Patents by Inventor Jeffery Theodore Lee
Jeffery Theodore Lee 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: 20170039844Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for automatic security system mode selection. A set of signals may be received from sensors distributed in an environment with a security system. The security system may be in a first mode. An occupancy model may be received. An occupancy estimate may be generated for the environment based on the set of signals from the sensors and the occupancy model. Mode rules may be received. The mode rules associate occupancy estimates with modes of the security system. A second mode for the security system may be determined based on the occupancy estimate and mode rules. The second mode may be different from the first mode. The mode of the security system may be automatically changed from the first mode to the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Mark Rajan MALHOTRA, Jeffrey Alan BOYD, Sophie LE GUEN, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Prashant REDDY
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Patent number: 9520049Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for learned overrides for home security. A sensor of a security system may be armed. A trip signal may be received indicating a tripping of the sensor. It may be determined that the trip signal can be automatically overridden based on matching an identity of the sensor and a state of the security system with a pattern in a model. The pattern may represent a state of the security system in which automatically overriding the trip signal from the sensor is permitted. The trip signal from the sensor may be automatically overridden without input from a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Mark Rajan Malhotra, Sophie Le Guen, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Todd Hester
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Patent number: 9508247Abstract: Systems and methods of security are provided, including at least one of a plurality of sensors to detect a location of at least one user, and generate detection data according to the detected location of the at least one user. A processor may be communicatively coupled to the at least one of the plurality of sensors to receive the detection data and to determine whether the at least one user is occupying a building according to the detection data. An alarm device, communicatively coupled to the processor, can be armed or disarmed by the processor according to the determination as to whether the at least one user is occupying the building.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jeffery Theodore Lee, Anthony Michael Fadell, Sophie Le Guen, Maxime Veron, Mark Rajan Malhotra, Timo Bruck
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Patent number: 9508250Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for automatic security system mode selection. A set of signals may be received from sensors distributed in an environment with a security system. The security system may be in a first mode. An occupancy model may be received. An occupancy estimate may be generated for the environment based on the set of signals from the sensors and the occupancy model. Mode rules may be received. The mode rules associate occupancy estimates with modes of the security system. A second mode for the security system may be determined based on the occupancy estimate and mode rules. The second mode may be different from the first mode. The mode of the security system may be automatically changed from the first mode to the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Mark Rajan Malhotra, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Sophie Le Guen, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Prashant Reddy
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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: 20160189529Abstract: Systems and methods of security are provided, including at least one of a plurality of sensors to detect a location of at least one user, and generate detection data according to the detected location of the at least one user. A processor may be communicatively coupled to the at least one of the plurality of sensors to receive the detection data and to determine whether the at least one user is occupying a building according to the detection data. An alarm device, communicatively coupled to the processor, can be armed or disarmed by the processor according to the determination as to whether the at least one user is occupying the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Jeffery Theodore Lee, Anthony Michael Fadell, Sophie Le Guen, Maxime Veron, Mark Rajan Malhotra, Timo Bruck
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Publication number: 20160189509Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for learned overrides for home security. A sensor of a security system may be armed. A trip signal may be received indicating a tripping of the sensor. It may be determined that the trip signal can be automatically overridden based on matching an identity of the sensor and a state of the security system with a pattern in a model. The pattern may represent a state of the security system in which automatically overriding the trip signal from the sensor is permitted. The trip signal from the sensor may be automatically overridden without input from a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Mark Rajan MALHOTRA, Sophie LE GUEN, Jeffrey Alan BOYD, Jeffery Theodore LEE, Todd HESTER
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Publication number: 20160189528Abstract: Systems and methods of security are provided, including a sensor to detect a location of at least one user, and generate detection data according to the detected location of the at least one user, a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor to receive the detection data, to determine whether the at least one user is occupying a building according to the detection data, and to store allowance data that sets one or more preferences for the at least one user, and an alarm device, communicatively coupled to at least the processor, that is armed or disarmed by the processor according to the allowance data and the determination as to whether the at least one user is occupying the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Jeffery Theodore Lee, Sophie Le Guen, Jeffrey Alan Boyd
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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: 20160189532Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for automatic security system mode selection. A set of signals may be received from sensors distributed in an environment with a security system. The security system may be in a first mode. An occupancy model may be received. An occupancy estimate may be generated for the environment based on the set of signals from the sensors and the occupancy model. Mode rules may be received. The mode rules associate occupancy estimates with modes of the security system. A second mode for the security system may be determined based on the occupancy estimate and mode rules. The second mode may be different from the first mode. The mode of the security system may be automatically changed from the first mode to the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Mark Rajan MALHOTRA, Jeffrey Alan BOYD, Sophie LE GUEN, Jeffery Theodore LEE, Prashant REDDY
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Publication number: 20160104366Abstract: Ambient amount of a hazardous condition may be monitored. A mode may be set to a state indicative of the hazardous condition being present in the ambient environment. It may then be determined that the amount of the hazard in the ambient environment has dropped below an alarm criterion. A time period may then be tracked during which the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has remained below the alarm criterion. It may be determined that the time period has reached at least a threshold duration, during such time period the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector having remained below the alarm criterion. An indication of the hazardous condition easing may be output in response to the time period being at least the threshold duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: David Sloo, Nicholas Unger Webb, Matthew Lee Rogers, Anthony Michael Fadell, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Sophie Le Guen, Andrew W. Goldenson
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Publication number: 20160073343Abstract: Systems and methods for waking a fabric network of devices and communicating messages among the devices are described herein. An electronic device can communicate with other electronic devices of a fabric network broadcasting a wake message to the fabric network in response to an awakening event. The wake message can include a reason for triggering a wakeup of each device in the fabric network and a wake time signaling period. After the wake time signaling period lapses, a fabric message can be broadcasted to the fabric network, and the fabric message can be selectively rebroadcasted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Robert Szewczyk, Vaas Krishnamurthy, Robert Quattlebaum, Jeffery Theodore Lee
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Publication number: 20160073342Abstract: Systems and methods for waking a fabric network of devices and communicating messages among the devices are described herein. An electronic device can communicate with other electronic devices of a fabric network broadcasting a wake message to the fabric network in response to an awakening event. The wake message can include a reason for triggering a wakeup of each device in the fabric network and a wake time signaling period. After the wake time signaling period lapses, a fabric message can be broadcasted to the fabric network, and the fabric message can be selectively rebroadcasted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Robert Szewczyk, Vaas Krishnamurthy, Robert Quattlebaum, Jeffery Theodore Lee
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Patent number: 9189946Abstract: Ambient amount of a hazardous condition may be monitored. A mode may be set to a state indicative of the hazardous condition being present in the ambient environment. It may then be determined that the amount of the hazard in the ambient environment has dropped below an alarm criterion. A time period may then be tracked during which the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has remained below the alarm criterion. It may be determined that the time period has reached at least a threshold duration, during such time period the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector having remained below the alarm criterion. An indication of the hazardous condition easing may be output in response to the time period being at least the threshold duration.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Sloo, Nicholas Unger Webb, Matthew Lee Rogers, Anthony Michael Fadell, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Sophie Le Guen, Andrew W. Goldenson
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Publication number: 20150154848Abstract: Ambient amount of a hazardous condition may be monitored. A mode may be set to a state indicative of the hazardous condition being present in the ambient environment. It may then be determined that the amount of the hazard in the ambient environment has dropped below an alarm criterion. A time period may then be tracked during which the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector has remained below the alarm criterion. It may be determined that the time period has reached at least a threshold duration, during such time period the amount of the hazardous condition present in the ambient environment of the hazard detector having remained below the alarm criterion. An indication of the hazardous condition easing may be output in response to the time period being at least the threshold duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Sloo, Nicholas Unger Webb, Matthew Lee Rogers, Anthony Michael Fadell, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Sophie Le Guen, Andrew W. Goldenson
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Publication number: 20150074585Abstract: A method of managing user interface content, including performing character entry without a keyboard, is disclosed. The method includes displaying a character entry area and a character selection indicia, wherein the character selection indicia is displayed at a first predefined location, and the character selection indicia includes locations corresponding to respective characters in a plurality of characters; detecting a point of contact over the character selection indicia; in response to detecting the contact over the character selection indicia, displaying at a second predefined location distinct from the first predefined location a temporary character that represents a character to be selected; while displaying the temporary character, detecting a character selection gesture; and, in response to detecting the character selection gesture, selecting a character corresponding to the temporary character for placement in the character entry area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jeffery Theodore LEE, Benjamin Andrew ROTTLER
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Patent number: 8686955Abstract: A method of managing user interface content, including performing character entry without a keyboard, is disclosed. The method includes displaying a character entry area and a character selection indicia, wherein the character selection indicia is displayed at a first predefined location, and the character selection indicia includes locations corresponding to respective characters in a plurality of characters; detecting a point of contact over the character selection indicia; in response to detecting the contact over the character selection indicia, displaying at a second predefined location distinct from the first predefined location a temporary character that represents a character to be selected; while displaying the temporary character, detecting a character selection gesture; and, in response to detecting the character selection gesture, selecting a character corresponding to the temporary character for placement in the character entry area.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Theodore Lee, Benjamin Andrew Rottler
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Patent number: 8516125Abstract: Systems and methods of performing a simplified data transfer are provided. For example, a method of simplified data transfer may involve downloading an index of files accessed or modified on a home computer onto a handheld device from an online data storage server, displaying on the handheld device a user selectable list of files based on the index of files, issuing a request for a file selected by a user from the list of files from the handheld device to the data storage server, and receiving the file selected by the user onto the handheld device from the data storage server.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Rosenblatt, Gloria Lin, Amir M. Mikhak, Taido L. Nakajima, Sean Anthony Mayo, Andrew Hodge, Anthony M. Fadell, Jeffery Theodore Lee, Shawn A. Ellis, Policarpo Wood, Alan Christopher Cannistraro
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Patent number: 8201102Abstract: A system and method of rendering a graphical user interface for a media based device which employs techniques for layering graphical elements. The method includes providing a background layer for the graphical user interface and graphical layers over the background layer. The method also superimposing an opaque view over a portion of the translucent graphic layer and marking the opaque view as opaque so that the portion of the translucent layer is not redrawn when the content in the opaque view is altered.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Theodore Lee, Szu-Wen Huang, Jesse William Boettcher