Patents by Inventor Marissa Brooke Mwendwa

Marissa Brooke Mwendwa 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: 10091017
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory, machine-readable media that facilitate personalized home automation control based at least in part on individualized protocol. First sensor data may be received, and may be indicative of an identified individual that is sensed by a set of sensors. A particularized pattern of activity of individual may be determined. Second sensor data may be indicative of an unidentified individual. Identification rules specified by a stored protocol record may include criteria for identifying sensed individuals. The second sensor data and/or identification information from another data source may be analyzed to identify the unidentified individual. A home automation rule may be determined based on the particularized pattern, which rule may include an anticipation of an operational setting of a home automation device. The home automation device may be instructed based on the determined home automation rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies International Corporation
    Inventors: Kate Megan Carney Landow, Leslie Ann Harper, Rajiv Singh Cullen Pal, Marissa Brooke Mwendwa
  • Publication number: 20170195130
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory, machine-readable media that facilitate personalized home automation control based at least in part on individualized protocol. First sensor data may be received, and may be indicative of an identified individual that is sensed by a set of sensors. A particularized pattern of activity of individual may be determined. Second sensor data may be indicative of an unidentified individual. Identification rules specified by a stored protocol record may include criteria for identifying sensed individuals. The second sensor data and/or identification information from another data source may be analyzed to identify the unidentified individual. A home automation rule may be determined based on the particularized pattern, which rule may include an anticipation of an operational setting of a home automation device. The home automation device may be instructed based on the determined home automation rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Kate Megan Carney Landow, Leslie Ann Harper, Rajiv Singh Cullen Pal, Marissa Brooke Mwendwa