Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11665491
    Abstract: Face masks and attachments to accommodate hearing aids are provided herein. The face masks include a mask body, ear loops and a hearing aid holder to removably hold a hearing aid. In some configurations, a hearing aid holder which can be detachably attached to a mask is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Team IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy D. Schnell, Tal Daniel Kocen, Steve Iseberg
  • Patent number: 11663396
    Abstract: A method to incorporate a first edit and a second edit into an electronic document includes receiving the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document, and determining whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit. The method further includes responsive to determining that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the electronic document, and responsive to determining that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating the second edit into the electronic document without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit, causing the first edit and the second edit to be incorporated into the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 11661957
    Abstract: A dual direction vacuum apparatus for creating vacuum and purging obstructions from a vacuum port of the apparatus. The apparatus provides a housing having an air passageway, wherein the air passageway has a first end and a second end. A vacuum pressure inlet is formed in the housing and is adaptable to receive pressurized air from a pressurized air source to create vacuum in the vacuum port and establish a vacuum mode. A purge pressure inlet is formed in the housing and adaptable to receive pressurized air from a pressurized air source to direct pressurized air toward the vacuum port to establish a purge mode and dislodge any obstructions from the vacuum port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Norgren Automation Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Brandon Schmutzler
  • Patent number: 11660055
    Abstract: Systems and methods for positioning a patient during radiological measurements are provided. A biofeedback signal from the patient is received. While receiving the biofeedback signal from the patient and while the patient is positioned at a first position by the fixture, determining whether the biofeedback signal from the patient is indicative of the patient breathing at rest. Further, in accordance with a determination that the biofeedback signal from the patient is not indicative of the patient breathing at rest, articulating the patient using the fixture from the first position to a second position. In accordance with a determination that the biofeedback signal from the patient at the second position is indicative of the patient breathing at rest, obtaining radiological measurements of the patient with the patient positioned at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DATA INTEGRITY ADVISORS, LLC
    Inventor: Janid Patricia Blanco Kiely
  • Patent number: 11660450
    Abstract: A method of reducing stimulation signal interference with an electrical monitoring device includes sensing an electrical interference signal at a first location in a body resulting from delivery of an electrical muscle stimulation signal at a second location in the body, and delivering an electrical counter signal to the patient that destructively interferes with the electrical interference signal to prevent interference with the electrical monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Fahey, Timothy Machold, Zachary J. Malchano, Curtis Tom
  • Patent number: 11661050
    Abstract: A transportation system is disclosed. The transportation system has a vehicle that is self-powered and configured to generate an air cushion on a trackless lane having a substantially flat surface. The vehicle is configured to move over the substantially flat surface on the air cushion. The transportation system also has a guidance system configured to guide the vehicle between peripheries of the trackless lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: JG ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: John Goelet
  • Patent number: 11662692
    Abstract: Systems may include a watch band, a watch body including at least one image sensor configured to capture a wide-angle image, a coupling mechanism configured to detachably couple the watch body to the watch band, and at least one biometric sensor on at least one of the watch band or the watch body. Various other related methods and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pranav Vasavada, Derek William Wright, Timothy Lowe, Joseph Moak, Peter Wesley Bristol, Nishant Srinivasan, Chunli Chen
  • Patent number: 11661608
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the identification and selection of soybean plants that comprise a genotype associated with dicamba tolerance. In addition, methods are provided for screening germplasm entries for the performance and expression of this trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mindy L. DeVries Gelder, Paul Feng, Jesse J. Gilsinger, Floyd G. Hancock, Ivan Husic, James Narvel, Curtis W. Scherder, Dean A. Ulbrich
  • Patent number: 11663494
    Abstract: A method for optimizing objective functions can include selecting an objective function based at least on a hierarchy, applying parameters to the objective function to generate an output, responsive to the output not satisfying a tolerance condition, assigning a penalty to the set of parameters and evaluating a convergence condition using the set of parameters and the penalty, responsive to the output satisfying the tolerance condition, evaluating an additional objective function using the parameters in an order corresponding to the hierarchy or evaluating the convergence condition responsive to the selected objective function being a final objective function, modifying the set of parameters using a genetic algorithm responsive to the set of parameters not satisfying the convergence condition, and outputting the set of parameters responsive to the set of parameters satisfying the convergence condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Henry Chan, Mathew J. Cherukara, Badri Narayanan, Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Stephen K. Gray, Troy David Loeffler
  • Patent number: 11662099
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing an electrically operated fireplace that includes a one or more display panels, one or more reflective surfaces inclined at an angle with respect to the one or more display panels to reflect the video images of a flame displayed by the one or more display panels. One or more filters or privacy screens are disposed proximate the one or more display panels. Beneficially, the electrically operated fireplaces disclosed herein do not require the use of moving parts, such as a rotating mirror, to provide the images of the flames. Further, since video images are used to provide the flame effect, the flame effect may be varied simply by loading a new video image into the memory portion of the control circuitry used to provide the flame display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Solas, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Metz, David Patrick Moynihan
  • Patent number: 11665464
    Abstract: A device for securing an external transmitter of a cochlear implant to the head of the wearer. A pouch containing the external transmitter is secured using a plurality of straps coupled to a decorative shell worn on a person's head. The pouch and the decorative shell are designed to allow sound to pass unhindered from the environment to the inner ear. The plurality of straps are adjustable to allow precise placement of the external transmitter over the internal receiver. The external transmitter is also secured using a pouch coupled to a decorative shell. The external transmitter is further secured using a sealer coupled to the transmitter and further coupled to the head using an adhesive barrier. The sealer is made of a semi-transparent material. The device ensures that an external transmitter remains in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SYNAPS LLC
    Inventors: Ashley Hummel, Mimi Lunde, Paolo Grazioli, Andrew Reardon
  • Patent number: 11659871
    Abstract: A brassiere includes a body portion configured to at least partially encircle a wearer of the brassiere. The body portion includes a torso band configured to at least partially encircle a wearer of the brassiere, and a pair of breast cups including a first breast cup and a second breast cup. The pair of breast cups are configured to support breasts of the wearer. The brassiere further includes an under-bust support adhered to the body portion adjacent to a lower periphery of the pair of breast cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Roger D. Warren, Michael D. Abbott, Charles C. Brown
  • Patent number: 11663278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying job search queries for improved precision using a machine-trained classifier are provided. In example embodiments, a network system receives a job search query including one or more terms from a device of a user. The network system extracts one or more features from the job search query, whereby the one or more features are derived from the one or more terms. Based on the one or more features, a machine-learned model of the classifier determines whether to use a title field search process or a compound search process. Based on the determining, the network system formats the job search query into a corresponding machine-language format and performs the job search query to derive results. The network system causes presentation of the results on the device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Huichao Xue
  • Patent number: 11664021
    Abstract: A method of biasing speech recognition includes receiving audio data encoding an utterance and obtaining a set of one or more biasing phrases corresponding to a context of the utterance. Each biasing phrase in the set of one or more biasing phrases includes one or more words. The method also includes processing, using a speech recognition model, acoustic features derived from the audio data and grapheme and phoneme data derived from the set of one or more biasing phrases to generate an output of the speech recognition model. The method also includes determining a transcription for the utterance based on the output of the speech recognition model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Golan Pundak, Tara N. Sainath, Antoine Jean Bruguier
  • Patent number: 11659939
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat base that has a first heating element. A seat back has a second heating element. A sensor is coupled to the seat base and is configured to obtain a weight data. A user-interface assembly is operably coupled to the first and second heating elements. A controller is in communication with the sensor to receive the weight data. The controller is configured to control the first and second heating elements in response to the weight data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Amman, Avrokin Surnilla, Nikhitha Bekkanti, John Craig Elson
  • Patent number: 11665509
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing information via an open-access network such as a wireless local area network (WLAN). In one embodiment, the information provided is contextually relevant to one or locations, more users or devices receiving the information. In one implementation, the information is provisioned by a network entity (for example, from a service provider network operator) and provided to one or more access points (APs) of the service provider network. The information is bit-stuffed into Wi-Fi beacon frames or other data structures that are broadcast by the APs to nearby client devices. A receiving client device extracts the information using a protocol embodied in application software on the client, and may also initiate a dedicated wireless connection with the AP for e.g., transmission of content related to the context and/or the bit-stuffed information, access of related Internet addresses, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Don Gunasekara, Kiran Yeddala
  • Patent number: 11662871
    Abstract: The disclosed coil-integrated housing component may include an injection-molded housing dimensioned to house a display module of a computing device. Additionally, the coil-integrated housing component may include a conductive coil integrated into the injection-molded housing to surround a periphery of the display module, wherein the conductive coil may be electronically coupled to the computing device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Young Bae Kim, Jong Uk Kim, Aaron Jacob Steyskal, Yang Chu
  • Patent number: 11665227
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for intelligently managing sessions in a mobile network. A selection engine receives a trigger to select a peer node for a subscriber session. The selection engine chooses a peer selector among one or more available peer selectors in response to the trigger and determines whether the chosen peer selector is associated with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). In response to determining that the chosen peer selector is associated with the FQDN, the selection engine determines whether a domain name system (DNS) server is configured. In response to determining that the DNS server is configured, the selection engine requests a peer list associated with the FQDN from the DNS server and selects the peer node from the peer list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Narsi Veldanda, Anupama Raghavan
  • Patent number: 11664251
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a spray measurement system having a jig device that allows measuring spray output of one or more spray nozzles and determine spray distribution patterns of the spray nozzles are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Shellback Semiconductor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Darren O'Reilly, Christian Forgey, Joshua Levinson, Jeff Garbacik, Alexander Trufanov, Robert Kraiger, David Brady
  • Patent number: 11665365
    Abstract: Video coding may include generating, by a processor executing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, an encoded frame by encoding a current frame from an input bitstream, by generating a reference coframe spatiotemporally corresponding to the current frame, wherein the current frame is a frame from a sequence of input frames, wherein each frame from the sequence of input frames has a respective sequential location in the sequence of input frames, and wherein the current frame has a current sequential location in the sequence of input frames, and encoding the current frame using the reference coframe. Video coding may include including the encoded frame in an output bitstream and outputting the output bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Bohan Li, Yaowu Xu, Jingning Han