Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 12093933
    Abstract: A system for implementing and managing network-based, variable authentication protocols receives information relating to a digital monetary transaction. Additionally, the system accesses an initial authentication protocol dataset. The system also generates a variable authentication protocol dataset. The system then communicates the variable authentication protocol dataset to the point-of-sale computer system. The system also receives, from the point-of-sale computer system, authentication tokens. Further, the system validates the authentication tokens in view of the variable authentication protocol dataset. Further still, in response to the validation of the authentication tokens, the system processes the digital monetary transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: VBN Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Liberty, Mike Love, Giovanni A. Dalmaso, Ricardo Osvaldo Giovannone
  • Patent number: 12095625
    Abstract: Techniques for discovering a network using a sensor installed in the network, where the network is communicatively coupled to an external network by a router, are presented. The techniques can include: determining, automatically and by the sensor, a network address of the router; detecting, automatically and by the sensor, a network address of a client in the network; assessing, automatically and by the sensor, that the client in the network is actively communicating on the network; communicating, by the sensor, with the network address of the router; and participating, by the sensor, in communications on the network by emulating the network address of the client and by using the network address of the router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PACKET FORENSICS, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Oppleman, Zachary Kanner, Eugene Antsilevich
  • Patent number: 12093791
    Abstract: A computation graph of a machine learning model is accessed from memory and a constraint solver is used to compute a partition of the computation graph into ordered stages of an execution pipeline. In use, when inference or training of the machine learning model takes place by executing the pipeline, execution cost of the stages are balanced according to the computed partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ryota Tomioka, Juliana Patrícia Vicente Franco, Alberto Magni, Nuno Claudino Pereira Lopes, Siddharth Krishna, Renato Golin
  • Patent number: 12090497
    Abstract: A showerhead (2) and a pulsation mechanism thereof are disclosed. The showerhead (2) with three sets of spaced-apart nozzles (22a, 22b, 22c) is configured to be cyclically activated in sequence, with each set of nozzles (22a, 22b, 22c) operative for approximately 0.25 seconds to 1 second, while the other two sets of nozzles (22a, 22b, 22c) are deactivated. The showerhead (2) includes a shutter (34) adapted to open a flow passage (36) within the showerhead (2) leading to one or more respective nozzles (22a, 22b, 22c) periodically to produce an intermittent pulsating flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HOMEWERKS WORLDWIDE, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Ying, John Charles Holzheimer
  • Patent number: 12093364
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for operation of a media device in an obfuscated entry mode. A method for entry of personal information on a media device may include receiving a request from an external device to enter personal information. An interface screen is generated, including a first section including a plurality of characters, and a second section including directional buttons and a select button. Manipulation of the directional buttons and/or the select button causes selection of characters from the first section of the interface screen to be entered into the personal information entry field displayed by the media device in an obfuscated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jiyoung Ko, Austin Quaid Walker, Saleh Altayyar, Sourav Basu
  • Patent number: 12093037
    Abstract: A mobile device for remotely controlling the movement of a vehicle and trailer is provided. The mobile device provides a user engagement input for display and use of a control input. The control input may be used to generate a signal for controlling the movement of the vehicle and trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Erick Lavoie, Hamid Golgiri, Bo Bao, Siyuan Ma, Hemanth Yadav Aradhyula, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny
  • Patent number: 12092052
    Abstract: A method for early detection of a stochastic preignition (SPI) in an internal combustion engine includes monitoring sensor data from a sensor that is coupled to the internal combustion engine of a vehicle, determining whether a SPI event will occur using the sensor data and a Hankel Alternative View of Koopman (HAVOK) model, and commanding the vehicle to take a corrective action before the SPI event occurs to prevent the SPI event from happening in response to determining that the SPI event will occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alok Warey, Ronald O. Grover, Jr., Balakrishna Chinta, Elana M. Chapman, John O. Waldman, Hugh W. Miller
  • Patent number: 12093462
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to triggering virtual keyboard selections using multiple input modalities. An interface manager can display an interface, such as a virtual keyboard, to a user in an artificial reality environment. Implementations of the interface manager can track user eye gaze input and user hand input (e.g., hand or finger motion). The interface manager can resolve a character selection on the virtual keyboard according to the tracked user gaze input based on detection that the user's hand motion meets a trigger criteria. For example, the interface manager can: detect that the tracked user hand motion meets the trigger criteria at a given point in time; and resolve a selection from the virtual keyboard (e.g., selection of a displayed character) according to the tracked user gaze on the virtual keyboard at the given point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Faucher, Pol Pla I Conesa, Daniel Rosas, Nathan Aschenbach
  • Patent number: 12094265
    Abstract: A method performed by an electronic control unit of a vehicle, to monitor tires of the vehicle. The method includes evaluating a target location to monitor the vehicle tires. Based on the evaluation that the target location is fit to monitor the tires, the method includes initiating a monitoring mode of the vehicle. In response to initiating the monitoring mode, the method includes rotating front tires and back tires of the vehicle in opposite directions. During the rotation of the front and back tires, the method includes monitoring the rotation of the tires by using one or more vehicle sensors. The method further includes determining one or more anomalies in the vehicle tires based on the monitoring of the rotation of the front and back tires. Based on the determination, the method includes performing one or more remedial actions to mitigate the anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Patent number: 12093320
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for transferring dialog sessions between devices using deep links. The dialog sessions can correspond to interactions, mediated by an automated assistant, between a user and a third party application. During the dialog session, a user can request that the dialog session be transferred to a different device, for example, to interact with the third party application through a different modality. In response, the automated assistant and/or the third party application can generate a link that can be transferred to the transferee device to allow the transferee device to seamlessly take over the dialog session. In this way, computational resources and electrical power can be preserved by not requiring a recipient device to re-process natural language inputs previously provided during the dialog session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Scott Davies
  • Patent number: 12092713
    Abstract: A manifold for a gradient coil cooling manifold assembly of an MRI system includes a first main fluid passage defined by a first wall. The manifold also includes a first set of secondary fluid passages coupled to the first main fluid passage and defined by respective walls, wherein the first wall of the first main fluid passage and the respective walls of the first set of secondary fluid passages form barb connectors configured to couple to respective hoses. The manifold is formed as a single integral piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Charles Bradford Critcher, Robert Alan Irion
  • Patent number: 12096074
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and method for user presence detection for audience monitoring are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to detect movement of a user relative to an area based on one or more signals output by one or more motion detection sensors, the area associated with a media presentation device. Disclosed example apparatus are also to generate a request for verification of user presence in the viewing area in response to detection of the user movement. Disclosed example apparatus are further to correlate a user input responsive to the request with media presented via the media presentation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Stanley Wellington Woodruff, John T. Livoti
  • Patent number: 12091607
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233xf, HCFC-244db and/or HFO-1234yf and at least one additional compound. For the composition comprising 1234yf, the additional compound is selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFO-1243zf, HCFC-243db, HCFC-244db, HFC-245cb, HFC-245fa, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFC-253fb, HCFC-234ab, HCFC-243fa, ethylene, HFC-23, CFC-13, HFC-143a, HFC-152a, HFC-236fa, HCO-1130, HCO-1130a, HFO-1336, HCFC-133a, HCFC-254fb, CHF?CHCl, HFO-1141, HCFO-1242zf, HCFO-1223xd, HCFC-233ab, HCFC-226ba, and HFC-227ca. Compositions comprising HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233xf, and/or HCFC-244db are useful in processes to make HFO-1234yf. Compositions comprising HFO-1234yf are useful, among other uses, as heat transfer compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Asher Mahler, Mario Joseph Nappa
  • Patent number: 12092320
    Abstract: A light source converter including a non-homogeneous conversion core optically coupled to a light source. The conversion core having a transmitting medium comprised of a plurality of layers, a proximal end, a distal end, and a length extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The light source converter further including a plurality of phosphor particles volumetrically suspended in each of the plurality of layers of the transmitting medium. A density of the plurality of phosphor particles in one of the plurality of layers proximate the proximal end of the conversion core differs from a density of the plurality of phosphor particles in another of the plurality of layers proximate the distal end of the transmitting medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lazurite Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Ilya Malinskiy, Eugene Malinskiy, Daniel Dudley, Laimis Belzinskas, Howard Fein, Jacquelyn Aguilera
  • Patent number: 12092506
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sump pump system, including a sump pump monitor and application. The sump pump system includes a sump pump. Components of the sump pump system are installed in and/or near a sump. The sump collects liquid, such as water, from an inlet pipe. The sump pump is operable to remove water from the sump. The sump pump is fluidly connected to a discharge pipe. The discharge pipe is operable to carry water from the sump pump to a storm sewer or other discharge point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Matthew J. Lance, Yaakov Korb
  • Patent number: 12091106
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering assistance system, an axle including a wheel, memory, and a processor to execute instructions to identify a first position of the wheel, detect a request to move the wheel to a second position, adjust the wheel from the first position to the second position via the steering assistance system, disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to a third position, the third position offset from the second position by an angular offset in a first direction, adjust the wheel to a fourth position, the fourth position offset from the second position by the angular offset in a second direction different than the first direction, and disengage the steering assistance system, the disengagement of the steering assistance system to cause the wheel to move to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel James Nichols, William James Bouse, Justin Sekula, Alex Parker, Zhongzhou Yang, Timothy Panagis, Zheng Tan, Bo Lin
  • Patent number: 12095673
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a bandwidth manager for packetized data designed to arbitrate access between multiple, high bandwidth, ingress channels (sources) to one, lower bandwidth, egress channel (sink). The system calculates which source to grant access to the sink on a word-to-word basis and intentionally corrupts/cuts packets if a source ever loses priority while sending. Each source is associated with a ranking that is recalculated every data word. When a source buffer sends enough words to have its absolute rank value increase above that of another source buffer waiting to send, the system “cuts” the current packet by forcing the sending buffer to stop mid-packet and selects a new, lower ranked, source buffer to send. When there are multiple requesting source buffers with the same rank, the system employs a weighted priority randomized scheduler for buffer selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DRW Techologies LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Philippe Mas, Jie Yu, Philip Wolfsberger, Vincent Trudel-Lapierre, Patrick Grogan, Francois-Dominique Richardson, Jun Wu
  • Patent number: D1042807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HydraFacial LLC
    Inventors: Ed Nicolas, Jesse Robbers, Roger Ignon
  • Patent number: D1042991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HandsOn Equine, LLC
    Inventor: Jay Michaelson
  • Patent number: D1043023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Jacob N. Wohlstadter, Rodger Darin Osborne, Jennifer Parker, Aaron Leimkuehler, Manish Kochar, Peter Bosco, Michael Wade, Gary Krivoy