Patents by Inventor Michael Mizono

Michael Mizono 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: 11599259
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Mclean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20220329762
    Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for presenting smart home information. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) determining that a first set of smart devices correspond to a first space of a plurality of spaces of a dwelling; (2) displaying a first user interface including: (a) displaying a first interface section corresponding to the first space; and (b) displaying, within the first interface section, a plurality of user interface objects corresponding to the first set of smart devices, where each user interface object of the plurality of user interface objects corresponds to a respective smart device of the first set of smart devices; (3) detecting a user selection of a particular user interface object; and (4) in response to detecting the user selection of the particular user interface object, displaying a second user interface that includes additional information regarding the corresponding smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Courtney Dattilo-Green, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Anthony M. Fadell, Patrick Lister, Michael Mizono
  • Publication number: 20210357112
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Melissa Mclean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11048397
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Webster Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10871890
    Abstract: A method, in an application executing on a client device, includes: displaying a camera event history provided by a remote server system, where the camera event history is presented as a chronologically-ordered set of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective event for which a remote camera has captured an associated video; receiving a user selection of a displayed event identifier; and in response to receiving the user selection of the displayed event identifier: expanding the selected event identifier into a video player window, the video player window consuming a portion of the displayed camera event history; and playing, in the video player window, the captured video; and in response to terminating playback of the captured video or user de-selection of the displayed event identifier, collapsing the video player window into the selected event identifier thereby stopping the playing of the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, James Edward Stewart
  • Publication number: 20200201529
    Abstract: A method, in an application executing on a client device, includes: displaying a camera event history provided by a remote server system, where the camera event history is presented as a chronologically-ordered set of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective event for which a remote camera has captured an associated video; receiving a user selection of a displayed event identifier; and in response to receiving the user selection of the displayed event identifier: expanding the selected event identifier into a video player window, the video player window consuming a portion of the displayed camera event history; and playing, in the video player window, the captured video; and in response to terminating playback of the captured video or user de-selection of the displayed event identifier, collapsing the video player window into the selected event identifier thereby stopping the playing of the captured video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, MICHAEL MIZONO, LAUREN VON DEHSEN, JOE DELONE VENTERS, TRACY KUWATANI, ZACHERY KENNEDY, JAMES EDWARD STEWART
  • Patent number: 10558323
    Abstract: A computing device is associated with one or more electronic devices in a smart home environment. A current environment status is identified from a hierarchy of three or more alert levels of the smart home environment based on a combination of device states of a subset of electronic devices. The current environment status is indicated by an environment status indicator that is displayed in a display area of the computing device concurrently with device state icons corresponding to the device states of the subset of electronic devices. Further, based on the current environment status of the smart home environment, a feature sets is determined for a smart home application executable on the computing device for interacting with the smart home environment. The determined feature set includes selectable commands for performing device functions associated with the current environment status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Lauren Von Dehsen, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jason Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Michael Mizono, Tomas Brennessl
  • Patent number: 10552020
    Abstract: A method, in an application executing on a client device, includes: displaying a camera event history provided by a remote server system, where the camera event history is presented as a chronologically-ordered set of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective event for which a remote camera has captured an associated video; receiving a user selection of a displayed event identifier; and in response to receiving the user selection of the displayed event identifier: expanding the selected event identifier into a video player window, the video player window consuming a portion of the displayed camera event history; and playing, in the video player window, the captured video; and in response to terminating playback of the captured video or user de-selection of the displayed event identifier, collapsing the video player window into the selected event identifier thereby stopping the playing of the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, James Edward Stewart
  • Publication number: 20190243535
    Abstract: A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Webster Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10296194
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device includes: displaying a camera history timeline, including: displaying a chronologically ordered sequence of event identifiers, each event identifier corresponding to a respective camera event, each respective camera event associated with one or more respective alert events; and displaying, for a respective event identifier, one or more alert event indicators, each of the alert event indicators corresponding to an alert event associated with the camera event corresponding to the respective event identifier, each of the alert event indicators displayed with a visually distinctive display characteristic associated with a corresponding alert event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Webster Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10133443
    Abstract: A computing device is associated with one or more electronic devices in a smart home environment, the smart home environment having a plurality of environment statuses. A current environment status of the plurality of environment statuses is identified for the smart home environment. Based on the current environment status of the smart home environment, one of a plurality of different feature sets is determined for a smart home application executable on the computing device for interacting with the smart home environment. The determined feature set includes selectable commands for performing device functions associated with the current environment status. The determined feature set is provided to an instance of the smart home application, thereby enabling the instance to offer user interactions consistent with the selectable commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Lauren Von Dehsen, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jason Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Michael Mizono, Tomas Brennessl
  • Publication number: 20180018081
    Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for presenting smart home information. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) determining that a first set of smart devices correspond to a first space of a plurality of spaces of a dwelling; (2) displaying a first user interface including: (a) displaying a first interface section corresponding to the first space; and (b) displaying, within the first interface section, a plurality of user interface objects corresponding to the first set of smart devices, where each user interface object of the plurality of user interface objects corresponds to a respective smart device of the first set of smart devices; (3) detecting a user selection of a particular user interface object; and (4) in response to detecting the user selection of the particular user interface object, displaying a second user interface that includes additional information regarding the corresponding smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Courtney Dattilo-Green, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Anthony M. Fadell, Patrick Lister, Michael Mizono
  • Patent number: D809522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D810116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, Tomas Brennessl
  • Patent number: D812076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Patent number: D848466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D879137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani
  • Patent number: D882583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Courtney Dattilo-Green, Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Patrick Lister, Anthony M. Fadell
  • Patent number: D889505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy
  • Patent number: D892815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Melissa McLean, Michael Mizono, Lauren Von Dehsen, Joe Delone Venters, Tracy Kuwatani, Zachery Kennedy, Tomas Brennessl