Patents Assigned to Intellectual Properties, Inc.
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Patent number: 11857052Abstract: A hair dryer has a primary air flow path and a secondary air flow path. The primary air flow path is operable to dry hair using suction in a first mode of operation. The secondary air flow path is operable to blow dry hair in a second mode of operation. In the primary mode of operation, the motor and fan assembly of the secondary air flow path is operated in reverse to direct air towards hair that is being dried by suction.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Publication number: 20230416867Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a Gas-Assisted Microbubble Extraction (GAME) system with an innovative dispersion module that can be used to efficiently separate and purify base metals and rare earth elements from various sources. The GAME system utilizes a three phase system of a gas phase, an organic phase, and an aqueous phase to efficiently extract low concentration metals from a solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Phinix, LLCInventors: Wencai Zhang, Subodh Das
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Patent number: 11852330Abstract: A light bulb having a substrate having a light emitting member provided thereon and a main body in which the substrate is positioned. The main body having a heat sink, a power supply, electrical contact members electrically connecting the substrate to the power supply and electrical leads extending from the power supply to the electrical contact members. The electrical leads extend through the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11847248Abstract: A smart mirror system includes a screen configured to generate a display for viewing by a user, a mirror positioned in front of the screen, a near-field-communication (NFC) card reader located behind the mirror, a network interface for communicating with a remote health data server, memory configured to store computer-executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions include selectively detecting, by the NFC card reader, an NFC chip of a member card placed in proximity to the NFC card reader. The instructions include, in response to detecting the NFC chip, obtaining member information from the detected NFC chip, and authenticating the user to the remote health data server, via the network interface, according, at least in part, to the obtained member information.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Moses Vaughan, Srijit Chandrashekhar Nair, Bill Pham, Harinath Kasina, Christopher M. Myers
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Patent number: 11848104Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes selecting a group of sets. Each set has values for immutable attributes that match values for at least one mutable attribute in a prediction request. The method includes determining a conditional covariance matrix for the group of sets. The method includes generating a deviation model based on the conditional covariance matrix. The method includes sampling the deviation model to generate multiple sets of likely mutable attribute values. The method includes automatically selecting a neural network from a set of outcome models based on the likely mutable attribute values. Each neural network includes a set of layers. Each layer includes a set of nodes. A first layer receives inputs at the set of nodes of the input layer. Each layer other than the first layer receives outputs from a preceding layer and creates modified outputs. A last layer outputs the modified outputs from the neural network.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Armand E. Prieditis, John E. Paton
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Patent number: 11847134Abstract: An apparatus includes processing circuitry and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to identify a plurality of components and a data flow that interconnects the plurality of components. The instructions cause the apparatus to determine a lineage of a record generated by the plurality of components based on the data flow. The lineage indicates the data flow from a first component to a second component of the plurality of components to generate the record. The instructions cause the apparatus to present, to a user, a visual depiction of the lineage of the record. The visual depiction indicates the data flow of a query through at least the first component and the second component of the plurality of the components to generate the record.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventor: John M. Kelly
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Patent number: 11845213Abstract: A molding apparatus comprises a first extruder and a second extruder and conduit fluidically connecting the extruders with a common mold wherein the at least one conduit has a conduit axis. The longitudinal axis of the first and second extruders extend at an angle of about 90° to a direction of flow in the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11839342Abstract: An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a floor cleaning head and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. A portable cleaning unit is removably mounted to the support structure and comprises an auxiliary cleaning tool mount. The auxiliary cleaning tool mount is provided on one lateral side of a portion of the rigid air flow conduit that is positioned above the portable cleaning unit when the upright surface cleaning apparatus is in the upright cleaning mode and the upflow duct is in the upright storage position wherein the auxiliary tool mount remains spaced from the portable cleaning unit during all use of the upright surface cleaning apparatus in the upright cleaning mode and the auxiliary cleaning tool mount remains mounted to the rigid air flow conduit when the upright surface cleaning apparatus is in the portable cleaning mode. A cord wind member is provided on an opposed lateral side of the rigid air flow conduit.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11841024Abstract: Described herein are appliances such as a vacuum cleaners having an air flow passage and a fan assembly provided in the air flow passage. The fan assembly includes (a) a first motor comprising a first rotor, a first stator, and a first rotatable output shaft drivingly connected to the first rotor; and (b) a second motor comprising a second rotor, a second stator, and a second rotatable output shaft drivingly connected to the second rotor. The first rotatable output shaft is driving connected to the second stator; and a fan blade drivingly connected to the second rotatable output shaft. Also described herein are methods of energizing a fan assembly of a portable appliance.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11839343Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. An air treatment member and suction motor are positioned in the air flow path. The hand vacuum cleaner includes an onboard energy storage unit and has a pistol grip handle. When the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with its upper end above its lower end, the pistol grip handle is located at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the energy storage unit is located at the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner with the suction motor located above the front end of the energy storage unit and the pistol grip handle located above the rear end of the energy storage unit. A finger grip area may be provided between the handle and the suction motor above the energy storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Daniel Innes, Andre D. Brown, Jason Thorne
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Patent number: 11836768Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining whether historical profile data structures are stored in a database with corresponding structured supplemental data and selected health care plan option identifiers of a set of health care plan option identifiers. The method includes generating historical feature vectors using the historical data structures stored in the database or generating the historical feature vectors using created sample profile data structures. The method includes training machine learning models using the generated historical feature vectors, selecting one of the machine learning models for use in generating recommendation outputs, presenting an interactive voice interface to an entity to generate audio questions and prompts for obtaining response data from the entity, classifying voice survey responses of the entity, and generating feature vectors.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey R. McCormick
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Patent number: 11826007Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a dual first stage cyclones.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Nina Conrad, Dave Petersen
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Patent number: 11819178Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an airflow path from an air inlet to a clean air outlet with an air treatment member and a fan and motor assembly in the air flow path. The hand vacuum cleaner has a cleaner body and a handle having a hand grip portion. The hand vacuum cleaner also includes a plurality of batteries. A portion of the motor and fan assembly and/or a portion of a filter component can be positioned between at least some of the batteries. The batteries may be contained in a removable storage chamber. The storage chamber may be removably mounted to the hand vacuum cleaner around at least a portion of a filter and/or fan and motor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11812707Abstract: A lighting system, such as for an indoor growing facility, comprises a frame, an end electrical connector, a light emitting unit comprising at least one LED and a unit electrical connector, wherein the light emitting unit is positionable within a first mounting region of the frame with the unit electrical connector electrically connected to a light emitting unit electrical connector of the frame. The light emitting unit is removably insertable into the first mounting region through a first opening in a sidewall of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11817189Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing data are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises a processor receiving a data analysis algorithm over a network and executing the data analysis algorithm, the data analysis algorithm analyzing data stored in a database using machine learning to identify a database organizational format, the data analysis algorithm identifying one or more locations for a set of data stored on the database based on identifying the database organizational format, the data analysis algorithm parsing the set of data to identify whether any entries in the database associated with the set of data includes a particular value, and the data analysis algorithm communicating over the network at least a first number of entries in the database that include the particular value and a second number of entries in the database that do not include the particular value.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: John Rottkamp, Steven B. Miller, Stacie Lukasiak, Jeffery P. Panter, William D. Harrington
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Patent number: 11810165Abstract: A computerized analysis system includes a data retrieval module, a spike filter module, a chargemaster analysis module, and an alert module. The data retrieval module is configured to retrieve claimline data for a period of time from an input data store. The claimline data includes billing codes and prices of the billing codes associated with a provider. The spike filter module is configured to flag and filter price spikes in the claimline data. The chargemaster analysis module is configured to determine whether a changepoint exists in the billing codes in the claimline data. The chargemaster analysis module is configured to identify a chargemaster increase for the provider in response to a statistical parameter of changepoints exceeding a threshold. The alert module is configured to, in response to identification of a chargemaster increase, publish an alert that a chargemaster increase has occurred for the provider.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
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Patent number: 11810164Abstract: An analysis system includes a data retrieval module that retrieves claimline data for a period of time. The claimline data includes multiple billing codes and corresponding prices associated with a provider. An analysis module receives the claimline data from the data retrieval module, determines whether a changepoint exists in the billing codes in the claimline data, determines a statistical parameter of changepoints per day during the period of time, and identifies a chargemaster increase for the provider in response to the statistical parameter of changepoints exceeding a threshold. An alert module, in response to identification of a chargemaster increase, publishes an alert that a chargemaster increase has occurred. The alert includes the provider's identification, a chargemaster increase date, a claimline number, a changepoint number, the billing code identification, or a price of the billing code at the changepoint. The alert transforms a user interface displayed to a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Bentivegna, Itzchak J. Palka, Eetai Ben-Sasson, Vivek Pandey
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Patent number: 11793376Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a fan comprising a fan blade. The fan is mounted on an axle and is positioned in the airflow path. A fan housing has an axle mounting hub, an outer frame member positioned radially outwardly of the fan blade and a plurality of ribs extending between the axle mounting hub and the outer frame member.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11794141Abstract: A multiuse home station includes an autonomous surface cleaning apparatus docking station, an autonomous surface cleaning apparatus charging station, and a room air cleaner unit, wherein the room air unit uses a portion of the autonomous surface cleaning apparatus docking station.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11793374Abstract: A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit comprising a surface cleaning head, and a hand vacuum cleaner. The reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus is operable in a floor cleaning mode in which the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to a rigid wand of the floor cleaning unit and operated using an energy storage member of the hand vacuum cleaner, and also operable in an above floor cleaning mode in which the hand vacuum cleaner is disconnected from air flow with the floor cleaning unit and operated using the energy storage member. A cross-sectional area through the rigid wand is less than a cross-sectional area through an upstream portion of an airflow path of the hand vacuum cleaner. A velocity of air travelling through the wand in the floor cleaning mode is greater than a velocity of air flow through the upstream portion in the above floor cleaning mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad