Patents by Inventor Lee M. Proctor

Lee M. Proctor 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: 20230343193
    Abstract: In response to detecting an incident at a building, a risk assessment for the building is performed. The risk assessment identifies dynamic security constraints for different locations at the building. A set of behavioral rules for controlling a sensor system at the building is updated based on the risk assessment to obtain an updated set of behavioral rules. The sensor system operating under the updated set of behavioral rules is referenced to detect a visitor at a location of the building during the incident. The location of the visitor is correlated to the risk assessment to determine a specific information security risk posed by the visitor. A recommended follow-up action is generated based on the specific information security risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Lee M. PROCTOR, Trent J. MILLER
  • Publication number: 20230153642
    Abstract: Efficient use of channel bandwidth response, response timing, along with the ability to acquire the most accurate and up to date response are provided for management of virtual assistant search queries within a communication system. Improved management is obtained using an artificial intelligence (AI) server controlling response activity to a query communication device by adjusting content of a verbose response to the query by varying the verbosity of the response based on channel availability. The channel availability is determined based on channel bandwidth and channel occupancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: LEE M PROCTOR
  • Patent number: 11593668
    Abstract: Efficient use of channel bandwidth response, response timing, along with the ability to acquire the most accurate and up to date response are provided for management of virtual assistant search queries within a communication system (100). Improved management is obtained using an artificial intelligence (AI) server (104) controlling response activity to a query communication device (102) by incorporating one or more of: adjusting verbosity of responses (158), redirecting queries from the AI server to alternate resources (412), and/or prioritizing of a response (506) based on wait time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Lee M Proctor
  • Publication number: 20230046604
    Abstract: A method and system for utilizing fault information of a first system device in a first communication system to change a second communication system is provided. A first fault update is received from the first communication system at a cloud-based fault management service. The first fault update includes a request to update first system device fault information in a common database. The common database is updated by the cloud-based fault management service with the first fault update. The cloud-based fault management service performs smart analytics utilizing the first fault update to change the second communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: DANIEL J MCDONALD, ALBERT DABROWSKI, LEE M PROCTOR, LUCYNA CHWASTOWSKSA
  • Publication number: 20220414141
    Abstract: Processes and systems for displaying information received in a query response. One system includes a communication device including a user interface and an electronic processor. The electronic processor transmits a query, and receives a response to the query including stored information in each of a plurality of fields of information about an object of interest. The electronic processor receives an image of the object from a camera, identifies visually descriptive text information describing the object, and categorizes at least a portion of the visually descriptive text information into the plurality of fields of information. The electronic processor determines a confidence level for each field of information based on a comparison of the stored information and the visually descriptive text information in each field, and displays the stored information in one or more fields for which the confidence level of the comparison is below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yong TIAN, Lee M. PROCTOR
  • Patent number: 11106693
    Abstract: A device, system and method for interoperability between digital evidence management systems (DEMS) is provided. A DEMS proxy computing device received, from a requesting device, a search string requesting digital evidence. The proxy provides, to a plurality of separate DEMS devices maintained by separate public safety agencies: corresponding search strings; and identification information identifying one or more of: a public safety role of a user of the requesting device, and a public safety agency membership of the user. The proxy receives, from at least a particular DEMS device, of the plurality of separate DEMS devices, a digital evidence record based on the search string, the digital evidence record describing a piece of digital evidence managed by the particular DEMS device, and including chain-of-custody information. The proxy provides, to the requesting device, the digital evidence record and the chain-of-custody information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Trent J. Miller, Daniel R. Bestor, Lee M. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20210166164
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a method for alerting a next passenger to board a vehicle from a transportation hub is provided herein. During operation, a current seat score for each seat within the vehicle is determined. A plurality of gate scores for passengers waiting to board the vehicle is then determined. Finally, a next passenger to board is determined based on the current seat score for each seat within the vehicle and the plurality of gate scores of passengers. Once the next passenger to board is determined, a name of the next passengers will be announced and/or displayed on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: LEE M PROCTOR, DONALD R CORNETT, ERIC JOHNSON, GAIL BALLENGEE
  • Publication number: 20200401597
    Abstract: A device, system and method for interoperability between digital evidence management systems (DEMS) is provided. A DEMS proxy computing device received, from a requesting device, a search string requesting digital evidence. The proxy provides, to a plurality of separate DEMS devices maintained by separate public safety agencies: corresponding search strings; and identification information identifying one or more of: a public safety role of a user of the requesting device, and a public safety agency membership of the user. The proxy receives, from at least a particular DEMS device, of the plurality of separate DEMS devices, a digital evidence record based on the search string, the digital evidence record describing a piece of digital evidence managed by the particular DEMS device, and including chain-of-custody information. The proxy provides, to the requesting device, the digital evidence record and the chain-of-custody information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Trent J. MILLER, Daniel R. BESTOR, Lee M. PROCTOR
  • Patent number: 10867460
    Abstract: A method for providing public safety access to an enterprise is provided. The method may include receiving an indication of an incident at an enterprise location. The method may further include determining a type of biometric access control in use at the enterprise location. The method may further include retrieving biometric data for a responder assigned to the incident is compatible with the type of biometric access control in use at the enterprise location. The method may also include adapting the biometric data to be compatible with a specific biometric access control system in use at the enterprise location. The method may additionally include sending the adapted biometric data to the specific biometric access control system in use at the enterprise location, wherein the specific biometric access control system in use at the enterprise location grants access to the enterprise location to the responder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Trent J Miller, Lee M Proctor
  • Patent number: 10824329
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying query status information on a graphical user interface. One system includes an electronic computing device that includes one or more electronic processors communicatively coupled to a touch sensitive display. The one or more electronic processors are configured to read a gesture made on the touch sensitive display, generate a query based on the gesture, and display a displayed gesture on the touch sensitive display. The displayed gesture substantially encloses an area of the touch sensitive display. The one or more electronic processors are further configured to generate a response to the query, configure the area on the touch sensitive display substantially enclosed by the displayed gesture to be a button, receive an input indicating that the button has been touched, and output the response to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Lee M. Proctor
  • Patent number: 10824615
    Abstract: One example method includes receiving, at an electronic computing device, a user query and identifying a time window in the past associated with the user query. The method further includes determining that the user query relates to a public safety incident. The method further includes generating a response to the user query. The response is generated as a function of the time window and information relating to the public safety incident. The method further includes storing the response such that information included in the response is added to one of (i) timeline information associated with a user of a communication device at a time commensurate with the time window and (ii) timeline information associated with the public safety incident at a time commensurate with the time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee M. Proctor, Randy L. Ekl
  • Patent number: 10817529
    Abstract: A device, system and method for interoperability between digital evidence management systems (DEMS) is provided. A DEMS proxy computing device received, from a requesting device, a search string requesting digital evidence. The proxy provides, to a plurality of separate DEMS devices maintained by separate public safety agencies: corresponding search strings; and identification information identifying one or more of: a public safety role of a user of the requesting device, and a public safety agency membership of the user. The proxy receives, from at least a particular DEMS device, of the plurality of separate DEMS devices, a digital evidence record based on the search string, the digital evidence record describing a piece of digital evidence managed by the particular DEMS device, and including chain-of-custody information. The proxy provides, to the requesting device, the digital evidence record and the chain-of-custody information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Trent J. Miller, Daniel R. Bestor, Lee M. Proctor
  • Patent number: 10802665
    Abstract: Systems and methods of projecting graphical objects are disclosed. In one example, a system includes a virtual reality (VR) rendering engine configured to generate a virtual reality space of a geographic region of interest with a graphical feature that represents a physical feature in the geographic region of interest. A display is configured to display a VR graphical user interface (GUI) with the generated virtual reality space and a menu including graphical objects. A graphical object may be placed on the graphical feature in the virtual reality space. A projector interface determines a projection surface on the physical feature based on the placement of the graphical object in the virtual reality space and generates instructions for a projector to project an image of the graphical object onto the projection surface in the physical feature of the geographic region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Lee M Proctor
  • Publication number: 20200301936
    Abstract: A device, system and method for interoperability between digital evidence management systems (DEMS) is provided. A DEMS proxy computing device received, from a requesting device, a search string requesting digital evidence. The proxy provides, to a plurality of separate DEMS devices maintained by separate public safety agencies: corresponding search strings; and identification information identifying one or more of: a public safety role of a user of the requesting device, and a public safety agency membership of the user. The proxy receives, from at least a particular DEMS device, of the plurality of separate DEMS devices, a digital evidence record based on the search string, the digital evidence record describing a piece of digital evidence managed by the particular DEMS device, and including chain-of-custody information. The proxy provides, to the requesting device, the digital evidence record and the chain-of-custody information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Trent J. MILLER, Daniel R. BESTOR, Lee M. PROCTOR
  • Patent number: 10750326
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for creating a communication group among a plurality of mobile communication devices. The method includes creating a first trigger condition, at a first mobile communication device, the first trigger condition including detection of a second mobile communication device in an area. A context data message that includes the first trigger condition and the area definition is sent by the first mobile communication device to a communication beacon having a range that includes the area. When the first trigger condition occurs and when the first mobile communication device is outside the area, receive a group call at the first mobile communication device from the second mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dominik Trzupek, Lee M. Proctor, Pawel M. Smietana, Mariusz R. Wawrowski
  • Patent number: 10637988
    Abstract: A system, device and method for generating common actuatable options that initiate a plurality of actions is provided. Interfaces are identified at the one or more display devices, each of the interfaces comprising a respective actuatable option which, when actuated, initiates a respective action, each respective actuatable option having a label. The interfaces are determined to be associated using one or more of: the labels of the respective actuatable options; and the respective actions. In response to determining that the interfaces are associated, a common actuatable option is generated at the one or more display devices, which, when actuated, initiates the respective actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Lee M. Proctor
  • Patent number: 10631139
    Abstract: A process and device for responding to a query includes receiving a query for providing a response at a first communication device via a first electronic computing device. The process includes determining that the response to the query is to be provided as a group response to a plurality of communication devices including the first communication device that are members of a first communication group. When it is determined that the first electronic computing device does not have permission to process the query, a second electronic computing device that has permission to process the query is identified and further the query is forwarded from the first electronic computing device to the second electronic computing device to enable the second electronic computing device to process the query and generate a group response to be provided to at least one of the communication devices in the first communication group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Lee M. Proctor
  • Patent number: 10574786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting data to be utilized at an incident area. A server computer defines a prioritized list of data items to be transmitted to a plurality of portable electronic devices for use at the incident area. The server computer predicts a first amount of data that can be wirelessly transferred to a first electronic device before loss of reliable wireless connectivity with the first electronic device and automatically selects a first data item for transmission to the first electronic device. The server computer then transmits the first data item to the first electronic device to be shared with at least one other portable electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices upon arrival of the first electronic device at the incident area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Douros, James E. Mathis, Lee M. Proctor
  • Patent number: 10455372
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for creating a communication group among a plurality of mobile communication devices. The method includes creating, at a first mobile communication device, a first trigger condition that includes detection of a second mobile communication device in an area defined by an area definition. A context data message that includes the first trigger condition and the area definition is sent by the first mobile communication device. When the first trigger condition occurs and when the first mobile communication device is outside the area, a communication group is established with the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dominik Trzupek, Lee M. Proctor, Pawel M. Smietana, Mariusz R. Wawrowski
  • Patent number: 10412587
    Abstract: A device, system and method to secure deployable access points in a side-haul communication network from a compromised deployable access point is provided. An indication that a second deployable access point is compromised is received at a first deployable access point in a side-haul communication network. The first deployable access point requests, from one or more communication devices, one or more manual confirmation votes indicating whether the second deployable access point is compromised. When a threshold number of the one or more manual confirmation votes received indicate that the second deployable access point is compromised, the first deployable access point implements an action to secure the deployable access points in the side-haul communication network from the second deployable access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Trent J. Miller, Lee M. Proctor