Patents by Inventor Thomas De Vries

Thomas De Vries 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).

  • Conversion of text relating to media content and media extension apps
    Patent number: 12218896
    Abstract: A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Samuel M. Weinig, Chance Graham, Taylor G. Carrigan, Nathan de Vries, Timothy P. Horton
  • Testers for acoustic sensors
    Patent number: 9411064
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to test an acoustic sensor. Apparatus and methods can include collecting an acoustic wave from a transmitter of the acoustic sensor and directing the acoustic wave to a receiver of the acoustic sensor along a path different from the acoustic sensor. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas De Vries, Gary D. Althoff, Eugene LaCarmie
  • TESTERS FOR ACOUSTIC SENSORS
    Publication number: 20140137633
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to test an acoustic sensor. Apparatus and methods can include collecting an acoustic wave from a transmitter of the acoustic sensor and directing the acoustic wave to a receiver of the acoustic sensor along a path different from the acoustic sensor. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas De Vries, Gary D Althoff, Eugene LaCarmie