Patents by Inventor JOSEPH BODKIN

JOSEPH BODKIN 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: 10429445
    Abstract: A method and system for providing charging information to a user of wearable device by predicting when a health sensor is needed most during the course of the day and cross-referencing that information with a user's personal calendar in order to determine the optimal time to charge the wearable device. Battery life of the wearable device may be monitored. Information may be stored in memory regarding sensor data detected by one or more sensors and associated with a time. One or more time slots may be identified during which the sensor data was lacking. The identified time slots may be compared against a calendar of available time to identify matching time slots. A next matching time slot may be determined, and a notification may be displayed on a display screen of the wearable device to recommend that the user charge the wearable device at the determined next matching time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: John Cronin, Joseph Bodkin, Jonathan T. Goguen, Christopher Huffines
  • Publication number: 20190296403
    Abstract: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) may be used to measure the internal components of a battery or interfaces between connections inside a battery in order to determine a state of one or more subcomponents of the battery. In various embodiments, EIS testing of the battery may be conducted using various test waveforms, such as test waveforms with different voltages, currents, and/or frequencies, to identify and/or predict battery subcomponent and/or interface failures. In various embodiments, EIS testing of the battery may be used to determine when battery conditions are suitable for charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Arne BALLANTINE, John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN
  • Patent number: 10339521
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate performing multiple transactions at once using a vehicle based wallet are disclosed herein. The vehicle based wallet can link to a plurality of mobile wallets and perform singular transactions with ATMs and POS machines, the singular transactions being a group transaction associated with one or more of the mobile wallets. The vehicle based wallet can collect intended transactions between the ATMs and the POS machines and the mobile wallets, and then gather them together and perform a single group transaction made up of the individual transactions for multiple people that are within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Joseph Bodkin, John Edward Cronin
  • Publication number: 20180344219
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for measuring blood oxygen saturation via a multiwavelength pulse oximeter. The system comprises a multi-wavelength pulse oximeter with an LED array, a patient monitor connected to the multi-wavelength pulse oximeter, a medical data network for querying an at least one wavelength associated with a patient condition, an algorithm network for providing subscription based algorithms to process sensor data, and a user interface on the patient monitor for configuring a pulse oximeter's scanning mode, for querying the at least one wavelength associated with a patient condition, and for displaying a plethysmograph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN
  • Publication number: 20180268346
    Abstract: In a method for tracking workers in a park, work areas for the workers are defined, respectively, which include a first work area defined for a first worker. The defined work areas are transmitted to worker devices, respectively, which include a first worker device provided for the first worker. When it is determined that the location of the first worker device is outside of the first work area, the first user is prompted to input or select a report, and when the report is acquired by the first worker device, the report is wirelessly transmitted from the first worker device to the management server. An action in response to the transmitted report is determined, and assistance information corresponding to the determined action is wirelessly transmitted from the management server to one or more of the worker devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN, Masayuki IINO
  • Publication number: 20180249936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for comparing a first patient's pulse oximeter data with a second patient's pulse oximeter data. The system of the present invention comprises a pulse oximeter device and a remote server. The method of the present invention comprises acquiring a first patient's pulse oximeter data and inputting one or more markers for various segments of the first patient's acquired pulse oximeter data. A second patient's pulse oximeter data corresponding to a known condition may be displayed with the first patient's pulse oximeter data and the one or more markers to aid the medical personnel in diagnosing the first patient's condition. After diagnosis, the first patient's pulse oximeter may also be simplified to allow the first patient to understand the pulse oximeter data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN
  • Publication number: 20180247327
    Abstract: An exemplary system for distributing promotions in association with digital tickets may include a staff device with memory that stores information regarding at least one attraction and a reward associated with a promotion, and a communication interface that sends an offer to one or more communications devices regarding at least one of the promotions, as well as a server that receives information from a communication devices of one of the guests, analyzes the received information to determine whether the guest has met a condition of the promotion at the attraction within a predetermined time and whether a staff member of the staff device has met a condition of one or more staff promotions, and transmits a notification to the communication device when the reward is achieved and a notification to the staff device when a staff reward is achieved by the staff member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Jonathan T. GOGUEN, Joseph BODKIN, Yoshihiro OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20180247328
    Abstract: Embodiments for tracking real-world activities are described herein. An exemplary system for tracking real-world activities may include a database and a server in communication with guest communication devices. Such a database may stores digital tickets for each of the guests of a venue, as well as information regarding a plurality of real-world activities that are each defined based on one or more conditions and associated with a predetermined reward. The server may include a communication interface that receives information captured by an active communication device of one of the guests and a processor that executes instructions to analyze the captured information to detect one or more conditions associated with one of the real-world activities and to update the digital ticket associated with the active communication device regarding the predetermined reward. A notification may then be sent to the active communication device regarding the reward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Jonathan T. GOGUEN, Joseph BODKIN
  • Publication number: 20180247381
    Abstract: Food-line management is provided through a smart food line management system that includes a wait device, a kitchen terminal device, and a food network server. The wait device stores a unique identifier and includes a user interface for receiving a menu selection. The kitchen terminal device includes a user interface. The food network server includes a network communication interface that communicates with the wait device and the kitchen terminal device across the communication network. The food network server receives a user input menu selection and the unique identifier of the wait device, retrieves from a database a current wait time associated with the unique identifier and an estimated time to prepare the user-selected menu item and, upon determining that the current wait time is less than the estimated time to prepare the menu item, transmits an order for the menu item to the kitchen terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN
  • Publication number: 20180240203
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a virtual privacy tag includes requesting for service using a guest device. The service requested is stored in the guest device and transmitted to a server for processing. The server in receipt of the service request extracts a room number of a guest room associated with the service request. The server determines a room status based on the request for service. The extracted room number and the determined room status is transmitted to a display device. The display device displays the room status for the guest room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LT D.
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Jonathan T. GOGUEN, Joseph BODKIN, Kota MORISAKI
  • Publication number: 20180240161
    Abstract: A method for providing holistic wait times of theme park attractions is provided. The method includes acquiring location information of a visitor by identifying a location of a user device accompanying the visitor. Discrete wait times of attractions are received through a theme park network. The discrete wait times are adjusted based on the location information of the visitor to calculate holistic wait times of the attractions. Calculated holistic wait times are provided to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN, Kota MORISAKI
  • Publication number: 20180113172
    Abstract: A method and system for providing charging information to a user of wearable device by predicting when a health sensor is needed most during the course of the day and cross-referencing that information with a user's personal calendar in order to determine the optimal time to charge the wearable device. Battery life of the wearable device may be monitored. Information may be stored in memory regarding sensor data detected by one or more sensors and associated with a time. One or more time slots may be identified during which the sensor data was lacking. The identified time slots may be compared against a calendar of available time to identify matching time slots. A next matching time slot may be determined, and a notification may be displayed on a display screen of the wearable device to recommend that the user charge the wearable device at the determined next matching time slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: John CRONIN, Joseph BODKIN, Jonathan T. GOGUEN, Christopher HUFFINES
  • Publication number: 20180070840
    Abstract: A two-state wearable device may include a wearable band (e.g., a watch band) and a display module (e.g., a watch face). In a “detached” state, the wearable band and display module act as separate devices, and the display module can be charging its battery while the wearable band gathers sensor data (e.g., sleep tracking data) and provides a vibrating/audio alarm clock function. In an “attached” state, the wearable band and display module act together as a single device, meaning that the data collected by the wearable band during the “detached” state is sent to and stored at the display module, and that sleep settings input at a user interface of the display module impact the wearable band's alarm function. The display module may also use its newly-recharged battery to recharge the wearable band's battery so that it can be used the next night.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: JOHN CRONIN, JOSEPH BODKIN, GERARD DE HAAN, WILLEM VERKRUIJSSE
  • Publication number: 20180060449
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus (202, 204, 206) for enabling a user-defined search for information in a wearable device data database (220) that resides in a wearable device (202), a user device (204), or a network device (206). The user creates search terms at the time of entry corresponding to wearable device data and an associated context and search results based on the search terms are presented that are customized for the user according to the entered context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: JOHN CRONIN, JOSEPH BODKIN