Patents by Inventor William Colyer Hill
William Colyer Hill 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: 10126828Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Publication number: 20170052598Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 9430043Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 9395819Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 7148879Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as a wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal, laptops and personal digital assistant devices (PDA). Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2001Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Publication number: 20040116138Abstract: A system and method for communication recovery following service interruptions is disclosed wherein parties to communication which has experienced a service interruption are provided the opportunity to record messages for one another during the service interruption so that the messages can be provided to the parties when communication is later re-established.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2002Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Steven Lloyd Greenspan, William Colyer Hill
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Publication number: 20020009972Abstract: Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as a wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal, laptops and personal digital assistant devices (PDA). Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Brian Amento, William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Publication number: 20010014441Abstract: Myoelectric and wireless technologies are used for the control of a portable electronic device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). That is, a portable electronic device has a wireless myoelectric user interface. An apparatus includes a material which forms a forearm or wrist band, myoelectric sensors attached to the band, a digital processor coupled to the myoelectric sensors, and a wireless transmitter coupled to the digital processor. The apparatus is operative to sense and detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to broadcast control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Fernando Carlos Pereira, Yoram Singer, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 6256648Abstract: A set of seed resources S is received that is typically specified by a user. A set of discovered resources D is identified from a hyperlinked collection of resources C such that each resource in D is in a NK clan graph with respect to the set of seed resources S. An NK clan graph is the set of all resources that are in an N clan with at least K seeds. An N clan is a subgraph G of the hyperlinked collection of resources C such that every node in G is connected to every other node in G by a path of length N or less, and the connecting paths traverse only nodes in the subgraph G. The set of discovered resources D is added to the set of seed resources S. At least some of the resources in subgraph G are displayed to the user to convey information about resources in G as well as the relationship between these resources.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1998Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 6244873Abstract: Myoelectric and wireless technologies are used for the control of a portable electronic device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). That is, a portable electronic device has a wireless myoelectric user interface. An apparatus includes a material which forms a forearm or wrist band, myoelectric sensors attached to the band, a digital processor coupled to the myoelectric sensors, and a wireless transmitter coupled to the digital processor. The apparatus is operative to sense and detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to broadcast control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of the portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Fernando Carlos Pereira, Yoram Singer, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 6029192Abstract: Resources are located on a network by searching a database including resource evaluation information obtained from electronic messages. Electronic messages having information evaluating network resources such as files, websites, and utilities are identified. Evaluation information including the network address of the evaluated resource is stored in the database. Resource information from the resource itself is also stored. A useful and manageable number of evaluated resource titles responsive to a user request for information are presented to the user. The user can browse evaluation information and fetch the resource.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: William Colyer Hill, Loren Gilbert Terveen
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Patent number: 5805815Abstract: In the context of global hypertext, a new solution to the human interface problem of waiting for the content of a next page to arrive and be displayed by a WWW browser. Small amounts of relevant content are stored and maintained in the hyperlinks themselves. This extra content is revealed to users during download wait time. Hypertext links that contain and reveal extra content are called content laden links. By displaying content which is useful and relevant to the user while the next WWW page is being fetched, useless dead time can be turned into productive time and the satisfaction level of the user increased.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1995Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventor: William Colyer Hill