Scipioni, US
Germán Scipioni, San Jose, CA US
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20120089483 | ESCROW PAYMENT TO FACILIATE ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS - A system and method enables sellers to define a secret shared with an on-line payment provider when listing an item or service for purchase. Consumers deposit funds into an on-line escrow or holding account before committing to a financial on-line transaction or purchase. Once an item is located, the consumer may contact the seller for additional information. By placing funds in escrow, the seller may be more willing to spend the time and effort to deal with the consumer. The consumer, in turn, receives more information to make a purchasing decision. If the transaction is to be completed, the consumer instructs the payment provider maintaining the escrow account to release the funds to the seller's account. The seller is notified by the payment provider, where the notification includes the secret. This enables the seller to authenticate the confirmation message. | 04-12-2012 |
20120296821 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING PAYMENTS FROM SELECTED FUNDING SOURCES - In an embodiment, a payment service provider includes a database storing a plurality of buyer-identity/buyer's-payment-source-account associations, each having a unique identifier assigned thereto, and a payment service provider transaction device configured to: 1) communicate with at least one of a transaction device of the buyer and/or a transaction device of a seller; 2) receive an authorization from the buyer to make a payment from a selected one of the buyer's payment source accounts to a designated one of the seller's payment depository accounts, the authorization including a specified payment amount and the unique identifier associated with the selected buyer's payment source account from which the buyer desires the payment to be made; and 3) effect a transfer of the specified payment amount from the selected buyer's payment source account to the designated seller's account. | 11-22-2012 |
German Carlos Scipioni, San Jose, CA US
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20130080280 | ORDER PROVISION SYSTEM USING CUSTOMER PROXIMITY - A method for providing an order includes receiving an identifier for a customer order, which is to be provided at a merchant location, and a customer mobile device identifier through a network at a tracking device. The identifier for the customer order is associated with the customer mobile device identifier. A location of a customer mobile device that is associated with the customer mobile device identifier is determined. A distance between the customer mobile device and the merchant location is determined. The identifier for the customer order along with arrival information for the customer that is based on the distance between the location of the customer mobile device and the merchant location is then provided for display. A merchant at the merchant location may then make determinations about how to provide the customer order based on the customer arrival information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080323 | RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCE - An account with restricted use is maintained by a payment provider, where funds from the account can only be used when specific user-determined conditions are met. The user may specify one or more payees, an amount or maximum payment, a time or date range for payment, or other restrictions. | 03-28-2013 |
20130166369 | Digital Content Provided to a User at a Physical Location - A method for providing a promotion to a user to do commerce at a physical location includes offering a right to a particular piece of digital content to the user as an incentive to a commercial transaction that occurs at least partly at the physical location, discerning that the user is located at the physical location, and in response to the discerning, interacting with the user to provide the digital content to the user on a mobile device associated with the user. | 06-27-2013 |
20130254068 | Systems, Methods, And Computer Program Products For On-Line Gifting - A method includes receiving an identification of a first item to be purchased, entering the first item into an electronic shopping cart facilitating an on-line transaction, providing a method of payment for a value of the first item to the shopping cart, and sending the value of the first item and a description of the item to a recipient with at least the following electronic options from which the recipient may choose: accepting the first item with payment made and modifying the transaction in accordance with the value of the first item. | 09-26-2013 |
20130317976 | Proxy Shopper Payments - Methods and systems are provided for facilitating payment by one person for products purchased by another person. For example, payment can be authorized, such a by a payment provider, when the purchaser is authorized to make the purchase, the product purchased is authorized for purchase, and the store at which the product was purchased is authorized for such purchasing by the other person. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325663 | Proxy Shopping Registry - Methods and systems are provided for facilitating purchases by one person for another person. A user can take advantage of one or more social networks to facilitate purchases by proxy shoppers for the user. For example, the user can designate what products can be purchased by a proxy shopper and what stores can be used by the proxy shopper to make the purchases. The products can be listed in a registry on the user's social network. When the proxy shopper is in a designated store, the proxy shopper can purchase a designated products for the user. | 12-05-2013 |
20140006280 | PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
Germán Carlos Scipioni, San Antonio, CA US
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20130103608 | Location Determination and Map Building - The present disclosure involves a method comprising: determining a location of a user inside a facility; accessing an information map of the facility based on at least one of: electronic scans of items in the facility made by the user and a planogram; and offering a service based on the information map and the location of the user. The present disclosure also involves an electronic device comprising: an interface for receiving an input from a user and communicating an output to the user; a transceiver for electronically communicating with external devices; a computer processor for executing instructions; and a memory storage for storing the instructions, the memory storage further comprising a program module for: constructing a map of a facility in response to purchases made by the user; and offering a service in response to a location of the user and a shopping history of the user. | 04-25-2013 |
Germán Carlos Scipioni, San Antonio, CA US
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20130103608 | Location Determination and Map Building - The present disclosure involves a method comprising: determining a location of a user inside a facility; accessing an information map of the facility based on at least one of: electronic scans of items in the facility made by the user and a planogram; and offering a service based on the information map and the location of the user. The present disclosure also involves an electronic device comprising: an interface for receiving an input from a user and communicating an output to the user; a transceiver for electronically communicating with external devices; a computer processor for executing instructions; and a memory storage for storing the instructions, the memory storage further comprising a program module for: constructing a map of a facility in response to purchases made by the user; and offering a service in response to a location of the user and a shopping history of the user. | 04-25-2013 |
Germán Carlos Scipioni, San Jose, CA US
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20130080280 | ORDER PROVISION SYSTEM USING CUSTOMER PROXIMITY - A method for providing an order includes receiving an identifier for a customer order, which is to be provided at a merchant location, and a customer mobile device identifier through a network at a tracking device. The identifier for the customer order is associated with the customer mobile device identifier. A location of a customer mobile device that is associated with the customer mobile device identifier is determined. A distance between the customer mobile device and the merchant location is determined. The identifier for the customer order along with arrival information for the customer that is based on the distance between the location of the customer mobile device and the merchant location is then provided for display. A merchant at the merchant location may then make determinations about how to provide the customer order based on the customer arrival information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130166369 | Digital Content Provided to a User at a Physical Location - A method for providing a promotion to a user to do commerce at a physical location includes offering a right to a particular piece of digital content to the user as an incentive to a commercial transaction that occurs at least partly at the physical location, discerning that the user is located at the physical location, and in response to the discerning, interacting with the user to provide the digital content to the user on a mobile device associated with the user. | 06-27-2013 |
Lawrence Scipioni, Bedford, MA US
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20090314939 | SAMPLE DECONTAMINATION - Disclosed herein are methods that include: (a) exposing a sample in a chamber to a first gas, where the first gas reacts with surface contaminants on the sample to form a second gas; (b) removing at least a portion of the second gas from the chamber; and (c) exposing the sample to a charged particle beam to cause a plurality of particles to leave the sample and detecting at least some of the plurality of particles. The charged particle beam can include particles having a molecular weight of 40 atomic mass units or less. | 12-24-2009 |
20100052697 | REPAIRING DEFECTS - Methods and systems for defect repair are disclosed. The methods include: (a) identifying a defect causing an absence of an electrical connection between a first circuit element and a second circuit element, the first and second circuit elements being positioned in or on a substrate and the defect being positioned in the substrate; (b) removing a portion of the substrate to expose the defect, and depositing a conductive material to electrically connect the first and second circuit elements; and (c) verifying that the defect caused the absence of an electrical connection between the first and second circuit elements. | 03-04-2010 |
20100136255 | ICE LAYERS IN CHARGED PARTICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Charged particle sources, systems and methods are disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
20110049364 | REDUCING PARTICLE IMPLANTATION - Methods disclosed herein include: (a) forming a channel in a sample, the channel extending one micron or more along a direction oriented at an angle to a surface of the sample; (b) exposing a portion of the sample above the channel to a particle beam to cause particles to leave the surface of the sample; and (c) forming an image of the sample based on particles that leave the surface. | 03-03-2011 |
20120068067 | GAS FIELD ION MICROSCOPES HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATION MODES - The disclosure relates to ion beams systems, such as gas field ion microscopes, having multiple modes of operation, as well as related methods. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method of operating a gas field ion microscope system that includes a gas field ion source, where the gas field ion source includes a tip including a plurality of atoms. | 03-22-2012 |
20120085906 | CROSS-SECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A first instrument ( | 04-12-2012 |
20150130348 | Magnetically Enhanced, Inductively coupled Plasma Source For a Focused Ion Beam System - The present invention provides an inductively coupled, magnetically enhanced ion beam source, suitable to be used in conjunction with probe-forming optics to produce an ion beam without kinetic energy oscillations induced by the source. | 05-14-2015 |
Lawrence Scipioni, Beaverton, OR US
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20100025578 | Dual Beam System - A dual beam system includes an ion beam system and a scanning electron microscope with a magnetic objective lens. The ion beam system is adapted to operate optimally in the presence of the magnetic field from the SEM objective lens, so that the objective lens is not turned off during operation of the ion beam. An optional secondary particle detector and an optional charge neutralization flood gun are adapted to operate in the presence of the magnetic field. The magnetic objective lens is designed to have a constant heat signature, regardless of the strength of magnetic field being produced, so that the system does not need time to stabilize when the magnetic field is changed. | 02-04-2010 |
20100294648 | Magnetically Enhanced, Inductively Coupled Plasma Source for a Focused Ion Beam System - The present invention provides an inductively coupled, magnetically enhanced ion beam source, suitable to be used in conjunction with probe-forming optics to produce an ion beam without kinetic energy oscillations induced by the source. | 11-25-2010 |
20110163068 | Multibeam System - A multibeam system in which a charged particle beam and one or more additional beams can be directed to the target within a single vacuum chamber. A first beam colunm preferably produces a beam for rapid processing, and a second beam column produces a beam for more precise processing. A third beam column can be used to produce a beam useful for forming an image of the sample while producing little or no change in the sample. | 07-07-2011 |
20110309263 | Dual Beam System - A dual beam system includes an ion beam system and a scanning electron microscope with a magnetic objective lens. The ion beam system is adapted to operate optimally in the presence of the magnetic field from the SEM objective lens, so that the objective lens is not turned off during operation of the ion beam. An optional secondary particle detector and an optional charge neutralization flood gun are adapted to operate in the presence of the magnetic field. The magnetic objective lens is designed to have a constant heat signature, regardless of the strength of magnetic field being produced, so that the system does not need time to stabilize when the magnetic field is changed. | 12-22-2011 |
20120319000 | MAGNETICALLY ENHANCED, INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SOURCE FOR A FOCUSED ION BEAM SYSTEM - The present invention provides an inductively coupled, magnetically enhanced ion beam source, suitable to be used in conjunction with probe-forming optics to produce an ion beam without kinetic energy oscillations induced by the source. | 12-20-2012 |
Marco Scipioni, Charlotte, NC US
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20150177423 | OPTO TEXTILE - The opto textiles of the present invention utilize and exploit the light interaction characteristics of the fiber or yarn itself, and the light interaction characteristics of the fabric as a whole, such that the fabric presents a given appearance or provides a given visual effect, adequately cools a wearer/user, adequately heats a wearer/user, and/or fulfills a lifestyle or therapeutic function, for example. In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides fibers, yarns, and fabrics that manage and manipulate the properties of light, such as wavelength, propagation direction, degree of coherence, and intensity, utilizing, for example, the light-matter interaction, fluorescence, phosphorescence, photochromism, thermochromism, and heat-activated light generation, such that application-specific needs may be met. | 06-25-2015 |
Massimo Scipioni, Portland, OR US
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20080231306 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BURN-IN TEST SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An integrated circuit burn-in test system includes an integrated circuit and a tester. The integrated circuit includes operating circuitry, a heater for heating the operating circuitry, and burn-in test circuitry for testing the operating circuitry while being heated. A package surrounds the operating circuitry, the heater and the burn-in test circuitry. The burn-in test circuitry causes the operating circuitry to operate and generate data related thereto. The tester receives data from the burn-in test circuitry. The heater may be configured within the package to heat at least one predetermined portion of the operating circuitry. | 09-25-2008 |
20100164585 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED DELAY CHAIN - A semiconductor device wherein a delay chain is integrated; the semiconductor device having a semiconductor layer. The delay chain includes a plurality of delay cells placed in the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to each other so as to form the delay chain. The semiconductor device includes a first and second metal lines respectively connected to a supply voltage and a reference voltage and placed in a longitudinal direction on a surface of the semiconductor layer; each delay cell of the plurality of cells is electrically connected with the first and second metal lines. Any delay cell and its successive or preceding delay cells of the delay chain are placed in a transversal direction with respect to the first or the second metal line. | 07-01-2010 |