Patents Assigned to Accenture
  • Patent number: 10148685
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining a network security threat response. A data structure that represents communication events between computing devices of two or more network domains is received. The data structure is analyzed and a threat scenario that is based on a chain of communication events that indicates a potential attack path is determined. The chain of communication events include a sequence of communication events between computing devices proceeding from an originating computing device to a destination computing device, wherein the originating computing device and the destination computing device exist on different network domains. Attack pattern data, for the threat scenario and from a threat intelligence data source, that is associated with communications between computing devices that occurred during one or more prior attacks is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Amin Hassanzadeh, Shimon Modi, Shaan Mulchandani, Walid Negm
  • Patent number: 10148527
    Abstract: A network component placement architecture addresses the difficult technical challenge of determining where specific technical components of an overall service may be provisioned. However, the placement decision can change over time in response to complex updates relating to service providers, the regions they support, the assets they support, and many other dynamic factors. Dynamic network component placement effectively determines updated possibilities for placing the technical components of a specified service, while meeting all of the applicable technical constraints on the placement of the technical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Francis Cimprich, Michael Gerald DeLuca, Jack Q. W. Cantwell, Sean David Peterson, Marshall J. Wells
  • Patent number: 10146587
    Abstract: A system for allocating resources to demand requests is set forth. The system is configured to identify a set of resource requirements based on a demand request. The system is also configured to choose a resource that satisfies at least one of the identified resource requirements. The system is further configured to allocate the selected resource to the demand request based on whether a client can satisfy a locking prerequisite associated with the selected resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Ramanathan Venkataraman, Pramod Nanadikar, Badrinarayanan Vasudevan, Nandita Kshirsagar, Priya Joshi
  • Patent number: 10147117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus provides information to enhance at least one of: a sales, a service and an administrative transaction by communicating with a plurality of applications from a group of applications in accordance with rule information and based on at least two of the received: end user identification information, client identification information and transaction type information. In one example, the apparatus includes a rules engine, an application integrator, an integration and presentation module, and an integrated user interface. The rules engine causes the application integrator to communicate with a plurality of applications in accordance with the rule information, and at least two of: the end user identification information, the client identification information, and the transaction type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: John F. Durocher, Jamie N. Noris, Kevin M. Wasielewski, Suzette Massie, Trevor Gruzin
  • Patent number: 10149098
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for location tracking are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a computing device that is configured to receive radio signals from beacons, beacon data that includes data identifying a corresponding beacon and data identifying a power level of a corresponding radio signal. The actions further include receiving, from the computing device, sensor data collected by a sensor that is located on the computing device. The actions further include based on the beacon data, determining a location of the corresponding beacon. The actions further include based on the sensor data, adjusting the location of the corresponding beacon. The actions further include generating a user interface that identifies the corresponding beacon and the adjusted location. The actions further include providing, for output, the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Mark Slater, John Roe, Kari Juhani Kuisma, Andrew Jordan, John J. Chooracken, Philip Vann
  • Patent number: 10140773
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for placing and rendering virtual objects in three-dimensional environments. The techniques include providing, by a device, a view of an environment of a first user. A first computing system associated with the first user receives an instruction to display, within the view of the environment of the first user, a virtual marker at a specified position of the environment of the first user, the specified position derived from a second user's interaction with a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the environment of the first user. The device displays, within the view of the environment of the first user, the virtual marker at the specified position of the environment of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Short, Sunny Webb, Joshua Opel, Theo E. Christensen
  • Patent number: 10140191
    Abstract: A system may include one or more server devices. The system may provide a set of questions, to a user of a user device, to characterize an Internet of things system. The system may obtain responses from the user of the user device associated with each of the set of questions. The system may automatically create an Internet of things system architecture that defines the Internet of things system by applying associated Internet of things system architecture rules to the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Vikrant S. Kaulgud, Aditya Bhola, Venkatesh Subramanian, Subani Basha Nure, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma
  • Patent number: 10142187
    Abstract: A device may include one or more processors. The device may receive first information identifying a plurality of nodes and transactions associated with the plurality of nodes. The transactions may be between nodes, of the plurality of nodes, and entities of a plurality of entities. The device may determine geographical locations corresponding to the plurality of nodes. The device may determine second information, based on the first information, that may identify nodes, of the plurality of nodes, that are associated with shared entities. The device may generate, based on the geographical locations and the second information, a geographical network. The device may select a selected node, of the geographical network, on which to perform an action. The device may determine third information based on predicting future performance of the geographical network assuming that the action is performed. The device may store or provide the third information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Soltuions Limited
    Inventors: Charu Nahata, Milton Jay Merl, Amit C. Naik, Yogesh P. Pawar, Harsiddhi Tamboli, Joseph S. Bottom
  • Publication number: 20180336072
    Abstract: An ingestion code generation architecture facilities making large and complex datasets available for processing by parallel processing clusters. The architecture generates a set of data ingestion interfaces through which the operator specifies characteristics of their dataset. After receiving the specifications, the architecture automatically samples the dataset, analyzes its structure, and generates program code to ingest the dataset. The architecture solves the technical challenges of making complex and extensive datasets readily available to the parallel processing cluster so that the cluster may successfully perform its specialized processing over the dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Sandip Guha, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Shridhar D. Rajgopalan, Sunjeet Gupta, Sanjid Lalitkumar Deshmukh, Vinay Aditya Mantha, Manish Madanmohan Malaviya, Rahul Sohanlal Mantri, Amesh Jayendra Karekar
  • Patent number: 10133814
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to providing an explanatory electronic document with actions including providing a target subject profile based on user input and one or more ontologies, the target subject profile including associations describing a subject at respective degrees of specificity, providing a set of peer user profiles using semantic user profile association between the user profile and each peer user profile in a superset of peer user profiles, retrieving one or more peer subject profiles, each peer subject profile being associated with a peer user profile in the set of peer user profiles, and including associations describing a past subject experienced by a peer user, filtering at least one association from a peer subject profile based on data provided in a knowledge graph, and providing at least one explanatory text string associated with the subject based on at least one remaining association in the peer subject profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Dadong Wan, Freddy Lecue, Caroline Brazil
  • Patent number: 10135871
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for service oriented software-defined security framework are disclosed. In one aspect, a system includes a security control device, one or more assets, and a security controller that communicates with the security control device and the one or more assets. The security controller includes a processing engine configured to register the security control device by creating a physical-logical attribute mapping for the security control device, and generating a security service description associated with the security control device. The processing engine is further configured to register the one or more assets by creating a physical-logical attribute mapping for each of the one or more assets, and generating security service requirements for each of the one or more assets. The processing engine is further configured to generate a security service binding based on a request for service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Song Luo, Malek Ben Salem
  • Patent number: 10134218
    Abstract: A device may obtain sensor data regarding the vending device. The device may transmit the sensor data via a network connection for processing by a server. The server may store a data model. The server may be associated with identifying a response action associated with altering a configuration of the vending device. The device may receive information identifying the response action based on transmitting the sensor data via the network connection. The device may cause the response action to be performed based on receiving the information identifying the response action. The response action may be associated with altering a status of a component of the vending device. The device may provide information associated with identifying the status of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Giorgio Torresani, Jeffrey Scott Sawyer, Puneet Sawhney, Austin S. Groves, Drashti Sunit Patel
  • Publication number: 20180329644
    Abstract: A data pipeline architecture is integrated with an analytics processing stack. The data pipeline architecture may receive incoming data streams from multiple diverse endpoint systems. The data pipeline architecture may include converter interface circuitry with multiple dynamic converters configured to convert the diverse incoming data stream into one or more interchange formats for processing by the analytics processing stack. The analytics processing stack may include multiple layers with insight processing layer circuitry above analysis layer circuitry. The analysis layer circuitry may control analytics models and rule application. The insight processing layer circuitry may monitor output from the analysis layer circuitry and generate insight adjustments responsive to rule changes and analytics model parameter changes produced at the analysis layer circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Jagaran Das, Srinivas Yelisetty, Teresa Sheausan Tung
  • Patent number: 10127453
    Abstract: A device may receive, from one or more other devices, one or more images that depict one or more events occurring at a location. The device may detect an event of the one or more events depicted in the one or more images. The device may determine a first score that indicates a first likelihood that the event is an anomalous event. The device may determine a second score that indicates a similarity between the event and another event. The second score may be based on second data received from the one or more other devices. The device may determine a third score based on the first score and the second score. The third score may indicate a second likelihood that the event is the anomalous event. The device may perform an action based on the third score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Dominique Verdejo, Md Faisal Zaman, Freddy Lecue
  • Patent number: 10127557
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating rules to apply to fare transactions when a fare card reader cannot communicate with an authorization server, for generating historical data and a risk score for a fare card that are used by a fare card reader, with the rules, to determine whether to authorize access to a transit service when the fare card reader cannot communicate with the authorization server, and for selectively permitting or denying access to the transit service using the rules and the historical data or the score for a fare card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Michael Edward Simanek, Scott T. Butler
  • Publication number: 20180322283
    Abstract: According to an example, event anomaly analysis and prediction may include accessing a master directed graph that specifies known events and transitions between the known events, and ranking each of the known events. Each of the ranked known events may be clustered into a plurality of anomaly categories. A plurality of rules to analyze new events may be determined based on the plurality of anomaly categories. A determination may be made, based on an application of the plurality of rules to data that is to be analyzed for an anomaly, whether the data includes the anomaly. In response to a determination that the data includes the anomaly, a device associated with the data may be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Colin Anil PURI, Patrick JOYCE, Brandon Eugene HUMPERT, Stephen David JOHNSON, Jonte Demetrio CRAIGHEAD
  • Patent number: 10120788
    Abstract: Cloud Connected automated testing (CCAT) provides a low-cost, high-throughput, automated multi-thread testing platform for testing application with multiple test cases in a variety of operating environments. The platform may be hosted on cloud infrastructure. Unlike other test automation platforms, inputs to CCAT are based on human readable formats, such as keyword entries in a spreadsheet. CCAT thereby reduces the need for testers to understand highly specialized and difficult to use coding languages such as Java or Python.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Saginaw, Austin J. Darigo, Alexis M. Stevens, John C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10122166
    Abstract: A system provides integrated multi-energy scheduling control in a micro-grid. The micro-grid may comprise a combined cooling, heating and power CCHP unit and an ice-storage air conditioner. In embodiments, an integrated multi-energy scheduling control process for operation in the micro-grid is performed, based on the predicted electricity demand and cooling demand and the predicted renewable energy output, under process constraints to determine the amount of electricity exchanged between the micro-grid and a macro-grid, cooling power output and electricity output of the CCHP unit, and operation modes and cooling power output of the ice-storage air conditioner in time intervals in a scheduling period, wherein electricity supply/demand balance and cooling energy supply/demand balance are coupled. The system may achieve multi-energy supply/demand balance at a minimized operational cost, and may achieve a high energy efficiency of both the CCHP units and a high performance of the ice-storage air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Qin Zhou, Zhihui Yang, Zhejing Bao
  • Patent number: 10123075
    Abstract: The present application relates to set top boxes and relates to the inclusion of a diagnostic function in the set top box which may be activated remotely or respond internally to the detection of faults or changes in status. The diagnostic function may emulate key presses from an infrared remote control to perform a test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Liam Friel, Derek Dwyer, Colm Aengus Murphy, John Maguire, Duncan Palmer
  • Patent number: 10120401
    Abstract: A system for power grid distribution network control can monitor a power grid distribution network in real-time, detect an abnormal loading condition based on real-time measurements on the distribution network, and perform in real time, in response to the detected abnormal loading condition, a reconfiguration analysis of the distribution network. The reconfiguration analysis can be performed based on heuristic logic that combines real time depth first trace and breadth first division of nodes within the distribution system. Through the reconfiguration analysis process, the system can generate and implement a practical and optimized reconfiguration plan in real time so as to alleviate or eliminate an abnormal loading condition in time to prevent possible pre-matured failures of equipment and consequently save cost of equipment replacement and/or related power outages. Accordingly, the distribution network may operate with improved stability and reliability, and a cost of operation can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Zitong Song, Zhihui Yang, Qin Zhou