Patents by Inventor Ernö Kovacs

Ernö Kovacs 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: 11017434
    Abstract: A method for generating data indicative of a customer interaction with a product on display includes acquiring, by one or more sensors attached to a product on display in a product display area, sensor data; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data to at least one wireless receiver located in the vicinity of the product display area; and transmitting the sensor data from the at least one wireless receiver to a computer. The method further includes executing, by the computer, a machine learning algorithm in order to determine that a potential customer has interacted with the product on display and to generate insights about an interaction between the customer and the product on display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Benjamin Hebgen, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10834532
    Abstract: A method performs wireless localization data acquisition and calibration using a visual 3D model. The method includes: receiving image data and transmitter measurement data from a device; localizing the image data in the visual 3D model to determine a device location in a physical space; and using the device location and the transmitter measurement data to perform at least one of: determining transmitter fingerprint localization data and storing the transmitter fingerprint localization data in a fingerprint database; or calibrating a radio frequency (RF) propagation model for proximity estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Jonathan Fuerst, Guerkan Solmaz, Ernoe Kovacs, Kaifei Chen
  • Patent number: 10805426
    Abstract: A method for supporting data upload, performed according to an upload schedule, from a mobile gateway device to a backend, includes: reporting, by gateway devices, connectivity information of the gateway devices to a connectivity registry; computing, by the connectivity registry, connectivity patterns based on the connectivity information; retrieving, by a mobile gateway device, one or more of the connectivity patterns for one or more channels for use by the mobile gateway device, based on location information of the mobile gateway device, the retrieved connectivity patterns being selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry; and determining, by the mobile gateway device, a preemptive upload schedule for uploading data from the mobile gateway device to the backend such that the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted based on the retrieved connectivity patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10742436
    Abstract: A method for recording a multiuser web session includes recording events, data requests and corresponding data responses of the multiuser web session according to their occurrence. A method for replaying a multiuser web session includes replaying events, data requests and corresponding data responses of a recorded multiuser web session. This can be performed by scheduling the events, data requests and corresponding data responses according to their recorded occurrence, transferring the scheduled events, data requests and corresponding data responses to a client for replaying and replaying the recorded multiuser web session based on the scheduled events, data requests and corresponding data responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joern Franke, Ernoe Kovacs, Mischa Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200074506
    Abstract: A method for generating data indicative of a customer interaction with a product on display includes acquiring, by one or more sensors attached to a product on display in a product display area, sensor data; wirelessly transmitting the sensor data to at least one wireless receiver located in the vicinity of the product display area; and transmitting the sensor data from the at least one wireless receiver to a computer. The method further includes executing, by the computer, a machine learning algorithm in order to determine that a potential customer has interacted with the product on display and to generate insights about an interaction between the customer and the product on display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Benjamin Hebgen, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10505823
    Abstract: A method of orchestrating control actions of controllers includes receiving requirements and, from each of an access network controller, a core network controller and an application platform controller, techniques of the respective controller, respective impacts of application of the techniques on the requirements and triggers addressable by the respective techniques. An initial synergy profile is generated using this information. In regular intervals or based on activation of a trigger, a handling procedure is run so as to identify techniques to be applied. The handling procedure considers the techniques and the respective impacts of application of the techniques an endangered requirement(s). Instructions to implement the respective identified techniques are sent to the respective belonging controllers. The synergy profile is updated based on changes resulting from the application of the techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Ernoe Kovacs, Vasileios Karagiannis, Seiichi Koizumi, Shinya Ishida, Takanori Iwai, Akihito Kohiga
  • Patent number: 10433104
    Abstract: A method for realizing a geofence scenario with a system according to at least the OMA NGSI 9/10 standard, includes providing, by the NGSI-system, an NGSI subscription operation for subscribing NGSI-entities for notifications, Geofence scenario are defined by at least a geofence object set including mobile objects, a geofencing set including one or more geofences, and one or more geofence predicates for mathematically combining a geofence object set and a geofencing set, so as to provide a result including at least the values true and false. For subscribing to geofence event notification according to the NGSI subscription protocol, the geofence scenario is specified as NGSI operational scope for the NGSI subscription, and/or the geofence scenario is included as one or more attributes of a NGSI entity for the NGSI subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tobias Jacobs, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10372766
    Abstract: A method generates a virtual thing for a machine-to-machine application of a machine-to-machine system. The system includes a management function, a mashup-manager and one or more database connected to the system. The database provides one or more member resources for the machine-to-machine applications. The management function sends a request for generating a virtual thing to the mashup-manager. The mashup-manager initiates the generation of the requested virtual thing based on the information provided in the request on at least one of the databases. The request for generating the virtual thing includes virtual thing generation information comprising: member resource information, a predefined query for collecting data from the member resource according to the member resource information and semantic logic information for performing logic on the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: JaeSeung Song, Joerg Swetina, Ernoe Kovacs, Apostolos Papageorgiou
  • Publication number: 20190158625
    Abstract: A method for supporting data upload, performed according to an upload schedule, from a mobile gateway device to a backend, includes: reporting, by gateway devices, connectivity information of the gateway devices to a connectivity registry; computing, by the connectivity registry, connectivity patterns based on the connectivity information; retrieving, by a mobile gateway device, one or more of the connectivity patterns for one or more channels for use by the mobile gateway device, based on location information of the mobile gateway device, the retrieved connectivity patterns being selected from the connectivity patterns computed by the connectivity registry; and determining, by the mobile gateway device, a preemptive upload schedule for uploading data from the mobile gateway device to the backend such that the preemptive upload schedule is adjusted based on the retrieved connectivity patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Miguel Garcia Galvao Almeida, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20190090084
    Abstract: A method for realizing a geofence scenario with a system according to at least the OMA NGSI 9/10 standard, includes providing, by the NGSI-system, an NGSI subscription operation for subscribing NGSI-entities for notifications. Geofence scenario are defined by at least a geofence object set including mobile objects, a geofencing set including one or more geofences, and one or more geofence predicates for mathematically combining a geofence object set and a geofencing set, so as to provide a result including at least the values true and false. For subscribing to geofence event notification according to the NGSI subscription protocol, the geofence scenario is specified as NGSI operational scope for the NGSI subscription, and/or the geofence scenario is included as one or more attributes of a NGSI entity for the NGSI subscription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias Jacobs, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 10200240
    Abstract: A method for configuring an M2M system having an M2M frontend with one or more gateways and an M2M backend includes specifying, by an operator entity, one or more commands to be achieved in said M2M system by the one or more gateways of the M2M frontend; specifying, by a stylesheet providing entity, one or more stylesheets for the one or more gateways of the M2M frontend representing information for interpretation of general gateway configurations for the one or more gateways; calculating, by a synergy description entity, one or more synergy descriptions representing an impact of one or more gateway operational parameters on the specified commands; calculating the general gateway configurations for a plurality of gateways by evaluating the synergy descriptions with respect to the specified commands by a configuration entity; and providing specific gateway configurations by applying the specified stylesheets on the general gateway configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Ernoe Kovacs, Manuel Zahn
  • Publication number: 20180262405
    Abstract: A method of orchestrating control actions of controllers includes receiving requirements and, from each of an access network controller, a core network controller and an application platform controller, techniques of the respective controller, respective impacts of application of the techniques on the requirements and triggers addressable by the respective techniques. An initial synergy profile is generated using this information. In regular intervals or based on activation of a trigger, a handling procedure is run so as to identify techniques to be applied. The handling procedure considers the techniques and the respective impacts of application of the techniques an endangered requirement(s). Instructions to implement the respective identified techniques are sent to the respective belonging controllers. The synergy profile is updated based on changes resulting from the application of the techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Ernoe Kovacs, Vasileios Karagiannis, Seiichi Koizumi, Shinya Ishida, Takanori Iwai, Akihito Kohiga
  • Publication number: 20180205801
    Abstract: An interworking entity (IE) connects at least two systems like networks. Each system comprises at least one device and the systems use data based on different data models. The IE is adapted to convert data based on a first data model to data based on a second data model such that the data is processible by the respective devices in the systems. The IE is operable to evaluate mapping data within data to be transmitted from a first one of the at least two systems to a second one of the at least two systems, and to map, based on the evaluated mapping data, data compatible to the first data model from a first network to data compatible with the second data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ernoe Kovacs, Martin Bauer
  • Publication number: 20170316048
    Abstract: A method for filtering data series includes filtering, by filtering entities, the data series by: collecting a data series including original information; reducing the original information of the data series based on and by at least one data reduction procedure to produce at least one set of reduced information of the data series; reconstructing the original information for the at least one set of reduced information of the data series; calculating a level of reconstruction for the reconstructed information based on a comparison between the reconstructed information and the original information for the at least one data reduction procedure; and determining reduced or non-reduced information of the data series to be forwarded based on a comparison between a desired level of reconstruction and the calculated level of reconstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Bin Cheng, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20170111227
    Abstract: A method for mounting a device at a server in a network includes attaching the device at an anchor. A virtualized connection is set up between the anchor and the server based on a predefined anchor configuration, Temporary device information is encoded into a network flow generated by the device. It is attempted to mount the device is attempted at the server. Functions and/or data are provided to the mounted device by the server based on a successful mounting. Another server is selected for mounting the device based on an unsuccessful mounting. The network flow of the device is identified and redirected to the selected server by installing one or more forwarding rules on one or more forwarding elements of the software defined network using the temporary device information for identification of the network flow of the mounted device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Roberto Bifulco, Ernoe Kovacs, Hans-Joerg Kolbe
  • Publication number: 20160266730
    Abstract: A method for recording a multiuser web session includes recording events, data requests and corresponding data responses of the multiuser web session according to their occurrence. A method for replaying a multiuser web session includes replaying events, data requests and corresponding data responses of a recorded multiuser web session. This can be performed by scheduling the events, data requests and corresponding data responses according to their recorded occurrence, transferring the scheduled events, data requests and corresponding data responses to a client for replaying and replaying the recorded multiuser web session based on the scheduled events, data requests and corresponding data responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Joern FRANKE, Ernoe KOVACS, Mischa SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20160112256
    Abstract: A method for configuring an M2M system having an M2M frontend with one or more gateways and an M2M backend includes specifying, by an operator entity, one or more commands to be achieved in said M2M system by the one or more gateways of the M2M frontend; specifying, by a stylesheet providing entity, one or more stylesheets for the one or more gateways of the M2M frontend representing information for interpretation of general gateway configurations for the one or more gateways; calculating, by a synergy description entity, one or more synergy descriptions representing an impact of one or more gateway operational parameters on the specified commands; calculating the general gateway configurations for a plurality of gateways by evaluating the synergy descriptions with respect to the specified commands by a configuration entity; and providing specific gateway configurations by applying the specified stylesheets on the general gateway configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Ernoe Kovacs, Manuel Zahn
  • Publication number: 20150370900
    Abstract: A method generates a virtual thing for a machine-to-machine application of a machine-to-machine system. The system includes a management function, a mashup-manager and one or more database connected to the system. The database provides one or more member resources for the machine-to-machine applications. The management function sends a request for generating a virtual thing to the mashup-manager. The mashup-manager initiates the generation of the requested virtual thing based on the information provided in the request on at least one of the databases. The request for generating the virtual thing includes virtual thing generation information comprising: member resource information, a predefined query for collecting data from the member resource according to the member resource information and semantic logic information for performing logic on the collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: JaeSeung SONG, Joerg SWETINA, Ernoe KOVACS, Apostolos PAPAGEORGIOU
  • Patent number: 8880616
    Abstract: A method for distributing contents to several users, wherein users are interconnected as members of one or more groups and wherein the group members can be pre-arranged from the user side is characterized in that based on his context a user can select one or more content from offered contents, in that the selected contents are dynamically personalized by taking advantage of a correlation of selected contents on the one hand and a group on the other hand by embedding communication triggers into the contents to initiate a communication with a group, and in that the personalized group-related contents are pushed to the members of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nec Corporation
    Inventors: Anett Schuelke, Ernoe Kovacs
  • Patent number: 8756703
    Abstract: A method for protecting a user's privacy, wherein the user operates a communication device capable of processing context and wherein the user provides context information—real context—related to one or more reference context variables to a third party, is characterized in the steps of faking at least one of the one or more reference context variables, on the basis of the faked reference context variable, gathering real context information—decoy context—related to reference context variables other than the faked reference context variable, publishing the thus generated decoy context instead of the user's real context. In addition, a corresponding communication device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernoe Kovacs, Miguel Martin Lopez, Martin Bauer