Patents by Inventor Patrick R. Kelley

Patrick R. Kelley 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: 11737050
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and devices disclose a transducer system located in a room or in an area to provide an alert to one or more persons. The transducer system includes at least a receiver, a processor and a speaker. The receiver receives an alert message sent from an alarm system or from another transducer system. The processor is configured to determine, from a plurality of notification messages, a notification message based on the alert event indicated by the alert message. Each of the plurality of notification messages corresponds to a different alert event, and each of the plurality of notification messages includes information to vibrate a speaker according to a different pre-determined vibration pattern. The speaker is moveable to generate a vibration pattern according to the determined notification message to inform a person about the alert event, wherein the speaker generates the vibration pattern in a low-frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Patrick R. Kelley
  • Patent number: 11044695
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and devices disclose a transducer system located in a room or in an area to provide an alert to one or more persons. The transducer system includes at least a receiver, a processor and a speaker. The receiver receives an alert message sent from an alarm system or from another transducer system. The processor is configured to determine, from a plurality of notification messages, a notification message based on the alert event indicated by the alert message. Each of the plurality of notification messages corresponds to a different alert event, and each of the plurality of notification messages includes information to vibrate a speaker according to a different pre-determined vibration pattern. The speaker is moveable to generate a vibration pattern according to the determined notification message to inform a person about the alert event, wherein the speaker generates the vibration pattern in a low-frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Patrick R. Kelley
  • Patent number: 10878007
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for supplementing and/or replacing free-entered text with tags, which may be phrases and/or individual words. The tags are then associated with an individual, such as a customer, and the association is stored in a database. At least in part because of the association of the tag with a customer, the tags may be required to be pre-approved. Additionally, a representative that entered the text, and to whom the tags are at least initially displayed, may be given the option of deleting the tag and/or identifying replacement tag(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: David W. Roberts, Patrick R. Kelley
  • Patent number: 10073909
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for supplementing and/or replacing free-entered text with tags, which may be phrases and/or individual words. The tags are then associated with an individual, such as a customer, and the association is stored in a database. At least in part because of the association of the tag with a customer, the tags may be required to be pre-approved. Additionally, a representative that entered the text, and to whom the tags are at least initially displayed, may be given the option of deleting the tag and/or identifying replacement tag(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: David W. Roberts, Patrick R. Kelley
  • Patent number: 9723146
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for generating and ascribing credit to customer representatives for facilitating conversations between the customer and other customer representatives. A representative may store notes regarding an interaction with a customer. Subsequently, a different representative may utilize those notes to facilitate a future interaction with the customer, and accordingly and concurrently indicate that the notes were useful. As a result of this indication, a rating related to the original representative may be positively influenced. This information may also be used to measure the relationship between the company and the customer and/or as a measure of how some or all customer representatives are performing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: David W. Roberts, Patrick R. Kelley
  • Patent number: 9137367
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for generating and ascribing credit to customer representatives for facilitating conversations between the customer and other customer representatives. A representative may store notes regarding an interaction with a customer. Subsequently, a different representative may utilize those notes to facilitate a future interaction with the customer, and accordingly and concurrently indicate that the notes were useful. As a result of this indication, a rating related to the original representative may be positively influenced. This information may also be used to measure the relationship between the company and the customer and/or as a measure of how some or all customer representatives are performing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: David W. Roberts, Patrick R. Kelley