Robert J Ebert

US Patent:

8112456, Feb 7, 2012

Filed:

Apr 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/697634

Inventors:

Arthur Anthonie Van Hoff - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert Ebert - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707804, 707694

Abstract:

A media player device configured to store and play content for a user uses an implicit rank to add and delete content from the device. The rank is determined implicitly by gathering available information about a user directly and by monitoring user listening activity. The gathered information about the user and the monitored information are used to determine the user rank. Content is managed by comparing content stored on the media player device to the user rank to determine a preference order for storing content on the device; receiving content at the media player device; deleting one or more stored content objects from a computer readable storage medium so there is sufficient space to store the received content; and storing the received content on the computer readable storage medium.

US Patent:

20040222965, Nov 11, 2004

Filed:

May 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/840070

Inventors:

Roy Riccomini - Saratoga CA, US
Allen Lee - Los Altos CA, US
Timothy Twerdahl - Los Altos CA, US
Robert Ebert - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/156000

Abstract:

A system is described for generating an analog signal representing displacement information in a hand-held computing device. In one embodiment, a hand-held computing device includes a housing sized so that a user can hold the computing device during operation. The device also includes a display and a set of controls integrated with the housing so that the user can input information to the device's processor using his or her digits. At least one of the controls is an analog input device configured such that when displaced it generates an analog signal representing that displacement.

US Patent:

20060064756, Mar 23, 2006

Filed:

Sep 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/943392

Inventors:

Robert Ebert - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/16

US Classification:

726026000

Abstract:

A method for digital rights management is provided. The method is used for managing the right to use a digital software application having a main code component including application code and data resources. The method generates a security component including a hardware identification attribute and appends the security component to the main code component to form a software application package. When the software application package is installed on a hardware device, the security component enables the software application only if the hardware identification attribute is also present in the hardware device.

US Patent:

20230053276, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Jul 27, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/874822

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Amy Marie Whitberg - San Francisco CA, US
Xiaoqing Jing - San Jose CA, US
Swetha Bijoy - Bothell WA, US
Swati S. Rao - Sunnyvale CA, US
Robert Franklin Ebert - Los Altos Hills CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 15/22
G10L 15/30
G10L 15/08
G06T 7/70
G06F 3/01

Abstract:

An autonomously motile device may be controlled by speech received by a user device. A first speech-processing system associated with the user device may determine that audio data includes a representation of a command; a second speech-processing system associated with the autonomously motile device may determine that the command should be executed by the autonomously motile device. A network connection is established between the user device and the autonomously motile device, and a device manager authorizes execution of the command.