Patents by Inventor Sergio Aguirre

Sergio Aguirre 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: 9361684
    Abstract: During an analysis technique, the locations of a polyp candidate (and, more generally, a feature) in images of the colon acquired with different orientations of an individual are compared to determine if the polyp candidate is a true positive (an actual polyp) or a false positive (an artifact). In particular, the locations are compared for images when the individual is supine and prone. During this rotation by approximately 180° (and, more generally, a symmetry operation), an actual polyp is expected to also be rotated by approximately 180°. Consequently, the location change during the symmetry operation can be used to validate whether the polyp candidate is an actual polyp. Because the colon is a non-rigid object (with degrees of freedom including rotation, compression and expansion), reference markers (such as haustral folds) are used to assist in determining the location of the polyp candidate in the images acquired in the different orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: EchoPixel, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Aguirre-Valencia
  • Patent number: 9338723
    Abstract: A device is configured to establish a session with a mobile device. The session may allow the mobile device to communicate with or via an operator network via the device. The device may determine a speed at which the mobile device is traveling. The device may determine a cell type for a neighbor base station. The cell type may indicate a type of cell that the neighbor base station services. The device may selectively hand over the session to the neighbor base station based on the speed at which the mobile device is traveling and the cell type for the neighbor base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9338685
    Abstract: A server device may store information identifying that one or more first user devices, currently connected to a network device via a particular band, should continue to communicate via the particular band when a connection threshold, associated with the particular band, has been exceeded. The particular band may be associated with a multicast service that provides multicast content to the one or more first user devices via the particular band. The server device may determine that the connection threshold has been exceeded; identify a second user device, currently connected to the network device via the particular band, that should no longer communicate via the particular band when the connection threshold has been exceeded disconnected; and prevent the second user device from communicating via the particular band based on determining that the connection threshold has been exceeded and identifying the second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Saghir, Sergio Aguirre, Rakesh Chandwani
  • Publication number: 20160080734
    Abstract: A computer system that provides stereoscopic images is described. During operation, the computer system generates the stereoscopic images at a location corresponding to a viewing plane based on data having a discrete spatial resolution, where the stereoscopic images include image parallax. Then, the computer system scales objects depicted in the stereoscopic images so that depth acuity associated with the image parallax is increased, where the scaling is based on the spatial resolution and a viewing geometry associated with a display. For example, the viewing geometry may include a distance from an individual that views the stereoscopic images on the display and the display. Alternatively, the viewing geometry may include a focal point of the individual. Next, the computer system provides the resulting stereoscopic images to the display. In this way, the computer system may optimize the depth acuity for data having discrete sampling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: ECHOPIXEL, INC.
    Inventor: Sergio Aguirre-Valencia
  • Publication number: 20160073318
    Abstract: A device is configured to establish a session with a mobile device. The session may allow the mobile device to communicate with or via an operator network via the device. The device may determine a speed at which the mobile device is traveling. The device may determine a cell type for a neighbor base station. The cell type may indicate a type of cell that the neighbor base station services. The device may selectively hand over the session to the neighbor base station based on the speed at which the mobile device is traveling and the cell type for the neighbor base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Sergio AGUIRRE
  • Patent number: 9277345
    Abstract: The quality of a multicast broadcast that is being received by a mobile device may be determined. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a radio signal corresponding to a multicast broadcast of content; measuring a strength of the received signal; determining a minimum signal strength to receive the content associated with the multicast broadcast; determining a signal quality metric, associated with the multicast broadcast, the signal quality metric being based on a difference between the measured strength of the signal and the determined minimum signal strength; and providing a visual indication of the signal quality metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Danny Chick-Leung Lui, John Gu, Sergio Aguirre, Musa Kazim Guven, Rakesh H Chandwani
  • Publication number: 20160043879
    Abstract: A device may receive bearer information associated with radio bearers to be multiplexed to form a master bearer. The device may determine respective bandwidth amounts, for each radio bearer, to be allocated to the master bearer. The device may determine a total bandwidth to be allocated to the master bearer based on the bandwidth amounts. The device may form the master bearer, having the total bandwidth, based on multiplexing the radio bearers. The device may provide respective content streams, associated with the radio bearers, via the master bearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Rakesh Chandwani, Lalit R. Kotecha, Sergio Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9225969
    Abstract: A computer system that provides stereoscopic images is described. During operation, the computer system generates the stereoscopic images at a location corresponding to a viewing plane based on data having a discrete spatial resolution, where the stereoscopic images include image parallax. Then, the computer system scales objects depicted in the stereoscopic images so that depth acuity associated with the image parallax is increased, where the scaling is based on the spatial resolution and a viewing geometry associated with a display. For example, the viewing geometry may include a distance from an individual that views the stereoscopic images on the display and the display. Alternatively, the viewing geometry may include a focal point of the individual. Next, the computer system provides the resulting stereoscopic images to the display. In this way, the computer system may optimize the depth acuity for data having discrete sampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: EchoPixel, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Aguirre-Valencia
  • Patent number: 9215619
    Abstract: An approach for providing application-aware load balancing is provided. A load balancing platform at a base station receives application information specifying an application or type of service utilized by a mobile device and determines allocation of a plurality of carriers based on the received application information to provide load balancing across the plurality of carriers. The platform generates mapping information indicating a mapping of a plurality of applications to one or more of the plurality of carriers, wherein the application information includes the generated mapping information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel
  • Publication number: 20150348229
    Abstract: During an analysis technique, a three-dimensional (3D) image of a portion of an individual is transformed to facilitate accurate determination of detailed annotation of an anatomical structure (such as: specifying the size of the anatomical structure based on annotation markers, an orientation of the anatomical structure, a direction of the anatomical structure and/or a location of the anatomical structure). In particular, in response to receiving information specifying a two-dimensional (2D) plane having an angular position in the 3D image, the 3D image is translated and rotated from an initial position and orientation so that the 2D plane is presented in an orientation parallel to a reference 2D plane of a display. Then, after information specifying the detailed annotation in the 2D plane is received, the 3D image is translated and rotated back to the initial position and orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: EchoPixel, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre-Valencia, William Johnsen, Anthony Chen
  • Publication number: 20150296402
    Abstract: A server device may store information identifying that one or more first user devices, currently connected to a network device via a particular band, should continue to communicate via the particular band when a connection threshold, associated with the particular band, has been exceeded. The particular band may be associated with a multicast service that provides multicast content to the one or more first user devices via the particular band. The server device may determine that the connection threshold has been exceeded; identify a second user device, currently connected to the network device via the particular band, that should no longer communicate via the particular band when the connection threshold has been exceeded disconnected; and prevent the second user device from communicating via the particular band based on determining that the connection threshold has been exceeded and identifying the second user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Amir Saghir, Sergio Aguirre, Rakesh Chandwani
  • Publication number: 20150235364
    Abstract: During an analysis technique, the locations of a polyp candidate (and, more generally, a feature) in images of the colon acquired with different orientations of an individual are compared to determine if the polyp candidate is a true positive (an actual polyp) or a false positive (an artifact). In particular, the locations are compared for images when the individual is supine and prone. During this rotation by approximately 180° (and, more generally, a symmetry operation), an actual polyp is expected to also be rotated by approximately 180°. Consequently, the location change during the symmetry operation can be used to validate whether the polyp candidate is an actual polyp. Because the colon is a non-rigid object (with degrees of freedom including rotation, compression and expansion), reference markers (such as haustral folds) are used to assist in determining the location of the polyp candidate in the images acquired in the different orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: EchoPixel, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Aguirre-Valencia
  • Patent number: 9113311
    Abstract: A user device may receive a portion of multicast content and may obtain transmission information associated with the portion of the multicast content. The transmission information may identify parameters or radio conditions under which the portion of the multicast content is being received by the user device. The user device may provide, to a server device, the transmission information, and may receive content that remedies a condition, associated with the portion of the multicast content. The condition may be detected, by the server device, based on the transmission information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Sergio Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9094946
    Abstract: A method implemented by an outdoor broadband unit includes receiving, by a broadband home router within the outdoor broadband unit, a request for services associated with a wide area network (WAN), the request originating from a device within a local area network (LAN) associated with the broadband home router; generating, by the broadband home router and based on the request, an attention (AT) command to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) module, within the outdoor broadband unit, the LTE module providing an air interface for the WAN; executing, by the LTE module, the AT command; receiving, by the broadband home router and from the LTE module, a return value based on the executed AT command; and sending, by the broadband home router and to the device within the LAN, a response to the request based on the return value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel, Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Lalit R. Kotecha
  • Patent number: 9088904
    Abstract: A system may receive a request to receive a particular quality of service level for traffic flow between a user device and an over-the-top application server that provides an over-the-top application service. The over-the-top application server may be outside of a service provider network. The system may determine that the user device is to receive the particular quality of service level for the over-the-top application service based on receiving the request. The system may cause the traffic flow to receive the particular quality of service level based on determining that the user device is to receive the particular quality of service level. The traffic flow may be transmitted using the service provider network. The system may determine usage information associated with the traffic flow, where the usage information identifies the user device and the particular quality of service level. The system may provide the usage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Jignesh S. Panchal, Raafat Edward Kamel, Sergio Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9077649
    Abstract: An indoor broadband device receives, from a user device, a first request for content; determines a quality of service (QoS) level at which the content is to be provided to the user device; provides a second request for the content, at the determined QoS level, to a wireless access network, the wireless access network connecting to a network that provides broadband services; receives, based on the second request, the content, at the determined QoS level, from the wireless access network; processes the content in a manner that conforms to the QoS level and in a format that is supported by the user device; and provides the content to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Sergio Aguirre
  • Patent number: 9008078
    Abstract: A gateway device, provided in a customer premises, receives a call from a user device, and detects dialed information associated with the call. The gateway device identifies the call as an emergency call based on the dialed information, and terminates all other calls communicated by the gateway device except for the emergency call. The gateway device notifies an outdoor broadband unit, associated with the customer premises, about the emergency call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel, Lalit R. Kotecha
  • Publication number: 20150078175
    Abstract: A service quality metric, that measures the quality of a multicast broadcast that is being received by a mobile device, may be determined. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a radio signal corresponding to a multicast broadcast of content that was encoded using a forward error correction (FEC) technique in which the content is segmented and encoded as a plurality of blocks; and reassembling the content corresponding to the received radio signal. The method may further include determining an FEC failure rate based on a relative occurrence of the successfully reassembled blocks to the unsuccessfully reassembled blocks; determining a service quality metric based on the FEC failure rate; and providing a visual indication of the service quality metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC
    Inventors: John Gu, Sergio Aguirre, Danny Chick-Leung Lui
  • Publication number: 20150078179
    Abstract: The quality of a multicast broadcast that is being received by a mobile device may be determined. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a radio signal corresponding to a multicast broadcast of content; measuring a strength of the received signal; determining a minimum signal strength to receive the content associated with the multicast broadcast; determining a signal quality metric, associated with the multicast broadcast, the signal quality metric being based on a difference between the measured strength of the signal and the determined minimum signal strength; and providing a visual indication of the signal quality metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC
    Inventors: Danny Chick-Leung Lui, John Gu, Sergio Aguirre, Musa Kazim Guven, Rakesh H Chandwani
  • Patent number: 8973068
    Abstract: Video content may be delivered in a wireless network based on network load information relating to radio interfaces for the wireless network. A method may include receiving a request, from a set-top box, for video content from the set-top box to the wireless network and determining, based on the load information, whether a portion of the wireless network corresponding to the set-top box is in a first state or a second state. The network may further include transmitting the video content when the portion of the network corresponding to the set-top box is in the first state and delaying transmission of the video content when the portion of the network corresponding to the set-top box is in the second state, until the portion of the network corresponding to the set-top box enters the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, William H. Stone, Matthew W. Nelson, Kamlesh S. Kamdar, Sergio Aguirre, Raafat Edward Kamel