Patents by Inventor Benjamin Mills
Benjamin Mills 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: 20250072676Abstract: A nozzle assembly for a cleaning apparatus can include a brushroll, a motor disposed within the brushroll and configured to rotate the brushroll, a debris receptacle comprising a debris inlet. A scraper may be disposed above the debris inlet such that the scraper projects into the brushroll. A ramp can be formed on the scraper. The ramp may extend between an outer edge of the scraper above the debris inlet and into an interior region of the debris receptacle. The ramp can include a runoff surface configured to direct debris and liquid removed from the brushroll by the scraper as the brushroll rotates into the debris receptacle at a negative angle relative to a surface being cleaned. A squeegee assembly may be disposed across a full width of the nozzle assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Oliver Holmes, Jordan Ridgley, Daniel Innes, Hugh J. Croggon, Jemima L.C. Meil, Joseph Mills, Sophie Hall, Joe Baxter, Benjamin Brown
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Patent number: 12240825Abstract: The disclosures herein relate to novel compounds of formula (1) and salts thereof, wherein V; W; X; Y; Z; R1; R2; R3; R4 and R5 are defined herein, and their use in treating, preventing, ameliorating, controlling or reducing the risk of neurological or psychiatric disorders associated with orexin receptors.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: NXERA PHARMA UK LIMITEDInventors: Giles Albert Brown, Miles Stuart Congreve, John Andrew Christopher, Nigel Alan Swain, Sarah Joanne Bucknell, Anne Mary Stephenson, Benjamin Gerald Tehan, Geraint Jones, Mark Mills, Anil Patel, Andrew William Phillips
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Patent number: 12205085Abstract: Techniques for providing access to scope-delimited sensitive data are disclosed. A user provides sensitive data to a first party associated with a payment service provider. The first party stores the sensitive data with the payment service provider, and the payment service provider provides the first party merchant with an encoding of the payment data. The first party provides a purchasing opportunity to the user for goods offered by a third party also associated with the payment service provider. The first party transmits a sensitive data grant request to the payment service provider. In response, the payment service provides a scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. The first party provides the scope-delimited encoding of the payment data to the third party. The third party merchant creates a transaction using the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. At some time later, access to the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data is revoked.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Joshua Knox, Benjamin Mills, Rohit Turumella, Chris Sanger, Michael Nussbaum
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Patent number: 11301219Abstract: Systems and methods providing, by a third party, input form fields for sensitive data on a web page provided by an organization. A user may request a web page from an organization, such as a merchant's checkout web page, that requires entry of sensitive data. The merchant's checkout web page may include reference to a script file that provides hosted sensitive data form fields. In response to rendering the merchant web page in a web browser of the user, a request to provide sensitive data form fields on the merchant web page may be received. The request may include a call to a function in a scripting file provided by the third party, and the provided file may cause one or more inline frames to be rendered in the web browser, each inline frame including a sensitive data form field. Data entered by the user in the sensitive data form fields may be received by a third party payment processor device.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Kyle DeTella, Evan Hahn, Eric Mrak, George Carpenter, V, Thomas Klun, John Downey, Rohit Turumella, Mickey Reiss, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20210279696Abstract: Techniques for providing access to scope-delimited sensitive data are disclosed. A user provides sensitive data to a first party associated with a payment service provider. The first party stores the sensitive data with the payment service provider, and the payment service provider provides the first party merchant with an encoding of the payment data. The first party provides a purchasing opportunity to the user for goods offered by a third party also associated with the payment service provider. The first party transmits a sensitive data grant request to the payment service provider. In response, the payment service provides a scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. The first party provides the scope-delimited encoding of the payment data to the third party. The third party merchant creates a transaction using the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. At some time later, access to the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data is revoked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Joshua Knox, Benjamin Mills, Rohit Turumella, Chris Sanger, Michael Nussbaum
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Patent number: 11010730Abstract: Techniques for providing access to scope-delimited sensitive data are disclosed. A user provides sensitive data to a first party associated with a payment service provider. The first party stores the sensitive data with the payment service provider, and the payment service provider provides the first party merchant with an encoding of the payment data. The first party provides a purchasing opportunity to the user for goods offered by a third party also associated with the payment service provider. The first party transmits a sensitive data grant request to the payment service provider. In response, the payment service provides a scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. The first party provides the scope-delimited encoding of the payment data to the third party. The third party merchant creates a transaction using the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. At some time later, access to the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data is revoked.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Joshua Knox, Benjamin Mills, Rohit Turumella, Chris Sanger, Michael Nussbaum
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Patent number: 10970377Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
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Patent number: 10565596Abstract: Systems and methods providing, by a third party, input form fields for sensitive data on a web page provided by an organization. A user may request a web page from an organization, such as a merchant's checkout web page, that requires entry of sensitive data. The merchant's checkout web page may include reference to a script file that provides hosted sensitive data form fields. In response to rendering the merchant web page in a web browser of the user, a request to provide sensitive data form fields on the merchant web page may be received. The request may include a call to a function in a scripting file provided by the third party, and the provided file may cause one or more inline frames to be rendered in the web browser, each inline frame including a sensitive data form field. Data entered by the user in the sensitive data form fields may be received by a third party payment processor device.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Kyle DeTella, Evan Hahn, Eric Mrak, George Carpenter, V, Thomas Klun, John Downey, Rohit Turumella, Mickey Reiss, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20190354664Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
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Patent number: 10311222Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20180225442Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20180075418Abstract: Techniques for providing access to scope-delimited sensitive data are disclosed. A user provides sensitive data to a first party associated with a payment service provider. The first party stores the sensitive data with the payment service provider, and the payment service provider provides the first party merchant with an encoding of the payment data. The first party provides a purchasing opportunity to the user for goods offered by a third party also associated with the payment service provider. The first party transmits a sensitive data grant request to the payment service provider. In response, the payment service provides a scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. The first party provides the scope-delimited encoding of the payment data to the third party. The third party merchant creates a transaction using the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data. At some time later, access to the scope-delimited encoding of the sensitive data is revoked.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Joshua Knox, Benjamin Mills, Rohit Turumella, Chris Sanger, Michael Nussbaum
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Patent number: 9858405Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20170255943Abstract: Systems and methods providing, by a third party, input form fields for sensitive data on a web page provided by an organization. A user may request a web page from an organization, such as a merchant's checkout web page, that requires entry of sensitive data. The merchant's checkout web page may include reference to a script file that provides hosted sensitive data form fields. In response to rendering the merchant web page in a web browser of the user, a request to provide sensitive data form fields on the merchant web page may be received. The request may include a call to a function in a scripting file provided by the third party, and the provided file may cause one or more inline frames to be rendered in the web browser, each inline frame including a sensitive data form field. Data entered by the user in the sensitive data form fields may be received by a third party payment processor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Kyle DeTella, Evan Hahn, Eric Mrak, George Carpenter, V, Thomas Klun, John Downey, Rohit Turumella, Mickey Reiss, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20160342997Abstract: Systems and methods providing, by a third party, input form fields for sensitive data on a web page provided by an organization. A user may request a web page from an organization, such as a merchant's checkout web page, that requires entry of sensitive data. The merchant's checkout web page may include reference to a script file that provides hosted sensitive data form fields. In response to rendering the merchant web page in a web browser of the user, a request to provide sensitive data form fields on the merchant web page may be received. The request may include a call to a function in a scripting file provided by the third party, and the provided file may cause one or more inline frames to be rendered in the web browser, each inline frame including a sensitive data form field. Data entered by the user in the sensitive data form fields may be received by a third party payment processor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Kyle De Tella, Evan Hahn, Eric Mrak, George Carpenter, V, Thomas Klun, John Downey, Rohit Turumella, Mickey Reiss, Benjamin Mills
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Publication number: 20150363581Abstract: A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Abhijeet Arvind Ranadive, Michael Mettler, Thomas Whipple, Benjamin Mills