Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Industry edge services
    Patent number: 11683367
    Abstract: A computing environment includes a computing service provider and an edge computing network that has computing and storage devices that extend computing resources of the computing service provider to remote users. An edge platform is configured to execute industry specific PaaS services and industry specific third-party applications. The edge platform communicates with an IoT edge service, inference engine, and IoT edge gateway that performs protocol conversion. The industry edge platform provides a standardized platform for enabling execution of the industry specific PaaS services and industry specific third-party applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Hema Pentakota
  • Forming nanosheet transistor using sacrificial spacer and inner spacers
    Patent number: 11682715
    Abstract: Fabricating a nanosheet transistor includes receiving a substrate structure having a set of nanosheet layers stacked upon a substrate, the set of nanosheet layers including at least one silicon (Si) layer, at least one silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer, a fin formed in the nanosheet layers, a gate region formed within the fin, and a trench region adjacent to the fin. A top sacrificial spacer is formed upon the fin and the trench region and etched to form a trench in the trench region. An indentation is formed within the SiGe layer in the trench region, and a sacrificial inner spacer is formed within the indentation. A source/drain (S/D) region is formed within the trench. The sacrificial top spacer and sacrificial inner spacer are etched to form an inner spacer cavity between the S/D region and the SiGe layer. An inner spacer is formed within the inner spacer cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tessera LLC
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier, Nicolas Loubet
  • Single-ion polymer electrolyte molecular design
    Patent number: 11682793
    Abstract: A single-ion polymer electrolyte has formula (I): R—[SO2N(M)SO2—X—]m—SO3Li (I). In formula (I), X may be an electron withdrawing group such as an aromatic group, substituted aromatic group, —(CF2)n—, —(CCl2)n—, —C6H4—, or —C6H3(NO2)—. R may be a fluorinated alkyl, LiSO3(CF2)3—, or an aromatic group, and M may be a metal cation. For the single-ion polymer electrolyte with formula (I), m may be an integer from 2 to 2000, and n may be an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES. LLC
    Inventors: Zijie Lu, Andrew Robert Drews, Xiaojiang Wang
  • Additively manufactured magnetic materials with structural designs
    Patent number: 11682932
    Abstract: An electric machine stator includes a soft magnetic yoke having a cylindrical yoke body extending along a central axis, with an outer surface and an inner periphery defining a central opening about the central axis, and a plurality of soft magnetic stator teeth. Each stator tooth defines a first set of air pockets, and a second set of air pockets. An electric machine rotor and permanent magnet material with air pockets are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Leyi Zhu, Chun Tang, Franco Leonardi, Michael W. Degner
  • Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storage management
    Patent number: 11683373
    Abstract: A computing device may receive a request to store a content segment(s). The request may include an estimated storage size. The computing device may determine a plurality of storage devices based on an estimated capacity of each of the storage devices to store the content segment(s). The computing device may cause each of the storage devices to allocate storage for the content segment(s). The allocated storage may be tracked and/or retrieved based on location metadata indicative of the allocated storage that may be stored at a cache and/or metadata repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lintz, Justin Luna
  • Fuel cell having a modular base active area
    Patent number: 11682782
    Abstract: A modular fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly interposed between a pair of bipolar plates, and the membrane electrode assembly has a total active area measured in an x-y plane that is generally perpendicular to the z-axis. Each bipolar plate includes a plurality of common passages extending generally parallel to the z-axis. The total active area of the membrane electrode assembly includes a plurality of base active areas arranged co-planar in the x-y plane along an x-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Filippo Gambini, Amedeo Conti, Scott Blanchet
  • Method and apparatus for spatial enhanced adaptive bitrate live streaming for 360 degree video playback
    Patent number: 11683540
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for delivering a spatially enhanced live streaming experience for virtual reality or 360 degree live streaming of video is disclosed. A live streaming video signal is encoded into multiple streams at varying resolutions. A portion of the high resolution video stream, corresponding to a field of view within the entire 360 degree view, is merged with a low resolution video stream. The resulting video stream is referred to as a spatial adaptive video stream. Multiple spatial adaptive video streams are generated to provide a high resolution field of view across the entire 360 degrees. As the viewer looks in different directions, the video player plays back one of the spatial adaptive video streams according to the direction in which the viewer is looking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ismail R. Haritaoglu, Oztan Harmanci
  • Systems and methods for content security
    Patent number: 11681781
    Abstract: Systems and methods are for content security may comprise transmitting a request for authorization to access secured content. A content key for the secured content may be received and stored to a restricted region of a memory. A device security module may have access to the restricted region and may decrypt, based on satisfaction of a use condition and using the content key, the secured content. An encryption key associated with a secure media system authorized to access the secured content may be received. The device security module may encrypt, using the encryption key, the secured content and route the secured content to the secure media system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Kyong Park
  • Wall box for hemodialysis interface
    Patent number: 11679185
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to wall box for hemodialysis interface having two isolated zones. The first zone is a clean interface zone having sources of purified water and dialysis fluids. The second zone is a waste interface zone comprising waste connectors and a waste drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Schmitt, Garry O. Miller
  • Vehicle exterior imaging systems
    Patent number: 11682216
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to vehicle exterior imaging systems that capture and display views of the exterior environment to vehicle operators. An exemplary vehicle exterior imaging system may include a glass panel including a combiner positioned between a first layer of glass and a second layer of glass, a first exterior side-view imager assembly configured to capture images of a vehicle exterior environment, and a projector assembly configured to project an output image onto the glass panel. The output image is based on the images captured by the first exterior side-view imager assembly. The glass panel may be part of either a windshield or a door window, and the projector assembly may be mounted either outside or inside of a housing of the first exterior side-view imager assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Keith Hoelscher
  • Determination of sensor operational status via sensor interrogation
    Patent number: 11680933
    Abstract: A method of operating a gas sensor for a gas analyte including a sensing component includes, in a first mode, interrogating the sensor by periodically applying an electrical signal to the sensing component of the sensor, measuring sensor response to the electrical signal which is indicative of a sensitivity of the sensor each time the electrical signal is applied to the sensing component, determining whether one or more thresholds have been exceeded based upon the sensor response determined each time the electrical signal is applied to the sensing component, and entering a second mode, different from the first mode in analysis of the sensor response to the periodically applied electrical signals, if one or more thresholds are exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MSA Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Alvin Brown, Brian Keith Davis
  • Self-healing in a luminaire or other radio frequency positioning node based system
    Patent number: 11683658
    Abstract: An example radio frequency (RF) positioning node system calculates a respective distance between an uncommissioned RF positioning node to each of neighboring commissioned RF positioning nodes based on a respective received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement. Based on the calculated respective distance to each of the neighboring commissioned RF positioning nodes and a set of commissioned location coordinates of each of the neighboring commissioned RF positioning nodes, the RF positioning node system estimates a set of uncommissioned location coordinates of the uncommissioned RF positioning node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Pranav Kuber, Jesse Grant, Emanuel Paul Malandrakis, Sajin George, Mitri J. Abou-Rizk
  • Tiered forensics of IoT systems in cloud and time series databases
    Patent number: 11681725
    Abstract: One example method includes creating an empty reconstruction stream database, identifying a data time interval, identifying data sources in which data was stored during the data time interval, reading data from the data sources, where the data read out from the data sources are associated with respective timestamps that fall within the data time interval, inserting the read out data into the empty reconstruction stream database so as to create a high resolution data stream, where the data are ordered in the empty reconstruction stream database according to timestamp, processing the data in the high resolution data stream and, based on the processing of the data, identifying and resolving a problem relating to an operating environment in which the data was initially generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Jehuda Shemer, Kfir Wolfson, Assaf Natanzon
  • Probabilistic indices for accessing authoring streams
    Patent number: 11681740
    Abstract: In various implementations, streams are sent and received by a computing device engaged in an authoring session with respect to an electronic document. The computing device stores the streams in multiple container files associated with an instance of the electronic document open on the computing device. The device maintains an indices file to reflect a presence of the streams in the container files, such that fast access can be provided to the streams at a later time. The indices file comprises multiple probabilistic data structures corresponding to the container files that each indicate on a probabilistic basis whether a given stream is present in a corresponding one of the container files. The computing device uses the indices file to retrieve the streams from the container files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Marcus Eduardo Markiewicz
  • Contactless power reception device and reception method
    Patent number: 11682923
    Abstract: A wireless power reception device and a wireless communication method thereby are provided. The wireless communication method by the wireless power reception device may comprise the steps of: receiving a wireless power signal from a wireless power transmission device; measuring the strength of the wireless power signal; modulating the amplitude of the wireless power signal according to the measured strength of the wireless power signal; and performing communication with the wireless power transmission device by using the signal having the amplitude modulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chun-Kil Jung, Hak Do Kim, Sang Youn Noh
  • Remote control activation based on predicted events
    Patent number: 11683552
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and one or more computer-readable media storing executable instructions for predicting trigger events, such as an advertisement during a video program, and activating a remote control device in response to the prediction are described. By activating the remote control device at a particular time, the remote control device may save energy when listening for data from one or more terminal devices. The time to activate the remote control may be based on one or more factors, including the current presentation position and/or presentation speed of the video program. A remote control device may take additional actions the next time it listens for data, including illuminating backlights, turning on a display, displaying content on the display, interacting with other devices, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Gilson, Michael Sallas
  • Bone insert augment and offset method
    Patent number: 11678917
    Abstract: A bone insert is provided that includes a cap having a convex top surface made from a plurality of cap micro struts, an elongated stem made from a plurality of stem micro struts, and a barrier between the cap and the stem. The stem of the bone insert is inserted into a hole formed in a host bone until the barrier is pressed against the exposed bone. The bone implant can be placed against a small focus contact point on the cap. Liquid cement can be injected into a large center hole in the cap and the cement can flow through the fenestrations between all of the cap micro struts as well as the space between the bone implant and the bone. The cement can cure to create a high strength structure that provides a strong bond between the bone implant and the host bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Taq Ortho, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth B Trauner, Bradford J Coale
  • Reworkable splice module
    Patent number: 11681101
    Abstract: A splice module includes a main splicing channel and a rework channel. The main splicing channel has an encapsulated section at which one or more initial splices can be stored. The main splicing channel also includes a non-encapsulated section through which trunk cable fibers of the initial splices extend. If re-splicing is needed, the trunk cable fibers can be accessed at the non-encapsulated section, cut, and re-spliced to a new connectorized pigtail or other optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Commscope Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Wurst, Jacob C. Anderson, Paul M. Lawson
  • Capacitive position sensing for camera focus management
    Patent number: 11680786
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a lens assembly that includes at least one lens that defines an optical axis. The apparatus also includes a substrate, an image sensor disposed on the substrate, and an actuator coupled to the substrate and configured to adjust a position of the substrate relative to the lens assembly to move the image sensor along the optical axis. The apparatus additionally includes a capacitive position sensor that includes a first capacitive plate coupled to the substrate and a second capacitive plate coupled to the lens assembly. The capacitive position sensor may be configured to generate a capacitance measurement indicative of the position of the substrate relative to the lens assembly. The apparatus further includes circuitry configured to control the actuator based on (i) the capacitance measurement and (ii) a target position of the image sensor relative to the lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Shashank Sharma, Matthew Last, Prasanna Kalkura, Paul Schaefer
  • Random access response reception for a two-step random access procedure
    Patent number: 11683846
    Abstract: A wireless device may transmit a first message, for a random access procedure, including a contention resolution identifier of the wireless device. The wireless device may receive, via a first slot indicated by downlink control information (DCI), a first response of the first message. The first response may include the contention resolution identifier and indicate a slot offset and a start symbol. The wireless device may receive a second response of the first message from the start symbol of a second slot, wherein the second slot is based on a time offset and the slot offset with respect to the first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi