Patents by Inventor Henry Katz
Henry Katz 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: 11818639Abstract: Described herein are systems, servers, devices, methods, and media for validating, improving, and predicting emergency locations. In some embodiments, disclosed herein is a method for validating a reported location associated with an emergency request comprises: detecting an emergency request from a first device; identifying a reported location associated with the emergency request; identifying one or more attributes associated with the emergency request; determining a location accuracy metric for the emergency request using the one or more attributes; comparing the location accuracy metric to a first accuracy threshold, wherein the reported location is converted to a validated location when the location accuracy metric meets the first accuracy threshold; and, in response to the location accuracy metric meeting the first accuracy threshold, providing the validated location to one or more recipients comprising a public safety answering point (PSAP).Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: RapidSOS, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Edward Horelik, Henry Katz, Gabriel Charles Mahoney, John Thomas Hinton, Michael John Martin
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Patent number: 11741819Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for connecting a user for providing emergency assistance based on emergency alerts from triggering devices such as voice or sound triggered emergency alerts. In some cases, the location of the emergency is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventors: Henry Katz, Zvika Ferentz, Jeffrey Sternberg, Nicholas Edward Horelik, William Thomas Guthrie
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Publication number: 20230269572Abstract: Described herein are systems, servers, devices, methods, and media for providing and managing access to emergency data. In some embodiments, a method for managing access to emergency data for emergency service providers by an emergency management system includes the steps of: determining a first set of data categories to be made accessible to an emergency service provider (ESP), wherein the first set of data categories is selected from a second set of data categories; detecting an emergency alert from an electronic device; associating the ESP with the emergency alert; gathering emergency data associated with the emergency alert available for the first set of data categories; and securely transmitting, to the ESP, the emergency data associated with the emergency alert available for the first set of data categories.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Edward HORELIK, BingJun Perry SY, Henry KATZ, Vinson KOO, Lucas Richard Eager LEAVITT, Michael John MARTIN
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Patent number: 11641575Abstract: Described herein are systems, servers, devices, methods, and media for providing and managing access to emergency data. In some embodiments, a method for managing access to emergency data for emergency service providers by an emergency management system includes the steps of: determining a first set of data categories to be made accessible to an emergency service provider (ESP), wherein the first set of data categories is selected from a second set of data categories; detecting an emergency alert from an electronic device; associating the ESP with the emergency alert; gathering emergency data associated with the emergency alert available for the first set of data categories; and securely transmitting, to the ESP, the emergency data associated with the emergency alert available for the first set of data categories.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Edward Horelik, BingJun Perry Sy, Henry Katz, Vinson Koo, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, Michael John Martin
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Publication number: 20230114663Abstract: A disclosed apparatus obtains emergency data for multiple device types from a plurality of emergency data sources and provides a jurisdictional map view to a plurality of emergency network entities, where each emergency network entity corresponds to a given geographic boundary. The jurisdictional map view corresponds to a respective emergency network entity's geographic boundary. The apparatus determines portions of the emergency data corresponding to emergencies occurring within each respective emergency network entity geographic boundary, and provides location indicators within each respective jurisdictional map view, with each location indicator corresponding to an emergency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: William PELLEGRINI, Lucas Richard Eager LEAVITT, BingJun SY, Henry KATZ, Gabriel MAHONEY, Andrew HWANG, Zvika FERENTZ, Riccardo PELLEGRINI, Angela Lynn ORTHMEYER
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Publication number: 20230048015Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media providing emergency data to public safety answering points (PSAPs). Also provided are systems, methods, and media for utilizing location data and geofences to provide emergency data to PSAPs and interactive graphical displays to efficiently display relevant emergency data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: William Pellegrini, Gabriel Mahoney, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, Andrew Hwang, BingJun Sy, Zvika Ferentz, Henry Katz, Riccardo Pellegrini
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Publication number: 20230042895Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and media capable of generating and implementing emergency flows. The emergency flow is highly customizable and can connect with various stakeholders (user, emergency contacts, corporate representatives, emergency service provider personnel, etc.). The systems, methods, and media can be triggered in various ways including user input (e.g. voice command) or by sensors (e.g. by using sound detection capabilities).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Henry KATZ, Zvika FERENTZ, Jeffrey STERNBERG, Nicholas Edward HORELIK, Michael John MARTIN
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Patent number: 11558728Abstract: A disclosed apparatus obtains emergency data for multiple device types from a plurality of emergency data sources and provides a jurisdictional map view to a plurality of emergency network entities, where each emergency network entity corresponds to a given geographic boundary. The jurisdictional map view corresponds to a respective emergency network entity's geographic boundary. The apparatus determines portions of the emergency data corresponding to emergencies occurring within each respective emergency network entity geographic boundary, and provides location indicators within each respective jurisdictional map view, with each location indicator corresponding to an emergency.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.Inventors: William Pellegrini, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, BingJun Sy, Henry Katz, Gabriel Mahoney, Andrew Hwang, Zvika Ferentz, Riccardo Pellegrini, Angela Lynn Orthmeyer
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Patent number: 11496874Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and media capable of generating and implementing emergency flows. The emergency flow is highly customizable and can connect with various stakeholders (user, emergency contacts, corporate representatives, emergency service provider personnel, etc.). The systems, methods, and media can be triggered in various ways including user input (e.g. voice command) or by sensors (e.g. by using sound detection capabilities).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.Inventors: Henry Katz, Zvika Ferentz, Jeffrey Sternberg, Nicholas Edward Horelik, Michael John Martin
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Publication number: 20220201458Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media providing emergency data to public safety answering points (PSAPs). Also provided are systems, methods, and media for utilizing location data and geofences to provide emergency data to PSAPs and interactive graphical displays to efficiently display relevant emergency data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: William Pellegrini, Gabriel Mahoney, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, Andrew Hwang, BingJun Sy, Zvika Ferentz, Henry Katz, Riccardo Pellegrini
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Patent number: 11310647Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media providing emergency data to public safety answering points (PSAPs). Also provided are systems, methods, and media for utilizing location data and geofences to provide emergency data to PSAPs and interactive graphical displays to efficiently display relevant emergency data.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.Inventors: William Pellegrini, Gabriel Mahoney, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, Andrew Hwang, BingJun Sy, Zvika Ferentz, Henry Katz, Riccardo Pellegrini
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Publication number: 20220103995Abstract: Described herein are systems, servers, devices, methods, and media for providing and managing access to emergency data. In some embodiments, a method for managing access to emergency data for emergency service providers by an emergency management system includes the steps of: determining a first set of data categories to be made accessible to an emergency service provider (ESP), wherein the first set of data categories is selected from a second set of data categories; detecting an emergency alert from an electronic device; associating the ESP with the emergency alert; gathering emergency data associated with the emergency alert available for the first set of data categories; and securely transmitting, to the ESP, the emergency data associated with the emergency alert available for the first set of data categories.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Nicholas Edward HORELIK, BingJun Perry SY, Henry KATZ, Vinson KOO, Lucas Richard Eager LEAVITT, Michael John MARTIN
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Publication number: 20220027417Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular application programming interface (API) system (MAS) for facilitating the efficient integration of various data sources. Data packets received from a dynamically growing set of data sources can be processed and/or validated without requiring redundant engineering work whenever a new data source is added to the set of data sources. In some embodiments, the MAS provides a schema editor interface for creating and editing MAS schemas and a schema database for storing MAS schemas created and edited within the schema editor interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Henry KATZ, Zvika FERENTZ, Lucas Richard Eager LEAVITT, Nicholas Edward HORELIK
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Publication number: 20210390844Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for connecting a user for providing emergency assistance based on emergency alerts from triggering devices such as voice or sound triggered emergency alerts. In some cases, the location of the emergency is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Henry KATZ, Zvika FERENTZ, Jeffrey STERNBERG, Nicholas Edward HORELIK, William Thomas GUTHRIE
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Publication number: 20210266722Abstract: A disclosed apparatus obtains emergency data for multiple device types from a plurality of emergency data sources and provides a jurisdictional map view to a plurality of emergency network entities, where each emergency network entity corresponds to a given geographic boundary. The jurisdictional map view corresponds to a respective emergency network entity's geographic boundary. The apparatus determines portions of the emergency data corresponding to emergencies occurring within each respective emergency network entity geographic boundary, and provides location indicators within each respective jurisdictional map view, with each location indicator corresponding to an emergency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: William Pellegrini, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, BingJun Sy, Henry Katz, Gabriel Mahoney, Andrew Hwang, Zvika Ferentz, Riccardo Pellegrini, Angela Lynn Orthmeyer
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Publication number: 20210204108Abstract: Described herein are systems, servers, devices, methods, and media for validating, improving, and predicting emergency locations. In some embodiments, disclosed herein is a method for validating a reported location associated with an emergency request comprises: detecting an emergency request from a first device; identifying a reported location associated with the emergency request; identifying one or more attributes associated with the emergency request; determining a location accuracy metric for the emergency request using the one or more attributes; comparing the location accuracy metric to a first accuracy threshold, wherein the reported location is converted to a validated location when the location accuracy metric meets the first accuracy threshold; and, in response to the location accuracy metric meeting the first accuracy threshold, providing the validated location to one or more recipients comprising a public safety answering point (PSAP).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Nicholas Edward Horelik, Henry Katz, Gabriel Charles Mahoney, John Thomas Hinton, Michael John Martin
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Patent number: 10977927Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for connecting a user for providing emergency assistance based on emergency alerts from triggering devices such as voice or sound triggered emergency alerts. In some cases, the location of the emergency is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.Inventors: Henry Katz, Zvika Ferentz, Jeffrey Sternberg, Nicholas Edward Horelik, William Thomas Guthrie
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Publication number: 20210058508Abstract: A method of testing an emergency network, includes: simulating, by test logic, a public emergency network entity and a plurality of interfaces between the public emergency network entity and a test device; monitoring, by the test logic, the plurality of interfaces to determine that data flowed correctly on each interface in response to an emergency alert sent from the test device such that the emergency alert is not actually sent to the public emergency network entity; and determining, by the test logic, a test status for each interface indicating a success or failure of a test, for each interface, the test status based on data correctness such that the test confirms that the emergency alert and associated emergency data would be sent to the public emergency network entity correctly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, Zvika Ferentz, Palermo Deschamps, Ahmed Hassan, Henry Katz, William Robinson, Michael John Martin, Nicholas Edward Horelik
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Publication number: 20210037368Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media providing emergency data to public safety answering points (PSAPs). Also provided are systems, methods, and media for utilizing location data and geofences to provide emergency data to PSAPs and interactive graphical displays to efficiently display relevant emergency data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: William Pellegrini, Gabriel Mahoney, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, Andrew Hwang, BingJun Sy, Zvika Ferentz, Henry Katz, Riccardo Pellegrini
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Patent number: 10911926Abstract: A disclosed apparatus obtains emergency data for multiple device types from a plurality of emergency data sources and provides a jurisdictional map view to a plurality of emergency network entities, where each emergency network entity corresponds to a given geographic boundary. The jurisdictional map view corresponds to a respective emergency network entity's geographic boundary. The apparatus determines portions of the emergency data corresponding to emergencies occurring within each respective emergency network entity geographic boundary, and provides location indicators within each respective jurisdictional map view, with each location indicator corresponding to an emergency.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: RAPIDSOS, INC.Inventors: William Pellegrini, Lucas Richard Eager Leavitt, BingJun Sy, Henry Katz, Gabriel Mahoney, Andrew Hwang, Zvika Ferentz, Riccardo Pellegrini, Angela Lynn Orthmeyer