Patents by Inventor Derek Shoaf

Derek Shoaf 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: 10255793
    Abstract: A system and method for investigating crimes occurring at locations that are communicatively connected by a central server is disclosed. The investigation is highly automated and obtains evidence using computer aided searches of historic surveillance data gathered at locations within a computer search area. The investigation also utilizes active searches of real-time surveillance data gathered at the locations in response to a be-on-the-look-out (BOLO) alert sent to the locations from the central server. Based on evidence obtained from these searches, the search area may be updated and the searches may be repeated to follow a moving crime pattern/route. In addition, the information provided from the searches may facilitate the prediction of a location that is likely to experience a crime in the future. Accordingly, the central server may transmit a high alert to the predicted location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Derek Shoaf
  • Publication number: 20180293875
    Abstract: A system and method for investigating crimes occurring at locations that are communicatively connected by a central server is disclosed. The investigation is highly automated and obtains evidence using computer aided searches of historic surveillance data gathered at locations within a computer search area. The investigation also utilizes active searches of real-time surveillance data gathered at the locations in response to a be-on-the-look-out (BOLO) alert sent to the locations from the central server. Based on evidence obtained from these searches, the search area may be updated and the searches may be repeated to follow a moving crime pattern/route. In addition, the information provided from the searches may facilitate the prediction of a location that is likely to experience a crime in the future. Accordingly, the central server may transmit a high alert to the predicted location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Derek Shoaf
  • Patent number: 10068136
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf
  • Patent number: 9852606
    Abstract: A system and method for investigating crimes occurring at locations that are communicatively connected by a central server is disclosed. The investigation is highly automated and obtains evidence using computer aided searches of historic surveillance data gathered at locations within a computer search area. The investigation also utilizes active searches of real-time surveillance data gathered at the locations in response to a be-on-the-look-out (BOLO) alert sent to the locations from the central server. Based on evidence obtained from these searches, the search area may be updated and the searches may be repeated to follow a moving crime pattern/route. In addition, the information provided from the searches may facilitate the prediction of a location that is likely to experience a crime in the future. Accordingly, the central server may transmit a high alert to the predicted location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: VERINT AMERICAS INC
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Derek Shoaf
  • Publication number: 20160210515
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf
  • Patent number: 9269244
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: VERINT SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf
  • Patent number: 8587653
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods reduce the resolution of video before transference to a display system. In a particular embodiment, a video processing system receives viewing parameters for a viewing area on a display system. The processing system also receives video of a scene comprising a quantity of pixels in each of a plurality of images of the scene. The processing system then modifies the video based on the viewing parameters to produce modified video having a reduced quantity of pixels in each of the plurality of images. The modified video is transferred for display of at least a portion of the scene in the viewing area by the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Verint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Vidunas, Derek Shoaf, Kurt Heier, William David Pardue
  • Publication number: 20080218591
    Abstract: Video data from sources, such as cameras, is analyzed to create metadata descriptive of the events and objects occurring in the video. This metadata, which consists of data about the video, is then analyzed on a transaction basis to determine if a suspicious activity, such as a fraudulent Point of Sale (POS) return event, has occurred in relation to a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Kurt Heier, Josh O'dell, Jon Legendre, Derek Shoaf