Patents by Inventor Sean Michael Ulrich

Sean Michael Ulrich 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: 20200027535
    Abstract: A system for displaying disease management goals to a patient includes a user database comprising measured patient disease management data or user-derived patient disease management data, a content database comprising content items related to recommended lifestyle choices and protocols for disease management, and an interactive user interface. The system also includes a memory having instructions that when run on a processor will perform a method comprising determining a patient goal related to improving disease management based on the user information and the stored protocols for disease management and displaying the patient goal to the user on the interactive user interface, and selecting one or more content items from the content database based on at least the determined patient goal and the user information and displaying the selected one or more content items to the user on the interactive user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Bryan Edward Memmelaar, Douglas McClure, Edward Liebowitz, Effie Sandblorn, Rita Saltiel-Berzin, Amy Rebecca Chenault, Yan Gao, Dylan K. Wilson, Sean Michael Ulrich, Ryan Francis Bedell
  • Patent number: 10015047
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for noticing and creating relational settings, actions, profiles, and tasks by tying resources to a location based on user behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Dubs, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Ratan Ray, Sean Michael Ulrich, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki
  • Patent number: 9552093
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are presented for selecting a surface for user input. The apparatus includes an information handling device having at least two surfaces and at least two sensors, as least one of the sensors being associated with one or more of the surfaces, a determination module, and a selection module. The determination module determines a current surface that is likely facing a user. The selection module selects one or more sensors associated with the current surface for user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Justin Tyler Dubs, Philip John Jakes, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 9537957
    Abstract: A first device captures session data for each application session that is executing on a first device, and provides the session data to a second device in order for the second device to reconstruct the application sessions. A first device identifies one or more application sessions currently executing on the first device. Each of the application sessions include a media object and session data, which includes a media object identifier that corresponds to the media object and a first device media session position. The first device captures the session data transmits the captured session data to one or more second devices. The second devices are adapted to reconstruct at least one of the application sessions using the received session data and positions the application sessions at a second device media session position that corresponds to the received first device media session position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Justin Tyler Dubs, Howard Jeffrey Locker, Julie Anne Morris, Steven Richard Perrin, Axel Ramirez Flores, James Joseph Thrasher, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 9379941
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for noticing and creating relational settings, actions, profiles, and tasks by tying resources to a location based on user behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Dubs, Harriss Christopher Neil Ganey, Ratan Ray, Sean Michael Ulrich, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki
  • Patent number: 9122735
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying a transition to an altered power state of an electronic device based on accelerometer output. The apparatus includes an electronic device having a display and an accelerometer. The apparatus also includes a determination module, and a modification module. The determination module determines an in-use condition of the electronic device based on accelerometer output for the electronic device. The modification module modifies a transition to an altered power state of the electronic device in response to the determination module determining the in-use condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Mark Charles Davis, Michael Thano Matthews, Steven Richard Perrin, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 8490177
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for variable authentication requirements. The apparatus includes an operating status module identifying a change in an operating status of a device and maintaining a history of operating statuses, and an access control module comparing a current operating status with a previous operating status. The apparatus also includes a profile module maintaining a trust indicator for each operating status. The access control module determines a level of authentication required to unlock the device in response to the trust indicator associated with the current operating status. The method includes identifying a change in an operating status of a device and maintaining a history of operating statuses, and comparing a current operating status with a previous operating status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Howard J. Locker, Michael Thano Matthews, Steven Richard Perrin, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20130021290
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are presented for selecting a surface for user input. The apparatus includes an information handling device having at least two surfaces and at least two sensors, as least one of the sensors being associated with one or more of the surfaces, a determination module, and a selection module. The determination module determines a current surface that is likely facing a user. The selection module selects one or more sensors associated with the current surface for user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Justin Tyler Dubs, Philip John Jakes, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20120239950
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for variable authentication requirements. The apparatus includes an operating status module identifying a change in an operating status of a device and maintaining a history of operating statuses, and an access control module comparing a current operating status with a previous operating status. The apparatus also includes a profile module maintaining a trust indicator for each operating status. The access control module determines a level of authentication required to unlock the device in response to the trust indicator associated with the current operating status. The method includes identifying a change in an operating status of a device and maintaining a history of operating statuses, and comparing a current operating status with a previous operating status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Charles Davis, Howard J. Locker, Michael Thano Matthews, Steven Richard Perrin, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 8155588
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed for pairing a first wireless device with a second wireless device and establishing an identifier. The first wireless device transmits to the second wireless device from the first wireless device with the identifier. The first wireless device shares the identifier with a third wireless device. This allows the third device to transmit to the second wireless device appearing as the first wireless device. The first wireless device stops transmitting while the third wireless device transmits. Since the third wireless device used the identifier for the first wireless device, the second wireless device believes is communicating with the first wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Dubs, James Joseph Thrasher, Michael Terrell Vanover, Steven Richard Perrin, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 8121070
    Abstract: A portable computer searches for preprogrammed wireless stations when it boots, and if it does not recognize any, stops booting the O.S. so that data cannot be accessed. In this way, should the portable computer be stolen and removed from its intended vicinity, data on the computer cannot be accessed by the thief.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alberto José Rojas Saba, Raymond Gary Octaviano, II, James Stephen Rutledge, David Benjamin Morgan, Shane Christopher Branch, Simon David Nicholas Taylor, Sean Michael Ulrich, Farrel David Benton, James C. Salembier
  • Patent number: 8091134
    Abstract: A system, method, and program product is provided that communicates virus information between a computer that detects a virus in a file (the detecting computer system) and the computer that sent the infected file (the infected computer system). When the infected computer system sends an infected file to the detecting computer system the detecting computer system detects the virus in the infected file, retrieves virus information corresponding to the virus (such as the name of the infected file, the identifier, or name, of the virus, the virus definitions used to identify the virus, and any instructions needed to eradicate the virus), and automatically sends the virus information back to the infected computer system over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Farrel David Benton, Shane Christopher Branch, Robert J. Kapinos, Raymond G. Octaviano, II, Alberto Jose Rojas Saba, James C. Salembier, Simon David Nicholas Taylor, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20110267026
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying a transition to an altered power state of an electronic device based on accelerometer output. The apparatus includes an electronic device having a display and an accelerometer. The apparatus also includes a determination module, and a modification module. The determination module determines an in-use condition of the electronic device based on accelerometer output for the electronic device. The modification module modifies a transition to an altered power state of the electronic device in response to the determination module determining the in-use condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Mark Charles Davis, Michael Thano Matthews, Steven Richard Perrin, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20110055627
    Abstract: A first device captures session data for each application session that is executing on a first device, and provides the session data to a second device in order for the second device to reconstruct the application sessions. A first device identifies one or more application sessions currently executing on the first device. Each of the application sessions include a media object and session data, which includes a media object identifier that corresponds to the media object and a first device media session position. The first device captures the session data transmits the captured session data to one or more second devices. The second devices are adapted to reconstruct at least one of the application sessions using the received session data and positions the application sessions at a second device media session position that corresponds to the received first device media session position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Justin Tyler Dubs, Howard Jeffrey Locker, Julie Anne Morris, Steven Richard Perrin, Axel Ramirez Flores, James Joseph Thrasher, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 7653823
    Abstract: A power adaptor for a computer discovers the power environment when it is plugged into a socket and sends a signal to the computer along the power line indicating the environment, so that the computer can configure operations accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Farrel David Benton, Shane Christopher Branch, Robert James Kapinos, Raymond Gary Octaviano, II, Richmond Andrew Real, James Stephen Rutledge, Alberto José Rojas Saba, James C. Salembier, Simon David Nicholas Taylor, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20090170521
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed for pairing a first wireless device with a second wireless device and establishing an identifier. The first wireless device transmits to the second wireless device from the first wireless device with the identifier. The first wireless device shares the identifier with a third wireless device. This allows the third device to transmit to the second wireless device appearing as the first wireless device. The first wireless device stops transmitting while the third wireless device transmits. Since the third wireless device used the identifier for the first wireless device, the second wireless device believes is communicating with the first wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Justin Tyler Dubs, James Joseph Thrasher, Michael Terrell Vanover, Steven Richard Perrin, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20080127347
    Abstract: A system, method, and program product is provided that communicates virus information between a computer that detects a virus in a file (the detecting computer system) and the computer that sent the infected file (the infected computer system). When the infected computer system sends an infected file to the detecting computer system the detecting computer system detects the virus in the infected file, retrieves virus information corresponding to the virus (such as the name of the infected file, the identifier, or name, of the virus, the virus definitions used to identify the virus, and any instructions needed to eradicate the virus), and automatically sends the virus information back to the infected computer system over the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Farrel David Benton, Shane Christopher Branch, Robert J. Kapinos, Raymond G. Octaviano, Alberto Jose Rojas Saba, James C. Salembier, Simon David Nicholas Taylor, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20080088412
    Abstract: A security fob periodically transmits wireless access signals that can be received by entities such as computers, buildings and the like to which access is sought. A motion detector is in the fob so that when the fob has been motionless for a threshold period non-essential components are deenergized, putting the fob in a sleep mode to conserve battery power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Daryl Carvis Cromer, Howard Jeffrey Locker, James Stephen Rutledge, Sean Michael Ulrich
  • Patent number: 7262603
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing the formation of tin whiskers is presented. An assembly substrate includes whisker detectors at various locations for detecting tin whiskers in an X direction, a Y direction, and a Z direction relative to the assembly substrate. Each whisker detector includes sense traces and a trace bridge that produce “planar gaps” and “orthogonal gaps” that are smaller than trace gaps produced by other traces on the assembly substrate. As such, tin whiskers short across the planar gaps and orthogonal gaps before they short across trace gaps. When the assembly substrate is finished with processing steps, a system tester performs a continuity test on the whisker detectors. When the continuity test fails, an operator is notified to check for tin whiskers on the assembly substrate. Once shipped, a processor monitors the whisker detectors for shorts throughout the product's lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Farrel David Benton, Shane Christopher Branch, Robert J. Kapinos, Alberto Jose Rojas, James Stephen Rutledge, James C. Salembier, Simon David Nicholas Taylor, Sean Michael Ulrich