Patents by Inventor Phil Ryder

Phil Ryder 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: 20180064404
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method and system may detect snoring sounds of a sleeping patient through a microphone on the electronic device; analyze the snoring sounds to calculate a snore frequency and a snore volume of the sleeping patient, in response to the snore frequency exceeding a threshold frequency or the snore volume exceeding a threshold volume, sense an orientation of the electronic device, wherein the orientation is one of at least four different orientations; store the orientation as a snore-orientation; and by the one or more vibration units on the electronic device, vibrate if: (1) a current orientation of the electronic device matches the snore-orientation, and (2) the snore frequency exceeds the threshold frequency, or the snore volume exceeds the threshold volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Zheng, Phil Ryder