Patents by Inventor George O'Brien
George O'Brien 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).
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Publication number: 20240075002Abstract: A creatine composition comprising a base component, a dianion component, and a creatine component. In some exemplary embodiment, the base component and dianion component can at least be partially reacted before being added to the creating component. On a dry weight basis, the base component can comprise between about 7-20% of the composition by weight, the dianion component can comprise between about 35-50% of the composition by weight, and the creatine component can comprise between about 30-60% of the composition by weight. In embodiments where the base component and dianion component are first reacted to form a base dianion component, the base dianion component can comprise between about 40-65% of the composition by weight. The creatine component can comprise between about 35-60% of the composition by weight with the remainder of the composition being composed of deionized water (i.e., between about 0-10% of the composition by weight).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: NanoChem Solutions, IncInventors: GEORGE MURRAY, Daniel O'Brien, Keith Schmidt
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Patent number: 10523651Abstract: Techniques for domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises detecting an attempt by a personal user account to use the online service where the account is associated with an electronic mail address that belongs to an owner of a domain name service domain. Based on detecting the attempt, the online service prompts the particular personal user account to join a team of user accounts. Upon receiving an acceptance of the particular personal user account to join the team, the personal user account is offered an option between converting the personal user account to a team user account that is a member of the team or changing the electronic mail address associated with the personal user account to a different electronic mail address that is not owned.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Jung Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Patent number: 10348717Abstract: Techniques for invite enforcement. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: receiving an acceptance of an invitation to join a team of one or more team user accounts held with the online service; based on receiving the acceptance and based on determining that an owned domain name service domain of an owned electronic mail address is associated with the team, offering a personal user account an option between at least: (a) converting the personal user account to a team user account that is a member of the team, and (b) changing an electronic mail address associated with the personal user account from the owned electronic mail address to one that has a different domain name service domain than the owned domain name service domain associated with the team.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Jung Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Patent number: 10326751Abstract: Techniques for domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises detecting an attempt to create a personal user account with an online service that uses an electronic mail address that belongs to an owner of a particular domain name service domain. Based on the detecting, the online service prompts a user associated with the attempt to create a team account with the online service that is under management of the owner of the particular domain name service domain. Also based on the detecting the online service offers the user an option of creating a personal user account with the online service using an unowned electronic mail address.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Jung Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Patent number: 10303418Abstract: In one aspect, a content item presentation server sends, to a first client of the server, browser-executable instructions implementing a presentation application. The instructions are configured to present, at the first client, at least a portion of a content item in the presentation application with at least one user control of the presentation application for navigating the content item in a particular manner disabled. After sending the instructions, the server receives, from a second client of the server, a first command to navigate the content item in the particular manner. In response to receiving the first command, the server sends, to the first client, a second command to navigate the content item in the particular manner thereby causing the presentation application to automatically navigate, at the first client, the content item in the particular manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Alex Marshall, George O'Brien, Joe Kromer
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Publication number: 20190052618Abstract: Techniques for domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises detecting an attempt by a personal user account to use the online service where the account is associated with an electronic mail address that belongs to an owner of a domain name service domain. Based on detecting the attempt, the online service prompts the particular personal user account to join a team of user accounts. Upon receiving an acceptance of the particular personal user account to join the team, the personal user account is offered an option between converting the personal user account to a team user account that is a member of the team or changing the electronic mail address associated with the personal user account to a different electronic mail address that is not owned.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Ken Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Publication number: 20190028450Abstract: Techniques for domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises detecting an attempt to create a personal user account with an online service that uses an electronic mail address that belongs to an owner of a particular domain name service domain. Based on the detecting, the online service prompts a user associated with the attempt to create a team account with the online service that is under management of the owner of the particular domain name service domain. Also based on the detecting the online service offers the user an option of creating a personal user account with the online service using an unowned electronic mail address.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Ken Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Publication number: 20180351935Abstract: In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: receiving an acceptance of an invitation to join a team of one or more team user accounts held with the online service; based on receiving the acceptance and based on determining that an owned domain name service domain of an owned electronic mail address is associated with the team, offering a personal user account an option between at least: (a) converting the personal user account to a team user account that is a member of the team, and (b) changing an electronic mail address associated with the personal user account from the owned electronic mail address to one that has a different domain name service domain than the owned domain name service domain associated with the team.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Ken Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Patent number: 10079817Abstract: Techniques for invite enforcement and domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed in an online service computing environment comprises the operations of: storing, in a database, an association between a team of one or more user accounts and a domain name service domain; receiving a request to invite an e-mail address belonging to the domain name service domain to join the team; creating, in a database, a placeholder user account that is a member of the team; associating, in a database, the e-mail address with the placeholder user account; and after an invitation for the e-mail address to join the team is accepted, converting, in a database, the individual user account to a team account that is (a) a member of the team and (b) associated with the e-mail address.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Ken Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Publication number: 20170250969Abstract: Techniques for invite enforcement and domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed in an online service computing environment comprises the operations of: storing, in a database, an association between a team of one or more user accounts and a domain name service domain; receiving a request to invite an e-mail address belonging to the domain name service domain to join the team; creating, in a database, a placeholder user account that is a member of the team; associating, in a database, the e-mail address with the placeholder user account; and after an invitation for the e-mail address to join the team is accepted, converting, in a database, the individual user account to a team account that is (a) a member of the team and (b) associated with the e-mail address.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: George O'Brien, Emil Ibrishimov, Ken Park, David Stafford, Heinrich Koutcherouk
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Publication number: 20160283184Abstract: In one aspect, a content item presentation server sends, to a first client of the server, browser-executable instructions implementing a presentation application. The instructions are configured to present, at the first client, at least a portion of a content item in the presentation application with at least one user control of the presentation application for navigating the content item in a particular manner disabled. After sending the instructions, the server receives, from a second client of the server, a first command to navigate the content item in the particular manner. In response to receiving the first command, the server sends, to the first client, a second command to navigate the content item in the particular manner thereby causing the presentation application to automatically navigate, at the first client, the content item in the particular manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Alex Marshall, George O'Brien, Joe Kromer
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Patent number: 9407728Abstract: In one aspect, a content item presentation server sends, to a first client of the server, browser-executable instructions implementing a presentation application. The instructions are configured to present, at the first client, at least a portion of a content item in the presentation application with at least one user control of the presentation application for navigating the content item in a particular manner disabled. After sending the instructions, the server receives, from a second client of the server, a first command to navigate the content item in the particular manner. In response to receiving the first command, the server sends, to the first client, a second command to navigate the content item in the particular manner thereby causing the presentation application to automatically navigate, at the first client, the content item in the particular manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Alex Marshall, George O'Brien, Joe Kromer
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Publication number: 20150134722Abstract: In one aspect, a content item presentation server sends, to a first client of the server, browser-executable instructions implementing a presentation application. The instructions are configured to present, at the first client, at least a portion of a content item in the presentation application with at least one user control of the presentation application for navigating the content item in a particular manner disabled. After sending the instructions, the server receives, from a second client of the server, a first command to navigate the content item in the particular manner. In response to receiving the first command, the server sends, to the first client, a second command to navigate the content item in the particular manner thereby causing the presentation application to automatically navigate, at the first client, the content item in the particular manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Alex Marshall, George O'Brien, Joe Kromer
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Patent number: 9002728Abstract: A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine, and an analytics engine with data intelligence. The analytics engine compares information about similar goods or services sold by different entities, manufacturers or service providers to create product and service categories. A redemption engine is included.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Carpenter, Erik Klein, George O'Brien, Franck Chastagnol, Jitendra Vaidya, Jack Tihon
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Patent number: 8825525Abstract: A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine that provides offers or rewards. An analytics engine, with data intelligence, identifies receipt line items and ties the line items, including uniform price code (“UPC”), stock keeping unit (“SKU”) or product short name from different receipts to create a list of products and services not matched to advertisers. A redemption engine is in communication with a database that includes a reward budget. The redemption engine assists in controlling the redemption of rewards in view of the reward budget and in response to a communication from the analytics engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Carpenter, Erik Klein, George O'Brien, Franck Chastagnol, Jitendra Vaidya, Jack Tihon
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Patent number: 8818847Abstract: A campaign offers and rewards system includes a receipt intelligence engine with receipt processing that extracts information from a receipt, including information about items purchased based on a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. The system is configured to be coupled to a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Carpenter, Erik Klein, George O'Brien, Franck Chastagnol, Jitendra Vaidya, Jack Tihon
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Patent number: 8818848Abstract: A campaign offers and rewards system is provided. A receipt intelligence engine includes receipt processing that in operation extracts information about items purchased based on an image of a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. In response to processing and analysis, an offer is then sold.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Carpenter, Erik Klein, George O'Brien, Franck Chastagnol, Jitendra Vaidya, Jack Tihon
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Patent number: 8404337Abstract: Disclosed is a diffuse reflector comprising a consolidated nonwoven sheet having a thickness standard deviation of about 15 ?m or less and a photopic reflectance of at least about 94% over the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. Further disclosed is a diffuse reflective article and optical display utilizing such a diffuse reflector, a method for producing such a diffuse reflector, and a method of improving light reflectivity utilizing such a diffuse reflector.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: William George O'Brien
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Patent number: 7659329Abstract: A process for reducing fluorosurfactant content of a stabilized fluorosurfactant-containing aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion comprising passing said stabilized fluorosurfactant-containing aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion through a fixed bed of ion exchange resin beads comprising a polymer and functional groups to reduce fluorosurfactant content, the ion exchange resin beads being monodisperse.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Steven H. Swearingen, William George O'Brien, Charles Joseph Noelke
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Publication number: 20100014164Abstract: Disclosed is a diffuse reflector comprising a consolidated nonwoven sheet having a thickness standard deviation of about 15 ?m or less and a photopic reflectance of at least about 94% over the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. Further disclosed is a diffuse reflective article and optical display utilizing such a diffuse reflector, a method for producing such a diffuse reflector, and a method of improving light reflectivity utilizing such a diffuse reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: E.I. DuPont De Nemours and CompanyInventor: William George O'Brien