Patents by Inventor Joel Richard Townsend

Joel Richard Townsend 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: 11952769
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular process plant structural system which includes numerous modules, all ISO-certified under ISO 1496 and capable of holding within the entire module at least one chemical (or non-chemical) production plant piece of equipment, capable of individually being shipped or transported. The modules can be stacked vertically, horizontally, or mixed (both vertical and horizontal arrangement). The modules are pre-fabricated offsite, built with the desired equipment within the module, pre-plumbed with piping, instrumentation, and electrical wiring, and then the multiple modules are shipped multimodally as ISO 1496 containers to the desired location and assembled to form a plant. Generally, two or more modules are connected together to form a complete plant. The plant can be of any type, e.g., chemical, mechanical/production, thermal, and the like, or of any size, e.g., production, small, micro, or pilot plant scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Modular Plant Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Russell Richard Hillenburg, David Wayne Townsend, Joel Durham Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20230291758
    Abstract: Detection and notification of malware at a user device may be performed by a validation server. The user device may hash elements associated with a document object model of a webpage and send generated hash values to the validation server. The validation server may validate the hash values. Based on detection of hash values corresponding to elements maliciously-injected by malware, the validation server may send one or more notifications to other servers that may communicate with the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Richard Townsend, John Raymond Omernik, William Anderson Hodges
  • Patent number: 11729192
    Abstract: Detection and notification of malware at a user device may be performed by a validation server. The user device may hash elements associated with a document object model of a webpage and send generated hash values to the validation server. The validation server may validate the hash values. Based on detection of hash values corresponding to elements maliciously-injected by malware, the validation server may send one or more notifications to other servers that may communicate with the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Richard Townsend, John Raymond Omernik, William Anderson Hodges
  • Publication number: 20230177513
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a payment device to detect real-time suspicious payment cards. Prior to a transaction, a payment device detects suspicious payment cards based on captured images of the payment card. An alert may be generated upon detection of any suspicious or fraudulent payment card. In some arrangements, institutions may share information regarding suspicious payment cards to prevent fraud. The payment device may utilize machine learning models or machine learning capabilities to detect suspicious payment cards. A characterization score may be generated and used to determine if a payment card is suspicious. The characterization scores may be updated based on different card issuer criteria and transaction use of each payment card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Richard Townsend, Peter Kurrasch
  • Publication number: 20230177514
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a payment device to detect real-time suspicious payment cards. Prior to a transaction, a payment device detects suspicious payment cards based on captured images and determined indicia of the payment card. An alert may be generated upon detection of any suspicious or fraudulent payment card. In some arrangements, the payment device may utilize machine learning models or machine learning capabilities to detect suspicious payment cards. A characterization score may be generated and used to determine if a payment card is suspicious. The characterization scores may be updated based on different card issuer criteria and transaction use of each payment card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Richard Townsend, Peter Kurrasch
  • Publication number: 20220303289
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to detection and notification of malware at a user device. The user device may hash elements associated with a document object model of a webpage and send generated hash values to a validation server. The validation server may validate the hash values. Based on detection of hash values corresponding to elements maliciously-injected by malware, the validation server may send one or more notifications to other servers that may communicate with the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Richard Townsend, John Raymond Omernik, William Anderson Hodges