Patents by Inventor Jody A. Stowell

Jody A. Stowell 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).

  • Publication number: 20230169807
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for electronic access control to reunify persons is provided. A device determines, using electronic data, a modality of an incident associated with a premises. The device determines: one or more routes associated with the premises and the modality; and electronic reunification data associated with the modality, the electronic reunification data defining one or more first persons and one or more second persons that are to meet in association with the incident and in accordance with the one or more routes. The device controls access points at the premises, along the one or more routes, to one or more of unlock, lock, open, or close. The device transmits one or more notifications to one or more communication devices, indicative of the electronic reunification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Francesca SCHULER, Jody A. STOWELL, Kiesha GRANT
  • Patent number: 10496887
    Abstract: A device, system and method for controlling a communication device to provide alerts. One or more computing devices determine, using multimedia data received from one or more multimedia devices at a location of a commanding person, that an aural command has been directed from the commanding person to a target person. The one or more computing devices identify, using video data received from the one or more multimedia devices, one or more barriers to the target person hearing the aural command. The one or more computing devices determine, based on the one or more barriers that are identified using the video data, a likelihood that the target person has not heard the aural command. When the likelihood that the target person has not heard the aural command meets a threshold condition, the one or more computing devices cause a communication device associated with the commanding person to provide an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Suzanne E. Ernesti, Jody A. Stowell
  • Publication number: 20190258865
    Abstract: A device, system and method for controlling a communication device to provide alerts. One or more computing devices determine, using multimedia data received from one or more multimedia devices at a location of a commanding person, that an aural command has been directed from the commanding person to a target person. The one or more computing devices identify, using video data received from the one or more multimedia devices, one or more barriers to the target person hearing the aural command. The one or more computing devices determine, based on the one or more barriers that are identified using the video data, a likelihood that the target person has not heard the aural command. When the likelihood that the target person has not heard the aural command meets a threshold condition, the one or more computing devices cause a communication device associated with the commanding person to provide an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Suzanne E. ERNESTI, Jody A. STOWELL
  • Patent number: 10108861
    Abstract: A method and system of providing content differentiation between thumbnails. One method includes receiving a first video and selecting a first thumbnail from the first video. The method includes receiving a second video and selecting a second thumbnail from the second video. The method includes determining whether a first scene of the first video matches a second scene of the second video. The method includes comparing the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail to determine a thumbnail similarity when the first scene of the first video matches the second scene of the second video. The method includes selecting a new thumbnail to replace either the first thumbnail or the second thumbnail when the thumbnail similarity meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method includes displaying the new thumbnail and the other of the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee M. Proctor, John K. Klingert, Jody A. Stowell
  • Publication number: 20180082126
    Abstract: A method and system of providing content differentiation between thumbnails. One method includes receiving a first video and selecting a first thumbnail from the first video. The method includes receiving a second video and selecting a second thumbnail from the second video. The method includes determining whether a first scene of the first video matches a second scene of the second video. The method includes comparing the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail to determine a thumbnail similarity when the first scene of the first video matches the second scene of the second video. The method includes selecting a new thumbnail to replace either the first thumbnail or the second thumbnail when the thumbnail similarity meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method includes displaying the new thumbnail and the other of the first thumbnail and the second thumbnail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Lee M. Proctor, John K. Klingert, Jody A. Stowell