Patents by Inventor Stephen Scott

Stephen Scott 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: 10623622
    Abstract: An electronic system is described that receives data identifying a component of a monitoring system from a wearable electronic device that is associated with the monitoring system. The monitoring system is associated with a property and includes components that are fixed within the property and that are configured to sense attributes of the property. The wearable electronic device includes a heads-up display and communicates with the monitoring system over a wireless network. Based on the data identifying the component of the monitoring system, monitoring system data collected by the component of the monitoring system is accessed. At least a portion of the monitoring system data collected by the component of the monitoring system is provided to the wearable electronic device for display at the heads-up display of the wearable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Inorporated
    Inventors: Alison Jane Slavin, Stephen Scott Trundle, Colin Murray
  • Patent number: 10614700
    Abstract: Techniques are described for establishing a two-way voice communication session with an alarm system. The alarm system may establish a two-way voice communication session with an operator associated with a monitoring service that provides monitoring services for alarm events detected by the alarm system. The alarm system also may establish a two-way voice communication session with a notification recipient that is interested in receiving notifications associated with events detected by the alarm system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Martin, Stephen Scott Trundle, David Saul Goldfarb, David James Hutz
  • Publication number: 20200097679
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments en for the secure and efficient data filtering of non-permitted data. An embodiment operates by receiving a permissions profile modification request from a user device of a user to modify permissions profile information identified by an anonymized profile identifier. The in embodiment further operates by modifying the permissions profile information associated with the user identified by the anonymized profile identifier, in response to receiving the permissions profile modification request to modify at least one permissions attribute of the users permissions profile information, and synchronizing the permitted profile information of the user stored in a permitted profile datastore based on the modification to the permissions attribute of the users permissions profile information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jon Lyndon FISSE, Stephen Scott GOLDBAUM
  • Patent number: 10600268
    Abstract: A key fob includes: communicator(s), a battery, memory, and processor(s) configured to: find signal strengths of received polls; determine, based on the signal strengths, that the received polls have: (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) leveled off; and if (a), issue a poll response; if (c), not issue the poll response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Edwin Hanson, Stephen Scott Wieland
  • Publication number: 20200084085
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for network event grouping. For example, methods may include generating a graph including vertices and edges, wherein at least one of the vertices is associated with an event type from a set of event types and wherein at least one of the edges is associated with a weight; removing, based on an associated weight and a first threshold, one or more edges from the graph; determining, after removing the one or more edges from the graph, whether the graph is chordal; responsive to determining that the graph is chordal, identifying a connected subgraph within the graph; determining a group of event types to include event types that are associated with vertices in the identified connected subgraph; and transmitting, storing, or displaying data specifying the group of event types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Tucker, Qingbin Li
  • Patent number: 10535251
    Abstract: Techniques are described for handling an event where a control panel or an alarm signaling device is tampered with or destroyed by a disablement tactic, e.g., a “crash and smash intrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Alison Jane Slavin, Jean-Paul Martin
  • Patent number: 10535253
    Abstract: In some implementations, techniques are described for detecting abnormal installations in a property monitored by a monitoring (e.g., security) system. For instance, an aberration engine may be used to detect an abnormal sensor or system installation within a property based on comparing detected installation data against local installation patterns of local providers within a certain proximity to the property. In some examples, the attributes (e.g., installation time, components used, number of tests performed, etc.) of a monitoring system installation, including installation of components of the monitoring system, may be compared to average installation times of other nearby installations to detect abnormalities in the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Publication number: 20200014583
    Abstract: A computing system and method for remote monitoring and forecasting of performance of a managed network is disclosed. The computing system may be disposed within a remote network management platform and be configured for monitoring respective performance of each of a plurality of network entities of the managed network. For each network entity, an alert may be issued in response to determining that the monitored respective performance is below a respective threshold performance level. Based on analysis of a group of alerts, a likelihood may be determined that a different alert will be issued for the monitored performance of a particular network entity of the plurality for which no respective alert has yet been issued. In response to the likelihood exceeding a threshold, an alert prediction for the performance of the particular network entity may be issued together with a score corresponding to the likelihood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kanwaldeep Dang, Purushottam Amradkar, Stephen Scott Tucker, Qingbin Li
  • Patent number: 10524773
    Abstract: A surgical tissue connector system for moving a first internal body tissue to a position away from a second internal body tissue and then holding the first internal body tissue in the position. Tissue connectors are secured to cords such that the length of cord between the tissue connectors can be easily adjusted in a laparoscopic work space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Freehold Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Stephen Scott, Jeffrey Smith
  • Publication number: 20190388260
    Abstract: A method for performing a gastrectomy (stomach reduction surgery).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Freehold Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Stephen Scott, Roger de la Torre
  • Publication number: 20190391545
    Abstract: Techniques are described for providing remote device (e.g., thermostat, lighting, appliance, etc.) control and/or energy monitoring. A system monitors sensor data captured by one or more sensors that sense attributes relevant to user presence at one or more monitored properties and status of one or more energy consuming devices associated with the one or more monitored properties. The system analyzes the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to a set of one or more rules and performs an operation related to controlling the one or more energy consuming devices based on the analysis of the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to the set of one or more rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Alison Jane Slavin, Jean-Paul Martin, David James Hutz
  • Patent number: 10511404
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for triggering an alarm during a sensor jamming attack. In one aspect, a monitoring system sensor unit is disclosed that includes a sensor, a communication unit configured to communicate with a monitoring system using a range of frequencies, and a jamming detection unit. The jamming detection unit may include a processor and a computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include detecting a sensor jamming event, selecting a different form of communication other than the range of radio frequencies for the communication unit to communicate with the monitoring system, and providing, to the communication unit, an instruction to communicate with the monitoring system using the form of communication, wherein the communication unit may communicate, to the monitoring system using the form of communication, the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Alexander Lawrence Reeder, Charles Richard Alpert, Noah Robert Weingart
  • Publication number: 20190362101
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for efficient and secure data filtering of non-permitted data. An embodiment operates by receiving a federated search request from a profile consumer system identified by a profile consumer identifier, the federated search request including the at least one profile search criteria. The embodiment also operates by transmitting a profile search request to at least one permitted use gatekeeper application, the profile search request including the profile search criteria and receiving a profile search response from the at least one permitted use gatekeeper application, the profile search response including a search result list of users. The embodiment further operates by transmitting a federated search response to the profile consumer system, in response to the federated search request, the federated search response including the federated result list of profile consumers profile identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jon Lyndon FISSE, Stephen Scott GOLDBAUM
  • Publication number: 20190347924
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for drone-augmented emergency response services. In one aspect, a monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of monitoring control units, and a monitoring application server, wherein the monitoring application server includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions to perform operations. The operations include receiving an emergency event notification from a first monitoring control unit of the plurality of monitoring control units, determining a type of emergency event, and a location associated with the emergency event notification, identifying one or more drones that can be deployed to the location associated with the emergency event, and transmitting an instruction to a monitoring station server associated with a drone base station to deploy the one or more identified drones to the location associated with the emergency event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Alison Jane Slavin
  • Patent number: 10467885
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for drone-augmented emergency response services. In one aspect, a monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of monitoring control units, and a monitoring application server, wherein the monitoring application server includes a network interface, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions to perform operations. The operations include receiving an emergency event notification from a first monitoring control unit of the plurality of monitoring control units, determining a type of emergency event, and a location associated with the emergency event notification, identifying one or more drones that can be deployed to the location associated with the emergency event, and transmitting an instruction to a monitoring station server associated with a drone base station to deploy the one or more identified drones to the location associated with the emergency event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Alison Jane Slavin
  • Patent number: 10447526
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for network event grouping. For example, methods may include generating a graph including vertices and edges, wherein at least one of the vertices is associated with an event type from a set of event types and wherein at least one of the edges is associated with a weight; removing, based on an associated weight and a first threshold, one or more edges from the graph; determining, after removing the one or more edges from the graph, whether the graph is chordal; responsive to determining that the graph is chordal, identifying a connected subgraph within the graph; determining a group of event types to include event types that are associated with vertices in the identified connected subgraph; and transmitting, storing, or displaying data specifying the group of event types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Tucker, Qingbin Li
  • Publication number: 20190304228
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for accommodating unattended services at a property. In one aspect, a monitoring system is disclosed that includes a processor and a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations can include receiving a request to enter the property to perform the unattended service, configuring the monitoring system to allow access to a first portion of the property associated with the unattended service without triggering an alarm event, obtaining image data of the property after the monitoring system is configured to allow access to the first portion of the property, determining, based on the obtained image data, that an unattended service provider has entered into a second, different portion of the property, and triggering an alarm event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Aaron Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 10419331
    Abstract: Techniques are described to improve the robustness of communication of critical life safety data when broadband networks are used as uphaul networks. Monitoring systems are examples of critical monitoring appliances, but the techniques described throughout this disclosure may be applied to any type of critical monitoring appliances, such as life-support devices, fire detectors, smoke detectors, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Publication number: 20190272736
    Abstract: A system and method provide for the immediate transmission of a potential alarm to a remote alarm signal escrow site and from the escrow site to a host station in the event where a control panel or an alarm signaling device is tampered with or destroyed by a disablement tactic, e.g., a “crash and smash intrusion.” A system and method may also send an alarm signal during such an attack by using predictive analysis of real-time events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Alison Jane Slavin, Jean-Paul Martin
  • Patent number: 10398581
    Abstract: A method for performing a gastrectomy (stomach reduction surgery).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Freehold Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Stephen Scott, Roger de la Torre