Patents Assigned to Hurricane Electric
  • Patent number: 11222314
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating at least a portion of a secure electronic financial transaction are provided herein. Methods may include generating a unique payee identifier that represents a unique payment relationship between a payee and one or more payors, receiving a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the unique payee identifier and a payment, and authorizing a payment to the payee that corresponds to the payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hurricane Electric
    Inventor: Mike Leber
  • Patent number: 10320951
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a virtual local area network are provided herein. According to some embodiments, methods for establishing a virtual local area network include determining at least a first data protocol utilized by a first communications device via a registration server, the first communications device being communicatively coupled with at least a first network via the first data protocol version; determining at least a second data protocol utilized by a second communications device via the registration server, the second communications device being communicatively coupled with at least a second network via the second data protocol version; establishing a network connection between the first communications device and the second communications device; and converting data format of data exchanged between the first and second communications devices when the first data protocol differs from the second data protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Hurricane Electric
    Inventor: Mike Leber
  • Patent number: 9965760
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating electronic transactions utilizing data capturing devices are provided herein. Methods may include generating a transaction event which comprises transaction details and receiving a transaction acceptance from a first client device. The transaction acceptance may include a capture of at least a portion of the transaction details and a unique merchant identifier by a first data capturing device of the first client device and a confirmation. The method further includes providing indication of a payment authorization to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Hurricane Electric
    Inventor: Mike Leber
  • Patent number: 9881088
    Abstract: Natural language solution generating devices and methods are provided herein. Exemplary devices may execute logic via one or more processors, which are programmed to receive a complex query in natural language format, the complex query including a real-world problem that requires interrogation of a plurality of information sources in order to ascertain a response to the problem, evaluate the complex query to determine query segments, which are each included with at least one domain, wherein a domain corresponds to an information source, query the information sources to obtain responses for the query segments, and generate a natural language solution using the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hurricane Electric LLC
    Inventor: Mike Leber
  • Patent number: 8990956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for exchanging information for access to a computing resource are provided herein. Methods may include receiving a request to access a computing resource, the computing resource being selectively unavailable to the information provider, responsive to receiving the request, providing the information provider a problem that is to be solved by the information provider prior to making the computing resource selectively available to the information provider, wherein solving the problem elicits desired information from the information provider, and responsive to receiving the desired information, selectively making the computing resource available to the information provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hurricane Electric
    Inventor: Mike Leber
  • Patent number: 8976197
    Abstract: Solution generating devices and methods are provided herein. Exemplary devices may execute logic via one or more processors, which are programmed to capture a view with an image capturing device, evaluate the view to determine a task within the view, generate a solution for the task, and display the solution via a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hurricane Electric LLC
    Inventor: Mike Leber
  • Publication number: 20130265806
    Abstract: An intelligent power control unit (IPCU) for low voltage ride through (LVRT) and its application. The intelligent power control unit is provided with a port A, a port B, a port C, an internal auxiliary converter for stabilizing the voltage of a stator and supplying reactive power at the moment of riding through, and a controllable active load for absorbing active power. High speed switches are provided between the port A and the port B, and the internal auxiliary converter is provided between the port A and the port C. The internal auxiliary converter and the controllable active load are sequentially connected in series between the port A and the port C; or, the internal auxiliary converter is connected with the controllable active load from the port A through three-phase bridge rectification, whereby the branch of the internal auxiliary converter is connected in parallel with the branch of the controllable active load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Nanjing Hurricane Electric Control Automation Equi pment Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhong Wang, Enrong Liao, Gengsheng Li, Zhiguo Li, Xiaohui Huang, Zhiyuan Xin