Patents by Inventor Douglas Brown

Douglas Brown 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: 20180227421
    Abstract: Methods, behavioral assessment computer program products, and systems for analyzing electronic customer communication data, generating behavioral assessment data and displaying instructions to a user that include receiving electronic customer communication data from one or more servers configured to provide a user interface comprising a web site, web portal, or virtual portal or application, wherein the electronic communication data includes comments posted on an online forum; determining that the comments include bot comments; identifying a customer associated with the received electronic customer communication data; generating behavioral assessment data for the received electronic customer communication data for the identified customer; and displaying instructions to a user via a reporting engine, wherein the instructions are based on the generated behavioral assessment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Kelly CONWAY, Christopher DANSON, Douglas BROWN, David GUSTAFSON, Roger WARFORD, Melissa MOORE, Keene Hedges CAPERS
  • Patent number: 10040522
    Abstract: A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a port disturbance and a starboard disturbance in the wake. Left (port) and right (starboard) trim tabs are installed at the stern of the hull. Each trim tab comprises a primary subtab and a secondary subtab. Actuators may be optionally included to reposition the trim tabs more into, or more out of, the water. Such repositioning causes the disturbance on one side of the wake to be selectively repositioned to the other side of the wake, enlarging a quiet region on the side of the wake on which the repositioned disturbance was originally positioned. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Skier's Choice, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Hartman, Matthew Douglas Brown, Travis Lane Turley
  • Publication number: 20180205828
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein are designed to route customer communications to the best agent or best available agent. The methods include identifying origination data for a customer contacting a contact center with a customer task, determining a predicted personality type of the customer based on the identified origination data and a customer profile, providing a routing recommendation to a communication distributor to route the customer to an agent based on the predicted personality type of the customer and historical customer data, routing the customer via the communication distributor to the agent based on the routing recommendation, and updating the customer profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kelly CONWAY, David GUSTAFSON, Douglas BROWN, Michael Glen GATES, William Duane SKEEN, Brendan JOYCE
  • Patent number: 10023207
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a zip line or trolley system kit for propelling a person or an object using gravity along an extended cable line suspended between two trees or towers. The zip line or trolley system may include an easily installable support harness assembly, a braking system and a removable seat fixture to provide for the zip line system to be completely portable to be carried, installed and taken down in remote locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: North Stay, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Douglas Brown
  • Patent number: 10021248
    Abstract: A method for analyzing caller interaction events that includes receiving, by a processor, a caller interaction event between an agent and a caller, extracting, by a processor, caller event data from the caller interaction event, analyzing, by a processor, the caller event data, and generating, by a processor, a report displaying one or more selected categories of the caller event data. Systems and non-transitory, computer readable media that control an executable computer readable program code embodied therein, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kelly Conway, Keene Hedges Capers, Christopher Danson, Douglas Brown, David Gustafson, Roger Warford, Melissa Moore
  • Publication number: 20180115646
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein relate to routing based on customer satisfaction, and include receiving a communication from a customer; retrieving or predicting a first profile of the customer; returning a list of currently available agents and expected available agents, wherein the currently available agents exclude agents that exceed a predetermined work threshold; determining, for each currently available agent and each expected available agent, a proficiency score for handling a customer with the first profile; determining that an expected available agent has a higher proficiency score than a currently available agent; and providing a routing recommendation based on the determined higher proficiency score that will route the customer communication via a communication distributor to the expected available agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kelly CONWAY, David GUSTAFSON, Douglas BROWN, Michael GATES, William SKEEN, Brendan JOYCE, Christopher DANSON
  • Patent number: 9950771
    Abstract: A wakeboat creates a wake, the performance level of the wake varying depending upon the mass of the wakeboat, the wakeboat including a hull; an engine supported by the hull; a controller supported by the hull; a processor coupled to the controller; a memory coupled to the processor; a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the wakeboat, the controller being coupled to the sensor and being configured to receive data from the sensor, the controller being configured to derive the present mass of the wakeboat from said sensor data, the controller being configured to determine the present wake performance level of the wakeboat based on the present mass of the wakeboat; anda display coupled to the controller, the controller being configured to use the display to indicate the present wake performance level of the wakeboat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Skier's Choice, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Hartman, Brian Anthony Ewasko, Matthew Douglas Brown, Jeffrey David Harrison, Zachary Thomas Davis
  • Patent number: 9942400
    Abstract: Methods, behavioral assessment computer program products, and systems for analyzing electronic customer communication data, generating behavioral assessment data and displaying instructions to a user that include receiving a plurality of types of electronic customer communication data by one or more servers configured to provide a user interface including a web site, web portal, or virtual portal or application, wherein at least one of the types of electronic communication data includes voice data, generating a text file from the voice data, identifying a customer associated with the electronic communication data received by the one or more servers, generating behavioral assessment data for the electronic communication data for that identified customer by analyzing the customer's electronic communication data, and displaying instructions to a user via a reporting engine, wherein the instructions are based on the generated behavioral assessment data, and wherein the user includes the identified customer or a c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kelly Conway, Christopher Danson, Douglas Brown, David Gustafson, Roger Warford, Melissa Moore, Keene Hedges Capers
  • Patent number: 9936075
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein are designed to route customer communications to the best agent or best available agent. The methods include receiving a customer communication, predicting a demographic profile of the customer associated with the customer communication, monitoring real-time agent performance data and modifying a predetermined work threshold based on the real-time agent performance data, and providing a routing recommendation to route the customer to an agent based on the prediction and historical customer data for agents who have not exceeded the predetermined work threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kelly Conway, David Gustafson, Douglas Brown, Michael Glen Gates, William Duane Skeen, Brendan Joyce
  • Publication number: 20180084835
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180084834
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180084833
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180082690
    Abstract: The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein are designed to reduce false positive voice print matching with fraudulent callers. A voice print of a call is created and compared to known voice prints to determine if it matches one or more of the known voice prints, and to transaction data associated with a database of voice prints. The methods include a pre-processing step to separate speech from non-speech, selecting a number of elements that affect the voice print the most, and/or generating a first score based on the number of selected audio elements matching audio elements of a voice print from the plurality of fraudulent speakers, determining if the first score exceeds a predetermined threshold score for the fraudulent speaker, and comparing the selected audio elements for the unknown caller, where the score exceeds the predetermined threshold score, to the voice prints associated with the customer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Roger WARFORD, Douglas BROWN, Christopher DANSON, David GUSTAFSON
  • Publication number: 20180079528
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described for use of an ultraviolet (UV) light source, such as in a cleaning device, in which ozone creation due to reaction of the UV light with oxygen in the air is reduced. An example method includes dispersing, by a gas outlet, oxygen-depleted gas over a UV light source, and directing UV light from the UV light source to pass through the oxygen-depleted gas onto an area. An example apparatus includes a UV light source to direct UV light onto an area, and a gas outlet to disperse oxygen-depleted gas over the UV light source, such that the UV light passes through the oxygen-depleted gas onto the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jeff Siegmeth, Karen Hills, Jamie Childress, Douglas Brown
  • Publication number: 20180077969
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180065750
    Abstract: An elevator system includes a shaft extending between at least two decks of a vehicle. A base of the shaft is mounted to a deck structure of at least two decks by a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the deck structure to enable the deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft. The elevator system further includes a cab within the shaft. The cab is movable between the at least two decks. The elevator system also includes a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas A. BROWN, Karen L. HILLS
  • Publication number: 20180060767
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a food safety management system, including a web portal for management and reporting and a handheld computing device for checklist completion. A checklist of tasks to be performed in a food service establishment is obtained and displayed on a touchscreen of the handheld computing device. Confirmation is obtained on the touchscreen whether a task has been completed. An identifier at a location in the food service establishment is inputted to verify that a task has been completed. Temperature and humidity readings are obtained from one or more stationary sensors monitoring a food storage environment. Task completion data, temperature data, and humidity data are sent to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: DOUGLAS BROWN DILLARD, ROBERT BRADFORD GRAY, DAVID ALAN SPENCER, JOHN ASHWELL RAYMOND
  • Publication number: 20180049478
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180032886
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for analyzing data trends are described herein. The present disclosure includes the identification of trending terms in data through the use of an unsupervised algorithm. Trending terms are identified and counted during a first and second time period without reference to a library of pre-defined terms, along with at least one reason for using such trending terms. The set of trending terms and the at least one reason for use of the trending terms are displayed to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Danson, Douglas Brown, Roger Warford, Andrew Traba, Jordana Heller
  • Patent number: 9845155
    Abstract: An elevator system includes a shaft extending between at least two decks of a vehicle. A base of the shaft is mounted to a deck structure of at least two decks by a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the deck structure to enable the deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft. The elevator system further includes a cab within the shaft. The cab is movable between the at least two decks. The elevator system also includes a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas A. Brown, Karen L. Hills