Patents by Inventor Paul G. Allen

Paul G. Allen 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).

  • Publication number: 20090131026
    Abstract: A second communication device is detected in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and a substantially uninterrupted transfer of the call is made to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090130017
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a system for delivering therapeutic agents. In an embodiment, the system includes an implantable medical device comprising at least one reservoir that holds at least one therapeutic agent. Additionally the device includes a delivery mechanism that provides non-systemic in vivo delivery of the at least one therapeutic agent to a local area of an animal in a therapeutically-effective concentration, wherein the therapeutically-effective concentration is in excess of a concentration that would produce a toxic effect when administered systemically to the animal. Furthermore, the at least one therapeutic agent has short half-life. A further aspect of the disclosure includes a method of delivering a therapeutic agent in vivo at non-systemic high doses to a localized area of an animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090027307
    Abstract: Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090024140
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a surgical system. In an embodiment, the system comprises one or more sensors operably responsive to physical boundary limitations of an operating field. Furthermore, the one or more sensors provide information regarding the physical boundary limitations of the operating field. In another embodiment, the system comprises a surgical instrument that is configured to respond to the information by either activation or inactivation. In another aspect the invention includes generating an anatomical image or anatomic positional reference data. Additionally, the method includes creating haptic feedback signals based at least partly on the anatomical image or anatomic positional reference data, and determining a position or orientation of a surgical instrument. Furthermore the method includes activating or inactivating the surgical instrument based at least partly on the haptic feedback signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward Boyden, W. Daniel Hillis, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K.Y. Jung, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Dennis J. Rivet, Michael A. Smith, Clarence T. Tegreene, Thomas A. Weaver, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
  • Publication number: 20090016585
    Abstract: Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Searete LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090017808
    Abstract: A second communication device is detected in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and a substantially uninterrupted transfer of the call is made to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090010612
    Abstract: A remote control for a digital video recorder includes an integrated display screen configured to display a recording list including programs scheduled to be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: DIGEO, INC.
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, James A. Billmaier
  • Publication number: 20080266249
    Abstract: Medical overlay mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo
  • Patent number: 7429966
    Abstract: Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Searete, LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7428023
    Abstract: A remote control for a digital video recorder includes an integrated display screen configured to display a list of programs. The list may be an EPG, a list of programs to be recorded, or a list of recorded programs. A user can navigate through the list to select a television program, as well as various digital recording/playback operations to be performed for the selected television program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Digeo, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, James A. Billmaier
  • Patent number: 7424288
    Abstract: A second communication device is detected in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and a substantially uninterrupted transfer of the call is made to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Searete LLC
    Inventors: Edward K. Y. Jung, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Mark A. Malamud, Paul G. Allen, Royce A. Levien
  • Publication number: 20080143680
    Abstract: Medical overlay mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo
  • Publication number: 20080136789
    Abstract: Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo
  • Publication number: 20080130148
    Abstract: Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo
  • Publication number: 20080088579
    Abstract: Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo
  • Publication number: 20080021924
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to acquiring information from the worldwide web, organizing information acquired from the worldwide web, and using the acquired and organized information to facilitate web-page searching, web-page browsing, and other worldwide-web-based activities. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database of concept objects is created from an initial set of semantic objects and from hyperlink information obtained from web pages by one or more web crawlers. The initial set of semantic objects is processed using hyperlink based objects created by the web crawler. The processed semantic objects are then associated with additional hyperlink-based objects to create a concept-object database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen G. Hall, Arun T. Jacob, Mark Thomas Greaves, Paul G. Allen
  • Publication number: 20080001851
    Abstract: Cosmetic enhancement mirror methods and related systems
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Searete LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K.Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo
  • Patent number: 7283106
    Abstract: Time-lapsing mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Searete, LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7272657
    Abstract: A plurality of video streams are simultaneously displayed on a terminal coupled to a network. The video streams are ranked according to a set of ranking criteria and displayed in accordance with the ranking. Highly ranked video streams may be displayed in prominent positions or emphasized in order to quickly draw the user's attention to the video streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Digeo, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Michael Lee, James K. Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7259731
    Abstract: Medical overlay mirror methods and related systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Searete LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.