Thywissen
John A. Thywissen, Plano, TX US
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20080235155 | Determining a Price Premium for a Project - In certain embodiments, a method for determining a price premium for a project includes accessing project information that includes values for one or more parameters of a project. The method further includes determining from the project information a project duration for the project, a time value of money for the project, a variability for the project, and an expected project price. A price premium for the project is generated according to the project duration, the time value of money, the variability value, and the expected project price, using an option-pricing mathematical model for financial instruments. | 09-25-2008 |
20090141902 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING DATA IN COMPUTER STORAGE - Apparatus, and an associated method, for maintaining data, such as a data file, in secure form. Security keys are stored and maintained at a central location. The security key is downloaded to a device that is to operate upon the data. When the security key is authorized to be downloaded to a computer device, a time boundary is associated with the security key. The time boundary defines the period of usability of the security key. The security key is used at the computer device to encrypt the data each time the data is written to storage and to decrypt the data each time the data is read from storage. Thereby, at all times, when the data is stored at storage, the data is maintained in secure form. | 06-04-2009 |
Kurt Thywissen, Los Gatos, CA US
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20110320609 | Handling Of A Communication Session - Method, device and computer program product for handling a communication session at a device, by executing a communication session handling program at the device, the communication session handling program comprising a communication session handling part for handling the communication session and an interfacing part for linking with a communication session control interface. An application executed at the device provides, to a user of the device, a communication session control interface for the communication session handled by the communication session handling part of the communication session handling program, the application linking with the interfacing part of the communication session handling program. On detecting that the application has ceased to provide the communication session control interface, the interfacing part of the communication session handling program links, without dropping the communication session, to a further communication session control interface provided at the device for continuation of the communication session handled by the communication session handling part. | 12-29-2011 |
Kurt A. Thywissen, Los Gatos, CA US
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20140191976 | Location Based Augmentation For Story Reading - Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192140 | Visual Content Modification for Distributed Story Reading - Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195222 | Speech Modification for Distributed Story Reading - Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read. | 07-10-2014 |