Patents by Inventor Nicholas Lowe

Nicholas Lowe 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: 10402037
    Abstract: Approaches are described for determining and displaying recommended content on a lock screen of a computing device. For example, a lock screen can include recommended content that can display user-specific offers and/or other information determined to be relevant to the user. One of a full-screen template, a banner template, or a notification template include the recommended content. The recommended content can include selectable elements that, when selected, can cause the computing device to perform an action such as launching an application, providing additional displays, etc. Using display information, the computing device can determine a display schedule, whereby the display schedule can be used to set a frequency at which the recommended content is displayed, a time at which the recommended content is displayed, the type of template used to express the recommended content, placement of the recommended content on a display screen, among other such display options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Eric Van Gorkom, Alexander Gregory Wipf, Aidan Nicholas Low, Enrique de la Garza Villarreal, Timothy Scott Pinkawa, Alexander David Evans
  • Patent number: 9071967
    Abstract: Various embodiments enable devices to share network authentication credentials or other information. For example, a computing device authorized to access a wireless network can be used to manage access to the wireless network, such as by modifying, sharing, or creating a password to access the wireless network. A peer-to-peer connection can be established between the authorized computing device and at least one other computing device (e.g., a guest computing device). Upon establishing the peer-to-peer connection between the devices, a service, application, or system component operating on each device can be used to share network authentication credentials between the devices. For example, the user of the authorized device can cause to be transmitted network authentication credentials to a guest computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Damon Michael Davies, Mike Kan, Scott Austin Haynie, Aidan Nicholas Low, David MacGregor Foltz
  • Publication number: 20150050342
    Abstract: Compositions are provided comprising: (i) chlorhexidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (ii) niacinamide or niacin; and (iii) salicylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof. The compositions are suitable for use in treating and preventing disorders of the skin. The compositions are also provided in the form of cosmetic products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas Lowe, Philippa Lowe
  • Patent number: 8868694
    Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as a smart network connector device, a smart network extender device and one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. An installation module is configured to connect to the smart network host device to determine whether a user is attempting to setup multiple network devices substantially simultaneously. The installation module then configures the multiple network devices based on the other network devices connected to the smart network host device. The installation module simplifies setup of the smart network by combining the configuration of multiple network devices into a single setup flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddhartha Dattagupta, Aaron Hyman Averbuch, Mike Mouawad, Aidan Nicholas Low
  • Publication number: 20130124715
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is presented for determining which downloadable applets are exposed to a user of a computer when the computer is connected to a network. Included are the steps of detecting a change in the topology of a network, requesting from a router device topology information for the network, comparing the topology information against a requirements list associated with an application executing on the computing device, where the requirements list delineates at least one of a capability and a service necessary for the application to operate properly within a network, and determining whether the application is supported by the topology of the smart home network. If the application is supported, then the application is exposed, unless the application is not permitted to operate within the network. If the application is not supported or not permitted to operate within the network, then the application is not exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Aaron Hyman AVERBUCH, Rodney David Smith, Thomas E. Logan, Aidan Nicholas Low, Daniel Richard Albertson, Alan Scott Pearson
  • Publication number: 20120317247
    Abstract: A smart network may include a smart network host device as well as a smart network connector device, a smart network extender device and one or more client devices configured to connect to the smart network. An installation module is configured to connect to the smart network host device to determine whether a user is attempting to setup multiple network devices substantially simultaneously. The installation module then configures the multiple network devices based on the other network devices connected to the smart network host device. The installation module simplifies setup of the smart network by combining the configuration of multiple network devices into a single setup flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Siddhartha DATTAGUPTA, Aaron Hyman AVERBUCH, Mike MOUAWAD, Aidan Nicholas LOW
  • Publication number: 20060200489
    Abstract: A company is compared to a generic company model to identify differences between the company and the generic company model. The generic company model includes a work model that describes sequences of tasks that form processes performed within a generic company and a persona model that describes generic personas in the generic company and tasks that each generic persona performs. The differences between the generic company model and the company are used to modify the generic company model to form a company-specific model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Lowe, Kathlyn Gallines, Peter Johannsen, Samantha Britney, Finn Rode, Thomas Jensen, Jakob Nielsen, Cary Rohwer, Robert Edmiston, James Utzschneider, Susan Bohn
  • Publication number: 20060200476
    Abstract: The location of a drawing of an activity, a property of an element in the drawing and the structural relationship of elements in the drawing are stored in a database. The database is accessed to form a user interface that provides a hierarchical representation of activities and the elements within activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ramakanthachary Gottumukkala, Josh Honeyman, Madan Natu, Michael Ehrenberg, Nicholas Lowe, Thomas Jensen, Cary Rohwer
  • Publication number: 20060200771
    Abstract: An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine if it is an active task that needs to be performed in one or more processes. For each active task, an element is added to the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jakob Nielsen, Nicholas Lowe, Kevin Honeyman, Cary Rohwer, Brian Glaeske, Hans Mark, Morten Holm-Petersen, Arne de Booij