E. BIGGS, Henry WANG
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Patent number: 11032480Abstract: In some examples, information is sensed by an optical sensor responsive to light from a marker arranged to indicate a boundary of a physical user collaborative area to receive user-input marks during a video conference session, where the marker is distinct from the physical user collaborative area. Based on the received information, the boundary of the physical user collaborative area is determined. Based on the determined boundary, a video zoom into the physical user collaborative area during the video conference session is controlled.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Henry Wang, Kent E. Biggs, Charles J. Stancil
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Patent number: 10923026Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include determining when a keyboard for a computing device is on a display surface of the computing device and, upon making the determination, using a portion of the display surface covered by the keyboard to provide a configurable backlight for the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert E. Krancher, Kent E. Biggs, Steven L. Sinclair, Jason Lee Warkentin
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Publication number: 20210027208Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide the ability to determine the availability of a conference room. In on example, a computing device may determine whether there is a user present in a conference room, determine scheduling of the conference room, and illustrate, on a display outside the conference room, availability of the conference room.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs, Robert C. Brooks
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Patent number: 10848006Abstract: A method of charging wireless peripheral devices within a conferencing system. The method includes, with a conference controller, identifying a plurality of sets of peripheral devices in communication with the conference controller, and wirelessly charging the sets of peripheral devices based on a number of policies that define prioritization of charging of the sets of peripheral devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Alexander Wayne Clark, Kent E. Biggs
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Patent number: 10768740Abstract: Example implementations relate to touch-sensitive input devices. As an example, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises instructions that when executed cause a controller of an electronic device to receive, via a touch-sensitive input device of the electronic device, a touch input. The instructions also cause the controller to determine whether the touch input corresponds to a re-orientation input. The instructions further cause the controller to, in response to a determination that the touch input corresponds to the re-orientation input, rotate an input axis associated with the touch sensitive input device from a first orientation to a second orientation based on the re-orientation input.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alexander W. Clark, Kent E. Biggs
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Patent number: 10699116Abstract: According to an example of the present disclosure, an image collection is loaded. At least one image property of the image collection is randomized, and the image collection is displayed. A registered sequence of images is accessed. At least one eye gaze and at least one eye gaze time interval are captured. A selection sequence of images in the randomized image collection is determined based on the at least one eye gaze and the at least one eye gaze time interval, and a further determination is made as to whether the selection sequence of the images in the randomized image collection matches the registered sequence of images.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Syed S. Azam, James R. Waldron, Kent E. Biggs, Richard E. Hodges
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Patent number: 10691207Abstract: An example display device includes an input module to receive a touch input that identifies a shape of an electronic device. The display device also includes a display panel. The display panel is to display first data from a computing device in a first region of the display panel. The display panel is also to, in response to a reception of the touch input, display the first data in a second region of the display panel and display second data from the electronic device in a virtual representation of the electronic device in a third region of the display panel. The third region corresponds to the shape of the electronic device. The second data is received via a connection to the computing device. The second region is smaller than the first region.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kent E. Biggs, Robert Paul Martin, Charles J Stancil, Jeffrey C Stevens, Harold Merkel
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Patent number: 10574061Abstract: Examples relate to a smart bag for charging a set of electronic devices. An example smart bag may comprise a set of power sources integral to the smart bag, where the set of power sources may comprise multiple power sources. The example smart bag may also comprise a power management engine that manages provision of power from each of the set of power sources to a first electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Kent E. Biggs, Robert C. Brooks
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Publication number: 20190394299Abstract: A system and method for enhancing operability of client-server computing system is herein disclosed. A system includes a first computing device. The first computing device includes a file type association module. The file type association module determines, as part of a remote computing session, whether to associate a file type with an application program on the first computing device or an application program on a second computing device. The file type association module causes the file type to associate with the application program on one of the first and second computing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Michael A. Provencher, Kent E. Biggs, Thomas J. Flynn
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Publication number: 20190386495Abstract: Examples relate to a smart bag for charging a set of electronic devices. An example smart bag may comprise a set of power sources integral to the smart bag, where the set of power sources may comprise multiple power sources. The example smart bag may also comprise a power management engine that manages provision of power from each of the set of power sources to a first electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Syed S. Azam, Kent E. Biggs, Robert C. Brooks