Intellectual Property
I have had the chance to perform focused R&D with esteemed colleagues and peers. Patents are one of many ways in which innovations are both understood and embodied. Granted US patents are listed below (most can also be found using this Google patent search)
US Patents Pending (Selected titles)
(Co-inventors, ref. numbers, and details omitted here for brevity)
System and method for improved situation awareness in immersive digital experiences
Applications in virtual reality and serious work; Describes a systematic way to help users "live" within a multitude of virtual places, allowing for the fact that our main attention can only be really focused in one complex world at a time.
Overt profile stylization capture
Applications in home, living-room, virtual assistants, e-commerce, video streaming, more; A methodology for allowing users to explicitly tell those systems that are surveilling them to "watch me now" in order to overtly emphasize particular behaviors that may become a part of the surveillor's profile of the user. This is something users typically have no control over.
Context-based just-in-time videogamers and spectators reconnaissance and assistance
Applications in gaming, virtual reality; A system to help users get highly context-aware help they need - and in a timely manner - when they are "stuck" on challenges in gaming systems.
Granted US Patents
(in custom sorted order)
System and method to prevent surveillance and preserve privacy in virtual reality
Co-inventors: S.Loeb, R.Neff
US patent 11,443,059 - Granted 2022
System and method for privacy-enabled mobile locator services with dynamic encounter horizon
Co-inventors: S.Loeb
US Patent 9,088,889 B2 - Granted 2015
System and method for interactive projection and playback of relevant media segments onto the facets of three-dimensional shapes
Co-inventors: C-Y.Wu
US patent 8,762,890 - Granted 2014
Method and system for generating and presenting mobile content summarization
Co-inventors: none
US patent 8,171,410 - Granted 2012
Method and system supporting mobile coalitions
Co-inventors: D.Famolari
US patent 8,849,900 - Granted 2014
System and method for capturing, aggregating and presenting attention hotspots in shared media
Co-inventors: none
US patent 8,296,675 - Granted 2012
Method and system for mashing up and presenting contextual suggestions to mobile users
Co-inventors: S.Loeb
US patent 8,694,901 - Granted 2014
Optimizing evaluation patterns and data acquisition for stream analytics in resource-constrained wireless environments
Co-inventors: A.Misra, A.R.Chowdhury
US Patent 9,137,282 - Granted 2015
Method and system for multi-touch-based browsing of media summarizations on a handheld device
Co-inventors: D.Famolari
US patent 8,584,048 - Granted 2013
Method and system to support user-centric selection of point of attachment through momentary interactive multimedia experience conveyance and through correlation of web links to quality and experience metrics
Co-inventors: D.Famolari
US patent 8,280,378 - Granted 2012
System for intelligent context-based adjustments of coordination and communications between multiple mobile hosts engaging in services
Co-inventors: S.Loeb
US patent 8,255,505 - Granted 2012
Method for systematic modeling and evaluation of application flows
Co-inventors: K.Komandur, S.Loeb, D.Shallcross
US patent 8,554,825 B2 - Granted 2013
Method and system for improving personal productivity in home environments
Co-inventors: S.Loeb
US patent 8,620,846 B2 - Granted 2013
Method and system to manage wireless communications of high-occupancy vehicles
Co-inventors: M.Lai
US patent 8,488,522 - Granted 2013
Application service peering and aggregation
Co-inventors: K.Cheng, V.Jokubaitis, F.J.Lin, R.Pinheiro
US patent 7,912,902 - Granted 2011
Querying target databases using reference database records
Co-inventors: K.Cheng, M.Cochinwala, D.Egan, C-W.Lee, J.Wullert
US patent 7,788,278 - Granted 2010
