Patents by Inventor William Van Melle
William Van Melle 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: 10812494Abstract: A computer-implemented method, the method being performed in a computerized system incorporating a central processing unit, a localization signal receiver, a display and a memory, the computer-implemented method involving: receiving a request from a user for a content; receiving at least one localization signal using the localization signal receiver; determining a location based on the received localization signal; using a plurality of content access rules to determine whether the requested content is authorized to be accessed from the determined location; and providing content to the user only if the content is authorized to be accessed from the determined location.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Jacob Biehl, Lynn Donelle Wilcox, William van Melle, Lucas Peter William Carrigan
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Publication number: 20160182529Abstract: A computer-implemented method, the method being performed in a computerized system incorporating a central processing unit, a localization signal receiver, a display and a memory, the computer-implemented method involving: receiving a request from a user for a content; receiving at least one localization signal using the localization signal receiver; determining a location based on the received localization signal; using a plurality of content access rules to determine whether the requested content is authorized to be accessed from the determined location; and providing content to the user only if the content is authorized to be accessed from the determined location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Jacob Biehl, Lynn Donelle Wilcox, William van Melle, Lucas Peter William Carrigan
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Patent number: 9177285Abstract: Described is a system and method for controlling the state and capabilities of a meeting room automatically based on the content being presented. The system can detect certain states (such as transitions to a demo, or question-and-answer sessions) based on content of slides, and can automatically switch displays and other devices in a meeting room to accommodate these new states.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: William Van Melle, Anthony Dunnigan, Eugene Golovchinsky, Scott Carter, Pernilla Qvarfordt
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Patent number: 8965977Abstract: A computer system is coupled to a plurality of subscribers via a network. The computer system obtains first presence information that corresponds to a first calendar of a user and obtains second presence information that corresponds to a second calendar of the user that is different from the first calendar. The computer system determines one or more presence states of the user including determining, based on presence information for the user that includes the first presence information and the second presence information, a first presence state of the user. The computer system provides the respective presence state of the user, selected from the one or more presence states of the user, to the subscribers via the network.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jacob Biehl, Althea Turner, Pernilla Quarfordt, Anthony Dunnigan, William van Melle, Gene Golovchinsky deceased
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Patent number: 8954372Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods that estimate a user's affect and communication preferences from presence data. The exemplary embodiments use a small set of features derived from a user's recent high level presence states. Exemplary embodiments also use features from broader classes of presence data. Utilizing features from a combination of presence data and recent presence states may provide improvement over estimates that users are able to make themselves. The exemplary embodiments further consider cost, burden on the user, and privacy issues in estimating affect and communication preferences.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jacob Biehl, Eleanor Rieffel, Althea Turner, William Van Melle, Anbang Xu
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Patent number: 8838684Abstract: A system and method for determining a presence state of a person. A plurality of data feeds is received. A subset of the plurality of data feeds that includes data regarding presence states of a first person is identified. The subset of the plurality of data feeds are analyzed to determine a plurality of presence states of the first person, wherein a respective presence state of the first person is determined from a respective data feed in the subset of the plurality of data feeds. One or more presence states of the plurality of presence states are reported to subscribers via the network.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jacob Biehl, Althea Turner, Pernilla Quarfordt, Anthony Dunnigan, William van Melle, Gene Golovchinsky
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Patent number: 8775939Abstract: A system and method for accessing content provided by a presenter during a presentation is described. The system and method includes a presentation module used by a presenter to display presentation materials to audience members during a presentation. Also included is a selection module that allows a display of a representation of the presentation materials that have been displayed. When activated, the selection module enables an audience member to select for redisplay by the presentation module a particular one of the presentation materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: William Van Melle, Gene Golovchinsky, Scott Carter, Pernilla Quarfordt, Anthony Dunnigan
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Publication number: 20140067960Abstract: A computer system is coupled to a plurality of subscribers via a network. The computer system obtains first presence information that corresponds to a first calendar of a user and obtains second presence information that corresponds to a second calendar of the user that is different from the first calendar. The computer system determines one or more presence states of the user including determining, based on presence information for the user that includes the first presence information and the second presence information, a first presence state of the user. The computer system provides the respective presence state of the user, selected from the one or more presence states of the user, to the subscribers via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Jacob Biehl, Althea Turner, Pernilla Quarfordt, Anthony Dunnigan, William van Melle, Gene Golovchinsky
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Publication number: 20130191319Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods that estimate a user's affect and communication preferences from presence data. The exemplary embodiments use a small set of features derived from a user's recent high level presence states. Exemplary embodiments also use features from broader classes of presence data. Utilizing features from a combination of presence data and recent presence states may provide improvement over estimates that users are able to make themselves. The exemplary embodiments further consider cost, burden on the user, and privacy issues in estimating affect and communication preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Jacob BIEHL, Eleanor RIEFFEL, Althea TURNER, William VAN MELLE, Anbang XU
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Publication number: 20110173260Abstract: A system and method for determining a presence state of a person. A plurality of data feeds is received. A subset of the plurality of data feeds that includes data regarding presence states of a first person is identified. The subset of the plurality of data feeds are analyzed to determine a plurality of presence states of the first person, wherein a respective presence state of the first person is determined from a respective data feed in the subset of the plurality of data feeds. One or more presence states of the plurality of presence states are reported to subscribers via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: JACOB BIEHL, Althea Turner, Pernilla Quarfordt, Anthony Dunnigan, William van Melle, Gene Golovchinsky
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Publication number: 20100218099Abstract: A system and method for accessing content provided by a presenter during a presentation is described. The system and method includes a presentation module used by a presenter to display presentation materials to audience members during a presentation. Also included is a selection module that allows a display of a representation of the presentation materials that have been displayed. When activated, the selection module enables an audience member to select for redisplay by the presentation module a particular one of the presentation materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: William van Melle, Gene Golovchinsky, Scott Carter, Pernilla Quarfordt, Anthony Dunnigan
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Publication number: 20090282339Abstract: Described is a system and method for controlling the state and capabilities of a meeting room automatically based on the content being presented. The system can detect certain states (such as transitions to a demo, or question-and-answer sessions) based on content of slides, and can automatically switch displays and other devices in a meeting room to accommodate these new states.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: William Van MELLE, Anthony Dunnigan, Eugene Golovchinsky, Scott Carter, Pernilla Qvarfordt
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Patent number: 7174083Abstract: The systems and methods of this invention use an index and digital audio and/or video recordings of an activity to provide access to recently recorded material. For example, users initiate audio and/or video recordings. An index, e.g., an agenda, outlines the structure of the to be recorded event. The user selects an index item as an activity that corresponds to an index item is recorded. The recordings are then associated with the index. The user can then randomly access the recordings for playback, editing or further recording. The systems and methods of this invention additionally provide the means for correlating events and the corresponding index items with the recordings.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Scott L. Minneman, William Van Melle, Steve R. Harrison, Ian Emery Smith, Thomas P. Moran
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Patent number: 6525749Abstract: A system features a data input scheme in which the nature of the entered data is irrelevant until the requirement made to perform a function with respect to that data. It is only when it becomes necessary to perform a function with respect to the data that the determination of the nature of the data become important. The desired function, which may include editing, rearranging, moving, etc., then results in a determination of the nature of the data in order to enable implementation of that specific function. The nature of the data can be determined to be in the form of a list, table, or diagram.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1996Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas P. Moran, Patrick Chiu, William Van Melle
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Patent number: 5880743Abstract: An apparatus and method for animating editing changes on a display device is provided. The invention is designed to operate preferably with a graphical editing system that permits both handwritten and typewritten data entry. Both the primary changes made by the user and the contextual changes resulting from the primary changes are animated at a visually apparent rate in multiple steps to permit a user and other viewers of the display device to understand the effects of an editing change on surrounding objects. The number of steps in which the changes are animated depends on the number of changes which must be made and the operation performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas P. Moran, Patrick Chiu, William Van Melle, Gordon Kurtenbach
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Patent number: 5471578Abstract: A graphical editing system which allows a user to modify a selection gesture without having to redraw the entire gesture. The system defines a selection with an enclosure that is treated as a graphical object that can be contorted in a style consistent with the specific application. The enclosure can be altered, i.e., reshaped by a set of gestures which allow the user to expand or reduce the size of the enclosure. These alteration gestures activate specified points or portions of the enclosure to control its shape. If a selection enclosure is drawn, it can be altered to include or exclude additional data by drawing a line segment that is detected by its location relative to the selection enclosure as an alteration gesture to reshape the existing enclosure to include the line segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1993Date of Patent: November 28, 1995Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Thomas P. Moran, Patrick Chiu, William Van Melle