Patents by Inventor Robert Gray

Robert Gray 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: 12231350
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for triggering adaptive resource channel requisition within a distributed network. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a user input device, a resource allocation request from a user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request, information associated with the user; trigger an adaptive resource channel requisition (ARCR) engine on the request based on at least the information associated with the user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request one or more preset value associated with resource allocation request; retrieve, using the ARCR engine, one or more predetermined requisitions corresponding to the resource allocation request from a requisition repository associated with the user; implement the one or more predetermined requisitions on the one or more preset values to generate one or more requisitioned values; and authorize the resource allocation request for the one or more requisitioned values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Cabot Williams, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Jill Marie Moser
  • Publication number: 20240151344
    Abstract: A system includes a navigation apparatus and controller. The navigation apparatus includes a body assembly that includes a plurality of pneumatic or artificial muscles that are configured to interact with a sidewall of the conduit and move the body assembly through the conduit. The plurality of pneumatic or artificial muscles are independently actuated to steer the body assembly. The navigation apparatus also includes a sensor array coupled to the body assembly. The sensor array is positioned to interact with the sidewall of the conduit and provide signals as the body assembly moves through the interior cavity. The controller is communicatively coupled to the sensor array and configured to determine a characteristic of the conduit based on the signals provided by the sensor array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yew Teck Tan, Deepak Trivedi, Steven Robert Gray, Pei-Hsin Kuo, Alexander Kyle Duncan
  • Patent number: 11930125
    Abstract: Root certificates generated by root certificate authorities may be bound at the time of generation. In an example, a first root certificate can include an identity of a first root certificate authority, a first key identifier associated with a first key of the first root certificate authority and an identity of a first digital signature algorithm used by the first root certificate authority. The first root certificate can also include at least one extension including a second key identifier of a second key associated with the second root certificate authority and an identity of a second digital signature algorithm used by the second root certificate authority, the second digital signature algorithm being different from the first digital signature algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Entrust Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Ounsworth, John Robert Gray, Serge Jean Maurice Mister
  • Patent number: 11909893
    Abstract: Content, such as an encryption key, may be transmitted between computing systems that both use more than one encryption algorithm. Secrets may be used to encode the content. The different encryption algorithms may be used to separately encrypt the encoded content and the secrets prior to communicating the encrypted, encoded content and encrypted secrets between computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Entrust Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Ounsworth, John Robert Gray, Serge Jean Maurice Mister
  • Publication number: 20240048504
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for triggering adaptive resource channel requisition within a distributed network. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a user input device, a resource allocation request from a user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request, information associated with the user; trigger an adaptive resource channel requisition (ARCR) engine on the request based on at least the information associated with the user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request one or more preset value associated with resource allocation request; retrieve, using the ARCR engine, one or more predetermined requisitions corresponding to the resource allocation request from a requisition repository associated with the user; implement the one or more predetermined requisitions on the one or more preset values to generate one or more requisitioned values; and authorize the resource allocation request for the one or more requisitioned values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Cabot Williams, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Jill Marie Moser
  • Patent number: 11811675
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for triggering adaptive resource channel requisition within a distributed network. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a user input device, a resource allocation request from a user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request, information associated with the user; trigger an adaptive resource channel requisition (ARCR) engine on the request based on at least the information associated with the user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request one or more preset value associated with resource allocation request; retrieve, using the ARCR engine, one or more predetermined requisitions corresponding to the resource allocation request from a requisition repository associated with the user; implement the one or more predetermined requisitions on the one or more preset values to generate one or more requisitioned values; and authorize the resource allocation request for the one or more requisitioned values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Cabot Williams, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Jill Marie Moser
  • Publication number: 20230239251
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for triggering adaptive resource channel requisition within a distributed network. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a user input device, a resource allocation request from a user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request, information associated with the user; trigger an adaptive resource channel requisition (ARCR) engine on the request based on at least the information associated with the user; retrieve, from the resource allocation request one or more preset value associated with resource allocation request; retrieve, using the ARCR engine, one or more predetermined requisitions corresponding to the resource allocation request from a requisition repository associated with the user; implement the one or more predetermined requisitions on the one or more preset values to generate one or more requisitioned values; and authorize the resource allocation request for the one or more requisitioned values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Cabot Williams, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Jill Marie Moser
  • Patent number: 11582351
    Abstract: A method and system for managing financial risk through the use of postpaid processing during use of wireless services is presented within the scope of the following invention. The present invention uses credit card authorization to pre-reserve credit card funds for wireless services in excess of planned usage. Authorizations eliminate the credit risk associated with overages and payment timing, and also maintain a customer experience identical to postpaid processing. The authorizations are invisible to the customer and no charge is brought to a customer's credit card until the monthly bill is settled. Separating the authorization and settlement stages of retail wireless payment processing allows the branded wireless provider to avoid inherent areas of credit risk during the tenure of a customer's wireless service, while maintaining a familiar customer experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Netcracker Technology Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Bobich, Carl-Manuel Brachet, Robert Gray, John Hinman
  • Patent number: 11551331
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a mosaic image of two or more geo-referenced source images, the geo-referenced source images having the same orientation, based on a ground confidence map created by analyzing pixels of one or more of the geo-referenced source images, the ground confidence map having values and data indicative of particular geographic locations represented by the values, at least one of the values indicative of a statistical probability that the particular geographic locations represented by the values represents the ground; and using routes for steering mosaic cut lines based at least in part on the values indicative of the statistical probability that the particular geographic locations represented by the values represents the ground of the ground confidence map, such that the routes have an increased statistical probability of cutting through pixels representative of the ground versus routes not based on the ground confidence map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Pictometry International Corp.
    Inventors: Frank Giuffrida, Stephen Schultz, Robert Gray, Robert Bradacs
  • Publication number: 20220067676
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, and computer program product for resource presentment and allocation based on historical data usage. The system first receives a resource allocation offer associated with a resource distribution transaction. The system determines, based on historical resource distribution data stored within a memory resource, a user of a plurality of users that would utilize the resource allocation offer. The system transmits, to a user device associated with the user, a communication that indicates the resource allocation offer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Victoria L. Dravneek, Jill Marie Moser, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Karen Lea MacQueen, Brandy Lachole Brown
  • Publication number: 20220067757
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for determination of resource usage demand. The present invention may be configured to receive, from a user device, a potential resource allocation offer comprising attributes. The present invention may be further configured to determine, based on historical data associated with previous resource allocation offers, a potential resource usage demand associated with the potential resource allocation offer. The present invention may be further configured to provide, to the user device, the potential resource usage demand. For example, the present invention may be configured to cause the user device to display a graphical user interface including the attributes of the potential resource allocation offer and the potential resource usage demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victoria L. Dravneek, Brandy Lachole Brown, Karen Lea MacQueen, Jill Marie Moser, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner
  • Publication number: 20220067598
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for determining resource allocation based on usage attribute data. The system is configured for determining one or more attributes associated with a user, generating a template associated with the user using the one or more attributes, comparing the template with one or more third party templates, determining a match between the template and a third party template of the one or more third party templates, and presenting a resource associated with the third party template to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Victoria L. Dravneek, Jill Marie Moser, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Karen Lea MacQueen, Brandy Lachole Brown
  • Publication number: 20220070110
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for resource allocation based on user selection. The present invention may be configured to provide one or more resource allocation offers to a user device associated with a user and receive, from the user device, an acceptance of a first resource allocation offer of the one or more resource allocation offers. The present invention may be configured to adjust, based on the acceptance of the first resource allocation offer, a second resource allocation offer from an initial amount of resources to an adjusted amount of resources, where the adjusted amount of resources is greater than the initial amount of resources. The present invention may be configured to provide the second resource allocation offer to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victoria L. Dravneek, Brandy Lachole Brown, Karen Lea MacQueen, Jill Marie Moser, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner
  • Patent number: 11107112
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, and computer program product for resource correlation based on resource usage. The system first determines a quantity of graphical prompts capable of being displayed within the area of a display. The system determines, based on the quantity of graphical prompts, a quantity of resource allocation offers. The system generates a quantity of graphical prompts based on the quantity of resource allocation offers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victoria L. Dravneek, Jill Marie Moser, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Robert Gray Pitner, Karen Lea MacQueen, Brandy Lachole Brown
  • Patent number: 11087506
    Abstract: Image processing systems and methods are disclosed, including an image processing system comprising a computer running image processing software causing the computer to: divide an oblique aerial image into a plurality of sections, choose reference aerial image(s), having a consistent color distribution, for a first section and a second section; create a color-balancing transformation for the first and second sections of the oblique aerial image such that the first color distribution of the first section matches the consistent color distribution of the chosen reference aerial image and the second color distribution of the second section matches the consistent color distribution of the chosen reference aerial image; color-balance pixel(s) in the first and section sections of the oblique aerial image, such that at least one color-balancing transformation of the first and second sections matches the consistent color distribution of the reference aerial image(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Pictometry International Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Schultz, Frank D. Giuffrida, Robert Gray
  • Patent number: 11080911
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating oblique-mosaic image(s) for geographical area(s) are disclosed, including a computer system running software that when executed causes the system to create a mathematical model of a sensor of a virtual camera having an elevation greater than an elevation of a desired geographical area to be imaged, the mathematical model having an oblique-mosaic pixel map; determine surface locations for pixels included in the oblique-mosaic pixel map; select source oblique images of the surface locations of the pixels captured at an oblique angle and compass direction similar to an oblique angle and compass direction of the virtual camera; and reproject source oblique image pixels for pixels included in the oblique-mosaic pixel map such that reprojected pixels have differing sizes determined by matching projections from the virtual camera so as to present an oblique appearance, and thereby create the oblique-mosaic image of the desired geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Pictometry International Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen Schultz, Frank Giuffrida, Robert Gray
  • Publication number: 20210133924
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a mosaic image of two or more geo-referenced source images, the geo-referenced source images having the same orientation, based on a ground confidence map created by analyzing pixels of one or more of the geo-referenced source images, the ground confidence map having values and data indicative of particular geographic locations represented by the values, at least one of the values indicative of a statistical probability that the particular geographic locations represented by the values represents the ground; and using routes for steering mosaic cut lines based at least in part on the values indicative of the statistical probability that the particular geographic locations represented by the values represents the ground of the ground confidence map, such that the routes have an increased statistical probability of cutting through pixels representative of the ground versus routes not based on the ground confidence map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Giuffrida, Stephen Schultz, Robert Gray, Robert Bradacs
  • Patent number: 10913154
    Abstract: A system for performing industrial tasks includes a robot and a computing device. The robot includes one or more sensors that collect data corresponding to the robot and an environment surrounding the robot. The computing device includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the collected data from the robot, generate a virtual recreation of the robot and the environment surrounding the robot, receive inputs from a human operator controlling the robot to demonstrate an industrial task. The system is configured to learn how to perform the industrial task based on the human operator's demonstration of the task, and perform, via the robot, the industrial task autonomously or semi-autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Huan Tan, John Robert Hoare, Justin Michael Foehner, Steven Robert Gray, Shiraj Sen, Romano Patrick
  • Publication number: 20210000445
    Abstract: A robotic body scanning system includes a robotic manipulator, a force sensor, a probe, a surface sensing system, and a computing device. The probe is attached to the robotic manipulator and configured to scan the portion of the human body. The surface sensing system is configured to detect a surface of the portion of the human body and generate data representing the portion of the human body. The computing device is configured to receive data representing the portion of the human body from said surface sensing system and generate two or three-dimensional representations of the portion of the human body. The computing device includes a trajectory generation module configured to generate an adapted trajectory for the probe to follow based on the two or three-dimensional representations. The robotic manipulator is configured to move the probe along the adapted trajectory along the portion of the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Huan Tan, Bo Wang, Heather Chan, David Martin Mills, Aaron Mark Dentinger, David Andrew Shoudy, Steven Robert Gray, John Robert Hoare
  • Publication number: 20200393309
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring strain in a polished rod of a beam pump unit includes a body having an upper wide section, a lower wide section, and a narrow section having a reduced width in comparison to each of the upper and lower wide sections. A bore is formed in the narrow section. The apparatus also includes at least two connectors configured to connect the body to the rod. The bore is positioned between the two connectors in a direction that is parallel to an axis of the rod. The apparatus further includes a strain gauge positioned in the bore, so as to measure strain in the rod between the two points of connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Mahmut Sengul, Robert Gray, Mario Ruscev, Philippe Flichy