Patents by Inventor Otto N. Williams

Otto N. Williams 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).

  • INITIATING A CONFERENCING MEETING USING A CONFERENCE ROOM DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220174102
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a conference room device configured to aid the initiation, organization, and management of a conference meeting. A conference room device is configured to determine that a user is within a threshold distance of a conference room device and that the user is associated with a conference meeting at a current time. The conference room device is further configured to prompt the user to start the conference meeting, receive a confirmation from the user; and start the conference meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Keith Griffin, Otto N. Williams, Wayne Moorefield, JR.
  • Initiating a conferencing meeting using a conference room device
    Patent number: 11233833
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a conference room device configured to aid the initiation, organization, and management of a conference meeting. A conference room device is configured to determine that a user is within a threshold distance of a conference room device and that the user is associated with a conference meeting at a current time. The conference room device is further configured to prompt the user to start the conference meeting, receive a confirmation from the user; and start the conference meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Griffin, Otto N. Williams, Wayne Moorefield, Jr.
  • INITIATING A CONFERENCING MEETING USING A CONFERENCE ROOM DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200137130
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a conference room device configured to aid the initiation, organization, and management of a conference meeting. A conference room device is configured to determine that a user is within a threshold distance of a conference room device and that the user is associated with a conference meeting at a current time. The conference room device is further configured to prompt the user to start the conference meeting, receive a confirmation from the user; and start the conference meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Griffin, Otto N. Williams, Wayne Moorefield, JR.
  • Initiating a conferencing meeting using a conference room device
    Patent number: 10516707
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a conference room device configured to aid the initiation, organization, and management of a conference meeting. A conference room device is configured to determine that a user is within a threshold distance of a conference room device and that the user is associated with a conference meeting at a current time. The conference room device is further configured to prompt the user to start the conference meeting, receive a confirmation from the user; and start the conference meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Griffin, Otto N. Williams, Wayne Moorefield, Jr.
  • INITIATING A CONFERENCING MEETING USING A CONFERENCE ROOM DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180176270
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a conference room device configured to aid the initiation, organization, and management of a conference meeting. A conference room device is configured to determine that a user is within a threshold distance of a conference room device and that the user is associated with a conference meeting at a current time. The conference room device is further configured to prompt the user to start the conference meeting, receive a confirmation from the user; and start the conference meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Griffin, Otto N. Williams, Wayne Moorefield, JR.
  • OFFICE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100205868
    Abstract: A free-standing, partition-type furniture system adapted to subdivide an open space of a room, comprising a plurality of first partition panels, each including a first body portion having a pair of side edges, and a first screen member operably coupled to the first partition panel and laterally shiftable with respect to the first partition panel such that the first screen member extends from one of the side edges of the first body portion. The furniture system also includes a plurality of second partition panels each including a second body portion having an upper edge, and a second screen member operably coupled to the second partition panel and vertically shiftable with respect to the second partition panel such that the second screen member extends from the upper edge of the second body portion. The plurality of first and second partition panels are operably coupleable and arrangeable so as to subdivide the open space of a room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Joe A. Nobles, Todd J. Sorel, Jess A. Sorel, Bryan T. White, Christopher A. Luomanen, Max Williams, David E. Simon, Jon H. Lefors
  • Office system
    Patent number: 7707790
    Abstract: A free-standing, partition-type furniture system adapted to subdivide an open space of a room, comprising a plurality of first partition panels, each including a first body portion having a pair of side edges, and a first screen member operably coupled to the first partition panel and laterally shiftable with respect to the first partition panel such that the first screen member extends from one of the side edges of the first body portion. The furniture system also includes a plurality of second partition panels each including a second body portion having an upper edge, and a second screen member operably coupled to the second partition panel and vertically shiftable with respect to the second partition panel such that the second screen member extends from the upper edge of the second body portion. The plurality of first and second partition panels are operably coupleable and arrangeable so as to subdivide the open space of a room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Joe A. Noble, Todd J. Sorel, Jess A. Sorel, Bryan T. White, Christopher A. Luomanen, Max Williams, David E. Simon, Jon H. Lefors
  • Screen furniture system
    Patent number: D513564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Joe A. Nobles, Todd J. Sorel, Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel
  • Screen furniture unit
    Patent number: D520263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Joe A. Nobles, Todd J. Sorel, Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel
  • Screen furniture unit
    Patent number: D525460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Joe A. Nobles, Todd J. Sorel, Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel
  • Sofa
    Patent number: D553867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel, Joe A. Nobles
  • Seating unit
    Patent number: D554382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Joe A. Nobles, Jess A. Sorel, Todd J. Sorel, Otto N. Williams, Christopher A. Loumanen
  • Seating unit
    Patent number: D554386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Joe A. Nobles, Jess A. Sorel, Todd J. Sorel, Otto N. Williams, Christopher A. Loumanen
  • Seating unit
    Patent number: D555926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel, Todd J. Sorel, Joe A. Nobles, Christopher A. Luomanen
  • Seating unit
    Patent number: D559002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel, Todd J. Sorel, Joe A. Nobles, Christopher A. Luomanen
  • Furniture system
    Patent number: D567526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Jess A. Sorel, Joe A. Nobles
  • Video conference endpoint microphone
    Patent number: D750601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Jaime R. Bautista, Paul R. Summerson, Shawn E. Bender, David M. Sanguinet, Joseph P. Watson, Kenneth S. Mak, Tim P. Mccollum
  • Video conference panel
    Patent number: D755745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Kenneth S. Mak, Jaime R. Bautista, Shawn E. Bender, Damon Covell Campbell, Stephen L. Ijams, James K. Levins, Tim P. Mccollum, David M. Sanguinet
  • Video conference endpoint
    Patent number: D771582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Kenneth S. Mak, Jaime R. Bautista, Paul R. Summerson, Terence L. Kwan, Shawn E. Bender, David M. Sanguinet, Joseph P. Watson, William Alex Millie, Damon Covell Campbell, Stephen L. Ijams, James K. Levins, Tim P. Mccollum, Bruno Richet, Kenneth D. Wood
  • Video conference panel lighting fascia
    Patent number: D776094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn E. Bender, Otto N. Williams, Stephen L. Ijams, Damon Covell Campbell, Soumya Lingupanda, Torence Lu