Resource Planning, Allocation Or Scheduling For A Business Operation Patents (Class 705/7.12)
  • Patent number: 11964569
    Abstract: In a case of a normal operation, a battery controller (22) assumes a normal operation mode and permits charging and discharging of a battery module (21). Upon receiving a discharge command from a vehicle body controller (17) for completely discharging the battery module (21), the battery controller (22) assumes a discharge mode to discharge the battery module (21) to reach a safe voltage level and store discharge information. Upon reading out the discharge information, the battery controller (22) assumes a discharge prohibition mode to prohibit charging and discharging of the battery module (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Watanabe, Seiji Ishida, Ken Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11966868
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments for sorting-based assignment to optimize order fulfillment with short supply. One embodiment includes identifying a set of one or more distributions within a series of days. Sorting all demands of a first priority level occurring in the series of days by ascending order of size of the demand. For each demand of the first priority level in sorted order, (a) selecting an initial distribution during which the demand is scheduled to be fulfilled from the set of distributions, and (b) generating an indication that the demand can cannot be completely fulfilled, based on the size of the demand and the amount of supply available. Automatically arranging a graphical representation of a schedule of supplies and met and unmet demands for the series of days in a graphical user interface based at least on the indications generated for each demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Long, Randall B. Smith, Alan P. Wood
  • Patent number: 11959759
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining a next vehicle task for a vehicle of a fleet. Vehicle data from the vehicle, charger data about at least one charger, and demand data may be received and used to determine the next vehicle task. The vehicle may be directed to the next vehicle task. Determining a next vehicle task may further be based on predictions made using the vehicle data, the charger data, and the demand data. Heuristics may also be used in determining a next vehicle task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Kennedy Ludwick, Andrew Hughes Chatham, Matthew Paul McNaughton, Charles Bigelow Johnson
  • Patent number: 11949234
    Abstract: A method for making a spatio-temporal combined optimal scheduling strategy of a mobile energy storage (MES) system includes: inputting data of a power system, a traffic system, and an MES system; setting a time interval, and initializing a time interval counter; inputting real-time fault, traffic, and MES data; and performing rolling optimization and solving, and delivering regulation decision instructions of the MES system, till a fault is removed. The core of the present disclosure is to propose a spatio-temporal combined optimal model of the MES system to describe spatio-temporal coupling statuses of an energy storage vehicle, a traffic network, and a power distribution network. The present disclosure provides guidance for an optimal scheduling decision of the MES system by properly regulating a traveling path and charging and discharging power of the MES system, thereby supporting high-reliability operation of the power distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Electric Power Science & Research Institute of State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company, State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company, State Grid Corporation of China
    Inventors: Shiqian Ma, Bin Wu, Yun Liu, Xianxu Huo, Yi Ding, Lei Wu, Tianhao Wang
  • Patent number: 11948153
    Abstract: System and method for automatically calling back a customer via a predictive model determines a plurality of call-back metrics for a plurality of advisor records. The predictive model is applied to call-back data to identify customers that are likely to require a series of call-backs, and automatically generates a preferred call-back to such customers to reduce this risk. The automated call-back may follow termination of an identified customer's inbound call, or at some time after completion of a previous call interaction of the identified customer with an advisor. In the predictive model, a first compilation of call-back metrics record is representative of an overall likelihood of call-backs associated with each advisor record, and a second compilation of the plurality of call-back metrics is representative of a likelihood of call-backs for each of the plurality of products of the enterprise associated with the advisor record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: John Karlen, Peng Wang, Adam Fox, Tam Tran-The, Matthew Girard, Michael Crough
  • Patent number: 11948159
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scalable matrix factorization. A method includes obtaining a Structured Query Language (SQL) query to create a matrix factorization model based on a set of training data, generating SQL sub-queries that don't include non-scalable functions, obtaining the set of training data, and generating a matrix factorization model based on the set of training data and the SQL sub-queries that don't include non-scalable functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Amir H. Hormati, Lisa Yin, Umar Ali Syed, Mingge Deng
  • Patent number: 11940284
    Abstract: A system for casual driver ride sharing includes an interface and processor. The interface is to receive a request for a ride from a user, wherein the request includes GPS information for the user. The processor is to determine compatibility between the typical route information and the request for the ride; determine a ranked list based at least in part on the compatibility; and provide a ride offer to a driver of the one or more casual drivers based at least in part on the ranked list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dryjanski, Lev Popov, Timothy Brown, Logan Green, Austin Broyles
  • Patent number: 11941709
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing crop harvesting activities is implemented by a harvest advisor computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving an initial date of a crop within a field, receiving an initial moisture value associated with the crop and the initial date, and receiving a target harvest moisture value associated with the crop. The method also includes receiving field condition data associated with the field. The method further includes computing, by the harvest advisor, a target harvest date for the crop based at least in part on the initial date, the initial moisture value, the field condition data, and the target harvest moisture value, and displaying the target harvest date for the crop to the grower for harvest planning. The target harvest date indicates a date at which the crop will have a present moisture value approximately equal to the target harvest moisture value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: James Ethington, Alex Wimbush
  • Patent number: 11936639
    Abstract: A device comprises: a receiver configured to receive a client certificate; a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: authenticate the client certificate, extract, in response to the authentication, attributes from the client certificate, and create, in response to the extraction, a message comprising reformatted attributes based on the attributes, wherein the reformatted attributes can be trusted; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the message. A device comprises: a processor configured to: process a client certificate comprising a certificate identifier (ID) attribute, a tenant ID attribute, and a role ID attribute, and package the client certificate in a request for a shared service; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Blackhawk Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Derk Norton, Tushar Vaish, Jeff Webb
  • Patent number: 11922382
    Abstract: Technologies are provided for a cloud computing platform (CCP) to request a transaction via a third-party vendor and receive a transaction response result of that transaction from another cloud computing platform having a serverless capability such that at least part of the transaction occurs at the other cloud computing platform. A transaction request having a specific transaction type (TT) is sent to an adapter, which sends another call with the transaction request to the public cloud. The specific TT corresponds to a particular serverless function (SF) of the third-party vendor. A particular template t corresponds to the specific TT. The particular template is a code statement that follows a standard code definition written in the proprietary programming language of the CCP. The other cloud computing platform invokes the particular SF to generate a transaction response that is consumable by the CCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Prabhjot Singh, Tarundeep Batra
  • Patent number: 11916880
    Abstract: Techniques for compiling firewall rules into byte code or assembly code that can be loaded into cache memory of a processor and executed to evaluate received data packets. Rather than representing firewall rules in mid- or high-level languages stored in main memory, the techniques described herein include compiling the firewall rules into bytecode or assembly code, and distributing the code to the data plane. A packet-processing device may load the code representing the firewall rules into instruction cache of the processor. Further, the packet-processing device receives a data packet and extracts packet context data indicating attributes of the packet, and load the packet context data into a data cache of the processor. The processor can then execute the byte code or assembly code representing the firewall rules to evaluate the packet context data without having to access main memory to determine whether allow or block the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart Allen, Dheerendra Talur, Venkat Maithreya Paritala, Joseph Magerramov, Anthony Liguori
  • Patent number: 11909838
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for dynamic user data filtering. In some implementations, a method includes determining one or more values using data representing a sequence of one or more types of interactions between a user and content; using the one or more values to determine whether to include each interaction of the one or more types of interactions in the sequence within a reduced user data set; generating the reduced user data set by removing one or more interactions from the sequence based on determining not to include the one or more interactions using the one or more values; and providing the reduced user data set to a processing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Neelima Ratra, Sameer Siddiqui, Sandnya Dalvie
  • Patent number: 11893625
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of analyzing historical business data and business objectives for real estate solution prediction is provided. The method includes receiving a user dataset associated with a business entity by a server computing device. The server may determine a set of forecasted headcounts at different points of future time based on a historical headcount, generate a plurality of scenarios associated with the business entity based on the forecasted headcount and the commercial objective dataset, and construct option trees with respective real estate solutions corresponding to respective scenarios. A neural network system may be configured to perform stress tests against respective scenarios to evaluate respective real estate solutions and determine respective costs and actions associated with respective real estate solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CBRE, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall O'Moore, Ruiqi Hu, Christelle Bron, Derek Chanler-Berat
  • Patent number: 11888944
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein are systems and methods for (a) determining workflow characteristics for use with an integration cloud service or other computing environment; and (b) providing a marketplace that employs a conversational interface to guide users in selecting and retrieving integration artifacts, for example workflows or other assets, to address particular needs. A collection service can receive an indication of an integration archive that defines a business workflow or integration flow, wherein a characteristics server can then extract and persist the characteristics associated with the workflow, for subsequent use in providing a determination of workflows. In accordance with an embodiment, a digital assistant can be employed to allow discovery of workflows by building a discovery criteria based on a knowledge of characteristics associated with various business workflows or integration flows, and through interactive conversations by a user with the digital assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anuj Kaushal, Prakash Kumar Devta, Sumit Aneja
  • Patent number: 11868925
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a reservation process of making a reservation for use of a facility, accept input of one purpose of use among plural purposes of use provided for the facility, and in accordance with the accepted purpose of use, change at least one of a function provided in the reserved facility or information for which input is accepted in the reservation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Mariko Miyazaki, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11861537
    Abstract: A method for identifying, quantifying, classifying, and reducing resource waste in an organization is provided. The method includes: receiving a request from a user for identifying waste in a first software development project; identifying a set of tasks to be performed within the first software development project; determining, for each task, whether a waste of a resource such as cost and/or time has occurred; using Jira to tag each task for which a waste has been identified; and generating a report that indicates a result of the determination. The resulting report may be used to pinpoint a friction point within the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Naga Manjula Bharatula, Venkat Kalyan Solasa, Anilkumar Sudam, Veerendra Chowdary Kurra, Neel Kamal Pasi, Raji Reddy Ankilla
  • Patent number: 11853945
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program code for forecasting a data anomaly to a supply chain. A plurality of data records is identified for a plurality of entities. The data records include import records and export records. The data fields in the data records are categorized into generic field types. The generic field types include numeric fields, categorical fields, and date fields. For each of the plurality of entities, an entity-specific model is constructed for forecasting imports and exports based on the generic field types. The entity-specific model for each of the plurality of entities is combined into a global supply chain model. Based on the global supply chain model, a data anomaly is forecast to a supply chain that is associated with a particular entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: S&P Global Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Tsay, Jason Prentice, James Ryan Psota
  • Patent number: 11847599
    Abstract: An example method includes obtaining data associated with a plurality of process workflows, performing an automated workflow analysis of the data at least by (i) evaluating workflow structures to identify at least one similarity between one or more portions of the process workflows, wherein the workflow structures are modeled from the process workflow data and, (ii) responsive to evaluating the workflow structures, clustering, based on the at least one similarity, the portions of the process workflows into at least one common process group that is shared between the process workflows, identifying, based on the at least one common process group shared between the process workflows, at least one process improvement that is associated with at least one of the process workflows, and outputting, by the computing system, a recommendation associated with the at least one process improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Huanchee Chan
  • Patent number: 11829897
    Abstract: A method including operations of displaying a scheduling interface including a first work item user interface element corresponding to a first work item, the first work item user interface element displayed to visually indicate a scheduled start date of the first work item and a scheduled end date for the first work item; receiving forecast data generated in respect of the first work item; determining, based on the forecast data, a first forecast range in respect of the first work item; and displaying a first forecast user interface element on the scheduling interface, the first forecast user interface element corresponding to the first work item and having an appearance based on the first forecast range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Morgan, Cyprien Autexier, Andre Van der Schyff, Seung Yeon Sa, Daniel Annesley, Pavel Vlasov, Waiyee Loo, Albert Kavelar, Lukas Maczejka, Martin Sturm, Paul Glantschnig
  • Patent number: 11823296
    Abstract: A method for agricultural land parcel valuation includes: accessing data for parcels within a prescribed region, the data comprising management practices, historical weather conditions, locations and topography, remote sense images, soil types, and crop types; assessing and ranking the management practices for each of the parcels; generating simulation inputs for the each of the parcels, where the simulation inputs comprise highest ranked management practices, the historical weather conditions, the locations and topography, the soil types, and the crop types; simulating crop growth for the each of the parcels over a prescribed number of previous years, where the simulating employs the simulation inputs provided by the generating; and employing selected outputs from the simulating to calculate agricultural metrics and a valuation corresponding to the each of the parcels, where the agricultural metrics include a productivity metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CIBO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason M. Rute, Pankaj C. Bhambhani, Ernesto Brau, R. Shane Bussmann, Marie A. Coffin, Amy E. Hawkins, Margaret C. Kosmala, Samuel P. White
  • Patent number: 11798043
    Abstract: A method for agricultural land parcel valuation includes: accessing data for parcels within a prescribed region, the data comprising management practices, historical weather conditions, locations and topography, remote sense images, soil types, and crop types; assessing and ranking the management practices for each of the parcels; generating simulation inputs for the each of the parcels, where the simulation inputs comprise highest ranked management practices, the historical weather conditions, the locations and topography, the soil types, and the crop types; simulating crop growth for the each of the parcels over a prescribed number of previous years, where the simulating employs the simulation inputs provided by the generating; and employing selected outputs from the simulating to calculate agricultural metrics and a valuation corresponding to the each of the parcels, where the agricultural metrics and the valuation for the each of the parcels are expressed relative to all of the parcels within the prescrib
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CIBO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Hawkins, Pankaj C. Bhambhani, Ernesto Brau, R. Shane Bussmann, Marie A. Coffin, Margaret C. Kosmala, Jason M. Rute, Samuel P. White
  • Patent number: 11795805
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods regarding a first processing system operable to receive a job plan developed by a second processing system, and implement the job plan, including generating commands for an equipment controller based on the job plan. The first processing system is operable to transmit, through a network, the commands to the controller for execution by the controller. The first processing system is operable to iteratively (i) monitor, through the network, current conditions of the well construction system during execution of commands by the controller; (ii) update the implementation of the job plan, including generating updated commands for the controller based on the job plan and the current well construction system conditions when the current well construction system conditions indicate a deviation from the implementation; and (iii) transmit, through the network, the updated commands to the controller for execution by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shunfeng Zheng, Juan Jose Rojas
  • Patent number: 11797922
    Abstract: According to various example embodiments, a logistics information managing method of an electronic apparatus may include setting an item attribute-related condition corresponding to a fulfillment center, identifying one or more attribute types of a first item received in the fulfillment center, determining, based on the item attribute-related condition, one of the one or more attribute types of the first item to be a representative attribute of the first item, and providing candidate display position information for the first item based on the representative attribute. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Dae Yong Jang, Sang Min Jun, Yong Jin Kim, Sun Young Hong, Hyun Yop Jung
  • Patent number: 11797947
    Abstract: A resource reservation system includes a first information processing device connected to communicate with a terminal device and a second information processing device connected to communicate with the first information processing device. The second information processing device transmits, to the first information processing device, information on a resource that is reserved for use. The first information processing device transmits, to the terminal device, information on a display component in response to the information on the resource received from the second information processing device. The display component is displayed on the terminal device for receiving a user operation. The first information processing device transmits, to the second information processing device, a resource usage start request in response to the user operation performed with the terminal device. The resource usage start request is for starting using the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11784822
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a notification to a network includes a computing device, the computing device configured to identify at least a user venture of a plurality of user ventures, generate at least a network as a function of the user venture and at least a flutter element, wherein generating further comprises retrieving at least a user signature of a plurality of user signatures relating to the flutter element, producing at least an input as a function of the user signature using at least a cryptographic function, and generating the at least network as a function of the input and the user venture, identify at least a logical input as a function of the network using an authentication operator, and transmit a notification as a function of the logical input to at least the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Lily Zuckerman, William Behman
  • Patent number: 11778060
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system that includes a communication unit that acquires act information indicating occurrence of a first act from a first user to a second user, an accumulation unit that accumulates at least a user who has performed the act, a user influenced by the act, and a type of the act in units of acts in order of occurrence of the acts, and a control unit that performs control, when a second act determined to have influenced the first act is found from among acts that are accumulated in the accumulation unit and from which the first user has received influence in past, to record the first act and the second act in association with each other in the accumulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 11765043
    Abstract: An organizational graph and a microservice graph can be generated. For two neighboring microservices, a combined organizational distance can be determined based on a distance for respective workers of each microservice in the organizational graph. The combined organizational distance can be used to determine a priority for a connection between the two microservices, and chaos testing can be performed on that connection based on its priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Roi Gamliel, Avitan Gefen, Joseph LaSalle White
  • Patent number: 11752983
    Abstract: The invention is a mobile fueling system for vehicles that includes a fleet of mobile fuel stations, such as trucks. Each mobile fuel station has at least one fuel reservoir adapted for storing either liquid fuel, gaseous fuel and electric fuel. The system also includes a data processing hub and a network providing wireless data communication between vehicles, the fleet of mobile fuel stations, and the data processing hub. The data processing hub receives vehicle data from vehicles and fleet data from each mobile fuel station over the network. The vehicle data is transmitted from a customer's smart device running a customer app.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Vanderhall Motorworks, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen Hall, Jeff Duncan, Joe Fox
  • Patent number: 11748115
    Abstract: A system could include persistent storage containing application components. A plurality of software applications could be installed on the system. The software applications could be respectively associated context records that include references to application components that provide some behavior or data for the software applications. The system could also include processors configured to perform operations. The operations could include receiving a request to generate a topology map for a software application and identifying, based on a context record for the software application, a subset of application components that provide some behavior or data for the software application. The operations could further include determining relationship types between pairs of application components and generating a topology map for the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Burman, Michel Abou Samah, Kylin Follenweider, Sharon Elizabeth Carmichael Ehlert
  • Patent number: 11724607
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a charging device including at least one charging circuit for charging an electrical energy store of the motor vehicle, the charging device comprising a charging unit integrated into the charging circuit, the charging unit being detachably coupled to the motor vehicle and removable from the motor vehicle, and the removed charging unit being connectable to the motor vehicle and operable for charging the energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Sebastian Kirschner
  • Patent number: 11727173
    Abstract: The present approach automatically generates an optimized building floor plate layout given a set of building design parameters including a specified unit mix. Some or all of this process can then be repeated when building design parameters are changed thereby facilitating automated and iterative building design as differing design parameters and resulting optimized building floor plate layouts are considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LENDLEASE DIGITAL IP PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guido Maciocci, Mirco Bianchini
  • Patent number: 11715144
    Abstract: A prediction model in a database system may be configured to predict, for a given object instance, a respective probability of acceptance for each of a plurality of recommendations. A determination may be made as to whether the prediction model is associated with sufficient training data to produce predictions at a designated accuracy rate. When it is determined that the prediction model is not associated with sufficient training data, for each of a first set of object instances a respective first message may be sent that includes a respective first one of the recommendations determined based on a static ranking rule applying one or more criteria to one or more object fields associated with the respective object instance. The prediction model may be updated to include additional training data based on a plurality of responses corresponding to a respective first one of the recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Tejas Sanghavi, Marco Casalaina
  • Patent number: 11715057
    Abstract: A retail environment is modeled and simulated based on aggregated operational data. Real-time aggregated data for operations of the retail environment is detected and predictive adjustments to the retail environment are provided for making one or more changes to the retail environment based on the modeled and simulated environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred George White, II
  • Patent number: 11704450
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to generating and optimizing an architectural design. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving metadata of digital communications and collaboration between members of an organization. The method can also include generating a target network model indicating a work style of the members of the organization; a level of interaction between the members of the organization; a spatial clustering of the members; or a number, a size, and an allocation of rooms with a specialized purpose. The method can further include selecting at least one criterion for the architectural design, where the criterion can include: cost, wellness, community, work style, choice, privacy, or vibrancy. The method can further include determining criteria scores for one or more architectural design prototypes. Moreover, the method can include selecting the architectural design based on the criterion scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SILVERSTEIN PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Guy Vardi, Danil Nagy, Daniel Goldstern
  • Patent number: 11694162
    Abstract: Systems and methods to recommend templates for project-level graphical user interfaces within a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; manage information defining project-level graphical user interfaces; monitor use of the collaboration environment by the users determined metric values for use metrics of the users; create templates for the project-level graphical user interfaces based on the metric values; generate and deliver template recommendations for the project-level graphical user interfaces; effectuate presentation of the project-level graphical user interfaces for the individual projects in the collaboration environment; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Jazmin Ackerman-Greenberg, Melissa Adams, Benjamin Henry Watkins, Chelsea Renee Padgham
  • Patent number: 11693669
    Abstract: In one implementation, an adapter device includes a processor and a storage medium including instructions. The instructions are executable by the processor to: deploy a composer container in the adapter device, wherein the adapter device is coupled to a host device; receive, by the composer container, a plurality of adapter service requests from the host device; and in response to the plurality of service requests, deploy, by the composer container, a plurality of service containers in the adapter device, wherein each service container is to provide a particular adapter service to the host device, and wherein each service container is allocated a subset of the plurality of computing resources of the adapter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Harish Bantwal Kamath, Thomas Lewis Vaden, William Norwood Scherer, III
  • Patent number: 11687846
    Abstract: Systems and methods for prediction of forward market renewable energy credit from automated agent behavioral data are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a forward market circuit to access a forward energy credit market, and a market forecasting circuit to automatically generate a forecast for a forward market price of an energy credit in the forward energy credit market, based in part on an automated agent behavior collected from an automated agent behavioral data source. The example system may further include wherein the energy credit comprises a renewable energy credit from a renewable energy system, and a smart contract circuit to sell the renewable energy credit or purchase the renewable energy credit on the forward energy credit market in response to the forecasted forward market price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Patent number: 11689590
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for determining and managing social interaction options for social connections such as, for example, friendships in a social networking environment. In one embodiment, users of a social network are provided with more granularity in controlling the social interactions associated with individual social connections. The social connections can be a connection between two of more users of a social networking environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ifwe, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Schleier-Smith, Greg Tseng, Jared Kim
  • Patent number: 11683249
    Abstract: A method of acquiring software by a source node in a wireless ad hoc network. The method includes the source node executing application software from which a need to process a particular modality of data is identified, and making a determination that the source node is incapable of processing the particular modality of data. Responsive to the determination, the source node searches a local module repository (MR) of the source node for a software module usable to process the particular modality of data, and responsive to the source node failing to locate the software module in the local MR, broadcasts a request for the software module to neighbor nodes of the plurality of nodes in radio range of the source node. The source node receives the software module from the neighbor node, and uses the software module to process the particular modality of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Roland N. Freeman
  • Patent number: 11681958
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting forward market pricing for renewable energy credit based on human behavioral data are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a forward market circuit to access a forward energy credit market and a market forecasting circuit to automatically generate a forecast for a forward market price of an energy credit in the forward energy credit market where the forecast is based at least in part on a human behavior information collected from at least one human behavioral data source. The example system may further include wherein the energy credit includes a renewable energy credit associated with a renewable energy system, and a smart contract circuit to perform at least one of selling the renewable energy credit or purchasing the renewable energy credit on the forward energy credit market in response to the forecasted forward market price of the energy credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Patent number: 11676107
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate interaction with a collaboration environment based on assignment of project-level roles are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; obtain role information specifying roles of the users within units of work and projects; update the environment state information based on the role information; effectuate presentation of the collaboration environment based on the environment state information so that access, by the users, to the individual units of work and the individual projects reflects the roles of the users within the units of work and the projects; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Jeffrey Beauchamp, Micah Hanan Fenner, Reyana Fayyaz, Jocelyn Karlan Newman
  • Patent number: 11662162
    Abstract: A heat exchanger network retrofit method including analysis, targeting and retrofitting an existing heat exchange network (HEN) to lower the annual operating cost. The revamped/retrofit design is based on one of two mathematical techniques: Simulated Annealing (SA) and Fixed Structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Eid M. Al-Mutairi, Amir A. Merghani
  • Patent number: 11657437
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing drone data provides a method of matching a user who needs drone data of a certain area with at least one provider capable of providing drone data of a part or the entirety of the certain area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ANGELSWING INC
    Inventors: Won Nyoung Park, Ji Sun Lee, Jun Young Jang, Joon Mo Yang
  • Patent number: 11648846
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for charging one or more electric vehicles (e.g., based on one or more reserved charging sessions; for charging an electric vehicle during a scheduled time period; etc.) can include: receiving a reservation request (e.g., a reservation request including one or more reservation parameters; etc.); scheduling a reserved charging session based on the reservation request (e.g., based on reservation parameters from the reservation request; etc.); determining a check in at an Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) for the reserved charging session; and/or causing the EVSE to charge the electric vehicle based on the reserved charging session (e.g., during the scheduled time period; etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NAD Grid Corp
    Inventors: Thomas Shaofeng Sun, Timotej Gavrilovic, Thai Vinh Loc Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11640731
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a condition of a drive shaft by including a U-joint equipped with a plurality of sensors and a U-joint controller. In one example, a method may include transmitting sensor data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a universal joint (U-joint) of a drive shaft of a motor vehicle, the plurality of sensors including an accelerometer coupled to a U-joint cross of the U-joint, a gyroscope coupled to the U-joint cross, a strain gauge coupled to the U-joint cross, and a first temperature sensor coupled to a first trunnion of the U-joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Raghu Muttige, Sandip S. Rakhe, Siddarth Mehra
  • Patent number: 11635751
    Abstract: A method for performing model predictive maintenance (MPM) of building equipment includes obtaining a first objective function that defines a cost of operating the building equipment and at least one of replacing the building equipment or performing maintenance on the building equipment as a function of operating decisions and at least one of replacement decisions or maintenance decisions for the building equipment for multiple short-term time steps within a short-term horizon. The method also includes performing a first optimization of the first objective function to generate a short-term maintenance and replacement schedule for the building equipment over a duration of the short-term horizon. The method also includes using a result of the first optimization to perform a second optimization of a second objective function to generate a long-term maintenance and replacement schedule for the building equipment over a duration of a long-term horizon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Yaqing Wu, Mohammad N. Elbsat, Michael J. Wenzel, Christos T. Maravelias
  • Patent number: 11625155
    Abstract: An information processing system includes user terminals; and a collaboration work assisting system for assisting a work performable by users. The collaboration work assisting system includes circuitry configured to transmit an action item candidate based on statement data of users to each user terminal. Each user terminal includes another circuitry configured to receive the action item candidate from the collaboration work assisting system; display, on a display, the received action item candidate, and a screen for receiving a registration request for registering an action item selected from the action item candidate, an execution person who will execute the action item, and a due date of the action item; receive a registration operation that requests registering of the action item, execution person, and due date; and request an action item management server, to register the action item, execution person, and due date in response to receiving the registration operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro Mano, Ryo Iwasaki, Hiromasa Koike, Seiya Koura, Masaaki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 11625658
    Abstract: A method using synchronous communication to procure, schedule, coordinate, and deliver materials to a plurality of construction projects with a Calendar Model while using an administrative processor with administrative computer readable media connected to a global communication network and client devices for a plurality of suppliers, a plurality of consultants, a plurality of contractors, and a plurality of administrators. The method includes creating a supplier profile, a contractor profile a consultant profile, construction project and an administrative profile in the geographic database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Ingle
  • Patent number: 11615330
    Abstract: Provisioning a virtual subject matter expert (SME) can include hosting the virtual SME on computer hardware communicatively coupled with a data communications network. The virtual SME can comprise a set of actions that are configured by a technology vendor. As configured, the actions can support a technology that is supplied to a client by the technology vendor. Access to the virtual SME can be provided on a provisioning platform communicatively coupled to the data communications network. The virtual SME can be provisioned to the client in response to a request from the client conveyed via the data communications network. The virtual SME can be provisioned to the client by operatively coupling the virtual SME with an enterprise information technology domain that includes the technology supplied to the client by the technology vendor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajmohan ., Suresh Kumar Thangavelu, Manjit Krishnan Kappal, Biju Punathichi Kandiyil, Roy Jacob, Pramod Vadayadiyil Raveendran
  • Patent number: 11610180
    Abstract: According to various example embodiments, a logistics information managing method of an electronic apparatus may include setting an item attribute-related condition corresponding to a fulfillment center, identifying one or more attribute types of a first item received in the fulfillment center, determining, based on the item attribute-related condition, one of the one or more attribute types of the first item to be a representative attribute of the first item, and providing candidate display position information for the first item based on the representative attribute. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Dae Yong Jang, Sang Min Jun, Yong Jin Kim, Sun Young Hong, Hyun Yop Jung