Patents by Inventor Ara Seferian
Ara Seferian 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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Publication number: 20200327462Abstract: System and method for scheduling a meeting room includes accepting information defining a meeting type, which is associated with at least one preset resources. The method further includes displaying at least one preset parameter based on the meeting type including email address of attendees, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically identifying and reserving a first room that is associated with a maximum capacity number by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the at least one preset resources based on the received preset information, notifying the organizer of the first room, detecting a number of attendees physically presence in the first room during an attendance time period by utilizing at least one sensor, and sending at least one command to control at least one of the associated preset resources in response to a start time and end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Crestron Electronics Inc.Inventors: Glen Marianko, Ara Seferian, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson, Adam Hanson
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Patent number: 10783888Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a comType: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Crestron Electronics Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Patent number: 10748539Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a comType: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Patent number: 10692020Abstract: System and method for scheduling a meeting room includes accepting information defining a meeting type, which is associated with at least one preset resources. The method further includes displaying at least one preset parameter based on the meeting type including email address of attendees, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically identifying and reserving a first room that is associated with a maximum capacity number by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the at least one preset resources based on the received preset information, notifying the organizer of the first room, detecting a number of attendees physically presence in the first room during an attendance time period by utilizing at least one sensor, and sending at least one command to control at least one of the associated preset resources in response to a start time and end time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Glen Marianko, Ara Seferian, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson, Adam Hanson
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Publication number: 20190172464Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a comType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Publication number: 20190172463Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a comType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Patent number: 10204622Abstract: A system is provided for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Patent number: 10121473Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a comType: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Patent number: 10044871Abstract: A conference system leveraging radio frequency communication standards for initiating a conference and controlling conference room presets. The system comprises a processor, a memory, a data storage device, a display, and at least one communication interface configured to enable communications with a remote server and one or more RF beacons, wherein the one or more RF beacons are configured for periodically broadcasting a beacon ID.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Daniel Jackson, Brian Donlan, Adam Hanson, Ara Seferian, Toine Leerentveld
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Patent number: 9998503Abstract: A system includes at least one processor, a memory, at least one data storage device, at least one communication interface, and at least one program of instructions stored in the memory and executable in the processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson
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Publication number: 20170092272Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards, the method comprising: receiving at each of two or more controlling devices the audible command signal, the audible command being directed to control at least one of two or more controllable devices controlled by a respective one of the two or more controlling devices; digitizing each of the received audible command signals; attaching a unique identifier to each digitized audible command so as to uniquely correlate it to a respective controlling device; determining a magnitude of each of the digitized audible command; determining a digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude, and further determining to which controlling device the audible command is directed to on the basis of the unique identifier associated with the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; performing speech recognition on the digitized audible command with the greatest magnitude; and forwarding a comType: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Publication number: 20170076721Abstract: A system is provided for determining which controllable device an audible command is directed towards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Ara Seferian, Josh Stene, Mark LaBosco
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Publication number: 20170006162Abstract: A conference system leveraging radio frequency communication standards for initiating a conference and controlling conference room presets. The system comprises a processor, a memory, a data storage device, a display, and at least one communication interface configured to enable communications with a remote server and one or more RF beacons, wherein the one or more RF beacons are configured for periodically broadcasting a beacon ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Fred Bargetzi, Daniel Jackson, Brian Donlan, Adam Hanson, Ara Seferian, Toine Leerentveld
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Publication number: 20160180259Abstract: System and method for scheduling a meeting room includes accepting information defining a meeting type, which is associated with at least one preset resources. The method further includes displaying at least one preset parameter based on the meeting type including email address of attendees, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically identifying and reserving a first room that is associated with a maximum capacity number by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the at least one preset resources based on the received preset information, notifying the organizer of the first room, detecting a number of attendees physically presence in the first room during an attendance time period by utilizing at least one sensor, and sending at least one command to control at least one of the associated preset resources in response to a start time and end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Glen Marianko, Ara Seferian, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson, Adam Hanson
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Patent number: 9294723Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a method comprises displaying at least one preset parameter associated with a conference type. The conference type is associated with preset resources. The method further comprises accepting information defining the conference type, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically determining a room by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the preset resources based on the received preset information, and sending at least one command to control the associated preset resources in response to the start time and end time.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Creston Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson
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Publication number: 20160080432Abstract: A system includes at least one processor, a memory, at least one data storage device, at least one communication interface, and at least one program of instructions stored in the memory and executable in the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson
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Patent number: 9176790Abstract: The invention relates to an architecture that facilitates assigning and load balancing of rooms assigned to at least one server. In an illustrative embodiment, the method comprises retrieving a current number of assigned rooms to each server, retrieving a current number of unassigned rooms, determining a current server weight for each of at least a subset of the at least one server within the at least two distribution groups, determining a total server weight, and calculating the number of rooms to load for at least a given one of the at least one server based at least in part on the number of unassigned rooms, total server weight, and current server weight of the given one of the at least one server.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Creston Electronics, INC.Inventors: Louis J Ciocci, Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson
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Publication number: 20130290540Abstract: The invention relates to an architecture that facilitates assigning and load balancing of rooms assigned to at least one server. In an illustrative embodiment, the method comprises retrieving a current number of assigned rooms to each server, retrieving a current number of unassigned rooms, determining a current server weight for each of at least a subset of the at least one server within the at least two distribution groups, determining a total server weight, and calculating the number of rooms to load for at least a given one of the at least one server based at least in part on the number of unassigned rooms, total server weight, and current server weight of the given one of the at least one server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: Crestron Electronics, INC.Inventors: Louis J. Ciocci, Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson
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Publication number: 20120293605Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a method comprises displaying at least one preset parameter associated with a conference type. The conference type is associated with preset resources. The method further comprises accepting information defining the conference type, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically determining a room by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the preset resources based on the received preset information, and sending at least one command to control the associated preset resources in response to the start time and end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson, Toine Leerentveld, Daniel Jackson
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Publication number: 20120278408Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a method comprises displaying at least one preset parameter associated with a conference type. The conference type is associated with preset resources. The method further comprises accepting information defining the conference type, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically determining a room by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the preset resources based on the received preset information, and sending at least one command to control the associated preset resources in response to the start time and end time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Crestron Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ara Seferian, Adam Hanson, Toine Leerentveld