Patents by Inventor Markus A. Regli

Markus A. Regli 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).

  • Broker service system to acquire location based image data
    Patent number: 9131167
    Abstract: A broker service that acquires location based image data receives a request from a requestor. The request comprises request criteria that at least include a location criterion and a time criterion for obtaining image data, which comprises at least one of a still image and a video. The broker service determines that a position indication of a first producer of a plurality of producers fulfils the location criterion at least to an extent. The plurality of producers comprises devices remote from the requestor and having capabilities of image capture and location determination. The broker service transmits an image request to the first producer. The image request corresponds to the request. The broker service receives image data from the first producer responsive to the image request. The broker service determines that the image data fulfils the time criterion. The broker service transmits the image data to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Markus A. Regli, Ruediger Rissmann, Marc P. Stoecklin
  • BROKER SERVICE SYSTEM TO ACQUIRE LOCATION BASED IMAGE DATA
    Publication number: 20130155246
    Abstract: A broker service that acquires location based image data receives a request from a requestor. The request comprises request criteria that at least include a location criterion and a time criterion for obtaining image data, which comprises at least one of a still image and a video. The broker service determines that a position indication of a first producer of a plurality of producers fulfils the location criterion at least to an extent. The plurality of producers comprises devices remote from the requestor and having capabilities of image capture and location determination. The broker service transmits an image request to the first producer. The image request corresponds to the request. The broker service receives image data from the first producer responsive to the image request. The broker service determines that the image data fulfils the time criterion. The broker service transmits the image data to the requestor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Markus A. Regli, Ruediger Rissmann, Marc P. Stoecklin