Patents by Inventor Samer Salam

Samer Salam 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: 11935299
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first device identifies a region of interest in video in which a light source of a second device is present by: using a current frame of the video and a prior frame of the video to compute a difference frame, performing thresholding on the current frame to form a threshold frame, and performing pixel-wise conjunction operations between the difference frame and the threshold frame, to identify a centroid of the light source of the second device. The first device detects a message within the region of interest transmitted by the second device via its light source. The device provides the message for review by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Samer Salam, Jad Al Aaraj
  • Publication number: 20240022919
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point. The present technology can further present an animation of the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the stored telemetry data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman
  • Publication number: 20240014913
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi access point (AP) signal propagation pattern through multiple floors. The present technology can execute a Wi-Fi signal propagation model corresponding to a first AP on a first floor of a building plan and a second AP on a second floor of the building plan. The Wi-Fi signal propagation model calculates a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for a plurality of APs including the first AP and the second AP. The present technology can further present a visualization of the Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for the plurality of APs, wherein the Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for the first AP on the first floor of the building plan projects onto the second floor of the building plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman, James Florwick
  • Publication number: 20230361891
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to 3-D visualization of wireless signal propagation representing wireless signal strength and interference in 3-D space. The present technology can identify a plurality of access points (APs) in the 3-D space, determine a wireless signal strength for each of the plurality of APs, and determine an interference with the wireless signal strength of each of the plurality of APs, wherein the interference is caused by a neighboring AP of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space. The present technology can further present a 3-D visualization of a wireless signal propagation pattern representing the wireless signal strength from each of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space and the interference from the neighboring AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Stefano Ferrari, Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna
  • Patent number: 11811613
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying a spanning tree loop in a network environment. Spanning tree loop indicators occurring in a network environment that utilizes a spanning tree protocol are identified. The spanning tree loop indicators are correlated to identify correlated spanning tree loop indicators within the network environment. A potential spanning tree loop is recognized from a plurality of the correlated spanning tree loop indicators based on indicator types of the correlated spanning tree loop indicators. The potential spanning tree loop is remedied in the network environment in response to recognizing the potential spanning tree loop in the network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachariah Cherian, Samer Salam, Ajay Madhavan, Tarunesh Ahuja, Michael Michaelides, Smruti Dilip Lele
  • Publication number: 20230326209
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first device identifies a region of interest in video in which a light source of a second device is present by: using a current frame of the video and a prior frame of the video to compute a difference frame, performing thresholding on the current frame to form a threshold frame, and performing pixel-wise conjunction operations between the difference frame and the threshold frame, to identify a centroid of the light source of the second device. The first device detects a message within the region of interest transmitted by the second device via its light source. The device provides the message for review by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Samer Salam, Jad Al Aaraj
  • Patent number: 11785477
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point. The present technology can further present an animation of the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the stored telemetry data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman
  • Patent number: 11777625
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi access point (AP) signal propagation pattern through multiple floors. The present technology can execute a Wi-Fi signal propagation model corresponding to a first AP on a first floor of a building plan and a second AP on a second floor of the building plan. The Wi-Fi signal propagation model calculates a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for a plurality of APs including the first AP and the second AP. The present technology can further present a visualization of the Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for the plurality of APs, wherein the Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for the first AP on the first floor of the building plan projects onto the second floor of the building plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman, James Florwick
  • Patent number: 11742965
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to 3-D visualization of wireless signal propagation representing wireless signal strength and interference in 3-D space. The present technology can identify a plurality of access points (APs) in the 3-D space, determine a wireless signal strength for each of the plurality of APs, and determine an interference with the wireless signal strength of each of the plurality of APs, wherein the interference is caused by a neighboring AP of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space. The present technology can further present a 3-D visualization of a wireless signal propagation pattern representing the wireless signal strength from each of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space and the interference from the neighboring AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Ferrari, Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna
  • Patent number: 11681545
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating and presenting workflow graphs can include the following operations. A workflow graph including vertices is provided. An event is received to reorganize the vertices of the workflow graph. Each of the vertices is classified with a significance level, the significance level is based on at least one of a business rule and a vertex position of a vertex of the vertices. Vertices of the vertices having a low significance level are grouped together. The vertices in the group having the low significance level are combined into a new vertex, and the new vertex is expandable and collapsible to view the vertices in the group having the low significance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Silviu Marian Jingoi, Ali Mehregani, Samer Salam
  • Patent number: 11657583
    Abstract: The present technology includes calculating the 3-D RF propagation pattern in a space for at least one Wi-Fi access point and displaying a visualization of the RF propagation pattern in augmented reality (AR). The augmented reality view of the space can be created by capturing at least one image of the space and displaying at least one image of the space on a display with the visualization of the Wi-Fi access point RF propagation pattern on the display overlaid at least one image of the space. The disclosed technology further can calculate the RF propagation properties and render a visualization of the RF propagation patterns in a 3D space by utilizing hardware on a user device. The AR display is useful in visualizing, in-person aspects of a Wi-Fi network and coverage, and can be used in troubleshooting, maintenance, and simulations of equipment variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Taha Hajar, Samer Salam, Mathieu Bastien Monney
  • Publication number: 20230075769
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying a spanning tree loop in a network environment. Spanning tree loop indicators occurring in a network environment that utilizes a spanning tree protocol are identified. The spanning tree loop indicators are correlated to identify correlated spanning tree loop indicators within the network environment. A potential spanning tree loop is recognized from a plurality of the correlated spanning tree loop indicators based on indicator types of the correlated spanning tree loop indicators. The potential spanning tree loop is remedied in the network environment in response to recognizing the potential spanning tree loop in the network environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zachariah Cherian, Samer Salam, Ajay Madhavan, Tarunesh Ahuja, Michael Michaelides, Smruti Dilip Lele
  • Publication number: 20230036982
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi signal propagation in 3-D based on a building plan defined with implicit geometry. The present technology can extract data from a building plan file where a 3-D space and objects in a building plan are defined with implicit geometry, transform the implicit geometry to explicit geometry for the 3-D space and the objects to translate a positioning of the 3-D space and objects from a local coordinate system to a global coordinate system, calculate a RF propagation pattern in the 3-D space based on a RF propagation model for a plurality of Wi-Fi access points located in the 3-D space, and present a 3-D visualization of the RF propagation pattern in the 3-D space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Samer Salam, Min Se Kim
  • Publication number: 20230031317
    Abstract: The present technology includes calculating the 3-D RF propagation pattern in a space for at least one Wi-Fi access point and displaying a visualization of the RF propagation pattern in augmented reality (AR). The augmented reality view of the space can be created by capturing at least one image of the space and displaying at least one image of the space on a display with the visualization of the Wi-Fi access point RF propagation pattern on the display overlaid at least one image of the space. The disclosed technology further can calculate the RF propagation properties and render a visualization of the RF propagation patterns in a 3D space by utilizing hardware on a user device. The AR display is useful in visualizing, in-person aspects of a Wi-Fi network and coverage, and can be used in troubleshooting, maintenance, and simulations of equipment variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Taha Hajar, Samer Salam, Mathieu Bastien Monney
  • Publication number: 20230023297
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi access point radio frequency (RF) propagation pattern based on telemetry data over time. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi network of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a RF propagation pattern in a 3-D space for at least one Wi-Fi access point in the Wi-Fi network, present a user interface including a time slider to facilitate manipulation of a time axis between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and present a visualization of the RF propagation pattern based on an indication of the time slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman, Min Se KIM, Anirban Karmakar
  • Publication number: 20230021720
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to 3-D visualization of wireless signal propagation representing wireless signal strength and interference in 3-D space. The present technology can identify a plurality of access points (APs) in the 3-D space, determine a wireless signal strength for each of the plurality of APs, and determine an interference with the wireless signal strength of each of the plurality of APs, wherein the interference is caused by a neighboring AP of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space. The present technology can further present a 3-D visualization of a wireless signal propagation pattern representing the wireless signal strength from each of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space and the interference from the neighboring AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Stefano Ferrari, Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna
  • Publication number: 20230027175
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi signal propagation in 3-D at various heights and locations. The present technology can calculate a radio frequency (RF) propagation pattern for a Wi-Fi access point (AP) based on a RF propagation model for the Wi-Fi AP and overlay the RF propagation pattern for the Wi-Fi AP over a visualization of the building plan to present a 3-D visualization of the RF propagation pattern of the 3-D space. In particular, the present technology can project a plurality of ray-paths in various directions in a 3-D space originated from the Wi-Fi AP and determine whether the ray-paths interface with objects defined in the building plan. The present technology can segment the respective ray-path into contiguous segments of substantially uniform mediums for each ray-path that interface with the objects and determine a RF signal strength at points along the contiguous segments of the ray-paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Min Se KIM, Matthew Aaron Silverman, James Florwick
  • Publication number: 20230028257
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to visualizing a Wi-Fi access point (AP) signal propagation pattern through multiple floors. The present technology can execute a Wi-Fi signal propagation model corresponding to a first AP on a first floor of a building plan and a second AP on a second floor of the building plan. The Wi-Fi signal propagation model calculates a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for a plurality of APs including the first AP and the second AP. The present technology can further present a visualization of the Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for the plurality of APs, wherein the Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern for the first AP on the first floor of the building plan projects onto the second floor of the building plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman, James Florwick
  • Publication number: 20230021462
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point. The present technology can further present an animation of the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the stored telemetry data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Salvatore Valenza, Samer Salam, Taha Hajar, Nikodin Ristanovic, Arun G. Khanna, Matthew Aaron Silverman
  • Patent number: 11546227
    Abstract: Present technology is directed to preferred processing and the verification of diagnostic signatures for a plurality of network defect. The disclosed optimization process is based on expressing each Diagnostic Signature as a minimal sum of product Boolean function of associated network commands, followed by ranking of each command reference in the product terms of the Boolean expression as well as each Boolean product terms of the SOP Boolean expressions, and constructing a decision tree based on the provided rankings to thereby determine a minimum set of commands along with an preferred command dispatch sequence for evaluating a Diagnostic Signature. Further aspects include the translation of both the optimization computation (interpretation of network conditions associated with a network defect) and the computed workflow (dispatch of the command) into a series of declarative rules that can be processed by a machine reasoning engine to thereby automate the optimization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Samer Salam, Ajay Madhavan, Madhavan Kasthurirangan, Ram Prasanna Govind Krishnan