Patents by Inventor Richard Polhemus

Richard Polhemus 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: 11900408
    Abstract: A promotion processing system may include a user device associated with a given user, and a promotion processing server configured to generate promotional content. The promotional content may include a link to a given image corresponding to a digital promotion. The promotion processing server may also communicate the promotional content to the user device. The user device may communicate a request to the promotion processing server for the given image based upon the link, and communicate a user identifier associated with the given user to the promotion processing server. The promotion processing server may select the given image based upon the link and the user identifier, communicate the given image to the user device for viewing with the promotional content, and save the corresponding digital promotion to a digital wallet associated with the given user based upon the image being displayed at the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Sandgren, Bobbi Iacovelli, Richard Polhemus, Meggan Salmon
  • Patent number: 11602287
    Abstract: Aspects include identifying each of a plurality of audio sources proximate to a user wearing a headset. The audio sources include a primary audio source and a plurality of background audio sources. Aspects include causing the headset to play a set of audio sources to the user by causing each audio source of the set to be unfiltered by the headset. Aspects include determining an acceptance level of the user. Aspects also include determining a background noise filtering adjustment based on the acceptance level and the set of audio sources being played by the headset to the user. Aspects also include causing the headset to adjust a filtering of one or more of the plurality of background audio sources by the headset based on the background noise filtering adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stefania Axo, Mark Christopher Wallen, Keith Joseph Miller, Yang Liu, Richard Polhemus
  • Patent number: 11429998
    Abstract: A content origination server may generate content having a stored content identifier associated therewith, and a content display server may display the content. A deep-link server may obtain the stored content identifier and generate an authorization token based upon the stored content identifier. The content origination server may generate a deep-link to the content. The deep-link may have associated therewith the stored content identifier and the authorization token. The content display server may communicate a request including a content identifier and a link authorization token, to the server. The deep-link server may determine whether the obtained link authorization token is valid based upon the generated authorization token and whether the identifiers match, and when so, cause the content display server to modify a layout of content otherwise, cause the content display server to display the content without modification to the layout of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Sandgren, Amy LaBier Maynard, Richard Polhemus
  • Publication number: 20210298647
    Abstract: Aspects include identifying each of a plurality of audio sources proximate to a user wearing a headset. The audio sources include a primary audio source and a plurality of background audio sources. Aspects include causing the headset to play a set of audio sources to the user by causing each audio source of the set to be unfiltered by the headset. Aspects include determining an acceptance level of the user. Aspects also include determining a background noise filtering adjustment based on the acceptance level and the set of audio sources being played by the headset to the user. Aspects also include causing the headset to adjust a filtering of one or more of the plurality of background audio sources by the headset based on the background noise filtering adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Stefania Axo, Mark Christopher Wallen, Keith Joseph Miller, Yang Liu, Richard Polhemus
  • Patent number: 10990999
    Abstract: A system may include a memory that includes a database of retailer-supplied promotions associated with a first plurality of brand items, and a database of promotions associated with a second plurality of brand items. The system also includes a communications interface configured to communicate with a remote device and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The processor is configured to determine whether a given promotion matches any retailer-supplied promotion, and when the given promotion matches, then not send a corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device. The processor is also configured to, when the given promotion does not match, then send the corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device for redemption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Goforth, Richard Polhemus, Chris Granger
  • Patent number: 10269032
    Abstract: An electronic system may include communications devices and an electronic promotional offer server that includes a promotional offer memory to store promotional offers and a promotional offer processor to send a listing of promotional offers to the communications devices based upon the promotional offers. Each communications device may include a portable housing and a controller coupled to communications circuitry, an input device, and a display. The controller may be configured to display the listing of promotional offers on the display, cooperate with the input device to permit user selection of promotional offers from the listing thereof, and transmit the selected promotional offers to the electronic promotional offer server. The promotional offer processor may determine if the selected promotional offer is currently unavailable, and, when so, send a consolation promotional offer to the communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: CAROLINA COUPON CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sandgren, Richard Polhemus