Richard D Perkins

US Patent:

20110258122, Oct 20, 2011

Filed:

Apr 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/087271

Inventors:

Daniel Jeffrey Shader - Palo Alto CA, US
John Paul Minor - Brick NJ, US
Richard Scott Perkins - Meridian ID, US
Marc-André Lamarche - Lorraine, CA
Jean-Sébastien Boulanger - Boucherville, CA

International Classification:

G06Q 20/00

US Classification:

705 67

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are systems and method for facilitating transactions between a merchant-partner and a customer. In general, the systems and methods include: (a) staging a transaction between the merchant-partner and the customer; (b) tokenizing the transaction by linking one or more transaction instructions to a token ID; (c) providing the customer with the token ID, wherein the customer can then present the token ID and a payment to a point-of-sale terminal; (d) receiving confirmation that the customer has presented, to a point-of-sale terminal, the token ID and a payment in accordance with the one or more transaction instructions; (e) notifying the merchant-partner that the customer provided the payment to the point-of-sale terminal; and (f) settling the transaction between the point-of-sale terminal and the merchant-partner.

US Patent:

20120066081, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Nov 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/298179

Inventors:

Daniel Jeffrey Shader - Palo Alto CA, US
John Paul Minor - Brick NJ, US
Richard Scott Perkins - Meridian ID, US
Marc-André Lamarche - Lorraine, CA
Jean-Sébastien Boulanger - Boucherville, CA

International Classification:

G06Q 20/40

US Classification:

705 18

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are systems and method for facilitating transactions between a merchant-partner and a customer. In general, the systems and methods include: (a) staging a transaction between the merchant-partner and the customer; (b) tokenizing the transaction by linking one or more transaction instructions to a token ID; (c) providing the customer with the token ID, wherein the customer can then present the token ID and a payment to a point-of-sale terminal; (d) receiving confirmation that the customer has presented, to a point-of-sale terminal, the token ID and a payment in accordance with the one or more transaction instructions; (e) notifying the merchant-partner that the customer provided the payment to the point-of-sale terminal; and (f) settling the transaction between the point-of-sale terminal and the merchant-partner.

US Patent:

20130041729, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/209291

Inventors:

Daniel Jeffrey Shader - Palo Alto CA, US
Kurt Thams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Richard Scott Perkins - Meridian ID, US
John Paul Minor - Brick NJ, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 144

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating retail promotions. The systems and methods disclosed generally include: (a) defining terms of a retail promotion; (b) identifying whether a consumer has acted in accordance with the terms of the retail promotion; and (c) authorizing a tender presented by the consumer, based on whether the consumer has acted in accordance with the terms of the retail promotion. The disclosed systems and methods have wide ranging applicability, including (non-exclusively): (1) allowing a brand company to initiate localized promotions at a point-of-sale retailer; (2) allowing a point-of-sale retailer to initiate localized promotions; and/or (3) allowing a point-of-sale retailer to build a customer database and build customer loyalty, without having to make significant changes to their point-of-sale terminal infrastructure.

US Patent:

20130041741, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Oct 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/267642

Inventors:

Daniel Jeffrey Shader - Palo Alto CA, US
Kurt Thams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Richard Scott Perkins - Meridian ID, US
John Paul Minor - Brick NJ, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 1436, 705 21

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating retail promotions. The systems and methods disclosed generally include: (a) defining terms of a retail promotion; (b) identifying whether a consumer has acted in accordance with the terms of the retail promotion; and (c) authorizing a tender presented by the consumer, based on whether the consumer has acted in accordance with the terms of the retail promotion. The disclosed systems and methods have wide ranging applicability, including (non-exclusively): (1) allowing a brand company to initiate localized promotions at a point-of-sale retailer; (2) allowing a point-of-sale retailer to initiate localized promotions; and/or (3) allowing a point-of-sale retailer to build a customer database and build customer loyalty, without having to make significant changes to their point-of-sale terminal infrastructure.

US Patent:

20140012690, Jan 9, 2014

Filed:

Jul 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/542374

Inventors:

Stephen P. Capps - San Carlos CA, US
Michael Tibbott - Mountain View CA, US
Kurt Thams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Richard Scott Perkins - Meridian ID, US
John Paul Minor - Brick NJ, US
Craig Carper - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/20

US Classification:

705 21

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are systems and method for facilitating transactions between a merchant-partner and an end-user (e.g., a customer of the merchant-partner). More specifically, presented herein are pricing systems and methods for establishing and staging transactions between a point-of-sale terminal, one or more merchant-partners, and a service provider.

US Patent:

20220393637, Dec 8, 2022

Filed:

Jun 2, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/831307

Inventors:

- Parsippany NJ, US
Thierry Nguyen - San Francisco CA, US
Richard Perkins - San Jose CA, US
Michael Kuiper - Newark CA, US
Gary Rossi - San Francisco CA, US
Nicholas Boitnott - San Francisco CA, US
David Kavulak - San Francisco CA, US
Alex Sharenko - Berkley CA, US
Anna Wojtowicz - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H02S 20/25

Abstract:

A system includes a plurality of roofing modules and a plurality of photovoltaic modules. The roofing modules include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has a first surface that is textured. The roofing modules are configured to be installed on the roof deck of a structure proximate to the photovoltaic modules. An appearance of the roofing modules aesthetically matches an appearance of the photovoltaic modules when viewed from a vantage point located at a ground level of the structure.

US Patent:

20220302329, Sep 22, 2022

Filed:

Mar 18, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/698563

Inventors:

- Parsippany NJ, US
Lewis Abra - San Francisco CA, US
Richard Perkins - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H01L 31/048
H02S 40/34
H01L 31/02
H05K 3/00

Abstract:

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system. In some embodiments, the system includes a photovoltaic module and a module-level power electronics device electrically connected to the photovoltaic module. In some embodiments, the module-level power electronics device comprises a laminated potted printed circuit board. In some embodiments, the laminated potted printed circuit board comprises a potted printed circuit board and an encapsulant covering the potted printed circuit board. In some embodiments, the potted printed circuit board comprises: a printed circuit board having a top surface, and a pottant covering the top surface of the printed circuit board. In some embodiments, the laminated potted printed circuit board is substantially void-free.

US Patent:

20230126558, Apr 27, 2023

Filed:

Dec 23, 2022

Appl. No.:

18/088314

Inventors:

- Parsippany NJ, US
Gabriela Bunea - San Jose CA, US
Richard Perkins - San Jose CA, US
David Kavulak - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

GAF Energy LLC - Parsippany NJ

International Classification:

H01L 31/049
H01L 31/048
H02S 20/23

Abstract:

A roll, comprising: a laminate, comprising: a plurality of solar cells, wherein the plurality of solar cells comprises: a first solar cell, a second solar cell, and a third solar cell, wherein the first solar cell and the second solar cell are separated in a first direction by a first distance, wherein the second solar cell and the third solar cell are separated in the first direction by the first distance, and wherein each of the first, second, and third solar cells comprises: a width in the first direction, and a length in a second direction, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; a first encapsulant, wherein the first encapsulant encapsulates the plurality of solar cells, and wherein the first encapsulant includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a frontsheet, wherein the frontsheet includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface of the frontsheet, wherein the second surface of the frontsheet is adjacent the first surface of the first encapsulant; and a backsheet, wherein the backsheet includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface of the backsheet, wherein the first surface of the backsheet is adjacent the second surface of the first encapsulant, and wherein the widths of the first, second, and third solar cells, and the first and second distances are sized to permit at least a portion of the first surface of the frontsheet to be juxtaposed circumferentially with at least a portion of the second surface of the backsheet.