Patents by Inventor Shawn Jeffery
Shawn Jeffery 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: 11341566Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a 3-D shopping experience to an online shopping environment is implemented by a 3-D shopping rendering computer system.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kim Marie Greenwood, Jonathan Roy Mahnke, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Publication number: 20210256574Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Gaston L'HUILLIER, Francisco Jose LARRAIN, Hernan Enrique ARROYO GARCIA, Juzheng LI, Daniel LANGDON, Jonathan ESTERHAZY, Srinivasa Raghavan VEDANARAYANAN, Shawn JEFFERY, Feras KARABLIEH, Bhupesh BANSAL, Dor LEVI, Amit KOREN
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Patent number: 11013641Abstract: A garment configured for detecting leakage from an absorbent article underlying the garment and methods of detecting leakage from an absorbent article using such a garment are disclosed. The garment can include a substrate and a wetness detection system. The wetness detection system can include a first wetness detection mechanism disposed at a first detection zone on the substrate. The wetness detection system can further include a second wetness detection mechanism disposed at a second detection zone on the substrate. The second detection zone can be different than the first detection zone. In preferred embodiments, the first wetness detection mechanism and the second wetness detection mechanism can be configured to sense wetness electronically.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Jeffery Sullivan, Davis Dang H. Nhan, Rebecca E. Strong, Andrew Long
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Patent number: 10915843Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for identifying supply. An example for identifying merchants for fulfilling demand comprises receiving one or more virtual offers and an associated quantity of at least a portion of the one or more virtual offers, wherein the one or more virtual offers are representative of a residual demand for a geographic area, assigning a virtual offer of the one or more of the virtual offers to one or more merchants in an instance in which a supply source of the one or more merchants is identified as able to supply at least a portion of the associated quantity of the virtual offer, and determining a priority score for the one or more merchants, wherein the one or more merchants are rankable based on the priority score.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Shafiq Shariff, Rajesh Parekh, Derek Nordquist, Shawn Jeffery, Bob Beaty, Michael Busch
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Patent number: 10909585Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Gaston L'Huillier, Francisco Jose Larrain, Hernan Enrique Arroyo Garcia, Juzheng Li, Daniel Langdon, Jonathan Esterhazy, Srinivasa Raghavan Vedanarayanan, Shawn Jeffery, Feras Karablieh, Bhupesh Bansal, Dor Levi, Amit Koren
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Publication number: 20200375809Abstract: A garment configured for detecting leakage from an absorbent article underlying the garment and methods of detecting leakage from an absorbent article using such a garment are disclosed. The garment can include a substrate and a wetness detection system. The wetness detection system can include a first wetness detection mechanism disposed at a first detection zone on the substrate. The wetness detection system can further include a second wetness detection mechanism disposed at a second detection zone on the substrate. The second detection zone can be different than the first detection zone. In preferred embodiments, the first wetness detection mechanism and the second wetness detection mechanism can be configured to sense wetness electronically.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Shawn Jeffery Sullivan, Davis Dang H. Nhan, Rebecca E. Strong, Andrew Long
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Patent number: 10733621Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for providing sales pipeline automation. An example method comprises calculating a forecasted demand, the forecasted demand comprising at least one or more virtual offers and a demanded quantity of at least a portion of the one or more virtual offers, identifying one or more merchants, wherein the one or more merchants are identified as able to supply at least a portion of the residual demand, assigning the one or more merchants to one or more sales resources in accordance with at least a calculated sales value of the one or more merchants.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Shafiq Shariff, Rajesh Parekh, Matt Deland, Brian Mullins, Kris Urie, Derek Nordquist, Shawn Jeffery, Bob Beaty
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Publication number: 20190328266Abstract: Methods for assessing a health condition of an individual using single coil magnetic induction tomography imaging are provided. A target area for medical imaging on a patient can be identified. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using a single coil. The plurality of coil property measurements can be performed with the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the target area. The coil property measurements can be processed to generate an image of the conductivity distribution of the target area. The image can be analyzed to assess a health condition of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Patent number: 10278609Abstract: Methods for assessing a health condition of an individual using single coil magnetic induction tomography imaging are provided. A target area for medical imaging on a patient can be identified. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using a single coil. The plurality of coil property measurements can be performed with the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the target area. The coil property measurements can be processed to generate an image of the conductivity distribution of the target area. The image can be analyzed to assess a health condition of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Publication number: 20180206758Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for magnetic induction tomography imaging using a hand held device are provided. More particularly, a magnetic induction tomography imaging system can include a hand held magnetic induction tomography device having a housing and at least one sensing unit. The housing of the hand held device can have a form factor such that the location of a hand holding the housing is separated from the sensing unit when the hand held device is in operation. The hand held magnetic imaging tomography device can include one or more electrical components separated in the housing (e.g., by shielding) from the at least one sensing unit to reduce electromagnetic interference between the at least one sensing unit and the one or more electrical components. A positioning system involving components included internally and/or externally to the hand held device can be used to determine position data for the hand held device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan, Andrew M. Long
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Publication number: 20180174203Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Gaston L'Huillier, Francisco Jose Larrain, Hernan Enrique Arroyo Garcia, Juzheng Li, Daniel Langdon, Jonathan Esterhazy, Srinivasa Raghavan Vedanarayanan, Shawn Jeffery, Feras Karablieh, Bhupesh Bansal, Dor Levi, Amit Koren
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Publication number: 20170249693Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a 3-D shopping experience to an online shopping environment is implemented by a 3-D shopping rendering computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Kim Marie Greenwood, Jonathan Roy Mahnke, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Patent number: 9741058Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Gaston L'Huillier, Francisco Jose Larrain, Hernan Enrique Arroyo Garcia, Juzheng Li, Daniel Langdon, Jonathan Esterhazy, Srinivasa Raghavan Vedanarayanan, Shawn Jeffery, Feras Karablieh, Bhupesh Bansal, Dor Levi, Amit Koren
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Publication number: 20160374587Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for magnetic induction tomography imaging of specimens, such as human tissue specimens, using a single coil are provided. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the specimen. The single coil can be designed to be relatively easy to be placed in many different positions/orientations relative to the specimen. A three-dimensional electromagnetic property map, such as a three-dimensional conductivity map or a three-dimensional permittivity map, can be generated from the plurality of coil property measurements obtained using the single coil by accessing a model correlating coil property measurements obtained by the single coil with an electromagnetic property distribution of the specimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Publication number: 20160275573Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Gaston L'Huillier, Francisco Jose Larrain, Hernan Enrique Arroyo Garcia, Juzheng Li, Daniel Langdon, Jonathan Esterhazy, Srinivasa Raghavan Vedanarayanan, Shawn Jeffery, Feras Karablieh, Bhupesh Bansal, Dor Levi, Amit Koren
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Patent number: 9442088Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for magnetic induction tomography imaging of specimens, such as human tissue specimens, using a single coil are provided. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the specimen. The single coil can be designed to be relatively easy to be placed in many different positions/orientations relative to the specimen. A three-dimensional electromagnetic property map, such as a three-dimensional conductivity map or a three-dimensional permittivity map, can be generated from the plurality of coil property measurements obtained using the single coil by accessing a model correlating coil property measurements obtained by the single coil with an electromagnetic property distribution of the specimen.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Publication number: 20160235332Abstract: Methods for assessing a health condition of an individual using single coil magnetic induction tomography imaging are provided. A target area for medical imaging on a patient can be identified. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using a single coil. The plurality of coil property measurements can be performed with the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the target area. The coil property measurements can be processed to generate an image of the conductivity distribution of the target area. The image can be analyzed to assess a health condition of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Patent number: 9320451Abstract: Methods for assessing a health condition of an individual using single coil magnetic induction tomography imaging are provided. A target area for medical imaging on a patient can be identified. A plurality of coil property measurements can be obtained using a single coil. The plurality of coil property measurements can be performed with the single coil at a plurality of discrete locations relative to the target area. The coil property measurements can be processed to generate an image of the conductivity distribution of the target area. The image can be analyzed to assess a health condition of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Joseph R. Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan
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Patent number: 9317566Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Gaston L'Huillier, Francisco Jose Larrain, Hernan Enrique Arroyo Garcia, Juzheng Li, Daniel Langdon, Jonathan Esterhazy, Srinivasa Raghavan Vedanarayanan, Shawn Jeffery, Feras Karablieh, Bhupesh Bansal, Dor Levi, Amit Koren
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Patent number: 9278033Abstract: An absorbent article facilitating sensing the presence of a body exudate in the absorbent article includes an absorbent member; a sensor coil disposed on or in the article; and an electrical double-layer capacitor disposed on or in the article and in electrical communication with the sensor coil, wherein the capacitor is in fluid communication with the absorbent member. An absorbent article system also includes a detector circuit including an exciter coil configured for electromagnetic communication with the sensor coil, and sensor electronics configured to indicate the presence of a body exudate based on changes in the electromagnetic communication between the exciter coil and the sensor coil.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Jose Kollakompil Abraham, Joseph Raymond Feldkamp, Shawn Jeffery Sullivan, Sridhar Ranganathan, Aster Ellen Kammrath