Patents by Inventor Benjamin Weiss

Benjamin Weiss 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).

  • Publication number: 20240132362
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that can achieve photoreduction of CO2 to CO in pure water at pH 6-7 with excellent performance parameters. In embodiments, the compositions and methods use CuInS2 colloidal quantum dots (QDs) as photosensitizers, and a Co-porphyrin catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Francesca Arcudi, Luka Dordevic, Emily A. Weiss, Benjamin Nagasing, Samuel l. Stupp
  • Publication number: 20240102497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing at least one piece of information about a hydraulic apparatus (1), wherein the following stages are performed: Performing a detection (201) of detection values (210) at the apparatus (1), wherein the detection values (210) are specific for measurements at different measuring points and at different apparatus components (120) of the apparatus (1), Performing a transmission (202) of the detected detection values (210) to a processing component (300), Providing an apparatus information (211) about a specification of the apparatus (1) and/or the measurements, wherein providing the apparatus information (211) is performed at the processing component (300) to provide the transmitted detection values (210) with the apparatus information (211).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiß, Stefan Unland, Maximilian Leppla, Dmitry Orlov
  • Publication number: 20230421888
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are presented for improving the composition of images. One method includes receiving a first preview image of a scene and processing the first preview image using a first machine learning model to determine at least one direction to move a user device based on a composition score of the first preview image and at least one composition score of a plurality of candidate images. The method also includes detecting movement of the user device and receiving a second preview image of the scene after movement of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan SU, Raviteja VEMULPALLI, Lior SHAPIRA, Colvin PITTS, Benjamin WEISS, Andy ROGERS
  • Patent number: 11853959
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed to determine customer's prescription information and their position while waiting in a drive-thru lane. The drive-thru lane may have one or more transmitters installed at predetermined locations. By utilizing an application installed on each customer's mobile computing device, each mobile computing device may transmit customer information and ranging data when within range of one or more of the transmitters. The ranging data may include an indication of a range between each of the customer's mobile computing device and one or more proximate transmitters. By correlating the customer information to prescription information from recently filled and/or called in prescriptions, each customer's prescription order may be retrieved. Furthermore, by analyzing the ranging data, the position of each customer in the drive-thru lane may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Nicholas L. Eby
  • Patent number: 11843989
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing and facilitating geofencing features associated with electronic devices are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an entity may own or manage a set of retail stores. A server associated with the entity may receive an estimated location of an electronic device, and may determine that the estimated location is in proximity to one of the set of retail stores. The server may further calculate a geofencing boundary for the retail store based on certain location-based data, and may determine whether the estimated location of the electronic device is within the geofencing boundary. The server may additionally facilitate certain geofencing features based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11790179
    Abstract: A pharmacy order facilitation method includes receiving a message; training a machine learning model; generating an intent; generating a response message; and transmitting the response message. A computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to: receive a message; train a machine learning model; generate an intent; generate a response message; and transmit the response message. A computing system includes a mobile device; a server device configured to: train a machine learning model; analyze the inbound message; identify a customer intent; perform an action based on the customer intent; and transmit an outbound message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Lindsey Kanefsky, Kartik Subramanian, Andrew David Schweinfurth, Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11704228
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes downloading respective instances of an enterprise mobile application to a plurality of mobile devices. The instances of the enterprise mobile applications, while executing on respective mobile devices, capture, for each session, a session log that includes indications of ordered user actions occurring during the session, and optionally time intervals between user actions and/or user attributes. Captured session logs stored at and are mined by one or more servers to discover a particular pattern or sequence of user actions that occurred across multiple, different user sessions. If the number and/or rate of occurrences of the particular pattern is greater than a threshold, a new test case corresponding to the pattern is automatically generated and added to a suite of test cases for the UI functionality of the enterprise mobile application. The updated test suite may be automatically executed on a test version of the enterprise mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11593760
    Abstract: A method and system may provide a new prescription order interface which allows a customer to order one or more new prescription medications in a quick and easy manner from a remote location using a computer or mobile device. The customer provides a new paper prescription image that includes the prescription data for a pharmacy to fill the new prescription order. The new paper prescription image is received by a server and a default pickup store and a default pickup time are determined. The server also determines whether there is a high risk that the new prescription order is fraudulent by comparing a signature in the new paper prescription image to stored signatures associated with the prescriber, and comparing distances between the locations of the customer's web-enabled device, the pharmacy, and the prescriber. The system may be accessed through a series of web pages and/or via an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Jon Turkington, Adam Crouch, Richard S. Majka, Atul Singh
  • Patent number: 11568421
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing an issue associated with an enterprise application on a client device by initiating a communication from the client device to a CSR device to report the issue, generating a matter identifier associated with the reported issue, transmitting a communication containing a deep link to the client device, invoking the deep link to initiate mining of logging data corresponding to the use of the enterprise application and stored locally on the client device, formatting and/or tagging the mined logging data with the matter identifier, transmitting the formatted mined logging data from the client device to the CSR device and/or a proprietary server, analyzing the mined logging data to diagnose a source of the reported issue, and attempting to resolve the reported issue based on the analysis of the mined logging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Arindam Bhattacharjee
  • Patent number: 11432105
    Abstract: A method for facilitating location-based notification display by an application at a mobile device includes, while the application is in a launched state, receiving from the mobile device a location of the mobile device, determining one or more entity locations based on the location of the mobile device, and causing the mobile device to register the one or more entity locations. The method also includes, while the application is in a background state, causing the mobile device to register one or more location-triggered notifications, wherein each location-triggered notification of the one or more location-triggered notifications is associated with a corresponding entity location of the one or more entity locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11405747
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing and facilitating geofencing features associated with electronic devices are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an entity may own or manage a set of retail stores. A server associated with the entity may receive an estimated location of an electronic device, and may determine that the estimated location is in proximity to one of the set of retail stores. The server may further calculate a geofencing boundary for the retail store based on certain location-based data, and may determine whether the estimated location of the electronic device is within the geofencing boundary. The server may additionally facilitate certain geofencing features based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Publication number: 20220117722
    Abstract: In some instances, the disclosure provides performing a breast implant procedure using a permanent expandable prosthetic breast implant. The method comprises subsequent to placing the permanent expandable prosthetic breast implant within a breast region of an individual, injecting a polymer into the permanent expandable prosthetic breast implant, and changing a viscosity of the polymer within the permanent expandable prosthetic breast implant using a chemical reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Matthew Goldschmidt
  • Patent number: 11263656
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interacting with a blockchain and users of the blockchain to perform coupon authentication services. A method may include generating coupon transaction(s) that include data associated with a smart coupon contract and broadcasting the coupon transaction(s) to one or more distributed nodes communicatively coupled to the network. The data may be code or input data that may be processed by the code. The one or more distributed nodes may be configured to apply a set of consensus rules to validate the coupon transaction(s) prior to adding the coupon transaction onto the blockchain associated with the smart coupon contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11232386
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed to detect whether an interaction has occurred between a customer and one or more store employees. By analyzing a how long a communication device used by the customer was within a threshold range of one or more devices worn by store employees, an interaction between the customer and one or more store employees may be identified. Employees whom the customer interacted with may be identified by processing transmission parameters broadcasted by the devices worn by the store employees. Thus, all employees in which a customer interacted with while visiting a store may be identified. The customer may be asked for feedback via the communication device upon detection that a customer has completed a transaction and/or left the store. Using the solicited feedback provided by the customer, various types of reports may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Timothy P. McCauley, Nicholas L. Eby
  • Publication number: 20220012430
    Abstract: A pharmacy order facilitation method includes receiving a message; training a machine learning model; generating an intent; generating a response message; and transmitting the response message. A computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to: receive a message; train a machine learning model; generate an intent; generate a response message; and transmit the response message. A computing system includes a mobile device; a server device configured to: train a machine learning model; analyze the inbound message; identify a customer intent; perform an action based on the customer intent; and transmit an outbound message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Lindsey Kanefsky, Kartik Subramanian, Andrew David Schweinfurth, Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11106869
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a message of a pharmacy customer wherein the message includes a text string, and generating a set of one or more intents corresponding to the pharmacy customer by analyzing the text string using a trained machine learning model, wherein each of the one or more intents correspond to a respective desired action pertaining to the pharmacy order. The machine learning model may be a classification model. The method further includes generating at least one response message based on the set of intents corresponding to the pharmacy customer and transmitting the at least one response message to a mobile device associated with the pharmacy customer. The set of one or more intents may be chosen from a list of commonplace pharmacy customer intents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Lindsey Kanefsky, Kartik Subramanian, Andrew Schweinfurth, Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 10965822
    Abstract: Methods and systems for preventing the cropping of faces depicted by digital photographs are provided. To this end, the methods and systems may automatically detect the presence of faces depicted by the digital photographs and generate a facial boundary for the faces. The methods and system may also generate a crop boundary at which the photograph is cropped. In some scenarios, the systems and methods attempt to locate the crop boundary on the digital photograph to prevent omitting a portion of the facial boundary. Additionally or alternatively, users are provided an interface to manually set a location for the crop boundary. The user is warned if the crop boundary omits a portion of the facial boundary. The digital photographs and crop boundaries are sent to a printer to generate a physical print of the digital photographs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Joseph Zizzo, Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 10917741
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for location-based notification display includes receiving an indication that a user launched an application at the mobile device. Launching the application changes the application from a background state to a launched state. While the application is in the launched state: requesting a location of the mobile device, based on the location of the mobile device, determining one or more entity locations, and causing the mobile device to register the one or more entity locations. While the application is in the background state: causing the mobile device to register one or more location-triggered notifications, wherein each location-triggered notification is associated with a corresponding entity location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 10859191
    Abstract: A coupling arrangement for a screw coupling for liquid conduits of a high-pressure cleaning apparatus is provided. The coupling arrangement includes a plug part which is pluggably connectable to a complementarily configured plug part of a second coupling arrangement of the screw coupling for establishing a liquid-tight and releasable connection therewith with a sealing ring interposed therebetween, and a connecting part having a thread that is screwably connectable to a complementarily configured thread of the second coupling arrangement. The thread can be of multiple-threaded configuration and the connecting part can include a clamping element which is aligned in an in-line relationship with the thread relative to the thread longitudinal axis and is releasably clampable against a complementarily configured clamping element of the second coupling arrangement by axially inserting one into the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Langer, Benjamin Weiss, Ralph Seitter
  • Patent number: D1022714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Kevin Will Chen, Andrew Patrick Clymer, Clara Geneviève Marine Courtaigne, Markus Diebel, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Aaron Mathew Melim, Marc A. Newson, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Jacob Weiss, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer