Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11870943
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced teleconferencing. An example method includes generating a teleconference interface with a plurality of user-controlled participant interface elements representing participants of the teleconference; identifying a first conversation based on positions, in the teleconference interface, of a first subset of the participant interface elements; identifying a second conversation based on the positions, in the teleconference interface, of a second subset of the participant interface elements; accessing supplemental data, from at least one of a networking or social media database, for the participants of the teleconference; and presenting, within the participant interface elements, the supplemental data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer G. Fowers, David Anthony Tittsworth, Amber Dawn Hoak
  • Patent number: 11869361
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for improving the operational efficiency and safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs). In some implementations, the disclosed technology encompasses methods for performing vehicle clustering or platooning, for example, that can include steps for computing navigation routes for each of a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs), identifying a route overlap for a first AV and a second AV selected from among the plurality of AVs, and transmitting a clustering instruction to the first AV and the second AV based on the route overlap, wherein the clustering instruction is configured to cause the first AV and the second AV to initiate a clustering configuration. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Diego Plascencia-Vega, Dogan Gidon, Nestor Grace
  • Patent number: 11866148
    Abstract: A floor panel for installation in an aircraft includes a plurality of thermoplastic C-shaped stringers, a consolidated thermoplastic deltoid filler, a thermoplastic upper facing sheet, and a thermoplastic lower facing sheet. The stringers are disposed in a parallel arrangement with one another. The deltoid filler is disposed within a longitudinally-extending notch defined by a pair of adjacent stringers. The upper facing sheet covers an upper surface of the stringers and the deltoid filler. The lower facing sheet covers a lower surface of the stringers and the deltoid filler. The stringers, the deltoid filler, and the upper and lower facing sheets are integrally consolidated forming a unitary construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SCIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Max Gross, Joseph Bruno
  • Patent number: 11864714
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Tonderys, Andre D. Brown, Daniel Innes, Bastin Antonisami, Jason B. Thorne, Kai Xu, Heliang Chen, Adam Udy
  • Patent number: 11867018
    Abstract: An annular seal system for sealing between a casing hanger and a wellhead housing, the system including an actuator ring having a rigid portion and a flexible portion, and a lockdown ring positioned adjacent the actuator ring. The annular seal system further includes a seal assembly capable of moving between a de-energized position and an energized position, wherein the seal assembly in the de-energized position has a defined a space between the seal assembly and the rigid portion of the actuator ring, wherein the seal assembly in the energized position has the space closed, wherein the rigid portion of the actuator ring is to contact a surface of the casing hanger, wherein the flexible portion of the actuator ring is to push the lockdown ring into engagement with the wellhead, and wherein the flexible portion of the actuator ring adapted is to axially compress to allow positional variation between the lockdown ring and the wellhead housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Samuel H. Cheng, Greg Dunn, Daryl Attaway, Joseph Pallini, Amini Shakib
  • Patent number: 11867520
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and methods for determining a quantity of energy expendable in charging a towed vehicle while it is towed. In an illustrative embodiment, a computing system transportable aboard at least one of a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle includes computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions configured to identify a quantity of charging energy to be supplied to at least one power cell of the towed vehicle by at least one rotating electromagnetic device of the towed vehicle generating and supplying electrical power to charge the at least one power cell of the towed vehicle while the towed vehicle is towed by the towing vehicle. The computer-executable instructions are also configured to determine a quantity of towing energy expendable by the towing vehicle in towing the towed vehicle to provide the quantity of charging energy to the at least one power cell of the towed vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Madineni, Gary Gloceri
  • Patent number: 11868832
    Abstract: A transaction card construction and a method for making transaction cards provides increased security for transaction card magnetic strips. The transaction card construct on includes a card inlay and a clear card body. The card inlay is formed via a lamination press process with the magnetic strip attached to a back surface of the card inlay. The card body may have a window through which a data storage element may be exposed for accessing, such as by a magnetic stripe reader or EMV chip reader. The card body may be formed by adhering the card inlay to the clear card body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Om J. Suthar
  • Patent number: 11868668
    Abstract: A device endpoint is accessed through an off-premise communications network relative to the device endpoint. The device endpoint is registered to a virtual device object in data storage of a device service, the device service and the device endpoint communicating across the off-premise communications network, the virtual device object storing a secure device endpoint identifier of the device endpoint. A virtual device identifier associated with the secure device endpoint identifier of the device endpoint is stored in the virtual device object. A request to access the device endpoint using the virtual device identifier is received. The secure device endpoint identifier associated with the virtual device identifier in the virtual device object is read. The device endpoint is notified of a pending job associated with the secure device endpoint identifier. The pending job is communicated to the device endpoint identified by the secure device endpoint identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Soemin Tjong, Jimmy Yu Wu, Kristofer N. Iverson, Jorge I. Raastroem
  • Patent number: 11870159
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11868546
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a pose of a controller held by a user based on sensor data captured by the controller. The system may determine a pose of a headset worn by the user based on sensor data captured by the headset. The system may determine positions of a first set of keypoints associated with a body of the user based on (1) one or more first images captured by one or more cameras of the controller, (2) the pose of the controller, (3) one or more second images captured by one or more cameras of the headset and (4) the pose of the headset. The system may determine a full body pose of the user based at least on the positions of the first set of keypoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Garrod Bosworth
  • Patent number: 11867426
    Abstract: The cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure involve modular fluid coolers and chillers configured for optimal power and water use based on environmental conditions and client requirements. The fluid coolers include wet media, a first fluid circuit for distributing fluid across wet media, an air to fluid heat exchanger, and an air to refrigerant heat exchanger. The chillers, which are fluidly coupled to the fluid coolers via pipe cages, include a second fluid circuit in fluid communication with the air to fluid heat exchanger and a refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with the second fluid circuit and in fluid communication with the air to refrigerant heat exchanger. Pipe cages are coupled together to allow for expansion of the cooling system when additional cooling capacity is needed. The fluid coolers and chillers are configured to selectively operate in wet or dry free cooling mode, partial free cooling mode, or mechanical cooling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: INERTECH IP LLC
    Inventors: John Costakis, Ming Zhang, Earl Keisling, Ken Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11871109
    Abstract: A processing device causes a selection of a multimedia module to be detected. The processing device renders, during a first mode of operation, a dynamic navigation flow control in association with first multimedia content of the multimedia module, wherein the rendered dynamic navigation flow control indicates a first navigation position. The processing device stores a first result to memory obtained by execution of an interactive event during the first mode of operation. Based at least on the first result, a second mode of operation is entered. During the second mode of operation, the dynamic navigation flow control is re-rendered in association with second multimedia content of the multimedia module, wherein the re-rendered dynamic navigation flow control indicates a second navigation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Breakthrough PerformanceTech, LLC
    Inventors: John DiGiantomasso, Martin L. Cohen
  • Patent number: 11871311
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring the movement of a foundation may include an elevation sensor to detect changes in elevation of the foundation and positioned on the foundation to broadcast a signal responsive to the movement of the foundation; and a receiver to receive the signal responsive to the movement of the foundation and positioned off the foundation to provide a absolute measurement of the movement of the foundation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Foundation Monitoring Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Arlon Hill, Tony Cooper
  • Patent number: 11865139
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to compositions and methods of treating or preventing headaches, including migraines. The compositions comprise a nitrate anion source, an elemental metal (uncharged), and an acid. The compositions are preferably administered orally. In some aspects, the product of a reaction of the nitrate anion source, the elemental metal (uncharged), and the acid are administered to the subject via inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: THERMOLIFE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Kramer, Alexandros Nikolaidis
  • Patent number: 11870227
    Abstract: A building integrated photovoltaic system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed in an array on a roof deck. Each of the photovoltaic modules at least one solar cell, a first encapsulant encapsulating the at least one solar cell, a frontsheet juxtaposed with a first surface of the first encapsulant, and a backsheet juxtaposed with a second surface of the first encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a glass layer, a second encapsulant, and a first polymer layer. The backsheet includes a first layer and a second polymer layer attached to the first layer. Each of the photovoltaic modules includes a wire cover bracket, which is configured to overlap the wire cover bracket of an adjacent one of the photovoltaic modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GAF Energy LLC
    Inventors: Gabriela Bunea, Thierry Nguyen, Michael David Kuiper, Evan Michael Wray, Lewis Abra, Peter Clemente, Brian West
  • Patent number: 11866199
    Abstract: Systems and methods for interlining checked bags between two unaffiliated airlines. The traveler may purchase the interlining service and be assured that the checked bags associated with that service will be automatically transferred from their first flight to their next flight. The traveler does not have to collect the checked bag, and then re-check it onto the second flight, which may allow a traveler to say with in the security zone of the airport, where permitted by airport flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Air Black Box Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Hance, Andrew Bliesner, Timothy O'Neil-Dunne
  • Patent number: 11870476
    Abstract: A system for multiple wireless systems of vehicle to share cabling. The system may include a plurality of first antennas to interface signals with a first transceiver as part of a first wireless system and a plurality of second antennas to interface signals with a second transceiver as part of a second wireless system. The system may include a first switch configured to selectively connect the first and second antennas to first and second cables and a second switch configured to selectively connect the first and second transceivers to the first and second cables such that the first and second antennas and transceivers share the first and second cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: George Knish, Jang Hwan Oh, Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil
  • Patent number: 11870695
    Abstract: A distributed computing system is provided, including a source computing device implementing a source hypervisor executing a virtual machine, a source-side router coupled to the source hypervisor, a destination computing device implementing a destination hypervisor, and a destination-side router coupled to the destination hypervisor. The source hypervisor is connected to the destination hypervisor through a network. During a migration of the virtual machine from the source hypervisor to the destination hypervisor, the source-side router duplicates packets ingressing into the source-side router. The duplicated packets include a first set of packets and a second set of packets, where the first set of packets is routed to the virtual machine through the source hypervisor on the network, and the second set of packets is routed to the virtual machine through the destination hypervisor on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kenyon James Hensler, Rupesh Bhagaban Patro, Aishwarya Srinivasa Raghavan, Shivjit Satish Patil, Rangaprasad Narasimhan, Anand Ramakrishna
  • Patent number: 11868553
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and media for pressure sensing for user interactions are disclosed herein. In some implementations, a method involves obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors disposed proximate to an enclosure of a capsule of a wrist-worn device. In some implementations, the method involves determining, based on the sensor data, that a press interaction has occurred. In some implementations, the method involves determining, based on the sensor data, force characteristics associated with the press interaction. In some implementations, the method involves identifying a press type of a plurality of press types based on the force characteristics. In some implementations, the method involves identifying an operations of the wrist-worn device from a plurality of operations based on the press type. In some implementations, the method involves causing the identified operation to be performed by the wrist-worn device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ramiro Calderon, Edwin Corona Aparicio, Szymon Michal Tankiewicz, Nishant Srinivasan
  • Patent number: D1010783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tippmann Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Tippmann, III, Daniel J. Tippmann