Patents by Inventor Nicholas Waywood

Nicholas Waywood 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).

  • Privacy-preserving collaborative whiteboard using augmented reality
    Patent number: 11638147
    Abstract: Providing a method for secure collaboration amongst professionals so that the contents of a collaborative work session are only seen and accessed by those professionals who are authorized to view the contents. A privacy-preserving whiteboard device, along with a set of Augmented Reality (AR) Headsets that are securely and communicatively connected to the privacy-preserving whiteboard device are used to ensure the confidentiality of the contents of the collaboration session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Allison Irvin, Filiz Isabell Kiral, Lenin Mehedy, Nicholas Waywood
  • PRIVACY-PRESERVING COLLABORATIVE WHITEBOARD USING AUGMENTED REALITY
    Publication number: 20210160693
    Abstract: Providing a method for secure collaboration amongst professionals so that the contents of a collaborative work session are only seen and accessed by those professionals who are authorized to view the contents. A privacy-preserving whiteboard device, along with a set of Augmented Reality (AR) Headsets that are securely and communicatively connected to the privacy-preserving whiteboard device are used to ensure the confidentiality of the contents of the collaboration session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Allison Irvin, Filiz Isabell Kiral, Lenin Mehedy, Nicholas Waywood
  • Generating personalized routes incentivized for one or more users
    Patent number: 10097947
    Abstract: A method includes registering a given client device with a server to receive personalized routing for a given user, building a user model for the given user, the user model being based on personal attributes for a plurality of users including the given user, identifying patterns of personal attributes for the given user, generating a personalized route for the given user based on matching the patterns of personal attributes with one or more route attributes, identifying one or more personalized incentives for the given user based on the personal attributes of the given user and the route attributes, modifying the personalized route for the given user to generate an incentivized personalized route for the given user, and transmitting a notification from the server to the given client device over a network, wherein the notification causes the given client device to display the incentivized personalized route for the given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan von Cavallar, Ziyuan Wang, Nicholas Waywood
  • GENERATING PERSONALIZED ROUTES INCENTIVIZED FOR ONE OR MORE USERS
    Publication number: 20170146351
    Abstract: A method includes registering a given client device with a server to receive personalized routing for a given user, building a user model for the given user, the user model being based on personal attributes for a plurality of users including the given user, identifying patterns of personal attributes for the given user, generating a personalized route for the given user based on matching the patterns of personal attributes with one or more route attributes, identifying one or more personalized incentives for the given user based on the personal attributes of the given user and the route attributes, modifying the personalized route for the given user to generate an incentivized personalized route for the given user, and transmitting a notification from the server to the given client device over a network, wherein the notification causes the given client device to display the incentivized personalized route for the given user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan von Cavallar, Ziyuan Wang, Nicholas Waywood