Patents by Inventor Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore 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).

  • AUTOMATIC DARTBOARD SCORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160370155
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for automatically scoring a game of darts. The method involves obtaining an image of a dartboard (2) using three cameras (10), detecting a visual disturbance in the image, and identifying a validly thrown dart if the visual disturbance includes a moving phase with a maximum temporal duration and successive images of the dartboard which exhibit differences. The visual disturbance should also include a stationary phase when the dart has been embedded in the dartboard (2). The method also includes calculating a score for the validly thrown dart based on its stationary position relative to the dartboard. A lighting system for a dartboard is also disclosed where a LED strip light (14) is provided around a circumference of the dartboard and three spotlights (8) are provided above the dartboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Dale, Stephen Moore
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING WAGERING OPPORTUNITIES IN AN ELECTRONIC BACCARAT GAME BASED ON DATA OF AT LEAST ONE LIVE BACCARAT TABLE GAME
    Publication number: 20160351017
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a system which includes a plurality of baccarat tables on which a baccarat game may be played by a plurality of players and a plurality of electronic player devices each playable by an individual player provides for selecting a plurality of outcomes which were dealt on at least one of the baccarat tables, determining whether a trend or pattern has developed in the plurality of outcomes (e.g., a pattern of at least a predetermined length) and, if a pattern has developed, activating a wagering opportunity on one of the electronic player devices, the wagering opportunity allowing a player to bet for or against the trend. In one embodiment, each outcome of the plurality of selected outcomes comprises an outcome originally dealt on the same baccarat table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Michael Russell, John Daley, Keith Atkinson
  • FACILITATING SECURE ONLINE TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20160308682
    Abstract: A method and system for mutually authenticating an identity and a server is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. The method commences with transmitting a token from the server. Thereafter, the method continues with establishing a secure data transfer link. A server certificate is transmitted during the establishment of the secure data transfer link. The method continues with transmitting a response packet to the server, which is validated thereby upon receipt. The system includes an authentication module that initiates the secure data transfer link and transmits the response packet, and a server authentication module that transmits the token and validates the response packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Craig J. Lund, Garret F. Grajek, Stephen Moore, Mark V. Lambiase
  • Integrated Electric Bicycle Drive System
    Publication number: 20160303961
    Abstract: An integrated high-performance and light-weight electric drive system for a bicycle is disclosed comprising an integrated unitary motor-controller-drive system that can be inserted into and removed from a first tube portion of a bicycle frame through an open bottom bracket shell portion of the bicycle frame. A longitudinally-extending battery pack configured to be electrically connected with and to provide electrical power to the electric motor and the controller may be configured to be inserted into and removed from a second tube portion of the bicycle frame through the open bottom bracket shell portion of the bicycle frame. Some or all of the electrical components may not be visible from the exterior of the bicycle. A unique digital torque sensing and control system is described along with regenerative braking and other unique features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SPIR BIKES, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Hendey, Stephen Moore, John Waters
  • PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR
    Publication number: 20160286883
    Abstract: Aspects disclosed herein relate to protective headgear for sports and to methods of using such headgear. In one aspect, the headgear has an external head-protecting shell that is soft to reduce the risk of injuring other players. In another aspect, the headgear has a rear closure arrangement that includes a bridge component for ease of putting on the headgear and for added protection at the closure area of the rear closure arrangement. In another aspect, fit pads of different sizes are removeably attachable to an cheekbone extension member of the headgear to provide a proper fit to the wearer's cheekbone. A face mask is integrated with the headgear in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jesse Newman, Nicholas Colville, David Winthrop Fream, Stephen Moore
  • Vehicle and environmental detection system
    Patent number: 9459349
    Abstract: A system includes a detection device configured to transmit and receive one or more signals in a generally vertical direction above a vehicle. Additionally, the system may include a processing device configured to measure a time of flight associated with the transmission and receipt of the one or more signals in the generally vertical direction. A distance travelled by the one or more signals may be determined based, at least in part, on the measured time of flight, and the distance travelled may be compared with a threshold distance to determine an overhead clearance of the vehicle. In response to determining the overhead clearance, a vehicle system may be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kenan Miller, Alan H. Fitzsimmons, Stephen A. Moore, Allen Brock
  • FACILITATING SENDING, RECEIVING, AND UPDATING OF PAYMENTS USING MESSAGE AND PAYMENT QUEUES
    Publication number: 20160267447
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. For example, one or more implementations involve facilitating message exchanges and payment transactions using push notifications via separate message and payment queues. To illustrate, one or more implementations involve pushing status updates to a payment transaction using a payment queue specific to a user. Additionally, one or more implementations involve associating payment transactions with messages within a messaging thread for providing updates to each user in the messaging thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Xunjie Yu, Aaron Alexander Sarnoff, Jeremy David Fein
  • FACILITATING SAME DAY PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20160224967
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. For example, one or more implementations involve facilitating same day push-to-debit payment transactions between a user and a co-user. To illustrate, one or more implementations involve sending a push-to-debit request to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment transaction to a debit card of a co-user, the push-to-debit request being formatted for same day processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Michelle Vautier Chernyavsky, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Automated apparatus for use in selectively cutting side walls of a honeycomb core
    Patent number: 9381659
    Abstract: An automated apparatus for use in selectively cutting side walls of a honeycomb core is provided. The apparatus includes an end effector, a cutting tool coupled to the end effector, wherein the end effector is configured to position the cutting tool in an initial cutting position based on a schematic geometry of the honeycomb core. The automated apparatus also includes an adaptive vision system configured to direct the end effector to modify the initial cutting position based on an actual geometry of the honeycomb core acquired by the adaptive vision system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Perron, Stephen Moore, Jeffrey Hayden Olberg, Mark Alan Negley
  • FACILITATING SENDING AND RECEIVING OF PEER-TO-BUSINESS PAYMENTS
    Publication number: 20160180325
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • SEARCHING FOR IDEOGRAMS IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160179967
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a query inputted at a mobile device of a user of an online social network. The query may include n-grams (e.g., words, emoticons, and punctuation marks), and may be, for example, a message to another user or search terms. N-grams may be mapped to tags, which may, in turn, be mapped to ideograms (i.e., stickers). One or more ideograms may be identified based on the one or more ideogram being associated with tags matching n-grams of the query. For each of the identified ideograms, a probability quantifying how likely the user is to select the ideogram is calculated based on how frequently the ideogram has been used. A set of ideogram suggestions, including one or more of the identified ideograms, is generated based on the probabilities and sent to the user's mobile device for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Pai-Han Sa, Stephen Moore Davis, Nikola Vilimonovic, Jireh Yiwei Tan, Aaron Payne Goldsmid
  • TECHNIQUES TO AUTOMATICALLY PREDICT AND CONFIGURE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20160180316
    Abstract: Techniques to automatically predict and configure payment transaction are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a prediction component operative to receive context information for a user and predict a user interest in a payment transaction based on the context information, a user interface component operative to offer to initiate the payment transaction to the user based on the predicted user interest in the payment transaction and receive a user confirmation of the user interest in the payment transaction, and a payment component operative to initiate the payment transaction in response to the received user confirmation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Xiao Ou Wang, Sean Anthony Heywood, Stephen Moore Davis, Robert Franklin Daniel, Akash Gaurav Gupta
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK INSTRUCTION DETECTION ANOMALY RISK SCORING
    Publication number: 20160164902
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for scoring network anomaly risk. A system identifies a baseline usage for a facet of a server and determines, for the facet, a normal range of use based on the baseline usage. The system also determines an abnormal range of use based on the baseline usage. When actual usage data is available, the system determines whether the usage data corresponds to the normal range of use or the abnormal range of use, and calculates a facet score based on the abnormality value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Moore
  • Facilitating same day payment transactions
    Patent number: 9342831
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. For example, one or more implementations involve facilitating same day push-to-debit payment transactions between a user and a co-user. To illustrate, one or more implementations involve sending a push-to-debit request to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment transaction to a debit card of a co-user, the push-to-debit request being formatted for same day processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Michelle Vautier Chernyavsky, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING TABLE GAMES
    Publication number: 20160121201
    Abstract: A gaming table provides for use of RFID technology to track chip movement on a table game and to infer an association between a wager and a player position based on a chip identifier of a chip placed on a particular position of the table. In some embodiments, previous position history of the chip is also taken into account in determining a player position associated with a wager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Moore, Brian Besterman, Jeff Bischoff
  • FACILITATING INITIATING PAYMENTS WITHOUT A PAYMENT CREDENTIAL
    Publication number: 20160117665
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. Additional implementations involve facilitating payment transaction by inferring payment events. Still further implementations involve facilitating payment transactions between groups of users. In addition to the foregoing, one or more implementations allow a user to initiate payment transactions without first providing a payment credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • VEHICLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160116587
    Abstract: A system includes a detection device configured to transmit and receive one or more signals in a generally vertical direction above a vehicle. Additionally, the system may include a processing device configured to measure a time of flight associated with the transmission and receipt of the one or more signals in the generally vertical direction. A distance travelled by the one or more signals may be determined based, at least in part, on the measured time of flight, and the distance travelled may be compared with a threshold distance to determine an overhead clearance of the vehicle. In response to determining the overhead clearance, a vehicle system may be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kenan MILLER, Alan H. Fitzsimmons, Stephen A. Moore, Allen Brock
  • FACILITATING SENDING AND RECEIVING OF PAYMENTS BETWEEN USERS IN A GROUP
    Publication number: 20160117651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. Additional implementations involve facilitating payment transaction by inferring payment events. Still further implementations involve facilitating payment transactions between groups of users. In addition to the foregoing, one or more implementations allow a user to initiate payment transactions without first providing a payment credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • FACILITATING SENDING AND RECEIVING OF PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENTS
    Publication number: 20160117666
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. Additional implementations involve facilitating payment transaction by inferring payment events. Still further implementations involve facilitating payment transactions between groups of users. In addition to the foregoing, one or more implementations allow a user to initiate payment transactions without first providing a payment credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, July Anne Liang
  • FACILITATING SENDING AND RECEIVING OF PAYMENTS USING MESSAGE-BASED CONTEXTUAL PROMPTS
    Publication number: 20160117670
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. Additional implementations involve facilitating payment transaction by inferring payment events. Still further implementations involve facilitating payment transactions between groups of users. In addition to the foregoing, one or more implementations allow a user to initiate payment transactions without first providing a payment credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis