Patents by Inventor Timothy Gerken

Timothy Gerken 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).

  • Managed biometric identity
    Patent number: 9703940
    Abstract: A computing system such as a game console maintains and updates a biometric profile of a user. In one aspect, biometric data of the user is continuously obtained from a sensor such as an infrared and visible light camera, and used to update the biometric profile using a machine learning process. In another aspect, a user is prompted to confirm his or her identify when multiple users are detected at the same time and/or when the user is detected with a confidence level which is below a threshold. A real-time image of the user being identified can be displayed on a user interface with user images associated with one or more accounts. In another aspect, the biometric profile is managed by a shell on the computing system, where the shell makes the biometric profile available to any of a number of applications on the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Forbes, Bhaven Dedhia, Tim Keosababian, Tommer Leyvand, Jinyu Li, Timothy Gerken
  • Managed Biometric Identity
    Publication number: 20150113636
    Abstract: A computing system such as a game console maintains and updates a biometric profile of a user. In one aspect, biometric data of the user is continuously obtained from a sensor such as an infrared and visible light camera, and used to update the biometric profile using a machine learning process. In another aspect, a user is prompted to confirm his or her identify when multiple users are detected at the same time and/or when the user is detected with a confidence level which is below a threshold. A real-time image of the user being identified can be displayed on a user interface with user images associated with one or more accounts. In another aspect, the biometric profile is managed by a shell on the computing system, where the shell makes the biometric profile available to any of a number of applications on the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Forbes, Bhaven Dedhia, Tim Keosababian, Tommer Leyvand, Jinyu Li, Timothy Gerken
  • Managed biometric identity
    Patent number: 8924735
    Abstract: A computing system such as a game console maintains and updates a biometric profile of a user. In one aspect, biometric data of the user is continuously obtained from a sensor such as an infrared and visible light camera, and used to update the biometric profile using a machine learning process. In another aspect, a user is prompted to confirm his or her identify when multiple users are detected at the same time and/or when the user is detected with a confidence level which is below a threshold. A real-time image of the user being identified can be displayed on a user interface with user images associated with one or more accounts. In another aspect, the biometric profile is managed by a shell on the computing system, where the shell makes the biometric profile available to any of a number of applications on the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Forbes, Bhaven Dedhia, Tim Keosababian, Tommer Leyvand, Jinyu Li, Timothy Gerken
  • Managed Biometric Identity
    Publication number: 20140237587
    Abstract: A computing system such as a game console maintains and updates a biometric profile of a user. In one aspect, biometric data of the user is continuously obtained from a sensor such as an infrared and visible light camera, and used to update the biometric profile using a machine learning process. In another aspect, a user is prompted to confirm his or her identify when multiple users are detected at the same time and/or when the user is detected with a confidence level which is below a threshold. A real-time image of the user being identified can be displayed on a user interface with user images associated with one or more accounts. In another aspect, the biometric profile is managed by a shell on the computing system, where the shell makes the biometric profile available to any of a number of applications on the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Forbes, Bhaven Dedhia, Tim Keosababian, Tommer Leyvand, Jinyu Li, Timothy Gerken