Patents by Inventor John Rivera

John Rivera 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: 10391313
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for developing new therapy options for patient suffering from neurological disorders. An example may include the use of a therapy patterning system that allows significant freedom to program therapy patterns using arbitrary shapes and functions. For such patterning to be implemented, a physician may identify a condition needing new and/or alternative therapy options, link the identified condition one or more therapy parameters, program, test and assess the therapy. The process may include multiple iterations to address an initial condition and then to mitigate side effects of the initial therapy. Some embodiments comprises devices configured to deliver combinations of therapy patterns to accomplish at least first and second therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Moffitt, G. Karl Steinke, Sridhar Kothandaraman, Bradley Lawrence Hershey, Changfang Zhu, Jordi Parramon, Goran N. Marnfeldt, John Rivera, Stephen Carcieri
  • Patent number: 10036610
    Abstract: A tool. A firearm, a blade and an ancillary device are disposed within or on the tool. The firearm comprises a barrel through which a bullet passes to exit the firearm, a firing pin moveable to a firing position by operation of a firing pin control, a firing pin lock retaining the firing pin in the firing position when in the locked position, a biasing member for applying a force to the firing pin with the firing pin restrained against the force by the locked position of the firing pin lock. A trigger releases the firing pin lock from the locked position, such that the force causes the firing pin to strike the charge proximate the bullet. The bullet then exits the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Inventor: John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20180006916
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example embodiment is directed to a system for testing communications. The system includes an electronic engine controller. The system includes a wireless communication unit in communication with the electronic engine controller. The wireless communication unit includes one or more memory devices. The wireless communication unit includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to provide a resource to a remote computing device. The one or more processors are configured to receive input from the remote computing device via the resource. The one or more processors are configured to cause a connectivity test to be performed in response to the received input. The one or more processors are configured to transmit a result of the connectivity test to the remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Clay Scholten, Vivian Fannesse Tseng, Edward John Rivera, Robert Alan Meneghini, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170286762
    Abstract: A security camera and weapon system. The system comprises a camera for capturing images of an area and a display screen for displaying those images. A weapon is co-located with the camera and controllable by a user to fire a projectile. The weapon comprises primer contacts in contact with a projectile primer which is in contact with a propellant. The user controls application of a voltage to the primer contacts, thereby igniting the primer and the propellant and firing the projectile from a weapon barrel. The weapon is aimed and fired by the user from a system controller based on images captured by the camera and presented on the display screen, the images are overlaid with projectile aiming indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: JOHN RIVERA
  • Publication number: 20170241739
    Abstract: A tool. A firearm, a blade and an ancillary device are disposed within or on the tool. The firearm comprises a barrel through which a bullet passes to exit the firearm, a firing pin moveable to a firing position by operation of a firing pin control, a firing pin lock retaining the firing pin in the firing position when in the locked position, a biasing member for applying a force to the firing pin with the firing pin restrained against the force by the locked position of the firing pin lock. A trigger releases the firing pin lock from the locked position, such that the force causes the firing pin to strike the charge proximate the bullet. The bullet then exits the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20170157404
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for developing new therapy options for patient suffering from neurological disorders. An example may include the use of a therapy patterning system that allows significant freedom to program therapy patterns using arbitrary shapes and functions. For such patterning to be implemented, a physician may identify a condition needing new and/or alternative therapy options, link the identified condition one or more therapy parameters, program, test and assess the therapy. The process may include multiple iterations to address an initial condition and then to mitigate side effects of the initial therapy. Some embodiments comprises devices configured to deliver combinations of therapy patterns to accomplish at least first and second therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Moffitt, G. Karl Steinke, Sridhar Kothandaraman, Bradley Lawrence Hershey, Changfang Zhu, Jordi Parramon, Goran N. Marnfeldt, John Rivera, Stephen Carcieri
  • Patent number: 9540753
    Abstract: A wash-assisting brush device including a first wash-assisting body having a curved outer surface and a second wash-assisting body having a curved outer surface, the second wash-assisting body coupled to the first wash-assisting body. The first and second wash-assisting bodies together define an internal washing cavity sized and shaped to hold an article of clothing. The wash-assisting brush device also includes a plurality of bristles projecting outwardly from the outer surface of the first and second wash-assisting bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: CANDI APPLE TECH, CORP.
    Inventor: John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8908840
    Abstract: A computing device may establish a communication session with a user equipment device (UE). The computing device may interact with the UE via interactive voice response (IVR) services and enable a first portion of the communication session to be recorded using a first recording mode. The computing device may out-dial a second portion of the communication session and enable a second portion of the communication session to be recorded using a second recording mode. A recording mode may include recording a portion of a communication session locally, streaming a portion of the communication session to a recording system, or out-dialing a portion of the communication session to enable a communication session tap to be placed on the out-dialed portion of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Phelps, Brian S. Badger, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8812579
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transferring data among clients, recipients, and servers. In general, an apparatus is described for coordinating and modifying data being transferred from clients to destination servers and from destination servers to recipients. A proxy server modifies requests and responses from clients and destination servers, respectively, and ultimately communicates related responses to recipients according to one or more predefined rules pertaining to each client and destination server. In this way, requests may be communicated from clients to the appropriate destination servers such that the requests may be fulfilled by the destination servers, and responses may be communicated from the destination servers to the appropriate recipients. The load on potential destination servers, network conditions, and the content of the responses received may be considered and addressed by the proxy server, facilitating the transfer of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8787537
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a computing device, a communication session invitation from a user device and determining, by the computing device, whether a communication session, corresponding to the communication session invitation, is to be recorded. The method may also include, when the communication session is to be recorded, identifying, by the computing device, a record mode, corresponding to the communication session, from a group of record modes. The method may further include establishing, by the computing device, recording services corresponding to the record mode, and establishing, by the computing device, the communication session with the user device. The method may also include, when the communication session is not to be recorded, establishing, by the computing device, the communication session with the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Phelps, Brian S. Badger, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8774395
    Abstract: A computing device may receive a record order from a client device. The record order may include recording instructions for a communication session involving an interactive voice response recording system. The computing device may provide the record order to the interactive voice response recording system and, in response to providing the record order to the interactive voice response recording system, receive record metadata corresponding to the communication session and store the record metadata locally. The record metadata may include a storage location of record data corresponding to the communication session, and the record data may include a recording of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Phelps, Brian S. Badger, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8675842
    Abstract: A system may include a database configured to selectively store and retrieve data. The system may further include a call record parser configured to receive a plurality of call records, each call record being associated with a respective call, parse the plurality of call records to identify periods of resource usage and types of resource usage for the associated calls, create parsed data based on the identified periods of resource usage and the types of resource usage, and store the parsed data in the database indexed according to the type of the identified resource and including the start and end times for the identified periods of usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Belinda Franklin-Barr, John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20130148793
    Abstract: A computing device may establish a communication session with a user equipment device (UE). The computing device may interact with the UE via interactive voice response (IVR) services and enable a first portion of the communication session to be recorded using a first recording mode. The computing device may out-dial a second portion of the communication session and enable a second portion of the communication session to be recorded using a second recording mode. A recording mode may include recording a portion of a communication session locally, streaming a portion of the communication session to a recording system, or out-dialing a portion of the communication session to enable a communication session tap to be placed on the out-dialed portion of the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: David E. Phelps, Brian S. Badger, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20130148794
    Abstract: A computing device may receive a record order from a client device. The record order may include recording instructions for a communication session involving an interactive voice response recording system. The computing device may provide the record order to the interactive voice response recording system and, in response to providing the record order to the interactive voice response recording system, receive record metadata corresponding to the communication session and store the record metadata locally. The record metadata may include a storage location of record data corresponding to the communication session, and the record data may include a recording of the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: David E. PHELPS, Brian S. Badger, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20130148792
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a computing device, a communication session invitation from a user device and determining, by the computing device, whether a communication session, corresponding to the communication session invitation, is to be recorded. The method may also include, when the communication session is to be recorded, identifying, by the computing device, a record mode, corresponding to the communication session, from a group of record modes. The method may further include establishing, by the computing device, recording services corresponding to the record mode, and establishing, by the computing device, the communication session with the user device. The method may also include, when the communication session is not to be recorded, establishing, by the computing device, the communication session with the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: David E. PHELPS, Brian S. Badger, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8315363
    Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving at least a portion of a call recording request at a voice response unit, identifying a call received at the voice response unit as a call matching one or more parameters of the call recording request, and utilizing available digital signal processing resources of the voice response unit to record one or more specified portions of the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Phelps, Brian Badger, Robert Sartini, John Macedo, Gregory J. Bjornberg, John Rivera
  • Patent number: 8109203
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing tostones, referred to herein as a tostonera, has a base member with an upper surface including a plurality of concave recesses therein and a relatively planar bottom surface. A first press member is connected to the base member along a first periphery, and has a plurality of punches equal in number and co-located with the plurality of concave recesses. The first press member hingedly connected to the base member is capable of engaging the base member when pressure is applied to the first press member. A second press member hingedly connected to the base member along a second periphery, has at least one depression therein. The depression within the second press member may be configured to permit either a series of tostones or an entire half banana to be pressed at a single time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20110243310
    Abstract: A system may include a database configured to selectively store and retrieve data. The system may further include a call record parser configured to receive a plurality of call records, each call record being associated with a respective call, parse the plurality of call records to identify periods of resource usage and types of resource usage for the associated calls, create parsed data based on the identified periods of resource usage and the types of resource usage, and store the parsed data in the database indexed according to the type of the identified resource and including the start and end times for the identified periods of usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Belinda Franklin-Barr, John Rivera
  • Publication number: 20100034362
    Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving at least a portion of a call recording request at a voice response unit, identifying a call received at the voice response unit as a call matching one or more parameters of the call recording request, and utilizing available digital signal processing resources of the voice response unit to record one or more specified portions of the call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: David PHELPS, Brian BADGER, Robert A. SARTINI, John MACEDO, Gregory J. BJORNBERG, John RIVERA
  • Patent number: 7442025
    Abstract: A tostonera comprises a first press member, a base member having the first press member movably associated therewith, and a second press member movably associated with the base member opposite the first press member and having one or more punches projecting outwardly from a surface facing the base member. One or more relatively shallow recesses are formed in the base member facing the first press member, and one or more relatively deep recesses formed in the base member facing the second press member, the one or more punches matingly coupling therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventor: John Rivera