Patents Assigned to LLC
  • In-plane transverse momentum injection to disrupt large-scale eddies in a turbulent boundary layer
    Patent number: 11933334
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to implement transverse momentum injection at low frequencies to directly modify large-scale eddies in a turbulent boundary layer on a surface of an object. A set of transverse momentum injection actuators may be positioned on the surface of the object to affect large-scale eddies in the turbulent boundary layer. The system may include a controller to selectively actuate the transverse momentum injection actuators with an actuation pattern to affect the large-scale eddies to modify the drag, fluid mixing, heat transfer, and/or other interactions of the fluid flow with the surface. In various embodiments, the transverse momentum injection actuators may be operated at frequencies less than 10,000 Hertz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Enterprise Science Fund, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander J. Smits, Ivan Marusic, David Wine, Brian Holloway
  • System, method, and computer program product for managing a connection between a device and a network
    Patent number: 11936738
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing a connection between a device and a network. In use, a first device coupled between a second device and a network is identified. Further, the first device is controlled based on predefined criteria utilizing the second device, for managing a connection between the second device and the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventor: Efrain Ortiz, Jr.
  • Media consumption context for personalized instant query suggest
    Patent number: 11934443
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating suggested search queries. One method includes receiving, during a search session, a request for a suggested search query; in response to receiving the request for the suggested search query, identifying an entity that is associated with an item of media content; generating a suggested search query based on the identified entity; and providing data that causes the generated suggested search query to be presented in a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Dhruv Bakshi, Jakob Nicolaus Foerster
  • Determining whether and/or when to provide notifications, based on application content, to mitigate computationally wasteful application-launching behavior
    Patent number: 11934895
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to intervening notifications provided by an application for mitigating computationally wasteful application launching behavior that is exhibited by some users. A state of a module of a target application can be identified by emulating user inputs previously provided by the user to the target application. In this way, the state of the module can be determined without visibly launching the target application. When the state of the module is determined to satisfy criteria for providing a notification to the user, the application can render a notification for the user. The application can provide intervening notifications for a variety of different target applications in order to reduce a frequency at which the user launches and closes applications to check for variations in target application content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Victor Carbune
  • Soybean variety 01091763
    Patent number: 11930769
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091763. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091763. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091763 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091763 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Leandro Mozzoni
  • Multi-digit braces and methods of use
    Patent number: 11931284
    Abstract: A brace and kit of braces with a method of use. The multi-digit brace includes first and second arcuate members coupled together by top and bottom bridge members. There are raised rails disposed about the circumference of the brace that form a band track within which an elastic band may be disposed to secure the brace to the fingers/toes of a hand/foot. The arcuate members are thinner near the bottom to allow for greater flex/bend of adjacent joints. The arcuate members are spaced from each other and form an hourglass shaped void therebetween. The arcuate members may form complete circles or may have gaps. The kit may include a plurality of braces and a plurality of bands/wraps/straps. The method includes installing a plurality of braces so that they face back-to-back towards a middle joint with thinner regions of each brace near the palmar side of the middle joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FIGHT FINGERS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Mayer, David Z. Tusek, Rodney E. Ward
  • Object association for autonomous vehicles
    Patent number: 11934962
    Abstract: Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices for associating objects are provided. For example, the disclosed technology can receive sensor data associated with the detection of objects over time. An association dataset can be generated and can include information associated with object detections of the objects at a most recent time interval and object tracks of the objects at time intervals in the past. A subset of the association dataset including the object detections that satisfy some association subset criteria can be determined. Association scores for the object detections in the subset of the association dataset can be determined. Further, the object detections can be associated with the object tracks based on the association scores for each of the object detections in the subset of the association dataset that satisfy some association criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez, Abhishek Sen, Shivam Gautam
  • System and method for fulfilling requests for communication services
    Patent number: 11935005
    Abstract: A network-based communication fulfillment system includes a communication resource allocation server configured to receive a request for a communication service from a business user, wherein the communication service includes electronic communications and physical mailing pieces to be sent to recipients, an intelligent communication design server that can automatically create designs for the electronic communications and the physical mailing pieces, a communication server that can transmit the electronic communications to the recipients, and one or more product fulfillment centers that can print and finish the physical mailing pieces to be mailed to the recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Shutterfly, LLC
    Inventor: Brett Lemoine
  • Method and a system for analyzing a scene, room or venue
    Patent number: 11935292
    Abstract: In a method or system in which an imaging element views navigation elements for e.g. navigation, the navigating elements may not be positioned optimally. Positions may exist in which the same angles exist from the imaging element to the same or similar navigating elements, whereby the positions are not unique. Navigation elements may then be repositioned, added or removed to make the positions unique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Carnegie Robotics, LLC
    Inventors: David Ian Robinson, Troy Edward Tancraitor, David Larose
  • Control devices having independently suspended buttons for controlled actuation
    Patent number: 11935709
    Abstract: A control device includes a button assembly having one or more buttons and a button carrier that includes a plurality of resilient, independently deflectable spring arms. The control device may be configured as a wall-mounted keypad to control a load control device, or as a thermostat to control a temperature regulation appliance. The button carrier may be configured to prevent interference between the buttons during operation of the control device. The button assembly may be captured between a faceplate of the control device and a housing that is attached to a rear side of the faceplate. The control device may include one or more button retainers that are attached to the buttons and that are configured to align respective outer surfaces of the buttons relative to each other, and relative to the faceplate of the control device, when the buttons are in respective rest positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Vithal Bhate, Rich Destremps, James Harrison, Jason Edward Jennings, Eric Jonathan Mace, Stephen Phillips
  • Configuring service mesh networking resources for dynamically discovered peers or network functions
    Patent number: 11936724
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for configuring service mesh networking resources for dynamically discovered external entities. The methods and systems create custom resource objects for services provided by the external entities and dynamically create service mesh network resources for the custom resource objects. The methods and systems enable communications with the external entities using the service mesh network resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Akash Baid, Nitish Malhotra, Michael Anthony Brown
  • Techniques for automatic cross-device meeting authentication
    Patent number: 11936695
    Abstract: Technology for automatic cross-device meeting authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Ho, Christopher Paul David Johnson
  • Cyclic polypeptides for PCSK9 inhibition
    Patent number: 11932705
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic polypeptide compounds that can, e.g., bind specifically to human proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and optionally also inhibit interaction between human PCSK9 and human low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds. Also provided are methods of reducing LDL cholesterol level in a subject in need thereof that include administering to the subject one or more of the cyclic polypeptide compounds or a pharmaceutical composition provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC, RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Alonso Ricardo, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Nicolas Cedric Boyer, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Zhong Ma, Angela Dawn Kerekes, Chengwei Wu, Sookhee Nicole Ha, Hyewon Youm, Elisabetta Bianchi, Danila Branca, Raffaele Ingenito, Willy Costantini, Aurash Shahripour, Yusheng Xiong
  • Systems and methods for logging temperatures of food products
    Patent number: 11933674
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for logging temperatures of food products using a temperature assembly including a housing and one or more temperature sensors, e.g., an infrared sensor for surface temperatures and an elongate probe for acquiring a temperature within a food product, and a mobile electronic device including a camera, a communication interface for communicating with the temperature assembly, a processor configured to acquire a temperature reading from the temperature assembly and an image from the camera when the temperature reading is acquired, and memory for storing the temperature reading and image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Riscalla
  • Reusable upper stage rocket with aerospike engine
    Patent number: 11933249
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a fully reusable upper stage for a multi-stage launch vehicle are provided. The reusable upper stage uses an aerospike engine for main propulsion and for vertical landing. A heat shield can include a plurality of scarfed nozzles embedded radially around a semi-spherical surface of the heat shield, wherein inboard surfaces of the plurality of scarfed nozzles collectively define an aerospike contour. The heat shield can be actively cooled to dissipate heat encountered during reentry of the upper stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Blue Origin, LLC
    Inventors: James R. French, Roger Eugene Ramsey, Adam Wuerl
  • Isolated cylinder systems for load sensing architecture planter
    Patent number: 11933332
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for an agricultural implement includes a high pressure supply line configured to provide hydraulic fluid under pressure. The hydraulic drive system also includes a low pressure return line configured to return the hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic drive system further includes a plurality of hydraulic motors and coupled to the high pressure supply line. The hydraulic drive system still further includes a plurality of cylinder systems isolated from the high pressure supply line to minimize a supply pressure of the hydraulic fluid provided from a pump coupled to the high pressure supply line and to minimize throttling losses in the hydraulic drive system during operation of the hydraulic drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Pintore, Stefano Fiorati, Eugenio Leati, Trevor Philip Stanhope, Xiaofan Guo, Andrea Vacca, Patrick Michael Stump
  • Soybean variety 01091765
    Patent number: 11930770
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091765. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091765. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091765 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091765 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: James Behm, Thomas L. Floyd
  • Method and apparatus for temporal smoothing for video
    Patent number: 11936912
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video processing. In some examples, an apparatus for video processing includes processing circuitry. For example, processing circuitry determines a frame interval for a current block in a current frame within a sequence of frames. The frame interval indicates a group of frames in the sequence of frames with collocated blocks of the current block that satisfy an error metric requirement comparing to the current block. Further, the processing circuitry determines a replacement block based on the collocated blocks in the group of frames, and replaces the current block in the current frame with the replacement block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jun Tian, Wen Gao, Shan Liu
  • Columnar-carbon and graphene-plate lattice composite
    Patent number: 11932539
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pristine graphene sheets with columns formed of fullerene nanotubes between the graphene sheets for use as body armor, semiconductor, battery anode, solar panels, heat sinks, structural concrete members, structural steel members, precast concrete structural members, bridges, highways, streets, skyscrapers, sidewalks, foundations, dams, industrial plants, canals, airports, structural composites, aircraft, military equipment, and civil infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Graphul Industries LLC
    Inventor: Brian Michael Parker
  • Devices, systems and methods for performing age verification
    Patent number: 11930856
    Abstract: A method, system, device, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for performing age verification, the device including a memory having stored thereon computer readable instructions, and processing circuitry configured to execute the computer readable instructions to cause the device to, receive identity verification information from an adult vaper, determine a personal profile corresponding to the adult vaper based on the identity verification information, and enable operation of an electronic vaping device based on the received identity verification information and the personal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Srinivasan Janardhan, Gerd Kobal, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Timo Engelke, Ulrich Bockholt