Patents by Inventor Dan Browne

Dan Browne 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).

  • Publication number: 20240211966
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting fraudulent merchant activities at a commerce platform system are described. The method may include accessing different types of merchant system data generated for a merchant system transaction being processed by a commerce platform system. The method may also include encoding sets of merchant system data into sets of different types of data, and inputting the sets into different machine learning models to generate predictions of different types of merchant fraud. The method may also include generating a single merchant fraud score by combining the different fraud scores, and in response to detecting that the single merchant fraud score satisfies a fraud detection threshold, initiating one or more remediative actions against the merchant system transaction, the merchant system, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Massoud Hosseinali, Florian Hartl, Efstathios Vafeias, Keagan Long, Stef Nelson-Lindall, Dan Brown
  • Publication number: 20240211965
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting fraudulent merchant activities at a commerce platform system are described. The method may include accessing signal data for a merchant system generated for one or more merchant system transactions processed by a commerce platform system, encoding the signal data into a plurality of sets of input signals, and inputting a first set of input signals into a first machine learning model to generate a fraud score from the first set of input signals. The method may also include performing clustering of the merchant system using a second set of input signals to cluster the merchant system with zero or more additional merchant systems in one of a plurality of different merchant system cohort clusters, and generating cluster fraud scores. In response to detecting that a cluster fraud score for a cluster into which the merchant system was assigned satisfies a cohort cluster fraud threshold, the method may include taking an action against each merchant system in the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Massoud Hosseinali, Florian Hartl, Efstathios Vafeias, Keagan Long, Stef Nelson-Lindall, Dan Brown
  • Publication number: 20240211951
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting fraudulent merchant activities at a commerce platform system are described. The method may include accessing a first set of merchant system data and encoding the first set of merchant data into a set of structure data input signals. The method may also include accessing a set of time based data associated a set of sequential operation performed at the commerce platform system in response to the merchant system transaction being processed, and encoding the set of time based data into a set of unstructured time-based data input signals. The method may also include inputting the sets of inputs into different machine learning models to generate different machine learning model scores predictive of merchant fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Massoud Hosseinali, Florian Hartl, Efstathios Vafeias, Keagan Long, Stef Nelson-Lindall, Dan Brown
  • Publication number: 20220235746
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: 247Solar Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce N. Anderson, William Dean Treece, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Patent number: 11242843
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: 247Solar Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce N. Anderson, William Dean Treece, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Patent number: 10694948
    Abstract: A first exoskeleton is in communication with a central server or a peripheral device. The first exoskeleton collects first data and transmits the first data to the central server or peripheral device. The central server or peripheral device generates second data using the first data and transmits the second data to the first exoskeleton or a second exoskeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: EKSO BIONICS
    Inventors: Reuben Sandler, Katherine Strausser, Mark Fiedler, Kurt Amundson, Dan Brown, Renata Smith, Matthew D Sweeney, Russdon Angold, Niel McCaffrey, Duane Edmonds, Chris Meadows, Jared Jones, Kelly Mettler
  • Publication number: 20190353146
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Wilson 247Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce N. Anderson, William Dean Treece, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Patent number: 10328168
    Abstract: This invention employs a computer system or a programmable logic controller (computer) with a specific wireless communication protocol (BLE) to allow for remote connectivity of the germicidal UV device to display the status of the disinfection cycle and to operate the device and send and transfer data wirelessly to the Cloud via the BLE interface. A dose sensitive coupon, which can undergo color change in response to UV dosage, can also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Veloz, Ashish Mathur, Aleksandr Shostak, Richard Hayes, David Witham, Mitch Babkes, Filiberto Betancourt, Lev Rotkop, Stuart Tyrrell, Walt Maclay, Dan Brown
  • Patent number: 10280903
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Wilson 247Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce N. Anderson, William Dean Treece, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Publication number: 20180195498
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Wilson 247Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce N. Anderson, William Dean Treece, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Publication number: 20180092536
    Abstract: A first exoskeleton is in communication with a central server or a peripheral device. The first exoskeleton collects first data and transmits the first data to the central server or peripheral device. The central server or peripheral device generates second data using the first data and transmits the second data to the first exoskeleton or a second exoskeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Reuben Sandler, Katherine Strausser, Mark Fiedler, Kurt Amundson, Dan Brown, Renata Smith, Matthew D Sweeney, Russdon Angold, Niel McCaffrey, Duane Edmonds, Chris Meadows, Jared Jones, Kelly Mettler
  • Patent number: 9726155
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Wilson Solarpower Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce N. Anderson, William Dean Treece, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Patent number: 9666424
    Abstract: This invention employs a programmable logic controller (computer) with a specific wireless communication protocol (BLE) to allow for remote connectivity of the germicidal UV device to display the status of the disinfection cycle and to operate the device and send and transfer data wirelessly to the Cloud via the BLE interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Veloz, Ashish Mathur, Aleksandr Shostak, Richard Hayes, David Witham, Mitch Babkes, Filiberto Betancourt, Lev Rotkop, Stuart Tyrrell, Walt Maclay, Dan Brown
  • Publication number: 20130298557
    Abstract: Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Wilson Solarpower Corporation
    Inventors: William Dean Treece, Bruce Anderson, Dan Brown, Florian Bennhold, Christoph Hilgert
  • Publication number: 20130302163
    Abstract: Connecting rotors in rotary machines, particularly turbines, is generally described. Some aspects of the invention provide for a simplified attachment rotors to each other and/or other components of a turbine assembly, such as, drive shaft, using friction fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Wilson Solarpower Corporation
    Inventors: David Gordon Wilson, Dan Brown, William Dean Treece
  • Patent number: 8544992
    Abstract: A fluid cartridge for a printing device includes a housing including a floor, a chamber defined in the housing and configured to store an ink therein, a capillary medium disposed in the housing and in operative communication with the chamber, and a wick disposed at least partially in an opening of the floor, the wick including a portion extending a predetermined distance into the housing such that the wick portion contacts the capillary medium. The fluid cartridge further includes an enriched pigment-confining member established inside the housing such that the confining member physically contacts the floor and surrounds at least a portion of a periphery of the wick. The confining member is configured to i) block enriched ink from the wick, and/or ii) dilute the enriched ink prior to flowing through the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David R. Otis, Dan Brown, Scott Martin, John A. Myers, Curt Gonzales, Ian Patrick Anderson, Marc A. Baldwin, Thomas C. Iaia
  • Publication number: 20130213902
    Abstract: The invention consists of a mechanism the parts of which specified in the invention result in a low energy process for the removal of many and various contaminants from an aqueous solution. The principal parts of the mechanism are to drive the contaminated aqueous solution by means of gravity or low pressure through graphene oxide membrane layers stacked closely at atomic scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Dan Browne, Alex Yeoh
  • Publication number: 20120148562
    Abstract: The present invention provides a methods and compositions for treating a patient having a skin condition characterized by vascular hyper-reactivity, such as chronic or episodic flushing or blushing, and/or rosacea. The method comprises applying a topical composition to affected areas of the patient's skin. The topical composition comprises an effective amount of a botulinum neurotoxin for decreasing vasodilation in cutaneous microvasculature, and a carrier for effectively transporting the botulinum toxin to the cutaneous microvasculature. The invention thereby provides a safe, effective, comfortable, and/or convenient manner of treating vascular hyper-reactivity in skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Revance Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Connie L. Ho, Alice Du, Dan Browne
  • Publication number: 20120013658
    Abstract: A fluid cartridge for a printing device includes a housing including a floor, a chamber defined in the housing and configured to store an ink therein, a capillary medium disposed in the housing and in operative communication with the chamber, and a wick disposed at least partially in an opening of the floor, the wick including a portion extending a predetermined distance into the housing such that the wick portion contacts the capillary medium. The fluid cartridge further includes an enriched pigment-confining member established inside the housing such that the confining member physically contacts the floor and surrounds at least a portion of a periphery of the wick. The confining member is configured to i) block enriched ink from the wick, and/or ii) dilute the enriched ink prior to flowing through the wick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: David R. Otis, Dan Brown, Scott Martin, John A. Myers, Curt Gonzales, Ian Patrick Anderson, Marc A. Baldwin, Thomas C. Iaia
  • Publication number: 20100000727
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing apparatus comprising an inflow control assembly having an inflow flowbore and a stimulation assembly having a stimulation flowbore is disclosed. A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing a stimulation assembly in the wellbore and placing at least one inflow control assembly in the wellbore, the at least one inflow control assembly comprising a selectively adjustable inflow sleeve, is also disclosed. A method of servicing a wellbore comprising opening a plurality of jetting nozzles in a production string located in a wellbore adjacent a formation, jetting a treatment fluid through the nozzles and perforating and/or fracturing the formation, at least partially closing the plurality of jetting nozzles, opening a plurality of inflow ports to allow fluid to flow from the formation into the production string, and filtering the fluid prior to the fluid entering the inflow ports is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan B. Webb, Geirmund Saetre, Dan Brown