Patents by Inventor Jacob Johnston

Jacob Johnston 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: 11334907
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to improve utilization of fine print for a document. An example method includes receiving information identifying a location and a domain associated with the document, and identifying, based on the received location and domain, a set of fine print clause data structures relevant to the location and the domain. The method further includes transmitting an indication of the set of identified fine print clause data structures to the developer device, and receiving an indication of a selection of a subset of the set of fine print data structures. Finally, the method includes causing generation of a visual representation of the document that displays fine print clauses corresponding to the subset, wherein the location of the fine print clauses in the visual representation is based on a categorization of the fine print clause data structures corresponding to the fine print clauses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: David Beeman, Neil Crist, Jon Hackbarth, Jacob Johnston, Timothy P. Galeckas, Amit Koren, Francisco Jose Larrain, Tanya Koshy, Karan Kaushik, Ricardo Andres Zilleruelo Ramos, Matias Esteban Arenas, Kavita Kochar, Stephen Wooten
  • Patent number: 10867318
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to improve utilization of fine print for a document. An example method includes receiving information identifying a location and a domain associated with the document, and identifying, based on the received location and domain, a set of fine print clause data structures relevant to the location and the domain. The method further includes transmitting an indication of the set of identified fine print clause data structures to the developer device, and receiving an indication of a selection of a subset of the set of fine print data structures. Finally, the method includes causing generation of a visual representation of the document that displays fine print clauses corresponding to the subset, wherein the location of the fine print clauses in the visual representation is based on a categorization of the fine print clause data structures corresponding to the fine print clauses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: David Beeman, Neil Crist, Jon Hackbarth, Jacob Johnston, Timothy P. Galeckas, Amit Koren, Francisco Jose Larrain, Tanya Koshy, Karan Kaushik, Ricardo Andres Zilleruelo Ramos, Matias Esteban Arenas, Kavita Kochar, Stephen Wooten
  • Patent number: 9179231
    Abstract: An exemplary sound processor (104) included in an auditory prosthesis system includes 1) a clock facility (406) configured to detect an elapsing of a predetermined amount of time and 2) a fitting facility (408) communicatively coupled to the clock facility and configured to automatically perform, in response to the elapsing of the predetermined amount of time, one or more fitting operations with respect to the auditory prosthesis system. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa
  • Patent number: 8959455
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a privacy management system 1) presenting, within a GUI, a patient list that initially includes a plurality of entries each comprising a plurality of obscured characters representative of patient information associated with a distinct patient included within a plurality of patients, 2) receiving user input representative of a search term comprising a sequence of one or more characters selected to identify a particular patient included within the plurality of patients, and 3) dynamically updating the patient list presented within the GUI in response to the user input by unobscuring a sequence of one or more obscured characters included in each entry of the patient list and that matches the sequence of one or more characters included in the search term and removing each entry included in the plurality of entries that does not include the search term from the patient list presented within the GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa
  • Patent number: 8923979
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes at least one computing device communicatively coupled to a cochlear implant system and that 1) determines one or more control parameters to be used by the cochlear implant system to apply electrical stimulation to a patient, 2) determines, based on the one or more control parameters, a target stimulation level to be used by the cochlear implant system to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient, and 3) displays a pre-stimulation visual cue indicative of the determined target stimulation level in a graphical user interface prior to the cochlear implant system using the one or more control parameters to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle
  • Patent number: 8918182
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a fitting subsystem detecting a communicative coupling of a cochlear implant associated with a patient to a sound processor connected to the fitting subsystem and automatically determining, in response to the communicative coupling, an implant side associated with the cochlear implant in accordance with one or more implant side selection factors. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Fernando Chapa, Guillermo A. Calle, Tracey L. Kruger, Jacob Johnston
  • Patent number: 8768479
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes at least one computing device that 1) detects a user input command for a sound processor included in a cochlear implant system to perform one or more cochlear implant fitting operations, wherein the sound processor is communicatively coupled to the at least one computing device by way of a communication path, 2) directs, in response to the user input command, the sound processor to perform the one or more cochlear implant fitting operations, and 3) transmits, in response to the user input command, a signal to the sound processor by way of the communication path, the signal configured to direct the sound processor to display a visual cue prior to or simultaneously with the performance of the one or more cochlear implant fitting operations. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Kevin Hood, Fernando Chapa, Guillermo A. Calle, Jacob Johnston
  • Patent number: 8700168
    Abstract: An exemplary method of providing a pre-stimulation visual cue representative of a cochlear implant stimulation level includes a fitting subsystem 1) determining one or more control parameters to be used by a cochlear implant system to apply electrical stimulation to a patient, 2) determining, based on the one or more control parameters, a target stimulation level to be used by the cochlear implant system to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient, and 3) displaying a pre-stimulation visual cue indicative of the determined target stimulation level in a graphical user interface prior to the cochlear implant system using the one or more control parameters to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle
  • Patent number: 8694112
    Abstract: An exemplary method of fitting a bilateral cochlear implant patient using a single sound processor includes a fitting subsystem using a first sound processor associated with a first cochlear implant to selectively fit the first cochlear implant and a second cochlear implant to a cochlear implant patient, automatically segregating fitting data generated during the fitting of the first cochlear implant from fitting data generated during the fitting of the second cochlear implant, and transmitting the fitting data generated during the fitting of the second cochlear implant to a second sound processor associated with the second cochlear implant after the fitting of the second cochlear implant to the cochlear implant patient is completed. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Fernando Chapa, Guillermo A. Calle, Jacob Johnston
  • Publication number: 20140086439
    Abstract: An exemplary sound processor (104) included in an auditory prosthesis system includes 1) a clock facility (406) configured to detect an elapsing of a predetermined amount of time and 2) a fitting facility (408) communicatively coupled to the clock facility and configured to automatically perform, in response to the elapsing of the predetermined amount of time, one or more fitting operations with respect to the auditory prosthesis system. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa
  • Patent number: 8588922
    Abstract: An exemplary method of fitting a bilateral cochlear implant patient includes a fitting subsystem directing a first cochlear implant associated with a right ear of a bilateral cochlear implant patient to present a first set of one or more stimulation pulses to the patient and a second cochlear implant associated with a left ear of the patient to present a second set of one or more stimulation pulses to the patient, presenting a first audible cue during the presentation of each stimulation pulse included in the first set of one or more stimulation pulses, and presenting a second audible cue having one or more different acoustic properties than the first audible cue during the presentation of each stimulation pulse included in the second set of one or more stimulation pulses. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventor: Jacob Johnston
  • Patent number: 8583247
    Abstract: An exemplary method of fitting a cochlear implant patient includes a fitting station detecting a user input associated with a sound processor of a cochlear implant system, wherein the sound processor is communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant fitting station by way of a communication path, and transmitting a signal to the sound processor by way of the communication path in response to the detecting of the user input, the signal configured to direct the sound processor to display a visual cue. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Kevin Hood, Fernando Chapa, Guillermo A. Calle, Jacob Johnston
  • Patent number: 8583245
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a fitting subsystem maintaining a plurality of patient data instances associated with a fitting of a cochlear implant system to a patient, displaying one or more of the patient data instances within one or more main views of a graphical user interface used to fit the cochlear implant system to the patient, receiving data representative of a request by a user to archive a patient data instance included in the plurality of patient data instances, and archiving, in response to the request, the patient data instance by preventing the patient data instance from being displayed within the one or more main views of the graphical user interface. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Fernando Chapa, Guillermo A. Calle
  • Patent number: 8332766
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes displaying a graphical user interface configured to include a patient list displayed therein, receiving user input representative of a search term comprising one or more characters selected to identify a particular patient included within a plurality of patients, dynamically updating the patient list in response to the received user input to only include a plurality of entries that contain the search term, each of the entries comprising patient information associated with a distinct one of the patients, and preventing one or more non-search term characters contained within each of the entries of the patient list from being displayed within the graphical user interface. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa
  • Publication number: 20120053656
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a fitting subsystem detecting a communicative coupling of a cochlear implant associated with a patient to a sound processor connected to the fitting subsystem and automatically determining, in response to the communicative coupling, an implant side associated with the cochlear implant in accordance with one or more implant side selection factors. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Advanced Bionics AG, c/o Froriep Renggli
    Inventors: Fernando Chapa, Guillermo A. Calle, Tracey L. Kruger, Jacob Johnston
  • Publication number: 20110078595
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes displaying a graphical user interface configured to include a patient list displayed therein, receiving user input representative of a search term comprising one or more characters selected to identify a particular patient included within a plurality of patients, dynamically updating the patient list in response to the received user input to only include a plurality of entries that contain the search term, each of the entries comprising patient information associated with a distinct one of the patients, and preventing one or more non-search term characters contained within each of the entries of the patient list from being displayed within the graphical user interface. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Advanced Bionics, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa