Patents by Inventor Sidney West

Sidney West 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).

  • Attention assistance and monitoring
    Patent number: 8742933
    Abstract: An attention assistance device configured to help maintain a user's focus on a given task. In one embodiment, text is presenting to a user on a touchscreen. The user tracking the text using a finger is monitored. The user is stimulated when the finger stops tracking the text for a predetermined period of time. In another embodiment, an electronic device presents an output configured to be tracked by a user. A monitoring device observes the user tracking the output. A sensory stimulating device stimulates the user when the “tracking” falls below an attention threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Askar Asad, Nathalia Peixoto, Sidney West, David Grossman
  • Attention assistance and monitoring
    Patent number: 8358215
    Abstract: An attention assistance device configured to help maintain a user's focus on a given task. In one embodiment, text is presenting to a user on a touchscreen. The user tracking the text using a finger is monitored. The user is stimulated when the finger stops tracking the text for a predetermined period of time. In another embodiment, an electronic device presents an output configured to be tracked by a user. A monitoring device observes the user tracking the output. A sensory stimulating device stimulates the user when the “tracking” falls below an attention threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Asad, Nathalia Peixoto, Sidney West, Jr., David Grossman
  • Attention Assistance and Monitoring
    Publication number: 20120098764
    Abstract: An attention assistance device configured to help maintain a user's focus on a given task. In one embodiment, text is presenting to a user on a touchscreen. The user tracking the text using a finger is monitored. The user is stimulated when the finger stops tracking the text for a predetermined period of time. In another embodiment, an electronic device presents an output configured to be tracked by a user. A monitoring device observes the user tracking the output. A sensory stimulating device stimulates the user when the “tracking” falls below an attention threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Mohammed Asad, Nathalia Peixoto, Sidney West, JR., David Grossman
  • Daily start operation for remote vehicle starters
    Patent number: 6028372
    Abstract: A control system for a remote vehicle starter which allows a remote vehicle starter to be activated at a preset time for a specific number of days after setting. According to the control operation, a setting sequence is detected. When the setting sequence is detected, a timer is started, which may be for example slightly less than twenty-four hours. Then, a vehicle is automatically when the timer expires. Such a control operation in the present invention allows a vehicle to be started automatically at the same time after an initial setting for a specific number of days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Designtech International, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney West, Mark Gottlieb