Patents by Inventor Patrick W. MILLEGAN

Patrick W. MILLEGAN 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).

  • Methods and systems for conducting multi-user interactions on a device using biometric authentication
    Patent number: 11676118
    Abstract: There is provided a method for use by a mobile device. The method includes launching a software application requiring an identity verification of each of a plurality of users for performing a requested action, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, receiving a first biometric information of the first user and a second biometric information of the second user, sending the first biometric information of the first user and the second biometric information of the second user to a server, receiving notifications from the server as to whether the first and second biometric information corresponding to biometric information in first user and second user profiles, respectively, and performing the requested action, if the notifications indicate a match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David Feder, Patrick W. Millegan, Alif Khalfan
  • Methods and Systems for Conducting Multi-User Interactions on a Device Using Biometric Authentication
    Publication number: 20210035075
    Abstract: There is provided a method for use by a mobile device. The method includes launching a software application requiring an identity verification of each of a plurality of users for performing a requested action, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, receiving a first biometric information of the first user and a second biometric information of the second user, sending the first biometric information of the first user and the second biometric information of the second user to a server, receiving notifications from the server as to whether the first and second biometric information corresponding to biometric information in first user and second user profiles, respectively, and performing the requested action, if the notifications indicate a match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Feder, Patrick W. Millegan, Alif Khalfan
  • Methods and systems for conducting multi-user interactions on a device using biometric authentication
    Patent number: 10853773
    Abstract: There is provided a method for use by a mobile device. The method includes launching a software application requiring an identity verification of each of a plurality of users for performing a requested action, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, receiving a first biometric information of the first user and a second biometric information of the second user, sending the first biometric information of the first user and the second biometric information of the second user to a server, receiving notifications from the server as to whether the first and second biometric information corresponding to biometric information in first user and second user profiles, respectively, and performing the requested action, if the notifications indicate a match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: David Feder, Patrick W. Millegan, Alif Khalfan
  • Digital content selection mechanism based on individual allotments in group settings
    Patent number: 10518180
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed which provide an approach for selecting group-based digital content using a market system. An application receives a bid that indicates a selection for a user-configurable feature of a shared online activity and specifies an amount of currency that a corresponding participant is bidding for the selection. The application identifies a selection of the user-configurable feature having a highest total bid and initiates the shared online activity configured according to the user-configurable feature having the highest total bid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick W. Millegan, Lily Xudan Liu, Alif Salim Khalfan
  • Methods and Systems for Conducting Multi-User Interactions on a Device Using Biometric Authentication
    Publication number: 20170019401
    Abstract: There is provided a method for use by a mobile device. The method includes launching a software application requiring an identity verification of each of a plurality of users for performing a requested action, the plurality of users including a first user and a second user, receiving a first biometric information of the first user and a second biometric information of the second user, sending the first biometric information of the first user and the second biometric information of the second user to a server, receiving notifications from the server as to whether the first and second biometric information corresponding to biometric information in first user and second user profiles, respectively, and performing the requested action, if the notifications indicate a match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: David Feder, Patrick W. Millegan, Alif Khalfan
  • SELECTING DIGITAL CONTENT IN A GROUP WITH A MARKET SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150238876
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed which provide an approach for selecting group-based digital content using a market system. An application receives a bid that indicates a selection for a user-configurable feature of a shared online activity and specifies an amount of currency that a corresponding participant is bidding for the selection. The application identifies a selection of the user-configurable feature having a highest total bid and initiates the shared online activity configured according to the user-configurable feature having the highest total bid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick W. MILLEGAN, Lily Xudan LIU, Alif Salim KHALFAN