Patents by Inventor Paul Aaron

Paul Aaron 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: 20200082324
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology includes a system, method, and computer program product provided for changing the timing of selection of optometric frame inventory sufficient enough to enable virtual inventory that can be fulfilled in time to match the traditional optometric experience of trying on glasses frames in the optometric practice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Craig Dean Hanson, Paul Aaron DeVoe
  • Publication number: 20200082419
    Abstract: The presently disclosed technology provides a system, method, and computer program product for retailers to give product options to shopping consumers on a social media platform that consumers can use to make selections based on feedback from their social network. The network is an informal feedback loop that gives the consumer insight in their purchase decision before their purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Craig Dean Hanson, Paul Aaron DeVoe
  • Publication number: 20200004006
    Abstract: An optical system such as an imaging system, projecting system or combined imaging and projecting system, has complex dielectric coatings and/or reflecting polarizers to separate multiple spectral bands and/or polarizations on one or more of the system's curved mirrors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew A. Sinclair, Paul Aaron Bohn, Juha-Pekka Laine, Francis J. Rogomentich
  • Publication number: 20200005097
    Abstract: A potentially small, gimballed, multi-sensor system employs a shared aperture for at least some of the image sensors. Applications include intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR), and guiding autonomous vehicles. The system can actively blend images from multiple spectral bands for clarity and interpretability, provide remote identification of objects and material, provide anomaly detection, control lasers and opto-mechanics for image quality, and use shared aperture using folded optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew A. Sinclair, Adam Kelsey, Paul Aaron Bohn, Stephanie L. Golmon, Francis J. Rogomentich, Juha-Pekka Laine, Buddy A. Clemmer, David A. Landis
  • Patent number: 10430797
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for providing a digital receipt to a consumer upon tender of payment to a merchant through the use of a proxy payment card in a financial transaction. The proxy payment card can be associated with multiple financial accounts (e.g., accounts associated with credit cards, debit cards, or gift cards). The digital receipt is automatically received at a personal computing device of the consumer in response to the financial transaction being charged to a financial account associated with the proxy payment card. The digital receipt includes information indicative of the financial transaction. The digital receipt can also include one or more interactive components that allow the consumer to interact with the transaction (and/or merchant) subsequent to transmission of the receipt, such as adding a tip, providing feedback, redeeming a promotion reward, tracking loyalty reward points, or reviewing transaction records of past and present transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Borovsky, Paul Aaron
  • Patent number: 10417635
    Abstract: Various embodiments are related to apparatuses and methods for authorizing a purchase transaction using a mobile device. A consumer can pay for a purchase from a seller using a payment object such as a credit card or automated teller machine (ATM) card. The credit card or ATM card can be swiped through a card reader that is part of the seller's sales system, and the sales system can transmit the purchase transaction to a financial system for approval. The consumer can use a mobile device such as a smartphone, instead of the seller's keypad or signature pad, to electronically capture a signature or personal identification number (PIN) as part of the consumer's authorization of the purchase transaction. The consumer can further use the mobile device to review line items of the purchase transaction or to add a tip amount to the total amount of the purchase transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Aaron
  • Publication number: 20190266596
    Abstract: This invention is an insurance product that works for individual users like a credit-based payment card. Users pay with their account, which is processed via traditional systems including swiping a card via payment terminal, card payment networks, and acquiring banks, to utilize their insurance benefits. The insurance company incorporates data from the payment card transaction along with information supplied by the provider (eg Dentists) via the insurance website, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems, as well as directly from the user's web and mobile apps, to adjudicate claims. In this model, claims are processed to determine the procedure and corresponding benefit price according to the user's insurance plan. The invention also enables providers to lookup users to check benefits and submit claims for reimbursement against those users. The provider is paid through their merchant acquirer as they would for any credit card transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Paul AARON, Etan ZAPINSKY
  • Patent number: 10296910
    Abstract: A technique for providing a pay-by-name payment experience is disclosed. A point-of-sale (POS) system at a store receives information identifying an account with a central server from a payment card using a short-range wireless technology. In response to that, it obtains information regarding the account, including a person's name associated with the account, using the received information. It also accepts a name from a specific consumer in the vicinity. At this point, it determines whether the name accepted from the specific consumer and the name associated with the account are identical. If it determines that the two names are identical, it checks-in the consumer to the store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Templeton, Nathan Spindel, Paul Aaron, Jesse L. Dorogusker
  • Patent number: 10034119
    Abstract: Communication methods and systems wirelessly communicate onboard messages between communication devices onboard the same vehicle. The communication devices can wirelessly communicate with other communication devices onboard other vehicles in a vehicle system for remote control of the vehicles. Receipt of the onboard messages at the communication devices is determined, and operative states of the communication devices are determined based at least in part on the receipt of the onboard messages at the communication devices. Determining these operative states in this manner can allow for an operator to identify communication faults with the communication devices prior to departing the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Kellner, Robert James Foy, Robert Carmen Palanti, Brian William Schroeck, Paul Aaron Connolly
  • Patent number: 10016779
    Abstract: A method for delivering a High Internal Phase Emulsion to a substrate. The method includes providing a rotating roll, The rotating roll has a central longitudinal axis, wherein the rotating roll rotates about the central longitudinal axis, an exterior surface defining an interior region and substantially surrounding the central longitudinal axis, and a vascular network configured for transporting the one or more fluids in a predetermined path from the interior region to the exterior surface of the rotating roll. The method further includes providing a High Internal Phase Emulsion to the rotating roll vascular network. The method further includes contacting a substrate with the rotating roll and contacting the substrate with the High Internal Phase Emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin Benson McNeil, Thomas Timothy Byrne, Michael Scott Prodoehl, Gustav Andre Mellin, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr., Paul Aaron Grosse, Gregory Alan Lengerich
  • Publication number: 20180150807
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for collecting item-level transaction information for interactive payment experience. According to one embodiment, a merchant server can maintain a database including the information of financial accounts having a particular classification. The classification indicates that these financial accounts are associated with a payment service system. When the merchant server determines a requested financial transaction involves a financial account classified in the database, the merchant server transmits the item-level transaction information to the payment service system. The payment service system receives the item-level transaction information in real-time or near real-time and generates an interactive digital transaction receipt for a consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Aaron, Zachary Brock
  • Publication number: 20180130033
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating a secure transaction between a first mobile computing device associated with a driver and a second mobile computing device associated with a passenger are discussed herein. The techniques may include registering an association between a first application executing on the first mobile computing device and a second application executing on the second mobile computing device. The second application may display information indicating an amount of fare for a ride offered by the driver to the passenger. Upon receiving input from the passenger to authorize processing of a payment transaction, the second application may send a request to process the payment transaction using card information. In some examples, the payment transaction is authorized without providing the first application with access to card information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Aaron, Shawn Morel
  • Patent number: 9922321
    Abstract: Various embodiments are related to apparatuses and methods for paying for a financial transaction using a proxy object. The proxy object can be associated with multiple payment accounts, for example accounts associated with credit cards and debit cards. A consumer can present the object to a payee to make a payment, and the payee can use a device to obtain information from the object. For example, when the proxy object is a proxy card similar to a credit card, the payee can use a card reader to read information from the magnetic stripe of the proxy card. The information can be transmitted to a financial system, and the financial system can communicate with a computer system that can select a payment account associated with the proxy card to use for the payment. The financial system can process the payment using the selected payment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Aaron, William Henderson
  • Publication number: 20180042672
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ablation catheter systems and electrode assemblies, including electrode baskets, for use in the ablation catheter systems for ablating tissue. The electrode baskets include a plurality of struts having a plurality of electrodes asymmetrically arranged on the plurality of struts such that upon simultaneous energizing of the plurality of electrodes during any single application of the ablation procedure, lesions are created on only one half of less of the circumference of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jennifer Marie Heisel, Paul Aaron Belk
  • Patent number: 9836739
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for changing a financial account after initiating a payment using a proxy object, such as a proxy card, are disclosed. The proxy card is associated with multiple financial accounts, such as accounts associated with credit cards, debit cards, and pre-paid gift cards. A consumer presents the proxy card to a merchant to make a payment, and the merchant swipes the proxy card and processes the payment by sending transaction information to a financial system. A computer system associated with the financial system selects a payment account associated with the proxy card to use for the payment, and an authorization for the transaction is obtained. Later, the consumer is given a limited time within which he may change the financial account used for the payment, such as by using his mobile device to select a different account associated with the proxy card to use to obtain funds for the payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Borovsky, Paul Aaron
  • Patent number: 9824504
    Abstract: A payment transaction between a passenger and a driver may be processed using a mobile device of the passenger and a mobile device of the driver. For example, the mobile device of the passenger and the mobile device of the driver may be associated for processing the payment transaction. Fare data for a ride that is offered by the driver may be received from the mobile device that is associated with the driver and payment data for the passenger may be received from the mobile device that is associated with the passenger. A payment processing server may cause the payment transaction to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Aaron, Shawn Morel, Xuancong Wen, Louie Mantia, Daniel Scrivner, Robert Andersen, Jack Dorsey, Christopher Clark
  • Patent number: 9785920
    Abstract: A method for a transaction with a taxi includes establishing secure communication between a first computing device in a driver section of a vehicle and a second computing device in a passenger section of a vehicle, receiving in the second computing device a card number from a card reader coupled to the second computing device before receiving a signal from a meter indicating an end of a trip for the passenger, after receiving the card number submitting the transaction for authorization from at least one of the first device or the second device, after receiving a signal from the meter indicating the end of the trip for the passenger, displaying an amount of a fare for the trip on a display, and receiving an indication that the transaction is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Aaron, Shawn Morel
  • Publication number: 20170258746
    Abstract: A composition comprising from about 1 weight part to about 10 weight parts a saturated carboxylic acid having from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms; from about 0.1 weight parts to about 10 weight parts an antifungal compound; and from about 80 weight parts to about 99 weight parts skin-penetrating gel; wherein the saturated carboxylic acid, the antifungal compound, and the skin-penetrating gel together comprise 100 weight parts. In a particular example of the composition, the saturated carboxylic acid having from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms is acetic acid; and the antifungal compound is thymol. A method of treating onychomycosis in a patient, comprising applying the composition. The method provides a safe, effective treatment of onychomycosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Aaron Kinsinger
  • Patent number: 9652751
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for collecting item-level transaction information for interactive payment experience. According to one embodiment, a merchant server can maintain a database including the information of financial accounts having a particular classification. The classification indicates that these financial accounts are associated with a payment service system. When the merchant server determines a requested financial transaction involves a financial account classified in the database, the merchant server transmits the item-level transaction information to the payment service system. The payment service system receives the item-level transaction information in real-time or near real-time and generates an interactive digital transaction receipt for a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Aaron, Zachary Brock
  • Publication number: 20170119593
    Abstract: An absorbent structure comprising a heterogeneous mass comprising one or more enrobeable elements and one or more discrete open cell foam pieces wherein at least one of the discrete open cell foam pieces comprises a first vacuole and a second vacuole wherein the first vacuole has a first cross sectional area, wherein the second vacuole has a second cross sectional area, wherein the first vacuole enrobes a first enrobeable element, wherein the second vacuole enrobes a second enrobeable element, wherein the first enrobeable element and the second enrobeable element exhibit different surface properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Wade Monroe Hubbard, JR., Paul Aaron Grosse, Gerard A. Viens