Patents by Inventor Mark C. Solomon

Mark C. Solomon 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).

  • Patent number: 11076806
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Publication number: 20200315533
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Patent number: 10602980
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Patent number: 10528319
    Abstract: Audio capture systems and methods applicable to a large interactive device (LID) are provided. An audio capture method can include relating captured ambient audio provided by a first user with media presented to the first user via the LID. The method can also include indicating related media displayed on the LID based upon an audio input provided by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: April Slayden Mitchell, Susie Wee, Mark C. Solomon, Glenn A. Wong
  • Publication number: 20190083033
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Patent number: 10016161
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FITBIT, INC.
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Patent number: 9983785
    Abstract: A device to detect a directional hand gesture, identify an input mode of the device associated with the directional hand gesture to launch the input mode, modify a user interface rendered on a display component of the device based on the input mode, and modify a setting of the sensor based on whether the input mode includes a virtual keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn A Wong, Mark C Solomon
  • Patent number: 9710124
    Abstract: An example method includes determining a region of interest of an interactive display. The method also includes determining a time since utilization of a user interface element exceeds a threshold. The method includes determining timing information for content in a region of the interactive display other than the region of interest, determining the content is stale based on the timing information exceeding a threshold, and removing the content from the interactive display based on the content being stale. The method includes automatically moving the user interface element progressively over a period of time from an initial location to the region other than the region of interest. The method further includes providing another user interface element capable of selecting a previous time since utilization, receiving input selecting the previous time since utilization, and moving the user interface element to a historic location associated with the previous time since utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: April Slayden Mitchell, Glenn A Wong, Susie Wee, Mark C Solomon
  • Publication number: 20170131971
    Abstract: Audio capture systems and methods applicable to a large interactive device (LID) are provided. An audio capture method can include relating captured ambient audio provided by a first user with media presented to the first user via the LID. The method can also include indicating related media displayed on the LID based upon an audio input provided by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: April Slayden Mitchell, Susie Wee, Mark C. Solomon, Glenn A. Wong
  • Patent number: 9563353
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing a gesture-based user interface. A system includes an operator input device and a processor. The operator input device detects gestures and multiple simultaneous touch points. An input area of the operator input device includes a plurality of gesture detection zones. The processor is coupled to the operator input device. The processor executes a gesture recognition software program that processes inputs from the input device. The gesture recognition program causes the processor to recognize a primary gesture and a simultaneous secondary gesture, and to perform a processing function based, at least in part, on the primary gesture and a gesture detection zone in which the secondary gesture is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Wong, Mark C. Solomon
  • Publication number: 20160324470
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Patent number: 9471102
    Abstract: A wearable device is disclosed that includes circuitry in both the display device and the securing device, for example a watch and watch band. The circuitry in the securing device is electrically connected to the display device electrical circuitry and may be used to extend the functionality of the display device or create additional display space for use by the display device. These are but two examples of possible uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Pebble Technology, Corp.
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns, Andrew J. Witte, Eric B. Migicovsky, Aaron A. Oro, Alexis R. A. De Stasio
  • Patent number: 9384340
    Abstract: A device to detect a portable device associated with a user accessing an accessible region of the device with a sensor, identify the portable device and log the user into the device with a profile of the user if the accessible region is accessed by the portable device, and generate a session on the device based on the profile of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark C Solomon, Glenn A Wong, April Slayden Mitchell, Susie Wee, Ian N Robinson, Manjirnath Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9367087
    Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Pebble Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
  • Patent number: 9317107
    Abstract: Image display systems and methods are provided. A plurality of pixel groups, each including a plurality of independent pixels, forms a display. A plurality of lenses (1251-N) forming an optical array and aligned along at least one axis (130), can be disposed proximate the display. Each of the plurality of lenses can provide a limited viewing arc (1501-N) for each of the plurality of independent pixels. A sample system can also include a detector (160) to detect the presence and location of a first user (165) and a second user (170) and logic (175), that when executed by a processor (180) coupled to the display, routes a first display signal (1451) based upon the viewing arc of a first portion of pixels; and routes a second display signal (1452) based upon the viewing arc of a second portion of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Susie Wee, Andrew J Patti, Mark C Solomon, Glenn A Wong, April Slayden Mitchell, Qi-Bin Sun, Zhi-Shou Zhang
  • Patent number: 9317713
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to displaying private user content (420) of a first user (430) on a large interactive display (410) of a multi-user interface. The visibility of the private user content is obstructed based on identifying a second user (440).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn A Wong, April Slayden Mitchell, Mark C Solomon
  • Publication number: 20160062392
    Abstract: A wearable device is disclosed that includes circuitry in both the display device and the securing device, for example a watch and watch band. The circuitry in the securing device is electrically connected to the display device electrical circuitry and may be used to extend the functionality of the display device or create additional display space for use by the display device. These are but two examples of possible uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns, Andrew J. Witte, Eric B. Migicovsky, Aaron A. Oro, Alexis R. A. De Stasio
  • Patent number: 9261913
    Abstract: A system or method including a display and sensor to detect touches of the display. The display can display an image of a keyboard. The image of the keyboard can be shaped to the locations of the touches of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gaurang Mittal, Robert Campbell, Glenn A. Wong, Mark C. Solomon, Arthur Chao-Chung Wu
  • Patent number: D762173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Compant, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark C. Solomon, Giovanni Mata Magana
  • Patent number: D782411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Colleen F. Mischke, Mark C. Solomon, John G. Muhlenkamp, IV