Patents by Inventor Andrew Durden

Andrew Durden 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).

  • Publication number: 20230325865
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of: detecting a target behavior of a person and a first location of the person using a computer vision system in a monitored location; confirming the first location detected by the computer vision system matches a mobile location of a mobile device possessed by the person, wherein the mobile device is connected to a network providing communication services at the monitored location, and wherein the mobile location is determined by the network; and providing a reward to the mobile device responsive to the target behavior detected and the first location matching the mobile location. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: John Francis, Eli Schultz, Andrew Durden, Jianxiong Dong, Eric Zavesky
  • Publication number: 20230267389
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a group of images of a premises from a group of cameras associated with a first time period, generating computer vision data associated with a premises from the group of images for a first time period utilizing a group of image recognition techniques, obtaining employee schedule information associated with the premises for the first time period, and obtaining point-of-sale information associated with the premises for the first time period. Further embodiments include determining a first walk-out metric associated with the premises for the first time period according to the computer vision data, the employee schedule information, and the point-of-sale information. The first walk-out metric is based on a first number of customers leaving the premises without interacting with an employee associated with the premises during the first time period. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sumeet Aneja, John Francis, Eli Schultz, Krishna Giduturi, Andrew Durden
  • Publication number: 20230245021
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a group of images associated with a premises during a first time period, and demarcating a group of zones on each of the group of images. A first zone of the group of zones indicates an interior of the premises and a second zone of the group of zones indicates a doorway of the premises. Further embodiments include identifying a group of potential customers within the first zone of each of the group of images resulting in a plurality of potential customers, and determining a number of customer from the plurality of potential customers associated with the group of images for the first time period. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Eli Schultz, John Francis, Andrew Durden, Sumeet Aneja
  • Patent number: 4180164
    Abstract: A packaging arrangement for housing a plurality of U-shaped fluorescent lamps in a corrugated container is provided having a plurality of first and second corrugated inserts each having a plurality of aligned, spaced slots extending inward a predetermined distance from a first edge of each thereof. The inserts are mounted on one another by sliding one insert in the slots of the other, the slots being aligned and the inserts being positioned orthogonally with respect to each other and as assembled extending between the four sides of the container. The firt and second inserts when so mounted form a plurality of rectangular compartments therein which conform generally with and are adapted to house U-shaped fluorescent bulbs therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: Voltarc Tubes, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Durden, Malcolm E. Sorrell