Miscellaneous Patents (Class 705/500)
  • Patent number: 11978253
    Abstract: An augmented reality customer interaction system includes a transparent panel having a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, and a camera device configured to capture visual data from an area adjacent to the second side of the transparent panel. The visual data includes identifying features of a customer located in the area with respect to the second side of the transparent panel. The system further includes a projection system configured to project information on the first side of the transparent panel. The information projected on the first side of the transparent panel may include customer interaction data retrieved from a data store based on the identifying features of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Truist Bank
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Dascola, Jacob Atticus Grady, Kaitlyn Stahl
  • Patent number: 11893543
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) generates a digital wardrobe for each user of a set of users. The processor(s) obtains a prospective theme(s) for a given event and a list of participants comprising a portion of the set of users. The processor(s) identify preferences, in the digital wardrobes of the portion of the set of users, relevant to each of the one or more prospective themes for the given event. The processor(s) determine, based on analyzing the relevant preferences in the digital wardrobes of the portion of the set of users, if a consensus exists in the relevant preferences of the portion of the set of users, where the consensus represents a given prospective theme, where the respective relevant preferences for the given prospective theme are aligned across the portion of the set of users. Based on determining that the consensus exists, the processor(s) generates an event theme for the given event, wherein the event theme is the consensus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gopal Bhageria, Ramasuri Narayanam, Srikanth G. Tamilselvam, Radha Bellamkonda
  • Patent number: 11861686
    Abstract: A system and method for a website building system (WBS) hosting multiple websites, and a message system to generate at least one actionable widget card (AWC), where the AWC has elements comprising at least content, fields and attributes and implements at least e-commerce related operations for a product, the message system includes a card creator to create at least one AWC according to a trigger from a website associated with the product, stored pre-defined rules concerning card definitions or pre-defined widget card parameters and a card transformer to transform at least one of: content, fields and attributes of the at least one AWC according to transformation rules to create at least one new AWC, where a transformation is according to at least one of: a user request, related elements and product similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wix.com Ltd.
    Inventors: Reuven J. Sherwin, Tal Kol, Adi Zellner, Yonatan Biri, Shachar Burg, Ethan Sharabi, Liat Karpel Gurwicz, Roni Ben-Aharon
  • Patent number: 11835246
    Abstract: Techniques for performing an emissions demand response event are described. In an example, a cloud-based HVAC control server system obtains a history of emissions rates. Based on the history of emissions rates, a future time period of predicted high emissions is identified. An emission demand response event participation level of an account mapped to a thermostat is determined for the future time period of predicted high emissions. The emissions demand response event participation level may be one of a plurality of emissions demand response event participation levels. based on the emissions demand response event participation level of the account, an emissions demand response event is generated during the future time period of predicted high emissions. The cloud-based HVAC control server system then causes a thermostat to control an HVAC system in accordance with the generated emissions demand response event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Y. Chang, Kristoffer J. Donhowe, Ramya Bhagavatula, Jeffrey Gleeson, Kevin Chen
  • Patent number: 11830139
    Abstract: Aspects described provide systems and methods that relate generally to image analysis and, more specifically, overlaying images onto a three-dimensional model of a vehicle. The systems and methods include a vehicle application that receives vehicle information via a user interface. The vehicle application receives a plurality of images that comprise images of one or more internal components of the vehicle and images of one or more external components of the vehicle. The vehicle application utilizes a machine learning model to classify actual current images and attach, overlay, and wrap the actual current images to a three-dimensional model of the vehicle. The machine learning model and vehicle application meshes the actual current images around the three-dimensional model of the vehicle to create a three-dimensional view of the vehicle. The vehicle application further displays via the user interface the three-dimensional view of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Chow, Steven Dang, Elizabeth Furlan
  • Patent number: 11790386
    Abstract: A ticket exchange server is configured to determine a number of tickets to distribute for an event. The ticket exchange server accesses, for a stadium, training data describing attendance at historical events, historical opponents of a sports team, and a historical win/loss record of the sports team. The ticket exchange server trains a machine-learned model configured to predict an attendance for a future event at the stadium based on an opponent of the sports team at the future event and a current or predicted win/loss record of the sports team. The ticket exchange server selects an event for the sports team against an opponent and determines a predicted attendance using the machine-learned model. The ticket exchange server identifies a number of tickets greater than a capacity of the stadium to make available based on the predicted attendance and distributes the number of tickets to prospective attendees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Jump Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Eric Lore
  • Patent number: 11765156
    Abstract: A method including: receiving, from an application executing on a computing device and by an authentication process executing on the computing device, data representative of user credentials corresponding to the application, the authentication process being isolated from the application; packaging, by the authentication process, the data representative of user credentials with a device identification assigned to the computing device and an indication that the user credentials correspond to the application, the device identification being hidden from the application; outputting for transmission, by the authentication process and to an authentication server, an authentication request containing the packaged user credentials and device identification; receiving, by the authentication process and from the authentication server, an indication of authentication of the user credentials; and forwarding the received indication from the authentication process to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Subir Jhanb
  • Patent number: 11750690
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, in a content delivery (CD) network that delivers content on behalf of multiple content providers. The method includes, at a server in the CDN, wherein the server is currently processing at least one other request in at least one other session: receiving a connection request from a client, the connection request being associated with a corresponding content request; determining whether handling the content request will cause the server to become overloaded; and, based on the determining in (B) and on information about the content request, conditionally (i) accepting the content request, and (ii) terminating or throttling at least one session on the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Power, Christopher Newton, Laurence Lipstone, William Crowder
  • Patent number: 11651015
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for presenting information. The method may include: acquiring target release information and a comment information set associated with the target release information; and generating, for comment information in the comment information set, usefulness probabilities and predicted comment scores of the comment information based on the comment information and the target release information. The method may further include: presenting, based on obtained usefulness probability set and predicted comment score set, the comment information in the comment information set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miao Fan, Lin Guo, Chao Feng, Mingming Sun, Ping Li, Haifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11627794
    Abstract: An apparatus to realize personalized cosmetic compositions including a formula supply assembly having a plurality of additive reservoirs that contains a plurality of additive substances, a plurality of additive pumps that supplies selected additive quantities of the plurality of additive substances, a base reservoir that contains a base substance, and a base pump that supplies a base quantity of the base substance and a mixing assembly having an additive inlet that receives the selected additive quantities, a base inlet that receives the base quantity, and a mixing channel that mixes the additive quantities with the base quantity to form the personalized cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Geraldine Thiebaut, Guive Balooch, Helga Malaprade
  • Patent number: 11604206
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a support garment testing system comprising a torso form having a motion tracking sensor associated with one or more breast structures of the torso form. A support garment is secured to the torso form, and the torso form is mounted on a motion platform that, when actuated, causes displacement of the breast structures. The amount of displacement is measured by the sensor, and the data is used to assign a level of support provided by the support garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Campbell, Gregory Paul Dufour, Bridget Munro, Ian Wright, Kim B. Blair, Daniel A. Kingsley, Luri Robert Middleton, John David Pye, Elizabeth A. Rapp van Roden
  • Patent number: 11581069
    Abstract: Embodiments for intelligent generation of customized questions or questionnaires by a processor. One or more customized questions or questionnaires may be generated according to a user profile, similar profiles of alternative users, one or more historical interactions with the alternative users, one or more goals defined by a domain experts, domain knowledge, historical questions or questionnaires, or a combination thereof using a machine learning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierpaolo Tommasi, Marco Luca Sbodio, Vanessa Lopez Garcia, Sebastian Michael Lehrig, Natalia Mulligan
  • Patent number: 11582694
    Abstract: A system of controlling one or more building automation devices. The system may incorporate communicating over a first network with one or more network connected devices. An access point for the first network may be utilized to facilitate communication among the network connected devices. One or more of the network connected devices may be a low power device that has a first mode and a second mode. The low power device may expend less energy in one of the first mode and the second than in the other of the first mode and the second mode. The system may allow network devices connected to the first network to receive details about the low power device while the low power device is operating with the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ademco Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh Mallikarjuna Mandiganal, Robert D. Juntunen, Soumitri Kolavennu, Gabriel A. Bergman
  • Patent number: 11463512
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, in a content delivery (CD) network that delivers content on behalf of multiple content providers. The method includes, at a server in the CDN, wherein the server is currently processing at least one other request in at least one other session: receiving a connection request from a client, the connection request being associated with a corresponding content request; determining whether handling the content request will cause the server to become overloaded; and, based on the determining in (B) and on information about the content request, conditionally (i) accepting the content request, and (ii) terminating or throttling at least one session on the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Power, Christopher Newton, Laurence Lipstone, William Crowder
  • Patent number: 11455795
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an image processing program, and a recording medium for the program, which make it possible to understand a unique way of spending time of a certain user at an event. A first attribute obtained from images captured by a first user and a second attribute obtained from images, captured by many second users whose number is larger than the number of the first user, among images of the same event are detected. The first attribute represents a feature of the first user having a unique way of spending time at the event. According to the first attribute, information on products or the like suitable for the first user is notified to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kei Yamaji, Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 11455646
    Abstract: A ticket exchange server is configured to determine a number of tickets to distribute for an event. The ticket exchange server accesses, for a stadium, training data describing attendance at historical events, historical opponents of a sports team, and a historical win/loss record of the sports team. The ticket exchange server trains a machine-learned model configured to predict an attendance for a future event at the stadium based on an opponent of the sports team at the future event and a current or predicted win/loss record of the sports team. The ticket exchange server selects an event for the sports team against an opponent and determines a predicted attendance using the machine-learned model. The ticket exchange server identifies a number of tickets greater than a capacity of the stadium to make available based on the predicted attendance and distributes the number of tickets to prospective attendees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: UPTIX, INC.
    Inventor: Marc Eric Lore
  • Patent number: 11368451
    Abstract: A method including: receiving, from an application executing on a computing device and by an authentication process executing on the computing device, data representative of user credentials corresponding to the application, the authentication process being isolated from the application; packaging, by the authentication process, the data representative of user credentials with a device identification assigned to the computing device and an indication that the user credentials correspond to the application, the device identification being hidden from the application; outputting for transmission, by the authentication process and to an authentication server, an authentication request containing the packaged user credentials and device identification; receiving, by the authentication process and from the authentication server, an indication of authentication of the user credentials; and forwarding the received indication from the authentication process to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yi Cui, Subir Jhanb
  • Patent number: 11328320
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) electronic computing device for determining a likelihood of fraudulent content in an advertisement includes receiving a digital image of the advertisement. A dataset of information relating to the advertisement is extracted from the digital image. Content related to the advertisement is identified from the dataset of information. The identified content is used to request identification information regarding the advertisement. The identification information and supplemental information are used to calculate a scam score for the advertisement. The scam score indicates the likelihood of fraudulent content in the advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Le Chevalier, Andres J. Saenz
  • Patent number: 11308320
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be provided for performing a search on an input text block. The input text block may be split into a plurality of input text segments. A text similarity algorithm may be used to find similar stored text segments to each of the plurality of input text segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Cognition IP Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant Lee, Andrew Tjang, Andrew Perry Chu, Uday Pulleti
  • Patent number: 11280614
    Abstract: A system comprises a mobile machine (14) for collecting a plurality of bales (10,12) dispersed across a ground surface and one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices are configured to receive location and orientation information for the plurality of bales (10,12), the location and orientation information including a location and an orientation of each of the bales (10,12), automatically determine a preferred path for collecting the bales using the location and orientation information, and present information about the preferred path to an operator of the mobile machine (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11216741
    Abstract: A regression analysis apparatus includes a regression model constructor and a similar feature extractor. A regression model constructor is configured to construct a regression model that represents an objective variable with a plurality of explanatory variables that correspond to any one of a plurality of features and with a regression coefficient of the plurality of explanatory variables by performing regression analysis using analysis target data including the plurality of features with one of the plurality of features as the objective variable. A similar feature extractor is configured to calculate a similarity degree between a feature other than a feature that corresponds to the objective variable in the analysis target data and the plurality of explanatory variables, and each of the plurality of explanatory variables, and configured to extract a similar feature having the similarity degree higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masaaki Takada, Takeichiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11196554
    Abstract: Methods and systems for starting a node without a default password are provided. Exemplary methods include: creating a node responsive to indicia received from a user; checking for an existing keystore in the node; when no existing keystore is in the node: generating a seed password for a predefined user of the node; non-persistently providing the seed password to the user; creating an encrypted keystore in the node; and storing the seed password in the encrypted keystore; and allowing access to the node using the built-in user and seed password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Elasticsearch B.V.
    Inventor: Simon Daniel Willnauer
  • Patent number: 11163432
    Abstract: An information processing system for transmitting data relating to an image to be displayed, includes a hardware processor configured to store a setting for using an external service, the setting for using the external service being stored in association with a user among one or more users; store transmission destination setting information in which the external service is set as a transmission destination to which the data is addressed, the transmission destination setting information being stored in association with a user among the one or more users; identify the one or more users; and transmit the data to the transmission destination corresponding to the external service, based on the transmission destination setting information associated with each of the identified one or more users, the transmission destination corresponding to the external service being different for each of the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinari Toyota, Shigeo Araki, Naoki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11118428
    Abstract: A method for performing a simulation of a field having a subterranean formation is described. The method includes obtaining phase behavior data of subterranean fluids of the field, generating an equation of state (EOS) model of the fluids based on the phase behavior data, generating a Helmholtz free energy model that reproduces predictions of the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, and performing the simulation of the field using the Helmholtz free energy model. The method may further include reducing the EOS model to a reduced EOS model having a reduced number of components to represent the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, generating the Helmholtz free energy model based on the reduced EOS model, and obtaining and using phase behavior data of injection fluids used. A computer system data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Ratulowski, Denis Klemin, Mark Andersen, Oleg Dinariev, Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Evseev, Evgeny Ivanov, Sergey Sergeevich Safonov, Dmitry Anatolievich Koroteev
  • Patent number: 11087384
    Abstract: An information processing system including an information processing device that is used by a first user and a server configured that can communicate with the information processing device is provided. The server is configured to store a first list of commodities which are sold by the first user who uses a vehicle, a second list of commodities which a second user wants to purchase, and position information of a receiving place of the commodities. The information processing device is configured to notify the first user of transaction information when a predetermined condition based on position information or travel route information of the vehicle which is moving and the position information of the receiving place is satisfied. The transaction information is information including identification information of commodities which are common to the first list and the second list and the position information of the receiving place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11080732
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing a user interface representing differences between segments of end users. The systems and methods receive user input on a user interface identifying a first segment, the first segment being a subset of the end users having a particular characteristic, determine differences between the first segment and a second segment, and represent, on the user interface, the differences between the first segment and the second segment based on relative significances of the differences. The marketer using the user interface is able to quickly and easily identify the metrics, dimensions, and/or relationships to other segments that most distinguish the compared segments from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Trevor Paulsen, Craig Mathis, Nikolaos Vlassis, Branislav Kveton, Kristopher Paries, Ivan Andrus, Hung Bui, Michael Rimer
  • Patent number: 11042914
    Abstract: Estimator computing systems and methods are provided to generate estimates for window and door replacement without requiring measurement of the windows or doors. A user, such as a homeowner, can interact with an estimator computing system via a website or mobile application. After entering into the graphical user interface of the estimator computing system the total number of windows to be replaced, the user is presented with an installation estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Shawn L. McCain
  • Patent number: 11008622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a new biomarker for predicting susceptibility to an EGFR-targeted agent and a use thereof, and more particularly, provides a biomarker for predicting susceptibility to an EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor)-targeted agent, comprising a RON (Recepteur d'Origine Nantais) gene; a composition for predicting susceptibility to the EGFR-targeted agent, comprising an agent which measures a gene expression level of the biomarker; or an expression or activity level of a protein thereof; a composition for enhancing the susceptibility to the EGFR-targeted agent, comprising an inhibitor of the expression of the gene or the expression or activity of the protein of the gene as active ingredients; a kit for predicting the susceptibility to the EGFR-targeted agent, comprising the composition; and a method for predicting the susceptibility to the EGFR-targeted agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Wellmarker Bio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Won Kim, Dong Hoon Jin, Seung Woo Hong, Jai Hee Moon, Jae Sik Shin, Seung Mi Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Eun Young Lee, Seul Lee, Yong Sang Hong
  • Patent number: 11004128
    Abstract: Products such as food, clothing or machines may be customized for a customer based on any preferences that may be determined from information that is known, determined or predicted regarding the customer. Where a customer's browsing, purchasing or search histories, or other data, indicate that the customer prefers (or dislikes) products having a specific ingredient or component, a product may be customized to include (or exclude) the ingredient or component, and recommended to the customer. Customized products may include food, clothing, machines or any other articles that may be fabricated with or altered to include specific components. A customized product may be marketed to a customer in any manner, and may be prepared and delivered to the customer upon request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 10956664
    Abstract: A device may receive form analysis information to be used to analyze a form for an organization. The form analysis information may include an industry profile associated with the organization, a government regulation that governs the organization, and a form field justification that indicates a justification for including a particular field in the form. The device may analyze the form based on the form analysis information and based on one or more fields included in the form. The device may generate one or more scores for the one or more fields based on analyzing the form. The one or more scores may be generated based on the industry profile, the government regulation, and the form field justification. The device may perform one or more automated actions in association with the form based on the one or more scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Hemant Kakkad, Kinnar Shashikant Galani, Nitin Kumar Gupta
  • Patent number: 10912385
    Abstract: A dynamic ergonomic chair with a sensor detects an adjustment to a position of a component of the chair and includes a user interface which updates a first user profile based on the detected adjustment to create a second user profile. The second user profile including a second workstation productivity measurement; the interface compares the first workstation productivity measurement of the first user profile with the second workstation productivity measurement of the second user profile, and/or medical outcomes, to determine an optimal user profile. The chair can dynamically adjust various components (e.g. armrest, recline angle, etc.) to enhance worker productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John F. Kelley, Todd P. Seager, Helaine M. Wasser, Douglas S. Brown
  • Patent number: 10902484
    Abstract: A system and method may determine or display the carbon emissions impact for transactions, by for example receiving from transaction data sources data items describing transactions, each transaction associated with a user, a merchant, and an amount; for each transaction receiving or creating carbon emissions impact data for the merchant associated with the transaction; and deriving from the amount associated with the transaction and the carbon emissions impact data for the merchant associated with the transaction a carbon emission value associated with the transaction. Each data item may include a transaction amount and a merchant identifier, and/or other information. Calculating carbon emissions for the transaction may include multiplying the currency amount associated with the transaction and the carbon emissions impact data for the merchant associated with the transaction and dividing the result by the annual revenue for the merchant. The carbon emissions value may be displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MORGAN STANLEY SERVICES GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Merav Pepere, Kranthi Darapu, Nandhini Viruthagiri, Shinyou Hwang
  • Patent number: 10858564
    Abstract: A ternary composition including difluoromethane, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a hydrocarbon-derived compound containing at least two fluorine atoms and having a boiling point of between ?30 and ?20° C., which is selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. This composition is particularly suitable for use as a heat-transfer fluid in the presence of countercurrent heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 10819774
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, in a content delivery (CD) network that delivers content on behalf of multiple content providers. The method includes, at a server in the CDN, wherein the server is currently processing at least one other request in at least one other session: receiving a connection request from a client, the connection request being associated with a corresponding content request; determining whether handling the content request will cause the server to become overloaded; and, based on the determining in (B) and on information about the content request, conditionally (i) accepting the content request, and (ii) terminating or throttling at least one session on the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Power, Christopher Newton, Laurence Lipstone, William Crowder
  • Patent number: 10780980
    Abstract: An electronic baggage stowage system for an aircraft comprising a first detector to detect free space in a cabin stowage space, wherein the first detector is configured to output cabin stowage space data based on the detection, a processing unit communicating with the first detector, wherein the processing unit is configured to process the cabin stowage space data, receive and process baggage size data indicating the size of one or more baggage items, and output baggage stowage mapping data in response to the processing of the cabin stowage space data and the baggage size data. The baggage stowage mapping data indicates one or more target positions in the cabin stowage space at which the baggage items are to be placed. An indicator communicates with the processing unit to provide the indication of the one or more target positions to a flight attendant or passenger of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Riedel, Peter Klose
  • Patent number: 10769452
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, based on map data, an area for pick-up or drop-off of a user by an autonomous vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on autonomous-vehicle sensor data that represents an external environment of the autonomous vehicle, one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations within the area. The method also includes calculating, based at least in part on the autonomous-vehicle sensor data and historical data a viability score for each of the potential pick-up or drop-off locations. The historical data includes past pick-up or drop-off locations for one or more past users. The method also includes providing for display a visual representation of at least a portion of the area for pick-up or drop-off that indicates at least one of the one or more potential pick-up or drop-off locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Earl Rasmusson, Jr., Taggart Matthiesen, Craig Dehner, Linda Dong, Frank Taehyun Yoo, Karina van Schaardenburg, John Tighe, Matt Vitelli, Jisi Guo, Eli Guerron
  • Patent number: 10748168
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for tracking referrals among a plurality of members of a social network. A data storage is created to store member information for the plurality of members. Relationships between the plurality of members are determined using the member information in the data storage. A data structure is created to show relationships between the plurality of members. Member events are received for the plurality of members. In response to a purchasing member of the plurality of members making a purchase, determining one or more members contributing to the purchase based on the member events and the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Ethan Fieldman
  • Patent number: 10719604
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to performing a security action based on a comparison of digital signatures. An intrusion detection mode is initiated by a baseboard management controller. A first digital signature of hardware devices is calculated during the activation of the intrusion detection mode. The first digital signature is stored. Upon detection of a trigger, a second digital signature is calculated for the current hardware devices. The digital signatures are compared. A security action is performed based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventor: Suhas Shivanna
  • Patent number: 10621608
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for tracking referrals among a plurality of members of a social network. A data storage is created to store member information for the plurality of members. Relationships between the plurality of members are determined using the member information in the data storage. A data structure is created to show relationships between the plurality of members. Member events are received for the plurality of members. In response to a purchasing member of the plurality of members making a purchase, determining one or more members contributing to the purchase based on the member events and the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ethan Henry Fieldman, Ritesh Chaube
  • Patent number: 10606413
    Abstract: The position of a smartphone placed on a touchscreen is determined. Smartphones are placed on a touchscreen of a table PC, and user interface images are displayed respectively around the smartphones to perform cooperation. The table PC displays a position pattern to determine the position of a smartphone being placed. The position pattern includes a pattern of two tones. A camera of the smartphone captures a blurred image of a predetermined location of the position pattern. The table PC identifies the position of the smartphone, from a tone value of the captured image received wirelessly from the smartphone. The table PC can thus determine the position of the smartphone without using special hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Susumu Shimotono
  • Patent number: 10600027
    Abstract: A method for performing a calculation operation to grade and catalog the repeatability of an author's technical or instructional publication or some sub-portion thereof, comprising: a first step of collecting data from a user or users with experience in said publication's replication; a second step of converting the elements of the data to numerical quantities; a third step of calculating a weighting function for that user or users and a weighting function for the author; a fourth step of multiplying elements or subsets of the data by a weighting function that may amplify or diminish the value of the data; a fifth step of aggregating the weighted subsets of data into one or more values; and a sixth step of weighting and averaging the data with historical data, if any.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: OJER, LLC
    Inventors: Nolan Nicholas, David Carnahan, Thomas T. Morgan, Daniel Esposito
  • Patent number: 10523744
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, in a content delivery (CD) network that delivers content on behalf of multiple content providers. The method includes, at a server in the CDN, wherein the server is currently processing at least one other request in at least one other session: receiving a connection request from a client, the connection request being associated with a corresponding content request; determining whether handling the content request will cause the server to become overloaded; and, based on the determining in (B) and on information about the content request, conditionally (i) accepting the content request, and (ii) terminating or throttling at least one session on the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Power, Christopher Newton, Laurence Lipstone, William Crowder
  • Patent number: 10491636
    Abstract: According to an example, a network security device determines whether a number of rules with a same matching feature in a first policy database reaches a preset threshold, wherein the first policy database records one or more first policies, each of the first policies comprises a policy identity (ID) and a plurality of rules respectively associated with the policy ID, each of the rules comprises a matching feature and an action associated with the matching feature; and generates a second policy database recording one or more second policies, by reconstructing the first policies in the first policy database when the number of rules with the same matching feature reaches the preset threshold, wherein each of the second policies comprises a matching feature and a target two-tuple comprising a policy id and an action associated with the matching feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hangzhou DPtech Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tian Tan
  • Patent number: 10489798
    Abstract: An insurance lead marketplace may include an insurance lead marketplace computing device that includes a non-transitory memory device and/or a processor. The non-transitory memory device may be configured for storing one or more rules for qualifying and/or categorizing insurance leads based on at least one insurance characteristic. The processor may be configured to provide insurance leads that were received from an insurance lead source to a requesting agent, to determine a quality associated with and/or categorize each insurance lead based on one or more characteristics of the received insurance leads, to present the insurance leads to an insurance agent based on one or more selected lead characteristics and/or lead tiers, and/or to determine information associated with an actual quality of each insurance lead based upon feedback received from the agent and revise rules for qualifying and/or categorizing the insurance leads using the actual quality of the insurance leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventor: Mark Madeyski
  • Patent number: 10460398
    Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems crowdsource the detection of usability issues in user experience pages of a tax return preparation system, according to one embodiment. Testing and debugging combinations and sequences of user experience pages can be time consuming and costly, and crowdsourcing the detection of usability issues can reduce the length of time typically consumed in detecting issues in a user experience flow, according to one embodiment. The methods and system include monitoring users' navigation behavior (e.g., system access data) within user experience pages, using predictive models to detect when users are experiencing a potential issue, and providing issue resolution content to both help the users and characterize the potential issue, according to one embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Gielow, Igor A. Podgorny, Joseph Cessna, Matthew Cannon
  • Patent number: 10445822
    Abstract: A system includes a content generation subsystem that features a playlist controller and multimedia service logic. The playlist controller is configured to generate a presentation playlist that controls retrieval and playback of audio clips along displayable images. The multimedia service logic, in response to receiving at least a vehicle identification number from the playlist controller, (i) automatically determines vehicle option codes associated with the vehicle, each vehicle option code identifies an option installed on the vehicle; (ii) automatically translate the vehicle option codes into information that is used in recovery of a plurality of text descriptions directed to features of the vehicle, and (iii) automatically determine the a plurality of audio clip links corresponding to the plurality of text descriptions that are used in the formation of the playlist. The second plurality of audio clip links is greater in number than the first plurality of audio clip links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Autodata Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory T. Perrier, Hans Otten, Robert Giguere, Andrew Awaijane
  • Patent number: 10423575
    Abstract: Computational storage techniques for distribute computing are disclosed. The computational storage server receives input from multiple clients, which is used by the server when executing one or more computation functions. The computational storage server can aggregate multiple client inputs before applying one or more computation functions. The computational storage server sets up: a first memory area for storing input received from multiple clients; a second memory area designated for storing the computation functions to be executed by the computational storage server using the input data received from the multiple clients; a client specific memory management area for storing metadata related to computations performed by the computational storage server for specific clients; and a persistent storage area for storing checkpoints associated with aggregating computations performed by the computation functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michel H. T. Hack, Yufei Ren, Wei Tan, Yandong Wang, Xingbo Wu, Li Zhang, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10366117
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a set of classifiers. A term is identified within a document and a pre-defined threshold distance is determined. A plurality of additional terms in the document are identified, the additional terms being located within the pre-defined threshold distance of the time. A distance between the term and an additional term of the plurality of additional terms is calculated. A corresponding weight for the calculated distance is determined using a proximity weighting scheme. A score for the additional term is calculated using the calculated distance and the corresponding weight. A colocation matrix is generated and a classifier determined using the colocation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Monroe Mills, John Courtney Haws, John Clare Brocklebank, Thomas Robert Lehman
  • Patent number: 10348550
    Abstract: A method and a system for processing network media information are provided. The method includes: collecting historical distribution effect data of network media information; performing attribute improvement processing on the historical distribution effect data by using population attribute data and network media information management data to obtain characteristic attribute data; constructing an effect parameter estimation model corresponding to each attribute of the characteristic attribute data, and training the effect parameter estimation model; estimating an effect parameter value of each audience for target network media information according to the effect parameter estimation model; and selecting an audience whose estimated effect parameter value is greater than or equal to a specified threshold value to form an audience population package to be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongbo Huang, Zhenxiao Li, Ge Chen, Hongyu Zhao, Chaojian Zhou
  • Patent number: 10270721
    Abstract: The examples of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for uploading an attachment, relate to the internet technologies, and solve problems in the traditional art that a user device cannot completely show all the content to upload and that some touch screen devices cannot obtain information inputted by the user properly. The method comprises: uploading an attachment uploading interface, the attachment uploading interface including at least one attachment uploading option; determining an attachment to upload when an attachment uploading option is activated; and generating attachment information corresponding to the attachment to upload and displaying the attachment information on a location where the at least one attachment uploading option is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Miao Tong, Dengxue Cui, Wenjie Fang