Patents Examined by Maria C Santos-Diaz
  • Patent number: 11961157
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for communal facilities management in a smart city based on an Internet of Things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Yaqiang Quan, Junyan Zhou, Xiaojun Wei, Zhihui Wen
  • Patent number: 11941639
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, providing resource allocation advice, configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice regarding data storage, access, placement, and/or related web services. In some examples, a web service may utilize or otherwise control a client instance to control, access, or otherwise manage resources of a distributed system. Based at least in part on one or more resource usage checks and/or configuration checks, resource usage information and/or configuration information of an account utilizing a web service, and/or user preferences and/or settings, resource allocation advice, system configuration recommendations, and/or migration advice may be provided to a user of an account. Additionally, in some examples, one or more remediation operations may be performed automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahendra M. Chheda, Shawn E. Heidel, Robert J. Jaye, Justin K Brindley-Koonce, Eric Jason Brandwine
  • Patent number: 11900326
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a business strategy map includes: a strategy map memory unit configured to include a business strategy map region for a business strategy map including a business specification in which a relation between a business project and a business executant has been defined, a business contents region for business contents accessible through the business specification and written by the business executant, a business chat message region for at least one business chat message accessible through the business contents, and a business object link region for a business object link included in the business specification and used to access a business object which is the business chat message and in which a business provider and a business recipient have been defined, and a business processor configured to provide specific business contents within the business contents region through a specific business specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: DELTA PDS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jae Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11893516
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that determine whether wait times for attractions of a theme park are shorter or longer than expected and notify guests of these shorter or longer wait times. In particular, the systems and methods determine a wait time value for an attraction by dividing a wait time for the attraction by a total wait time for all attractions of the theme park, and compare the wait time value to one or more threshold values based on an expected wait time for the attraction. In this manner, theme park guests may make a more informed decision on which attraction to wait for, and maximize their time at the theme park.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Molinari, Daniel Joseph Salowe, Sarah Heayun Whang, Joshua David Lecas
  • Patent number: 11893591
    Abstract: An authentication system and authentication method for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette configured to be connected within such system so that the authentication method can be applied to the electronic cigarette. The system can be divided into 3 main components, namely the electronic cigarette itself, a mobile terminal in communication with the electronic cigarette and reading a security label from the electronic cigarette, and a service terminal connected to the mobile terminal, for instance through the cloud. The system and method protects particularly from counterfeit cartridges and secures that a cartridge of the intended content is connected in the electronic cigarette. In addition, age verification can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Red Coral IP Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Xingchen Guo, Yong Fu
  • Patent number: 11869017
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of facilitating remote notarization of electronic instruments and storing records memorializing these notarization events. A notarization system provider may capture video feeds from different angles, and combine the feeds into a single archive multimedia file, which may be stored as a secured record of a notarization. The notarization system may be utilized as an alternative to a conventional notarization settings involving a notary, in-person. The notarization system provider may supply a signing party with an electronic instrument, which could be any instrument requiring notarization to be effective. Parties signing the document may go to a system provider's location or representatives could bring the requisite devices to the signing parties. Cameras generate video feeds of the notary, the notary, and any witnesses, and then forward the feeds to other devices in the system, allowing each party to observe the signing party sign the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Gaeta
  • Patent number: 11803822
    Abstract: An information management apparatus, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an information on a component to be dismantled within a predetermined period, setting a demand value representing a degree of a demand for a predetermined material, determining whether the demand value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and whether the predetermined material is included in the component based on the information, if it is determined that the demand value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and registering the component as an object of a recycle or a reuse, if it is determined that the predetermined material is included in the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11775914
    Abstract: A system includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to render a proposed organization chart. The processor is configured to determine a net action queue for the proposed organization chart. Determining the net action queue includes scanning an action queue to consolidate actions for the net action queue, apply the net action queue to an original organization chart to obtain the proposed organization. The processor is further configured to chart and render the proposed organization chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Workday, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Anathanam, Ajay Sagar, Katherine Lahl, John Paul Nguafack
  • Patent number: 11763317
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of messaging service. The method includes receiving, by at least one server, a chat request for creating a chatroom directed to a transaction that a user has entered into with a first entity. The method further includes creating, by the at least one server in response to receipt of the chat request, a first chatroom that is directed to the transaction and is accessible by the first entity and the user on a messaging application installed in a computing terminal such that the first entity sends one or more messages containing information about the transaction to the user via the first chatroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: KAKAO CORP.
    Inventors: Ki Pung Kim, Young Kil Ko, Eun Sun Gil, Jun Seo Lee, Ji Hoon Moon, Have Kyung Jang
  • Patent number: 11751542
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for profit maximization and risk mitigation that uses nutrition modeling of animals, including poultry and marine animals, is a critical component of the respective enterprise optimization and managed environment pollution control. The optimization accuracy depends on the description of utilization efficiency of nutrients in a population of animals. Utilization efficiency of nutrients for meat production in a population is preferably based on at least three component parts of nutrient utilization, namely maintenance, linear gain, and non-linear gain, instead of one only. Efficiencies for maintenance and linear gain are fixed value(s), but nutrient efficiency is a result of intra-population variation and efficiency of linear gain, and affect profit. Similar processing is performed to obtain optimal crop growth and profit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: American Institute of Nutrition and Management Inc.
    Inventors: Fazal Wala, Charles A. Lemaire, Alexander B. Lemaire
  • Patent number: 11756048
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for centralized resource transformation engine within a technical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mansoor Zafar, Jitendra Bhimavarapu, Saurabh Khanna, Matthias von Rueden
  • Patent number: 11733663
    Abstract: A building management system for monitoring equipment status is provided. The building management system includes a processing circuit configured to generate one or more diagnostics for a piece of building equipment based on one or more faults. The processing circuit is further configured to generate a work order based on the one or more diagnostics. The processing circuit is further configured to cause the work order to include task details for resolving the one or more faults. The task details are based on the one or more diagnostics associated with the one or more faults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Subrata Bhattacharya, Braja Majumdar, Rajesh C. Nayak, Abhigyan Chatterjee, Jayesh Shirish Patil, Sourabh Taranath Joshi
  • Patent number: 11715120
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and applying a machine learning model. One of the methods includes the actions of obtaining a plurality of data points associated with a parcel of real property; using a machine learning model to generate a prediction from the obtained plurality of data points, the prediction indicating a likelihood that the real property will satisfy a particular parameter, wherein the machine learning model is trained using a training set comprising a collection of data points associated with a labeled set of real property parcels distinct from the specified parcel of real property, the label indicating the particular parameter and corresponding value for each real property parcel of the training set; and based on the prediction, classifying the specified parcel of real property according to a determination of whether the predicted value of the parameter satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: States Title, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Holligan, Andy Mahdavi
  • Patent number: 11687867
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium records an evaluation program for causing a computer to execute processing including: acquiring a record group that includes a plurality of ordered records and includes a plurality of item values in which each record is associated with each of a plurality of items; specifying a first record and a second record associated with order having a predetermined relationship with order associated with the first record from among records included in the acquired record group; determining whether or not an item value associated with a second item included in the first record satisfies a condition in a case where an item value associated with the first item among item values included in the first record is different from an item value associated with the first item among item values included in the second record; and evaluating the first record on the basis of the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takahide Muramoto
  • Patent number: 11676106
    Abstract: A method and system for managing and sourcing materials and services for energy retrofit projects. An electronic energy retrofit project portal provides real-time designing, specifying, searching, pricing, quoting, ordering, and tracking of energy audit project materials and services required for a desired energy retrofit project. The functionality of the electronic energy retrofit project portal is available in real-time directly and from within existing design programs that create and provide energy audits and available as a standalone portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: StreamLinx LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Seifert, Rodney J. Seifert, Jeffrey A. Seifert
  • Patent number: 11663562
    Abstract: There is provided a configuration at least including a screen control part configured to display on a display part a maintenance component management screen displaying a component, a mechanism, or both, as a maintenance component, a collection part configured to collect component data related to the maintenance component, a determination part configured to compare a cumulative value of the component data with a predetermined threshold value to determine the cumulative value exceeding the threshold value, a calculation part configured to calculate a replacement time, and an operation part configured to calculate replacement times based on an average value of the component data and a cumulative value of the component data for each predetermined cycle, display the maintenance component sequentially from the maintenance component reaching the earliest replacement time, and display the maintenance component on the display part in a state where the component data is updated for the predetermined cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Fukuda, Risa Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11636421
    Abstract: Approaches for a model-driven tool-agnostic reporting approach are provided. In one example, a report request is received from a business intelligence reporting application, from which a graphical template and query template are created, wherein the graphical template comprises the visual presentation of data responsive to the request and the query template specifies how the data responsive to the request is to be computed. The report created by the approaches described herein is compatible with multiple business intelligence reporting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Digital.ai Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Kapoor, Gaurav Rewari, Sadanand Sahasrabudhe
  • Patent number: 11586955
    Abstract: In an example, an ontology analyzer may generate an ontology, based on a claim adjudication request. The claim adjudication request may be processed, based on the ontology to provide an ontology based inference. A rule based analyzer may identify a predefined rule corresponding to the claim adjudication request and process the request, based on the predefined rule. A conflict resolver may resolve a conflict which may occur between the ontology based inference and the rule based inference. When a conflict is detected, a predefined criteria may be selected for resolving the conflict, the predefined criteria comprising rules to select one of the ontology based inference and the rule based inference to maximize a probability of accurately processing the claim adjudication request in case of a conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Chung-Sheng Li, Guanglei Xiong, Mohammad Ghorbani, Emmanuel Munguia Tapia, Sukryool Kang, Benjamin Nathan Grosof, Ashish Jain, Colin Connors
  • Patent number: 11574346
    Abstract: A computer-implemented interactive system, methods, and platform are herein disclosed to allow for the aggregation of context based feedback data according to a selected feedback context model. In an illustrative implementation, the computer-implemented interactive system/platform comprises an exemplary server computer environment, an instruction set comprising one or more instructions to request from the one or more other computing environments feedback data (e.g., such requests being made on a temporal basis according to one or more feedback context models), and a data store. The platform may be used to aggregate feedback data for various feedback sponsors/requestors, by way of example, as a user/customer is experiencing a product/service, in real time. The frequency, timing, and trigger for feedback data requests from users, illustratively, can be tailored by the one or more instructions of the one or more feedback context models that take into account a baseline use/experience of given product/service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CLX HEALTH LLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Rasansky
  • Patent number: 11556882
    Abstract: A method for managing oilfield water. Oilfield water data is grouped into discrete and non-overlapping groups. Outliers are removed from the data. Features of the remaining data are analyzed to identify most discriminative feature. The data is separated into training data and testing data, and the training data is fit into a model that shows the best precision, accuracy and recall. The model is confirmed using the testing data. Upon confirmation of the accuracy of the model, the model is applied to data for a new proposed oilfield well, and a new proposed project is implemented or disapproved based on a result of the identified model that predicts water production of the new proposed oilfield well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SOURCEWATER, INC.
    Inventors: Forrest Charles Webb, Wesley Peter Cleveland