Patents by Inventor Samuel N. Zellner
Samuel N. Zellner 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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Patent number: 11822889Abstract: A personal conversationalist system includes a processor, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operations that include receiving a first data input feed, accessing a first user profile that is as associated with a first user, detecting a conversation event when first data in the first data input feed satisfies a first conversation event condition, generating a first conversationalist persona based on the conversation event, the first user profile, and data provided in the first data input feed; and initiating a first conversation session via the first conversationalist persona by outputting a first conversationalist persona response that is based on the conversation event, the first user profile, and the data provided in the first data input feed.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11677275Abstract: Concepts and technologies directed to wireless power transfer network management are disclosed herein. Embodiments of a system can include an optical beamforming transmitter, a processor, and a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that configure a processor to perform operations. The operations can include receiving a power charge message that requests wireless power transfer to charge a battery system of a wirelessly chargeable equipment. The operations can include detecting that the wirelessly chargeable equipment is within a power transfer range of the optical beamforming transmitter. The operations can include determining that the wirelessly chargeable equipment is not stationary. The operations can include tracking movement of the wirelessly chargeable equipment and activating the optical beamforming transmitter that provides wireless power transfer to the wirelessly chargeable equipment while the wirelessly chargeable equipment is within the power transfer range.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11568034Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for managing access based on activities of entities. A computing device can collect data that comprises an image. The computing device can identify an entity that is located in a range of a sensor. The computing device can determine an identity that is associated with the entity and an activity associated with the entity. The computing device can obtain a trust indicator associated with the entity. The computing device can determine, based on the trust indicator, if the activity should be allowed. If the computing device determines that the activity should be allowed, the computing device can initiate allowing of the activity. If the computing device determines that the activity should not be allowed, the computing device can initiate blocking of the activity.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20220406020Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system includes controlling a first device in a first location to project a virtual presences in a current field of view of a subscriber of a virtual presence projection service, computing a moving trajectory of the subscriber from the first location to a second location, identifying a second device that is located along the moving trajectory, wherein the second device includes a second set of resources for projecting virtual presences, and wherein the second device is registered with the virtual presence projection service to lend the second set of resources to subscribers of the virtual presence projection service, and controlling the second device to project the virtual presence in the current field of view of the subscriber when the subscriber is no longer within range of the first device but is within range of the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20220358134Abstract: Servers at different locations and storing different data can be designed such that one server can act as an extension of the other server by accepting search queries from the other server and returning a response. The response can also comprise results, from the querying server, from within its own document collection. The other server can then include in its response to its user's queries, results obtained from its extension. One or more of the servers can act as an aggregation server that aggregates data from other servers before sending the data. to a querying device or server. Additionally, the aggregation server can modify, add, or delete information from the results, before sending to the querying device, based on previous rules and/or properties associated with the aggregation server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Samuel N Zellner, Mahesh Maan, Anirudh
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Publication number: 20220319167Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first request for a first virtual object, obtaining first data regarding the first virtual object responsive to the obtaining of the first request, analyzing the first data to identify a first plurality of characteristics for the first virtual object, wherein the first plurality of characteristics include a first visual aspect of the first virtual object, a first auditory aspect of the first virtual object, a first scent aspect of the first virtual object, and a first haptic aspect of the first virtual object, and responsive to the analyzing of the first data, enabling at least a first sensory unit of a plurality of sensory units to render the first virtual object in accordance with the first plurality of characteristics. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20220292410Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to venue seat assignment based upon hearing profiles. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a device can include a processor and a memory. The device can receive a request to upload a hearing profile, and can upload the hearing profile to a seat assignment system. The device can receive, from the seat assignment system, a customized seating chart based, at least in part, upon the hearing profile. The customized seating chart can include a visual representation of at least a portion of seating in a venue. The device can select, from the customized seating chart, a seat from the portion of the seating in the venue. This selection can be made automatically or based upon user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20220294899Abstract: A method for protecting user data during an audio interaction includes various operations performed by a processing system including at least one processor. In one example, the operations include detecting an audio signal that is part of an interaction between a user and another party, converting the audio signal into a string of text, detecting that the interaction is likely to put sensitive data of the user at risk, based on a comparison of the string of text to a library of interactions that are known to put sensitive data at risk, and sending an alert to notify the user that the interaction is likely to put the sensitive data of the user at risk, wherein the alert is sent to prevent the user from providing the sensitive data to the another party, and wherein the method is performed contemporaneously with an occurrence of the interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11429621Abstract: Servers at different locations and storing different data can be designed such that one server can act as an extension of the other server by accepting search queries from the other server and returning a response. The response can also comprise results, from the querying server, from within its own document collection. The other server can then include in its response to its user's queries, results obtained from its extension. One or more of the servers can act as an aggregation server that aggregates data from other servers before sending the data to a querying device or server. Additionally, the aggregation server can modify, add, or delete information from the results, before sending to the querying device, based on previous rules and/or properties associated with the aggregation server.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Samuel N Zellner, Mahesh Maan, Anirudh
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Patent number: 11423623Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system includes controlling a first device in a first location to project a virtual presences in a current field of view of a subscriber of a virtual presence projection service, computing a moving trajectory of the subscriber from the first location to a second location, identifying a second device that is located along the moving trajectory, wherein the second device includes a second set of resources for projecting virtual presences, and wherein the second device is registered with the virtual presence projection service to lend the second set of resources to subscribers of the virtual presence projection service, and controlling the second device to project the virtual presence in the current field of view of the subscriber when the subscriber is no longer within range of the first device but is within range of the second device.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11386654Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first request for a first virtual object, obtaining first data regarding the first virtual object responsive to the obtaining of the first request, analyzing the first data to identify a first plurality of characteristics for the first virtual object, wherein the first plurality of characteristics include a first visual aspect of the first virtual object, a first auditory aspect of the first virtual object, a first scent aspect of the first virtual object, and a first haptic aspect of the first virtual object, and responsive to the analyzing of the first data, enabling at least a first sensory unit of a plurality of sensory units to render the first virtual object in accordance with the first plurality of characteristics. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11354604Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to venue seat assignment based upon hearing profiles. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a device can include a processor and a memory. The device can receive a request to upload a hearing profile, and can upload the hearing profile to a seat assignment system. The device can receive, from the seat assignment system, a customized seating chart based, at least in part, upon the hearing profile. The customized seating chart can include a visual representation of at least a portion of seating in a venue. The device can select, from the customized seating chart, a seat from the portion of the seating in the venue. This selection can be made automatically or based upon user input.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11349983Abstract: A method for protecting user data during an audio interaction includes various operations performed by a processing system including at least one processor. In one example, the operations include detecting an audio signal that is part of an interaction between a user and another party, converting the audio signal into a string of text, detecting that the interaction is likely to put sensitive data of the user at risk, based on a comparison of the string of text to a library of interactions that are known to put sensitive data at risk, and sending an alert to notify the user that the interaction is likely to put the sensitive data of the user at risk, wherein the alert is sent to prevent the user from providing the sensitive data to the another party, and wherein the method is performed contemporaneously with an occurrence of the interaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20220129471Abstract: Servers at different locations and storing different data can be designed such that one server can act as an extension of the other server by accepting search queries from the other server and returning a response. The response can also comprise results, from the querying server, from within its own document collection. The other server can then include in its response to its user's queries, results obtained from its extension. One or more of the servers can act as an aggregation server that aggregates data from other servers before sending the data to a querying device or server. Additionally, the aggregation server can modify, add, or delete information from the results, before sending to the querying device, based on previous rules and/or properties associated with the aggregation server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Samuel N. Zellner, Mahesh Maan, Anirudh
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Publication number: 20220114794Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for presenting medical records associated with a body part of person via an augmented reality device are described. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may identify at least one body part of a person in a visual data feed of an augmented reality device, obtain based on the identifying at least a first medical record of the person that is associated with the at least one body part, obtain at least a second medical record of at least one relative of the person that is associated with the at least one body part, and present, via the augmented reality device, at least the first medical record and the least the second medical record.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20220006898Abstract: A method for protecting user data during an audio interaction includes various operations performed by a processing system including at least one processor. In one example, the operations include detecting an audio signal that is part of an interaction between a user and another party, converting the audio signal into a string of text, detecting that the interaction is likely to put sensitive data of the user at risk, based on a comparison of the string of text to a library of interactions that are known to put sensitive data at risk, and sending an alert to notify the user that the interaction is likely to put the sensitive data of the user at risk, wherein the alert is sent to prevent the user from providing the sensitive data to the another party, and wherein the method is performed contemporaneously with an occurrence of the interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Patent number: 11205306Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for presenting medical records associated with a body part of person via an augmented reality device are described. For example, a processing system including at least one processor may identify at least one body part of a person in a visual data feed of an augmented reality device, obtain based on the identifying at least a first medical record of the person that is associated with the at least one body part, obtain at least a second medical record of at least one relative of the person that is associated with the at least one body part, and present, via the augmented reality device, at least the first medical record and the least the second medical record.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20210389140Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a navigational request for a dual-mode vehicle having two modes of operation, where the two modes of operation comprise a surface mode of operation and an aerial mode of operation, where the navigational request includes a requested transition between the two modes of operation, where the requested transition includes a requested location, and where the navigational request includes an intended destination. The processing system may next determine at least one condition of the requested location associated with the requested transition, determine based upon the at least one condition that the requested transition is not permitted at the requested location, and identify an alternate location at which the requested transition is permitted. The processing system may then transmit a response indicating that the requested transition is permitted at the alternate location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20210390779Abstract: In one example, a method performed by a processing system includes controlling a first device in a first location to project a virtual presences in a current field of view of a subscriber of a virtual presence projection service, computing a moving trajectory of the subscriber from the first location to a second location, identifying a second device that is located along the moving trajectory, wherein the second device includes a second set of resources for projecting virtual presences, and wherein the second device is registered with the virtual presence projection service to lend the second set of resources to subscribers of the virtual presence projection service, and controlling the second device to project the virtual presence in the current field of view of the subscriber when the subscriber is no longer within range of the first device but is within range of the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner
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Publication number: 20210294977Abstract: A personal conversationalist system includes a processor, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operations that include receiving a first data input feed, accessing a first user profile that is as associated with a first user, detecting a conversation event when first data in the first data input feed satisfies a first conversation event condition, generating a first conversationalist persona based on the conversation event, the first user profile, and data provided in the first data input feed; and initiating a first conversation session via the first conversationalist persona by outputting a first conversationalist persona response that is based on the conversation event, the first user profile, and the data provided in the first data input feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Joseph Soryal, Naila Jaoude, Samuel N. Zellner