Patents by Inventor Kenneth Paul Stoltz

Kenneth Paul Stoltz 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: 10839413
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for supporting loyalty tiers. According to certain aspects, a custom number of loyalty tiers may be specified. Dynamic tier boundaries may be defined for each tier based upon a specified number of loyalty points, a percentile of total loyalty points, or a combination thereof. Periodic recomputing of tier boundary values can support dynamic loyalty tiers. According to certain other aspects, a user loyalty status may include a current tier and a pending tier. User loyalty points may be updated for a current loyalty activity. The updated user loyalty points may be compared with a point boundary for the pending tier and the user may be updated to the pending tier. Transacting the tier update with the server may be bypassed to reduce tier update latency. Also, immediate access at the client to features associated with the updated current tier may be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew David Walbran, Kenneth Paul Stoltz, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham
  • Publication number: 20190250601
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling the flight of an aircraft such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In example embodiments, the GUI includes a view of a physical environment from the perspective of the aircraft as well as various interactive elements through which a user can interact. The interactive elements presented in the GUI and the way in which user interaction with such elements is interpreted can depend on user selection from multiple available control modes. In some embodiments, user interaction with the GUI is interpreted based on a selected control mode and translated into behavioral objectives that are processed, along with other behavioral objectives, by a motion planner to maneuver the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Donahoe, Hayk Martirosyan, Kenneth Paul Stoltz, Jeffrey Robert DeCew, Mark Edward Rubin, Charles VanSchoonhoven Wood, Jack Louis Zhu, Kristen Marie Holtz, Abraham Galton Bachrach
  • Publication number: 20180181982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for supporting loyalty tiers. According to certain aspects, a custom number of loyalty tiers may be specified. Dynamic tier boundaries may be defined for each tier based upon a specified number of loyalty points, a percentile of total loyalty points, or a combination thereof. Periodic recomputing of tier boundary values can support dynamic loyalty tiers. According to certain other aspects, a user loyalty status may include a current tier and a pending tier. User loyalty points may be updated for a current loyalty activity. The updated user loyalty points may be compared with a point boundary for the pending tier and the user may be updated to the pending tier. Transacting the tier update with the server may be bypassed to reduce tier update latency. Also, immediate access at the client to features associated with the updated current tier may be supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew David Walbran, Kenneth Paul Stoltz, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham
  • Patent number: 9911133
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for supporting loyalty tiers. According to certain aspects, a custom number of loyalty tiers may be specified. Dynamic tier boundaries may be defined for each tier based upon a specified number of loyalty points, a percentile of total loyalty points, or a combination thereof. Periodic recomputing of tier boundary values can support dynamic loyalty tiers. According to certain other aspects, a user loyalty status may include a current tier and a pending tier. User loyalty points may be updated for a current loyalty activity. The updated user loyalty points may be compared with a point boundary for the pending tier and the user may be updated to the pending tier. Transacting the tier update with the server may be bypassed to reduce tier update latency. Also, immediate access at the client to features associated with the updated current tier may be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Andrew David Walbran, Kenneth Paul Stoltz, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham