Patents by Inventor Suzanne Marion Beaumont

Suzanne Marion Beaumont 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: 20160027296
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: in a first end user electronic device, running an application that uses device collected data; collecting, using the first end user electronic device, device data for the application; accessing, using a processor of the first end user electronic device, device data collected by another end user electronic device proximate to the first end user electronic device; and using, in the running of the application, one or more of the accessed device data and the collected device data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20150365818
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for determining an availability status associated with an information handling device, generating a message comprising information regarding the availability status, the message being one or more of a voice message and a textual message, and sending the message to one or more contacts associated with the information handling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: John Carl Mese, Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Patent number: 9213659
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive user input into the apparatus implicating an output in response, and present the response on a device separate and apart from the apparatus instead of presenting the response on the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20150326575
    Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to identify a first data transfer command based on input from an input device, receive identifying information associated with the input device, and execute the first data transfer command responsive at least in part to authentication of the input device based at least in part on the identifying information. The first data transfer command pertains to the transfer of first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: AXEL RAMIREZ FLORES, JAMES ANTHONY HUNT, ROBERT JAMES KAPINOS, ROD DAVID WALTERMANN, SUZANNE MARION BEAUMONT
  • Publication number: 20150310861
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device, user input; identifying, using a processor, elements included in the user input; determining, using a processor, that at least one of the identified elements renders the user input ambiguous; identifying, using a processor, a source of context data; accessing, using a processor, context data associated with the user input from the source of context data; disambiguating, using a processor, the user input based on the context data associated with the user input; and forming, using a processor, an altered input based on the disambiguating. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Douglas Warren Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150261423
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to make a first determination that a device is being or has been transitioned between a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, at least in part based on the first determination, make a second determination pertaining to at least one change in presentation of an element presented on the touch-enabled display from a first presentation to a second presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Paul Plaskonos, Jon Wayne Heim, Greyson Craig Davis, Mark David Krynock
  • Publication number: 20150256137
    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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Robert James Kapinos, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Axel Ramirez Flores, James Anthony Hunt, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20150235641
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an audio receiver of an information handling device, voice input of a user; interpreting, using a processor, the voice input; identifying, using a processor, at least one ambiguity in interpreting the voice input; thereafter accessing stored non-audible input associated in time with the at least one ambiguity; and adjusting an interpretation of the voice input using non-audible input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20150234635
    Abstract: For tracking a recitation of text, a method is disclosed that includes displaying, by use of a processor, a segment of text, receiving an audio signal, and indicating a position in the segment of text determined by a correspondence between the audio signal and the segment of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20150205799
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accessing, using a processor, a user profile based on user context information, wherein the user context information utilizes user device events; preparing, using the processor, a list of items based on the user profile related to a particular past time period organized according to importance based on the user profile; and presenting, using the processor, the list of items related to the particular past time period. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas Warren Robinson, Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Publication number: 20150208202
    Abstract: A device accesses not only an electronic map to provide directions on the device, but also accesses personal experience information of a user to augment the directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Paul Plaskonos, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20150161236
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: collecting, using a first user device, ephemeral data associated with a user object event; collecting, using at least one processor, user object event data; creating, using at least one processor, an association between the ephemeral data and the user object event data; and storing, in a memory, the association in a data structure accessible to a device application. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Rod D. Waltermann, Russell Speight VanBlon, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Hermann Franz Bergmeier
  • Publication number: 20150161997
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio receiver of an information handling device, user voice input; identifying, using a processor, words included in the user voice input; determining, using the processor, one of the identified words renders ambiguous a command included in the user voice input; accessing, using the processor, context data; disambiguating, using the processor, the command based on the context data; and committing, using the processor, a predetermined action according to the command. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Publication number: 20150161133
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accessing, using a processor, a user profile based on user context information, wherein the user context information utilizes user device events; preparing, using the processor, a list of items based on the user profile related to a particular time period organized according to importance based on the user profile; and presenting, using the processor, the list of items related to the particular time period. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Publication number: 20150161984
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, via an audio receiver of an information handling device, user voice input; identifying a first word based on the user voice input; accessing a word association data store; selecting an equivalent based on an association with the first word within the word association data store; committing an action based on the equivalent; receiving feedback input from the user regarding the equivalent; and updating the selecting based on the feedback. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Jon Wayne Heim, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Suzanne Marion Beaumont
  • Publication number: 20150161092
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accessing, using a processor, a store of historical user object event information; building, using the processor, a tagging profile based on the store of historical user object event information; determining, using the processor, a new user object event; and determining, using the processor, a priority for tag generation for the new object event using the tagging profile. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel
  • Publication number: 20150161132
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accessing a tagging profile based on a store of historical user object information; determining, using the processor, a current user object search has been made by a user; determining, using the processor, a priority smart tag for providing results for the current user object search based on the tagging profile; and providing the results of the current user object search according to the priority tag determined. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel
  • Publication number: 20150161570
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accessing, using a processor, an event list for a user during a particular upcoming time period; predicting, using the processor, a disruption to the event list for the user; accessing, using the processor, a rule set relating to permitted modifications to the event list; determining, using the processor, a proposed modification to the event list based on the rule set; and implementing, using the processor, the proposed modification to the event list. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Russell Speight VanBlon, Rod D. Waltermann, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel
  • Publication number: 20150161206
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving from a user, at an input device of an information handling device, user object search input including at least one search term; accessing, using a processor, tag information of a plurality of tags associated with stored user objects; determining, using a processor, at least one modification to the user object search input to change results produced by the user object search input based on the tag information; and providing search results according to the at least one modification. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Russell Speight VanBlon, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Jonathan Gaither Knox, Peter Hamilton Wetsel
  • Publication number: 20150161249
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: collecting, using a user device, user object event data; collecting, using a user device, contextual data related to the user object event data; creating, using at least one processor, an association between the contextual data and the user object event data; forming, using a processor having access to a stored group of associations between contextual data and user object event data, a user profile based on the group of associations; and storing, in a memory, the user profile. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTD. LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan Gaither Knox, Rod D. Waltermann, Hermann Franz Burgmeier, Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, Russell Speight VanBlon