Patents by Inventor Eric David

Eric David 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: 12289519
    Abstract: A package in which an onboard computing system and a plurality of sensor devices are embedded. The package includes a plurality of cameras that are positioned against sidewalls of the package in order to capture image data of the external environment. When the computing system determines the package has arrived at a predesignated set of coordinates corresponding to a target property for which an appraisal is to be performed, the cameras are activated and begin collecting image data. The image data is transmitted to a remote server which will store the image data for review by insurance personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Michael J. Maciolek, Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, Manfred Amann, Timothy Frank Davison, Snehal Desai, Nicole Ferretti, Rachel Michelle Ballew, Chung Shing Sheldon Lee, Martin Lopez, Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Melissa Jane Porter, Sayeef Rahim, Eric David Schroeder, Steven J. Schroeder, Joseph Michael Vesco
  • Publication number: 20250113922
    Abstract: An embodiment of a heating system for a camp includes at least one heat exchanger bed. Each heat exchanger bed includes a bed frame defining a chamber therein, a bedding assembly positioned on top of the bed frame, and a heat exchanger positioned in the chamber that is configured to transfer heat to or from the bedding assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph Christopher Razum, Michael Sean Day, Timothy J. Neu, Eric David Schneider
  • Patent number: 12271462
    Abstract: A remote signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of images of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource. The system and method are configured to cause a visual and/or haptic pattern response to occur in a secondary device while collecting image data from a different, primary device. The image data is evaluated to determine whether the appropriate pattern is present. If the pattern is present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Snehal Desai, David Joaquin Harris, Eric David Schroeder, Jeffrey David Calusinski
  • Patent number: 12263653
    Abstract: A heatsink, a method of manufacturing the heatsink, and an induction welding apparatus including the heatsink. The heatsink includes a carrier sheet and a plurality of tiles. The carrier sheet comprises an electrically non-conductive material and has a contoured profile. The plurality of tiles comprises a thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive material. Each tile of the plurality of tiles has a bonding surface bonded to the carrier sheet and a contact surface opposite the bonding surface. The contact surface is configured to contact a structure to be induction welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eric David Zuelke
  • Patent number: 12267700
    Abstract: Methods and systems to commission building environmental sensors are disclosed. The system includes a device that will move about the environment of a building (inside and/or outside) and detect building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment. For each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device, the system will retrieve an identifier for the sensor device, and it will determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system. If the sensor device is registered with the control system, the system will not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device. If the sensor device is not registered with the control system, the system will automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David Eric Schwartz, Paloma Juanita Fautley, Eric David Cocker, Warren Jackson
  • Patent number: 12264992
    Abstract: A system configured to monitor a condition of a fluid conduit includes a leak detection sensor assembly having a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor positioned on the fluid conduit. The system also includes one or more additional sensor assemblies positioned on the fluid conduit. The system further includes a controller configured to determine a presence of a leak along the fluid conduit in response to a resistance of a leak detection electrical circuit formed by the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor indicating that the leak detection electrical circuit is closed and data from the one or more additional sensor assemblies indicating the presence of the leak along the fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Eric David Schroeder, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Carlos J P Chavez, Manfred Amann, Donnette L. Moncrief Brown
  • Patent number: 12259957
    Abstract: A remote audio signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of video of a person in order to authorize access to a secured resource. An audio security token with a first set of features is generated and stored for each user. During subsequent sessions, the system and method are configured to cause a remote computing device to play a specific audio signal while collecting audio data from a microphone of the same device. The audio data is evaluated to determine if the same features are present as in the first set of features. If the features are present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Snehal Desai, David Joaquin Harris, Eric David Schroeder, Jeffrey David Calusinski
  • Patent number: 12259363
    Abstract: An acoustic apparatus and method of determining the composition of a floor, based on the filtered sound waves produced by vibrating the floor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transducer for generating vibrations and/or sound, as well as microphones for detecting sounds. The apparatus may include two microphones so that ambient noise can be removed from an audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Eric David Schroeder, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Manfred Amann, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Meredith Beveridge Lecocke, Margaret Emily Gray
  • Patent number: 12257464
    Abstract: A fire prevention system for a building. The fire protection system has an inlet duct having an interior end and an exterior end. An air handler is disposed at the interior end of the inlet duct to provide air from outside the building to the air handler. A flame arrester is located at the exterior end of the inlet duct to prevent burning embers from entering the inlet duct. The fire protection system also includes an interior duct system for distributing air from the air handler through the building. Distribution vents in the interior duct system allow flow of air from the interior duct system to the interior of the building to raise the pressure in the building above the outside pressure. Exhaust vents to allow flow of air out of the building. Also, a method for fire prevention for a building exposed to a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Manfred Amann, Justin Dax Haslam, Ravi Durairaj, Matthew Ryan Santacroce, Snehal Desai, Eric David Schroeder, Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, Meredith Beveridge, Michael J. Maciolek, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Timothy Frank Davison
  • Patent number: 12254779
    Abstract: Disclosed in this specification are methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on non-transitory computer storage media for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight operation and privacy controls. Based on geofence types, and UAV distance from a geofence, sensors and other devices connected to a UAV are conditionally operational. Image data collected during a UAV flight may be obfuscated by the UAV while in flight, or via a post-flight process using log data generated by the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Livonia Contreras, Lucas Palage Doyle, Justin Eugene Kuehn, Volkan Gurel, Eric David Johnson, Edward Dale Steakley
  • Publication number: 20250087303
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for diversifying an initial nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein with repeating amino acid sequences. The initial nucleic acid sequence comprises a plurality of contiguous stretches of nucleotides that are identical. The method may involve identifying in the nucleic acid sequence, a first contiguous stretch of nucleotides (nts) that is identical in sequence to a second contiguous stretch of nts and is longer than 14 nts; and replacing, in the 2nd contiguous stretch of nts, a codon encoding an amino acid with another codon encoding the same amino acid. The identifying and replacing is performed over the length of the nucleic acid sequence until there are no two contiguous stretches of nts that are identical in sequence and are longer than 14 nts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jennifer M. Cherone, Alister PW Funnell, Eric David Haugen, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos
  • Patent number: 12250612
    Abstract: A method of determining a physical location for an address. The method includes receiving from a first global positioning system on a vehicle a first set of global positioning data indicative of a vehicle location. The method may also receive from a second global positioning system on a portable electronic device a second set of global positioning data indicative of a portable electronic device location. The method may also receive a set of location metadata associated with a picture. The method determines a residence location from the first set of global positioning data, the second set of global positioning data, or the set of location metadata. The method then associates the physical location to the address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr., Qunying Kou, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Manfred Amann, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Eric David Schroeder, Meredith Beveridge, Michael J. Maciolek, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Brian F. Shipley, Justin Dax Haslam, Ashley Raine Philbrick
  • Patent number: 12242835
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brooks, Lewis Wiley Tucker, Benji Jasik, Timothy Mason, Eric David Bezar, Simon Wong, Douglas Chasman, Tien Tzuo, Scott Hansma, Adam Gross, Steven Tamm
  • Publication number: 20250042354
    Abstract: Web retractors and associated systems and methods for retracting a web, such as a seat belt web, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a sealed web retractor includes a frame having a side wall with a first opening, a locking assembly housing attached to the side wall and having a second opening adjacent to the first opening, and a spool shaft having a portion that extends through the first and second openings. In some embodiments, the retractor can further include a bushing and a seal operably disposed in the first opening and extending around an outer periphery of the spool shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Eric David Andrina, Kurt Allen Schultz, Eduardo Salcedo Lopez
  • Patent number: 12187013
    Abstract: A laminate product is disclosed. The laminate product includes a base layer formed from a thermoplastic polyolefin and a bondable first layer laminated to the base layer. Paint, ink, or attachments may be applied to the bondable first layer. A method of producing the laminate product includes the steps of laminating a base layer and a bondable first layer by application of pressure and heat to the base layer and the first layer. Paint, ink, or attachments may then be applied to the bondable first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Simona PMC LLC
    Inventors: Eric David Short, Samantha Ann Stacy
  • Patent number: 12184349
    Abstract: A system may include a processor. The processor may perform operations including receiving multiple light patterns from multiple wireless devices. The operations may also include determining a location for each of the multiple wireless devices based at least in part on the multiple light patterns. Moreover, the operations may include pairing a first wireless device of the multiple wireless devices to the processor based at least in part on the location for each of the multiple wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr., Robert Wiseman Simpson, Manfred Amann, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Eric David Schroeder, Meredith Beveridge, Michael J. Maciolek, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Brian F Shipley, Justin Dax Haslam, Qunying Kou, Ashley Raine Philbrick
  • Patent number: 12184664
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing a network through use of a security device that includes, or has access to, a blockchain node. The security device may manage a network of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in a home or other environment. The security device may act as an intermediary to manage secure, trusted communications between the IoT device(s) and external service(s). The security device may also provide network security features such as a network firewall. In some implementations, the security device may run a blockchain node, and the blockchain could be used to establish a verifiable home identity. The security device may interact with external resources and/or services, such as utility services, e-commerce services, and so forth, through this secure mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Bharat Prasad, Eric David Schroeder, Minya Liang, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel C. Fernandez
  • Patent number: 12169134
    Abstract: A tangible, non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive historical driver data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of one or more drivers during one or more prior driving trips, receive historical position data indicative of a respective position of a respective vehicle driven by the one or more drivers during the one or more prior driving trips, establish a correlation between the historical driver data and the historical position data, and identify one or more low-stress road segments using the correlation between the historical driver data and the historical position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr., Qunying Kou, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Manfred Amann, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Eric David Schroeder, Meredith Beveridge Lecocke, Michael J. Maciolek, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Brian F. Shipley, Justin Dax Haslam, Ashley Raine Philbrick
  • Publication number: 20240411961
    Abstract: A framework is provided where a stochastic fully data-driven model (FDDM) predicts states of the ocean for both short and long-time scales with uncertainty quantification. The FDDM, which can generate a large number of ensembles at low computational cost, is integrated with a multi-layer perceptron-based data assimilation algorithm, which can efficiently and accurately assimilate Lagrangian ocean observations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ashesh Kumar Chattopadhyay, Kalaivani Ramea Kubendran, Eric David Cocker
  • Publication number: 20240398777
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally methods of treating symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), including excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), hyperphagia, and/or behavioral problems, comprising administering to a subject with PWS a therapeutically effective amount of pitolisant or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Kumaraswamy Budur, Krystle Davis Rapchak, Jeffrey Marc Dayno, Eric David Bauer