Shawn T Samuel

US Patent:

20120150888, Jun 14, 2012

Filed:

Jun 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/158408

Inventors:

Geoffrey Hyatt - Boston MA, US
Wilbur Swan - Lexington MA, US
Shawn Samuel - Lincoln MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/04

US Classification:

707758, 707E17005

Abstract:

The present invention provides computer-based systems and methods directed to maintaining a database of user profiles based, respectively, on user interaction with third-party systems. The invention includes the processes of: accessing a unique user profile associated with a unique user; automatically collecting, by an agent module executing on a processor associated with a first system, data associated with the unique user based at least in part on the unique user's interaction with a system unassociated with the first system; evaluating by the processor the collected data and searching available databases to identify potential items of interest to the unique user based at least in part on the unique user profile and the collected data; determining a set of predicted items of interest to the unique user from the identified potential items of interest; and presenting at a display associated with the unique user data representing the set of predicted items of interest. In one implementation, the invention provides an intelligent agent possessing a level of “awareness” concerning individual users associated with user profiles or accounts and is adapted to access private and public databases, websites, resources, and other systems to efficiently collect, filter and deliver/present content and resources of interest to the individual user in a predictive fashion.

US Patent:

6512498, Jan 28, 2003

Filed:

Jun 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/598275

Inventors:

Gregg E. Favalora - Cambridge MA
Shawn T. Samuel - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Actuality Systems, Inc. - Reading MA

International Classification:

G09G 300

US Classification:

345 30

Abstract:

In a volumetric display, a strobe source illuminates a moving object at successive instants separated by potentially unequal time intervals. By specifying these intervals, an illumination controller achieves eye-catching visual effects suitable for advertising kiosks or other public displays. The volumetric display includes a signal generator configured to generate a first and second signals. An illumination controller interleaves these signals and provides the resulting interleaved signals to a strobe unit that is disposed to illuminate the moving object in response to the interleaved signals.

US Patent:

20160034588, Feb 4, 2016

Filed:

Jul 1, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/789857

Inventors:

- Baar, CH
Wilbur Swan - Lexington MA, US
Shawn Samuel - Lincoln MA, US

Assignee:

THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES - Baar

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

Abstract:

The present invention provides computer-based systems and methods directed to maintaining a database of user profiles based, respectively, on user interaction with third-party systems. The invention includes the processes of: accessing a unique user profile associated with a unique user; automatically collecting, by an agent module executing on a processor associated with a first system, data associated with the unique user based at least in part on the unique user's interaction with a system unassociated with the first system; evaluating by the processor the collected data and searching available databases to identify potential items of interest to the unique user based at least in part on the unique user profile and the collected data; determining a set of predicted items of interest to the unique user from the identified potential items of interest; and presenting at a display associated with the unique user data representing the set of predicted items of interest. In one implementation, the invention provides an intelligent agent possessing a level of “awareness” concerning individual users associated with user profiles or accounts and is adapted to access private and public databases, websites, resources, and other systems to efficiently collect, filter and deliver/present content and resources of interest to the individual user in a predictive fashion.