Patents by Inventor Stephen Robert Schneider

Stephen Robert Schneider 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: 11861576
    Abstract: A smart card includes a plurality of display devices on an outside surface of a housing. Circuitry within the housing includes a processor, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one computing device located within a geographic region around the smart card. The processor is configured to continuously receive a plurality of communication signals from the computing device, to continuously assess a geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device within the geographic region using the plurality of communication signals, to continuously activate or deactivate the plurality of display devices based on the geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device in the geographic region for providing a user with a directional indication, distance indication, or both, to the computing device in the geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Herrington, Stephen Robert Schneider, Tyler Maiman, Charles Moore
  • Publication number: 20230016372
    Abstract: A smart card includes a plurality of display devices on an outside surface of a housing. Circuitry within the housing includes a processor, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one computing device located within a geographic region around the smart card. The processor is configured to continuously receive a plurality of communication signals from the computing device, to continuously assess a geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device within the geographic region using the plurality of communication signals, to continuously activate or deactivate the plurality of display devices based on the geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device in the geographic region for providing a user with a directional indication, distance indication, or both, to the computing device in the geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Herrington, Stephen Robert Schneider, Tyler Maiman, Charles Moore
  • Patent number: 11461749
    Abstract: A smart card includes a plurality of display devices on an outside surface of a housing. Circuitry within the housing includes a processor, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one computing device located within a geographic region around the smart card. The processor is configured to continuously receive a plurality of communication signals from the computing device, to continuously assess a geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device within the geographic region using the plurality of communication signals, to continuously activate or deactivate the plurality of display devices based on the geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device in the geographic region for providing a user with a directional indication, distance indication, or both, to the computing device in the geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Herrington, Stephen Robert Schneider, Tyler Maiman, Charles Moore
  • Publication number: 20220147958
    Abstract: A smart card includes a plurality of display devices on an outside surface of a housing. Circuitry within the housing includes a processor, and communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one computing device located within a geographic region around the smart card. The processor is configured to continuously receive a plurality of communication signals from the computing device, to continuously assess a geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device within the geographic region using the plurality of communication signals, to continuously activate or deactivate the plurality of display devices based on the geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the computing device in the geographic region for providing a user with a directional indication, distance indication, or both, to the computing device in the geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Herrington, Stephen Robert Schneider, Tyler Maiman, Charles Moore
  • Patent number: D934949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Maiman, Stephen Robert Schneider, Charles Moore