Patents by Inventor Phillip E. Marks

Phillip E. Marks 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: 12332714
    Abstract: An energy usage computing system includes one or more processors that are configured to receive data corresponding to energy usage of a plurality of devices within a property from a plurality of sensors. The energy usage computing system is also configured to analyze the data to determine an amount of energy used for at least one device of the plurality of devices, project an estimated cost of operation for the at least one device based at least in part on the determined amount of energy used for the at least one device, compare the estimated cost of operation for the at least one device to a threshold, and perform a cost-saving action in response to determining that the estimated cost of operation for the at least one device is above the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Will Kerns Maney, Mark Paxman Warnick, Kelly Q. Baker, Phillip E. Marks
  • Patent number: 12183469
    Abstract: A user score of a test for assessing a risk of a user of having or developing a contagious illness may be obtained, for each user of a plurality of users entering in a group setting. A group score based on the user scores associated with the plurality of users in the group setting may be generated. The group score indicating a group risk of a presence or development of the contagious illness in the group setting may be communicated for display. Group scores associated with a plurality of group settings may be obtained and communicated for display. A message may be communicated to a mobile user device indicating a group setting as a current high risk group setting, being associated with a score that is outside a limit set by a threshold value and with a location in proximity to a current location of the mobile user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Mark Paxman Warnick, Will Kerns Maney, Jr., Phillip E. Marks, David Jason Anderson James, Elena Marie Carrasco, Quian Antony Jones, Sumita T. Jonak
  • Patent number: 12169804
    Abstract: A method and system of providing users with dynamic content about a specific task during access of an application based on previous in-app activity by the app's community of users for the task. The system identifies experienced user activity that represents an efficient performance of the task. The activity is stored in a repository for use by a dynamic content generation module. When subsequent users appear to need assistance in performing the task, the system can present content that is based on the more experienced users' activity. As additional data is collected, this content can be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Eric Jason Grenet, Brian Christopher Hawes, Paul Christopher Blanchard, Phillip E. Marks, Jeffrey Walton Easley, Douglas Austin Johnson, Katrina Marie Zell, Julia Yilan Kennedy, Lawrence Paul McDermott, Jr., David Morley, Christopher Collin Campbell
  • Patent number: 11880255
    Abstract: An energy usage computing system includes one or more processors that are configured to receive data corresponding to energy usage of a plurality of devices within a property from a plurality of sensors. The energy usage computing system is also configured to analyze the data to determine an amount of energy used for at least one device of the plurality of devices, project an estimated cost of operation for the at least one device based at least in part on the determined amount of energy used for the at least one device, compare the estimated cost of operation for the at least one device to a threshold, and perform a cost-saving action in response to determining that the estimated cost of operation for the at least one device is above the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Will Kerns Maney, Mark Paxman Warnick, Kelly Q. Baker, Phillip E. Marks
  • Patent number: 11830308
    Abstract: A user device may obtain access control data which is derived based on a test result or score of a test for assessing a risk of a user of having or developing a contagious illness. The access control data may be communicated from the user device to an access control system in response to a reading of the user device by the access control system. The access control system may permit or deny entry of the user into an area based on the access control data. In some aspects, the user device is an identity (ID) or access badge. In other aspects, the user device is a mobile user device having one or more illness risk factor assessment functions, where the test result or score is obtained based on resulting data from executing the one or more illness risk factor assessment functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Mark Paxman Warnick, Will Kerns Maney, Jr., Phillip E. Marks, David Jason Anderson James, Elena Marie Carrasco, Quian Antony Jones, Sumita T. Jonak
  • Patent number: D846576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Johnathan Iannotti, Phillip E. Marks, D'jaun Green, Vicky Bonney, Christina N. Nickel, Marsha Williams
  • Patent number: D877179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Johnathan Iannotti, Phillip E. Marks, D'jaun Green, Vicky Bonney, Christina N. Nickel, Marsha Williams