Patents by Inventor Daniel S. GRIESMANN
Daniel S. GRIESMANN 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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Publication number: 20220027844Abstract: A device, method and system for implementing hardware-based package receipt procedures is provided. A device is in communication with a camera device configured to image a region adjacent a controlled access point. The device determines, using images from the camera device, that a delivery person has arrived at the controlled access point with a package. The device authenticates the package by comparing information extracted from the images with package order information indicative of one or more of the package and an intended recipient of the package. In response to authenticating the package, the devices implements one or more package receipt procedures to control receipt of the package, the one or more package receipt procedures implemented using one or more of: the camera device; a communication device located at the controlled access point; and an access control mechanism of the controlled access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Trent J. MILLER, Daniel S. GRIESMANN, Lin LIN, Hao ZENG, Charles SPENGLER
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Patent number: 10719900Abstract: A method and apparatus to perform actions in public safety incidents based on actions performed in prior incidents are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first set of incident information associated with the public safety incident, receiving a second set of responder information associated with at least one public safety personnel, correlating, by using a public safety recommendation engine, the first set of incident information and the second set of responder information with one or more other sets of public safety incident information and responder information associated with prior incidents, identifying, by the public safety recommendation engine, at least one correlated mobile device action from mobile device actions associated with a subset of prior public safety incidents, and causing the correlated mobile device action to be at least one of presented as a recommendation on the corresponding mobile device and performed by the corresponding mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Daniel S Griesmann, Randy L Ekl, Karen Suttmann
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Patent number: 10581917Abstract: Systems and methods of enforcing device policies. One example method includes receiving, with an electronic processor and from a host virtual machine server, information regarding an electronic client device operating a guest virtual machine, and receiving, with the electronic processor, a policy check request from a server to the host virtual machine server. The policy check request includes a first set of policies generated by the server. The method also includes generating, with the electronic processor, a second set of policies based on information received from the host virtual machine server, and sending, from the electronic processor the second set of policies to the host virtual machine server.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Katrin Reitsma, Daniel S. Griesmann
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Patent number: 10354350Abstract: A method and system for information management for an incident response. The method comprises the following steps: A first communication allocating a responder to a specific assignment relating to the incident is received at a computing device from a command device. A second communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to the specific assignment is transmitted from the computing device to a graphic display device associated with the responder. Real-time sensor data is received at the computing device from one or more sensors. A third communication indicating progress in the specific assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data is transmitted from the computing device to one or more of the command device and the graphic display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Juana E Nakfour, Daniel S Griesmann
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Publication number: 20180108100Abstract: A method and system for information management for an incident response. The method comprises the following steps: A first communication allocating a responder to a specific assignment relating to the incident is received at a computing device from a command device. A second communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to the specific assignment is transmitted from the computing device to a graphic display device associated with the responder. Real-time sensor data is received at the computing device from one or more sensors. A third communication indicating progress in the specific assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data is transmitted from the computing device to one or more of the command device and the graphic display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: JUANA E. NAKFOUR, DANIEL S. GRIESMANN
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Patent number: 9944391Abstract: A system and method for a providing a dynamic backhaul. In one example, the system includes a self-positionable wireless device (for example, a drone) including a dual-band radio configured to establish a wireless connection between the self-positionable wireless device and a wireless system. The dual-band radio initiates a narrowband wireless link with the wireless system via a first narrowband antenna of the self-positionable wireless device and a second narrowband antenna of the wireless system. A navigation system generates location, velocity and error estimate of the self-positionable wireless device. The location is transmitted to the wireless system using the narrowband wireless link. The self-positionable wireless device receives via the narrowband wireless link location, velocity and error estimate of the wireless system.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Charles E. Spengler, Randy L. Ekl, Daniel S. Griesmann, Lee M. Proctor
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Publication number: 20180101923Abstract: A method and apparatus to perform actions in public safety incidents based on actions performed in prior incidents are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first set of incident information associated with the public safety incident, receiving a second set of responder information associated with at least one public safety personnel, correlating, by using a public safety recommendation engine, the first set of incident information and the second set of responder information with one or more other sets of public safety incident information and responder information associated with prior incidents, identifying, by the public safety recommendation engine, at least one correlated mobile device action from mobile device actions associated with a subset of prior public safety incidents, and causing the correlated mobile device action to be at least one of presented as a recommendation on the corresponding mobile device and performed by the corresponding mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: DANIEL S GRIESMANN, RANDY L EKL, KAREN SUTTMANN
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Publication number: 20180009526Abstract: A system and method for a providing a dynamic backhaul. In one example, the system includes a self-positionable wireless device (for example, a drone) including a dual-band radio configured to establish a wireless connection between the self-positionable wireless device and a wireless system. The dual-band radio initiates a narrowband wireless link with the wireless system via a first narrowband antenna of the self-positionable wireless device and a second narrowband antenna of the wireless system. A navigation system generates location, velocity and error estimate of the self-positionable wireless device. The location is transmitted to the wireless system using the narrowband wireless link. The self-positionable wireless device receives via the narrowband wireless link location, velocity and error estimate of the wireless system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Charles E. Spengler, Randy L. Ekl, Daniel S. Griesmann, Lee M. Proctor
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Publication number: 20170359378Abstract: Systems and methods of enforcing device policies. One example method includes receiving, with an electronic processor and from a host virtual machine server, information regarding an electronic client device operating a guest virtual machine, and receiving, with the electronic processor, a policy check request from a server to the host virtual machine server. The policy check request includes a first set of policies generated by the server. The method also includes generating, with the electronic processor, a second set of policies based on information received from the host virtual machine server, and sending, from the electronic processor the second set of policies to the host virtual machine server.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Katrin Reitsma, Daniel S. Griesmann
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Patent number: 9763026Abstract: A server that communicates with a remote device in a machine to machine wireless communication network. The server includes an input/output interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores a context-aware dictionary manager executable by the processor, and a contextual correlations database having a plurality of correlations. The context-aware dictionary manager is configured to establish a current context associated with the remote device, search the contextual correlations database using the current context, identify a correlation match with the current context and one of the plurality of correlations, and communicate, via the input/output interface, the entry associated with the correlation match to the remote device for adding to a dictionary at the remote device. Also disclosed is a method of finding and maintaining correlations in the machine to machine system.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Daniel S. Griesmann, Randy L. Ekl, Charles E. Spengler
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Publication number: 20160366534Abstract: A server that communicates with a remote device in a machine to machine wireless communication network. The server includes an input/output interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores a context-aware dictionary manager executable by the processor, and a contextual correlations database having a plurality of correlations. The context-aware dictionary manager is configured to establish a current context associated with the remote device, search the contextual correlations database using the current context, identify a correlation match with the current context and one of the plurality of correlations, and communicate, via the input/output interface, the entry associated with the correlation match to the remote device for adding to a dictionary at the remote device. Also disclosed is a method of finding and maintaining correlations in the machine to machine system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Daniel S. Griesmann, Randy L. Ekl, Charles E. Spengler
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Patent number: 9508248Abstract: A method and system for information management for an incident response. The method comprises the following steps: A first communication allocating a responder to a specific assignment relating to the incident is received at a computing device from a command device. A second communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to the specific assignment is transmitted from the computing device to a graphic display device associated with the responder. Real-time sensor data is received at the computing device from one or more sensors. A third communication indicating progress in the specific assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data is transmitted from the computing device to one or more of the command device and the graphic display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Juana E Nakfour, Daniel S Griesmann
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Patent number: 9465963Abstract: Retail items movable from an inventory location at a retail venue through a portal to a retail exit are automatically tracked. The items are individually associated with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. An RFID tag reader has an array of antennas for generating a multitude of scan beams at an adjustable scan rate. A first set of the beams covers the inventory location, and a second set of the beams covers the portal to determine an exit characteristic of the items that have exited the retail venue. A point-of-sale workstation at the retail venue is operative, independently of the tag reader, for determining a sold characteristic of the items that have been sold. A controller dynamically adjusts the scan rate of the first and second sets of scan beams to an optimal scan rate as a function of the determined exit and sold characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLCInventors: Daniel S Griesmann, Randy L Ekl, Binit Jain
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Publication number: 20160171875Abstract: A method and system for information management for an incident response. The method comprises the following steps: A first communication allocating a responder to a specific assignment relating to the incident is received at a computing device from a command device. A second communication identifying assignment information that corresponds to the specific assignment is transmitted from the computing device to a graphic display device associated with the responder. Real-time sensor data is received at the computing device from one or more sensors. A third communication indicating progress in the specific assignment based at least in part on the real-time sensor data is transmitted from the computing device to one or more of the command device and the graphic display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: JUANA E. NAKFOUR, DANIEL S. GRIESMANN
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Patent number: 9311799Abstract: A technique for modifying radio frequency identification (RFID) system operation using movement detection includes an RFID scanner disposed within an environment and operable to obtain RFID data from RFID tags located within the environment. An imaging device captures video of the environment, and a processor analyzes the captured video from the imaging device to detect and locate movement within the environment. If movement is detected within the environment, the processor modifies operation of the RFID scanner that is proximal to the location of the movement, increasing or decreasing interrogation rate, for example.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLCInventors: Binit Jain, Randy L Ekl, Daniel S Griesmann, Aparna Pandey, Miklos Stern
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Publication number: 20150269818Abstract: A technique for modifying radio frequency identification (RFID) system operation using movement detection includes an RFID scanner disposed within an environment and operable to obtain RFID data from RFID tags located within the environment. An imaging device captures video of the environment, and a processor analyzes the captured video from the imaging device to detect and locate movement within the environment. If movement is detected within the environment, the processor modifies operation of the RFID scanner that is proximal to the location of the movement, increasing or decreasing interrogation rate, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: BINIT JAIN, RANDY L. EKL, DANIEL S. GRIESMANN, APARNA PANDEY, MIKLOS STERN
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Patent number: 9076119Abstract: An inventory monitoring controller maintains information reflecting a current inventory of articles based on radio frequency identification (RFID) tag identifying information received from one or more RFID tag readers in the context of inventory polling operations. In an embodiment, the controller also adjusts an operational parameter (e.g., a missing article detection threshold or a variable polling parameter) based on an analysis of the RFID tag identifying information. For example, a variable polling parameter may be adjusted in response to an occurrence of a triggering event (e.g., an inventory change indicated by the RFID tag identifying information or an occurrence of a temporal event), and a missing article detection threshold may be adjusted based on historical information relating to the detection of (or failure to detect) a particular RFID tag.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLCInventors: Binit Jain, Randy L. Ekl, Daniel S. Griesmann
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Publication number: 20150102908Abstract: Retail items movable from an inventory location at a retail venue through a portal to a retail exit are automatically tracked. The items are individually associated with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. An RFID tag reader has an array of antennas for generating a multitude of scan beams at an adjustable scan rate. A first set of the beams covers the inventory location, and a second set of the beams covers the portal to determine an exit characteristic of the items that have exited the retail venue. A point-of-sale workstation at the retail venue is operative, independently of the tag reader, for determining a sold characteristic of the items that have been sold. A controller dynamically adjusts the scan rate of the first and second sets of scan beams to an optimal scan rate as a function of the determined exit and sold characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Motorola Solutions, Inc.Inventors: DANIEL S. GRIESMANN, RANDY L. EKL, BINIT JAIN
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Patent number: 8774207Abstract: A method for bearer reservation, maintenance, and use in a communication system is performed by an intermediary function (IF) in the enterprise network. The IF processes a user plane reservation request for a flow of user plane data from a sourcing device, and determines a set of bearers to transport the flow of user plane data. The IF requests from at least one access network the determined set of bearers, and receives from the at least one access network an allocated set of bearers, wherein the allocated set of bearers comprises one or more bearers. The IF receives the flow of user plane data from the sourcing device. The IF receives an indication that at least one of the bearers in the allocated set of bearers is unavailable, and prevents at least a portion of the flow of user plane data from being transmitted over the default bearer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Tyrone D. Bekiares, Anatoly Agulnik, Trent J. Miller, James M. Nowakowski, Steven D. Tine, Peter E. Thomas, Daniel S. Griesmann, Aparna Pandey
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Publication number: 20140084060Abstract: An inventory monitoring controller maintains information reflecting a current inventory of articles based on radio frequency identification (RFID) tag identifying information received from one or more RFID tag readers in the context of inventory polling operations. In an embodiment, the controller also adjusts an operational parameter (e.g., a missing article detection threshold or a variable polling parameter) based on an analysis of the RFID tag identifying information. For example, a variable polling parameter may be adjusted in response to an occurrence of a triggering event (e.g., an inventory change indicated by the RFID tag identifying information or an occurrence of a temporal event), and a missing article detection threshold may be adjusted based on historical information relating to the detection of (or failure to detect) a particular RFID tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: BINIT JAIN, RANDY L. EKL, DANIEL S. GRIESMANN