Patents by Inventor Monica Shen Knotts

Monica Shen Knotts 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).

  • Communication solutions for self-driving car services
    Patent number: 10628641
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for matching a user, e.g., a child, with an autonomous vehicle instructed to pick up the child. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a server, information from an autonomous vehicle, receiving, at the server, information from a user device, receiving, at the server, information from a responsible party device, processing, by the server, the information from the autonomous vehicle, the information from the user device, and the information from the responsible party device, and based on the processing of the information from the autonomous vehicle, the information from the user device, and the information from the responsible party device, verifying, by the server, that the autonomous vehicle is matched with a user of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Shen Knotts, John George Apostolopoulos, Charles Calvin Byers
  • COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR SELF-DRIVING CAR SERVICES
    Publication number: 20180299895
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for matching a user, e.g., a child, with an autonomous vehicle instructed to pick up the child. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a server, information from an autonomous vehicle, receiving, at the server, information from a user device, receiving, at the server, information from a responsible party device, processing, by the server, the information from the autonomous vehicle, the information from the user device, and the information from the responsible party device, and based on the processing of the information from the autonomous vehicle, the information from the user device, and the information from the responsible party device, verifying, by the server, that the autonomous vehicle is matched with a user of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Monica Shen Knotts, John George Apostolopoulos, Charles Calvin Byers
  • System and method for managing optics in a video environment
    Patent number: 8542264
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided in one example and includes a camera configured to receive image data associated with an end user involved in a video session. The apparatus further includes a display configured to interface with the camera. The camera and the display cooperate such that the apparatus can initiate the video session involving the end user, and activate a retracting mechanism configured to move the camera such that the camera is retracted from a view of the display and the camera moves to an inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Torence Lu, Monica Shen Knotts, Ashok T. Desai, Richard T. Wales, Jacobus M. Berkhout, Michael C. Makay
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPTICS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120127257
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided in one example and includes a camera configured to receive image data associated with an end user involved in a video session. The apparatus further includes a display configured to interface with the camera. The camera and the display cooperate such that the apparatus can initiate the video session involving the end user, and activate a retracting mechanism configured to move the camera such that the camera is retracted from a view of the display and the camera moves to an inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Torence Lu, Monica Shen Knotts, Ashok T. Desai, Richard T. Wales, Jacobus M. Berkhout, Michael C. Makay