Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11936891
    Abstract: A method and system for decoding a coded video sequence may include obtaining the coded video sequence, and decoding the coded video sequence. A value of a temporal sublayer identifier of a video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit in the coded video sequence is constrained to be less than or equal to a value of vps_max_sublayers_minus1, that specifies a maximum number of temporal sublayers that may be present in a layer in each coded video sequence referring to the video parameter set (VPS), in the VPS referred to by the VCL NAL unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Patent number: 11932597
    Abstract: A process for converting isobutane to propylene. The process including dehydrogenating isobutane to produce a mixed product stream comprising isobutane and isobutene, skeletal isomerizing the mixed product stream comprising isobutane and isobutene to convert isobutene to n-butenes including 1-butene and 2-butenes and to recover a skeletal isomerization reaction product comprising isobutane, isobutene, butadiene, 1-butene, and 2-butenes. The process further including fractionating the skeletal isomerization reaction product, isomerizing the 1-butene contained therein to 2-butenes, recovering an overhead fraction comprising isobutane, a side draw fraction comprising isobutane and isobutene, and a bottoms fraction comprising 2-butenes, and combining the bottoms fraction with ethylene and converting the ethylene and 2-butenes to produce a reaction effluent comprising propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Martinus J. Almering, Kerman N. Dukandar, Oliver Chen
  • Patent number: 11933585
    Abstract: The method and apparatus for a remote weapon station or incorporated into manually-aimed weapons. The methodology requires use of a muzzle velocity sensor that refines the aiming of the second and subsequent fires or volleys fired from weapon systems. When firing the first volley a weapon uses an estimated velocity and, at firing, the muzzle velocity of a projectile is measured. When firing the second volley a weapon's fire control calculates an aiming point using the measured velocity of the first volley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOSTROMO HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Sullivan, Torgrim Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 11936938
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for presenting media content are provided. In some implementations, a system for presenting media content is provided, the system comprising: a hardware processor that is programmed to: establish a connection with a media playback device; respond to a discovery request from a computing device presenting a media content item; establish a persistent communication channel with the computing device over a network in response to a request from the computing device to establish the persistent communication channel; receive identifying information of the media content item being presented by the computing device and identifying information of a source of the media content item being presented by the computing device; request the media content item from the identified source of the media content item as a stream of media content; and cause the media content item to be presented using the media playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Majd Bakar, Francis Tsui, John Affaki, Byungchul Kim
  • Patent number: 11935050
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide automatic expense categorization of transactions or expenditures based on a machine learning (ML) model trained using anonymized transactional data for expenditures that are stored in a public blockchain. The anonymized transactional data for the expenditure and the expense category, may be distributed throughout the blockchain network and recorded in the blockchain. In some implementations, an expenditure may be submitted to the blockchain network for expense categorization. The transactional data for the expenditure may be anonymized to remove confidential and personal identifying information (PII) before it is distributed throughout the blockchain network. Each participating node of the blockchain network may utilize the ML model to identify an expense category for the expenditure. The participating nodes may provide a consensus mechanism in order to arrive at a shared understanding of how to categorize the expenditure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Lin Ni Lisa Cheng, John Fields
  • Patent number: 11934900
    Abstract: A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. Each of the card frame and the transaction card may be capable of performing contactless data transactions individually. The combined assembly of the card frame with the transaction card secured in the receptacle is also capable of performing contact data transactions. The transaction card and/or the card frame may include one or more visual or tactile regions that allow the transaction card and card frame to be distinguished from other cards and/or to be properly oriented and aligned with one another when combined to form the card assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Vyjayanthi Vadrevu, Phoebe Atkins, Michael Saia
  • Patent number: 11935145
    Abstract: Disclosed are various aspects of computer-implemented systems and methods for enhancing safety in real estate transactions. In one aspect a user is provisioned with a real estate mobile application with a safety engine on a mobile computing device. Next, the user enters parameters or the application automatically populates parameters based off at least a safety timer limit, a time extension amount, an emergency contact, a timer authentication code, or an emergency code. Next, a user selects a property and visits, wherein the application initiates GPS tracking and checks the user in. The user's property visits, check in and check out are logged and streamed to a database for verification. If the user fails to check out or respond to the timer authentication code an emergency service is alerted and or the device emits an emergency audible sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: QUITCHET, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Mahon Morgan
  • Patent number: 11935156
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a virtual view of a scene associated with a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: obtaining image data including a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras of the vehicle; obtaining steering angle data captured by a sensor of the vehicle; detecting, by a processor, a shadow in at least one image of the plurality of images; determining, by the processor, auto-white balance data for each image of the plurality of images; selectively combining, by the processor, the auto-white balance data of the images based on the detected shadow, and the steering angle data; and generating, by the processor, output image data based on the combined auto-white balance data and the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sai Vishnu Aluru, Yun Qian Miao, Sravan Daruri, Mohamed A. Naiel
  • Patent number: 11936993
    Abstract: A method in an electronic device includes detecting, with one or more processors, initiation of an image capture operation using an image capture device situated on a first surface of the electronic device and having a first field of view extending away from the first surface in a first direction. In response to detecting the initiation of the image capture operation, the method includes actuating a second image capture device situated on a second surface of the electronic device and having a second field of view extending away from the second surface in a second direction. The method then captures image content with the second image capture device and presenting the image content on a display situated on the first surface of the electronic device. Thereafter, the one or more processors capture at least one image with the first image capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Bharat Desai, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11931108
    Abstract: A method of reducing a fractured bone of a patient is disclosed. The method may include generating a fractured bone surface image from image data of the fractured bone structure of the patient. A reduced bone surface image of the fractured bone structure of the patient may be formed. In some embodiments, an implant image may be superimposed in an installation position on the reduced bone surface image. A patient specific jig image may be superimposed proximate the implant image and the bone image, according to the installation position of the implant. In some embodiments, control data from the patient specific jig image may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BULLSEYE HIP REPLACEMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gillman, Benjamin A. Gillman
  • Patent number: 11937343
    Abstract: The method includes first defining a reservoir in a housing, the reservoir configured to contain a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation being devoid of nicotine and including at least one non-nicotine compound, positioning a heater and a wick in a chamber, the heater being in heating proximity to the wick, second defining at least one first channel, the at least one first channel being configured to communicate the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to the wick, and third defining at least one first air passage, the at least one first air passage being configured to allow air to enter the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Isaac Weigensberg, Greg Kunin, David Rubli, Bernard G. Juster
  • Patent number: 11933528
    Abstract: Methods and systems provided for determining a phase state and/or for determining a degree of subcooling in a fluid. An exemplary method for operating a refrigeration cycle includes flowing a refrigerant through a metering device and calculating a pressure differential of the refrigerant across the metering device. Further, the method includes determining whether the refrigerant is a saturated liquid based on the pressure differential. The method includes, when the refrigerant is not a saturated liquid, cooling the refrigerant upstream of the metering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Neeraj S Shidore, Min Sun, Ryan D Hopper, Cameron Paul Smith
  • Patent number: 11933245
    Abstract: A piston assembly includes a piston head for reciprocating back and forth within a cylinder of an engine, an upper rod coupled to the piston head at one longitudinal end of the upper rod and fixed relative to the piston head, and a lower rod rotatably coupled to an opposite longitudinal end of the upper rod, the lower rod configured to pivot about the opposite longitudinal end of the upper rod. The lower rod is configured to couple to a crankshaft at a longitudinal end of the lower rod opposite the upper rod. Methods of forming a piston assembly and engines incorporating such piston assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Transcend Energy Group, LLC
    Inventor: Jon Woodward
  • Patent number: 11933491
    Abstract: A boiler system comprises a housing with a generally cylindrical shape extends between first and second walls to provide a generally cylindrical space. A fire tube is positioned near a bottom of the generally cylindrical housing and extends longitudinally from a first wall of the cylindrical housing to a fire tube end wall. The boiler system also includes a burner with a generally cylindrical housing which defines a generally cylindrical chamber and an end plate. The burner extends into the fire tube, and the fire tube provides a combustion chamber where combustion of an air-fuel mixture is accomplished using the burner. The end plate of the burner is adjustable so as to adjust the flame that extends from within the burner housing into the fire tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Cleaver-Brooks Company, LLC
    Inventors: Rakesh Zala, Steven L. Whirry, Mark T. Salentine
  • Patent number: 11930833
    Abstract: A packaged food product and methods of making and using it. In some embodiments. The packaged food product may comprise a cup containing multiple ingredients in sealed pouches suitable for use in making an omelet or other egg-based entrées, with the cup being suitable for microwave cooking of an egg-based entrée. The ingredients may include vegetable components that offer organoleptic properties similar to those of fresh vegetables after an extended period of time. Ideally, time required for processing, shipment, storage, etc., which may be, e.g., several weeks, may pass without unacceptable degradation of taste, texture, mouth feel, flavor, aroma, color, nutritional content or other important qualities. In some embodiments, the ingredients may also include additional components, such as, for example, one or more meats, and/or one or more varieties of cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Kwaku Bandoh, Rachel Catherine Brown
  • Patent number: 11936194
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the power transfer coverage of a wireless power transmission network are disclosed. The method for controlling the power transfer coverage of a wireless power transmission network, which includes a plurality of peripheral devices for receiving power from a main device through a resonant channel within the power transfer coverage of the main device, comprises the steps of: checking a wireless power transmission network disconnection state of any one of the plurality of peripheral devices by a procedure gradually decreasing the amount of transmission power of the main device; and forming the power transfer coverage on the basis of the amount of transmission power at the moment of the wireless power transmission network disconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Kil Jung, Sang Youn Noh
  • Patent number: 11936464
    Abstract: A system and method enabling the automated installation and configuration of satellite system premises device. The system and method provide for tuning, locking and recognizing particular types of satellite system signals, and then responsively configuring and installing a premises device. The disclosed technology is capable of adapting to both one and two cable satellite premises systems, and is compatible with wideband low-noise block signals, as well as universal low-noise block and single-cable second-generation satellite signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Paul Richard Pratt, Robert Michael Payne
  • Patent number: 11932563
    Abstract: A method for improved anaerobic digestion is presented. The method includes mixing a volume of waste material with water to form a feedstock mixture. The volume of waste material includes an initial amount of biomass and the feedstock mixture includes methanogenic bacteria either naturally present in the waste material or introduced artificially. The method also includes introducing one or more promoter substances to the feedstock mixture. The one or more promoter substances are capable of modifying the methanogenic bacteria. Modifying includes stimulating novel enzyme production in the methanogenic bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Topstone Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher J. Barry
  • Patent number: 11936550
    Abstract: A routing system can provide a Dynamic-Hybrid Forwarding Information Base (DHFIB). A control component of the routing system can build a routing table that includes routing information (e.g., prefixes, addresses, etc.) for use by a first routing component. The routing table can be ordered or ranked based on traffic information from the first routing component. Then, the control component can create the DHFIB from the routing table, wherein the DHFIB is a portion of the routing table and related to the first routing component. As such, the portion of the routing table selected for the DHFIB can be the set of prefixes in the routing table that represent the most frequently routed or most important prefixes in the routing table. Finally, the control component can forward the DHFIB to the first routing component to allow the routing component to route communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Bamford, Brent Wharton Smith, Noah Kipling Weis
  • Patent number: 11936635
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a program product implemented at an edge switch for data encryption. For example, the present disclosure provides a data encryption method implemented at an edge switch. The method may include receiving encryption and decryption information for an encryption operation or a decryption operation from a source device. In addition, the method may include encrypting a data packet received from the source device based on encryption information in the encryption and decryption information to generate an encrypted data packet. The method may further include sending the encrypted data packet to a target device indicated by the data packet. The embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce the computing loads of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, clouds, and servers while ensuring encryption performance, and can also reduce the time delay caused by encryption and decryption operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Chenxi Hu, Sanping Li, Zhen Jia