Patents by Inventor Jeremy Serfling

Jeremy Serfling 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: 9922092
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for contextual management extract context information and content information from a collection of stored digital content items; generate an index of the extracted context information and content information; store the indexed context information and content information; receive a query from a computing device, wherein the query is associated with a user; determine a context of the user; determine a context of a user activity; determine contents of the query; generate a recommendation in response to the query based on the context of the user, the context of the user activity, and the contents of the query; and return the recommendation to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Quentin Dietz, Jeremy Serfling, Edward Smith, Ahmad Abiri, Kazuyuki Saito, Craig Mazzagatte, Dariusz T. Dusberger
  • Patent number: 9235819
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, which is configured to communicate with a server apparatus and an image forming apparatus, comprises a receiving unit configured to receive AR information that includes AR guidance for a first operation of an image forming apparatus, wherein the AR information superimposes the AR guidance on an image that was captured by the information processing apparatus; a display control unit configured to command the information processing apparatus to display the AR guidance to guide a user to operate the image forming apparatus, and an obtaining unit configured to obtain information that originated from performance of the first operation by the image forming apparatus, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive AR information that includes additional AR guidance that presents operations for recovering from the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Torii, Attaullah Seikh, Rajini Giridharagopal, Jeremy Serfling, Mark Toshiaki Sato, Edward Smith
  • Publication number: 20150310072
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for contextual management extract context information and content information from a collection of stored digital content items; generate an index of the extracted context information and content information; store the indexed context information and content information; receive a query from a computing device, wherein the query is associated with a user; determine a context of the user; determine a context of a user activity; determine contents of the query; generate a recommendation in response to the query based on the context of the user, the context of the user activity, and the contents of the query; and return the recommendation to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Quentin Dietz, Jeremy Serfling, Edward Smith, Ahmad Abiri, Kazuyuki Saito, Craig Mazzagatte, Dariusz T. Dusberger