Patents by Inventor Todd Erick Swierk

Todd Erick Swierk 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: 20230041678
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for methods for the intelligent orchestration of digital watermarking using a platform framework are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive a notification, via a platform framework, of a communication session; and in response to the notification, apply a digital watermark, via the platform framework, to at least a portion of content shared during the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Publication number: 20230044624
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for intelligent orchestration of video participants in a platform framework are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: process at least a first portion of a video workload using the processor; and in response to a change in context of the IHS, process at least a second portion of the video workload using an offload core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Todd Erick Swierk
  • Patent number: 11423905
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling away messages with intelligent assistance using voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: detect the presence of a person; output an audio greeting in response to the detection; receive an audio instruction in response to the audio greeting; transmit the audio instruction to a voice service provider, the voice service provider configured to: (i) convert the audio instruction into a text instruction, and (ii) transmit the text instruction to an intelligent assistance provider; receive a command from the intelligent assistance provider, the intelligent assistance provider configured to generate the command based upon the text instruction; and execute the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox
  • Patent number: 11276396
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling responses from voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit an audio instruction to a voice services engine, receive a response to the audio instruction, and output a notification associated with the response using an output setting selected based upon a context of the IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, William D. T. Nix
  • Patent number: 11164572
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance across voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit an audio instruction from a user to a voice service provider, wherein the voice service provider is configured to: (i) convert the audio instruction into a text instruction, and (ii) transmit the text instruction to an intelligent assistance provider; receive a command from the intelligent assistance provider, wherein the intelligent assistance provider is configured to generate the command based, at least in part, upon a cache built using a prior text instruction previously generated in response to a prior audio instruction; and execute the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Ryan Cox, Todd Erick Swierk, Marc Randall Hammons
  • Patent number: 11157075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing gaze-activated voice services for interactive workspaces. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS), may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit a voice command to a voice service provider; receive a textual instruction in response to the voice command; identify a gaze focus of the user; and execute the textual instruction using the gaze focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Ryan Cox, Todd Erick Swierk, Marc Randall Hammons
  • Patent number: 11158310
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance for handling usage modes. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor and a memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: detect a headphone state of a user; in response to the detection, capture audio; and in response to the capture, execute a command, at least in part, based upon the headphone state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox
  • Patent number: 11087377
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance using voice services for agent coaching. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive an instruction from a voice service provider in response to audio captured during a communication between a customer and an agent, where the instruction includes a sentiment indication; identify a resource used by the agent during the communication; determine a result of the communication; and store the sentiment indication, the resource identification, and the result of the communication, in a coaching database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons, Abbey Barretto
  • Publication number: 20210082432
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling away messages with intelligent assistance using voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: detect the presence of a person; output an audio greeting in response to the detection; receive an audio instruction in response to the audio greeting; transmit the audio instruction to a voice service provider, the voice service provider configured to: (i) convert the audio instruction into a text instruction, and (ii) transmit the text instruction to an intelligent assistance provider; receive a command from the intelligent assistance provider, the intelligent assistance provider configured to generate the command based upon the text instruction; and execute the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox
  • Patent number: 10922738
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance to support agents. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit audio to a voice service provider, wherein the audio is captured during a call between a customer and a support agent concerning a product; receive a text instruction from the voice service provider; retrieve support information relevant to the product based upon the text instruction; and display the support information to the support agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons, Abbey Barretto
  • Patent number: 10854197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling away messages with intelligent assistance using voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: detect the presence of a person; output an audio greeting in response to the detection; receive an audio instruction in response to the audio greeting; transmit the audio instruction to a voice service provider, the voice service provider configured to: (i) convert the audio instruction into a text instruction, and (ii) transmit the text instruction to an intelligent assistance provider; receive a command from the intelligent assistance provider, the intelligent assistance provider configured to generate the command based upon the text instruction; and execute the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox
  • Patent number: 10855800
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing device profiles in the Internet-of-Things (IoT). In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive a command from a user to access an IoT device coupled to the IHS, and process the command using a device profile stored in the IHS, where the device profile includes an Application Programming Interface (API) associated with the IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Anantha K. Boyapalle, Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons
  • Patent number: 10692493
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance using voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit an audio instruction to a voice service provider, where the voice service provider is configured to: (i) convert the audio instruction into a text instruction, and (ii) transmit the text instruction to an intelligent assistance provider; receive a command from the intelligent assistance provider, where the intelligent assistance provider is configured to generate the command based upon the text instruction; and execute the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons
  • Patent number: 10671765
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway tampering detection and management. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify a priority value for each of a plurality of IoT devices coupled to the IHS, detect an event indicative of physical tampering of the IHS, and initiate an action in response to the detection, wherein the action is based, at least, in part, upon the priority values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons
  • Patent number: 10627882
    Abstract: Systems and methods for safeguarding and recovering Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices from power anomalies. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: detect an electrical power anomaly in an IoT network based, at least in part, upon a comparison between a current volatility of a data field and a volatility baseline for that data field, wherein the data field is part of a packet communicated between an IoT device and the IHS; and in response to the detection, manage the IoT network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Mark Randall Hammons, Tyler Ryan Cox
  • Patent number: 10630565
    Abstract: Systems and methods for overload management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateways. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: detect an overload condition in the IHS; in response to the detection, compare a current volatility of a data field against a volatility baseline for that data field, wherein the data field is one of a plurality of other fields contained within a packet communicated between an IoT device and the IHS; and take responsive action based, at least in part, upon the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Ryan Cox, Todd Erick Swierk, Marc Randall Hammons
  • Patent number: 10530864
    Abstract: Systems and methods for load balancing Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateways. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive metadata including attributes of IoT devices communicatively coupled to the IHS, wherein the attributes are collected by the IoT devices at least in part during a time interval leading up to the IHS entering an undesired state; perform feature extraction upon the metadata; identify correlations between extracted features and the undesired state; and perform load balancing based upon the correlations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc Randall Hammons, Todd Erick Swierk, Thomas Alexander Shows, Roy Francis Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20190355043
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance using voice services for agent coaching. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive an instruction from a voice service provider in response to audio captured during a communication between a customer and an agent, where the instruction includes a sentiment indication; identify a resource used by the agent during the communication; determine a result of the communication; and store the sentiment indication, the resource identification, and the result of the communication, in a coaching database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons, Abbey Barretto
  • Publication number: 20190355042
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance to support agents. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit audio to a voice service provider, wherein the audio is captured during a call between a customer and a support agent concerning a product; receive a text instruction from the voice service provider; retrieve support information relevant to the product based upon the text instruction; and display the support information to the support agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons, Abbey Barretto
  • Publication number: 20190341029
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance using voice services. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: transmit an audio instruction to a voice service provider, where the voice service provider is configured to: (i) convert the audio instruction into a text instruction, and (ii) transmit the text instruction to an intelligent assistance provider; receive a command from the intelligent assistance provider, where the intelligent assistance provider is configured to generate the command based upon the text instruction; and execute the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Todd Erick Swierk, Tyler Ryan Cox, Marc Randall Hammons