Patents by Inventor William Setchell

William Setchell 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: 11676190
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the disclosure relate to selecting content using beacon identifiers. An indication of a location of a user device and a beacon identifier are received. The beacon identifier can correspond to a beacon at a retail location. A data structure storing attribute data associated with the beacon identifier can be accessed. The attribute data can be associated with a signal having a unique identifier of the user device. The signal can indicate the retail location having the beacon. A request for content for display on the user device can be received. A content item can be selected for display on the user device based on the attribute data. A reward value can be determined based on receiving an indication of user interaction with the content item and the attribute data used to select the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: William Setchell
  • Patent number: 11495051
    Abstract: A service device processes a service request using account information of a user. The service device captures a first image of the user, generates a first user facial template based on the first image, and transmits the first user facial template with the account information to a service processing system. The user arrives at the service device to initiate a subsequent service request. The service device captures a second image of the user and generates a second user facial template based on the second image and searches for the first facial template matching the generated second facial template. The service device transmits a first stored matching facial template to the service processing system and a request for account information. The service device receives stored account information associated with the stored first facial template from the service processing system. The service device processes the subsequent service request using the account information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: William Setchell
  • Publication number: 20210365979
    Abstract: A user verification system is configured to identify likely interactors approaching points of interaction to ensure accurate interactions and to provide loyalty rewards. In an example, a interaction system installs a user verification device with a stereo camera at an interacting device to capture images of the user and to obtain data from the device. The user verification device uses the stereo camera to determine the location of the user to determine if the user is a likely interactor. The user verification device recognizes motions of the user that are indicative of an interactor, such as reaching across the counter or looking at the operator. The user verification device identifies or verifies the interactor based on the record data or the display data. If the user is the likely interactor, then the system conducts a hands-free interaction with the user account or provides loyalty rewards to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: William Setchell, Mallinath Bareddy, Phillip Ellsworth Stahlfeld, Yichen Zhao, Xiaoyong Chai, Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Michal Palczewski, Chunxiao Diao, Dennis Yung-Chi Hu, Anuj Batra, Min-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 11062304
    Abstract: A service provider system registers with a service system. A user establishes an account with the service system and the service system establishes a facial template associated with the user account. The service system transmits, to a service provider device at a location, identification information and transmits a shared encryption key to a user computing device associated with the user. The user enters the merchant location carrying the user computing device. The service device receives the encryption key from the user device and decrypts the identification information associated with the user using the encryption key. The user initiates a service request and the service provider device verifies the identity of the user via the facial template associated with the user by generating a facial template based on an image captured of the user to compare against the facial template associated with the user. The service device processes the service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: William Setchell, Michal Palczewski, Yichen Zhao, Thai Duong, Thiago Valverde
  • Patent number: 11030640
    Abstract: A user verification system is configured to identify likely interactors approaching points of interaction to ensure accurate interactions and to provide loyalty rewards. In an example, a interaction system installs a user verification device with a stereo camera at an interacting device to capture images of the user and to obtain data from the device. The user verification device uses the stereo camera to determine the location of the user to determine if the user is a likely interactor. The user verification device recognizes motions of the user that are indicative of an interactor, such as reaching across the counter or looking at the operator. The user verification device identifies or verifies the interactor based on the record data or the display data. If the user is the likely interactor, then the system conducts a hands-free interaction with the user account or provides loyalty rewards to the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: William Setchell, Mallinath Bareddy, Phillip Ellsworth Stahlfeld, Yichen Zhao, Xiaoyong Chai, Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Michal Palczewski, Chunxiao Diao, Dennis Yung-Chi Hu, Anuj Batra, Min-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20200065566
    Abstract: A service device processes a service request using account information of a user. The service device captures a first image of the user, generates a first user facial template based on the first image, and transmits the first user facial template with the account information to a service processing system. The user arrives at the service device to initiate a subsequent service request. The service device captures a second image of the user and generates a second user facial template based on the second image and searches for the first facial template matching the generated second facial template. The service device transmits a first stored matching facial template to the service processing system and a request for account information. The service device receives stored account information associated with the stored first facial template from the service processing system. The service device processes the subsequent service request using the account information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: William Setchell
  • Patent number: 10474879
    Abstract: A service device processes a service request using account information of a user. The service device captures a first image of the user, generates a first user facial template based on the first image, and transmits the first user facial template with the account information to a service processing system. The user arrives at the service device to initiate a subsequent service request. The service device captures a second image of the user and generates a second user facial template based on the second image and searches for the first facial template matching the generated second facial template. The service device transmits a first stored matching facial template to the service processing system and a request for account information. The service device receives stored account information associated with the stored first facial template from the service processing system. The service device processes the subsequent service request using the account information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: William Setchell
  • Publication number: 20190289003
    Abstract: Requesting, by a requesting device, from an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an IoT device identifier over a communication link between the devcies. Requesting, by the requesting device from an authorization device over a communication network including at least one TCP/IP link, authorization to command the IoT device to perform an action. Determining, by the authorization device, an authorization of the requesting device to command the identified IoT device to perform the requested action based on the IoT device identifier, the requesting device identifier, and the command. For a requesting device determined authorized, transmitting an encrypted authorization to the requesting device over the communication network. Relaying, by the requesting device to the IoT device via the first communication link, the authorization. Decrypting, by the IoT device, the authorization and performing the action specified therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: William Setchell, Nitsan Shai, Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Ye Yuan
  • Patent number: 10333929
    Abstract: Requesting, by a requesting device, from an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an IoT device identifier over a communication link between the devices. Requesting, by the requesting device from an authorization device over a communication network including at least one TCP/IP link, authorization to command the IoT device to perform an action. Determining, by the authorization device, an authorization of the requesting device to command the identified IoT device to perform the requested action based on the IoT device identifier, the requesting device identifier, and the command. For a requesting device determined authorized, transmitting an encrypted authorization to the requesting device over the communication network. Relaying, by the requesting device to the IoT device via the first communication link, the authorization. Decrypting, by the IoT device, the authorization and performing the action specified therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: William Setchell, Nitsan Shai, Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Ye Yuan
  • Publication number: 20180349939
    Abstract: A user verification system is configured to identify likely interactors approaching points of interaction to ensure accurate interactions and to provide loyalty rewards. In an example, a interaction system installs a user verification device with a stereo camera at an interacting device to capture images of the user and to obtain data from the device. The user verification device uses the stereo camera to determine the location of the user to determine if the user is a likely interactor. The user verification device recognizes motions of the user that are indicative of an interactor, such as reaching across the counter or looking at the operator. The user verification device identifies or verifies the interactor based on the record data or the display data. If the user is the likely interactor, then the system conducts a hands-free interaction with the user account or provides loyalty rewards to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: William Setchell, Mallinath Bareddy, Phillip Ellsworth Stahlfeld, Yichen Zhao, Xiaoyong Chai, Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Michal Palczewski, Chunxiao Diao, Dennis Yung-Chi Hu, Anuj Batra, Min-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20180114219
    Abstract: A service provider system registers with a service system. A user establishes an account with the service system and the service system establishes a facial template associated with the user account. The service system transmits, to a service provider device at a location, identification information and transmits a shared encryption key to a user computing device associated with the user. The user enters the merchant location carrying the user computing device. The service device receives the encryption key from the user device and decrypts the identification information associated with the user using the encryption key. The user initiates a service request and the service provider device verifies the identity of the user via the facial template associated with the user by generating a facial template based on an image captured of the user to compare against the facial template associated with the user. The service device processes the service request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: William Setchell, Michal Palczewski, Yichen Zhao, Thai Duong, Thiago Valverde
  • Publication number: 20180032798
    Abstract: A service device processes a service request using account information of a user. The service device captures a first image of the user, generates a first user facial template based on the first image, and transmits the first user facial template with the account information to a service processing system. The user arrives at the service device to initiate a subsequent service request. The service device captures a second image of the user and generates a second user facial template based on the second image and searches for the first facial template matching the generated second facial template. The service device transmits a first stored matching facial template to the service processing system and a request for account information. The service device receives stored account information associated with the stored first facial template from the service processing system. The service device processes the subsequent service request using the account information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: William Setchell
  • Publication number: 20170041316
    Abstract: Requesting, by a requesting device, from an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an IoT device identifier over a communication link between the devices. Requesting, by the requesting device from an authorization device over a communication network including at least one TCP/IP link, authorization to command the IoT device to perform an action. Determining, by the authorization device, an authorization of the requesting device to command the identified IoT device to perform the requested action based on the IoT device identifier, the requesting device identifier, and the command. For a requesting device determined authorized, transmitting an encrypted authorization to the requesting device over the communication network. Relaying, by the requesting device to the IoT device via the first communication link, the authorization. Decrypting, by the IoT device, the authorization and performing the action specified therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: William Setchell, Nitsan Shai, Timothy Raymond Zwiebel, Ye Yuan