Patents by Inventor Tracy Kuwatani

Tracy Kuwatani 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: 11599259
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Mclean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20210357112
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Melissa Mclean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11048397
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Webster Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10871890
    Abstract: A method, in an application executing on a client device, includes: displaying a camera event history provided by a remote server system, where the camera event history is presented as a chronologically-ordered set of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective event for which a remote camera has captured an associated video; receiving a user selection of a displayed event identifier; and in response to receiving the user selection of the displayed event identifier: expanding the selected event identifier into a video player window, the video player window consuming a portion of the displayed camera event history; and playing, in the video player window, the captured video; and in response to terminating playback of the captured video or user de-selection of the displayed event identifier, collapsing the video player window into the selected event identifier thereby stopping the playing of the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, James Edward Stewart
  • Publication number: 20200201529
    Abstract: A method, in an application executing on a client device, includes: displaying a camera event history provided by a remote server system, where the camera event history is presented as a chronologically-ordered set of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective event for which a remote camera has captured an associated video; receiving a user selection of a displayed event identifier; and in response to receiving the user selection of the displayed event identifier: expanding the selected event identifier into a video player window, the video player window consuming a portion of the displayed camera event history; and playing, in the video player window, the captured video; and in response to terminating playback of the captured video or user de-selection of the displayed event identifier, collapsing the video player window into the selected event identifier thereby stopping the playing of the captured video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, MICHAEL MIZONO, LAUREN VON DEHSEN, JOE DELONE VENTERS, TRACY KUWATANI, ZACHERY KENNEDY, JAMES EDWARD STEWART
  • Patent number: 10552020
    Abstract: A method, in an application executing on a client device, includes: displaying a camera event history provided by a remote server system, where the camera event history is presented as a chronologically-ordered set of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective event for which a remote camera has captured an associated video; receiving a user selection of a displayed event identifier; and in response to receiving the user selection of the displayed event identifier: expanding the selected event identifier into a video player window, the video player window consuming a portion of the displayed camera event history; and playing, in the video player window, the captured video; and in response to terminating playback of the captured video or user de-selection of the displayed event identifier, collapsing the video player window into the selected event identifier thereby stopping the playing of the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, James Edward Stewart
  • Publication number: 20190243535
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Webster Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10296194
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device includes: displaying a camera history timeline, including: displaying a chronologically ordered sequence of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective camera event, each respective camera event associated with one or more respective alert events; and displaying, for a respective event identifier, one or more alert event indicators, each of the alert event indicators corresponding to an alert event associated with the camera event corresponding to the respective event identifier, each of the alert event indicators displayed with a visually distinctive display characteristic associated with a corresponding alert event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Webster Kennedy
  • Patent number: D797131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jason Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D797772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jason Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D803241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jason Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D803242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jason Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D807376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D809522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D810116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, Tomas Brennessl
  • Patent number: D812076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Patent number: D848466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D879137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D889505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Patent number: D892815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, Tomas Brennessl