Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Demand management of sender of network traffic flow
    Patent number: 11683327
    Abstract: A network traffic flow is directed to a computing services system is determined as being unrelated to the service that the system provides. In response, the network traffic flow is deflected away from the computing services system. Demand of the sender of the network traffic flow is managed by shaping the deflected network traffic flow in responding to the sender and/or by misinforming the sender in responding to the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Micro Focus LLC
    Inventors: Martin Arlitt, Alkiviadis Simitsis
  • Generating minimum query cost compliance data for query requests
    Patent number: 11681703
    Abstract: A method includes determining a query request corresponding to a requesting entity. Query cost data is generated for the query request. Minimum query cost compliance data is generated for the query request based on the query cost data. A query result is for the query request is determined based on execution of the query request against a database system and the query result is transmitted to the requesting entity when the minimum query cost compliance data indicates the potential query cost data complies with the minimum query cost rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ocient Holdings LLC
    Inventors: S. Christopher Gladwin, Andrew D. Baptist, George Kondiles, Jason Arnold
  • Systems and methods for prioritizing pick jobs while optimizing efficiency
    Patent number: 11681983
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically reprioritizing pick jobs in a fulfillment center are described herein. The example systems can be configured to periodically classify pick jobs in order to optimize throughput of the fulfillment center. The classifying can include determining an estimated completion time for pick jobs and identifying at-risk jobs that may complete after their associated due dates. The at-risk jobs can be assigned to autonomous vehicles based primarily on their associated due dates. Other pick jobs that are not at-risk can be assigned to autonomous vehicles based primarily on efficiency. The at-risk pick jobs can be assigned to autonomous vehicles before the other pick jobs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: 6 RIVER SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Leonardo, Ellen Patridge, Félix Alberto Rodríguez Falcón
  • Battery watering status system
    Patent number: 11680992
    Abstract: A system for watering an electrolyte or lead acid battery in which the cumulative amount of water added during each filling event is determined by detecting the amount of water passing from a supply hose to the battery. A fluid dispensing member, such as a direct fill link or nozzle, can be attached to and detached from a single point watering subsystem. A flow detector, such as a flow meter, in fluid communication with the fluid dispensing member can wirelessly output the cumulative water added to specific batteries to an interactive computer application, which can include a wireless component such as a smartphone or tablet communicating with a remotely located interactive database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Fourshare LLC
    Inventors: James Kenneth Davis, John Robert Soares
  • Conditional display of hyperlinks in a video
    Patent number: 11683548
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically displaying hyperlinks in a video based on various factors associated with a device at which the video is played and/or a user of the device. In one or more aspects, a system includes a request component configured to receive a request to play a video hosted by a media provider. The system further includes a selection component configured to select a subset of links included in a set of links associated with the video to provide with the video when it is played in response to the request based in part on a number of links included in the set of links, wherein graphical elements respectively representative of the links included in the subset of links are configured to be displayed over the video when the video is played in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Ruxandra Georgiana Paun
  • Robust control of rolling engine start-stop
    Patent number: 11680534
    Abstract: Rolling engine start-stop (RESS) system and methods for a vehicle include a set of sensors configured to measure a set of operating parameters of the vehicle comprising at least (i) driver input via brake pedal of the vehicle, (ii) vehicle speed, and (iii) a steering angle of the vehicle and a controller configured to, based on the set of operating parameters, determine a target vehicle speed for stopping an engine of the vehicle, and based on the steering angle of the vehicle, selectively stopping the engine of the vehicle when the vehicle speed falls to the determined target vehicle speed, wherein stopping the engine of the vehicle at the determined target vehicle speed decreases noise/vibration/harshness (NVH) caused by stopping the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Papeeha Thombare, Nandanshri Bagadi, Ryan Masters, Nicholas Hansen, Andre Lorico, Drushan Mavalankar, Shuonan Xu
  • Acoustic abatement panel fabrication
    Patent number: 11679860
    Abstract: A method of making an aircraft acoustic structural panel (10) begins with preforming a core honeycomb laminate (12) having preformed foam (3) bonded inside cells (14) thereof by a distinct adhesive (2). The preformed honeycomb laminate (12) is then stacked between opposite top and bottom structural outer laminates (16,18). The stacked honeycomb laminate (12) and outer structural laminates (16,18) are then compressed together under heat and pressure into a unitary structural panel (10) having the core honeycomb laminate (12) integrally bonded between outer skins (20,22). The outer laminates (16,18) may include imperforate acoustic septums (4) bounding the core honeycomb laminate (12) followed by an outer honeycomb (5) and structural fiber layers (6, 7, 8) defining the outer skins (20,22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The NORDAM Group LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Dustin Penn, Matthew Shaun Fritz, Jane Alice Benbenek
  • Thermally isolated silicon-based display
    Patent number: 11682663
    Abstract: A display system includes (a) a display element having an organic light emitting diode-containing display active area disposed over a silicon backplane, (b) a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) attached to the display element and electrically connected with the display active area, and (c) a thermal barrier disposed within the silicon backplane, where the thermal barrier is configured to inhibit heat flow through the silicon backplane and into the display active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Young Bae Kim, Donghee Nam, Min Hyuk Choi, Zhiming Zhuang
  • Laser detector for flexible measuring tools
    Patent number: 11680783
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to employ with a retractable tape measure including a flexible measuring tape. The apparatus includes an electronic system including a laser receiver and a body configured to house the electronic system therein. The laser receiver is configured to detect a laser projected in at least one of a red wavelength and a green wavelength. The body includes an arcuate-shaped cavity configured to receive the flexible measuring tape in a sliding engagement, and a top surface oriented to face in a direction from which the flexible measuring tape is read with the flexible measuring tape received in the cavity. The top surface includes a port configured to align with the laser receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Thumbline, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Gage Pabst
  • Processes and systems for using silica particles in fluid bed reactor
    Patent number: 11680038
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluid bed processes that utilize silica particles as a fluidization aid. The process comprises reacting one or more reactants in a reactor comprising a fluid bed to form a product. The fluid bed comprises a catalyst composition comprising a catalyst and an inert additive composition comprising silica particles from 0.5 wt % to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst composition. The silica particles are discrete, inert particles that are mixed with the catalyst in the fluid bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yawu T. Chi, James Sutton, Ali Akhavan, Celia L. Kniepmann, Matthew D. Cox, Valerie S. Monical
  • System and apparatus for securing a floorplate to a structure
    Patent number: 11680399
    Abstract: A multi-story building that includes a vertical support core and a plurality of floor plates is described, wherein fabrication of the building includes, in one embodiment, assembling each of the floor plates at or near ground level, and lifting each of the floor plates to a design level on the vertical support core. A system and device for securing one of the floor plates to the building includes employing a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BIG TIME INVESTMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen T. Houston, Joseph Michael Benvenuto, Aleksei Ivanikiw, Yaroslav Stakhiv
  • Roofing materials with synthetic roofing granules and methods of making thereof
    Patent number: 11680409
    Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material comprising (a) a coated substrate having a top surface and a back surface, and (b) a plurality of roofing granules applied to the top surface of the coated substrate. The plurality of roofing granules comprises from 50% to 100% of unitary, uncoated, non-mineral based particles. This invention, in embodiments, further relates to a method of preparing such roofing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Daniel E. Boss, Ming Shiao, Luis Duque
  • Method and apparatus for video coding for machine
    Patent number: 11683514
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information of a current block in a current picture that is a part of a video bitstream. The processing circuitry determines that a first plurality of coding tools is enabled and a second plurality of coding tools is disabled for the current block based on a syntax element included in the video bitstream. The first plurality of coding tools includes a deblocking filter. The second plurality of coding tools includes at least one of a sample adaptive offset filter, an intra sub-partitioning, and a matrix based intra prediction. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current block based on the first plurality of coding tools being enabled and the second plurality of coding tools being disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Wen Gao, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Synthesis of antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids
    Patent number: 11679064
    Abstract: One-pot synthetic methods are disclosed for synthesizing curable, antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids by hydrolytically co-condensing a tetraalkoxysilane with two different trialkoxysilanes. Particles are also disclosed that are substantially spherical and have an ordered lamellar internal structure. In addition, polymers prepared front the curable, antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids and co-monomers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KIMMERLING HOLDINGS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Franklin R. Tay, Shi-qiang Gong, Kirk Kimmerling
  • Broadened spectrum laser diode for display device
    Patent number: 11682881
    Abstract: A broad-spectrum laser for use in a MEMS laser scanning display device is provided. In one example, the broad-spectrum laser includes a laser diode emitter with plural quantum wells each having a different spectral peak. In another example, the broad-spectrum laser includes a laser diode emitter with a tunable absorber to achieve a broadened emissions spectrum. In another example, the broad-spectrum laser includes a laser diode emitter array having plural individual emitters with different spectral peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shiva Shahin, Dale Eugene Zimmerman
  • Telemetry hub
    Patent number: 11683322
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a telemetry hub, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a telemetry hub that obtains sensor data from a plurality of sources and that determines one or more first actions to take in response to receiving the first sensor data. In operation, a telemetry hub might receive first sensor data from one or more sensors. The telemetry hub may determine whether the first sensor data can be trusted and whether the first sensor data is valid. Based on a determination that the first sensor data can be trusted and is valid, the telemetry hub might analyze the first sensor data to determine one or more first actions to take. The telemetry hub might then implement the one or more first actions based at least in part on the analysis of the first sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Kevin M. McBride, Steven M. Casey, Stephen Opferman, Hunter Rudd, James E. Sutherland
  • Swimming pool insert and related installation and replacement methods
    Patent number: 11680420
    Abstract: A tanning ledge insert for a swimming pool is provided. In various embodiments, the tanning ledge includes a fiberglass insert that is adapted for use within the context of a vinyl liner pool. A depth of the tanning ledge may be, for example, between 14 and 16 inches. However, in other embodiments, the tanning ledge may be of any other suitable depth. The tanning ledge insert may include a vertical wall and a tanning ledge extending horizontally from the vertical wall. A step may be disposed adjacent the tanning ledge's upper surface. The tanning ledge insert may include a connection lip that is dimensioned for use in securing the tanning ledge insert in place within the structure of a vinyl liner pool. Methods of installing and replacing the tanning ledge insert are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Ledges Unlimited, LLC
    Inventors: Russ Floyd Barnes, Kenneth Dewey Kennedy, Richard Karl Campbell, Joseph Perry Wilkinson
  • Method and compositions for rendering opioids safe
    Patent number: 11679084
    Abstract: Exemplary compositions, methods, systems, and kits are disclosed that render excess pharmaceuticals safe by chemically transforming the active pharmaceutical ingredient into an environmentally benign and biologically inert form. The methods and kits have additional advantages of convenience, low cost, long shelf life, and ease of handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NOPIOID, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Haaland
  • Compositions and uses of Z-1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene
    Patent number: 11679291
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mixture comprising the compound Z-1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFOs, HFCs, HFEs, CFCs, CO2, olefins, organic acids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and others such as methyl formate, formic acid, trans-1,2 dichloroethylene, carbon dioxide, cis-HFO-1234ze+HFO-1225yez; mixtures of these plus water; mixtures of these plus CO2; mixtures of these trans 1,2-dichloroethylene (DCE); mixtures of these plus methyl formate; mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+CO2; mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+HFO-1225yez+CO2; mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+HFC-245fa; and azeotrope or azeotrope-like compositions. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions as blowing agents, solvents, heat transfer compositions, aerosol propellant compositions, fire extinguishing and suppressant compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Mark L. Robin, Barbara Haviland Minor, Konstantinos Kontomaris, Ernest Byron Wysong, Jeffrey B. Sowder
  • Method for autonomously driving a vehicle based on moving trails of obstacles surrounding the vehicle
    Patent number: 11679764
    Abstract: During the autonomous driving, the movement trails or moving history of obstacles, as well as, an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) may be maintained in a corresponding buffer. For the obstacles and the ADV, the vehicle states at different points in time are maintained and stored in one or more buffers. The vehicle states representing the moving trails or moving history of the obstacles and the ADV may be utilized to reconstruct a history trajectory of the obstacles and the ADV, which may be used for a variety of purposes. For example, the moving trails or history of obstacles may be utilized to determine lane configuration of one or more lanes of a road, particularly, in a rural area where the lane markings are unclear. The moving history of the obstacles may also be utilized predict the future movement of the obstacles, tailgate an obstacle, and infer a lane line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Tae Eun Choe, Guang Chen, Weide Zhang, Yuliang Guo, Ka Wai Tsoi