Patents by Inventor David Hendler Sloo
David Hendler Sloo 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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Patent number: 10593190Abstract: Systems and methods of providing a security system which presents operational status information to a user are disclosed. A sensor can detect a security event and receive identifying information from an electronic device. A controller device is communicatively coupled to the sensor to receive the security event, to determine whether the identifying information detected with the sensor is from the electronic device of an authorized user, and to provide an operational status message to the electronic device via a communications link when it is determined to be authorized. The electronic device provides identifying information to the sensor, receives the operational status message via the communications link, and displays the operational status message.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Jesse Boettcher, David Hendler Sloo, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Sophie Le Guen
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Patent number: 10339773Abstract: A home security system may infer a mode of operation based on indications it receives regarding a user's behavior. The disclosed implementations provide for a vacation mode of operation that defines a response for a security event that differs from the response that would be provided by the home security system for the same security event if it operated in another mode such as an away mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Jesse Boettcher, David Hendler Sloo, Michael Andrew Mizono, Tomas Brennessl, James Simister, Anton Davydov
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Patent number: 10223878Abstract: A user interface (UI) device for a premises management system may include at least one proximity sensor, a first interface component configured to illuminate in a first illumination style based on a first rule set when an individual is detected within a first range by the at least one proximity sensor, and a second interface component to receive input from the individual and configured to illuminate in a second illumination style based on a second rule set different from the first rule set when the individual is detected within a second range closer to the UI device than the first range.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: David Hendler Sloo, Jeffrey Alan Boyd
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Patent number: 9984519Abstract: A method and system for optically detecting a user. A sequence of patterns of radiation reflected from an object in a room may be captured by a device. The patterns of radiation may be infrared radiation emitted from the device. A sequence of variations between the captured sequence of patterns of radiation and the emitted sequence of patterns of radiation may be determined and object characteristics of an object may be determined based upon the sequence of variations. The object characteristics may be a sequence of dimensions of the object and a sequence of locations of the object. The method may determine the first is a user based upon the determined object characteristics and a room profile. The room profile may include a plurality of object characteristics of one or more objects in the room.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kenneth Louis Herman, Laura Rabb, Michael Dixon, Andrea Colaco, Ghulam A. Kirmani, Casey Mills Davis, Luis Villaran, Yash Modi, Jeffery Theodore Lee, David Hendler Sloo
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Publication number: 20170124817Abstract: A user interface (UI) device for a premises management system may include at least one proximity sensor, a first interface component configured to illuminate in a first illumination style based on a first rule set when an individual is detected within a first range by the at least one proximity sensor, and a second interface component to receive input from the individual and configured to illuminate in a second illumination style based on a second rule set different from the first rule set when the individual is detected within a second range closer to the UI device than the first range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: David Hendler SLOO, Jeffrey Alan BOYD
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Publication number: 20170061779Abstract: A home security system may infer a mode of operation based on indications it receives regarding a user's behavior. The disclosed implementations provide for a vacation mode of operation that defines a response for a security event that differs from the response that would be provided by the home security system for the same security event if it operated in another mode such as an away mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Jesse Boettcher, David Hendler Sloo, Michael Andrew Mizono, Tomas Brennessl, James Simister, Anton Davydov
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Patent number: 9501911Abstract: A user interface (UI) device for a premises management system may include at least one proximity sensor, a first interface component configured to illuminate in a first illumination style based on a first rule set when an individual is detected within a first range by the at least one proximity sensor, and a second interface component to receive input from the individual and configured to illuminate in a second illumination style based on a second rule set different from the first rule set when the individual is detected within a second range closer to the UI device than the first range.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Hendler Sloo, Jeffrey Alan Boyd
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Patent number: 9501924Abstract: A home security system may infer a mode of operation based on indications it receives regarding a user's behavior. The disclosed implementations provide for a vacation mode of operation that defines a response for a security event that differs from the response that would be provided by the home security system for the same security event if it operated in another mode such as an away mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Jesse Boettcher, David Hendler Sloo, Michael Mizono, Tomas Brennessl, James Simister, Anton Davydov
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Publication number: 20160307382Abstract: A method and system for optically detecting a user. A sequence of patterns of radiation reflected from an object in a room may be captured by a device. The patterns of radiation may be infrared radiation emitted from the device. A sequence of variations between the captured sequence of patterns of radiation and the emitted sequence of patterns of radiation may be determined and object characteristics of an object may be determined based upon the sequence of variations. The object characteristics may be a sequence of dimensions of the object and a sequence of locations of the object. The method may determine the first is a user based upon the determined object characteristics and a room profile. The room profile may include a plurality of object characteristics of one or more objects in the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Kenneth Louis Herman, Laura Rabb, Michael Dixon, Andrea Colaco, Ghulam A. Kirmani, Casey Mills Davis, Luis Villaran, Yash Modi, Jeffery Theodore Lee, David Hendler Sloo
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Publication number: 20160189505Abstract: Systems and methods of providing a security system which presents operational status information to a user are disclosed. A sensor can detect a security event and receive identifying information from an electronic device. A controller device is communicatively coupled to the sensor to receive the security event, to determine whether the identifying information detected with the sensor is from the electronic device of an authorized user, and to provide an operational status message to the electronic device via a communications link when it is determined to be authorized. The electronic device provides identifying information to the sensor, receives the operational status message via the communications link, and displays the operational status message.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Jesse Boettcher, David Hendler Sloo
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Publication number: 20160189513Abstract: A method and system for a situationally aware alarm. A physical status of a premises, such as a home, may be determined. An occupancy status of the premises may be determined. Sensor data from the premises may be collected. An event, such as a hazardous event, may be detected based on the sensor data. A notice may be generated based on the detected event, the physical status of the premises, and the occupancy status of the premises. A recipient may be determined based on the detected event, the physical status of the premises, and the occupancy status of the premises. The notice may be transmitted to the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventor: David Hendler Sloo
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Publication number: 20160189526Abstract: A home security system may infer a mode of operation based on indications it receives regarding a user's behavior. The disclosed implementations provide for a vacation mode of operation that defines a response for a security event that differs from the response that would be provided by the home security system for the same security event if it operated in another mode such as an away mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Jesse Boettcher, David Hendler Sloo, Michael Mizono, Tomas Brennessl, James Simister, Anton Davydov
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Publication number: 20160189491Abstract: A user interface (UI) device for a premises management system may include at least one proximity sensor, a first interface component configured to illuminate in a first illumination style based on a first rule set when an individual is detected within a first range by the at least one proximity sensor, and a second interface component to receive input from the individual and configured to illuminate in a second illumination style based on a second rule set different from the first rule set when the individual is detected within a second range closer to the UI device than the first range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: David Hendler SLOO, Jeffrey Alan BOYD
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Patent number: 9179195Abstract: Searching electronic program guide (EPG) data is described. The EPG data may be compartmentalized into channel metadata that describes characteristics of one or more channels and content metadata that describes characteristics of one or more content items. In a implementation, a method includes searching channel metadata and content metadata. A result of the searching is formed for output in conjunction with an electronic program guide (EPG).Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Pradhan S Rao, David Hendler Sloo, Daniel Danker, George K Nyako
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Patent number: 9047593Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to various architectures that can, inter alia, facilitate creation of a synch file as well as facilitate interpretation of the synch file. Both creation and interpretation can be accomplished in conjunction with an original media asset. The synch file can include transformation commands that can operate on a presentation of the asset rather than upon the asset itself. Accordingly, what is actually perceived by a content consumer during a presentation of the asset need not be exactly what the asset creator fixed in a tangible medium. Rather, the content consumer can observe a derivative media presentation based upon interpretation of the synch file.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Sebastien Alles, James E. Allard, Nicholas Robert Baker, Adam Tipton Berns, Steven Drucker, James C. Finger, Todd Eric Holmdahl, David Hendler Sloo, Curtis G. Wong, Dawson Yee
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Patent number: 8650596Abstract: An exemplary multi-axis television navigation system defines television navigation axes according to attributes of television programs. In one implementation, if a television program has an attribute defining an axis, then the exemplary system links a predefined database query associated with the axis to metadata for the television program. When launched, the predefined query returns a sequence of navigable television programs having the attribute that defines the axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Samuel Thomas Scott, III, David Hendler Sloo, Peter T. Barrett
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Patent number: 8539529Abstract: In some implementations, closed captioning streams of textual data are extracted from video signals received by a client device. The closed captioning streams may be searched for occurrences of textual data in the closed captioning streams that match one or more search terms. When the number of matches between the search terms and a particular closed captioning stream exceeds a threshold number, a notification may be sent indicating that content programming determined to be of interest to a viewer has been located and/or the content programming may be recorded.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: David Hendler Sloo
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Publication number: 20120259788Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to various architectures that can, inter alia, facilitate creation of a synch file as well as facilitate interpretation of the synch file. Both creation and interpretation can be accomplished in conjunction with an original media asset. The synch file can include transformation commands that can operate on a presentation of the asset rather than upon the asset itself. Accordingly, what is actually perceived by a content consumer during a presentation of the asset need not be exactly what the asset creator fixed in a tangible medium. Rather, the content consumer can observe a derivative media presentation based upon interpretation of the synch file.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: David Sebastien Alles, James E. Allard, Nicholas Robert Baker, Adam Tipton Berns, Steven Drucker, James C. Finger, Todd Eric Holmdahl, David Hendler Sloo, Curtis G. Wong, Dawson Yee
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Patent number: 8190986Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to various architectures that can, inter alia, facilitate creation of a synch file as well as facilitate interpretation of the synch file. Both creation and interpretation can be accomplished in conjunction with an original media asset. The synch file can include transformation commands that can operate on a presentation of the asset rather than upon the asset itself. Accordingly, what is actually perceived by a content consumer during a presentation of the asset need not be exactly what the asset creator fixed in a tangible medium. Rather, the content consumer can observe a derivative media presentation based upon interpretation of the synch file.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Sebastien Alles, James E. Allard, Nicholas Robert Baker, Adam Tipton Berns, Steven Drucker, James C. Finger, Todd Eric Holmdahl, David Hendler Sloo, Curtis G. Wong, Dawson Yee
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Publication number: 20110292280Abstract: In some implementations, closed captioning streams of textual data are extracted from video signals received by a client device. The closed captioning streams may be searched for occurrences of textual data in the closed captioning streams that match one or more search terms. When the number of matches between the search terms and a particular closed captioning stream exceeds a threshold number, a notification may be sent indicating that content programming determined to be of interest to a viewer has been located and/or the content programming may be recorded.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: David Hendler Sloo