Patents by Inventor Alex (Sandy) Pentland

Alex (Sandy) Pentland 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: 9571962
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enable device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Yellowpages.com LLC
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex Sandy Pentland, Tony Jabara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello
  • Publication number: 20150304807
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enable device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex Sandy Pentland, Tony Jabara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello
  • Patent number: 8959098
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enabled device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yellowpages.com LLC
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Tony Jebara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello
  • Patent number: 8620624
    Abstract: A method of detecting an event anomaly includes receiving one or more data points, in which each data point represents a spatial or temporal event; associating a unique identifier with each of the one or more data points to obtain one or more individualized data points; distributing the one or more individualized data points across a grid, in which the grid includes one or more cells; determining an event likelihood ratio for one or more of the grid cells; identifying one or more event clusters, in which each event cluster includes one or more of the grid cells; and storing in a data repository an event cluster having a significance level above a threshold significance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sense Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Tony Jebara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello, David Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 8224766
    Abstract: Systems and computer-implemented methods are provided for comparing, associating and deriving associations between two or more spatial temporal data trails. One or more spatial-temporal data trails comprising one or more places are received at a processor. Each place is identified by a spatial temporal data point. And each spatial-temporal data trail is associated with an individual. The similarity between pairs of places is determined to establish one or more groups of places or one or more groups of individuals. Similarity and/groups can be determined based on demographics associated with the place or individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sense Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Tony Jebara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello, David Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20120071175
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enable device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sense Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg SKIBISKI, Alex (Sandy) PENTLAND, Tony JEBARA, Christine LEMKE, Markus LOECHER, Girish RAO, Jason UECHI, Blake SHAW, Joseph MATTIELLO
  • Publication number: 20100082301
    Abstract: A method of detecting an event anomaly includes receiving one or more data points, in which each data point represents a spatial or temporal event, associating a unique identifier with each of the one or more data points to obtain one or more individualized data points, distributing the one or more individualized data points across a grid, in which the grid includes one or more cells, determining an event likelihood ratio for one or more of the grid cells, identifying one or more event clusters, in which each event cluster includes one or more of the grid cells, and storing in a data repository an event cluster having a significance level above a threshold significance level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sense Netwoks, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Tony Jebara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello, David Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20100079336
    Abstract: Systems and computer implemented methods are provided for comparing, associating and deriving associations between two or more spatial temporal data trails. One or more spatial-temporal data trails comprising one or more places are received at a processor. Each place is identified by a spatial temporal data point. And each spatial-temporal data trail is associated with an individual. The similarity between pairs of places is determined to establish one or more groups of places or one or more groups of individuals. Similarity and/groups can be determined based on demographics associated with the place or individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Sense Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Tony Jebara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello, David Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20090307263
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enable device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Sense Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Skibiski, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Tony Jebara, Christine Lemke, Markus Loecher, Girish Rao, Jason Uechi, Blake Shaw, Joseph Mattiello