Patents by Inventor PAUL F. MAFERA

PAUL F. MAFERA 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: 10796725
    Abstract: A device, system and method for determining incident objects in secondary video is provided. An electronic device: plays, at a display screen, a primary video from a primary video source located at a primary location; determines an incident type associated with the primary video; determines incident object(s) associated with the incident type; detects a particular incident object in a secondary video from a secondary video source located at a secondary location within a threshold distance of the primary location, the particular incident object appearing in the secondary video within a threshold time period from a current playback time of the primary video; determines a relative direction of a location of the particular incident object from the primary location; and controls the display screen to render a particular visual indicator of the particular incident object over or adjacent the primary video at a position indicative of the relative direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yang Luo, Paul F. Mafera, Daniel R. Bestor
  • Publication number: 20200143843
    Abstract: A device, system and method for determining incident objects in secondary video is provided. An electronic device: plays, at a display screen, a primary video from a primary video source located at a primary location; determines an incident type associated with the primary video; determines incident object(s) associated with the incident type; detects a particular incident object in a secondary video from a secondary video source located at a secondary location within a threshold distance of the primary location, the particular incident object appearing in the secondary video within a threshold time period from a current playback time of the primary video; determines a relative direction of a location of the particular incident object from the primary location; and controls the display screen to render a particular visual indicator of the particular incident object over or adjacent the primary video at a position indicative of the relative direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yang LUO, Paul F. MAFERA, Daniel R. BESTOR
  • Patent number: 10320884
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing multimedia files associated with an incident. One method includes receiving a request to submit a multimedia file associated with the incident and, in response to receiving the request, transmitting a text message including an identifier of the incident to a communication device. The method also includes receiving, at the answering point, a reply to the text message, the reply including the multimedia file and the identifier, and storing, at the answering point, the multimedia file including using the identifier to link the multimedia file to an incident record for the incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul F. Mafera, Brian R. Benson, Kenneth W. Douros, Richard Charles Meyer, Vidya Sagar Pitta Eswara Chandra
  • Publication number: 20160352808
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing multimedia files associated with an incident. One method includes receiving a request to submit a multimedia file associated with the incident and, in response to receiving the request, transmitting a text message including an identifier of the incident to a communication device. The method also includes receiving, at the answering point, a reply to the text message, the reply including the multimedia file and the identifier, and storing, at the answering point, the multimedia file including using the identifier to link the multimedia file to an incident record for the incident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Paul F. Mafera, Brian R. Benson, Kenneth W. Douros, Richard Charles Meyer, Vidya Sagar Pitta Eswara Chandra
  • Patent number: 9148771
    Abstract: A method and computer program for providing a computer aided dispatcher comprising receiving, by a public safety answering point, a plurality of emergency short message service (SMS) messages from one or more citizens over a wireless communication network, each emergency SMS message including a mobile terminal identifier, displaying each emergency SMS message in one or more display dialogue windows, receiving a command to highlight a portion of at least one of the emergency SMS message, storing the highlighted portion into one or more buffers, the highlighted portion being all or less than all of the emergency SMS message and receiving a command to associate the highlighted portion to one of a plurality of context fields in an emergency incident information report, the associated highlighted portion, selected context field and mobile terminal identifier stored in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark H Zentner, Brian J Frommelt, George J Horwath, Paul F Mafera, Daniel J Sawicki
  • Publication number: 20150031324
    Abstract: A method and computer program for providing a computer aided dispatcher comprising receiving, by a public safety answering point, a plurality of emergency short message service (SMS) messages from one or more citizens over a wireless communication network, each emergency SMS message including a mobile terminal identifier, displaying each emergency SMS message in one or more display dialogue windows, receiving a command to highlight a portion of at least one of the emergency SMS message, storing the highlighted portion into one or more buffers, the highlighted portion being all or less than all of the emergency SMS message and receiving a command to associate the highlighted portion to one of a plurality of context fields in an emergency incident information report, the associated highlighted portion, selected context field and mobile terminal identifier stored in memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: MARK H. ZENTNER, BRIAN J. FROMMELT, GEORGE J. HORWATH, PAUL F. MAFERA, DANIEL J. SAWICKI
  • Patent number: RE49716
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing multimedia files associated with an incident. One method includes receiving a request to submit a multimedia file associated with the incident and, in response to receiving the request, transmitting a text message including an identifier of the incident to a communication device. The method also includes receiving, at the answering point, a reply to the text message, the reply including the multimedia file and the identifier, and storing, at the answering point, the multimedia file including using the identifier to link the multimedia file to an incident record for the incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul F. Mafera, Brian R. Benson, Kenneth W. Douros, Richard Charles Meyer, Vidya Sagar Pitta Eswara Chandra