Patents by Inventor Ron Kaplan

Ron Kaplan 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: 20240104239
    Abstract: There is provided a method of dynamic adaptation of a graphical user interface for exploring sensitive data, comprising: dynamically creating a hidden data presentation by applying permissions to a dataset, for hiding records, obtaining a selection of a target variable via the GUI presenting the hidden data presentation, feeding the dataset and the target variable into a hypothesis engine that extracts hypothesis features from the dataset, tests correlations between the hypothesis features and the target variable, and selects a set of insight features from the hypothesis features according to the correlations, dynamically creating a hidden result presentation by propagating the permission to the portions of the dataset used to compute the insight features, and presenting within the GUI the hidden result presentation that presents the insight features and hides the portions of the dataset used to compute the insight features according to the permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SparkBeyond Ltd.
    Inventors: Meir MAOR, Lotem KAPLAN, Sagie DAVIDOVICH, Ron KARIDI, Amir RONEN
  • Patent number: 11893169
    Abstract: A stylus includes an elongated housing, a tip extending from a first end of the elongated housing and a tri-axial force sensor mounted on a second end. A first wireless transmitter transmits a signal via the tip based on which the tip interacts with a digitizer sensor of a touch screen. The tri-axial force sensor senses contact force applied by a user pressing against the tri-axial sensor. A second wireless transmitter transmits output sensed by the tri-axial force sensor. The stylus further includes a controller that controls transmission of the first wireless transmitter and the second wireless transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ron Kaplan, Timothy A. Jakoboski
  • Patent number: 11016589
    Abstract: Methods and devices for communicating or interacting by a pen or a stylus with a digitizer are disclosed. An example method describes determining whether the device is to transmit a first information to the digitizer via the electrode or receive a second information from the digitizer via the electrode. An example device for use with the method includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and an electrode. The method further includes isolating the electrode from the transmitter circuit in response to determining that the device is to receive the second information from the digitizer via the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ori Laslo, Vadim Mishalov, Ron Kaplan
  • Patent number: 10909623
    Abstract: A method and apparatus use hardware logic deployed on a reconfigurable logic device to process a stream of financial information at hardware speeds. The hardware logic can be configured to perform data reduction operations on the financial information stream. Examples of such data reductions operations include data processing operations to compute a latest stock price, a minimum stock price, and a maximum stock price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: IP Reservoir, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin, Roger D. Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20200333896
    Abstract: A stylus includes an elongated housing, a tip extending from a first end of the elongated housing and a tri-axial force sensor mounted on a second end. A first wireless transmitter transmits a signal via the tip based on which the tip interacts with a digitizer sensor of a touch screen. The tri-axial force sensor senses contact force applied by a user pressing against the tri-axial sensor. A second wireless transmitter transmits output sensed by the tri-axial force sensor. The stylus further includes a controller that controls transmission of the first wireless transmitter and the second wireless transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ron KAPLAN, Timothy A. JAKOBOSKI
  • Patent number: 10719142
    Abstract: A stylus includes an elongated housing, a tip extending from a first end of the elongated housing and a tri-axial force sensor mounted on a second end. A first wireless transmitter transmits a signal via the tip based on which the tip interacts with a digitizer sensor of a touch screen. The tri-axial force sensor senses contact force applied by a user pressing against the tri-axial sensor. A second wireless transmitter transmits output sensed by the tri-axial force sensor. The stylus further includes a controller that controls transmission of the first wireless transmitter and the second wireless transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ron Kaplan, Timothy A. Jakoboski
  • Publication number: 20190155410
    Abstract: A stylus includes an elongated housing, a tip extending from a first end of the elongated housing and a tri-axial force sensor mounted on a second end. A first wireless transmitter transmits a signal via the tip based on which the tip interacts with a digitizer sensor of a touch screen. The tri-axial force sensor senses contact force applied by a user pressing against the tri-axial sensor. A second wireless transmitter transmits output sensed by the tri-axial force sensor. The stylus further includes a controller that controls transmission of the first wireless transmitter and the second wireless transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ron KAPLAN, Timothy A. Jakoboski
  • Publication number: 20190025946
    Abstract: Methods and devices for communicating or interacting by a pen or a stylus with a digitizer are disclosed. An example method describes determining whether the device is to transmit a first information to the digitizer via the electrode or receive a second information from the digitizer via the electrode. An example device for use with the method includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and an electrode. The method further includes isolating the electrode from the transmitter circuit in response to determining that the device is to receive the second information from the digitizer via the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ori LASLO, Vadim MISHALOV, Ron KAPLAN
  • Patent number: 10101828
    Abstract: A stylus that receives a signal transmitted by a digitizer and processes the received signal to control a state of the stylus is described. In implementations, a detector circuit in the stylus detects a signal emitted from a transmitter of the digitizer and toggles a state of the stylus between multiple states supported by the stylus. In implementations, the state of the stylus toggles between the multiple states in dependence upon a peak voltage associated with the detected signal. The stylus can also or instead be implemented to toggle a state of the stylus between the multiple states in dependence upon a relative proximity of the stylus to a digitizer. Different battery usage and conservation modes can be implemented in dependence upon a state of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Ron Kaplan
  • Patent number: 10095329
    Abstract: Methods and devices for communicating or interacting by a pen or a stylus with a digitizer are disclosed. An example method describes determining whether the device is to transmit a first information to the digitizer via the electrode or receive a second information from the digitizer via the electrode. An example device for use with the method includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and an electrode. The method further includes isolating the electrode from the transmitter circuit in response to determining that the device is to receive the second information from the digitizer via the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ori Laslo, Vadim Mishalov, Ron Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20180284909
    Abstract: Methods and devices for communicating or interacting by a pen or a stylus with a digitizer are disclosed. An example method describes determining whether the device is to transmit a first information to the digitizer via the electrode or receive a second information from the digitizer via the electrode. An example device for use with the method includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and an electrode. The method further includes isolating the electrode from the transmitter circuit in response to determining that the device is to receive the second information from the digitizer via the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ori LASLO, Vadim MISHALOV, Ron KAPLAN
  • Publication number: 20180046269
    Abstract: A stylus that receives a signal transmitted by a digitizer and processes the received signal to control a state of the stylus is described. In implementations, a detector circuit in the stylus detects a signal emitted from a transmitter of the digitizer and toggles a state of the stylus between multiple states supported by the stylus. In implementations, the state of the stylus toggles between the multiple states in dependence upon a peak voltage associated with the detected signal. The stylus can also or instead be implemented to toggle a state of the stylus between the multiple states in dependence upon a relative proximity of the stylus to a digitizer. Different battery usage and conservation modes can be implemented in dependence upon a state of the stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Ron Kaplan
  • Patent number: 9020928
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing streaming data using programmable logic are disclosed. With an exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device can be used to sort streaming data and provide a processor with access to the sorted data. With another exemplary embodiment, an Internet search engine can include a programmable logic device to perform match operations in response to search queries for web pages. With another exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device is configured to perform match operations on streaming data while a processor is freed to perform other tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: IP Reservoir, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin
  • Publication number: 20140025656
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing streaming data using programmable logic are disclosed. With an exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device can be used to sort streaming data and provide a processor with access to the sorted data. With another exemplary embodiment, an Internet search engine can include a programmable logic device to perform match operations in response to search queries for web pages. With another exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device is configured to perform match operations on streaming data while a processor is freed to perform other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin
  • Patent number: 8549024
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a matching operation on data are disclosed. With an exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device can be used to search for data of interest to an application, where the programmable logic device processes streaming data against a data key to generate a signal indicative of a similarity between the streaming data and the data key and compares the generated signal with a defined threshold to thereby determine whether the streaming data is deemed a match to the data key, wherein the threshold is adjustable to control whether the programmable logic device performs an approximate match operation or an exact match operation, and further to control, for an approximate match operation, a degree of approximate matches returned by the approximate match operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: IP Reservoir, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin
  • Publication number: 20120215801
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a matching operation on data are disclosed. With an exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device can be used to search for data of interest to an application, where the programmable logic device processes streaming data against a data key to generate a signal indicative of a similarity between the streaming data and the data key and compares the generated signal with a defined threshold to thereby determine whether the streaming data is deemed a match to the data key, wherein the threshold is adjustable to control whether the programmable logic device performs an approximate match operation or an exact match operation, and further to control, for an approximate match operation, a degree of approximate matches returned by the approximate match operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin
  • Publication number: 20120130922
    Abstract: A method and apparatus use hardware logic deployed on a reconfigurable logic device to process a stream of financial information at hardware speeds. The hardware logic can be configured to perform data reduction operations on the financial information stream. Examples of such data reductions operations include data processing operations to compute a latest stock price, a minimum stock price, and a maximum stock price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin, Roger D. Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20120116998
    Abstract: A method and apparatus use a reconfigurable logic device to process a stream of financial information at hardware speeds. The reconfigurable logic device can be configured to perform data processing operations on the financial information stream. Examples of such data processing operations include data processing operations to compute a latest stock price, a minimum stock price, and a maximum stock price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin, Roger D. Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 8131697
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for an associative and approximate, analog or digital scanning of databases that allows for the asynchronous accessing of data from a mass storage medium. The invention includes providing dedicated analog and digital circuitry and decision logic at the mass storage medium level for determining a key identifying the data of interest, continuously comparing the key to a signal generated from a reading of the data from the mass storage medium with an approximate or exact matching circuit to determine a pattern match, determining a correlation value between the key and the data as it is read in a continuous fashion, and determining a match based upon a preselected threshold value for the correlation value. The pattern matching technique eliminates any need to compare data based on its intrinsic structure or value, and instead is based on an analog or digital pattern. The key and data may be either analog or digital.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin
  • Patent number: 8069102
    Abstract: A method and apparatus use decision logic deployed on a reconfigurable logic device to process a stream of financial information at hardware speeds. The decision logic can be configured to perform data reduction operations on the financial information stream. Examples of such data reductions operations include data processing operations to compute a latest stock price, a minimum stock price, and a maximum stock price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Ronald S. Indeck, Ron Kaplan Cytron, Mark Allen Franklin, Roger D. Chamberlain