Patents by Inventor Matthew Price Roper

Matthew Price Roper 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: 10372396
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device; using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; establishing, using a communication module of the information handling device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; and transmitting, with the communication module of the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo ( Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso, Matthew Price Roper, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Song Wang, Bradley Park Strazisar
  • Patent number: 9910586
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for detecting input gestures. In one method, an input is detected by use of a processor. Moreover, the method may include determining a centric position of the input. A vertical axis and a horizontal axis of a virtual coordinate plane may extend through the centric position of the input such that an origin of the virtual coordinate plane is positioned within the centric position of the input. The method may also include determining that the input includes a circular gesture if the input intersects at least a positive point on a first axis extending through the origin, a negative point on the first axis, a positive point on a second axis extending through the origin, and a negative point on the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David Alexander Schwarz, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
  • Publication number: 20170255379
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for detecting input gestures. In one method, an input is detected by use of a processor. Moreover, the method may include determining a centric position of the input. A vertical axis and a horizontal axis of a virtual coordinate plane may extend through the centric position of the input such that an origin of the virtual coordinate plane is positioned within the centric position of the input. The method may also include determining that the input includes a circular gesture if the input intersects at least a positive point on a first axis extending through the origin, a negative point on the first axis, a positive point on a second axis extending through the origin, and a negative point on the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: David Alexander Schwarz, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
  • Patent number: 9652070
    Abstract: For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module, enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value, and integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
  • Patent number: 9575651
    Abstract: For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes displaying a graphical object on a touch screen device, receiving an input of a user touch of the graphical object on the touch screen, and altering an indicated portion of the touch screen responsive to a characteristic of the touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Patent number: 9392088
    Abstract: A device includes a transceiver, a microphone, a sensor, and a controller coupled to receive signals from the sensor and to place the device into a mute mode when the signals from the sensor are indicative of a user action to reduce transmission of the user's voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bradley Park Strazisar, Toby John Bowen, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Matthew Price Roper, Song Erin Wang, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9342184
    Abstract: For managing multiple touch sources with palm rejection, a method is disclosed that includes detecting an instrument touch on a touch screen of a computing device, the instrument touch performed by a handheld instrument, disabling user touch for a portion of the touch screen, the disabled portion selected in accordance with a usage pattern, and accepting a user touch of the touch screen outside of the disabled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Howard Locker, Matthew Price Roper
  • Patent number: 9323739
    Abstract: For identifying words for a context, a monitor module monitors first communications at a digital processing system and determines usage frequencies of a plurality of words in one or more contexts. An identity module identifies a first word in response to a usage frequency for the first word exceeding a use threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Robert A. Bowser, John Miles Hunt, Jian Li, Matthew Price Roper, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9304612
    Abstract: A method includes capturing stylus input via a background task running on a mobile device, wherein the stylus input is from user interactions with the stylus separate from the mobile device, suppressing display of stylus input on a display screen of the mobile device while capturing stylus input via the background task, and storing the stylus input on a computer readable storage device accessible by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Jian Li, Scott Edwards Kelso, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • Publication number: 20150253877
    Abstract: A method includes capturing stylus input via a background task running on a mobile device, wherein the stylus input is from user interactions with the stylus separate from the mobile device, suppressing display of stylus input on a display screen of the mobile device while capturing stylus input via the background task, and storing the stylus input on a computer readable storage device accessible by the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Jian Li, Scott Edwards Kelso, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • Patent number: 9122992
    Abstract: For predicting web pages, a calculation module predicts a web page from a current context and displays the predicted web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Robert A. Bowser, Jian Li, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
  • Patent number: 9094532
    Abstract: A method includes sensing a local environmental condition, receiving an electronic communication message, sensing a local microphone signal level associated with the communication message, and issuing a notification if the local microphone signal level exceeds a threshold associated with the local environmental condition. In such a method, an electronic communication may be a telephone call, a video call, a text message, a message communicated via a short message service, a message communicated via a multimedia message service or other type of message. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Axel Ramirez Flores, Bradley Park Strazisar, Howard J. Locker, James Stephen Rutledge, Julie Anne Morris, Matthew Price Roper, Michael Thano Matthews, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin, Yi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150186005
    Abstract: For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes displaying a graphical object on a touch screen device, receiving an input of a user touch of the graphical object on the touch screen, and altering an indicated portion of the touch screen responsive to a characteristic of the touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Publication number: 20150177870
    Abstract: For managing multiple touch sources with palm rejection, a method is disclosed that includes detecting an instrument touch on a touch screen of a computing device, the instrument touch performed by a handheld instrument, disabling user touch for a portion of the touch screen, the disabled portion selected in accordance with a usage pattern, and accepting a user touch of the touch screen outside of the disabled portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Howard Locker, Matthew Price Roper
  • Publication number: 20150161937
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information identifying overlap of multiple overlapping screens of display devices, determining a screen size corresponding to the overlapping screens, determining pixels to display on each overlapping display screen, and sending the determined pixels to each display screen to display images on the display screens corresponding to the determined screen size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard J. Locker, Elif Karakaya, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Matthew Price Roper
  • Patent number: 9055543
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, at a low power wireless communication subsystem of an information handling device, a beacon from a wirelessly connectable device; determining, with the low power wireless communication subsystem, if the received beacon warrants executing a communication protocol; in response to determining the received beacon warrants executing a communication protocol, powering on a main system component and a higher power wireless communication subsystem; and establishing a wireless connection between the higher power wireless communication subsystem and the wirelessly connectable device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Matthew Price Roper, Howard Locker, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 9042827
    Abstract: For modifying a function based on user proximity, a proximity module determines a distance between an electronic device and a transported device in wireless communication with the electronic device. The proximity module further modifies a function of the electronic device if the distance is within the specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Robert A. Bowser, Scott Edwards Kelso, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20150095771
    Abstract: A system and method include determining a context of a user via a mobile device having a processor and a memory device, selecting a journal using the processor based on the determined context of the user, determining an application corresponding to the journal using the processor, and opening the selected journal in the loaded application using the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Elif Karakaya, Howard J. Locker, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Matthew Price Roper
  • Publication number: 20150084873
    Abstract: For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module, enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value, and integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
  • Publication number: 20140244239
    Abstract: For identifying words for a context, a monitor module monitors first communications at a digital processing system and determines usage frequencies of a plurality of words in one or more contexts. An identity module identifies a first word in response to a usage frequency for the first word exceeding a use threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Robert A. Bowser, John Miles Hunt, Jian Li, Matthew Price Roper, Jianbang Zhang