Patents Examined by A. Mohamed
  • Patent number: 11991135
    Abstract: Differentiated message presentation in a communication platform is described. In an example, a message to be posted to the communication platform can be received, wherein the communication platform is associated with a plurality of users that are permissioned to access content associated with the communication platform. In an example, a first user profile of a first user of the plurality of users can be associated with a first characteristic of the first user and a second user profile of a second user of the plurality of users can be associated with a second characteristic. Techniques described herein enable differentiated presentation of the message, in respective user interfaces of the communication platform, based at least in part on the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Rieseberg, Tyler Lewis, Jan Hannemann
  • Patent number: 11991036
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method performed at a control function entity. The method includes: receiving N first requests transmitted by N first network function (NF) entities, each of the first requests including a first valid time in which a first NF entity transmitting the first request provides a service; receiving a second request transmitted by a second NF entity, the second request being used for determining a third NF entity from the N first NF entities; and transmitting a first response to the second NF entity, the first response including a first valid time in which a third NF entity provides a service, such that the second NF entity performs service communication with the third NF entity within the first valid time in which the third NF entity provides the service, the third NF entity being included in the N first NF entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 11991658
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over RF channels. In some implementations, information is obtained. An encoder network is used to process the information and generate a first RF signal. The first RF signal is transmitted through a first channel. A second RF signal is determined that represents the first RF signal having been altered by transmission through the first channel. Transmission of the first RF signal is simulated over a second channel implementing a machine-learning network, the second channel representing a model of the first channel. A simulated RF signal that represents the first RF signal having been altered by simulated transmission through the second channel is determined. A measure of distance between the second RF signal and the simulated RF signal is calculated. The machine-learning network is updated using the measure of distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DeepSig Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Shea, Ben Hilburn, Tamoghna Roy, Nathan West
  • Patent number: 11990037
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein address the foregoing by providing systems and methods for driving notification. In one implementation, a method may include the operations of receiving an indication of a speed of a trailer, determining whether a parameter associated with the speed of the trailer meets a threshold, and activating a notification device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Peterson Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Rhett Andrew Peterson
  • Patent number: 11990105
    Abstract: A method and a system of measuring a display panel, and a display panel. The display panel includes a backlight module and a liquid crystal panel. The method of measuring the display panel includes determining a target position on a display panel that meets a preset condition, wherein the target position includes a first target position and a second target position, and a connecting line of the first target position and the second target position is parallel to a row of sub-pixels. The method further includes measuring brightness information at the target position under a constant applied voltage, wherein the brightness information includes brightness information of the backlight module and brightness information of the display panel, and a display efficiency of the display panel is calculated according to the brightness information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhenli Song
  • Patent number: 11986216
    Abstract: A uterine manipulator includes a cervical cup assembly having a cervical cup with an adjustable diameter to facilitate use of the uterine manipulator with patients having a wide range of cervical sizes. In embodiments, the cervical cup is formed from a plurality of slats that are connected to a base member by a living hinge. An actuator is positioned in relation to the cervical cup to move the slats towards or away from adjacent slats to vary the diameter of the cervical cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Scott J. Prior, Danial P. Ferreira, Paul C. DiCesare
  • Patent number: 11989952
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting a location of a target vehicle are disclosed. A processor receives trajectory information for the target vehicle and determines a trajectory feature based on the trajectory information. The processor further determines a lane feature of a lane within a threshold vicinity of the target vehicle, and determines a probability associated with the lane based on the trajectory feature and the lane feature. The lane that the vehicle may enter is identified based on the probability. The processor may also generate interactive features of interactions between the target vehicle and other vehicles. The processor predicts a location of the target vehicle in an upcoming time period based on the lane feature and the trajectory feature. In some embodiments, the interactive features are also used for the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Sun, Chenxu Luo, Dariush Dabiri
  • Patent number: 11990018
    Abstract: A monitoring device, including an encasement having an upper part and a lower part; wherein the lower part is attached by a hinge at a first side of the encasement to the upper part; wherein at an opposite side the upper part can be lowered onto the lower part to close the encasement or lifted up to open the encasement; an elongated strap with a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the strap is attached to the first side of the encasement and configured to enable coupling the monitoring device to a person by wrapping the strap around a limb of a person, and inserting the second end of the strap into the opposite side of the encasement onto the lower part and covering it with the upper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ATTENTI ELECTRONIC MONITORING LTD
    Inventors: Tsach Shwartz, Ofer Friedman, Yair Laster
  • Patent number: 11986176
    Abstract: A trocar site closure clip includes a generally triangular central body, a pair of arms extending from the body, and an elongated support extending from the body between the arms. In use, the clip is advanced into a patient through a trocar, the trocar removed, then the clip partially retracted to engage and pierce the patients tissue. The biodegradable clip remains in the patients tissue, at least partially blocking the trocar site, and degrades over time as the patient heals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Cambron, Daniel S. Metzinger, Robert S. Keynton, Hares A. Patel, Dakota J. Waldecker
  • Patent number: 11988781
    Abstract: An extrinsic calibration method of multiple 3D LiDAR sensors for an autonomous navigation system is proposed, the method including collecting point clouds by each of the multiple 3D LiDAR sensors; extracting multiple target planes corresponding to a plane from the point clouds of each of the 3D LiDAR sensors; by using the target plane of any one of the multiple 3D LiDAR sensors as a reference plane, detecting a corresponding plane from the target planes of each of the remaining of the 3D LiDAR sensors on the basis of a similarity with the reference plane; calculating initial extrinsic parameters for matching between the reference plane and the corresponding plane based on plane parameters of the reference plane and corresponding plane corresponding to each other; and calculating final extrinsic parameters that minimize variance of measurement points for the reference plane and corresponding plane, on the basis of the initial extrinsic parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Woojin Chung, Hyunsuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11986150
    Abstract: Apparatus for endoscopically retracting tissue, the apparatus comprising a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a balloon movably mounted to the sleeve; and at least one connector extending from the balloon and configured to be secured to tissue which is to be retracted; wherein the balloon is configured to be moved relative to the sleeve in order to retract the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: Lumendi Ltd., Cornell University
    Inventors: Peter Johann, Sergey Kantsevoy, Jeffrey Milsom, Sameer Sharma
  • Patent number: 11987260
    Abstract: A method for providing proactive driving alerts includes determining a road segment of interest, receiving GPS data and contextual data, and identifying a triggering condition in a vicinity of the segment of interest. The method also includes determining an applicability of the triggering condition to the segment of interest, retrieving an alert threshold corresponding to the triggering condition, and obtaining an action factor correlating to a user's driving behavior. The method further includes determining whether the action factor exceeds the alert threshold and providing a proactive alert related to the triggering condition to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc.
    Inventors: Arash Hadapanah, Hari Balakrishnan, Rafi Finegold, Samuel Madden, Robert S. Kobetis, Brian Sachetta, Sanujit Sahoo, Gábor Tyukász
  • Patent number: 11988603
    Abstract: A tissue imaging system includes a laser module for outputting a laser pulse, an optical delay module configured to split a laser pulse received from the laser module into a plurality of time-delayed sub-pulses, a telescope for delivering the sub-pulses from the optical delay module to a target volume and a photodetector configured to collect photons generated within the target volume in response to excitation of the target volume by the first and second sub-pulses. The system may further include a spatial multiplexing module configured to receive the temporally multiplexed laser pulse from the optical delay module and splitting the temporally multiplexed laser pulse into a plurality of sub-beams including a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam, wherein the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam are spatially separated with respect to a first image plane formed at a first depth within the target volume and with respect to a second image plane formed at a second depth within the target volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
    Inventor: Alipasha Vaziri
  • Patent number: 11988804
    Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for rule-based weather impact assessment. A method can include receiving, by a user interface, a request for environmental condition impact data for specified equipment at a specified location, retrieving weather model data for the specified location, comparing the retrieved weather model data to user-defined rules associated with the specified equipment, and providing, by the user interface, a graphic depiction indicating whether the user-defined rule is satisfied in the specified location based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert F. Cromp, Caleb N. Sherer, Kendall L. Hefley
  • Patent number: 11980708
    Abstract: A balloon dilation catheter includes a substantially rigid inner guide member and a movable shaft coupled to a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. To treat a sinus cavity of a subject using the balloon dilation the substantially rigid inner guide member is advanced into a drainage pathway of the sinus (e.g., frontal recess or maxillary sinus) of the subject via a nasal passageway. The shaft and balloon are advanced in a distal direction over the substantially rigid inner guide member to place the balloon in the drainage pathway. The balloon is inflated to expand or otherwise remodel the drainage pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Drontle, Anthony J. Hanson, Paul Lesch
  • Patent number: 11982521
    Abstract: A method for measuring a spatial distortion of a target surface (110) of a workpiece (110A). Light is transmitted twice through a reference pattern-generator (104) and impinged upon a workpiece pattern-generator (108). Then, with an optical detector (116), first and second beams formed by the light as a result of interaction with two pattern- generators (104) (106) is acquired to produce a signal characterizing geometry of interference fringes formed at the detector (116) by the first and second beams. Indicia representing at least one of a type and a value of spatial distortion of the target surface (110) is generated and recorded. A system embodying the implementation of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Gene Smith, Michael B. Binnard
  • Patent number: 11982409
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a safety monitoring method and a safety monitoring Internet of Things system of pipe network reliability degree based on intelligent gas, wherein the method is executed by an intelligent gas pipe network safety management based on the safety monitoring Internet of Things system of pipe network reliability degree, including: obtaining reliability degree influence feature of a pipe network node; and the reliability degree influence feature include at least one of intrinsic features, and extrinsic features; determining reliability degree of the pipe network node based on the reliability degree influence feature; and determining a monitoring scheme based on the reliability degree of the pipe network node. The monitoring scheme includes a key pipe network node to be monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Bin Liu, Yaqiang Quan, Xiaojun Wei, Yongzeng Liang
  • Patent number: 11983753
    Abstract: Methods and systems to automatically respond to a request for product information are described. In one embodiment, a data collection module may collect product data over a network, identify that the product data is related to a particular product, and store the product data and an association between the product data and the particular product in a database. An instant messaging engine may receive a request for the product data after the product data is stored in the database and an interpreter module may identify, in response to the request, the request to correspond to the particular product and retrieve the product data based on the association between the particular product and the product data. The instant messaging engine may also transmit, using an instant messaging protocol, a response to the request, the response including the product data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11980485
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a treatment outcome prediction for a patient using electroencephalograph (EEG) are disclosed, which include analyzing a brain region mutual interaction characteristics using scalp EEG data from a patient and obtaining a set of brain region mutual interaction feature matrices, performing a feature enhancement process to the brain region mutual interaction feature matrices to extract prominent mutual interaction features and applying a treatment response predictive model to determine a treatment outcome prediction for the patient. Further disclosed is a method of generating a treatment response predictive model using EEG dataset of a group of patients under a clinical treatment. The method and system can be used for determining a treatment outcome prediction for a psychiatric disorder patient and a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffering from psychiatric disorder symptom(s) originated from COVID-19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Neumarker, Inc
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Qing Wang
  • Patent number: 11980556
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for flaring a stent deployed within a branch vessel including an ostium communicating with a main vessel, a first end of the stent extending at least partially from the branch. A catheter is provided that includes a first balloon carried on its distal end, and a second balloon that includes a distal section overlying at least a portion of the first balloon and a proximal section. The catheter distal end is introduced into the main vessel and positioned through the ostium and stent into the branch until the first balloon is disposed within the stent. The first balloon is expanded to anchor the stent, and the second balloon is expanded to flare the first end of the stent. Optionally, the first balloon is expanded further, e.g., to expand the stent within the branch body lumen and/or dilate the lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ostial Corporation
    Inventors: Archimedes Sanati, Farhad Khosravi