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Doreen R. Hoover, Spokane, WA US
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| 20120087871 | WASP, HORNET, AND YELLOWJACKET SPRAY REPELLANT AND NEST PESTICIDE - Methods for killing insects and a nest are disclosed. The methods may be used to disrupt a colony of nestdwelling insects. The insects may include wasps, hornets, and yellowjackets. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120107428 | REPELLENTS FOR PESTIFEROUS SOCIAL WASPS - Provided herein are essential oils and synthetic compounds, and combinations thereof, as repellent compositions for repelling insects, such as vespid social wasps (Vespidae), including yellowjackets, paper wasps, and hornets. Controlled release devices comprising these repellent compositions are also provided. | 05-03-2012 |
Jonathan A. Hoover, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20080244589 | Task manager - A task list contains information related to multiple tasks to be executed in a sequential manner. A task processor is provided to execute at least one task in the task list. A task management engine retrieves information from the task list and provides task execution instructions to the task processor. The task execution instructions provided by the task management engine are based on information retrieved from the task list. The task management engine receives execution results from the task processor and provides those results to a calling program that communicates with the task management engine. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090055751 | Management System for Local and Remote Services - A management system for a computer service may have a single set of interfaces through which a local or remote version of the service may be administered. The management system may include a discovery system that determines if a service is provided through a local or remote host and uses the appropriate routines or connections to perform each administrative task. The management system may include a single set of console interfaces, wizards or sequential interactive interfaces, dialog boxes, or other user interface mechanisms that may be used to control a local or remote version of a service. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090063448 | Aggregated Search Results for Local and Remote Services - A search system may include searches performed on remotely hosted services that may be indexed and queried by an aggregated search tool. The search tool may aggregate desktop searches and internet searches with searches of remotely hosted services into a single set of results. Remotely hosted services may include databases and other services that are hosted over the Internet but may be privately available to a user. Examples of remotely hosted services may include shared directories, customer resource management systems, project management tools, accounting systems, and other remote services. In some embodiments, a search index created from the remote service may be stored locally or on a server. | 03-05-2009 |
Kelvin M. Hoover, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20110145383 | ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A Managed Site ( | 06-16-2011 |
Paul Hoover, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100024008 | Managing Resource Allocations - Techniques for determining which resource access requests are handled locally at a remote computer, and which resource access requests are routed or “redirected” through a virtual private network. One or more routing or “redirection” rules are downloaded from a redirection rule server to a remote computer. When the node of the virtual private network running on the remote computer receives a resource access request, it compares the identified resource with the rules. Based upon how the identified resource matches one or more rules, the node will determine whether the resource access request is redirected through the virtual private network or handled locally (e.g., retrieved locally from another network). A single set of redirection rules can be distributed to and employed by a variety of different virtual private network communication techniques. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100036955 | Creating Rules For Routing Resource Access Requests - Techniques for determining which resource access requests are handled locally at a remote computer, and which resource access requests are routed or “redirected” through a virtual private network. One or more routing or “redirection” rules are downloaded from a redirection rule server to a remote computer. When the node of the virtual private network running on the remote computer receives a resource access request, it compares the identified resource with the rules. Based upon how the identified resource matches one or more rules, the node will determine whether the resource access request is redirected through the virtual private network or handled locally (e.g., retrieved locally from another network). A single set of redirection rules can be distributed to and employed by a variety of different virtual private network communication techniques. | 02-11-2010 |
Paul Hoover, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20090079765 | Proximity based computer display - A computer that can alter display the format or content of a computer display in response to context information indicating the proximity of a user to the display. Such a display may enable a person to make better use of information organization and delivery capabilities of the computer as the person engages in an active task. While the person is close to the display, the computer may present text in a relatively smaller size and information allowing interaction with the computer, such as objects that implement control functions, may be displayed. When the person is further from the display, the computer may present text in a relatively larger size and may omit control objects from the display to create space for the larger size text. | 03-26-2009 |
Paul Armistead Hoover, Bothel, WA US
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| 20120133680 | INSTANTANEOUS PANNING USING A GROOVE METAPHOR - User input interpretation mechanisms can pass along user input without delay by initially treating it as freeform movement and passing it along unmodified, rather than waiting to receive a sufficient quantity of user input from which to derive a user's intentions. User input within a defined range from an initial point is freeform movement, passed along unmodified, while user input beyond that range can be confined to a groove if it evidences an intention to move in a precisely linear manner. Grooves can be established to aid in precise vertical movement, with no horizontal deviations, precise horizontal movement, with no vertical deviations, or any other orientation. Before being passed along, user input in groove regions can be modified to center the input within the groove region and eliminate human inaccuracies, such as slight deviations to either side. User input can escape groove regions by moving orthogonally to them. | 05-31-2012 |
Paul Armistead Hoover, Bothell, WA US
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| 20110134047 | MULTI-MODAL INTERACTION ON MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to multi-modal interaction on a computing device comprising a multi-touch display. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of multi-modal interaction including recognizing a hand posture of a user's first hand directed at the display and displaying a modal region based on the hand posture, wherein the modal region defines an area on the display. The method further includes receiving an input selecting a mode to be applied to the modal region, wherein the mode indicates functionalities to be associated with the modal region and defines a mapping of touch gestures to actions associated with the mode. The method further includes, while the modal region remains displayed, recognizing a touch gesture from a user's second hand directed at the display within the modal region and performing an action on the display based upon a mapping of the touch gesture. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120092381 | Snapping User Interface Elements Based On Touch Input - An invention is disclosed for using touch gestures to zoom a video to full-screen. As the user reverse-pinches on a touch-sensitive surface to zoom in on a video, the invention tracks the amount of a zoom. When the user has zoomed to the point where one of the dimensions (height or width) of the video reaches a threshold (such as some percentage of a dimension of the display device—e.g. the width of the video reaches 80% of the width of the display device), the invention determines to display the video in full-screen, and “snaps” the video to full-screen. The invention may do this by way of an animation, such as expanding the video to fill the screen. | 04-19-2012 |
Paul Armistead Hoover, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20090327886 | USE OF SECONDARY FACTORS TO ANALYZE USER INTENTION IN GUI ELEMENT ACTIVATION - An interactive media display system and a method of activating a graphical user interface element presented by the interactive media display system are provided. The method includes presenting the graphical user interface element via a touch-sensitive display surface of the interactive media display system; receiving a user input at the touch-sensitive display surface; determining whether one or more secondary factors associated with the user input indicate an intentional contact with the graphical user interface element that is presented via the touch sensitive display surface; activating the graphical user interface element if the one or more secondary factors indicate the intentional contact with the graphical user interface element; and disregarding the user input by not activating the graphical user interface if the one or more secondary factors do not indicate the intentional contact. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100141589 | TOUCH INPUT INTERPRETATION - A method of operating a touch display includes interpreting a touch input on the touch display as a first kind of gesture if a source of the touch input is of a first type and a parameter of the touch input is below a first threshold. The touch input is interpreted as a second kind of gesture if the source is of the first type and the parameter of the touch input is above the first threshold. The touch input is interpreted as the first kind of gesture if the source is of a second type and the parameter of the touch input is below a second threshold, the second threshold being different than the first threshold. The touch input is interpreted as the second kind of gesture if the source is of the second type and the parameter of the touch input is above the second threshold. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100146387 | TOUCH DISPLAY SCROLL CONTROL - A scroll control recognizes a touch input directed to a selectable item while the selectable item is scrolling on a touch display. The scroll control determines if the selectable item is scrolling above a threshold velocity when the touch input directed to the selectable item is recognized. If the selectable item is determined to be scrolling above the threshold velocity, scrolling of the selectable item is stopped. If the selectable item is determined to be scrolling below the threshold velocity, the selectable item is selected. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100177931 | VIRTUAL OBJECT ADJUSTMENT VIA PHYSICAL OBJECT DETECTION - Various embodiments related to the location and adjustment of a virtual object on a display in response to a detected physical object are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a multi-touch display, a processor and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to display on the display a virtual object, to detect a change in relative location between the virtual object and a physical object that constrains a viewable area of the display, and to adjust a location of the virtual object on the display in response to detecting the change in relative location between the virtual object and the physical object. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100218249 | AUTHENTICATION VIA A DEVICE - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates authentication of a user in a surface computing environment. A device or authentication object can be carried by a user and employed to retain authentication information. An authentication component can obtain the authentication information from the device and analyze the information to verify an identity of the user. A touch input component can ascertain if a touch input is authentication by associating touch input with the user. In addition, authentication information can be employed to establish a secure communications channel for transfer of user data. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110093821 | DISPLAYING GUI ELEMENTS ON NATURAL USER INTERFACES - A computing system for displaying a GUI element on a natural user interface is described herein. The computing system includes a display configured to display a natural user interface of a program executed on the computing system, and a gesture sensor configured to detect a gesture input directed at the natural user interface by a user. The computing system also includes a processor configured to execute a gesture-recognizing module for recognizing a registration phase, an operation phase, and a termination phase of the gesture input, and a gesture assist module configured to first display a GUI element overlaid upon the natural user interface in response to recognition of the registration phase. The GUI element includes a visual or audio operation cue to prompt the user to carry out the operation phase of the gesture input, and a selector manipulatable by the user via the operation phase of the gesture. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110115745 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH CONTACT GEOMETRY INTERFACE - An interactive display system with a contact geometry interface is disclosed. The interactive display system may include a multi-touch display, a touch detection system configured to detect a touch input on the multi-touch display and to generate contact geometry for a contact region of the touch input, and an application programming interface executed on a processor of the interactive display system. The application programming interface may be configured to receive the contact geometry and to send the contact geometry to a requesting application program for application-level processing. Further, the application programming interface may be configured to receive from the application program a display command based on the application level-processing. The application programming interface may be configured to send the display command to the multi-touch display to adjust a display of a graphical element on the multi-touch display. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110157025 | HAND POSTURE MODE CONSTRAINTS ON TOUCH INPUT - A method of controlling a virtual object within a virtual workspace includes recognizing a hand posture of an initial touch gesture directed to a touch-input receptor, and a mode constraint is set based on the hand posture. The mode constraint specifies a constrained parameter of a virtual object that is to be maintained responsive to a subsequent touch gesture. The method further includes recognizing a subsequent touch gesture directed to the touch-input receptor. An unconstrained parameter of the virtual object is modulated responsive to the subsequent touch gesture while the constrained parameter of the virtual object is maintained in accordance with the mode constraint. | 06-30-2011 |
Paul L. Hoover, Seattle, WA US
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| 20110191465 | PUBLIC WIRELESS NETWORK PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH MOBILE DEVICE DATA COLLECTION AGENTS - A wireless network performance management system and method. The system includes at least one collection agent for collecting data related to at least one of service coverage; service quality; and usage of public and/or private data networks for enterprise clients, and a reporting unit to graphically represent the collected data to at least one of track, troubleshoot, and analyze the one of the service coverage; the service quality; and the usage of public and/or private data networks for the enterprise clients. | 08-04-2011 |
Paul Lawrence Hoover, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100121943 | Secure Access to Remote Resources Over a Network - A client computer hosts a virtual private network tool to establish a virtual private network connection with a remote network. Upon startup, the virtual private network tool collects critical network information for the client computer, and sends this critical network information to an address assignment server in the remote network. The address assignment server compares the critical network information with a pool of available addresses in the remote network, and assigns addresses for use by the client computer that do not conflict with the addresses for local resources. The address assignment server also provides routing information for resources in the remote network to the virtual private network tool. The virtual private network tool will postpone loading this routing information into the routing tables of the client computer until the client computer requests access to a specific resource in the remote network. When the client computer requests access to a specific resource in the remote network, the virtual private network tool will only provide the routing table with the routing information for that specific remote resource. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110167475 | Secure Access to Remote Resources Over a Network - A client computer hosts a virtual private network tool to establish a virtual private network connection with a remote network. Upon startup, the virtual private network tool collects critical network information for the client computer, and sends this critical network information to an address assignment server in the remote network. The address assignment server compares the critical network information with a pool of available addresses in the remote network, and assigns addresses for use by the client computer that do not conflict with the addresses for local resources. The address assignment server also provides routing information for resources in the remote network to the virtual private network tool. The virtual private network tool will postpone loading this routing information into the routing tables of the client computer until the client computer requests access to a specific resource in the remote network. When the client computer requests access to a specific resource in the remote network, the virtual private network tool will only provide the routing table with the routing information for that specific remote resource. | 07-07-2011 |
Thomas Jay Hoover, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100169417 | Unified and Best Messaging Systems for Communication Devices - A unified messaging system which can provide messaging services for a plurality of different “message types” is disclosed. The unified messaging system can serve as a single interface to a number of messaging services provided by various messaging components which use different message types (e.g., mail server). A unified message type is implemented and presented to a user as an abstract message. In addition, the unified messaging system can automatically determine, based on a first selected feature, if one or more message types should be used. A particular message type can also be automatically selected as a “best message type” based on one or more selected options. | 07-01-2010 |