Patents by Inventor James Patrick McGUIRE
James Patrick McGUIRE 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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Patent number: 11514539Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method, which includes receiving a dispute information pertaining to a billing dispute by a processor, from a device associated with a customer. The method includes computing, by the processor, a score based on the dispute information, for determining validity of the billing dispute. The billing dispute is categorized based on the score computed for the dispute information. One or more actions are subsequently presented to one or more parties associated with the dispute information for resolving the billing dispute. The processor is also configured to prioritize the one or more actions based on the score computed. The present disclosure also provides a system capable of implementing the aforesaid method for prioritizing and resolving the billing disputes in an automated manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Flowcast, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth So, James Patrick McGuire, Kathryn Rungrueng
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Patent number: 11244388Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing performance and risk in financing supply chain are disclosed. The method includes accessing a behavioral data of an entity. The behavioral data comprises at least one of a primary data and a secondary data. The primary data is associated with one or more assets of the entity and comprises historical transaction data of the entity with financial institutions. The secondary data is sourced from an external system and comprises at least a credit information and a business transaction information of the entity. The method also includes generating a unified model for the entity based on the behavioral data of the entity. The method includes predicting a plurality of risk metrics based on the unified model using one or more machine learning models, and determining a credit rating of the entity based on the plurality of risk metrics and a confidence measure.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Flowcast, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth So, James Patrick McGuire, Eitan Anzenberg
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Publication number: 20200279182Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems for generating a plain-text explanation for a prediction score associated with a record. An explanation generation system is configured to receive the record from a user. A prediction score is calculated using an ML model and a plurality of feature variables that are contributing to the prediction score are determined by the system. The plurality of feature variables are rank-ordered by the system based on their corresponding contribution to the prediction score. Further, correlated features are determined from among the plurality of feature variables and are grouped into one or more groups of correlated feature variables. At least one feature variable from each of the one or more groups is selected to determine a list of feature variables. The list of feature variables is passed to a sentence creation module that generates a plain-text explanation. The generated plain-text explanation is displayed to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Kenneth SO, Kathryn RUNGRUENG, James Patrick McGUIRE, Alex KELLER
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Publication number: 20190392538Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method, which includes receiving a dispute information pertaining to a billing dispute by a processor, from a device associated with a customer. The method includes computing, by the processor, a score based on the dispute information, for determining validity of the billing dispute. The billing dispute is categorized based on the score computed for the dispute information. One or more actions are subsequently presented to one or more parties associated with the dispute information for resolving the billing dispute. The processor is also configured to prioritize the one or more actions based on the score computed. The present disclosure also provides a system capable of implementing the aforesaid method for prioritizing and resolving the billing disputes in an automated manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Kenneth SO, James Patrick McGUIRE, Kathryn RUNGRUENG
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Patent number: 10194986Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical assemblies having thin, low profile shapes. These optical assemblies may be used with fiber coupled lasers and other light sources, including high power sources, to irradiate tissue at a wavelength suitable for inducing ablation or coagulation to a target depth, denaturation, thermal modification of a tissue, and/or preferential injury to a target tissue structure. Example optical assemblies can produce substantially uniform illumination patterns that are useful for treating superficial tissue, including the internal or luminal (e.g., esophageal) tissue. Some examples may have capability for cooling superficial tissue or skin, such as a detachable, reusable heat sink for active cooling without consumables, fluid pumps, or other cooling equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Gradiant Research, LLCInventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180357714Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing performance and risk in financing supply chain are disclosed. The method includes accessing a behavioral data of an entity. The behavioral data comprises at least one of a primary data and a secondary data. The primary data is associated with one or more assets of the entity and comprises historical transaction data of the entity with financial institutions. The secondary data is sourced from an external system and comprises at least a credit information and a business transaction information of the entity. The method also includes generating a unified model for the entity based on the behavioral data of the entity. The method includes predicting a plurality of risk metrics based on the unified model using one or more machine learning models, and determining a credit rating of the entity based on the plurality of risk metrics and a confidence measure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Kenneth SO, James Patrick McGUIRE, Eitan ANZENBERG
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Publication number: 20170304003Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical assemblies having thin, low profile shapes. These optical assemblies may be used with fiber coupled lasers and other light sources, including high power sources, to irradiate tissue at a wavelength suitable for inducing ablation or coagulation to a target depth, denaturation, thermal modification of a tissue, and/or preferential injury to a target tissue structure. Example optical assemblies can produce substantially uniform illumination patterns that are useful for treating superficial tissue, including the internal or luminal (e.g., esophageal) tissue. Some examples may have capability for cooling superficial tissue or skin, such as a detachable, reusable heat sink for active cooling without consumables, fluid pumps, or other cooling equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, JR.
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Patent number: 9554856Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical assemblies having thin, low profile shapes. These optical assemblies may be used with fiber coupled lasers and other light sources, including high power sources, to irradiate tissue at a wavelength suitable for inducing ablation or coagulation to a target depth, denaturation, thermal modification of a tissue, and/or preferential injury to a target tissue structure. Example optical assemblies can produce substantially uniform illumination patterns that are useful for treating superficial tissue, including the internal or luminal (e.g., esophageal) tissue. Some examples may have capability for cooling superficial tissue or skin, such as a detachable, reusable heat sink for active cooling without consumables, fluid pumps, or other cooling equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: GRADIANT RESEARCH, LLCInventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, Jr.
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Patent number: 9367648Abstract: An optical design system generates a design state overview of a design of an optical system, the design state overview summarizing a current state and a target state of the design by describing a plurality of specifications for the optical system, the specification descriptions including target ranges for the specifications based on the target state of the design and further including current values for the specifications based on the current state of the design. The optical design system displays the design state overview. The optical design system updates the design state overview in response to the optical design system changing the current design for the optical system.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.Inventors: Bryan D. Stone, Joseph D. Wilson, John Rice Rogers, Jeffrey Mathew Hoffman, James Patrick McGuire, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140278263Abstract: An optical design system generates a design state overview of a design of an optical system, the design state overview summarizing a current state and a target state of the design by describing a plurality of specifications for the optical system, the specification descriptions including target ranges for the specifications based on the target state of the design and further including current values for the specifications based on the current state of the design. The optical design system displays the design state overview. The optical design system updates the design state overview in response to the optical design system changing the current design for the optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Synopsys, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Stone, Joseph D. Wilson, John Rice Rogers, Jeffrey Mathew Hoffman, James Patrick McGuire, JR.
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Patent number: 8685010Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for the treatment of soft tissue. The apparatus includes a light source and at least two optical assemblies. Each of the optical assemblies includes at least one optical element and a light-transmitting contact surface configured to transmit a substantially uniform distribution of light therethrough. The apparatus further includes at least two optical transmission devices each disposed between the light source and a corresponding one of the at least two optical assemblies. The apparatus also includes a handpiece to which the at least two optical assemblies are attached, and which is adapted to bring the light-transmitting contact surfaces of the at least two optical assemblies in contact with soft tissue disposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Gradiant Research, LLCInventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130345687Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical assemblies having thin, low profile shapes. These optical assemblies may be used with fiber coupled lasers and other light sources, including high power sources, to irradiate tissue at a wavelength suitable for inducing ablation or coagulation to a target depth, denaturation, thermal modification of a tissue, and/or preferential injury to a target tissue structure. Example optical assemblies can produce substantially uniform illumination patterns that are useful for treating superficial tissue, including the internal or luminal (e.g., esophageal) tissue. Some examples may have capability for cooling superficial tissue or skin, such as a detachable, reusable heat sink for active cooling without consumables, fluid pumps, or other cooling equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Gradiant Research, LLCInventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, JR.
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Publication number: 20120257167Abstract: Various embodiments relate to ophthalmoscopic devices, systems and methods for viewing the anterior chamber, trabecular meshwork, iris root, scleral spur, and/or related nearby structures in the eye. In some embodiments, devices, systems and/or methods may employ a plurality of gonioscopic optical elements that form a virtual image that can be imaged by a microscope directly in front of a patient (e.g., without tilting the patient's head). Various embodiments described herein may be useful for ophthalmologic diagnoses, treatments, monitoring and/or surgical procedures. Some embodiments include a gonioscopic attachment configured to attach to a conventional gonioscope and redirect light emitted by the gonioscope. Various embodiments described herein can be incorporated into disposable, single-use gonioscopes. Some embodiments include a gonioscopic optical element that is movable with respect to another gonioscopic optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Glaukos CorporationInventors: Henrick K. Gille, Ali Nikkhah, Leslie Dale Foo, James Patrick McGuire, JR.
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Patent number: 8070290Abstract: Various embodiments relate to opthalmoscopic devices, systems and methods for viewing the anterior chamber, trabecular meshwork, iris root, scleral spur, and/or related nearby structures in the eye. In some embodiments, devices, systems and/or methods may employ a plurality of gonioscopic optical elements that form a virtual image that can be imaged by a microscope directly in front of a patient (e.g., without tilting the patient's head). Various embodiments described herein may be useful for ophthalmologic diagnoses, treatments, monitoring and/or surgical procedures. Some embodiments include a gonioscopic attachment configured to attach to a conventional gonioscope and redirect light emitted by the gonioscope. Various embodiments described herein can be incorporated into disposable, single-use gonioscopes.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Glaukos CorporationInventors: Henrick K. Gille, Leslie Dale Foo, James Patrick McGuire, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110190749Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical assemblies having thin, low profile shapes. These optical assemblies may be used with fiber coupled lasers and other light sources, including high power sources, to irradiate tissue at a wavelength suitable for inducing ablation or coagulation to a target depth, denaturation, thermal modification of a tissue, and/or preferential injury to a target tissue structure. Example optical assemblies can produce substantially uniform illumination patterns that are useful for treating superficial tissue, including the internal or luminal (e.g., esophageal) tissue. Some examples may have capability for cooling superficial tissue or skin, such as a detachable, reusable heat sink for active cooling without consumables, fluid pumps, or other cooling equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, JR.
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Publication number: 20100265461Abstract: Various embodiments relate to opthalmoscopic devices, systems and methods for viewing the anterior chamber, trabecular meshwork, iris root, scleral spur, and/or related nearby structures in the eye. In some embodiments, devices, systems and/or methods may employ a plurality of gonioscopic optical elements that form a virtual image that can be imaged by a microscope directly in front of a patient (e.g., without tilting the patient's head). Various embodiments described herein may be useful for opthalmologic diagnoses, treatments, monitoring and/or surgical procedures. Some embodiments include a gonioscopic attachment configured to attach to a conventional gonioscope and redirect light emitted by the gonioscope. Various embodiments described herein can be incorporated into disposable, single-use gonioscopes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Glaukos CorporationInventors: Henrick K. Gille, Leslie Dale Foo, James Patrick McGuire, JR.
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Publication number: 20100160904Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for the treatment of soft tissue. The apparatus includes a light source and at least two optical assemblies. Each of the optical assemblies includes at least one optical element and a light-transmitting contact surface configured to transmit a substantially uniform distribution of light therethrough. The apparatus further includes at least two optical transmission devices each disposed between the light source and a corresponding one of the at least two optical assemblies. The apparatus also includes a handpiece to which the at least two optical assemblies are attached, and which is adapted to bring the light-transmitting contact surfaces of the at least two optical assemblies in contact with soft tissue disposed therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Gradiant Research, LLCInventors: Kathleen McMillan, Anurag Gupta, James Patrick McGuire, JR.