Patents by Inventor Brian Hull

Brian Hull 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: 11475485
    Abstract: A method of configuring a widget defining a user interface includes parsing content from a corpus comprising documents describing a plurality of products, selecting a plurality of pillars from the content, wherein the pillars are descriptors describing a product space of the products, determining an affinity of each of the products to each of the pillars, receiving, via the widget, a selection of a first pillar, and displaying a given product in the widget, the given product selected from the products given the selection of the first pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Edward E. Seabolt, Mary D. Swift, Brian Hull
  • Patent number: 10984442
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include receiving, at a processing system, weather data that is associated with a target consumer. Content of a digital advertisement for a vendor is selected based at least in part on the weather data that is associated with the target consumer, and information about an item or a service provided by the vendor. The digital advertisement, including the content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via a user interface. A response to the digital advertisement is received from the target consumer. The content of the digital advertisement is modified based at least in part on the response to the digital advertisement from the target consumer. The digital advertisement, including the modified content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Brian Hull, Florian Pinel, Robert N. Redmond, Jr., Edward E. Seabolt, William S. Spann, III, Domenic A. Venuto
  • Patent number: 10977683
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include receiving, at a processing system, weather data that is associated with a target consumer. Content of a digital advertisement for a vendor is selected based at least in part on the weather data that is associated with the target consumer, and information about an item or a service provided by the vendor. The digital advertisement, including the content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via a user interface. A response to the digital advertisement is received from the target consumer. The content of the digital advertisement is modified based at least in part on the response to the digital advertisement from the target consumer. The digital advertisement, including the modified content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Brian Hull, Florian Pinel, Robert N. Redmond, Jr., Edward E. Seabolt, William S. Spann, III, Domenic A. Venuto
  • Patent number: 10676036
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-gard Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20200013091
    Abstract: A method of configuring a widget defining a user interface includes parsing content from a corpus comprising documents describing a plurality of products, selecting a plurality of pillars from the content, wherein the pillars are descriptors describing a product space of the products, determining an affinity of each of the products to each of the pillars, receiving, via the widget, a selection of a first pillar, and displaying a given product in the widget, the given product selected from the products given the selection of the first pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: DONNA K. BYRON, EDWARD E. SEABOLT, MARY D. SWIFT, BRIAN HULL
  • Publication number: 20190232880
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Pro-gard Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 10252678
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Pro-gard Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20180341978
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include receiving, at a processing system, weather data that is associated with a target consumer. Content of a digital advertisement for a vendor is selected based at least in part on the weather data that is associated with the target consumer, and information about an item or a service provided by the vendor. The digital advertisement, including the content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via a user interface. A response to the digital advertisement is received from the target consumer. The content of the digital advertisement is modified based at least in part on the response to the digital advertisement from the target consumer. The digital advertisement, including the modified content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Brian Hull, Florian Pinel, Robert N. Redmond, JR., Edward E. Seabolt, William S. Spann, III, Domenic A. Venuto
  • Publication number: 20180341979
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include receiving, at a processing system, weather data that is associated with a target consumer. Content of a digital advertisement for a vendor is selected based at least in part on the weather data that is associated with the target consumer, and information about an item or a service provided by the vendor. The digital advertisement, including the content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via a user interface. A response to the digital advertisement is received from the target consumer. The content of the digital advertisement is modified based at least in part on the response to the digital advertisement from the target consumer. The digital advertisement, including the modified content, is transmitted for presentation to the target consumer via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Carmine M. DiMascio, Brian Hull, Florian Pinel, Robert N. Redmond, JR., Edward E. Seabolt, William S. Spann, III, Domenic A. Venuto
  • Publication number: 20180170269
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Pro-gard Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 9884593
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Pro-gard Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20160238337
    Abstract: A weapon mounting system including a base and an upright for supporting a weapon holder. The weapon holder is supported for sliding movement along the upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Hull, Mike Navarro, John Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 5967297
    Abstract: An elastomeric switch is provided having self cleanings contacts. The switch includes a substrate and a switch actuator configured for reciprocating motion along an axis generally perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. A first switch contact, including a contact surface generally perpendicular to the actuator axis of motion is, carried by the switch actuator. A second switch contact is cantilevered from the surface of the substrate. Reciprocation of the actuator in a first direction toward the substrate acts to force the first contact against the distal end of the second contact. The two contacts are deflected together as result of further reciprocation of the actuator in the first direction. As the contacts are deflected, the distal end of the second contact is scraped across the contact surface of the first contact, thereby removing contaminants and other debris from the contact surface of the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Kaufman, James Larsen, Christopher Edward Young, Jim Brian Hull