Abstract: An online platform and methods sort prescription drug claims for alternate fulfillment and/or discounted pricing. An electronic request for a prescription is forwarded to third-party prescription providers. In reply, proposed prices are received for the prescription. A computer processor forwards the received proposed prices for the prescription to an artificial intelligence engine. The artificial intelligence engine determines a selected one of the third-party prescription providers, based on the proposed prices. In addition, the determined selected third-party prescription provider and the proposed price are routed to the end electronic terminal in for example, a pharmacy. Embodiments include finding an alternate provider in the event of a rejected prescription claim.
Abstract: An improved eye drop dispenser apparatus having a suspension frame or tip configured for retention of an eye drop. The eye drop is suspended on the suspension frame by surface tension and adhesion forces of the liquid, with the suspension frame held proximate to the eye of a user or patient. The eye drop contacts the eye, with the surface tension causing the drop to transfer to the eye. The dispenser apparatus is configured to connect to an eye drop reservoir either by positioning into the opening in the eye drop bottle in a neck of the bottle, by positioning over the exterior of the neck of the eye drop reservoir, or by positioning over a pre-existing dispenser tip of the eye drop reservoir.
Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a frame, a first SCARA arm connected to the frame, including an end effector, configured to extend and retract along a first radial axis; a second SCARA arm connected to the frame, including an end effector, configured to extend and retract along a second radial axis, the SCARA arms having a common shoulder axis of rotation; and a drive section coupled to the SCARA arms is configured to independently extend each SCARA arm along a respective radial axis and rotate each SCARA arm about the common shoulder axis of rotation where the first radial axis is angled relative to the second radial axis and the end effector of a respective arm is aligned with a respective radial axis, wherein each end effector is configured to hold at least one substrate and the end effectors are located on a common transfer plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 7, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Brooks Automation US, LLC
Inventors:
Robert T. Caveney, Jayaraman Krishnasamy, Ulysses Gilchrist, Mitchell Drew, Jairo Moura
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating, processing and distributing leads, the system comprising a leads processing engine for receiving customer requests, creating leads based upon the customer requests, determining a best available agent or agents for each lead from a pool of available agents based upon one or more selected factors, and offering and/or sending each lead to the best available agent or agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Revagency IP, LLC
Inventors:
Brad L. Anderson, Michael B. Anderson, Jeffrey R. Anderson
Abstract: Decentralized computer systems and methods are disclosed for using a debit network as an intermediary between distributed ledgers. One method includes: receiving, at a first blockchain network from a merchant, transaction information comprising a consumer identification, an issuer identification from a payment vehicle presented for a transaction, and a transaction amount in resources of a first type, wherein the merchant and/or its acquirer are participants of the first blockchain network but the consumer and/or issuer are not participants of the first blockchain network; sending the transaction information to a debit network; identifying, using the debit network, a second blockchain network having the consumer and/or the issuer as participants, using the received consumer identification or issuer identification; and if participants of the second blockchain network accept the transaction, generating a new immutable entry to the second blockchain network indicating a change in the resources of a second type.
Abstract: Handwheel systems, including control consoles incorporating handwheels of the inventive subject matter, are described in this application. Handwheels described in this application can be used to control remotely located motors, especially those configured to control camera movements. To make it easier for camera operators to control remotely located motors using handwheels, those handwheels can be incorporated into a control console. Control consoles of the inventive subject matter can include several dials, toggle buttons, a display, and a variety of different inputs and outputs.
Abstract: Collapsible filter assembly includes a filter medium element and a frame at least partially surrounding the filter medium element. The frame and filter media element are configured to vary in at least two dimensions by folding or unfolding. In at least on example, the filter medium element is rectangularly pleated or round pleated. Upon removal of the filter assembly from packaging and other restraints, the filter assembly may naturally expand with regard to footprint and volume, with some manual assistance being expected of a typical user in unfolding from an area-reduced configuration to an area-expanded configuration, and from a volumetrically reduced configuration to a volumetrically expanded configuration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
FILTEREASY, LLC
Inventors:
Kevin James Barry, Thaddeus Worth Tarkington, Aly Khalifa
Abstract: The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a substrate. An IC die may be mounted to the substrate. One or more photonic modules may be attached to the substrate and one or more serializer/deserializer (SerDes) interfaces may connect the IC die to the one or more photonic modules. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and the one or more photonic modules may include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and fiber array. The one or more photonic modules may be mounted to one or more additional substrates which may be attached to the substrate via one or more sockets.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Google LLC
Inventors:
Woon-Seong Kwon, Namhoon Kim, Teckgyu Kang, Ryohei Urata
Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010981. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010981, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010981 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010981.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC
Inventors:
Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett
Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for delivery of notification messaging in an IP network. A multicast gateway may receive manifest files and segments of programming content for retrieval by a client device. The multicast gateway may receive segments of a notification message and modify information in the manifest file to reference the notification message content. Upon retrieval of the manifest file by a client device, the client may access the notification message content referenced in the manifest file. The multicast gateway may replace references to programming content with references to notification message content having a corresponding content type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventors:
John G. Bevilacqua, Jorge Salinger, Ty Pearman, Joseph Solomon, Saifur Rahman
Abstract: Systems and methods for nuclear reactor direct drive of a cryocooler turbine. A nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) system may have a nuclear reactor that heats a thermal working fluid for directly driving the turbine to power a cryogenic fluid management (CFM) system for keeping propellant at cryogenic temperatures. The features may be used on NTP rockets. The propellant may be liquid hydrogen.
Abstract: Various systems, devices, components and methods are disclosed for controllably and selectively occluding, restricting, and/or diverting flow within a patient's vasculature. The flow restriction systems can include an implant having a flow restrictor and an implantable controller having an actuator for actuating the flow restrictor. The flow restriction systems can also include an external device for controlling operation of the implant via the implantable controller.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 6, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
inQB8 Medical Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Arshad Quadri, J. Brent Ratz, Alexander H. Cooper, Juliet Laura Schwartz
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for managing transaction disputes. Techniques include accessing a transaction pattern model associated with a user account; detecting deviation of a transaction from the transaction pattern model; transmitting, based on the detected deviation, transaction data to a user device; receiving an input at the user device in response to the transmitted data; generating, based on the received input, dispute data; storing the dispute data; monitoring data extracts associated with the user account; detecting, based on the monitoring, a data extract indicating a posted state of a transaction associated with the dispute data; and updating the dispute data based on the data extract indicating the posted state.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 3, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Fidelity Information Services, LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Paul Kubler, Shane Saunders, Joseph Fredric Sutthoff, Joe Leung, Lauren Morrison, Matthew Petersen, David Raynault, Philip J. Ponsaran
Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is programmed to receive an audio input representing a percussion performed by a user and classify, at a trained neural network, the audio input as a particular musical type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 18, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Bace Technologies LLC
Inventors:
Christopher Samuels, Ghazaleh Jowkar, Mohammadbagher Fotouhi, Anita Garic, Ivan Vican
Abstract: An automated cargo delivery system is provided, including an automated guided vehicle having a housing defining a recess therein and a propulsion system configured to move the housing. The recess may be configured to receive a plurality of swappable carriers each having a uniform width in a horizontal direction and a uniform height in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. Each of the swappable carriers may be configured to be engaged within the recess. The plurality of swappable carriers may include a first swappable carrier and a second swappable carrier. A method of delivering cargo with the automated guided vehicle is also provided. The method may include alternatingly inserting and engaging the first swappable carrier and the second swappable carrier into the recess of the automated guided vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
Google LLC
Inventors:
Nathanael Arling Worden, Samuel Gardner Garrett, David Kyle Funnell, Karl Eric Schrader
Abstract: Systems and methods for image understanding can include one or more object recognition systems and one or more vision language models to generate an augmented language output that can be both scene-aware and object-aware. The systems and methods can process an input image with an object recognition model to generate an object recognition output descriptive of identification details for an object depicted in the input image. The systems and methods can include processing the input image with a vision language model to generate a language output descriptive of a predicted scene description. The object recognition output can then be utilized to augment the language output to generate an augmented language output that includes the scene understanding of the language output with the specificity of the object recognition output.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2024
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC
Inventors:
Harshit Kharbanda, Boris Bluntschli, Vibhuti Mahajan, Louis Wang