Patents by Inventor Charles Lee

Charles Lee 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: 11683347
    Abstract: Techniques are described for adjusting policy characteristics based on a determined similarity between routes. A similarity metric may be determined indicating the similarity between a first route followed by a vehicle and/or driver and a second (e.g., previous) route followed by the vehicle and/or driver. A similarity metric may indicate the similarity in movements, and changes in movement, exhibited by the vehicle on the routes. The similarity metric may be determined through analysis of real time data collected by in-vehicle sensor(s), mobile user device(s), external sensors or other data sources. Based on the similarity metric, a premium, a deductible, a price, or other characteristic(s) of a policy may be determined. In some examples, policy characteristics may be adjusted (e.g., in real time) based on the analysis according to changing risk conditions if a driver is following routes that are dissimilar from typical routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Bharat Prasad, Vijay Jayapalan, Michael Kyne, Joel T. Camarano, Charles Lee Oakes, III, Gunjan C. Vijayvergia, Christine Marie Brown
  • Patent number: 11682221
    Abstract: A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATES (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Michael Frank Morris, Reynaldo Medina, III, Greg Alan Harpel, Gabriel Glenn Gavia, Bharat Prasad, Frank Kyle Major, Jeffrey Neal Pollack
  • Patent number: 11677870
    Abstract: Methods and systems for multiple channel authentication are described. In one embodiment, a request for an interaction is initiated from within a mobile application. The request may include authentication information and contextual information relating to a current exchange between the mobile application and an organization. The user may be authenticated with the authentication information and the request may be routed to a representative based on the contextual information to continue the exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Anthony Scott Farnsworth, Zakery Layne Johnson, Joshua S. Kerr, Eric Smith, Charles Lee Oakes, III, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Maland Keith Mortensen, John Raymond Harris, Joshua Samuel Leonard, Vijay Jayapalan, Minya Liang, Justin Dax Haslam, Robert Barner, Ross Andrew Thiele
  • Patent number: 11669845
    Abstract: Systems and methods aggregate financial product pricing information. In response to a request, systems and methods receive first company financial product pricing information, pre-fill data associated with the request to a web page of the second company, and scrape the web page of the second company to extract the financial product pricing information of the second company using the data aggregation tool after the web page of the second company returns the financial product pricing information. This information is presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Rickey Dale Burks, Reynaldo Medina, III
  • Patent number: 11648047
    Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: VIVE SCIENTIFIC, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Lee Powell
  • Publication number: 20230125432
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for converting a raw neutron beam to a specified deliverable format having a targeted energy range, size, and direction are described. Embodiments of a neutron beam converter can include numerous regions based on location, function, dimension, and/or constituent material. The regions can include a central region, an intermediate region, a peripheral region, and a frontal region. Materials are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Lee, Jedediah Styron
  • Patent number: 11625770
    Abstract: A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Michael Frank Morris, Reynaldo Medina, III, Greg Alan Harpel, Gabriel Glenn Gavia, Bharat Prasad, Frank Kyle Major, Jeffrey Neal Pollack
  • Patent number: 11622044
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system, method, and computer-readable medium with instructions for recommending a service provider based on a user's approximate current location. The service provider may be recommended for a service that is verified under a user's insurance policy and is also within proximity to the user's approximate current location. The user's approximate current location may be determined by location-based technology. The entity that receives and/or recommends the service provider may initiate a request for the service from the service provider. Further embodiments are related to routing a call to provide information to the user that is responsive to the user's location-relevant request. For example, systems, such as an automotive telematics system, may request information and be routed to the appropriate division of a user's insurance provider such that the automotive telematics system can provide services to the user that are user-specific (e.g., covered by the user's insurance policy).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Charles Lee Oakes
  • Patent number: 11615386
    Abstract: Techniques provided herein relate to registering secondary authentication information with a blockchain. A block chain is stored, having primary authentication information, secondary authentication information, or both that is used in authenticating one or more electronic data action requests provided by a client system to a backend system. The client system, a secondary device, or both registers the secondary device with blockchain node, such that secondary device data is stored as the primary authentication information, the secondary authentication information, or both in the blockchain node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Bharat Prasad, Charles Lee Oakes, III, Gunjan C. Vijayvergia, Vijay Jayapalan, Thomas Bret Buckingham
  • Patent number: 11597687
    Abstract: A bulk animal bedding material is presented comprising shredded and fiberized natural lignocellulosic material vigorously blended with a solvent and small grain particles (SGPs) to form twisted, curled, clumped, and rolled fibers with the SGPs integrated within and/or encasing said fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: PittMoss, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Scott, Charles Lee Bethke, Mark David Goldman
  • Publication number: 20230066268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Indazole Derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1 R5 and R6 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Indazole Derivative, and methods of using the Indazole Derivatives for treating or preventing a herpesvirus infection in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Cooke, Christopher D. Cox, Scott D. Edmondson, Charles Lee Jayne, Anilkumar G. Nair, Jeffrey W. Schubert, Jason W. Skudlarek, David M. Tellers, De-Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 11562332
    Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Michael Frank Morris, Reynaldo Medina, III, Greg Alan Harpel, Gabriel Glenn Gavia, Bharat Prasad, Frank Kyle Major, Jeffrey Neal Pollack
  • Patent number: 11554948
    Abstract: System and method relates to a fuel control and distribution system comprising a fuel source, a fuel line, wherein the fuel source is connected to the fuel line, a fuel pump, wherein the fuel line is connected to the fuel pump, a main fuel line, wherein the fuel pump is connected to the main fuel line, a first remote transport truck, wherein the first remote transport truck comprises a first remote transport truck fuel line, wherein the main fuel line is connected to the first remote transport truck and wherein the first remote transport truck fuel line is connected to the first remote transport truck, a first tap line, wherein the first remote transport truck is connected to the first tap line, and a first fuel cap, wherein the first fuel cap comprises a first fuel level sensor, wherein the first tap line is connected to the first fuel cap and wherein the first fuel cap is adapted to be removably attached to a first equipment fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: SUN COAST RESOURCES, INC., SUPREME ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Lee Cady, Larry Dean Bothmann, Cory Wayne Glass, Chris Mark LeBlanc, Ranjit K Singh, Daniel Maurice Lerner
  • Patent number: 11545980
    Abstract: An apparatus has a plurality of multi-level comparison circuits, each coupled to a pair of wires in a three-wire communication link, a plurality of first-level clock recovery circuits and a second-level clock recovery circuit. Each multi-level comparison circuit provides a multibit signal as an output. Each first-level clock recovery circuit includes a plurality of first-level flipflops clocked by transitions in a multibit signal received from one multi-level comparison circuit of the plurality of multi-level comparison circuits, and a first delay circuit that delays an output of the each first-level clock recovery circuit to provide a first reset signal that resets the each first-level clock recovery circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chulkyu Lee, Jeffrey Charles Lee, George Alan Wiley
  • Patent number: 11544944
    Abstract: A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Michael Frank Morris, Reynaldo Medina, III, Greg Alan Harpel, Gabriel Glenn Gavia, Bharat Prasad, Frank Kyle Major, Jeffrey Neal Pollack
  • Patent number: 11538015
    Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Bharat Prasad, Troy Bartlette Huth
  • Patent number: 11517506
    Abstract: A pill packet dosage tracking and gating device is provided. The device includes a container, a gate, and a controller. The container includes a reservoir configured to hold a stream of pill packets and an extraction channel configured to guide the passage of the stream of pill packets from the reservoir out of the container. The gate is disposed in the extraction channel and is configured to vertically transition from a closed position blocking extraction of a pill packet of the stream of pill packets and an open position allowing extraction of a pill packet. The controller is configured to monitor the extraction of pill packets and control the transition of the gate from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Medication Adherence Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Bear, Jay Carlson, Charles Lee
  • Patent number: 11488405
    Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Michael Frank Morris, Reynaldo Medina, III, Greg Alan Harpel, Gabriel Glenn Gavia, Bharat Prasad, Frank Kyle Major, Jeffrey Neal Pollack
  • Patent number: 11468495
    Abstract: Price searching and intelligent shopping lists on a mobile device is provided. A system for providing a shopping list comprises at least one subsystem that receives input data containing product identification information, at least one subsystem that determines location information of a product identified by the product identification information, and at least one subsystem that determines a proposed route from a particular location to a location of the product identified by the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Charles Lee Oakes, III
  • Patent number: 11461743
    Abstract: Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
    Inventors: Charles Lee Oakes, III, Randy Ray Morlen, Michael Frank Morris, Reynaldo Medina, III, Greg Alan Harpel, Gabriel Glenn Gavia, Bharat Prasad, Frank Kyle Major, Jeffrey Neal Pollack