Patents by Inventor Michael L. Maraist

Michael L. Maraist 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: 11269947
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Michael L. Maraist
  • Publication number: 20210073265
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Rahul C. THAKKAR, Michael L. MARAIST
  • Patent number: 10866983
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Pixia Corp.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Michael L. Maraist
  • Publication number: 20190354549
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Rahul C. THAKKAR, Michael L. MARAIST
  • Patent number: 10387483
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Michael L. Maraist
  • Publication number: 20190073362
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Rahul C. THAKKAR, Michael L. MARAIST
  • Patent number: 10169375
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service (CS) by: receiving an alert from a WAMI alert-service (A) respectively associated with a WAMI CS regarding any updates to WAMI data served by the WAMI CS at the federated WAMI CS, the WAMI CS providing WAMI collection metadata; issuing a request to the WAMI A associated with the WAMI CS to read information on what is updated; receiving a response from the WAMI A at the federated WAMI CS, the response comprising tree nodes corresponding to WAMI collection metadata that are updated by the WAMI CS; issuing a subsequent request to the WAMI CS from the federated WAMI CS to retrieve the WAMI collection metadata from the WAMI CS corresponding to the collection tree nodes that are updated; receiving a response including the WAMI collection metadata from the WAMI CS; and storing the received WAMI collection metadata in cache of the federated WAMI CS of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Michael L. Maraist
  • Publication number: 20180121425
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service (CS) by: receiving an alert from a WAMI alert-service (A) respectively associated with a WAMI CS regarding any updates to WAMI data served by the WAMI CS at the federated WAMI CS, the WAMI CS providing WAMI collection metadata; issuing a request to the WAMI A associated with the WAMI CS to read information on what is updated; receiving a response from the WAMI A at the federated WAMI CS, the response comprising tree nodes corresponding to WAMI collection metadata that are updated by the WAMI CS; issuing a subsequent request to the WAMI CS from the federated WAMI CS to retrieve the WAMI collection metadata from the WAMI CS corresponding to the collection tree nodes that are updated; receiving a response including the WAMI collection metadata from the WAMI CS; and storing the received WAMI collection metadata in cache of the federated WAMI CS of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Rahul C. THAKKAR, Michael L. MARAIST
  • Patent number: 9881029
    Abstract: A method and a computer system for providing a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service are provided. The method may include collecting WAMI collection metadata by issuing a request for retrieving WAMI collection metadata from one WAMI collection service (CS) and storing the response. The WAMI CS may run at a geographic location, and WAMI data may be collected and stored there. The WAMI collection metadata may indicate where the WAMI data is stored, and it may be transmitted to the federated WAMI CS. The method may further include organizing the WAMI collection metadata in a tree structure or directed acyclic graph (DAG). A request for accessing the stored WAMI data may then be received from a client using the stored WAMI collection metadata. Access may be provided to the geographic location of the WAMI CS to retrieve a portion of the WAMI data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Michael L. Maraist
  • Publication number: 20170270118
    Abstract: A method and a computer system for providing a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service are provided. The method may include collecting WAMI collection metadata by issuing a request for retrieving WAMI collection metadata from one WAMI collection service (CS) and storing the response. The WAMI CS may run at a geographic location, and WAMI data may be collected and stored there. The WAMI collection metadata may indicate where the WAMI data is stored, and it may be transmitted to the federated WAMI CS. The method may further include organizing the WAMI collection metadata in a tree structure or directed acyclic graph (DAG). A request for accessing the stored WAMI data may then be received from a client using the stored WAMI collection metadata. Access may be provided to the geographic location of the WAMI CS to retrieve a portion of the WAMI data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Rahul C. THAKKAR, Michael L. MARAIST
  • Patent number: 9436708
    Abstract: A method and a computer system for providing a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service are provided. The method includes issuing a request to retrieve WAMI collection metadata from a first WAMI collection service in one or more collection services, the one or more WAMI collection services providing WAMI collection metadata; receiving the WAMI collection metadata from the first WAMI collection service; and storing the WAMI collection metadata from the first WAMI collection service in a local cache of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Michael L. Maraist, John T. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20140164426
    Abstract: A method and a computer system for providing a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service are provided. The method includes issuing a request to retrieve WAMI collection metadata from a first WAMI collection service in one or more collection services, the one or more WAMI collection services providing WAMI collection metadata; receiving the WAMI collection metadata from the first WAMI collection service; and storing the WAMI collection metadata from the first WAMI collection service in a local cache of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. THAKKAR, Michael L. Maraist, John T. Robinson