Patents by Inventor Brian Emerson
Brian Emerson 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: 20220300946Abstract: A method may include: receiving, from a client, a request to pay a supplier for a transaction using a virtual card account number; providing the virtual card account number to a payment provider information processing apparatus for the issuer; processing the transaction with a merchant acquirer information processing apparatus that settles the transaction with the issuer information processing apparatus over a payment network and the payment network without charging an interchange fee; sending payment for the transaction to the merchant acquirer information processing apparatus; sending the payment to the payment provider information processing apparatus that does not charge an acquisition fee; receiving the payment, deducting a discount rate from the payment, and depositing the payment minus the discount rate to a supplier merchant account; and issuing a payout from a supplier merchant account to a supplier bank account.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Pritesh VELANKAR, Tu P. LE, Brian Emerson HOLCOMB, Christopher CLAUS
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Publication number: 20200193415Abstract: Systems and methods for using integrated pay-on-demand virtual cards are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for using pay-on-demand virtual payment cards may include: (1) receiving, from a buyer electronic device, a selection of one or more goods or services offered by a supplier in the online marketplace and an indication that the buyer will use a pay-on-demand virtual payment card to pay for the goods or services; (2) receiving, from the buyer electronic device or a backend for a financial institution associated with the pay-on-demand virtual payment card, information for the pay-on-demand virtual payment card; (3) associating the pay-on-demand virtual payment card with the goods or services in a transaction; (4) providing the transaction to the backend for the financial institution; and (5) receiving a reconciliation file for the transaction from the backend for the financial institution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Christopher Claus, Sebastian Guerra, Brian Emerson Holcomb, Tu P. Le
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Patent number: 9095145Abstract: A method and system for the direct injection of a concentrated additive is disclosed. In one aspect, the concentrated additive comprises asparaginase. Because dilution of asparaginase in chlorinated drinking water can reduce the activity of the enzyme thereby making the enzyme less effective the direct injection of the enzyme into a dough can increase the acrylamide reduction in food products.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Keith Steve Anderson, Eric Richard Boudreaux, David Brian Emerson, Phillip Stuart Frazier, Glenn Sims Pratt
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Publication number: 20130236601Abstract: Acrylamide reducing agents are added to molasses prior to heat treatment at temperatures above about 120° C. Preferably, citric acid is added to reduce the pH of the molasses, and asparaginase and/or lysine is added to the reduced pH molasses before it is heat treated at temperatures above about 120° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Ellis COLLINS, Vincent Allen ELDER, David Brian EMERSON, Terry MOROS, Rayford Thomas SMITH
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Publication number: 20120020072Abstract: A multiparameter stage lighting apparatus is provided comprising a lamp housing, which may include a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of light emitting diodes having a plurality of colors, the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes forming an additive color mixing system. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards, one light emitting circuit board for each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes mounted to its respective light emitting circuit board. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of light emitting diode signaling circuit boards, one for each of the plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Michael Bell, David Karl Peck, David Dahly, Kevin Joseph Lowe, Robert Clayton Bruce, Brian Emerson Jurek
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Patent number: 8047678Abstract: A multiparameter stage lighting apparatus is provided comprising a lamp housing, which may include a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of light emitting diodes having a plurality of colors, the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes forming an additive color mixing system. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards, one light emitting circuit board for each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes mounted to its respective light emitting circuit board. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of light emitting diode signaling circuit boards, one for each of the plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Barco Lighting Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Michael Bell, David Karl Peck, David Dahly, Kevin Joseph Lowe, Robert Clayton Bruce, Brian Emerson Jurek
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Patent number: 7931928Abstract: A method for making an expandable half-product or pellet suitable for cooking by microwave oven (or other method such as frying) that results in a non-uniform, random design, while having a distinct pattern or style. The half product design is achieved by inducing stress cracks in the half product. The stress cracks are created by a controlled drying process whereby extruded half-products are first case hardened to create an outer skin that requires an internal build-up of pressure to penetrate. After creation of the outer skin, by drying in an oven or in ambient air, the half-product is heated to permit the vapor pressure of the moisture inside the half-product to break through the outer skin and escape. Such escape points induce stress cracks in random places in the half-product. The general pattern of the stress cracks can be varied by manipulation of the time-temperature profile of the case hardening and stress cracking steps.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: David Brian Emerson, Karoline Marie Kensinger Russell, Thomas Anthony Trezza
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Patent number: 7887217Abstract: A multiparameter stage lighting apparatus is provided comprising a lamp housing, which may include a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of light emitting diodes having a plurality of colors, the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes forming an additive color mixing system. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards, one light emitting circuit board for each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes mounted to its respective light emitting circuit board. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of light emitting diode signaling circuit boards, one for each of the plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Barco Lighting Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Michael Bell, David Karl Peck, David Dahly, Kevin Joseph Lowe, Robert Clayton Bruce, Brian Emerson Jurek
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Publication number: 20100062123Abstract: A method and system for the direct injection of a concentrated additive is disclosed. In one aspect, the concentrated additive comprises asparaginase. Because dilution of asparaginase in chlorinated drinking water can reduce the activity of the enzyme thereby making the enzyme less effective the direct injection of the enzyme into a dough can increase the acrylamide reduction in food products.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Keith Steve Anderson, Eric Richard Boudreaux, David Brian Emerson, Phillip Stuart Frazier, Glenn Sims Pratt
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Publication number: 20090258113Abstract: A method for making an expandable half-product or pellet suitable for cooking by microwave oven (or other method such as frying) that results in a non-uniform, random design, while having a distinct pattern or style. The half product design is achieved by inducing stress cracks in the half product. The stress cracks are created by a controlled drying process whereby extruded half-products are first case hardened to create an outer skin that requires an internal build-up of pressure to penetrate. After creation of the outer skin, by drying in an oven or in ambient air, the half-product is heated to permit the vapor pressure of the moisture inside the half-product to break through the outer skin and escape. Such escape points induce stress cracks in random places in the half-product. The general pattern of the stress cracks can be varied by manipulation of the time-temperature profile of the case hardening and stress cracking steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: David Brian Emerson, Karoline Marie Kensinger Russell, Thomas Anthony Trezza
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Publication number: 20090225542Abstract: A multiparameter stage lighting apparatus is provided comprising a lamp housing, which may include a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of light emitting diodes having a plurality of colors, the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes forming an additive color mixing system. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards, one light emitting circuit board for each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes mounted to its respective light emitting circuit board. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of light emitting diode signaling circuit boards, one for each of the plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Michael Bell, David Karl Peck, David Dahly, Kevin Joseph Lowe, Robert Clayton Bruce, Brian Emerson Jurek
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Publication number: 20090190345Abstract: A multiparameter stage lighting apparatus is provided comprising a lamp housing, which may include a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of light emitting diodes having a plurality of colors, the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes forming an additive color mixing system. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards, one light emitting circuit board for each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, each set of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes mounted to its respective light emitting circuit board. The multiparameter stage lighting apparatus may further include a plurality of light emitting diode signaling circuit boards, one for each of the plurality of pie shaped light emitting circuit boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Michael Bell, David Karl Peck, David Dahly, Kevin Joseph Lowe, Robert Clayton Bruce, Brian Emerson Jurek
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Publication number: 20080003496Abstract: The present invention relates generally to fabricating well performing thin-film batteries onto metallic substrates, polymeric substrates, and doped and undoped silicon substrates. More specifically, the invention may include fabricating an appropriate diffusion barrier layer between the substrate and the battery part of the present invention that separates said two parts chemically during the entire battery fabrication process and the operation and storage conditions of the electrochemical apparatus during its entire lifetime. In one embodiment of the present invention, thin-film batteries fabricated onto a thin, flexible, stainless steel foil substrate using an appropriate diffusion layer show uncompromised electrochemical performance compared to thin-film batteries fabricated onto ceramic substrates when using a 700° C. post-deposition anneal process for the LiCoO2 positive cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2005Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Bernd Neudecker, Jeanne McGraw, Brian Emerson, Shawn Snyder
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Patent number: 7210798Abstract: The methods and apparatus for lighting systems provide a camera integral to a particular image projection lighting device (IPLD) to capture the projected image from the particular IPLD. The captured image can then be sent over a communication system to the operator for viewing on a visual display device such as a computer monitor on a central controller. Using the captured image of the projected image as viewed upon the display device, the operator may then command using the central controller the focusing, position or other parameters of the projected image upon the stage or projection surface to the desired value. The captured image may also be used, such as by a central control system, to automatically, and without operator intervention, adjust parameters of the IPLD to desired values.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: High End Systems Inc.Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Vickie Lynn Claiborne, Timothy G. Grivas, Brian Emerson Jurek, Jeffrey K. Washburn
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Patent number: 7156642Abstract: An improved dough-rolling apparatus and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling apparatus having a dough sheeter, a sheeting conveyor having a ramped section, a roll-initiating curtain positioned above the ramped section, and a roll-completing curtain positioned above the conveyor and downstream from the roll-initiating conveyor. Sheeted and cut dough pieces are deposited onto a steel mesh, partially-ramped sheeter belt, where two wire-mesh rolling curtains are draped onto the sheeter belt to induce rolling of the dough pieces.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Marlin L. Anderson, David Lawrence Barry, David Brian Emerson, William C. Flannigan, John D. Kiel, Geoffrey T. Ley, Thomas E. Lyons, Richard James Ruegg
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Patent number: 7134543Abstract: A containment apparatus for a multi-pass oven consisting of guide rails and tapered guide chutes having side rails. A tapered guide chute directs product pieces from one conveyor to the center of a receiving region of an underlying conveyor. Guide rails are placed along the sides of the receiving region of an underlying conveyor and maintain baking product pieces on the conveyor. Diverters on the distal end of each guide rail further move product pieces toward the center of the conveyor. Such diverters help ensure that pieces reach a subsequent guide chute or subsequent conveyor without falling off of the conveyor. Such guide rails, diverters, and guide chutes help prevent damage to, and loss of, product pieces while pieces pass through the oven. Guide rails, diverters, and guide chutes are particularly effective at maintaining round or cylindrical pieces within a multi-pass oven.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: David Lawrence Barry, David Brian Emerson, William C. Flannigan, John D. Kiel, Geoffrey T. Ley, Thomas E. Lyons, Devang Jitendra Sutaria
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Publication number: 20050271796Abstract: The fabrication of functional thin-film patterns, such as solid-state thin-film batteries on substrates having fibrous, or ribbon-like or strip-like geometry is disclosed. The present invention relates additionally to the design and manufacture of multiple-layer and multi-function thin films.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2004Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Bernd Neudecker, Bruce Lanning, Joseph Armstrong, Martin Benson, Brian Emerson
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Publication number: 20050209917Abstract: An employee incentive program is disclosed. According to an embodiment, an employee account is credited with a first amount when a new customer account is opened. The employee account is also credited when an existing customer account is used. In a further embodiment, the employee account is credited with a third amount when an account opened by the employee is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Brian Anderson, Brian Emerson, Jack Daley, Berry Crawford
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Publication number: 20040142103Abstract: The methods and apparatus for lighting systems provide a camera integral to a particular image projection lighting device (IPLD) to capture the projected image from the particular IPLD. The captured image can then be sent over a communication system to the operator for viewing on a visual display device such as a computer monitor on a central controller. Using the captured image of the projected image as viewed upon the display device, the operator may then command using the central controller the focusing, position or other parameters of the projected image upon the stage or projection surface to the desired value. The captured image may also be used, such as by a central control system, to automatically, and without operator intervention, adjust parameters of the IPLD to desired values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: High End Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Vickie Lynn Claiborne, Timothy G. Grivas, Brian Emerson Jurek, Jeffrey K. Washburn
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Patent number: D534750Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Inventor: Brian Emerson