Patents by Inventor Michael A. Driscoll
Michael A. Driscoll 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: 20240087473Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure include a method and system for providing an interactive virtual reality simulation for virtual reality training. A headset, controllers, and/or one or more sensors communicate with a processor to display the interactive virtual reality simulation on a user display within the headset. The interactive virtual reality training for use in facilitating virtually reality simulations including a microscope simulation, a bacteria streaking simulation, and/or a visually inspecting containers simulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Crystal Mersh, Brian Duncan, Nicole Monachino, Rebecca Brewer, Robert Ferer, Vanessa Figueroa, Tyler DeWitt, Ken Wieber, Katayoun Meyer, Scott Driscoll, Michael Orndorff
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Publication number: 20230401616Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Dennis Michael Driscoll, Michael Charles Todasco
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Publication number: 20230289583Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting a neural network model on a hardware platform. An example method includes obtaining neural network model information comprising decision points associated with a neural network, with one or more first decision points being associated with a layout of the neural network. Platform information associated with a hardware platform for which the neural network model information is to be adapted is accessed. Constraints associated with adapting the neural network model information to the hardware platform are determined based on the platform information, with a first constraint being associated with a processing resource of the hardware platform and with a second constraint being associated with a performance metric. A candidate configuration for the neural network is generated via execution of a satisfiability solver based on the constraints, with the candidate configuration assigns values to the plurality of decision points.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventor: Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 11710162Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Dennis Michael Driscoll, Michael Charles Todasco
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Publication number: 20230097784Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for merchant item and service return processing using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a returns and customer service area at a merchant location for use in providing refunds, exchanges, or other services related to items sold by the merchant. The merchant location may include a wireless beacon at or nearby the area. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. Using the beacon, the merchant may be informed that a user has arrived at the area and pull up a receipt and/or transaction history for the user with the merchant. The merchant may also be informed about past returns by the user that may assist the merchant in preventing fraud. Moreover, the merchant may also view similar items to the item purchased by the user for use in exchanges, which may include item delivery and/or availability information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Mobeen Syed, Dennis Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 11610117Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting a neural network model on a hardware platform. An example method includes obtaining neural network model information comprising decision points associated with a neural network, with one or more first decision points being associated with a layout of the neural network. Platform information associated with a hardware platform for which the neural network model information is to be adapted is accessed. Constraints associated with adapting the neural network model information to the hardware platform are determined based on the platform information, with a first constraint being associated with a processing resource of the hardware platform and with a second constraint being associated with a performance metric. A candidate configuration for the neural network is generated via execution of a satisfiability solver based on the constraints, with the candidate configuration assigns values to the plurality of decision points.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Tesla, Inc.Inventor: Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 11412344Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for merchant item and service return processing using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a returns and customer service area at a merchant location for use in providing refunds, exchanges, or other services related to items sold by the merchant. The merchant location may include a wireless beacon at or nearby the area. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. Using the beacon, the merchant may be informed that a user has arrived at the area and pull up a receipt and/or transaction history for the user with the merchant. The merchant may also be informed about past returns by the user that may assist the merchant in preventing fraud. Moreover, the merchant may also view similar items to the item purchased by the user for use in exchanges, which may include item delivery and/or availability information.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Mobeen Syed, Dennis Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 10974733Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for vehicle use and performance restrictions based on detected users. A user may check-in to a vehicle so that the vehicle identifies the user, such as through providing identification to the vehicle using biometrics, logins, or other information. Using the identification, the vehicle may determine parameters and restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user. Parameters may include information about the user, such as age, health, or other statistic stored with the identification for the user, and may be utilized to determine restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user, such as a speed of the vehicle and passengers allowed in the vehicle. Restrictions may also be set for the user, including speeds of travel, routes of travel, and usage of media players in the vehicle. The usage of the vehicle may be monitored and enforced using the restrictions.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Dennis Michael Driscoll, Jeremy Leigh Cattone, Amit Reuven Menipaz
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Publication number: 20200380576Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Dennis Michael Driscoll, Michael Charles Todasco
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Patent number: 10760562Abstract: A cryopump includes a refrigerator with at least first and second stages. A radiation shield surrounds the second stage and is in thermal contact with the first stage. The radiation shield includes a drain hole to permit cryogenic fluid to traverse through the drain hole during regeneration. The cryopump also includes a primary pumping surface supporting adsorbent in thermal contact with the second stage. The second stage array assembly includes a primary condensing surface, protected surfaces having adsorbent, and non-primary condensing surfaces. A baffle is disposed over the drain hole. The baffle redirects gas from an annular space disposed between the radiation shield and the vacuum vessel that attempts to traverse through the drain hole to prevent the gas from condensing on a non-primary condensing surface. The baffle directs gas to condense on the primary condensing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Edwards Vacuum LLCInventors: Allen J. Bartlett, Michael A. Driscoll, Michael J. Eacobacci, Jr., William L. Johnson, Robert P. Sullivan, Sergei Syssoev, Mark A. Stira, John J. Casello
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Publication number: 20200210832Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting a neural network model on a hardware platform. An example method includes obtaining neural network model information comprising decision points associated with a neural network, with one or more first decision points being associated with a layout of the neural network. Platform information associated with a hardware platform for which the neural network model information is to be adapted is accessed. Constraints associated with adapting the neural network model information to the hardware platform are determined based on the platform information, with a first constraint being associated with a processing resource of the hardware platform and with a second constraint being associated with a performance metric. A candidate configuration for the neural network is generated via execution of a satisfiability solver based on the constraints, with the candidate configuration assigns values to the plurality of decision points.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 10650425Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Dennis Michael Driscoll, Michael Charles Todasco
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Publication number: 20190367047Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for vehicle use and performance restrictions based on detected users. A user may check-in to a vehicle so that the vehicle identifies the user, such as through providing identification to the vehicle using biometrics, logins, or other information. Using the identification, the vehicle may determine parameters and restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user. Parameters may include information about the user, such as age, health, or other statistic stored with the identification for the user, and may be utilized to determine restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user, such as a speed of the vehicle and passengers allowed in the vehicle. Restrictions may also be set for the user, including speeds of travel, routes of travel, and usage of media players in the vehicle. The usage of the vehicle may be monitored and enforced using the restrictions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Dennis Michael Driscoll, Jeremy Leigh Cattone, Amit Reuven Menipaz
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Publication number: 20190349707Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for merchant item and service return processing using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a returns and customer service area at a merchant location for use in providing refunds, exchanges, or other services related to items sold by the merchant. The merchant location may include a wireless beacon at or nearby the area. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. Using the beacon, the merchant may be informed that a user has arrived at the area and pull up a receipt and/or transaction history for the user with the merchant. The merchant may also be informed about past returns by the user that may assist the merchant in preventing fraud. Moreover, the merchant may also view similar items to the item purchased by the user for use in exchanges, which may include item delivery and/or availability information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Mobeen Syed, Dennis Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 10417258Abstract: Displaying a visual representation of table, including generating a visual representation of a table including a plurality of dimensions, displaying the visual representation of the table, where a first dimension value corresponding to one of the plurality of dimensions is collapsed when the table is initially generated, and a second dimension value corresponding to one of the plurality of dimensions is expanded such that sub-dimension values for the first dimension value are not visible, and sub-dimension values for the second dimension value are visible, detecting that a user has placed a first dimension value manipulator corresponding to said first dimension value into an expand mode, and in response to detecting the first dimension value manipulator is in an expand mode, expanding the first dimension value in the displayed visual representation of the table such that the sub-dimension values for the first dimension value are visible.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Exposit Labs, Inc.Inventors: Vadim Ogievetsky, Michael Driscoll, Young Min Kin, Elizabeth Allen, Katherine Chu, Ofir Oss, Adam Smith, Luca Candela
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Patent number: 10271161Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for merchant item and service return processing using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a returns and customer service area at a merchant location for use in providing refunds, exchanges, or other services related to items sold by the merchant. The merchant location may include a wireless beacon at or nearby the area. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. Using the beacon, the merchant may be informed that a user has arrived at the area and pull up a receipt and/or transaction history for the user with the merchant. The merchant may also be informed about past returns by the user that may assist the merchant in preventing fraud. Moreover, the merchant may also view similar items to the item purchased by the user for use in exchanges, which may include item delivery and/or availability information.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Mobeen Syed, Dennis Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 10179591Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for vehicle use and performance restrictions based on detected users. A user may check-in to a vehicle so that the vehicle identifies the user, such as through providing identification to the vehicle using biometrics, logins, or other information. Using the identification, the vehicle may determine parameters and restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user. Parameters may include information about the user, such as age, health, or other statistic stored with the identification for the user, and may be utilized to determine restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user, such as a speed of the vehicle and passengers allowed in the vehicle. Restrictions may also be set for the user, including speeds of travel, routes of travel, and usage of media players in the vehicle. The usage of the vehicle may be monitored and enforced using the restrictions.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Charles Todasco, Dennis Michael Driscoll, Jeremy Leigh Cattone, Amit Reuven Menipaz
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Patent number: 10171475Abstract: A method for applying policies to an email message includes receiving, by an inbound policy module in a protected network, message metadata of an email message. The method also includes determining, based on the message metadata, whether receiving the email message in the protected network is prohibited by at least one metadata policy. The method further includes blocking the email message from being forwarded to the protected network if receiving the email message in the protected network is prohibited by the metadata policy. In specific embodiments, the method includes requesting scan results data for the email message if receiving the email message in the protected network is not prohibited by one or more metadata policies. In further embodiments, the method includes receiving the scan results data and requesting the email message if receiving the email message in the protected network is not prohibited by one or more scan policies.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: McAfee, LLCInventors: Nicholas Liebmann, Peter Neal, Michael G. Bishop, Justin Cragin, Michael Driscoll
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Patent number: 10140645Abstract: Systems and methods for providing information to aid users make fuel purchasing decisions and facilitating fuel purchases at fuel providers. A user checks-in to a vehicle with a user account. The user is provided with recommended fuel provider locations based on information such as vehicle information, user account information, traffic information, user information, traffic information, fuel provider information, etc. User checks-in to a fuel provider location based on a connection to a device at the fuel provider location. A payment provider may receive a fuel purchase request authorizing a payment from the user account and processes the payment.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Dennis Michael Driscoll, Michael Charles Todasco
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Publication number: 20180240169Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Dennis Michael Driscoll, Michael Charles Todasco