Patents by Inventor Michael George

Michael George 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: 11645705
    Abstract: A method and system for real-time qualification of rental customers allows a rental company to quickly qualify a customer making an online reservation of a rental vehicle, such as a car share rental, without requiring the customer to be a member or have a membership or to be pre-qualified. The system includes: a database operative to store account information associated with a customer for a rental transaction; an input component operative to receive from the customer an uploaded image of the customer's driver's license and an uploaded second image of the customer; and a processor operative with the database to use the uploaded driver's license image, the uploaded second image and information associated with the uploaded second image to qualify the customer for a rental transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edward J Shoen, Michael George Colman, Mariah Anne Reid, Arthur Scott Tonan, John Samuel Wathen
  • Publication number: 20230139461
    Abstract: A pipe coating material removal apparatus, comprising a support frame, a subframe, and one or more coating material removal members. The subframe is supported by the support frame and is configured to rotate relative to the support frame at least partially around a subframe rotation axis. The subframe rotation axis is configured to be substantially coaxial with a longitudinal axis of a pipe to which the apparatus may be applied in use. The, or each, coating material removal member is rotatably mounted to the subframe to remove part of an exterior coating of a pipe. The apparatus is configured such that the one or more coating material removal members enable the removal of pipe coating material at orientations substantially parallel to, and inclined with respect to, the longitudinal axis of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Geoffrey TALBOT, Michael GEORGE, Patrick MCKENNA
  • Patent number: 11638393
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame and a ground engaging tool assembly having a shank rotatably coupled to the frame and a ground engaging tool coupled to the shank. In addition, the agricultural implement includes a monitoring system having a sensor mounted to one of the frame or the ground engaging tool assembly and directed toward a target. The target is the other of the frame or the ground engaging tool assembly, and the sensor is configured to emit an output signal toward the target and to receive a return signal indicative of a measured position of the ground engaging tool assembly relative to the frame. The monitoring system also includes a controller configured to determine that the ground engaging tool assembly is in a deflected position in response to determining that a difference between the measured position and a working position is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Publication number: 20230132081
    Abstract: An electronic device with a primary functionality and a tracking functionality can be used in a centralized tracking system. A controller configures the electronic device to operate in one of a set of: an “on” mode, an “off” mode, a first standby mode, and a tracking standby mode. While configured to operate in the “on” mode, the primary and tracking functionality of the electronic device are enabled, and while configured to operate in the “off” mode, both are disabled. While configured to operate in the first standby mode, the tracking functionality is enabled and the primary functionality is limited. While configured to operate in the tracking standby mode, the primary functionality is disabled but the tracking functionality is enabled, enabling the electronic device to be located while the primary functionality is disabled and saving power relative to the first standby mode and the “on” mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Steven R. Klinkner, Josselin de la Broise, Michael George Farley
  • Patent number: 11637737
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of inputs comprising data corresponding to a plurality of network elements, confirming presence of a given network element of the plurality of network elements on at least one network, and adding the given network element to a network element database. The method also includes interfacing with one or more network integration services of a plurality of network integration services to receive data corresponding to the given network element. The network element database is automatically updated with the received data, and the interfacing is performed via a message bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Scott Corley, Christopher Manning, Michael George Roszkowski, Dean Moore, Hung Dinh
  • Patent number: 11632918
    Abstract: A ponding monitoring and detection system monitors, detects, and predicts ponding in an irrigated field in essentially real-time. The ponding monitoring and detection system also monitors and records locations of detected and predicted ponding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LINDSAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurtis Arlan Charling, Michael George Ricketts
  • Patent number: 11617294
    Abstract: An orientation control system for an agricultural implement includes a first sensor configured to be positioned at a left end portion of a frame. The first sensor is configured to emit a first output signal toward a soil surface and to receive a first return signal indicative of a first height of the left end portion. The orientation control system also includes a second sensor configured to be positioned at a right end portion of the frame. The second sensor is configured to emit a second output signal toward the soil surface and to receive a second return signal indicative of a second height of the right end portion. In addition, the orientation control system includes a controller configured to control first, second, and third actuators such that a difference between the first height and the second height is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Publication number: 20230095347
    Abstract: A tilling implement includes a frame having a front and a rear. The tilling implement also includes a first row of disc blades coupled to the frame adjacent the front. The tilling implement further includes a rolling seedbed floor conditioner coupled to the frame adjacent the rear and behind the first row of disc blades, wherein the rolling seedbed floor conditioner includes a plurality of blades, the plurality of blades are indexed to the first row of disc blades, and the rolling seedbed floor conditioner is configured to till the soil between disc blades of the first row of disc blades to smooth a seedbed floor below a soil surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Publication number: 20230095230
    Abstract: A separate relationship management interface for applications that utilize application data objects to implement various application features is used to track changes to relationships between application data objects. Requests that cause writes corresponding to relationships between application data objects and requests that cause reads of relationships between application data objects may be handled using an interface that interacts with a separate data store tracking the relationships between application data objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael George Landi, Matthew Roy Noble, Ryan D. Dawkins, Shaun Levin
  • Patent number: 11610192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting language dialects for a user to improve a user interface of an application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system receives a request to determine a default dialect for an application executing on a user device. The system acquires user information corresponding to a user of the user device. Based on the user information and using a clustering algorithm, the system assigns the user to a cluster associated with a dialect. The system provides the dialect to the user device for display in a user interface as part of a sliding scale of selectable dialects of the application such that the dialect is provided as the default dialect for text and other message communications in the application. The system learns from the user's choice of dialect to provide more accurate dialect predictions in the future for other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Aarti Ashok, Michael George McKenna, Girish Maheswarappa Halavarthi, Joelle Cheng, Sine Rix, Sung-Yan Lu, Gulrez Khan, Lucas Welti
  • Publication number: 20230081565
    Abstract: A tilling implement is provided. The tilling implement includes a row bar and a mounting bracket coupled to the row bar. The tilling implement also includes a pair of disc blades coupled to the mounting bracket via a tandem mount, wherein the pair of disc blades are axially offset from each other along a longitudinal axis of the tandem mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Patent number: 11602092
    Abstract: A frame control system for an agricultural implement includes a first sensor configured to be coupled to a sub-frame of the agricultural implement and directed toward a soil surface. The first sensor is configured to emit a first output signal toward the soil surface and to receive a first return signal indicative of a first height of the sub-frame above the soil surface. The frame control system also includes a first sub-frame actuator configured to be coupled to the sub-frame and to a main frame of the agricultural implement. The first sub-frame actuator is configured to control a first position of the sub-frame relative to the main frame along a vertical axis. In addition, the frame control system includes a controller configured to control the first sub-frame actuator such that a difference between the first height and a target height is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Publication number: 20230060948
    Abstract: Data can be sent from a sender to a receiver with reliability of transmission encoding data blocks into packets each having a packet header and a packet payload, a block size, a global packet sequence number that uniquely identifies the packet relative to other packets of the data, a block identifier of the data block, and an encoding identifier. The sender determines from feedback from the receiver whether packets are lost and sends repair packets as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michael George Luby, Lorenz Christoph Minder
  • Patent number: 11593431
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing a dynamic content delivery search system. In example embodiments, entry of a first keyword of a search string comprising a plurality of keywords is detected. The first keyword is identified after entry of the first keyword and prior to entry of a second keyword of the search string. A first set of matching results that match the identified first keyword is determined. Entry of the second keyword is detected and the second keyword identified. Using the second keyword, the first set of matching results is refined. The resulting search results are presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Ben Lucas Mitchell, Raymond Jeczen Pittman, David Louis Lippman
  • Publication number: 20230054949
    Abstract: A footpad for a self-balancing vehicle comprising a low durometer elastomeric material body for enhanced ride comfort and a support structure comprising at least one stiffer reinforcing member having at least a portion embedded in the elastomeric material body and in close proximity to the elastomeric material body edges for improved footpad response and fixation integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas John Vitale, Michael George Vitale
  • Patent number: 11578538
    Abstract: A cutting element has a cutting face at an opposite axial end from a base, a side surface extending from the base to the cutting face, an edge formed at the intersection between the cutting face and the side surface, and an elongated protrusion formed at the cutting face and extending between opposite sides of the edge, wherein the elongated protrusion has a geometry including a border extending around a concave surface and sloped surfaces extending between the border and the edge, and wherein the concave surface has a major axis dimension measured between opposite sides of the border and a minor axis dimension measured perpendicularly to the major axis dimension and ranging from 50 percent to 99 percent of the major axis dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manoj Mahajan, John Daniel Belnap, Xiaoge Gan, Yi Fang, Cheng Peng, Lynn Belnap, Youhe Zhang, Michael George Azar, Venkatesh Karuppiah, Anthony LeBaron, Xian Yao
  • Publication number: 20230042295
    Abstract: A device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line can include a tool having a primary knife and two secondary knives arranged on opposite sides of a bottom knife to disconnect a wishbone. A tertiary knife can be positionable adjacent to the two secondary knives on a side of the blades opposite to the side where the primary knife is positioned or positionable so as to define a cage for trapping the wishbone in the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ferdinand Allard De Vos, Michael George Lourentius Koopman, Marcel Verhagen, Pieter Willem Vonk, Jeroen Hermanus Wijtten
  • Publication number: 20230027146
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving program content and data describing program content from a content source, and automatically identifying, based on user preferences of a first user, one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. Product-related metadata associated with the program content is identified. The product-related metadata including data relating to the one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a first user in a first portion of the display device, and the product-related metadata is communicated to a second display device for presentation to a second user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content in the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device, the user commentary generated by the second user and associated with the program content or product-related metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Amanda Johnson, Ben Lucas Mitchell, Chahn Chung, Linda Young
  • Patent number: 11558993
    Abstract: A soil monitoring system for an agricultural tillage implement includes a sensor configured to be coupled to a frame of the agricultural tillage implement. The sensor is configured to be directed toward a region of a soil surface. In addition, the sensor is configured to emit an output signal toward the region of the soil surface and to receive a return signal indicative of a profile of the soil surface within the region. Furthermore, the soil monitoring system includes a controller configured to identify a rough soil profile in response to determining that at least one variation in the profile of the soil surface within the region is greater than a first threshold value, and/or in response to determining that a number of variations in the profile of the soil surface within the region is greater than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Kovach
  • Patent number: 11563843
    Abstract: An electronic device with a primary functionality and a tracking functionality can be used in a centralized tracking system. A controller configures the electronic device to operate in one of a set of: an “on” mode, an “off” mode, a first standby mode, and a tracking standby mode. While configured to operate in the “on” mode, the primary and tracking functionality of the electronic device are enabled, and while configured to operate in the “off” mode, both are disabled. While configured to operate in the first standby mode, the tracking functionality is enabled and the primary functionality is limited. While configured to operate in the tracking standby mode, the primary functionality is disabled but the tracking functionality is enabled, enabling the electronic device to be located while the primary functionality is disabled and saving power relative to the first standby mode and the “on” mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Klinkner, Josselin de la Broise, Michael George Farley