Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael McGurl

Thomas Michael McGurl 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: 10832666
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may include logic configured to receive a voice request via a microphone; convert the received voice request into a text request; and send the text request to a results processing system. The logic may receive information corresponding to one or more cards from the results processing system, wherein a particular one of the one or more cards is associated with a category associated with the voice request and display a card or series of cards, wherein the cards includes a list of items associated with a category or wherein the cards are identified as relevant by the user while making the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Thomas Michael McGurl
  • Publication number: 20180307761
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may include logic configured to receive a voice request via a microphone; convert the received voice request into a text request; and send the text request to a results processing system. The logic may receive information corresponding to one or more cards from the results processing system, wherein a particular one of the one or more cards is associated with a category associated with the voice request and display a card or series of cards, wherein the cards includes a list of items associated with a category or wherein the cards are identified as relevant by the user while making the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Thomas Michael McGurl
  • Patent number: 10015674
    Abstract: An exemplary mobile device activation system may receive, by way of a mobile device not currently activated on a mobile network, a request to initiate an activation process to activate the mobile device on the mobile network, authenticate the mobile device to a user account associated with the mobile network, establish an activation session with the authenticated mobile device, receive, during the activation session and by way of the authenticated mobile device, user input indicating a user-selected activation parameter for the authenticated mobile device, and activate the authenticated mobile device on the mobile network based on the user-selected activation parameter for the authenticated mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Thomas Michael McGurl, Sankar Shanmugam, Nagaraju Manchiraju, Shankar Arumugavelu
  • Publication number: 20180020354
    Abstract: An exemplary mobile device activation system may receive, by way of a mobile device not currently activated on a mobile network, a request to initiate an activation process to activate the mobile device on the mobile network, authenticate the mobile device to a user account associated with the mobile network, establish an activation session with the authenticated mobile device, receive, during the activation session and by way of the authenticated mobile device, user input indicating a user-selected activation parameter for the authenticated mobile device, and activate the authenticated mobile device on the mobile network based on the user-selected activation parameter for the authenticated mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Thomas Michael McGurl, Sankar Shanmugam, Nagaraju Manchiraju, Shankar Arumugavelu
  • Patent number: 9794786
    Abstract: An exemplary mobile device activation system may receive, by way of a mobile device not currently activated on a mobile network, a request to initiate an activation process to activate the mobile device on the mobile network, authenticate the mobile device to a user account associated with the mobile network, establish an activation session between the authenticated mobile device and the user account, provide, during the activation session, an interactive activation flow by way of the authenticated mobile device, and activate the mobile device on the mobile network based on user interaction with the interactive activation flow by way of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Thomas Michael McGurl, Sankar Shanmugam, Nagaraju Manchiraju, Shankar Arumugavelu
  • Publication number: 20170094508
    Abstract: An exemplary mobile device activation system may receive, by way of a mobile device not currently activated on a mobile network, a request to initiate an activation process to activate the mobile device on the mobile network, authenticate the mobile device to a user account associated with the mobile network, establish an activation session between the authenticated mobile device and the user account, provide, during the activation session, an interactive activation flow by way of the authenticated mobile device, and activate the mobile device on the mobile network based on user interaction with the interactive activation flow by way of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michelle Felt, Thomas Michael McGurl, Sankar Shanmugam, Nagaraju Manchiraju, Shankar Arumugavelu