Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 12244721
    Abstract: A system and method for authenticating an application that employs cryptographic keys and functions is provided with white box cryptography employed to secure the application, and to secure communications with the application. The white box includes a transformation of the application and the keys. A secure channel between the white box and a crypto token is used for communications. In some cases, the transformed keys can be employed in authenticating the white box to the crypto token. The presence of a valid crypto token can be periodically determined. In the presence of a valid crypto token, the white box can provide a verifiable message to a remote server. The remote server can verify the message and initiate a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Medvinsky, Lex Aaron Anderson
  • Patent number: 12243988
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a propulsion system having multiple electric motors. A battery system is connected to the electric motors via a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter and an inverter. The battery system includes a battery assembly having a plurality of battery modules. Each of the battery modules has multiple individual battery cells arranged in battery packs, a set of sensors configured to monitor a set of parameters of each battery pack, and a plurality of battery pack mounts. Each battery pack mount includes a base plate and a top plate and an actuator configured to alter a distance between plates. A monitoring unit is configured to monitor a value representative of a battery pack pressure, determine whether the value falls within a pressure threshold window, and maintain the value within the pressure threshold window by actively altering the battery pack pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Insu Chang, Chen-fang Chang, Jun-mo Kang, Hanho Yun, Chunhao J. Lee, Yongjie Zhu, Nicholas W. Pinto
  • Patent number: 12239248
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an improved open vertical display case (OVDC) which utilizes radiant cooling to cool and/or maintain food products at a target temperature. The radiant cooling is performed using a plurality of piping routed through the walls and containing a first refrigerant stream. The plurality of piping may be cooled using a refrigeration circuit. In some embodiments, a phase change material may be used for thermal energy storage and positioned between the plurality of piping and the refrigeration circuit. In some embodiments, the refrigeration circuit may be connected to heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and water heating systems within the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Ramin Teimouri Faramarzi, Sammy Houssainy, Jason David Woods, Eric Kozubal
  • Patent number: 12245048
    Abstract: A wireless system is shared amongst a hierarchal tier of entities. A communication management resource receives notification that a second-tier priority entity has been allocated use of a second wireless spectrum as a replacement to first wireless spectrum. In one embodiment, the first wireless spectrum is revoked from the second-tier priority entity based on use of the first wireless spectrum by a first-tier priority entity (such as incumbent entity). The communication management resource controls a wireless transmit power level of a third-tier priority entity in the hierarchy to provide protected use of the second wireless spectrum by the second-tier priority entity. According to one configuration, the communication management resource controls a power level of wireless communications transmitted by a wireless base station operated by the third-tier priority entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Abdulrauf Hafeez, Maulik V. Vaidya
  • Patent number: 12240405
    Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, a first track mounted to the seat back, an upper airbag movable along the first track, a second track mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag movable along the second track, and a mechanical assembly configured to simultaneously move the upper airbag along the first track and the lower airbag along the second track in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12240466
    Abstract: A system for identifying a change in the operator of a vehicle includes a controller configured to determine, during operation of the vehicle by a current operator of the vehicle over a period of time, a plurality of values for at least two variables associated with the current operator. The controller correlates the values for the two variables to form a plurality of data points which together form a point cloud associated with the current operator. The controller performs a comparison of the point cloud to a point cloud stored in a memory and associated with a prior operator of the vehicle and determines, responsive to the comparison, whether the current operator of the vehicle is the prior operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: RM ACQUISITION, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas U. Kuehnle, Shaun M. Howard
  • Patent number: 12240500
    Abstract: Methods and devices for generating data for controlling a Self-Driving Car (SDC) are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a section of a road map corresponding to surroundings of the SDC and at least one object, generating predicted trajectories including potential future location points of the at least one object, mapping the potential future location points on the section of the road map, computing a score for each of the potential future location points, computing an aggregated score from the scores corresponding to the potential future location points, and based on the aggregated score, determining a predicted location of the at least one object at the future instance of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC
    Inventors: Sergey Dmitrievich Fedorov, Andrey Alekseevich Nedoluzhko, Daniil Vladimirovich Melnichenko
  • Patent number: 12241584
    Abstract: An apparatus is comprised of a securement base member and a self-suspending system. The securement base member includes a top end, a bottom end on an opposite side of the securement base member from the top end, a first side, a second side on an opposite side of the securement base member from the first side, a third side, a fourth side on an opposite side of the securement base member from the third side, and an opening disposed within the top end, the opening to accept a fastener. The self-suspending system is coupled to the top end of the securement base member, the self-suspending system suspending the securement base member below two portions of a surface having a slot therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TERRA THREE INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Hubert Gibel, Richard Karlin
  • Patent number: 12244610
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for improving anti-malware scan responsiveness and effectiveness using user symptoms feedback are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a performance issue on a computing device, presenting a user interface on a display of the computing device requesting user feedback regarding the performance issue, and synthesizing user input related to the performance issue to identify, on the computing device, a scan parameter associated with the performance issue. The example method further includes, in response to failing to identify the scan parameter on the computing device, transmitting the user input to a symptom analysis server to identify the scan parameter based on anti-malware scans from other computing devices, and, in response to determining the scan parameter, performing a targeted anti-malware scan on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ritesh Kumar, German Lancioni
  • Patent number: 12244854
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video decoding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from a coded video bitstream. Based on an intra block copy mode being applied to the current block, the processing circuitry infers a vector resolution flag indicates that a resolution of a block vector is integer-pel, determines the resolution of the block vector based on resolution information that is included in the prediction information, determines the block vector according to the determined resolution, and reconstructs at least one sample of the current block according the block vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Guichun Li, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12244488
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing a CIC value field in signaling information of a communication to provide an identification of the ingress network to an egress or receiving network of a long distance telecommunications network. The system and method provides for the provisioning of a signaling CIC for an ingress trunkgroup or network to a telecommunications network for downstream signaling purposes by overriding a received CIC value with a provisioned CIC value specific to the ingress network. This provisioned CIC value identifies the ingress network to the long distance network to the egress network for use by the egress network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventor: David A. Tschirhart
  • Patent number: 12239787
    Abstract: An intubation assistance device facilitates insertion of an endotracheal tube or a guide wire into a patient's trachea without requiring a laryngoscope. The device includes a curved flexible tubular member that has a proximal portion having a proximal end, a distal portion having a distal end, and a curved portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion. A lumen extends from the proximal end of the tubular member and terminates in the curved portion of the tubular member. The lumen is sized and shaped so that an endotracheal tube and/or a guide wire is axially moveable through the lumen. A ramp is disposed at a distal end of the lumen, and is angled to facilitate insertion of the endotracheal tube and/or guide wire into the patient's trachea. The distal portion of the tubular member includes an esophageal protrusion that is configured to be inserted in the patient's esophagus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Meadows, Rocco Carl Conca, Uriah Shane Popp
  • Patent number: 12242288
    Abstract: Systems, tools and methods for deploying a mesh sensor network. The system comprises one or more aircraft configured to carry one or more drop pods into an environment and the deploying of the drop pods at points of interest. The aircraft and drop pods may comprise arrays of sensors for monitoring the areas that they are operating in. The aircraft and drop pods may include mesh radio communication devices and operate as nodes in the mesh network. The location at which each drop pod is to be deployed may be determined based on the type of sensors carried by the drop pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Uniform Sierra Aerospace, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Frederick, Nick Hansen, Duncan Mulgrew
  • Patent number: 12243220
    Abstract: A method includes receiving image data representative of an appearance of an equipment part prior to an inspection process and evaluating the image data with a machine learning model that defines baseline image data to determine whether the image data indicates the equipment part has been prepared for the inspection. The inspection process may be prevented when the evaluation indicates that the equipment part has not been prepared. A system includes a controller that receives image data representative of an appearance of an equipment part obtained prior to an inspection process. The controller uses a machine learning model to evaluate the image data with respect to baseline image data to determine whether the equipment part has been prepared for the inspection process. The controller prevents the performance of the inspection process based on the evaluation indicating that the equipment part has not been prepared for the inspection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North
  • Patent number: 12242432
    Abstract: A technique leverages a machine-trained pattern-completion engine to successively extract items-of-interest from unstructured data, categorize the items-of-interest, and identify relations in the unstructured data. The technique then generates a structured database based on the information it has identified. In some cases, the items-of-interest represent facts expressed by the unstructured data. The technique also leverages the structured database to perform various application tasks. In one approach, in the course of answering a query, the technique extracts supplemental information from the structured database. The technique then feeds the query and the supplemental information to the pattern-completion engine, and, in response thereto, receives output information that addresses the query. In some cases, the query is part of lengthy prompt information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Moshe Randall Lutz
  • Patent number: 12243328
    Abstract: A road sign interpretation system includes a front-facing camera mounted on or in a vehicle collecting image data of multiple road signs. A first convolutional neural network (CNN) receives the image data from the front-facing camera and yields a set of sign predictions including one or more sign text instances. A second CNN defining a text extractor receives the image data from the front-facing camera and extracts text candidates including the multiple sign text instances. Sign and sign data localization is provided in the second CNN to compute a text order from the multiple sign text instances. A sign text synthesizer module receives individual sign text instances from the first CNN and individual ones of the sign text instances in digitized forms from an optical character recognizer (OCR). A semantic encoding and interpretation module receives the sign text instances and identifies semantics of the multiple road signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiejun Xu, Kenji Yamada, Michael J. Daily, Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani, Hyukseong Kwon, Darren Michael Chan, Alan Perry, Joshua Lampkins
  • Patent number: 12243527
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to a data processing system to process data packets in a voice activated computer network environment. The data processing system can improve the efficiency of the network by generating non-video data responses to voice commands received from a client device if a display associated with a client device is in an OFF state. A digital assistant application executed on the client device can send to the data processing system client device configuration data, which includes the state of the display device, among status data of other components of the client device. The data processing system can receive a current volume of speakers associated with the client device, and set a volume level for the client device based on the current volume level and a minimum response volume level at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Jian Wei Leong
  • Patent number: 12243072
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, tensor train decompositions are used to create large, personalized layers that are efficient for segment modeling. More particularly, rather than performing learning on an input matrix of training data that contains all segments, and then crossing this matrix with a vector for a particular segment, the matrix is mapped to an N-dimensional tensor, where each of the dimensions corresponds to one of the properties used to compose the segment, which can then be approximated by tensor train decomposition to enable efficient training and scoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ajith Muralidharan, Ankan Saha, Prakruthi Prabhakar
  • Patent number: 12239681
    Abstract: Cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations comprising specific amino acid combinations are described herein. Such formulations strengthen and enhance skin epithelial cell barrier function, thereby reducing moisture loss from the skin and restoring skin's structural integrity, epithelial differentiation, intercellular adhesion, and intracellular signaling and/or promoting maintenance of these features. Additional formulations described here comprise a therapeutically effective amount of free amino acids and a therapeutically effective amount of a plant extract for skin barrier repair. Methods for administering these formulations for cosmetic and/or therapeutic purposes and uses thereof for same are also described herein, including the use thereof in the preparation of medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AMILYFE, LLC
    Inventors: Apostolos Pappas, Olga Ilnytska
  • Patent number: 12239308
    Abstract: An anchoring system (11) including a suture anchor (10) and an implant delivery device (22) is disclosed. The suture anchor (10) includes an anchor body (12) and a distal member (14) that is rotatable relative to the anchor body (12) about a longitudinal suture anchor axis. The distal member (14) has an aperture (15) that traverses the distal member (14) and includes a slot (56) and an eyelet (16), the eyelet (16) being sized to permit a suture (20) to traverse the distal member (14) through the eyelet (16). The implant delivery device (22) includes a handle portion (28), a drive shaft portion (6) including a cannulated outer shaft (24), and a suture pulley shaft (8) including an inner shaft (26). The cannulated outer shaft (24) is configured to engage a proximal end of the anchor body (12) for driving the suture anchor (10) into a bore. The inner shaft (26) is slidably received in the cannulated outer shaft (24) to maintain the position and tension of the sutures (20) during insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher M. Palese