Patents by Inventor Greg Smelzer

Greg Smelzer 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).

  • Patent number: 9779775
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for automatically creating compilation videos from an original video based on metadata associated with the original video. For example, a method for creating a compilation video may include determining a relevance score for video frames in an original video; selecting a plurality of relevant video frames from the original video based on the relevance score; selecting a plurality of video clips from the original video based on the relevance scores of the video frames; and creating a compilation video from the plurality of video clips. Each of the plurality of video clips, for example, may include at least one relevant video frame from the plurality of relevant video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: LYVE MINDS, INC.
    Inventors: Mihnea Calin Pacurariu, Andreas von Sneidern, Kevin Arnold, Greg Smelzer, Jeff Ma
  • Publication number: 20170230455
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for determining the health of a storage network of electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method may include determining a data size of a catalogue of data items stored in one or more electronic devices within a network of electronic devices; determining a storage capacity of the network of electronic devices; determining a storage health of the network of electronic devices based on the data size of the catalogue of data items and the storage capacity of the one or more electronic devices; and outputting the storage health of the network of electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy Bucher, AIN MCKENDRICK, JEFF MA, Justin Lee, Randeep Singh Gakhal, CHRISTIAN M. KAISER, Morgan Fancois Stephan Dollard, Greg Smelzer
  • Patent number: 9531610
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for determining the health of a storage network of electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method may include determining a data size of a catalog of data items stored in one or more electronic devices within a network of electronic devices; determining a storage capacity of the network of electronic devices; determining a storage health of the network of electronic devices based on the data size of the catalog of data items and the storage capacity of the one or more electronic devices; and outputting the storage health of the network of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Lyve Minds, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Bucher, Ain McKendrick, Jeff Ma, Justin Lee, Randeep Singh Gakhal, Christian M. Kaiser, Morgan Francois Stephan Dollard, Greg Smelzer
  • Publication number: 20150326452
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for determining the health of a storage network of electronic devices. In some embodiments, the method may include determining a data size of a catalogue of data items stored in one or more electronic devices within a network of electronic devices; determining a storage capacity of the network of electronic devices; determining a storage health of the network of electronic devices based on the data size of the catalogue of data items and the storage capacity of the one or more electronic devices; and outputting the storage health of the network of electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Lyve Minds, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Bucher, Ain McKendrick, Jeff Ma, Justin Lee, Randeep Singh Gakhal, Christian M. Kaiser, Morgan Francois Stephan Dollard, Greg Smelzer
  • Publication number: 20150243326
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for automatically creating compilation videos from an original video based on metadata associated with the original video. For example, a method for creating a compilation video may include determining a relevance score for video frames in an original video; selecting a plurality of relevant video frames from the original video based on the relevance score; selecting a plurality of video clips from the original video based on the relevance scores of the video frames; and creating a compilation video from the plurality of video clips. Each of the plurality of video clips, for example, may include at least one relevant video frame from the plurality of relevant video frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: LYVE MINDS, INC.
    Inventors: Mihnea Calin Pacurariu, Andreas von Sneidern, Kevin Arnold, Greg Smelzer, Jeff Ma
  • Patent number: D740839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FANHATTAN, INC.
    Inventors: Gilles Serge BianRosa, Greg Smelzer, Keith Ohlfs