Patents by Inventor Nathan J. Peterson

Nathan J. Peterson 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).

  • Adjusting speaker volume based on a future noise event
    Patent number: 11194544
    Abstract: For adjusting speaker volume based on a future noise event, a method identifies, by a first electronic device, a future noise event. The method communicates the noise mitigation alert to a second electronic device. The method further adjusts, by the second electronic device, the speaker volume concurrent with the commencement of the future noise event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Delaney, John C. Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Destination information associated with a hyperlink
    Patent number: 11188607
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, at an information handling device, a presence of a hyperlink; determining, using a processor, destination information associated with the hyperlink; and presenting, based on the determining and prior to activating the hyperlink; the destination information to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Mark Patrick Delaney, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Image save orientation determined based on orientation of object within image
    Patent number: 11172132
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to generate an image using the camera, to determine a first orientation of at least one object shown in the image, and to save the image in a second orientation determined based on the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Delaney, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese
  • DETERMINING A RELEVANT FILE SAVE LOCATION
    Publication number: 20210342300
    Abstract: For determining a relevant file save location, a processor acquires metadata for a new file. The processor further assigns content tags for the new file based on file content and the metadata. The processor calculates a location correlation to folders of a file system using a file system database. The processor further presents a ranked display of the folders based on the location correlation on a display. The processor moves the new file to a selected folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Delaney, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Methods and devices for managing printing of content
    Patent number: 11157216
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, device, and computer program product for managing printing of content on a printing device is provided. The method operates under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable program instructions. The method includes analyzing a request to print content to determine one or more characteristic of interest (COI) associated with the request. The method identifies types of printing attributes associated with the request. The types of printing attributes include printing settings and a duplex setting to be implemented at the printing device in connection with generating printed output. The method determines a user duplex expectation (UDE) status with respect to the one or more COI. The method manages addition of a duplex indicia (DI) to the printed output based on the determining and processes the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • IMAGE SAVE ORIENTATION DETERMINED BASED ON ORIENTATION OF OBJECT WITHIN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20210329173
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to generate an image using the camera, to determine a first orientation of at least one object shown in the image, and to save the image in a second orientation determined based on the first orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Delaney, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese
  • CONTENT SHARING USING DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210312917
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify one or more commands to share content with first and second contacts. The instructions may also be executable to, based on the one or more commands to share the content, share the content with the first contact via a first application and share the content with the second contact via a second application that is different from the first application. The one or more commands to share the content may be received based on receipt of user input selecting respective selectors for the first and second contacts, where the respective selectors may be concurrently presented on a display and may each be associated with a different one of the first and second applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, Mark Patrick Delaney, Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson, John Carl Mese
  • DEVICE ACTION BASED ON PUPIL DILATION
    Publication number: 20210311548
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from the camera and to determine, based on the input from the camera, that a change in the dilation of a user's pupils has occurred. The instructions may also be executable to perform at least one action at a device based on the determination, where the at least one action may be related to the user's interest in at least a portion of content presented using the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler, Mark Patrick Delaney
  • Digital content validation
    Patent number: 11138296
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: generating, using an information handling device, digital content; providing an indication of the digital content to at least one other device; and receiving, from the at least one other device, a digital signature for the digital content. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Mark Patrick Delaney, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson
  • SELECTING AUIDO INPUT
    Publication number: 20210306766
    Abstract: For selecting audio input, a processor calculates audio scores for device audio from a plurality of electronic devices. The processor further selects a first device audio based on the audio scores. The processor presents present the first device audio at a listening electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Mark Patrick Delaney, John Carl Mese, Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler
  • UNWANTED OBJECT OBSCUREMENT IN VIDEO STREAM
    Publication number: 20210306561
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a camera of an information handling device, a video of a scene; transmitting the video to at least one other device via a video stream; determining, using a processor, whether at least one unwanted object is detected in the video of the scene; and performing, responsive to determining that the at least one unwanted object is detected in the video of the scene, an action that obscures visualization of the at least one unwanted object in the video stream. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Mark Patrick Delaney, John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler, Nathan J. Peterson
  • PALM BASED OBJECT POSITION ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20210303074
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, selection input on a virtual object from a user; identifying, using at least one sensor, a direction that a palm of the user is oriented towards; determining, using a processor, whether movement of the palm is detected toward the direction; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the movement of the palm is detected toward the direction, a position of the virtual object toward the direction. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Arnold S. Weksler, Nathan J. Peterson, John Carl Mese, Mark Patrick Delaney
  • BACKGROUND PROCESS MANAGEMENT FOR A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210303056
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for background process management for a device. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect that an information handling device is idle for a threshold period of time. The code is executable by the processor to determine an application that is executing in the background on the information handling device while it is idle. The code is executable by the processor to decrease a frequency with which the application that is executing in the background performs tasks based on an amount of time that the information handling device has been idle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler, Russell Speight VanBlon, Mark Patrick Delaney, John Carl Mese
  • VIDEO FEED ACCESS DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20210306715
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request from a user to access a video feed; determining, using a processor, whether: an authorized association exists between the user and an object associated with the video feed; and a predetermined condition is satisfied; and granting, responsive to determining that the authorized associations exists and that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the user access to the video feed. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson, Mark Patrick Delaney, Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese
  • NOISE CANCELLATION USING DYNAMIC LATENCY VALUE
    Publication number: 20210304723
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting audio being supplied across an electronic communication medium, wherein the audio comprises at least one noise other than a speaker; minimizing the at least one noise by dynamically adjusting a latency of the audio being supplied to a recipient, wherein the minimizing comprises adjusting the latency to a value allowing for a noise cancelling algorithm to minimize the at least one noise; and providing the audio having the minimized at least one noise to the recipient. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, John Weldon Nicholson, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler, Mark Patrick Delaney
  • Disturbance setting adjustment
    Patent number: 11126479
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, on an information handling device, an active application; adjusting, using a processor and without additional user input, a disturbance setting based on the active application; and reacting to incoming notifications based on the adjusted disturbance setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese, Mark Patrick Delaney, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Reverse image search using portion of image but not entirety of image
    Patent number: 11120071
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive user input selecting a portion of an image, where the portion of the image may not include the entirety of the image. The instructions may also be executable to, based on the user input, perform a reverse image search using the portion of the image but not the entirety of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Mark Patrick Delaney, Nathan J. Peterson, John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Modification of when workloads access data units and/or on which storage devices data units are stored to conserve power
    Patent number: 11112852
    Abstract: A system includes storage devices storing data units. Each data unit is stored on one of the storage devices. The system includes a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer-executable code. The processor executes the code to correlate workloads to the data units with respect to which of the workloads access which of the data units, and when the workloads access the data units. The processor executes the code to when the workloads access the data units and/or and on which of the storage devices the data units are stored, so that at given times the data units stored on a subset of the storage devices are not being accessed by any workload. The processor executes the code to, during each given time, power off the subset of the storage devices storing the data units that are not being accessed by any workload to conserve power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Gary David Cudak, John Scott Crowe, Jennifer J. Lee-Baron, Jason A. Matteson, Nathan J. Peterson, Amy Leigh Rose, Bryan L. Young
  • Content-based authentication
    Patent number: 11113378
    Abstract: An approach is disclosed that presents, to a user of a device, content items accessible from the device with the content items being identified as familiar to an actual user of the device. In addition, one or more comparable items are also presented with the comparable items being identified as unfamiliar to the actual user of the device. A response is received from the user at the device that differentiates the content items the comparable items with the user being authenticated, or not, based on the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Nathan J. Peterson, Amy L. Rose, Jennifer J. Lee-Baron, Bryan L. Young, John S. Crowe
  • Apparatus, method, and program product for context-based communications
    Patent number: 11107468
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for context-based communications. One apparatus includes a processor, a microphone, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive, via the microphone, information indicating to initiate communications between the apparatus and a second device. The code is executable by the processor to transmit a request for the communications to the second device. The code is executable by the processor to, in response to transmitting the request, receive contextual awareness information corresponding to the second device. The code is executable by the processor to facilitate the communications between the apparatus and the second device based on the contextual awareness information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Mark Patrick Delaney