Patents by Inventor Michelle Felt

Michelle Felt 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: 20150035645
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing mobile device security are disclosed. In some implementations, a request for access to a security mechanism is received at a user terminal. A short-range radio connection of the user terminal at a time of receiving the request for access is identified responsive to the request. A memory of the user terminal is accessed to determine whether the identified short-range radio connection corresponds to a user-identified secure radio connection. Upon determining that the radio connection corresponds to the user-identified secure radio connection, the user is granted access to the security mechanism without soliciting the user of the user terminal for a predetermined security input. Upon determining that the radio connection does not correspond to the user-identified secure radio connection, the user is solicited for the predetermined security input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
    Inventors: Venkateswara Rao GADDAM, Sankar SHANMUGAM, Michelle FELT, Ravi KOTYALA, Alexander PAPADOPOLO, Neil Thomas RAZZANO, John Edwin STRALEY, Arulvadivel VENUGOPAL
  • Patent number: 8949738
    Abstract: A drug calendar and reminder system is provided which allows for a user to be reminded when and how to take regularly scheduled drugs. The drug calendar and reminder system allows a user to input one or more drugs including their dosage instructions and schedule, and creates interactive reminders to facilitate the regular taking of these drugs. The drug calendar and reminder system can be further configured to receive content from content providers, such as drug interaction services, drug databases, doctors, and pharmacies such that a user can readily access information from these providers as needed. The drug calendar and reminder system can also be configured to compile the user's drug information, and can be configured to allow content providers access to this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20150019238
    Abstract: A device may receive information regarding a prescription for a patient from a device of a medical personnel member and generate prescription information using the information regarding the prescription. The device may transmit the prescription information to a device of a medication provider, and a user device of the patient. The device may transmit a notification indicating that the prescription information has been transmitted to the device of the medication provider and the user device. The notification may be transmitted to the device of the medical personnel member, the user device, and a device associated with an insurance company of the patient. The device may determine whether prescription fraud has been detected and may transmit another notification when the prescription fraud is detected. The other notification may indicate that the prescription fraud has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Michelle FELT
  • Publication number: 20140321650
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes receiving data representative of a content instance over a network from an access device associated with a first user, encrypting the content instance in response to a command initiated by the user by way of one or more graphical user interfaces, providing a key configured to facilitate decryption of the encrypted content instance, creating at least one access rule corresponding to the encrypted content instance, transmitting data representative of the encrypted content instance to a requesting access device associated with a requesting user, receiving, from the requesting access device, data representative of a request to access the key over the network, and performing a predefined action related to the key in response to the request and in accordance with the at least one access rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Donald H. Relyea, Brian F. Roberts, Michelle Felt
  • Patent number: 8875021
    Abstract: A device may receive information that identifies a first attribute and a second attribute associated with media files, and the first and second attributes may specify a manner in which the media files are to be represented on a user interface. The device may present, on the user interface and based on the first attribute and the second attribute, a representation of the media files on a grid. A first dimension of the grid may be associated with the first attribute, and a second dimension on the grid may be associated with the second attribute. The device may receive a selection of a portion of the grid corresponding to a set of media files, and may create a playlist, based on receiving the selection, that includes the set of media files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Verizon New Jersey Inc.
    Inventors: Woo Beum Lee, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140304405
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes at least one computing device maintaining data representative of a user profile associated with a first user of a first mobile device, detecting that the first mobile device and a second mobile device associated with a second user are located in a geographic vicinity, determining, in response to the detecting that the first mobile device and the second mobile are located in the geographic vicinity, that the second user matches at least one criterion defined within the user profile associated with the first user, and automatically storing, in response to the determining, contact information corresponding to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Brian F. Roberts, JR., Donald H. Relyea, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140279613
    Abstract: A device may receive a request, from a user, to determine whether an item is a counterfeit item. The device may perform, based on receiving the request, a comparison of at least one of: one or more images of one or more first portions of the item to one or more images of corresponding one or more first portions of the authentic item that corresponds to the item, or one or more sounds of one or more second portions of the item to one or more sounds of corresponding one or more second portions of the authentic item. The device may determine whether the item is a counterfeit item based on performing the comparison. The device may provide, to the user and based on determining whether the item is a counterfeit item, information indicating whether the item is a counterfeit item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC., VERIZON NEW JERSEY INC.
    Inventors: Woo Beum LEE, Michelle Felt, Jeffrey M. Walsh
  • Patent number: 8838077
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a mobile services access management system maintaining a mobile services access schedule associated with a mobile access device, the mobile services access schedule specifying one or more restricted access time periods during which access by the mobile access device to one or more mobile services requires entry of a predetermined access code, receiving a request to access at least one mobile service within the one or more mobile services during one of the one or more restricted access time periods, receiving entry of a predetermined access code in conjunction with the request, granting the mobile access device access to the at least one mobile service, and providing a notification of the access to a predetermined recipient. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Farida Saeed, Donald H. Relyea
  • Patent number: 8837855
    Abstract: A video image capture component includes a light source operable in a first spectrum, a first image detector operable in the first spectrum, a second light source operable in a second spectrum, and a second image detector operable in the second spectrum. A filtering component generates a combination image by filtering a first image obtained by the first image detector with a high-contrast filter, resulting in a high-contrast image, and masking a second image obtained by the second image detector using the high-contrast image. A compositing component creates a composite image from the combination image and a selected image. A display component displays the composite image. Alternative systems and methods for creating a combination image include techniques involving thermal imaging, laser detection, and narrow band frequency detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donald H. Relyea, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140244149
    Abstract: In an exemplary method, a mobile device provides mobile device attribute data to a traffic monitoring subsystem, receives traffic condition data generated by the traffic monitoring subsystem based at least in part on the mobile device attribute data, presents, by way of a user interface, the traffic condition data for consideration by a user of the mobile device, and provides an interface tool configured to be used by the user to report a traffic condition to the traffic monitoring subsystem. In certain embodiments, the mobile device receives, by way of the interface tool, user input indicating a user observance of the traffic condition and provides, in response to the receiving of the user input, a notification of the user observance of the traffic condition to the traffic monitoring subsystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donald H. Relyea, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140237043
    Abstract: A server device may receive one or more event instruction schedules. Each of the one or more event instruction schedules may identify one or more events and corresponding instructions. The server may receive location information identifying a location of a user device; identify a particular schedule of the one or more event instruction schedules based on the location; identify an occurrence of an event of the one or more events identified by the particular schedule; identify a particular corresponding instruction for the event; and direct the user device to execute the corresponding instruction based on the occurrence of the of the one or more events. The server device may cause the user device to execute the corresponding instruction to function as a component in a combined display or in a combined sound outputting system having multiple user devices in addition to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., VERIZON NEW JERSEY INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. WALSH, Woo Beum LEE, Michelle FELT
  • Patent number: 8799108
    Abstract: A shopping system may receive, from a user, a request to add information about an item to a watch list associated with the user; may receive, from the user, a price associated with the item; and may receive, from the user, a schedule associated with the item. The shopping system may identify a vendor offer associated with the item and associated with a particular vendor, where the vendor offer includes a price that is less than or equal to the received price, the identifying being based on the schedule associated with the item; and may provide a notification to the user, where the notification includes information about the identified vendor offer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Farida Saeed
  • Patent number: 8787579
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes receiving data representative of a content instance over a network from an access device associated with a user, storing the content instance, encrypting the content instance in response to a command initiated by the user, providing a key configured to facilitate decryption of the encrypted content instance, transmitting data representative of the encrypted content instance to a requesting access device, receiving data representative of a request to access the key from the requesting access device over the network, and performing a predefined action related to the key in response to the request and in accordance with at least one access rule, the at least one access rule based on at least one of a user profile and an access device profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Don Relyea, Brian Roberts, Michelle Felt
  • Patent number: 8762459
    Abstract: In an exemplary method, data representative of a user profile associated with a user is maintained, a social networking interaction between the user and at least one other user is facilitated, and the social networking interaction between the user and the at least one other user is controlled based on information contained within the user profile and in accordance with a selectable mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Roberts, Don Relyea, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140164970
    Abstract: A device receives medical data associated with a user of the device, and creates a body template based on the received medical data, where the body template includes layers that are representations of a human body associated with the user. The device also displays the body template to the user, where the user is capable of manipulating one or more layers of the body template in order to review the medical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140157424
    Abstract: A device is configured to determine that the device is to activate a privacy mode, obscure information displayed by a display of the device, detect a user interaction with a first portion of the display, the first portion being less than an entirety of the display, and reveal first information obscured by the first portion of the display, without revealing information obscured by a remaining portion of the display, the first portion and the remaining portion comprising the entirety of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC., VERIZON NEW JERSEY INC.
    Inventors: Woo Beum LEE, Michelle Felt, Jeffrey M. Walsh
  • Patent number: 8718928
    Abstract: In an exemplary method, mobile device attribute data is received from a plurality of mobile devices over a network. The mobile device attribute data includes location data representative of a plurality of geographic locations associated with the mobile devices. The method further includes selectively aggregating the mobile device attribute data and generating traffic condition data based at least in part on the mobile device attribute data. The traffic condition data is representative of at least one traffic condition. In certain embodiments, the mobile devices include mobile telephones and the network includes a mobile telephone network. In certain embodiments, the traffic condition data is real time data. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the traffic condition data is provided for access over the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Don Relyea, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140123022
    Abstract: A device may determine an application shortcut and a set of specified conditions, where the application shortcut is to be presented on a home screen of a user device when the set of specified conditions is satisfied. The device may determine a set of current conditions associated with the user device, and may present the application shortcut on the home screen of the user device based on the set of current conditions satisfying the set of specified conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC., VERIZON NEW JERSEY INC.
    Inventors: Woo Beum Lee, Michelle Felt
  • Publication number: 20140118168
    Abstract: A device may obtain information associated with a traffic light. The traffic light may control a flow of traffic associated with a first location. The device may obtain travel information associated with a mobile device and determine, based on the travel information, that the mobile device is located at a second location, that is different from the first location, and is traveling toward the first location. The device may determine a projected status of the traffic light based on the information associated with the traffic light and the travel information. The projected status of the traffic light indicating a status of the traffic light at a time the mobile device is projected to arrive at the first location. The device may transmit information identifying the projected status to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: Verizon New Jersey Inc., Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
    Inventors: Woo Beum LEE, Nader GHARACHORLOO, Michelle FELT
  • Publication number: 20140115465
    Abstract: A device may receive information that identifies a first attribute and a second attribute associated with media files, and the first and second attributes may specify a manner in which the media files are to be represented on a user interface. The device may present, on the user interface and based on the first attribute and the second attribute, a representation of the media files on a grid. A first dimension of the grid may be associated with the first attribute, and a second dimension on the grid may be associated with the second attribute. The device may receive a selection of a portion of the grid corresponding to a set of media files, and may create a playlist, based on receiving the selection, that includes the set of media files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc., Verizon New Jersey, Inc.
    Inventors: Woo Beum LEE, Michelle FELT