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).

  • Patent number: 11049193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Brian T. Boland, Kelly MacLean, Nipun Mathur
  • Patent number: 10806790
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Scott Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10612527
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Scott Shapiro, Noah Pennington, Jay Leonard
  • Patent number: 10410296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Brian T. Boland, Kelly MacLean, Nipun Mathur
  • Publication number: 20180355852
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Scott Shapiro, Noah Pennington, Jay Leonard
  • Patent number: 10035246
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald Coffland, Christine Anderson, Curt Backman, Aaron Ayers, David Wright, Scott Shapiro, Donald Young
  • Publication number: 20150343609
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald Coffland, Christine Anderson, Curt Backman, Aaron Ayers, David Wright, Scott Shapiro, Donald Young
  • Publication number: 20140236716
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Brian T. Boland, Kelly MacLean, Nipun Mathur
  • Publication number: 20120166285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Shapiro, Meg Griffing Sloan, Richard Sim
  • Patent number: 7792576
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard B. Borgens, Scott A. Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20070219156
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation Indiana University Research and Technology
    Inventors: Richard Borgens, Scott Shapiro
  • Patent number: 7199110
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, Indiana University Research & Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Richard B. Borgens, Scott A. Shapiro