Patents by Inventor John McGuire
John 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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Publication number: 20240016302Abstract: An air bed system including a plurality of peripheral devices and a pump unit configured to adjust a firmness of an air mattress, the pump unit including a pump. The system further includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the pump unit to wirelessly pair with at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The pump unit is configured to receive at least one control signal addressed to the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and transmit the at least one control signal to the addressed device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Aran Patrick Brosnan, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Patent number: 11857076Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Stacy Stusynski, John McGuire, Yi-ching Chen
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Publication number: 20230404825Abstract: A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Stacy Stusynski, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Patent number: 11763355Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for event-based communication and messaging that includes determining general event data associated with an event, determining user data associated with a user based on determining the event data associated with the event, determining pre-event data associated with the event, current event data associated with the event, or post-event data associated with the event based on the general event data associated with the event and the user data associated with the user, determining a current user location of the at least one user, generating at least one message based on the current user location, the at least one message including at least one of the following: pre-event data; current event data; post-event data; or any combination thereof; and communicating the at least one message to a user device of the user. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: John McGuire, Sameer Shiraz Poonja, Osman Alam, William Allan Gajda, Khaled Tlais, Teemu Mattila, Jake Jordan Butler, Ranjiva Prasad
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Patent number: 11744384Abstract: An air bed system including a plurality of peripheral devices and a pump unit configured to adjust a firmness of an air mattress, the pump unit including a pump. The system further includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the pump unit to wirelessly pair with at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The pump unit is configured to receive at least one control signal addressed to the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and transmit the at least one control signal to the addressed device.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Aran Patrick Brosnan, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Patent number: 11712384Abstract: A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignees: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Stacy Stusynski, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Publication number: 20230218088Abstract: An articulable sleep system has a first head section, a second head section, and a joined leg section that are each separable articulable. A head motor system includes a first and second head motors operably connected to the first and second head sections. A leg motor system includes first and second leg motors operably connected to the joined leg section. A first user controlling device is hard wired to each of the first head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor. A second user controlling device hard wired to each of the second head motor, the first leg motor, and the second leg motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Aran Patrick Brosnan, Jerry Boyer, Mark Sponsler, John McGuire, John Klesk
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Patent number: 11672074Abstract: A plasma confinement system includes an enclosure, one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within the enclosure in a plasma region, and one or more supports configured to support the one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within the enclosure. Each support of the one or more supports includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is coupled to an interior portion of the enclosure and the second end is coupled to a component disposed within the plasma region. Each support further includes electrical conducting material disposed between the first end and the second end. The electrical conducting material is configured to, when supplied with one or more electrical currents, generate a magnetic field having a magnetic field gradient that varies along the support from the first end to the second end.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Jonathon Robert Heinrich, Thomas John McGuire, Gabriel Ivan Font, Michael Lane Garrett
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Publication number: 20230118281Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Stacy Stusynski, John McGuire, Yi-ching Chen
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Publication number: 20230046862Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for event-based communication and messaging that includes determining general event data associated with an event, determining user data associated with a user based on determining the event data associated with the event, determining pre-event data associated with the event, current event data associated with the event, or post-event data associated with the event based on the general event data associated with the event and the user data associated with the user, determining a current user location of the at least one user, generating at least one message based on the current user location, the at least one message including at least one of the following: pre-event data; current event data; post-event data; or any combination thereof; and communicating the at least one message to a user device of the user. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: John McGuire, Sameer Shiraz Poonja, Osman Alam, William Allan Gajda, Khaled Tlais, Teemu Mattila, Jake Jordan Butler, Ranjiva Prasad
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Patent number: 11540642Abstract: Sleep systems include multiple foundation sections. For example, one sleep system includes a foundation with modular first, second, and third foundation sections. The modular first foundation section extends laterally along a first portion of a width of the foundation and extends longitudinally along a first portion of a length of the foundation. The modular second foundation section extends laterally along a second portion of the width of the foundation and extends longitudinally along the first portion of the length of the foundation. The modular third foundation section extends laterally across substantially the entire width of the foundation and extends longitudinally along a second portion of the length of the foundation.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Aran Patrick Brosnan, Jerry Boyer, Mark Sponsler, John McGuire, John Klesk
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Patent number: 11538075Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for event-based communication and messaging that includes determining general event data associated with an event, determining user data associated with a user based on determining the event data associated with the event, determining pre-event data associated with the event, current event data associated with the event, or post-event data associated with the event based on the general event data associated with the event and the user data associated with the user, determining a current user location of the at least one user, generating at least one message based on the current user location, the at least one message including at least one of the following: pre-event data; current event data; post-event data; or any combination thereof; and communicating the at least one message to a user device of the user. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: John McGuire, Sameer Shiraz Poonja, Osman Alam, William Allan Gajda, Khaled Tlais, Teemu Mattila, Jake Jordan Butler, Ranjiva Prasad
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Patent number: 11484128Abstract: In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Stacy Stusynski, John McGuire, Yi-ching Chen
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Publication number: 20210383330Abstract: A system for forecasting a chance of success of a user locating employment, assisting the user to become employed, or both, is disclosed. The system has at least one client device associated with a user, a network interface for receiving an input from the GUI, and sending an output to a server, wherein the output is associated with the at least one task. A machine learning module has a data repository, a monitoring module, a predictive analyzer module and a multivariate analyzing module that utilizes an output confidence metric from the data repository to perform predictive modeling to correlate outputs associated with the at least one task with confidence data to output a quantification of chance of success at finding the employment. A method for forecasting a chance of success of a user locating employment, assisting the user to become employed, or both is provided as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Robert W. Currie, Brian John McGuire, Suzanne Elizabeth Whalen, Robert Terrell Watterson
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Publication number: 20210383440Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for event-based communication and messaging that includes determining general event data associated with an event, determining user data associated with a user based on determining the event data associated with the event, determining pre-event data associated with the event, current event data associated with the event, or post-event data associated with the event based on the general event data associated with the event and the user data associated with the user, determining a current user location of the at least one user, generating at least one message based on the current user location, the at least one message including at least one of the following: pre-event data; current event data; post-event data; or any combination thereof; and communicating the at least one message to a user device of the user. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: John McGuire, Sameer Shiraz Poonja, Osman Alam, William Allan Gajda, Khaled Tlais, Teemu Mattila, Jake Jordan Butler, Ranjiva Kant Prasad
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Patent number: 11195164Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for enabling direct electronic payment transfers are disclosed. Identification information of a payer, based on a user selection at a mobile device, is received from a first application installed on the mobile device. A user identification of a payment amount is received via a second application installed on the mobile device. The second application is different from the first application. Biometric data of the user is captured at a biometrics reader of the mobile device, and then compared to authorized biometric data to authenticate the user. Upon successful authentication of the user, a request for the electronic payment transfer from the payer to the user for the payment amount is initiated from the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Paolo Bortolotto, Anna Libus, John McGuire
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Publication number: 20210346218Abstract: A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Stacy Stusynski, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Patent number: 11127053Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for event-based communication and messaging that includes determining general event data associated with an event, determining user data associated with a user based on determining the event data associated with the event, determining pre-event data associated with the event, current event data associated with the event, or post-event data associated with the event based on the general event data associated with the event and the user data associated with the user, determining a current user location of the at least one user, generating at least one message based on the current user location, the at least one message including at least one of the following: pre-event data; current event data; post-event data; or any combination thereof; and communicating the at least one message to a user device of the user. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: John McGuire, Sameer Shiraz Poonja, Osman Alam, William Allan Gajda, Khaled Tlais, Teemu Mattila, Jake Jordan Butler, Ranjiva Prasad
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Patent number: 11096849Abstract: A sleep system comprises at least one mattress including a first sleep area for a first occupant, the first sleep area including a first section for a portion of a body of the first occupant, and a second sleep area adjacent to the first sleep area for a second occupant, the second sleep area including a second section for a portion of a body of the second occupant, an articulation system for articulating the first section and the second section, a first user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the first section, and a second user controller configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to control articulation of the second section, wherein the first user controller is further configured to communicate with the articulation system in order to move the second section into a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Sleep Number CorporationInventors: Stacy Stusynski, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
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Patent number: 11049619Abstract: In one embodiment, a fusion reactor includes an enclosure, one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within an interior of the enclosure and co-axial with a center axis of the enclosure, one or more encapsulating magnetic coils co-axial with the center axis of the enclosure, the encapsulating magnetic coils having a larger diameter than the internal magnetic coils, one or more mirror magnetic coils co-axial with the center axis of the enclosure, and one or more magnetic reconnection coils co-axial with the center axis of the enclosure, wherein the one or more magnetic reconnection coils, when pulsed by a power source, are disposed to reconfigure one or more magnetic fields within the enclosure. The reconfiguration, or magnetic reconnection, of the one or more magnetic fields is disposed to increase energy in the magnetic fields, thereby facilitating the conditions operable to generate plasma, and further, when the magnetic fields are collapsed, releasing the energy into the plasma.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Thomas John McGuire