Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Retention device for vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10967764
    Abstract: A seating assembly is attached to the floor and includes a seat that is rotationally operable relative to a seatback. A retention device is attached to the seat. When the seat is pivoted upright to a stadium position, the retention device is selectively deployable from a stored position to a cargo storage position that defines an enclosure at least partially defined by the seat and the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Hugh Fowler, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin Wayne Preuss
  • Ranking search result documents
    Patent number: 10970293
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to using document feature(s) of a document that is responsive to a query, and optionally query feature(s) of the query, to determine a presentation characteristic for presenting a search result that corresponds to the document. In some implementations, measures associated with the document feature(s) and/or query feature(s) may be used to determine the presentation characteristic. The measures may be based on past interactions, by corresponding users, with other documents that share one or more of the document features with the document, where a plurality of the other documents are different from the document (and optionally each different from one another). In some implementations, the document and/or the other documents include, or are restricted to, documents that are access restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Marc Alexander Najork, Donald Metzler, Xuanhui Wang
  • Architectural panel assembly and tools
    Patent number: 10967486
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of reveal architectural panels and a tool or clamp for assembly thereof. The apparatus and method replace prior art assembly methods and fasteners with adhesives and a dedicated particularly designed clamp to facilitate assembly. The frame members are modified to facilitate assembly with adhesive sealants and removal of mechanical fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Axiom Construction and Consulting LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Koetje
  • Gas filling of an insulating glass unit
    Patent number: 10968685
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method for replacing air with an interpane gas during manufacture of a sealed insulating glass unit (IGU). The method includes forming an unsealed IGU assembly defining an IGU passage for fluid communication between an interpane space and an ambient environment; positioning the unsealed IGU assembly within an enclosure and sealing the enclosure around the unsealed IGU assembly; evacuating air from the enclosure; introducing a first gas into the interpane space through the IGU passage; introducing a second gas into the enclosure, wherein the second gas has a different composition than the first gas; and closing the IGU passage to seal the interpane space. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PDS IG Holding LLC
    Inventor: Paul Trpkovski
  • Amusement park ride vibration system
    Patent number: 10967285
    Abstract: A ride vibration system includes a rider support feature coupled to a ride vehicle and accessible to a rider positioned in the ride vehicle. The system includes a vibrator with a motor that rotates an eccentric mass to generate vibrations. The vibrator is at least partially integrated with the rider support feature and transfers the vibrations to the rider support feature. An input device receives a vibration intensity selection. A controller couples to the vibrator and to the input device. The controller receives the vibration intensity selection and controls the motor to control an intensity of the vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Studios LLC
    Inventors: William Rodriguez, Rachel Wilcox, Garrett Malatek, Luis Carlos Alarcon, Kevin Primm
  • Digital repeater system
    Patent number: 10972174
    Abstract: A digital repeater system for repeating RF signals comprises: a receiving section for receiving an RF input signal, the RF input signal comprising at least one frequency band including a multiplicity of subbands associated with a multiplicity of communication channels; and at least one transmitting section for transmitting the RF output signal. The receiving section is constituted to digitize the RF input signal to obtain a digital input signal and to isolate, within the digital input signal, the multiplicity of subbands from each other to obtain a multiplicity of digital subband signals. The at least one transmitting section is constituted to combine the digital subband signals to obtain a digital output signal and to convert the digital output signal to an RF output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Keld Knut Lange, Luigi Tarlazzi
  • Audio-based data structure generation
    Patent number: 10972530
    Abstract: Routing packetized actions in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify trigger keyword and request, and generate an action data structure. The system can transmit the action data structure to a third party provider device. The system can receive an indication from the third party provider device that a communication session was established with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gaurav Bhaya, Robert James Stets
  • Dynamic configuration of virtual machines
    Patent number: 10970117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to identify the operations/processes performed by one or more virtual machines. In one example method of operation, the system may perform identifying processes currently operating in an operating system and recording process information corresponding to each of the processes in a memory. The method may also include determining a priority for each of the processes currently operating in the operating system and incrementing a current priority of at least one of the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: John Michael Suit
  • Querying knowledge graph with natural language input
    Patent number: 10970278
    Abstract: A server computing device, including memory storing a knowledge graph. The server computing device may further include a processor configured to receive a natural language input and generate a tokenized utterance based on the natural language input. Based on the tokenized utterance, the processor may select a predefined intention indicating a target ontology entity type of the natural language input. The processor may identify at least one input ontology entity token included in the tokenized utterance and may identify at least one relation between the predefined intention and the input ontology entity token. Based on the predefined intention, the at least one input ontology entity token, and the relation, the processor may generate a structured query. Based on the structured query and the knowledge graph, the processor may output an output ontology entity token having the target ontology entity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Yan, Yonggang Deng, Junyi Chai, Maochen Guan, Yujie He, Bing Li
  • Electronic account recovery through account connections
    Patent number: 10972462
    Abstract: A method for managing account data and handling account recovery requests are disclosed. The method comprises a multi-level identity verification process, including a first level where a specific computing device requesting recovery of an electronic account is requested to identify a trusted contact for the electronic account and a second level where the specific computing device is requested to provide a dynamically generated security code that has been communicated to a trusted contact identified by the specific computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Juanjuan Hu, Kirsten Rauffer, Derek Koh, Yi Qun Zhou
  • High-efficiency heating apparatus
    Patent number: 10966570
    Abstract: A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber with internal baffles that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Hyper Fryer, LLC
    Inventors: David H. McFadden, David A. Bolton
  • Fusion proteins containing insulin-like growth factor-1 and epidermal growth factor and variants thereof and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10967049
    Abstract: Fusion proteins comprising cytokines, particularly insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and variants thereof, epidermal growth factor (EGF), and other ligands to the EGF receptor, are provided. The fusion proteins further comprise SEQ ID NO:1 or other segments having lysine, glutamic acid, or aspartic acid residues. Uses for the fusion proteins are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: IGF Oncology, LLC
    Inventor: Hugh McTavish
  • Anchor and clutch assembly
    Patent number: 10968645
    Abstract: Anchors, clutches, and lifting systems are described herein that increase the size of a shear cone within a precast concrete panel without using multiple clutches and without increasing the complexity of the lift system. A shear cone is the volume within the panel that the anchor and clutch pull on when orienting and positioning the precast concrete panel. Anchors described herein encompass a larger volume of the panel in different ways to produce a larger shear cone. Similarly, the clutches described herein have features that allow a clutch to accommodate the improved anchors. As a result, the anchors, clutches, and lifting systems provide a larger shear cone in the panel to increase the load capacity of the lifting system and reduce the likelihood of failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Meadow Burke, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Kelly, Michael J. Recker
  • Systems and methods for modeling quantum structure and behavior
    Patent number: 10972190
    Abstract: Systems and methods of modeling the structure and behavior of the quantum continuum based on geometrical principles are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods of modeling quantum structure and behavior may include modeling a region of space as a three-dimensional projection of a field of N-dimensional hard-spheres, modeling a stable particle within the region of space as a locally stably packed set of hard-spheres, defining an energy subspace comprising one or more additional dimensions, and modeling an energy of the stable particle as an amount of hard-sphere geometry shifted out of the three spatial dimensions into the energy subspace sufficient for the set of hard-spheres to pack stably. Systems and methods for modeling virtual particles and performing quantum communication are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Omnisent, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Eric Henningsen, Clifford Tureman Lewis
  • Service layer registration
    Patent number: 10972995
    Abstract: A service layer entity may register to another service layer entity and proactively request to gain access to the local services hosted by the registrar entity. A registrar entity may accept a registree entity's registration request but only grant access of its partial services to the registree entity. If a registree entity does not need to proactively request the services within its registration request message, the registrar entity decides what services may be needed by the registree entity and grants access of those services to the registree entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Lijun Dong, Rocco Di Girolamo, Chonggang Wang, Hongkun Li, Qing Li, Catalina Mihaela Mladin
  • Method and apparatus for managing communication services using multiple subscription agreements
    Patent number: 10972996
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing subscription utilization information in the memory where the subscription utilization information is indicative of a history of subscription usage by the device and where registration information associated with a group of subscription agreements is stored in the memory, receiving location information from the device processor where the location information indicates a location of the device, and selecting a target subscription agreement from among the group of subscription agreements according to the history of subscription usage and the location information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventor: Robert Osterwise
  • Intelligent lighting control system detection apparatuses, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10973104
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides intelligent lighting control systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Caroline Sofiatti
  • Methods and apparatus for determining block storage status
    Patent number: 10972539
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for communication with and management of datacenters, such as cloud datacenters employing multiple servers. A control server may identify a plurality of datacenters from which to request block storage status. The control server may identify a user request to execute multiple requests to obtain the block storage status from the plurality of datacenters. Based on the user request, the control server may generate the plurality of requests. The control server may transmit the plurality of requests to the plurality of datacenters. The control server may determine if a response to the requests is received. The response may include block storage status data identifying whether a service managing storage blocks for the datacenter is operational. The control server may also provide the block storage status for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Bothello, Surajit Roy, Giridhar Bhujanga
  • Method to detect the proper connection of a vehicle charging cable
    Patent number: 10967751
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to detect a sufficient charging cable connection, the system including a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to carry out the steps of: capturing an image of at least a portion of a vehicle body; determining whether the image includes a charging cable being sufficiently engaged with the portion of the vehicle body; and based on the determination of whether the image includes the charging cable being sufficiently connected to the portion of the vehicle body, producing a connection notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Valor Yaldo, Sai Vishnu Aluru, Xiaofeng F. Song
  • Container base including hemispherical actuating diaphragm
    Patent number: 10968006
    Abstract: A container including a finish defining an opening at a first end of the container that provides access to an internal volume defined by the container. A base portion of the container includes a diaphragm that is concave relative to an exterior of the container. The diaphragm extends from a standing surface of the container to a center push-up portion of the base portion. The standing surface is at a second end of the container opposite to the first end. The diaphragm is configured to move from an as-blown first configuration to a second configuration in which the diaphragm is closer to the first end as compared to the first configuration in order to reduce residual vacuum within the container. The diaphragm is generally hemispherical in cross-section when in the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Woloszyk, Omkar Dole, David Downing, Kirk Edward Maki, Bradley S. Philip, James Stelzer, Luke A. Mast, Richard J. Steih