Patents by Inventor Timothy E. Hansen
Timothy E. Hansen 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).
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Patent number: 11920814Abstract: A method of controlling an agricultural facility for housing a plurality of animals includes the step of regulating the environment within the agricultural facility with an automated building operational system. An automated thermal event controller is operationally coupled with the automated building operational system and generates a thermal event signal in response to a thermal event in progress, whereby the automated thermal event controller, upon receipt of the thermal event signal indicating that the thermal event is in progress, activates an alarm state. In the alarm state, the automated thermal event controller: sends an alarm signal to a system administrator; places the automated building operational system in a safety-mode condition for a first predetermined time interval; and places the automated building operational system in a normal-mode operational condition after the first predetermined time interval and if a confirmatory signal is not yet then received from the system administrator.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: PRISM CONTROLS INC.Inventors: Sean Patrick Ryan, Kyle E. Forbush, Nikhil Kailas Shinde, Sylvester John Bentley, Timothy Paul Gess, Eric William Hansen, Douglas S. Powell
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Patent number: 9407751Abstract: A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Timothy E. Hansen, Ashwini Asokan, Adam Jordan
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Patent number: 9310881Abstract: A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Timothy E. Hansen, Ashwini Asokan, Adam Jordan, James W. Lundell, Michael J. Payne, Giuseppe Raffa, Rahul Shah, Chieh-Yih Wan
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Patent number: 9077812Abstract: A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Timothy E. Hansen, Ashwini Asokan, Adam Jordan
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Patent number: 8674951Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for implementing a contoured thumb touch sensor. An apparatus may comprise, for example, an input device configured on a side of an apparatus, the input device having a concave shape in a direction from a top of the apparatus to a bottom of the apparatus, the input device comprising a touch-sensitive surface operative to detect movement input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Bran Ferren, Timothy E. Hansen
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Publication number: 20140075351Abstract: A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Timothy E. Hansen, Ashwini Asokan, Adam Jordan
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Publication number: 20140075328Abstract: A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Timothy E. Hansen, Ashwini Asokan, Adam Jordan, James W. Lundell, Michael J. Payne, Giuseppe Raffa, Rahul Shah, Chieh-Yih Wan
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Publication number: 20140075352Abstract: A data processing system includes components for providing a pleasant user experience. Those components may include a family interaction engine that provides a family channel. The family interaction engine may provide for creation of a user group. The family channel may present content of interest to multiple users in the user group. When a user is detected near the data processing system, the family interaction engine may automatically present content of interest to that user. When used for presenting media content, the data processing system may also cause supplemental data to automatically be presented, wherein the supplemental data is relevant to the media content and to a predetermined interest of the user. The data processing system may also provide a ranked list of applications for potential activation by the user. The applications may be ordered based on the current context. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Timothy E. Hansen, Ashwini Asokan, Adam Jordan
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Publication number: 20100315356Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for implementing a contoured thumb touch sensor. An apparatus may comprise, for example, an input device configured on a side of an apparatus, the input device having a concave shape in a direction from a top of the apparatus to a bottom of the apparatus, the input device comprising a touch-sensitive surface operative to detect movement input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Bran Ferren, Timothy E. Hansen