Patents by Inventor Rod D. Waltermann

Rod D. Waltermann 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: 20170038220
    Abstract: Apparatuses, method, systems, and program products are disclosed for forecasting arrival times. A method includes receiving, by a processor, travel data in response to requesting travel data from each of one or more users travelling to a location. The travel data includes data associated with one or more factors that affect an arrival time of each user at the location. A method includes calculating an estimated arrival time at the location for each user of the one or more users based on the travel data. A method includes presenting the estimated arrival time at the location for each user of the one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Patent number: 9559976
    Abstract: An apparatus for inserting user targeted web resources into browser navigation memory includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a determination module determining whether a web resource is a user targeted web resource. The web resource is loaded in a web browser. The machine-readable code includes an insertion module inserting a record of the web resource into navigation memory of the web browser in response to the determination module determining that the web resource is a user targeted web resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, John Carl Mese, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Patent number: 9537746
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a data rate based on an amount of available data for a predetermined time period includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a determination module determining a target data rate for data communication over a network by a network device. The target data rate is based on an amount of available data for a predetermined time period and an amount of time remaining in the predetermined time period. The machine-readable code includes a data rate module maintaining the data rate at or below the target data rate in response to the determination module determining the target data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Scott Edwards Kelso, John Carl Mese, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Patent number: 9531333
    Abstract: A method can include receiving audio data within a band of frequencies; amplifying individualized formant frequencies within the band of frequencies; and outputting audio data that includes at least one of the amplified individualized formant frequencies. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert James Kapinos, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Axel Ramirez Flores, James Anthony Hunt, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20160373884
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor, a Bluetooth transceiver accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to, based on at least one signal received at the Bluetooth transceiver, determine a distance from the first device to a second device different from the first device. The instructions are also executable to, based on the distance, execute at least one function at the first device associated with a telephonic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20160373888
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, at a device, at least one characteristic of a detectable wireless signal; comparing, using a processor, at least one characteristic to a previously obtained wireless signal characteristic; responsive to the at least one characteristic being different than a previously obtained wireless signal characteristic, providing a notification requesting a user to enable location tracking; and responsive to the at least one characteristic not being different to a previously obtained wireless characteristic, omitting the notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Rod D. Waltermann, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160371342
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an electronic device, a search query for user files; producing, using a processor, a first result set using the search query; producing, using a processor, an updated search query based on contextual data derived from the first result set; and producing, using a processor, an updated result set based on the updated search query. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Jon Wayne Heim
  • Publication number: 20160373897
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining a list of detected wireless signals; determining, using a processor, that a previous list of detected wireless signals shares at least some commonality with the list of detected wireless signals; for common entries in the list, analyzing with a processor, a characteristic of an entry of the list of detected wireless signals and a characteristic of an entry of the previous list of detected wireless signals; establishing, if the similarity metric meets a criterion, an estimated location of a device; and requesting, from a third party location service, a device location if the similarity metric does not meet the criterion. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Joaquin F. Luna, Rod D. Waltermann, Joseph Bryan Morris, Erin Carolyn Solfiell Acquesta, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury
  • Publication number: 20160371340
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a processor, context characteristics relating to a user; storing, using a processor, the context characteristics relating to a user; receiving, at a device, a search query; performing a search based on the search query, wherein the search is modified based on at least one context characteristic relevant to the search query; and displaying, on a display device, search results returned from the search. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury
  • Publication number: 20160372110
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver, user voice data; identifying, using a processor, at least one characteristic of the voice data; obtaining, using the processor, a speech recognition processing result of the voice data; and changing a standard response to the user voice data to an adapted response based on the at least one characteristic and the speech recognition processing result. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160372111
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, input associated with mouth movement; associating, using a processor, the input with at least one of a plurality of available voice enabled applications; and directing, using a processor, the input to at least one voice enabled application. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson, Arnold S. Weksler, Rod D. Waltermann, John Carl Mese
  • Publication number: 20160371343
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method including storing, in response to an event associated with a file, file identification data and event data for the file; creating, using a processor, a reference between the file, the file identification data, and the event data; and storing, in a catalog, the reference in association with the file; wherein the catalog includes an inter-application reference. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier
  • Publication number: 20160371054
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver of a device, a voice input; selecting, using a processor of a device, an active target voice enabled resource for the voice input from among a plurality of active target voice enabled resources; and providing, using a processor of the device, the voice input to the active target voice enabled resource selected. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Rod D. Waltermann, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Publication number: 20160371581
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a virtual assistant running on an electronic device, a user input; processing, using the virtual assistant, the user input; processing, using a module running in parallel to the virtual assistant, the user input; combining, using a processor, a response to the user input issued by the virtual assistant and a response to the user input issued by the module; and providing an integrated response to the user input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury
  • Publication number: 20160373401
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method including: accessing, using a processor, communication data received at an electronic device of a first entity; identifying, using a processor, a communication between the first entity and a second entity; determining, using a processor, a strength of the communication between the first entity and the second entity; determining, using a processor, a directionality of the communication between the first entity and the second entity; and assigning, using a processor, the second entity as a close contact of the first entity based on the strength of the communication and directionality of the communication. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Erin Carolyn Solfiell Acquesta
  • Patent number: 9501287
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an information handling device, including: a display panel and a base component connected by a hinge between the display panel and the base component, the hinge supporting a tent physical configuration and a stand physical configuration; one or more processors; an operating system; and instructions accessible to the one or more processors that when executed provide one or more actions comprising: determining via a first input regarding physical orientation of the information handling device that the operating system is to be operated in a first operational mode that is not supportive of the tent physical configuration or the stand physical configuration; operating the operating system in the first operational mode; and selectively altering a function of the first operational mode after receiving an additional input to support one or more of the tent physical configuration and the stand physical configuration. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, James Anthony Hunt, Kenneth Scott Seethaler
  • Patent number: 9495562
    Abstract: Devices, methods and products are described that provide removable storage device data protection. One aspect provides a method comprising: ascertaining a protected removable storage device connected to an information handling device, said protected removable storage device having a first partition for storing data according to a first file system type, and a second partition for storing user data according to a second file system type; and responsive to said information handling device recognizing said second file system type, querying for user credentials to decrypt a data encryption key used to encrypt said user data of said second partition. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20160328334
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, memory accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to determine a context associated with the device and at least in part based on the determination, configure a standby portion of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Arnold S. Weksler, Rod D. Waltermann, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Patent number: 9491576
    Abstract: A method includes determining a physical location and start time of a meeting stored in a calendar entry of a mobile device, determining a current location of the mobile device, determining a time to reach the physical location of the meeting from the current location, identifying connection information suitable to electronically connect to the meeting, and if the time to reach the physical location of the meeting exceeds a time remaining to the start time of the meeting, initiating a connection to the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese, Rod D Waltermann, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Patent number: 9485635
    Abstract: For displaying information associated with correspondence, a memory stores code executable by a processor. The code identifies a communication context for a communication. The communication context includes a correspondent. The code further displays information associated with the communication context. The information includes a prior communication with the correspondent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Robert A. Bowser, John Weldon Nicholson, Rod D. Waltermann