Patents by Inventor Scott Shapiro
Scott Shapiro 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).
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Patent number: 11049193Abstract: An ad bidder receives a request from a user device to select an advertisement (“ad”) for presentation along with a web page. The ad bidder includes a user profile database and may be a social networking system. The ad bidder determines if the user of the user device is logged into the ad bidder and selects the advertisement based on information in the user profile database if the user is logged into the ad bidder. If the ad bidder determines the user is not logged into the ad bidder, the ad bidder retrieves a device cookie stored on the user device. The device cookie describes interactions with content from the user device, such as viewed web pages or ads. Data stored by the device cookie is then used to select the ad for presentation.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Brian T. Boland, Kelly MacLean, Nipun Mathur
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Patent number: 10806790Abstract: The invention provides a pain therapy cream comprising an anhydrous topical delivery formulation for percutaneous absorption comprising an anhydrous carrier medium, a chemical exfoliant, a penetration enhancer, and one or more pain killing agent selected from the group consisting of an analgesic, anesthetic, anti-inflammatory, or antipruritic agent, a phytochemical and other painkilling active ingredients, and methods of using the pain therapy cream.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Inventor: Scott Shapiro
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Patent number: 10612527Abstract: A method for refurbishing a wind turbine includes terminating use of an existing uptower electrical system of the wind turbine. The method also includes installing a new uptower electrical system for the wind turbine at an uptower location of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes providing an electrical adaptor at an uptower location for connecting the new uptower electrical system with an existing downtower electrical system. Moreover, the method includes electrically connecting the electrical adaptor between the existing downtower electrical system and the new uptower electrical system.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Scott Shapiro, Noah Pennington, Jay Leonard
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Patent number: 10410296Abstract: An ad bidder receives a request from a user device to select an advertisement (“ad”) for presentation along with a web page. The ad bidder includes a user profile database and may be a social networking system. The ad bidder determines if the user of the user device is logged into the ad bidder and selects the advertisement based on information in the user profile database if the user is logged into the ad bidder. If the ad bidder determines the user is not logged into the ad bidder, the ad bidder retrieves a device cookie stored on the user device. The device cookie describes interactions with content from the user device, such as viewed web pages or ads. Data stored by the device cookie is then used to select the ad for presentation.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Brian T. Boland, Kelly MacLean, Nipun Mathur
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Publication number: 20180355852Abstract: A method for refurbishing a wind turbine includes terminating use of an existing uptower electrical system of the wind turbine. The method also includes installing a new uptower electrical system for the wind turbine at an uptower location of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes providing an electrical adaptor at an uptower location for connecting the new uptower electrical system with an existing downtower electrical system. Moreover, the method includes electrically connecting the electrical adaptor between the existing downtower electrical system and the new uptower electrical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Scott Shapiro, Noah Pennington, Jay Leonard
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Patent number: 10035246Abstract: One example of the present disclosure relates to a tool for releasing a cable tie. The tool includes a front member having a front indexing surface and a front extension member. The tool includes a rear member movably coupled to the front member, with the rear member including a rear indexing surface and a rear extension member. When the front member and the rear member engage a head of the cable tie in a closed state, the front extension member protrudes into an opening in the head, in an insertion direction, a front extension distance that is less than the length of the head minus a distance from the rear surface to a pawl of the cable tie along the insertion direction, and spaces a contact portion of the pawl, along a transverse direction, by a distance sufficient to disengage the cable tie.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Donald Coffland, Christine Anderson, Curt Backman, Aaron Ayers, David Wright, Scott Shapiro, Donald Young
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Publication number: 20150343609Abstract: One example of the present disclosure relates to a tool for releasing a cable tie. The tool includes a front member having a front indexing surface and a front extension member. The tool includes a rear member movably coupled to the front member, with the rear member including a rear indexing surface and a rear extension member. When the front member and the rear member engage a head of the cable tie in a closed state, the front extension member protrudes into an opening in the head, in an insertion direction, a front extension distance that is less than the length of the head minus a distance from the rear surface to a pawl of the cable tie along the insertion direction, and spaces a contact portion of the pawl, along a transverse direction, by a distance sufficient to disengage the cable tie.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Donald Coffland, Christine Anderson, Curt Backman, Aaron Ayers, David Wright, Scott Shapiro, Donald Young
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Publication number: 20140236716Abstract: An ad bidder receives a request from a user device to select an advertisement (“ad”) for presentation along with a web page. The ad bidder includes a user profile database and may be a social networking system. The ad bidder determines if the user of the user device is logged into the ad bidder and selects the advertisement based on information in the user profile database if the user is logged into the ad bidder. If the ad bidder determines the user is not logged into the ad bidder, the ad bidder retrieves a device cookie stored on the user device. The device cookie describes interactions with content from the user device, such as viewed web pages or ads. Data stored by the device cookie is then used to select the ad for presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Brian T. Boland, Kelly MacLean, Nipun Mathur
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Publication number: 20120166285Abstract: A cluster of users that share a common trait may be useful to a social networking system for various purposes, such as targeting advertising. Users of a social networking system are added to a cluster based on information about each user, which may include declared profile information, user history, and/or social information. The system initially adds users to a cluster based on a selected attribute and then verifies the accuracy of the cluster by sending a poll to a subset of the users in the cluster. The poll questions test whether the users are accurately in the cluster. The system may infer a specific life event, such as a recent engagement, from other information indicative of the life event, such as messages from a user's connections related to the engagement. The system then uses the poll to verify whether the inference is accurate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Meg Griffing Sloan, Richard Sim
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Patent number: 7792576Abstract: Injuries to the central nervous system, particularly spinal cord injuries, are treated by administering a purine nucleoside or analog to the patient and, optionally, electrically stimulating the site of injury.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Richard B. Borgens, Scott A. Shapiro
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Publication number: 20070219156Abstract: Injuries to the central nervous system, particularly spinal cord injuries, are treated by administering a purine nucleoside or analog to the patient and, optionally, electrically stimulating the site of injury.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation Indiana University Research and TechnologyInventors: Richard Borgens, Scott Shapiro
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Patent number: 7199110Abstract: Injuries to the central nervous system, particularly spinal cord injuries, are treated by administering a purine nucleoside or analog to the patient and, optionally, electrically stimulating the site of injury.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, Indiana University Research & Technology Corp.Inventors: Richard B. Borgens, Scott A. Shapiro