Patents Examined by Florian M Zeender
  • Patent number: 11915218
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for configuring and implementing a loan repayment based on transactions output from a merchant POS terminal. In one example, the method may include receiving point-of-sale (POS) transactions from a merchant POS terminal, receiving, via an application programming interface (API), a request to allocate a portion of the POS transactions from the merchant POS terminal to a lender payment account, depositing the POS transactions received from the merchant POS terminal into a merchant payment account during a settlement process, and automatically triggering a payment transaction that pushes the portion of the POS transactions from the merchant payment account to the lender payment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Claudia Savinon, Marquis McGuffin, Andrea Londono, Mitchell H. Cooper, Daniel Gerard Goold
  • Patent number: 11915192
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for scanning a shopping space. The system pace comprises a locomotion system of a motorized unit, a camera system, and a central computer system. The central computer system is configured to receive motorized unit location information from the locomotion system, the motorized unit location information comprises a plurality of sets of coordinates each associated with a timestamp, receive item identifier instances from the camera system, wherein each item identifier instance is associated with a timestamp, and determine a location for each item identifier instance based on the timestamps associated of the item identifier instances and the timestamps associated with the plurality of sets of coordinates of the motorized unit location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Bowen Gong, George K. Hunter, Huozhou Xu, Ravi Kumar Dalal, Monisha Elumalai, Yunfei Feng, Yilun Chen, Yusong Yan, Lingyu Lyu
  • Patent number: 11915564
    Abstract: A cover for an electronic payment terminal having at least one zone to be back-lit. The cover includes at least one part having at least one lower layer and one upper layer assembled during the manufacture of the cover, the lower layer being opaque or semi-opaque and having at least one aperture facing the at least one zone to be back-lit when the cover is mounted on the electronic payment terminal. The upper layer is translucent and covers the at least one aperture in the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: INGENICO GROUP
    Inventors: Gaetan Mabille, Didier Coquelet, Ludovic Neveu, Johann Balasse
  • Patent number: 11907886
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a machine learning algorithm is used to train a machine-learned model to create a three-dimensional representation of products, with each product mapped into a coordinate in the three-dimensional space. The model selects the coordinates based on the similarity of the product to other products. Coordinates that are closer geometrically in the three-dimensional space represent products that are similar to each other, whereas as the coordinates get further and further away, this implies that the products are less and less similar. This machine-learned model then not only allows for quick analysis of multiple products, as similarity between products or groups of products can be performed using geometric calculations (e.g., cosine distance), but also can then be tied into a three-dimensional representation that can be displayed either on a two-dimensional display or displayed on a three-dimensional display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Oliver Grob, Jens Mansfeld
  • Patent number: 11907979
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for enhancing a merchant product webpage by providing additional content associated with a product being displayed on the merchant product webpage. A product catalog stores product records corresponding to data associated with different products. As a webpage is accessed by a user device, data is extracted from the merchant product webpage. The extracted data is used to identify one or more product records in the product catalog that are potential matches to the webpage. When multiple product records are identified, a remote server is used to access and interact with the webpage separate from the user device. Additional data is extracted from the webpage based on interactions by the remote server with the webpage. The additional data is used to determine a single product record for the webpage. The webpage is modified based on the single product record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brawer, David Phillips, Anthony Le, Kaan Erdener
  • Patent number: 11900483
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for generating a media asset for presentation during a consumption session associated with a user profile, and while generating for presentation the media asset, generating for presentation an option to enable a social network profile, associated with a social network and associated with the user profile, to interact with a social network profile of a performer included in a cast of the media asset. In response to receiving selection of the option, an image of a frame of a current scene of the media asset may be extracted, and input associated with the image of the frame may be received. A request to post a message on the social network may be transmitted, toe enable a plurality of devices to access the message via the social network, and the message may comprise the extracted image of the frame and the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Serhad Doken
  • Patent number: 11893651
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein can collect digital witness statements (e.g., on a witness's own mobile device), detect when witnesses are accessing electronic resources during preparation of those digital witness statements, elicit input from witnesses to identify the electronic resources accessed, and detect portions of the digital witness statements that may have been influenced by data procured from those electronic resources. Furthermore, the systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein can generate an indication of consistency between content found in the electronic resources and content found in the digital witness statements so that a degree to which the electronic resources influenced the witness statements can be inferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Anoop Sehgal Paras Ram, Jin Hoe Phua, Woei Chyuan Tan, Jonathan Chan
  • Patent number: 11887050
    Abstract: A server and the like that can provide an opportunity for a user to confirm purchase of a reserved product, which sends a first message including an object for canceling reservation of a reserved product to a user via a message service, enabled to discriminate whether a message has been read, when the product arrives, cancels the reservation when the object is operated in a predetermined time after the first message is marked as read, determines whether the product is in stock when the object remains unoperated for the predetermined time after the first message is marked as read, finalizes purchase of the product when it is determined that the product is in stock, and sends a second message notifying that the product has been sold out to the user when it is determined that the product is out of stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuxi Li, Keisuke Sasaki, Kota Wakayama
  • Patent number: 11887116
    Abstract: Authentication systems and methods using orientation sensor-enabled payment cards are disclosed herein where a server receives an authorization request from a web server or an electronic terminal. The server then transmits an instruction to the orientation sensor to determine whether the payment card has an orientation that is consistent with a predetermined orientation. When the payment card has an orientation consistent with the predetermined orientation, the server executes a first authentication protocol. However, if the payment card has an orientation that is not consistent with the predetermined orientation, the server executes a second authentication protocol that is more restrictive than the first authentication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Kelly Q. Baker, David M. Jones, Jr., Robert Andrew Massie, Bryan J. Osterkamp, Ryan Thomas Russell
  • Patent number: 11887055
    Abstract: A system and method for computable contracts that includes a contract management system accessible by involved parties, managing a formation stage of a contract document by obtaining object components, assembling a contract object graph from the object components, and committing the contract object graph to post formation execution; and in an execution environment during a post-formation stage, executing the contract object graph where instances of execution include receiving a contract state update, and appending at least one update object component to the contract object graph in accordance with the contract state update. Variations of the system and method may apply peer-to-peer negotiation and execution, use a cryptographic directed acyclic contract object graph, and/or interface with distributed ledgers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DocuSign, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Geoffrey Lerato Hunn
  • Patent number: 11880816
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a settlement system includes a server and a merchant device. The server includes a rate notification unit and a payment controller. The rate notification unit notifies the device of an exchange rate. The payment controller pays the amount to the device in a currency of a second country. The device includes a display controller and a sales notification unit. The display controller displays on a terminal of a user an amount of payment for purchase of an article in a currency of a first country. The sales notification unit reports to the server the sales information in the currency of the first country. Upon receipt of an image that contains an article, the display controller calculates the amount of payment for purchase of the article in the currency of the first country, and displays the calculated amount of payment on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhisa Higashide, Yasuhide Katou, Mitsuya Tomoda, Kentaro Numa
  • Patent number: 11868919
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables configuration and sharing of a coverage map which displays asset data. In various implementations, an asset owner provides access to select portions of asset data, such as vehicle performance data, to an end-user. The asset owner configures a coverage map to display the selected data according to the type of asset data to be displayed, the scope of the data to be displayed, and other map attributes. Once configured, a URL is generated which the fleet operator provides to the end-user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Zhang, Joanne Wang, Wei Wu, Henry Qin, Jordan Gilbertson, Hao Miao Yu, Grant Kalasky
  • Patent number: 11861554
    Abstract: Method and systems for product inventory are described. In one embodiment, an inventory surface unit retains a plurality of products in an unordered state. An inventory identification unit acquires information for an orientation, and location of the plurality of products on the inventory surface unit. The inventory identification unit is disposed above the inventory surface unit. An inventory pick unit is adapted to pick a product among the plurality of products from the inventory surface unit based on the orientation and location acquired by the inventory identification unit. The inventory pick unit is disposed proximal the inventory surface unit, and the inventory pick unit is communicatively connected to the inventory identification unit. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Eller
  • Patent number: 11861034
    Abstract: Disclosed are various computer implemented devices, methods and readable mediums for security and authentication. In one aspect there is provided a wearable device for authenticating a user, including: one or more sensors for obtaining sensor data related to movement of fingers of the user wearing the wearable device to provide authentication data; and one or more processors configured to: receive the sensor data; interpret the sensor data using one or more classifiers to determine the authentication data; and use the authentication data to access a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Arunmurthy Gurunathan, Ankit Kothari
  • Patent number: 11861583
    Abstract: Methods of detecting scan avoidance events during decode sessions are disclosed herein. An example method includes during a timeout period at one or more processors of the symbology scanner, identifying and decoding a transaction affecting indicia on an object in one or more images to obtain a transaction affecting payload; during the timeout period at the one or more processors, identifying one or more visual features in the one or more images; and in response to identifying a non-transaction affecting indicia associated with the one or more visual features, and failing to identify or decode the transaction affecting indicia, determining a potential scan avoidance attempt and generating a scan avoidance alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Abhilash Gururaja, Christopher J. Fjellstad
  • Patent number: 11853961
    Abstract: A camera acquires an image of an item involved in an interaction, such as the item being picked or placed on a shelf by a user. The item depicted in the image is identified via item recognition using a customized neural network that uses previously trained subnetworks for a set of candidate items. The candidate items are determined based on items near a user location, items associated with a user cart, items in a shopping list or wish list associated with the user, or items otherwise associated with the user. Each previously trained subnetwork for a candidate item includes one or more reference images and corresponding reference feature data. The customized neural network uses a matching and inference network to test the image against the candidate items and provide comparison data indicative of a similarity between the item depicted in the image and one of the candidate items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Alessandro Bergamo
  • Patent number: 11841182
    Abstract: A system is provided and includes refrigerated storage containers (20), local controllers (30) respectively coupled with corresponding refrigerated storage containers (20) to control operations thereof in accordance with controller parameters and a supervisory controller (40). The supervisory controller (40) is configured to issue control commands to the local controllers (30) based on respective responses of the refrigerated storage containers (20) to local controller control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Veronica Adetola, Dong Luo, Hayden M. Reeve, Craig R. Walker
  • Patent number: 11836739
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for applying machine learning techniques to dynamically identify potentially anomalous activity of entities. In some implementations, peer group data is obtained. The peer group data indicates multiple entities classified as belonging to a particular peer group, and a set of attributes associated with the multiple entities. Transaction data for the multiple entities is obtained from one or more data sources. One or more transaction models are selected. The transaction models that are each trained to apply a particular set of evidence factors corresponding to the set of attributes associated with the multiple entities, and identify transaction patterns representing potentially anomalous activity. The transaction data is processed using the one or more transaction models to identify potentially anomalous activity within the transaction data for the multiple entities. A prioritization indicator is computed for each entity included in the multiple entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CONSILIENT, INC.
    Inventors: Harsh Pandya, Jacob Shapiro, Gary Shiffman
  • Patent number: 11829974
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a settlement system includes a server and a merchant device. The server includes a rate notification unit and a payment controller. The rate notification unit notifies the device of an exchange rate. The payment controller pays the amount to the device in a currency of a second country. The device includes a display controller and a sales notification unit. The display controller displays on a terminal of a user an amount of payment for purchase of an article in a currency of a first country. The sales notification unit reports to the server the sales information in the currency of the first country. Upon receipt of an image that contains an article, the display controller calculates the amount of payment for purchase of the article in the currency of the first country, and displays the calculated amount of payment on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Haruhisa Higashide, Yasuhide Katou, Mitsuya Tomoda, Kentaro Numa
  • Patent number: 11830388
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating printed tags for use in connection with a heated food item placed into a hot holding unit. System components may include a user interface, a printer, and a controller. The controller is programmed to instruct the user interface to display a prompt for an operator to input information identifying one or more characteristics of a food item positioned within or to be placed into a hot holding unit. The controller receives the information from the user interface and instructs the printer to generate a tag identifying the food item and the time at which the food item is to be removed from the hot holding unit and discarded. The tag may include a display area to display the printed information and a support area with a slit that allows the tag to be supported by a rack of the hot holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
    Inventors: Jeanne F. Duckett, Stephen John Walker, Karen L Euse, Jayne Blair