Patents by Inventor James Zimmerman

James Zimmerman 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: 11921058
    Abstract: A computer-tomography (CT) imaging system, comprising an imaging data acquisition system. The imaging data acquisition system includes a plurality of sets of a detector section, a storage section, and an aggregation section. The detector section includes a plurality of detector elements each being configured to convert radiation into electric signals. The aggregation section is configured to aggregate imaging data carried by the electronic signals from the detector section. The storage section is connected with an output of the detector section and an input of the aggregation section. The storage section comprises a predetermined number of non-volatile memories to store the imaging data from the corresponding detector elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Lawrence Begelman, Kevin Zimmerman, Thomas Labno, John Baumgart
  • Patent number: 11851987
    Abstract: An obstruction relief tool can include a plurality of walls that includes an inner wall, where the inner wall forms a cavity along a length of the inner wall. The obstruction relief tool can also include a chamber disposed between the plurality of walls, where the chamber has a proximal end and a distal end. The obstruction relief tool can further include an actuation device that is configured to actuate when an obstruction is within the cavity, where the actuation device, when actuated, is configured to open a first aperture in the inner wall that leads to the proximal end of the chamber, where the distal end of the chamber leads to a second aperture in the inner wall, where the first aperture is adjacent to the cavity above the obstruction, and where the second aperture in the inner wall is adjacent to the cavity below the obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Patrick James Zimmerman, Sr., Robert Sword Avent, Harold Gordon Riordan
  • Patent number: 11710375
    Abstract: A wireless device to provide mobile gamification services includes a transceiver configured to transmit data, an application to remotely connect via a network to a mobile website, to download a game from the mobile website to the wireless device, to execute the game locally on the wireless device, to execute the game via the mobile website, to redeem game rewards associated with wireless services, and to select the game rewards associated with the wireless services, a processor to control the transceiver and execute the application, a display to display the game and the game rewards, and a computer readable medium to store the application and user preferences associated with the game and with the wireless services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Tracefone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: James Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20230177175
    Abstract: A system configured to implement mobile number security protections includes a computer system configured to obtain one or more of time dependent data, encryption data, and device related data; the computer system is further configured to generate a system generated code based on one or more of the time dependent data, the encryption data, and the device related data; the computer system is further configured to receive a wireless device generated code generated by a wireless device; and the computer system is further configured to compare the wireless device generated code generated by the wireless device to the system generated code generated by the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: James Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20220309345
    Abstract: A system includes a computing platform having processing hardware, and a system memory storing software code and one or more machine learning (ML) model(s) trained using contrastive learning based on a similarity metric. The processing hardware is configured to execute the software code to receive input data including a plurality of content segments, map, using the ML model(s), each of the plurality of content segments to a respective embedding in a continuous vector space to provide a plurality of mapped embeddings, and perform one of a classification or a regression of the content segments using the plurality of mapped embeddings. The processing hardware is also configured to execute the software code to discover, based on the classification or the regression, at least one new label for characterizing the plurality of content segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Erika Varis Doggett, Audrey Coyote Aura Beard, Christopher Richard Schroers, Roberto Gerson de Albuquerque Azevedo, Scott Labrozzi, Yuanyi Xue, James Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11445234
    Abstract: A broadcast television support platform includes at least one processor implementing the broadcast television support platform, the broadcast television support platform being configured to provide support to a wireless device implementing a television receiver configured for receiving and displaying terrestrial television content. The broadcast television support platform also includes an input/output device, the input/output device configured to connect the broadcast television support platform over a wireless network to the wireless device implementing the television receiver to support reception and display of the terrestrial television content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricardo Ramon, Miguel Fernandez, Barry Buchowski
  • Publication number: 20220186586
    Abstract: An obstruction relief tool can include a plurality of walls that includes an inner wall, where the inner wall forms a cavity along a length of the inner wall. The obstruction relief tool can also include a chamber disposed between the plurality of walls, where the chamber has a proximal end and a distal end. The obstruction relief tool can further include an actuation device that is configured to actuate when an obstruction is within the cavity, where the actuation device, when actuated, is configured to open a first aperture in the inner wall that leads to the proximal end of the chamber, where the distal end of the chamber leads to a second aperture in the inner wall, where the first aperture is adjacent to the cavity above the obstruction, and where the second aperture in the inner wall is adjacent to the cavity below the obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick James Zimmerman, SR., Robert Sword Avent, Harold Gordon Riordan
  • Patent number: 11323801
    Abstract: A device configured to provide wireless service and power for a smart speaker includes at least one transceiver configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile broadband network and further configured to obtain internet access and the at least one transceiver further configured to wirelessly connect to the smart speaker and provide the internet access to the smart speaker. The device further includes a power supply configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the at least one transceiver. The power supply further configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the smart speaker. The device further includes a housing configured to house the at least one transceiver and the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricky Ramon, Elliot Garcia
  • Patent number: 11323856
    Abstract: A system for multiple network usage tracking, the system having a policy management platform having one or more processors able to receive and to calculate account usage data associated with an account profile, the policy management platform arranged externally from a network of at least one wireless carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Karen Levine, Mansi Srivastava, Carmen Pina, Sonia Guell, Miguel Fernandez, James Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11019222
    Abstract: A process for handling wireless service and wireless device transaction and information requests includes storing in a database wireless service information responses, wireless service transaction responses, wireless device information responses, and wireless device transaction responses. The process including receiving and analyzing a keyword, obtaining a response, based at least on the keyword, and transmitting the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricky Ramon, Stephen Ritter
  • Publication number: 20210104124
    Abstract: A wireless device to provide mobile gamification services includes a transceiver configured to transmit data, an application to remotely connect via a network to a mobile website, to download a game from the mobile website to the wireless device, to execute the game locally on the wireless device, to execute the game via the mobile website, to redeem game rewards associated with wireless services, and to select the game rewards associated with the wireless services, a processor to control the transceiver and execute the application, a display to display the game and the game rewards, and a computer readable medium to store the application and user preferences associated with the game and with the wireless services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: James Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20210105560
    Abstract: A device configured to provide wireless service and power for a smart speaker includes at least one transceiver configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile broadband network and further configured to obtain internet access and the at least one transceiver further configured to wirelessly connect to the smart speaker and provide the internet access to the smart speaker. The device further includes a power supply configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the at least one transceiver. The power supply further configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the smart speaker. The device further includes a housing configured to house the at least one transceiver and the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricky Ramon, Elliot Garcia
  • Patent number: 10911144
    Abstract: An LED light and communication system is in communication with a broadband over power line communications system. The LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver. The optical transceiver includes a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto, and a processor. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Pederson, Paul R. Brown, Timothy J. Vogt, James LeClaire, James Zimmerman, Brent Mikkelsen
  • Publication number: 20200389769
    Abstract: A system for multiple network usage tracking, the system having a policy management platform having one or more processors able to receive and to calculate account usage data associated with an account profile, the policy management platform arranged externally from a network of at least one wireless carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Karen Levine, Mansi Srivastava, Carmen Pina, Sonia Guell, Miguel Fernandez, James Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10854043
    Abstract: A wireless device to provide mobile gamification services includes a transceiver configured to transmit data, an application to remotely connect via a network to a mobile website, to download a game from the mobile website to the wireless device, to execute the game locally on the wireless device, to execute the game via the mobile website, to redeem game rewards associated with wireless services, and to select the game rewards associated with the wireless services, a processor to control the transceiver and execute the application, a display to display the game and the game rewards, and a computer readable medium to store the application and user preferences associated with the game and with the wireless services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: James Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10856074
    Abstract: A device configured to provide wireless service and power for a smart speaker includes at least one transceiver configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile broadband network and further configured to obtain internet access and the at least one transceiver further configured to wirelessly connect to the smart speaker and provide the internet access to the smart speaker. The device further includes a power supply configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the at least one transceiver. The power supply further configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the smart speaker. The device further includes a housing configured to house the at least one transceiver and the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricky Ramon, Elliot Garcia
  • Publication number: 20200344358
    Abstract: A wireless service provider system for authorizing wireless service on a wireless device, where the wireless device includes a processor configured to implement a virtual airtime card application, a camera configured to capture an image of an airtime card code, and the processor further configured to implement the virtual airtime card application to generate a virtual airtime card based on the image of the airtime card code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Wendy Harris, James Zimmerman, Edward Serpa, Maria Pena, Zhong Yang
  • Publication number: 20200296444
    Abstract: A broadcast television support platform includes at least one processor implementing the broadcast television support platform, the broadcast television support platform being configured to provide support to a wireless device implementing a television receiver configured for receiving and displaying terrestrial television content. The broadcast television support platform also includes an input/output device, the input/output device configured to connect the broadcast television support platform over a wireless network to the wireless device implementing the television receiver to support reception and display of the terrestrial television content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricardo Ramon, Miguel Fernandez, Barry Buchowski
  • Patent number: 10757548
    Abstract: A system for multiple network usage tracking, the system having a policy management platform having one or more processors able to receive and to calculate account usage data associated with an account profile, the policy management platform arranged externally from a network of at least one wireless carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Levine, Mansi Srivastava, Carmen Pina, Sonia Guell, Miguel Fernandez, James Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20200238321
    Abstract: The present invention includes an improved sprinkler design having a magnetic sensing system for determining the position of the riser nozzle, a waterproofed motor housing and related cables, configurable sprinkler body compartments, and a pilot valve with a check valve assembly, both of which are located within the sprinkler body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Leo James Lichte, James Zimmerman, Jeff McKenzie, James T. Wright, III, Peter Janku