Patents by Inventor John Acott

John Acott 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: 20060004580
    Abstract: A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for monitoring a location having a plurality of audio sensors and video sensors are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving auditory data, comparing a portion of the auditory data to a lexicon comprising a plurality of keywords to determine if there is a match to a keyword from the lexicon, and if a match is found, selecting at least one video sensor to monitor an area to be monitored. Video data from the video sensor is archived with the auditory data and metadata. The video sensor is selected by determining video sensors associated with the areas to be monitored. A lookup table is used to determine the association. Cartesian coordinates may be used to determine positions of components and their areas of coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Claudatos, William Andruss, Richard Urmston, John Acott
  • Publication number: 20060004579
    Abstract: A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for monitoring a location having a plurality of audio sensors and video sensors are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving auditory data, comparing a portion of the auditory data to a lexicon comprising a plurality of keywords to determine if there is a match to a keyword from the lexicon, and if a match is found, selecting at least one video sensor to monitor an area to be monitored. Video data from the video sensor is archived with the auditory data and metadata. The video sensor is selected by determining video sensors associated with the areas to be monitored. A lookup table is used to determine the association. Cartesian coordinates may be used to determine positions of components and their areas of coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Claudatos, William Andruss, Richard Urmston, John Acott
  • Publication number: 20060004581
    Abstract: A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for monitoring a location having a plurality of audio sensors and video sensors are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving auditory data, comparing a portion of the auditory data to a lexicon comprising a plurality of keywords to determine if there is a match to a keyword from the lexicon, and if a match is found, selecting at least one video sensor to monitor an area to be monitored. Video data from the video sensor is archived with the auditory data and metadata. The video sensor is selected by determining video sensors associated with the areas to be monitored. A lookup table is used to determine the association. Cartesian coordinates may be used to determine positions of components and their areas of coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Claudatos, William Andruss, Richard Urmston, John Acott
  • Publication number: 20060004582
    Abstract: A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for monitoring a location having a plurality of audio sensors and video sensors are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving auditory data, comparing a portion of the auditory data to a lexicon comprising a plurality of keywords to determine if there is a match to a keyword from the lexicon, and if a match is found, selecting at least one video sensor to monitor an area to be monitored. Video data from the video sensor is archived with the auditory data and metadata. The video sensor is selected by determining video sensors associated with the areas to be monitored. A lookup table is used to determine the association. Cartesian coordinates may be used to determine positions of components and their areas of coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Claudatos, William Andruss, Richard Urmston, John Acott
  • Patent number: 6704755
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files, called the target data files, that are stored on a back up server. This synchronization process builds a baseline data structure of target data files. In parallel to this synchronization process, the system includes a dynamic replication process that includes a plurality of agents, each of which monitors a portion of the source data files to detect and capture, at the byte-level, changes to the source data files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: LiveVault Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Midgley, John Webb, Ted Hess, John Acott, Tom Hansen, Brian Wilson
  • Patent number: 6625623
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files, called the target data files, that are stored on a back up server. This synchronization process builds a baseline data structure of target data files. In parallel to this synchronization process, the system includes a dynamic replication process that includes a plurality of agents, each of which monitors a portion of the source data files to detect and capture, at the byte-level, changes to the source data files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: LiveVault Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Midgley, John Webb, Ted Hess, Manuel Gonsalves, John Acott
  • Publication number: 20020174139
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files, called the target data files, that are stored on a back up server. This synchronization process builds a baseline data structure of target data files. In parallel to this synchronization process, the system includes a dynamic replication process that includes a plurality of agents, each of which monitors a portion of the source data files to detect and capture, at the byte-level, changes to the source data files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Midgley, John Webb, Ted Hess, John Acott, Tom Hansen, Brian Wilson
  • Patent number: 6460055
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected source data files data stored on the network and to create a corresponding set of replicated data files, called the target data files, that are stored on a back up server. This synchronization process builds a baseline data structure of target data files. In parallel to this synchronization process, the system includes a dynamic replication process that includes a plurality of agents, each of which monitors a portion of the source data files to detect and capture, at the byte-level, changes to the source data files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: LiveVault Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Midgley, John Webb, Ted Hess, John Acott, Tom Hansen, Brian Wilson