Patents by Inventor Lucian Hughes

Lucian Hughes 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: 20080012701
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating feedback. In one aspect, a method includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is associated with a mobile device of a user; aggregating the received sensor data to generate aggregated sensor data; processing the aggregated sensor data to determine an aggregated metric; comparing the aggregated metric to a target associated with the user to determine a measure of performance; and generating feedback based on the determined measure of performance. Further, the mobile device can comprise a mobile personal services device that includes one or more of an audio sensor, a video sensor, an environmental sensor, a biometric sensor, a location sensor, an activity detector, and a health monitor. The feedback can be displayed on the mobile personal services device. The feedback also can be displayed in near real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Alex Kass, Lucian Hughes, Owen Richter, Dana Le, Daniel Farina
  • Publication number: 20070112873
    Abstract: Techniques for providing blocks of data to a remote computer system for insertion into a computer-generated document residing on the remote computer system. The techniques include identifying, in the central network-accessible computer system, a plurality of blocks of data, a source for obtaining current data for each of the blocks of data, and an identifier that uniquely identifies each of the blocks of data In response to a request from the remote computer system received by the central network-accessible computer system for current data for a specified one of the plurality of blocks of data, the central network-accessible computer system transmits the requested current data for the block of data from the central network-accessible computer system to the remote computer system for insertion into a computer-generated document residing on the remote computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbH
    Inventors: Sami Jokela, Lucian Hughes
  • Publication number: 20060230071
    Abstract: An event analysis system monitors information available from both publicly and privately distributed networks of information for events that are relevant to the user's particular business concerns. Those concerns are defined in a customized model of the user's organization and external business environment. The system receives the information, detects events in the information, interprets the events, and determines implications of these events. The detection and implication proceeds with regard to specific entities, relationships between entities, and definitions of the types of events which may occur in the environment in which the entities exist. Accordingly, the analysis system intelligently adapts its processing to recognize and report events which may be of interest for any particular entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Alex Kass, Christopher Cowell-Shah, Neil Sheth, Lucian Hughes
  • Publication number: 20060187628
    Abstract: A wearable computer system has a user interface with at least an audio-only mode of operating, and that is natural in appearance and facilitates natural interactions with the system and the user's surroundings. The wearable computer system may retrieve information from the user's voice or surroundings using a passive user interface. The audio-only user interface for the wearable computer system may include two audio receivers and a single output device, such as a speaker, that provides audio data directly to the user. The two audio receivers may be miniature microphones that collaborate to input audio signals from the user's surroundings while also accurately inputting voice commands from the user. Additionally, the user may enter natural voice commands to the wearable computer system in a manner that blends in with the natural phrases and terminology spoken by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Dana Le, Lucian Hughes, Owen Richter
  • Publication number: 20060015923
    Abstract: A collaborative interactive service is provided. Event messages are automatically generated and provided to a plurality of user devices via a networked communication environment, based on events of a subset of particular episodes of a plurality of episodes. User messages are received from the user devices via the networked communication environment, responsive to the generated event-based messages, and the received user messages are correlated to the events. The event messages are generated and provided based, in addition, on the user messages received and correlated. Association messages are received from the plurality of user devices, and the association messages are processed to determine the plurality of user devices and the subset of particular episodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Mei Chuah, Lucian Hughes
  • Patent number: 6446076
    Abstract: A system, method and article of manufacture for facilitating a user in, or creating for a user, a web-based active knowledge management system to facilitate an intelligent agent coordinator. The architecture facilitates delivery of information whenever and where ever a user requires the information in an appropriate format based on characteristics of the user at that instant. Personalization of information is also afforded by taking into account the history of user interactions with various applications and current real time situations, such a time and place, in order to create a plurality of unique user profile. Each unique profile can then be associated with a unique address, as well as being given restriction exclusive to that profile. Associations, such as business rules or databases, can also be related to each such profile. A fast and scalable information prioritization subsystem is also utilized to incorporate intelligent agents coordinator opinion, user preferences, and history of user interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Accenture LLP.
    Inventors: Chad Burkey, Sergei Lopatin, Lucian Hughes