Patents
US 10049515 B2: Trusted user identification and management for home automation systems
- Granted
- 2018-08-14
- Filed
- 2016-08-24 application 15246079
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Various arrangements for determining and setting an authorization level for an unknown person are presented. Facial recognition may be performed on a received video stream. An authorized user may be recognized in the video feed. Additionally, an unknown person may be identified in the video feed. A provisional authorization level may be granted for the unknown person based on proximity between the unknown person and the authorized user in the received video stream.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180814.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 40 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | EchoStar Technologies International Corporation State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Greene | Littleton, CO | 58 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07C | Time or attendance registers; registering or indicating the working of machines; generating random numbers; voting or lottery apparatus; arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking not provided for elsewhere | G07C9/37 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V20/40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-16 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. signed 2017-02-14 | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ENGLEWOOD, CO | 41735/861 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2016-08-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GREENE, GREGORY signed 2016-08-24 | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 39530/637 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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