Patents by Inventor Bradley Jay Billman

Bradley Jay Billman 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: 11836870
    Abstract: A system and method for helping a user carrying a smart device to maintain safe distances from other persons during an epidemic or a pandemic. A portable smart device measures the approximate distance to persons in the vicinity of the user, and notifies the user whenever he or she is too close to other persons. The portable smart device may overlay augmented reality graphics (such as arcs, lines, text, numbers, or other graphics) over images captured by the smart device's camera, to indicate safe distances. The graphics serve to inform and/or warn the user that he or she may be getting too close to other persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas Wayne Schwarz, Jr., Jeanie Graciela Lopez, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Paula Ann Whittington, Donald Nathaniel Holloway, III, Jennifer Hunt Erickson, Will Kerns Maney, Jr., Bradley Jay Billman, Noe Alberto Martinez, Jose L. Romero, Jr., Bharat Prasad
  • Patent number: 11822633
    Abstract: Techniques are described for authenticating an individual based at least partly on a tremor signature of the individual. Motion data is collected through motion sensor(s), such as accelerometers, gyroscopic motion sensors, and so forth, of a portable computing device that is being held, worn, or is otherwise in contact with the user. Based on the collected motion data, a tremor signature may be determined and compared to a previously determined model for the user, and an authentication determination may be made based on the comparison. The tremor signature may be used in combination with other information to authenticate the user. For example, the tremor signature may be used in combination with location information and/or other biometric data such as a fingerprint scan, image of the user's face, audio recording of the user's voice, the user's heartbeat, a cardiac electrical signature, bio-electrical impedance, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Snehal Desai, Matthew Flachsbart, Bradley Jay Billman