Patents by Inventor William H. Plaehn

William H. Plaehn 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: 20170228815
    Abstract: Methods for providing aggregated and uniformly arranged item information are provided, comprising: receiving at a local computing device, from each of a plurality of item sources, item information for each of a plurality of items, wherein the item information from each item source is in a different format; transforming the item information from at least one of the item sources into a common format; receiving a location identifier; receiving at least one parameter including at least one of an item identifier and a source identifier, wherein the item identifier identifies at least one of the items, and wherein the source identifier identifies at least two of the item sources; selecting item information based on the at least one parameter and the location identifier; aggregating the selected item information and arranging the aggregated item information into a uniform format; and transmitting the arranged information to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: William H. Plaehn, Michael T. Carini
  • Patent number: 9569686
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a mobile device display is provided. The method includes receiving by a mobile device from a user facing camera of the mobile device, an image of a user currently using the mobile device. Key features of the image are identified and attributes of the key features are determined. The attributes are analyzed and a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of the mobile device is determined. Data associated with the specified region is provided for a software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Patent number: 9535495
    Abstract: Display repositioning is provided. A viewer set is detected based, at least in part, on sensory data received from one or more sensors, wherein the viewer set includes one or more viewers of a display device. A location of the viewer set is determined relative to a screen of the display device based, at least in part, on the sensory data. A secondary interface element is presented via the screen, wherein the secondary interface element has a location based, at least in part, on the location of the viewer set and wherein the secondary interface element has a size based, at least in part, on the location of the viewer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse R. Angelo, Craig J. Limoli, William H. Plaehn, Kelly E. Songer
  • Patent number: 9535498
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a transparent display is provided. The method includes receiving from a user facing device, a user image. User image key features of the user image are identified and user image attributes of said image key features are analyzed. An object image of objects is received and a first object is identified. Object key features of the first object are identified and object attributes of object key features are analyzed. A specified position on a transparent display for displaying a first image associated with the first object is determined. The first image is displayed at the specified position on the transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Publication number: 20160154459
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a transparent display is provided. The method includes receiving from a user facing device, a user image. User image key features of the user image are identified and user image attributes of said image key features are analyzed. An object image of objects is received and a first object is identified. Object key features of the first object are identified and object attributes of object key features are analyzed. A specified position on a transparent display for displaying a first image associated with the first object is determined. The first image is displayed at the specified position on the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Publication number: 20160091968
    Abstract: Display repositioning is provided. A viewer set is detected based, at least in part, on sensory data received from one or more sensors, wherein the viewer set includes one or more viewers of a display device. A location of the viewer set is determined relative to a screen of the display device based, at least in part, on the sensory data. A secondary interface element is presented via the screen, wherein the secondary interface element has a location based, at least in part, on the location of the viewer set and wherein the secondary interface element has a size based, at least in part, on the location of the viewer set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Jesse R. Angelo, Craig J. Limoli, William H. Plaehn, Kelly E. Songer
  • Patent number: 9285876
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a transparent display is provided. The method includes receiving from a user facing device, a user image. User image key features of the user image are identified and user image attributes of said image key features are analyzed. An object image of objects is received and a first object is identified. Object key features of the first object are identified and object attributes of object key features are analyzed. A specified position on a transparent display for displaying a first image associated with the first object is determined. The first image is displayed at the specified position on the transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Publication number: 20150379367
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a mobile device display is provided. The method includes receiving by a mobile device from a user facing camera of the mobile device, an image of a user currently using the mobile device. Key features of the image are identified and attributes of the key features are determined. The attributes are analyzed and a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of the mobile device is determined. Data associated with the specified region is provided for a software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Patent number: 9167147
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a mobile device display is provided. The method includes receiving by a mobile device from a user facing camera of the mobile device, an image of a user currently using the mobile device. Key features of the image are identified and attributes of the key features are determined. The attributes are analyzed and a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of the mobile device is determined. Data associated with the specified region is provided for a software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Publication number: 20150145771
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a transparent display is provided. The method includes receiving from a user facing device, a user image. User image key features of the user image are identified and user image attributes of said image key features are analyzed. An object image of objects is received and a first object is identified. Object key features of the first object are identified and object attributes of object key features are analyzed. A specified position on a transparent display for displaying a first image associated with the first object is determined. The first image is displayed at the specified position on the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Patent number: 9041645
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a transparent display is provided. The method includes receiving from a user facing device, a user image. User image key features of the user image are identified and user image attributes of said image key features are analyzed. An object image of objects is received and a first object is identified. Object key features of the first object are identified and object attributes of object key features are analyzed. A specified position on a transparent display for displaying a first image associated with the first object is determined. The first image is displayed at the specified position on the transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Publication number: 20140232630
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a transparent display is provided. The method includes receiving from a user facing device, a user image. User image key features of the user image are identified and user image attributes of said image key features are analyzed. An object image of objects is received and a first object is identified. Object key features of the first object are identified and object attributes of object key features are analyzed. A specified position on a transparent display for displaying a first image associated with the first object is determined. The first image is displayed at the specified position on the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn
  • Publication number: 20140232881
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a field of view region on a mobile device display is provided. The method includes receiving by a mobile device from a user facing camera of the mobile device, an image of a user currently using the mobile device. Key features of the image are identified and attributes of the key features are determined. The attributes are analyzed and a specified region within a field of view of an object facing camera of the mobile device is determined. Data associated with the specified region is provided for a software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William H. Plaehn