Patents Examined by Marie Brady
  • Patent number: 11965748
    Abstract: A transportation system includes: a vehicle hub including a plurality of connection slots. The vehicle hub is configured such that, in response to vehicles being parked respectively in the connection slots, the vehicle hub is connected to interior spaces of the vehicles through the connection slots, the vehicles are categorized by use, and the connection slots are grouped by category such that connection slots grouped together by category, among the connection slots, are disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Kwan Ji
  • Patent number: 11940283
    Abstract: A method for matching a vehicle with a user including receiving a user ride request for a vehicle from a plurality of available vehicles from a user, receiving a threshold vehicle risk score preference for the user, receiving a user risk score for the user, receiving a threshold user risk score preference for the plurality of available vehicles, identifying a subset of the plurality of available vehicles having a vehicle risk score at or below the threshold vehicle risk score preference of the user and a threshold user risk score preference at or above the user risk score of the user, and presenting the user with ride options for selecting one of the subset of the plurality of available vehicles of the subset of available vehicles for the user ride request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Kyle, Christopher Risberg, Nikhil Rajendra, Timothy Wang, Jordan Frank, Jiju Thomas, Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek
  • Patent number: 9785965
    Abstract: User interface displays are generated that have user input mechanism that receive campaign creation user inputs to create an automated campaign. The campaign is activated, and analytics components gather and generate performance information indicative of a performance of the created campaign. The performance data is displayed, for individual actions, and aggregated actions for user management of the campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Mircosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kishan Chetan, Jujhar Singh, Ted Cyrek, Nikola Jelisavac, Martin Kostal
  • Patent number: 9727888
    Abstract: Sales promotion assisting systems are disclosed. Such systems include a sales promotion assisting system in which specific incentive is retrieved by passing a portable terminal or the like over a predetermined terminal installed in a store such as an eating and drinking establishment. An incentive can be exchanged for an item or the like of application software such as a game, which can lead to sales promotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: GURUNAVI, INC.
    Inventors: Batara Eto, Jun Tamura, Emi Tsubakiyama, Masuru Kurita, Munetoshi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9712800
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying one or more notable moments from video data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a video receiving module, an identification criteria module, a moment identification module and a presentation module. The video receiving module receives video data. The identification criteria module determines one or more criteria for identifying a notable moment. The one or more criteria are based at least in part on one or more of an audio indicator and a facial indicator. The moment identification module automatically identifies at least one notable moment in the video data based at least in part on the one or more criteria. The at least one notable moment is based on a subset of the video data. The presentation module sends the identified at least one notable moment for presentation to at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Sepkoski St. Clair
  • Patent number: 9661374
    Abstract: Various features are described for caching, tagging, and exchanging advertisements associated with network-accessible content. Advertisements may be retrieved and cached on mobile devices and other types of client devices prior to obtaining content containing references to advertisements. When content with an embedded reference to an advertisement is obtained, a previously retrieved advertisement can be loaded from the cache. Advertisements may also be tagged for later viewing. Users may revisit tagged advertisements at a future time, such as when wireless network connectivity is restored or when the user has more available time. Additional features facilitate bidding, by an advertisement server directly or indirectly associated with a client device, on advertising inventory associated with requested network content. In response to acceptance of the bid by a 3rd party advertising server, an advertisement from the associated advertisement server may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David Erdmann, Brett R. Taylor, Jonathan A. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 9251534
    Abstract: Inspection of over the top (OTT) content to facilitate offering non-OTT content or other content and/or services as an alternative to the OTT content is contemplated. The OTT content may be inspected at an access point configured to provide a broadband or other connection between a device consuming the OTT content and a device sourcing the content. Data packets or other signaling may be added to the OTT content at the access point in order to announce the offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: David Hooley