Inventor

James E. Nye

Inventor

Alpine, UT, US

Overview

2013–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 95 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G08Bprimary

G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems26%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication10%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television7%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general5%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes5%

G06FElectric digital data processing5%

G07CTime or attendance registers5%

H04WWireless communication networks5%

G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings3%

G06KGraphical data reading3%

PatentTitleYear

11,025,863Home automation system-initiated calls2021 11,017,651Sleep state monitoring2021 10,963,701Techniques for identifying and indexing distinguishing features in a video feed2021 10,943,452Smart detection2021 10,944,589Using a control panel as a wireless access point2021 10,909,833Geo-location services2021 10,902,359Management of multi-site dashboards2021 10,873,728Home automation system-initiated calls2020 10,807,563Premises security2020 10,804,699Power production monitoring or control2020 10,764,079System and methods for correlating sleep data to security and/or automation system operations2020 10,732,590Energy management2020 10,657,749Automatic system access using facial recognition2020 10,650,656Smart bedtime2020 10,630,943Smart surveillance systems2020 10,624,280Method and system for managing an irrigation schedule2020 10,527,308Alarm-clock triggered systems2020 10,522,012Verifying occupancy of a building2019 10,504,042Methods for prompting a user to use enhanced automation system features, and systems and devices related thereto2019 10,504,346Home automation communication system2019 10,482,758Detecting destruction of an automation system component2019 10,469,657Redundancy for back-end failure2019 10,469,280Smart vacation2019 10,467,875Smart wake2019 10,460,540Smart doorman2019 10,455,271Voice control component installation2019 10,432,419Voice control using multi-media rooms2019 10,403,115Geo-location services2019 10,382,375Personalized communications2019 10,382,729Home automation system-initiated calls2019 10,365,116Security system with traffic monitoring2019 10,334,304Set top box automation2019 10,325,159Entity detection2019 10,282,973Smart stay day2019 10,276,026Voice annunciated reminders and alerts2019 10,271,012Home automation system-initiated calls2019 10,255,774System and methods for correlating sound events to security and/or automation system operations2019 10,241,726Using hard drive on panels for data storage2019 10,242,517Garage door status and control via a security system2019 10,235,822Automatic system access using facial recognition2019 10,217,335Dynamic linking of security systems2019 10,198,925Home automation communication system2019 10,163,319Security system tracking of remote items using reduced power2018 10,152,868Smart bedtime2018 10,115,063Methods for prompting a user to use enhanced automation system features, and systems and devices related thereto2018 10,061,990Entity detection2018 10,057,620Voice control component installation2018 10,050,802Using a control panel as a wireless access point2018 10,043,361Home automation communication system2018 10,044,990Smart surveillance systems to identify entity for accessing and notification2018 10,037,666Smart wake2018 10,033,543Smart vacation2018 10,029,648Premises security2018 10,026,282Verifying occupancy of a building2018 10,018,981Monitoring removal of an automation control panel2018 10,008,054Smart door lock2018 9,973,626Redundancy for back-end failure2018 9,958,180Alarm-clock triggered systems2018 9,958,844Energy management2018 9,947,190System and methods for correlating sound events to security and/or automation system operations2018 9,934,669Geo-location services2018 9,929,873'Voice control using multi-media rooms'2018 9,886,633'Techniques for identifying and indexing distinguishing features in a video feed'2018 9,858,788'Smart bedtime'2018 9,851,924Using hard drive on panels for data storage2017 9,836,944Geo-location services2017 9,799,190'Security system tracking of remote items using reduced power'2017 9,786,107'Smart doorman'2017 9,786,156'Detecting destruction of an automation system component'2017 9,767,631'Garage door status and control via a security system'2017 9,727,831'Methods for prompting a user to use enhanced automation system features, and systems and devices related thereto'2017 9,728,964'Power production monitoring or control'2017 9,704,376'Smart stay day'2017 9,697,712'Smart detection'2017 9,679,453'System and methods for correlating sound events to security and/or automation system operations'2017 9,660,828'Smart vacation'2017 9,652,959'Smart wake'2017 9,646,210'Entity detection'2017 9,641,885'Voice control component installation'2017 9,626,850'Home automation communication system'2017 9,626,814'Smart door lock'2017 9,619,985'Home automation communication system'2017 9,589,453'Dynamic linking of security systems'2017 9,584,336'Using a control panel as a wireless access point'2017 9,568,902'Home security system with touch-sensitive control panel'2017 9,563,372'Using hard drive on panels for data storage'2017 9,558,642'Sleep state monitoring'2017 9,459,112'Security system with traffic monitoring'2016 9,454,882'Verifying occupancy of a building'2016 9,424,729'Security system tracking of remote items using reduced power'2016 D0761741'Control panel'2016 9,384,655'Detecting destruction of an automation system component'2016 9,250,085'Geo-location services'2016 D0731442'Control panel'2015 D0695234'Control panel'2013

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2013–2015Patents assigned to DEAN LANCE LEO (2)· patent assignee history

2013–2015Patents assigned to DUNN ALEXANDER (2)· patent assignee history

2013–2015Patents assigned to EHLERS BRUCE (2)· patent assignee history

2013–2015Patents assigned to HARRIS CHRISTOPHER (2)· patent assignee history

2013–2015Based in Spanish Fork, UT, US· patent location history

2015–2021Patents assigned to VIVINT INC (94)· patent assignee history

2016–2021Based in Alpine, UT, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
VIVINT INC	94	2015–2021
DEAN LANCE LEO	2	2013–2015
DUNN ALEXANDER	2	2013–2015
EHLERS BRUCE	2	2013–2015
HARRIS CHRISTOPHER	2	2013–2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Alpine, UT, US	93	2016–2021
Spanish Fork, UT, US	2	2013–2015