Patents by Inventor Diane Smith
Diane Smith 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).
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Publication number: 20240112760Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to using natural language processing (NLP) to determine a recipe for a chemical synthesis described in a text to create a life cycle inventory (LCI). One example provides a method comprising receiving an input of a text from a publication comprising a description of a chemical product, and analyzing the text using NLP to determine a recipe for the chemical synthesis, the recipe comprising and action and action metadata, the action metadata comprising a reactant. The method further discloses obtaining LCI information for the reactant, determining an energy utilized for the action, and creating an estimate of an environmental impact for the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kali Diane FROST, Bichlien Hoang NGUYEN, Jake Allen SMITH, Yingce XIA, Shufang XIE, Griffin ADAMS, Shang ZHU
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Publication number: 20240078872Abstract: A system for optimizing music listening which enables a player to earn game based electronic lottery tokens. A lottery game token music platform may be accessed via a mobile application or website from a client system. A player may earn electronic cryptographic raffle/lottery tickets/tokens by listening to sound recordings via the lottery game token music platform and/or watching videos containing sound. Analytics are processed based on the player's listening behavior, including statics regarding the player's consumption of the sound recordings, biometrics regarding the user's identity to verify that the user is not a bot, and listening engagement scores. In this way, tokens may be allocated based on how long the player listens to the song and other additional affirmative actions. Tokens earned by players are then placed into a raffle lottery to award cash prizes. A random number generator may be used to determine the lottery winners.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Khalid Reede Jones, Shannon Diane Smith
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Patent number: 11137093Abstract: A system includes a first body of a fluid-handling component and a second body of a fluid-handling component. The system also includes a fastener configured to couple the first body to the second body, and an annular sleeve configured to surround a portion of the fastener that is positioned at an interface between the first body and the second body when the first body and the second body are coupled to one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Anthony McGilvray, Jr., Kevin Peter Minnock, Amanda Diane Smith, James Daniel Ekdahl, Loc G. Hoang
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Publication number: 20190186662Abstract: A system includes a first body of a fluid-handling component and a second body of a fluid-handling component. The system also includes a fastener configured to couple the first body to the second body, and an annular sleeve configured to surround a portion of the fastener that is positioned at an interface between the first body and the second body when the first body and the second body are coupled to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Mark Anthony McGilvray, JR., Kevin Peter Minnock, Amanda Diane Smith, James Daniel Ekdahl, Loc G. Hoang
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Publication number: 20160353940Abstract: A light emitting shower curtain assembly includes a panel that is flexible and has an upper edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The panel includes a first side and a second side. The panel has a plurality of apertures therein extending into the first side and outwardly from the second side. The apertures are aligned with each other along a line extending through the first and second side edges and are positioned adjacent to the upper edge. The panel comprises a phosphorescent material such that the panel emits light after is exposed to light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Diane Smith
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Patent number: 9495699Abstract: A method for facilitating an image-based transaction includes: capturing, by a first input device, an image of a product to be sold; receiving, by a second input device, product data corresponding to the product to be sold; identifying, by a processing device, a transaction identifier; encoding, by the processing device, the captured image with at least the identified transaction identifier; adding, to the encoded image, an indication of availability of the product to be sold such that user interaction with the encoded image will initiate a payment transaction for the product to be sold based on at least the encoded transaction identifier; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, at least the received product data, the identified transaction identifier, and the encoded image including the indication of availability.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Zavida Mangaru, Brian Hart Dobson, Lisa Maria Bongiovi, John Gioacchini, Jennifer Diane Smith, Miroslaw Michalski
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Publication number: 20150106233Abstract: A method for facilitating an image-based transaction includes: capturing, by a first input device, an image of a product to be sold; receiving, by a second input device, product data corresponding to the product to be sold; identifying, by a processing device, a transaction identifier; encoding, by the processing device, the captured image with at least the identified transaction identifier; adding, to the encoded image, an indication of availability of the product to be sold such that user interaction with the encoded image will initiate a payment transaction for the product to be sold based on at least the encoded transaction identifier; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, at least the received product data, the identified transaction identifier, and the encoded image including the indication of availability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: MasterCard International IncorporatedInventors: Zavida MANGARU, Brian Hart DOBSON, Lisa Maria BONGIOVI, John GIOACCHINI, Jennifer Diane SMITH, Miroslaw MICHALSKI
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Patent number: 7729957Abstract: A method and system for providing attribute verification (330) consistent with the invention includes obtaining the attributes (320) of the item prior to placing the item in a delivery system (350), verifying correctness of the attributes (320), and transmitting an indication of the correctness of the attributes to a delivery system operator over a communications system (340).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: United States Postal ServiceInventors: John J. Sadler, Larry Goodman, Robert Galaher, Dana Nacke, William Gallagher, Paul Bakshi, Scott Lamoreux, Hughes Pierce, Robert Dvonch, Dana Foster, EvaMarie Lizzol, Lynn Hunsicker, Jim Hess, John Sexton, Himesh Patel, Robert Kooken, John Blalock, Diane Smith, Albert J. Johnson
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Publication number: 20030236757Abstract: A method and system for providing attribute verification (330) consistent with the invention includes obtaining the attributes (320) of the item prior to placing the item in a delivery system (350), verifying correctness of the attributes (320), and transmitting an indication of the correctness of the attributes to a delivery system operator over a communications system (340).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: December 25, 2003Inventors: John J. Sadler, Larry Goodman, Robert Galaher, Dana Nacke, William Gallagher, Paul Bakshi, Scott Lamoreux, Hughes Pierce, Robert Dvonch, Dana Foster, EvaMarie Lizzol, Lynn Hunsicker, Jim Hess, John Sexton, Himesh Patel, Robert Kooken, John Blalock, Diane Smith, A.J. Johnson
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Patent number: 6662997Abstract: An improved mail receptacle that expands to accommodate a large volume of mail, which volume could include a parcel. To attain this, the mail receptacle has an expandable pouch. In an embodiment, the pouch is configured to be stored in a pouch box, which box is affixed to or integral with the mail compartment. In an embodiment, the mail receptacle has a flexible post. In an embodiment, the mail receptacle has a mounting plate incorporated into the mail compartment; such mounting plate couples the mail receptacle to the post such that the mail compartment can rotate about the post.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Inventors: Diane Smith, Patricia L. New
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Patent number: 6628315Abstract: A system, method, and program of the invention reduces the chance of a user accidentally making a menu selection error, without causing the user extra effort in responding to a confirmation dialog. A menu layout is displayed in which a problem menu choice has a barrier around at least a part of its boundary. In one preferred embodiment, the barrier stops a pointer from entering the problem menu choice. A user must control the pointer through an opening in the barrier in order to move the pointer onto the problem menu choice. In another embodiment, the barrier does not impede the movement of a pointer crossing its boundary. Instead, as a pointer is moved across the boundary onto a problem menu choice, the problem menu choice becomes non-selectable. The problem menu choice becomes selectable again if the pointer is moved out of the problem menu choice and then back onto the problem menu choice through an opening in the boundary.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marilyn Diane Smith Dawkins, Frank Eliot Levine, Newton James Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: 6559873Abstract: A system, method, and program of the invention enables a separating region to be displayed adjacent to at least one side of a problem menu choice within a menu list in a user interface. The problem menu choice may be any menu choice that has the potential for causing undesirable effects if it is inadvertently selected by a user, such as by overshooting a desired menu choice with a displayed pointer. The separating region creates a non-selectable area that buffers the problem menu choices from the other menu choices. The user is notified if the user moves the displayed pointer into the separating region. The notification may include any one or more of the following: i) changing the rate of movement of the displayed pointer, ii) causing the displayed pointer to change in appearance, and iii) causing an audible sound. The separating region may be partitioned into zones wherein certain characteristics of the notification is dependent upon the zone location of the displayed pointer.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marilyn Diane Smith Dawkins, Frank Eliot Levine, Newton James Smith, Jr., Jonathan Mark Wagner