Patents by Inventor LINCOLN PENN HANCOCK

LINCOLN PENN HANCOCK 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: 20180204187
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication of users present in a meeting room at a current time, responsive to a user being in the meeting room, obtaining user identification information corresponding to the detected user in the meeting room, obtaining a schedule for the meeting room identifying users invited to attend a meeting during a current time period, comparing the identifications of the detected users to the invited users to determine if an invited user is in the meeting room, applying a first wait policy responsive to no invited user being in the meeting room, and responsive to successful application of the first wait policy, releasing the meeting room to permit the meeting room to be booked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
  • Publication number: 20170357403
    Abstract: For controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch, an apparatus is disclosed. A system, method, and program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus for controlling a cursor using a force vector input by a user touch includes a force sensor operatively coupled to a surface, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: measure a force vector input by a user touch at the surface, the force vector including a magnitude and a direction, translate the magnitude into a cursor velocity, and control movements of a cursor based on the cursor velocity and the determined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Geary, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Thomas John Sluchak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu
  • Publication number: 20170325038
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a device housing; a sensor disposed within the device housing; a plurality of audio devices disposed within the device housing; a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of audio devices; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: activate a first set of the plurality of audio devices; detect, using the sensor, a use mode; and change, using the processor, to a second active set of the plurality of audio devices based on the use mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Lincoln Penn Hancock
  • Patent number: 9807499
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive information pertaining to a location of a user and, based at least in part on the information, determine an apparatus to actuate from among plural apparatuses to participate in communication concerning audio data. The instructions are also executable to, based at least in part on the determination, participate in communication with the apparatus concerning audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock
  • Publication number: 20170289676
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive information pertaining to a location of a user and, based at least in part on the information, determine an apparatus to actuate from among plural apparatuses to participate in communication concerning audio data. The instructions are also executable to, based at least in part on the determination, participate in communication with the apparatus concerning audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: AARON MICHAEL STEWART, JEFFREY E. SKINNER, JONATHAN JEN-WEI YU, LINCOLN PENN HANCOCK