Patents by Inventor Christian B. Almazan

Christian B. Almazan 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).

  • System and method for adaptive context aware interaction of user with entity of interest
    Patent number: 8219670
    Abstract: A multifunctional interaction system which is capable of spatio-temporal context localization of users and of communication of audio/video streams to an entity of interest defined by the user, includes a communication domain supporting a predefined localization service, a server associated with the communication domain, client devices, and a dynamically changing context database which is customized in accord with the dynamics of interaction sessions of client devices with the server. The client communicates with the system to either request services therefrom or to send a message to the entity of interest. The system is provided with a panic alert mechanism which, upon actuation, transmits an audio/video data stream along with the client location tag, time stamp, and client ID, to a police precinct for prompt action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Ashok K. Agrawala, Amitabh Varshney, Christian B. Almazan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL-CONTEXT AWARE INTERACTION OF USERS WITH AN ENTITY OF INTEREST
    Publication number: 20090125584
    Abstract: A multifunctional interaction system which is capable of spatio-temporal context localization of users and of communication of audio/video streams to an entity of interest defined by the user, includes a communication domain supporting a predefined localization service, a server associated with the communication domain, client devices, and a dynamically changing context database which is customized in accord with the dynamics of interaction sessions of client devices with the server. The client communicates with the system to either request services therefrom or to send a message to the entity of interest. The system is provided with a panic alert mechanism which, upon actuation, transmits an audio/video data stream along with the client location tag, time stamp, and client ID, to a police precinct for prompt action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
    Inventors: ASHOK K. AGRAWALA, AMITABH VARSHNEY, CHRISTIAN B. ALMAZAN