Patents by Inventor Brian Mullins

Brian Mullins 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: 12670245
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing machine-learning models to determine take-over scores and intelligently provide or limit access to account features. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems can train and utilize digital security machine-learning models to generate a take-over score indicating a likelihood that the request to access the secure digital account is unauthorized activity. Based on the determining that the take-over score satisfies a take-over threshold, the disclosed systems can allow access to the secure digital account by providing secure account information but prohibit access to a subset of account features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Jiby Babu, Nik Shevyrev, Parin Shah
  • Patent number: 12669710
    Abstract: Intelligent application of reserves to transactions is described. In an example, server(s) associated with a payment processing service receives first transaction data associated with a plurality of first transactions, wherein the first transaction data includes indications, for an individual first transaction, of whether a chargeback request occurred and item(s) and a customer associated with the transaction. In an example, the servers process the plurality of first transactions. A predictive model is trained based at least in part on the first transaction data. Second transaction data is received from a POS device of a second merchant associated with a second transaction. A value reflective of a level of risk for the second transaction is determined based on inputting an item or customer associated with the second transaction into the predictive model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Jeana Williams, Natalie Tarabay
  • Patent number: 12551711
    Abstract: A lead connector system for use with electrical nerve stimulators is described herein. An example lead connector for an electrical stimulator system includes a body, a blade, and an insert. The body includes a cable interface and defines lead ports. The blade is affixed to the body. The blade has at least one angled portion. The insert slidably connects to the body. The insert includes a handle and a chassis. The chassis defines a lead channel coaxial with the lead ports and blade channels transverse the lead channel to accept the blade. The angled portion of the blade provides electrical contact between the cable interface and a lead inserted into the lead channel and extending through at least one of the lead ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SPR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew G. Debock, Joseph W. Boggs, II, Matthew J. Wunzin, Bradley A. Lewis, Devin Sell, David Youngberg, Mark R. Stultz, Joe D'Albero, Christopher T. Lefevere, Brian Mullins, Peter Meinz, David Prince, Russell Cluff, William Harstig, Kristin Murray
  • Patent number: 12530726
    Abstract: A post-deployment drift detection monitoring of a predictive model is described. The method includes accessing a predictive performance metric of a machine learning model that is deployed at a server, the machine learning model being trained with an initial set of training data containing historical data, the predictive performance metric being based on the initial set of training data and an additional set of training data, the additional set of training data containing training data collected since training the machine learning model, detecting a drift based on the predictive performance metric exceeding a drift detection threshold, generating a drift warning notification to a client device, the drift warning notification indicating that the predictive performance metric exceeds the drift detection threshold, receiving a user feedback from the client device, and adjusting one of the machine learning model or the drift detection threshold based on the user feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Mind Foundry Ltd
    Inventors: Helen Mckay, Bernardo Pérez Orozco, Francesca Garcia, Davide Zilli, Brian Mullins, Michael Osborne, Stephen Roberts, Nicholas Sherman
  • Patent number: 12526259
    Abstract: A system for private and secure data portal is described. A method includes receiving, from a first client device, a permission request and a data request for a first dataset that is stored at a second client device, providing the permission request and the data request to the second client device, the second client device configured to generate, in response to the permission request and the data request, a data usage approval document and an encrypted synthesized dataset corresponding to the data usage approval document, the encrypted synthesized dataset includes a synthetic second dataset representative of the first dataset, receiving, from the second client device, the data usage approval document and the encrypted synthesized dataset, performing, at a server, a computation on the encrypted synthesized dataset based on the data request, and providing the data usage approval document and results of the computation to the first client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Mind Foundry Ltd
    Inventors: Patrick Tunney, Nathaniel Korda, Brian Mullins, Michael Osborne, Stephen Roberts, Davide Zilli, Alistair Garfoot
  • Publication number: 20250371176
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for assigning a limited access state to an account based on a triggering event and causing a client device to provide full navigable access to a client application. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed system detects a triggering event corresponding with activity of an account. In particular, based on the detected triggering event, the disclosed system assigns the limited access state to the account and provides a notification to the account in the limited access state. Furthermore, while in the limited access state the client device associated with the account in the limited access state provides full navigable access to the client application, detects restricted activity based on restriction rules, and provides graphical elements to restore the account from the limited access state to a full access state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Yona Koch-Fienberg, Sidney Shou Chien Ho, Zara Gustad Wittirani, Charles Roland Kirk, Brian Mullins
  • Patent number: 12400009
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for assigning a limited access state to an account based on a triggering event and causing a client device to provide full navigable access to a client application. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed system detects a triggering event corresponding with activity of an account. In particular, based on the detected triggering event, the disclosed system assigns the limited access state to the account and provides a notification to the account in the limited access state. Furthermore, while in the limited access state the client device associated with the account in the limited access state provides full navigable access to the client application, detects restricted activity based on restriction rules, and provides graphical elements to restore the account from the limited access state to a full access state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Yona Koch-Fienberg, Sidney Shou Chien Ho, Zara Gustad Wittirani, Charles Roland Kirk, Brian Mullins
  • Patent number: 12346941
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for calculating closing metrics regarding a contract between a promotion service and provider. A promotional system may calculate a probability of closing, and an estimated time to close. The promotion service may offer a promotion to consumers for a discounted product or service, to be honored by the provider. A category, lead source, historical data, stage in sales, and/or size of the provider may be used in calculating a probability of close and/or time to close. An example method may comprise supplying a classifying model with a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises an identification of a provider and attributes corresponding to the provider and identifying a class of the provider in accordance with the plurality of corresponding attributes, wherein the identification is determined based on one or more patterns determinative of a return rate by the classifying model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Bytedance Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matt DeLand, Zahra Ferdowsi, Stephen Lang, John Stokvis, Nolan Finn, Shafiq Shariff
  • Publication number: 20250148351
    Abstract: A continuous meta-learning system operating at a server is described. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes accessing, at the server, a deployed machine learning model, metadata, and new prediction data for the deployed machine learning model, detecting a novel trend in the deployed machine learning model based on the new prediction data, generating label suggestions for the novel trend using metadata, querying a plurality of users to verify the label suggestions, detecting a consensus of the plurality of users, the consensus based on a rate of responses from the plurality of users that confirm the label suggestions, and in response to detecting the consensus, training a new machine learning model based on the new prediction data and the consensus of the plurality of users. The computer-implemented method also includes deploying the new machine learning model at the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Francesca Garcia, Helen McKay, Bernardo Pérez Orozco, Davide Zilli, Joanna Crown, William Parr, Brian Mullins, Michael Osborne, Stephen Roberts, Alistair Garfoot, Nicholas Sherman, Adam James
  • Publication number: 20250139706
    Abstract: A post-deployment drift detection monitoring of a predictive model is described. The method includes accessing a predictive performance metric of a machine learning model that is deployed at a server, the machine learning model being trained with an initial set of training data containing historical data, the predictive performance metric being based on the initial set of training data and an additional set of training data, the additional set of training data containing training data collected since training the machine learning model, detecting a drift based on the predictive performance metric exceeding a drift detection threshold, generating a drift warning notification to a client device, the drift warning notification indicating that the predictive performance metric exceeds the drift detection threshold, receiving a user feedback from the client device, and adjusting one of the machine learning model or the drift detection threshold based on the user feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Helen Mckay, Bernardo pérez Orozco, Francesca Garcia, Davide Zilli, Brian Mullins, Michael Osborne, Stephen Roberts, Nicholas Sherman
  • Publication number: 20250141850
    Abstract: A system for private and secure data portal is described. A method includes receiving, from a first client device, a permission request and a data request for a first dataset that is stored at a second client device, providing the permission request and the data request to the second client device, the second client device configured to generate, in response to the permission request and the data request, a data usage approval document and an encrypted synthesized dataset corresponding to the data usage approval document, the encrypted synthesized dataset includes a synthetic second dataset representative of the first dataset, receiving, from the second client device, the data usage approval document and the encrypted synthesized dataset, performing, at a server, a computation on the encrypted synthesized dataset based on the data request, and providing the data usage approval document and results of the computation to the first client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Tunney, Nathaniel Korda, Brian Mullins, Michael Osborne, Stephen Roberts, Davide Zilli, Alistair Garfoot
  • Publication number: 20250139501
    Abstract: A machine learning platform operating at a server is described. The machine learning platform accesses a dataset from a datastore. A task that identifies a target of a machine learning algorithm from the machine learning platform is defined. The machine learning algorithm forms a machine learning model based on the dataset and the task. The machine learning platform deploys the machine learning model and monitors a performance of the machine learning model after deployment. The machine learning platform updates the machine learning model based on the monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Alessandra Tosi, Robert Bell, Nathaniel Korda, Joanna Crown, Davide Zilli, Brian Mullins, Michael Osborne, Stephen Roberts, Alistair Garfoot
  • Publication number: 20250124124
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing machine-learning models to determine take-over scores and intelligently provide or limit access to account features. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems can train and utilize digital security machine-learning models to generate a take-over score indicating a likelihood that the request to access the secure digital account is unauthorized activity. Based on the determining that the take-over score satisfies a take-over threshold, the disclosed systems can allow access to the secure digital account by providing secure account information but prohibit access to a subset of account features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Jiby Babu, Nik Shevyrev, Parin Shah
  • Publication number: 20250117701
    Abstract: A machine learning platform operating at a server is described. The machine learning platform accesses a dataset from a datastore. A task that identifies a target of a machine learning algorithm from the machine learning platform is defined. The machine learning algorithm forms a machine learning model based on the dataset and the task. The machine learning platform deploys the machine learning model and monitors a performance of the machine learning model after deployment. The machine learning platform updates the machine learning model based on the monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Roberts, Mike Osborne, Brian Mullins, Paul Reader, Nathaniel Korda, Rob Williams, Stanley Speel
  • Publication number: 20250077688
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for assigning a limited access state to an account based on a triggering event and causing a client device to provide full navigable access to a client application. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed system detects a triggering event corresponding with activity of an account. In particular, based on the detected triggering event, the disclosed system assigns the limited access state to the account and provides a notification to the account in the limited access state. Furthermore, while in the limited access state the client device associated with the account in the limited access state provides full navigable access to the client application, detects restricted activity based on restriction rules, and provides graphical elements to restore the account from the limited access state to a full access state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yona Koch-Fienberg, Sidney Shou Chien Ho, Zara Gustad Wittirani, Charles Roland Kirk, Brian Mullins
  • Patent number: 12205229
    Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) of a first user has a transparent display. The HMD determines location information of a second user relative to the HMD of the first user. The second user is located within a predefined distance of the HMD. The location information identifies a distance and a direction of the second user relative to the HMD. The HMD receives audio content from the second user, generates augmented reality (AR) content based on the audio content, and displays the AR content in the transparent display based on the location information of the second user. The AR content appears coupled to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Mullins
  • Patent number: 12174943
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for utilizing machine-learning models to determine take-over scores and intelligently provide or limit access to account features. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems can train and utilize digital security machine-learning models to generate a take-over score indicating a likelihood that the request to access the secure digital account is unauthorized activity. Based on the determining that the take-over score satisfies a take-over threshold, the disclosed systems can allow access to the secure digital account by providing secure account information but prohibit access to a subset of account features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Jiby Babu, Nik Shevyrev, Parin Shah
  • Publication number: 20240420190
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for calculating closing metrics regarding a contract between a promotion service and provider. A promotional system may calculate a probability of closing, and an estimated time to close. The promotion service may offer a promotion to consumers for a discounted product or service, to be honored by the provider. A category, lead source, historical data, stage in sales, and/or size of the provider may be used in calculating a probability of close and/or time to close. An example method may comprise supplying a classifying model with a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises an identification of a provider and attributes corresponding to the provider and identifying a class of the provider in accordance with the plurality of corresponding attributes, wherein the identification is determined based on one or more patterns determinative of a return rate by the classifying model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mullins, Matt DeLand, Zahra Ferdowsi, Stephen Lang, John Stokvis, Nolan Finn, Shafiq Shariff
  • Patent number: 12067463
    Abstract: A machine learning platform operating at a server is described. The machine learning platform accesses a dataset from a datastore. A task that identifies a target of a machine learning algorithm from the machine learning platform is defined. The machine learning algorithm forms a machine learning model based on the dataset and the task. The machine learning platform deploys the machine learning model and monitors a performance of the machine learning model after deployment. The machine learning platform updates the machine learning model based on the monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mind Foundry Ltd
    Inventors: Stephen Roberts, Mike Osborne, Brian Mullins, Paul Reader, Nathan Korda, Rob Williams, Stanley Speel
  • Publication number: 20240225681
    Abstract: Device, systems, and method for cutting body tissue may include a handle, a blade, a shaft, and an expander. The handle may include a slider and a lever in communication with the slider. The blade may be coupled with the slider. The shaft may extend distally from the handle and the shaft may define a guideway along which the blade is configured to travel. The expander may be in communication with the lever and extend along the shaft. Actuation of the lever may adjust the expander to an expanded position and unlock the slider to allow actuation of the slider and longitudinal movement of the blade along the guideway. The expander may be or may include one or more balloons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH, DAVID HERRIDGE, BRIAN MULLINS, RICK KOGLER, GRACE RIERMANN