Patents by Inventor Todd Farrell Basche

Todd Farrell Basche 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).

  • Automatic wireless docking system
    Patent number: 10159106
    Abstract: An automatic wireless docking system includes a source device that includes a source device display screen, a display device, and a sink device that is coupled to the display device. The sink device determines a location of the source device and determines a motion of the source device. The sink device then identifies a wireless docking intent of the source device with the sink device based on the location of the source device and the motion of the source device. In response to identifying the wireless docking intent, the sink device establishes a current wireless docking session between the source device and the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Marquardt, Todd Farrell Basche
  • AUTOMATIC WIRELESS DOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180152983
    Abstract: An automatic wireless docking system includes a source device that includes a source device display screen, a display device, and a sink device that is coupled to the display device. The sink device determines a location of the source device and determines a motion of the source device. The sink device then identifies a wireless docking intent of the source device with the sink device based on the location of the source device and the motion of the source device. In response to identifying the wireless docking intent, the sink device establishes a current wireless docking session between the source device and the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Marquardt, Todd Farrell Basche
  • Automatic wireless docking system
    Patent number: 9883544
    Abstract: An automatic wireless docking system includes a source device that includes a source device display screen, a display device, and a sink device that is coupled to the display device. The sink device determines a location of the source device and determines a motion of the source device. The sink device then identifies a wireless docking intent of the source device with the sink device based on the location of the source device and the motion of the source device. In response to identifying the wireless docking intent, the sink device establishes a current wireless docking session between the source device and the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Marquardt, Todd Farrell Basche
  • Method and apparatus for managing and navigating within stacks of document pages
    Patent number: 6262732
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an information processing system are disclosed for improved manipulation of documents consisting of multiple pages. In one embodiment, a multi-page document is depicted by a representation of a stack of pages and a request area through which an operator may navigate within the stack. In another embodiment, a multi-page document is depicted by static icon representing the stack and a dynamic miniature replica of a current page within the stack. Additional functions are disclosed such as adding one or more pages to a document, removing a page from a stack, rotating a page within a stack, and adding annotations to a page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: ScanSoft, Inc.
    Inventors: Denis Raymond Coleman, Lev Belov, Todd Farrell Basche, Pierre-Alain Cotte