Patents by Inventor Matthew Britton

Matthew Britton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240037484
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a parcel position error based on a comparison of load data and configuration data are provided. Embodiments describe a number of methods of determining the parcel position error such as by determining a parcel path from the load data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Mallory FREEMAN, Timothy MAJOR, David WU, Lauren SKORB, Matthew BRITTON
  • Publication number: 20230385861
    Abstract: One or more embodiments perform dynamic market segmentation as described in further detail herein. Dynamic market segmentation may include machine learning. Dynamic market segmentation may leverage respondents' responses to survey questions, which may be organized into a progression of survey modules designed to improve market segmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jai Ghose, Daniel Ramirez, William Welles Cimarosa, Viral Parmar, Apoorva Srivastava, William Shawn Mansfield, Matthew Britton, Albert Avi Savar, Nicolas Gauchat, John Maxwell Kelly
  • Publication number: 20230379068
    Abstract: Various embodiments employ multiple readers and tags in fixed locations in different geographical areas and/or along different storage units. This allows for more granular or precise location sensing. Particular embodiments employ multiple environment tags in various geographical locations and within multiple storage units. Using this new infrastructure setup, some embodiments can perform new functionality by predicting whether a target asset is in a particular geographical location, predict whether the asset is within a particular storage unit based on the proportion of readers mapped to that shelf which are actually reading the tag on the asset, and/or can predict where an asset's exact location in the located storage unit is based on comparing indications of signal strength values between each reader and tag in the storage unit with other indications of signal strength values between each reader and the tag that is attached to the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, Matthew Britton, Lauren Skorb
  • Publication number: 20230364650
    Abstract: Read events capturing parcel information as a parcel is transported through a facility is received, and a configuration file mapping readers capturing the read events to workspace locations within the facility is accessed. Utilizing the read events and configuration file, one or more locations are determined for a parcel being transported through a facility. The locations may form a most likely path, or sequence of locations, through the facility. The determined locations may be utilized for generating one or more graphical user interface elements for tracking parcel and/or other operational aspects. For example, a graphical user interface may indicate errors, such as errors in the parcel's path and slowdowns, detected from the read events. Additionally, volume of parcels over time may be determined from the read events. Further, a graphical user interface may indicate employee performance based on errors and/or read events attributed to the employee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mallory FREEMAN, Timothy MAJOR, David WU, Lauren SKORB, Matthew BRITTON
  • Patent number: 11816751
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a parcel position error based on a comparison of load data and configuration data are provided. Embodiments describe a number of methods of determining the parcel position error such as by determining a parcel path from the load data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, David Wu, Lauren Skorb, Matthew Britton
  • Patent number: 11752522
    Abstract: Read events capturing parcel information as a parcel is transported through a facility is received, and a configuration file mapping readers capturing the read events to workspace locations within the facility is accessed. Utilizing the read events and configuration file, one or more locations are determined for a parcel being transported through a facility. The locations may form a most likely path, or sequence of locations, through the facility. The determined locations may be utilized for generating one or more graphical user interface elements for tracking parcel and/or other operational aspects. For example, a graphical user interface may indicate errors, such as errors in the parcel's path and slowdowns, detected from the read events. Additionally, volume of parcels over time may be determined from the read events. Further, a graphical user interface may indicate employee performance based on errors and/or read events attributed to the employee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, David Wu, Lauren Skorb, Matthew Britton
  • Patent number: 11742964
    Abstract: Various embodiments employ multiple readers and tags in fixed locations in different geographical areas and/or along different storage units. This allows for more granular or precise location sensing. Particular embodiments employ multiple environment tags in various geographical locations and within multiple storage units. Using this new infrastructure setup, some embodiments can perform new functionality by predicting whether a target asset is in a particular geographical location, predict whether the asset is within a particular storage unit based on the proportion of readers mapped to that shelf which are actually reading the tag on the asset, and/or can predict where an asset's exact location in the located storage unit is based on comparing indications of signal strength values between each reader and tag in the storage unit with other indications of signal strength values between each reader and the tag that is attached to the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: United Parcel Services of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, Matthew Britton, Lauren Skorb
  • Publication number: 20230153406
    Abstract: Aspects and elements of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for determining whether a user of an application is a bot, the sequences of computer-executable instructions including instructions that instruct at least one processor to assign the user to a user classification of a plurality of user classifications for the application, provide, responsive to assigning the user to the user classification, one or more challenges of a plurality of challenges to the user over multiple instances of the user using the application, each challenge of the plurality of challenges being configured to determine whether the user is a bot, and each challenge being associated with at least one user classification of the plurality of user classifications, and change the user classification based on the user's response to the one or more challenges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: William Shawn Mansfield, Jared Scott Marks, Brock Carrington Prescott, Amanda Hoffman, Zachary Krepps, Nicolas Gauchat, Albert Avi Savar, Matthew Britton
  • Publication number: 20220309604
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a parcel position error based on a comparison of load data and configuration data are provided. Embodiments describe a number of methods of determining the parcel position error such as by determining a parcel path from the load data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: MALLORY FREEMAN, Timothy Major, David Wu, Lauren Skorb, Matthew Britton
  • Publication number: 20220277326
    Abstract: Techniques for improving performance and quality in a market research platform include: obtaining first usage data of a first set of survey respondents to a first market research survey, the first market research survey being associated with a first tenant of a multi-tenant market research survey platform and conforming to a market research survey template provided by the platform; obtaining second usage data of a second set of survey respondents to a second market research survey, the second market research survey being associated with a second tenant of the platform and conforming to the market research survey template; generating a template-specific quality filter associated with the market research survey template, based at least on the first usage data and the second usage data; and based at least on the template-specific quality filter and third usage data of a particular survey respondent, identifying the particular survey respondent as a low-quality respondent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas Gauchat, Bryan Gregg Silverman, William Shawn Mansfield, Matthew Britton, Avi Savar, Chee Seng Sim, Kirby Beth Horwitz, Brit Carthy Hudgins, Dennis Yip, McKenzie Ann Lawton, Alyssa Bender, Erika Tierney Bailey
  • Publication number: 20220207473
    Abstract: Various embodiments employ multiple readers and tags in fixed locations in different geographical areas and/or along different storage units. This allows for more granular or precise location sensing. Particular embodiments employ multiple environment tags in various geographical locations and within multiple storage units. Using this new infrastructure setup, some embodiments can perform new functionality by predicting whether a target asset is in a particular geographical location, predict whether the asset is within a particular storage unit based on the proportion of readers mapped to that shelf which are actually reading the tag on the asset, and/or can predict where an asset's exact location in the located storage unit is based on comparing indications of signal strength values between each reader and tag in the storage unit with other indications of signal strength values between each reader and the tag that is attached to the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, Matthew Britton, Lauren Skorb
  • Patent number: 11354765
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a parcel position error based on a comparison of load data and configuration data are provided. Embodiments describe a number of methods of determining the parcel position error such as by determining a parcel path from the load data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, David Wu, Lauren Skorb, Matthew Britton
  • Publication number: 20220138885
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a parcel position error based on a comparison of load data and configuration data are provided. Embodiments describe a number of methods of determining the parcel position error such as by determining a parcel path from the load data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, David Wu, Lauren Skorb, Matthew Britton
  • Publication number: 20220126326
    Abstract: Read events capturing parcel information as a parcel is transported through a facility is received, and a configuration file mapping readers capturing the read events to workspace locations within the facility is accessed. Utilizing the read events and configuration file, one or more locations are determined for a parcel being transported through a facility. The locations may form a most likely path, or sequence of locations, through the facility. The determined locations may be utilized for generating one or more graphical user interface elements for tracking parcel and/or other operational aspects. For example, a graphical user interface may indicate errors, such as errors in the parcel's path and slowdowns, detected from the read events. Additionally, volume of parcels over time may be determined from the read events. Further, a graphical user interface may indicate employee performance based on errors and/or read events attributed to the employee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mallory Freeman, Timothy Major, David Wu, Lauren Skorb, Matthew Britton
  • Publication number: 20220067761
    Abstract: Techniques for generating and presenting a market research survey interface are disclosed. The techniques include: generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a market research survey, the GUI including a grid of visual tiles; detecting a user selection of a visual tile; and in response to the user selection of the visual tile, presenting a market research survey question from multiple market research survey questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chee Seng Sim, Nicolas Gauchat, William Shawn Mansfield, Zachary Krepps, Jonathan Brad Gulick, Mary Katherine Kagaoan, Avi Savar, Matthew Britton
  • Publication number: 20130160781
    Abstract: A device that provides methods to capture and visually enhance smoke from aroma-therapy incense and oils, candles, smokers' sidestream smoke and smoke from other similar articles, and methods to inhale captured sidestream smoke. A transparent to partially transparent canopy enclosure, elevated directly above the smoking articles, captures and maintains the aforementioned smoke in its natural state that has emitted from aforementioned smoking articles. Lights of varying colors and quantities, attached to the device, are programmed for various strobe-light intervals. Smoke inhalation tubes of varying quantities, shapes and lengths are incorporated to the device enabling the optional inhalation of sidestream smoke. The spent ashes are collected in the device's base or ashtray dependent upon the embodiment. Further there are methods for affixing and positioning the smoking articles within, and directly under the canopy enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Matthew Britton Payne