Patents by Inventor Daniel James Harman

Daniel James Harman 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: 10708709
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting the start of a walk event are disclosed. The method comprises detecting that a wearable device is in a walk mode if it is determined that the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone and that the wearable device is not connected to a wireless network; comparing current environment details associated with the wearable device to past walk environment details associated with the wearable device to identify at least one similarity between the current environment details and the past walk environment details; confirming that the wearable device is in the walk mode upon identifying at least one similarity between the current environment details and the past walk environment details, the predictive function refined using the one or more previous responses to a walk mode prompt; and transmitting a recorded GPS location of the wearable device while the wearable device is in a walk mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Brad Taylor, Daniel James Harman
  • Publication number: 20190090087
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting the start of a walk event are disclosed. The method comprises detecting that a wearable device is in a walk mode if it is determined that the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone and that the wearable device is not connected to a wireless network; comparing current environment details associated with the wearable device to past walk environment details associated with the wearable device to identify at least one similarity between the current environment details and the past walk environment details; confirming that the wearable device is in the walk mode upon identifying at least one similarity between the current environment details and the past walk environment details, the predictive function refined using the one or more previous responses to a walk mode prompt; and transmitting a recorded GPS location of the wearable device while the wearable device is in a walk mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Brad Taylor, Daniel James Harman
  • Patent number: 10142773
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for detecting the start of a walk event. The method comprises identifying the location of a wearable device; determining if the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone; confirming that a wearable device is in a walk mode if it is determined that the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone and that the wearable device is not connected to a wireless network; enabling a GPS receiver; continuously recording the location of the wearable device received from the GPS receiver while the wearable device is in a walk mode; and transmitting the recorded location of the wearable device while the wearable device is in a walk mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brad Taylor, Daniel James Harman
  • Publication number: 20180103342
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for detecting the start of a walk event. The method comprises identifying the location of a wearable device; determining if the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone; confirming that a wearable device is in a walk mode if it is determined that the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone and that the wearable device is not connected to a wireless network; enabling a GPS receiver; continuously recording the location of the wearable device received from the GPS receiver while the wearable device is in a walk mode; and transmitting the recorded location of the wearable device while the wearable device is in a walk mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Brad Taylor, Daniel James Harman