Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11689748
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for filtering and/or removing defects from content, such as high dynamic range (HDR) content. A plurality of parameters for filtering one or more pixels may be determined. The parameter(s) may be used to determine one or more filter weights, and the filter weight(s) may be applied to one or more pixels and one or more corresponding prior pixels to generate one or more filtered pixels. The filtered content and/or pixels thereof may later be encoded for storage and/or transmission to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Giladi
  • Patent number: 11684182
    Abstract: A weekender style display and related methods are provided. The display transforms from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration. The display includes shelf members that are supported at the front, back, and at each side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Kent Nelson
  • Patent number: 11685047
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for distributing skill templates for robotic demonstration learning. One of the methods includes receiving, from the user device by a skill template distribution system, a selection of an available skill template. The skill template distribution system provides a skill template, wherein the skill template comprises information representing a state machine of one or more tasks, and wherein the skill template specifies which of the one or more tasks are demonstration subtasks requiring local demonstration data. The skill template distribution system trains a machine learning model for the demonstration subtask using a local demonstration data to generate learned parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Intrinsic Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Bala Venkata Sai Ravi Krishna Kolluri, Stefan Schaal, Benjamin M. Davis, Ralf Oliver Michael Schönherr, Ning Ye
  • Patent number: 11687300
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and software are disclosed for a create-to-print document solution. A main processor generates individualized bespoke print material by receiving transmitted customizable third-party data and user input data, comprising, at least in part, project metadata. The third party data and user input data are integrated at the processor to create a plurality of customizable user templates and content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Rensera LLC
    Inventors: Rochelle Rubin, Tim Eng
  • Patent number: 11687557
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for data size and time based replication. In an example, a first daemon monitors data changes that corresponds to a first replication policy, and a second daemon monitors an amount of time since performing a replication for the first replication policy. Where either a data modification threshold is met, or a time threshold is met, the daemons can perform a replication, and reset both a data counter and a timer that determine when next to perform a replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Shiv S. Kumar, Jai P. Gahlot
  • Patent number: 11686508
    Abstract: An adsorptive cooling system includes two highly adsorptive structures positioned to receive thermal energy from a thermal energy source, each highly adsorptive structure includes a substrate and a metal-organic framework (MOF) coupled to the respective substrate and adapted for adsorbing and desorbing a refrigerant under predetermined thermodynamic conditions. The adsorptive cooling system includes a cooling unit and a circulation system adapted for circulating the refrigerant from one of the highly adsorptive structures to the cooling unit to provide cooling from the thermal energy source and to return the refrigerant from the cooling unit to the same or other highly adsorptive structure. Each substrate may include a plurality of microchannels, providing ingress and egress paths for a refrigerant, defined by grooves in a surface of the substrate nearest the MOF and/or surfaces of a plurality of microcapillaries of the substrate. The microchannels provide ingress and egress paths for a refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore F. Baumann, Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Joseph C. Farmer
  • Patent number: 11686610
    Abstract: A condition monitoring device for monitoring machinery includes a combination of on-board sensors and a condition monitoring module. The on-board sensors include modules for non-contact temperature, magnetic flux and 3-axis vibration sensing of the machinery. The condition monitoring module provides a condition monitoring signal containing information about an operating condition of the machinery, based upon a data synthesis condition monitoring technique that synthesizes non-contact temperature, magnetic flux and 3-axis vibration sensed data received from the combination of on-board sensors, determines a current operating condition of the machinery, and compares the current operating condition and the baseline operating condition of the machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FLUID HANDLING LLC
    Inventors: James J. Gu, Florin Rosca, Tomm V. Aldridge, Stephen Clark, Damien Galzin
  • Patent number: 11689765
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for obfuscated audience identification are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a camera to capture an obfuscated recording of a viewing environment, feature identifying circuitry to identify one or more features of a viewer in the viewing environment based on the obfuscated recording, and panelist identifying circuitry to identify a panelist in the viewing environment based on the one or more identified features of the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: John T. Livoti, Stanley Wellington Woodruff
  • Patent number: 11686548
    Abstract: An upper receiver assembly for a firearm having an upper receiver with an integral barrel nut, a handguard assembly and a barrel nut assembly with a barrel and lock nut is provided. The barrel is received by the upper receiver and is secured directly to the upper receiver using the lock nut. The upper receiver also includes an integral handguard mounting member to which the handguard assembly may be directly attached. The upper receiver assembly allows the user to attach both the barrel and handguard assemblies directly to the upper receiver, independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LWRC International LLC
    Inventor: Jesus S. Gomez
  • Patent number: 11686022
    Abstract: A wrappable, corrugated woven sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges wrapped about a central axis into overlapping relation with one another. The wall has a plurality of layers overlying one another. Each layer includes warp yarns extending generally parallel to the central axis woven with fill yarns extending generally transversely to the warp yarns. Each layer includes a plurality of annular first bands and a plurality of annular second bands alternating with one another along the length of the wall. The first bands of each layer include monofilament weft yarn and multifilament weft yarn and the second bands of each layer include only one of monofilament weft yarn or multifilament weft yarn. The first bands overlie one another to form peaks and the second bands B overlie one another to form valleys, such that the wall has a corrugated contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Yuki Yoneshige, Tianqi Gao, Xiaodan Qiu, Danny Winters, Emma Adamski, Ritesh Mehbubani, Leigh Krauser
  • Patent number: 11686413
    Abstract: A push-to-connect joint assembly, device and method include a fitting formed with an interior wall having axially inner, axially intermediate and axially outer portions that facilitate re-use and repair of push-to-connect fittings and valves without damage to the fitting or valve elements or the pipe, and without coining, gluing or threaded engagement of parts. In embodiments, a packing arrangement inserted into a fitting includes a sealing member, a fastening ling, a seat ring, and a retainer including a shield member and/or a seat retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Quick Fitting Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Libardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard, David B. Crompton
  • Patent number: 11687367
    Abstract: A method of scheduling a plurality of tasks in an autonomous vehicle system (AVS) includes, by a processor, prior to runtime of an autonomous vehicle, identifying a plurality of tasks to be implemented by the AVS of the autonomous vehicle, for each of the tasks, identifying at least one fixed parameter and at least one variable, and developing a schedule for each of the tasks. The schedule includes an event loop that minimizes an overall time for execution of the tasks. The method includes compiling the schedule into an execution plan, and saving the execution plan to a memory of the autonomous vehicle. During runtime of the autonomous vehicle, the processor receives data corresponding to the variables of the tasks, and uses the variables to implement the execution plan on the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ARGO AI, LLC
    Inventors: Evgeny Televitckiy, Guillaume Binet
  • Patent number: 11687383
    Abstract: Distributed API accounting is disclosed, including: receiving from respective ones of a plurality of agents, a plurality of local counter values corresponding to an application programming interface (API) service counter identifier; logging the plurality of local counter values corresponding to the API service counter identifier; receiving a request for an aggregated counter value associated with the API service counter identifier; combining at least some of the logged plurality of local counter values associated with the API service counter identifier to determine the aggregated counter value corresponding to the API service counter identifier; and storing the aggregated counter value corresponding to the API service counter identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Scott K. Ko, Oleksandr Khimich, Kenneth Chan, Rajanish Jagadish Gundlupet, Sri Harsha Chevuru, Mahesh Bingi
  • Patent number: 11687597
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for content quasi-personalization or anonymized content retrieval via aggregated browsing history of a large plurality of devices, such as millions or billions of devices. A sparse matrix may be constructed from the aggregated browsing history, and dimensionally reduced, reducing entropy and providing anonymity for individual devices. Relevant content may be selected via quasi-personalized clusters representing similar browsing histories, without exposing individual device details to content providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Marcel M. M. Yung
  • Patent number: 11690135
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a master unit for a distributed antenna system (DAS). The master unit comprises one or more donor cards and one or more transport cards, and at least one passive backplane. Each passive backplane comprises a plurality of backplane connectors. Each backplane connector is configured to connect a respective donor card or transport card to the passive backplane. Each backplane connector is connected to each of the other connectors via one or more respective passive bi-directional backplane channels. The master unit is configured so that all active processing of streams of digital samples transported via the DAS is performed by the donor cards and transport cards and not the passive backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Braun, Christoph Gollinger
  • Patent number: 11689593
    Abstract: Future data connection quality may be predicted based on past data connection quality, and future requests for data may be predicted based on past requests. These predictions may be used to help decide whether, when, and/or how to deliver the data in a proactive manner. For example, according to some aspects described herein, a future data connection quality may be predicted based at least on historical data connection quality. It may be determined whether to pre-deliver at least a first portion of an item of content based at least on the predicted future data connection quality. If so, then the at least the portion of the item of content may be pre-delivered to the device and/or to another destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Barker, Michael Chen
  • Patent number: 11689589
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and devices for using a messaging system to analyze and distribute data analytics. In one aspect, a method includes displaying a user interface for a communications application, the user interface including a dashboard display area for a group of users. In response to a user input, display of the dashboard display area is replaced with a view corresponding to a data analysis application. The data analysis application is separate from the communications application, and the view corresponding to the data analysis application provides access to reports generated, using credentials of a user of the communications application, without user input to execute or open the data analysis application. A second user input is received requesting to share a report with the selected group of users, and in response, the report is published to the dashboard display area for the selected group of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLC
    Inventors: Dylan Thom, Khushboo Bharat Shah, James Russell Diefenderfer
  • Patent number: 11685236
    Abstract: An outlet assembly having a plurality of different operating modes for improving air flow in an air distribution system is provided. The assembly includes a first blocking element supported by a first wall of a housing for movement between blocking and unblocking positions within a cavity of the housing. The first blocking element prevents a first layer of air from flowing immediately adjacent the first wall in its blocking position. A second blocking element is supported by a second wall of the housing for movement between blocking and unblocking positions within the cavity. The second blocking element prevents a second layer of air from flowing immediately adjacent the second wall in its blocking position. An actuator subassembly including a selector member is supported for movement between a plurality of predefined positions which correspond to first and second blocking modes and a nominal unblocking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: JVIS-USA, LLC
    Inventors: Dan M. Bui, Darius J. Preisler, Donald Schaefer, Artem Timoshenko, Shawn R. Williams
  • Patent number: 11688259
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a lockdown apparatus for facilitating initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility that includes multiple doors and is configured for occupation by facility occupants. A lockdown actuator is disposed at the facility and configured to initiate transmission of a lockdown initiation signal upon being actuated, the lockdown actuator being configured to be recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm actuator. A lockdown communicator is configured to produce a lockdown initiation communication for communicating initiation of lockdown procedures to the facility occupants and individuals not disposed proximate the facility upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the lockdown initiation communication being recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: EMERGENCY ALERT SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Lyman, Kevin G. Cherven
  • Patent number: 11689854
    Abstract: A method includes receiving sound by a first audio unit installed in an electrical outlet, routing audio data corresponding to the received sound from the first audio unit to a second audio unit installed in a second electrical outlet, and sending the audio data to a mobile device using a wireless link between the mobile device and the second audio unit. Routing the audio data may include receiving the audio data from the first audio unit by a third audio unit and routing the audio data to the second audio unit by the third audio unit serving as a router. The data may be routed using table driven routing, on-demand routing or some other appropriate routing protocol. The method may also include performing voice recognition on the audio data and detecting a command word and routing command word data to the second audio unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Lombardi, Mitul R. Patel, Amber M. Pierce