Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11638547
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes apparatus and methods for sensing electrical activity in tissue of a person in a manner which is substantially limits or eliminates interference from noise in a surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Nielsen Consumer LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Lee, Hans C. Lee
  • Patent number: 11640710
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a weakly supervised action localization model are provided. Example models according to example aspects of the present disclosure can localize and/or classify actions in untrimmed videos using machine-learned models, such as convolutional neural networks. The example models can predict temporal intervals of human actions given video-level class labels with no requirement of temporal localization information of actions. The example models can recognize actions and identify a sparse set of keyframes associated with actions through adaptive temporal pooling of video frames, wherein the loss function of the model is composed of a classification error and a sparsity of frame selection. Following action recognition with sparse keyframe attention, temporal proposals for action can be extracted using temporal class activation mappings, and final time intervals can be estimated corresponding to target actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ting Liu, Gautam Prasad, Phuc Xuan Nguyen, Bohyung Han
  • Patent number: 11638677
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a wearable compression therapy system for ambulatory therapy, the system including a wearable garment having one or more inflatable chambers, and a pneumatic engine locally coupled to the garment to provide control and inflation of the one or more inflatable chambers. In an illustrative embodiment, the pneumatic engine may control a pump and one or more valves to inflate the inflatable chambers. The valves and pump may be coordinated according to a pre-programmed profile. In some embodiments, the pneumatic engine may have a wireless interface configured to receive control signals from a remote mobile device untethered from the garment. The pneumatic engine may send to the remote mobile device signals indicative of sensed conditions of the compression therapy system. In some embodiments, the pneumatic engine may include a power source that advantageously permits the user to be untethered from a source of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Nextern Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Casey Carlson
  • Patent number: 11640155
    Abstract: A condition monitoring system can include a memory and a processor. The memory can receive datasets associated with respective ones of a plurality of components in an industrial environment. The components can include machines and devices. The processor can receive datasets from the memory and generate a first GUI. The first GUI can display, in a first GUI portion, a hierarchical component list and a list of views for the components. The first GUI can also display, in a second GUI portion, a first visualization defined by a first hierarchical list component and a first view of list of views. The first GUI can further display a first navigation object overlaid with the first visualization. The first navigation object can be associated with a second visualization, different from the first visualization. The second GUI portion to display the second visualization in response to selection of the first navigation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jackie Tappan, Eric Gilchrist, Jakub Berlinski
  • Patent number: 11640401
    Abstract: A monitoring system is configured to distinguish between two types of alert rules—namely, invariant alert rules and variant alert rules—and to apply a different method of alert rule evaluation to each, wherein each alert rule evaluation method deals with the issue of latent data ingestion in a different way. By tailoring the alert rule evaluation method to the type of alert rule being evaluated, the system can apply an optimized approach for each type of alert rule in terms of achieving a trade-off between alert latency, alert accuracy, and cost of goods sold. In an embodiment, the system utilizes a machine learning model to classify a query associated with an alert rule as either increasing or non-increasing. Then, based on the query classification and a condition associated with the alert rule, the system determines if the alert rule is invariant or variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yaniv Lavi, Rachel Lemberg, Anton Vasserman, Yair Yizhak Ripshtos, Dor Bank, Ofri Kleinfeld, Raphael Fettaya, Linoy Liat Barel
  • Patent number: 11640543
    Abstract: Rule induction is used to produce human readable descriptions of patterns within a dataset. A rule induction algorithm or classifier is a type supervised machine learning classification algorithm. A rule induction classifier is trained, which involves using labelled examples in the dataset to produce a set of rules. Rather than using the rules/classifier to make predictions on new unlabeled samples, the training of the rule induction model outputs human-readable descriptions of patterns (rules) within the dataset that gave rise to the rules (rather than using the rules to predict new unlabeled samples). Parameters of the rule induction algorithm are tuned to favor simple and understandable rules, instead of only tuning for predictive accuracy. The learned set of rules are outputted during the training process in a human-friendly format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund Chi Man Tse, Brett Owens Simons, Sandeep Repaka, Yatpang Cheung
  • Patent number: 11639477
    Abstract: A gasification process may include (a) introducing a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock and at least one of a dry feedstock or a first slurried feedstock into a reactor lower section, wherein the at least one dry feedstock or first slurried feedstock is introduced through two primary feed nozzles while the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock is introduced through at least two secondary feed nozzles; (b) partially combusting the feedstocks in the reactor lower section with a gas stream comprising an oxygen-containing gas or steam to evolve heat and form products comprising hot synthesis gas; (c) passing said hot synthesis gas from step (b) upward into a reactor upper section; (d) and introducing a second slurried feedstock into said reactor upper section, whereby heat from said hot synthesis gas supports reaction of the second slurried feedstock by pyrolysis and gasification reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Chancelor L. Williams, Albert C. Tsang, Philip Rodney Amick, Jayesh Shah, Paul Edgar Michaud, Shrinivas Lokare
  • Patent number: 11641610
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium implement a dynamic channel selection function at an access point device so as to establish a backhaul connection between the access point device and an extender access point device. Once initiated either by the access point device or an application, the dynamic channel selection function iterates or loops through channels based on one or more factors to select a channel for establishment of the backhaul connection. The dynamic channel selection function provides ease of installation of configuration of devices on a network without requiring relocation of the device to establish the backhaul connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: Krishna Prasad Panje
  • Patent number: 11641487
    Abstract: Techniques and tools for reducing latency in video encoding and decoding by constraining latency due to reordering of video frames, and by indicating the constraint on frame reordering latency with one or more syntax elements that accompany encoded data for the video frames. For example, a real-time communication tool with a video encoder sets a syntax element that indicates a constraint on frame reordering latency, which is consistent with inter-frame dependencies between multiple frames of a video sequence, then outputs the syntax element. A corresponding real-time communication tool with a video decoder receives the syntax element that indicates the constraint on frame reordering latency, determines the constraint on frame reordering latency based on the syntax element, and uses the constraint on frame reordering latency to determine when a reconstructed frame is ready for output (in terms of output order).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Gary J. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11640390
    Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying files in bulk in a file system. When files are represented by a segment tree, the levels of the segment trees are walked by level such that that multiple files are verified at the same time in order to identify missing segments. Then, a bottom up scan is performed using the missing segments to identify the files corresponding to the missing segments. The missing files can then be handled by the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Abhinav Duggal, Tony Wong
  • Patent number: 11638428
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formulae 1, 1a, 1b and 2, wherein R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formulae 1, 1a and 1b, and methods for controlling a parasitic nematode comprising contacting the parasitic nematode or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or composition of Formulae 1, 1a, 1b and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: George Philip Lahm, Andrew Jon Deangelis, Matthew James Campbell
  • Patent number: 11640591
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. The system may provide an augmented environment that facilitates a transaction. The system may store profile data including user payment or user profile information. The system may then receive environmental data, and identify one or more action items in the environmental data. In response to this identification, the system may augment the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data, and then provide this virtual environmental data to a device to create an augmented environment. The system can then receive user input data, and provide purchase request data to a merchant terminal in response to those inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Drew Jacobs, Justin Wishne, Karen Nickerson, Justin Smith, Marco S. Giampaolo, Hannes Jouhikainen
  • Patent number: 11639088
    Abstract: A multi-component door assembly for a vehicle includes a lower door portion rotatably coupled to a body of the vehicle and including at least one receiving aperture defined therein, and an upper door portion selectively removable from the lower door portion and including at least one post configured to be received within the at least one receiving aperture for removably coupling the upper door portion to the lower door portion. At least one trim cap is configured to selectively cover and conceal the at least one receiving aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Jason E Schultz, Robert J Reagle
  • Patent number: 11639229
    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure: Provided in this disclosure is a high voltage distribution system of an electric aircraft. The system includes a power source mechanically connected to an electric aircraft, where the power source is configured to supply power to the electric aircraft. The system also includes a flight component mechanically connected to the electric aircraft. The system also includes a distribution component configured to control the providing of power to and from the power source and the flight component as needed during recharging and/or operation of the electric aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gerard Richter, Sean Donovan
  • Patent number: 11639622
    Abstract: A defense mobile device for securing a door during shelter-in-place situations. The device includes wheels rendering it mobile and stops that, when activated, hold the device stationary. A panel has a ballistic core that resists bullets, a front face, an opening, and a cover positioned over the opening to overlay and enclose a door knob protruding through the opening. The front face forms, or has affixed to it, a writing surface. The panel pivots between a plurality of angled positions to facilitate writing and an upright position flat against the door. A locking rod, rotatably connected to the panel, pushes and pulls the panel between its angled positions and its upright position. A portal defined by a ballistic door viewer or viewport is located in the panel and permits viewing or observing through the panel. A release system is configured to deactivate the stop and enable the device to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Wingshield, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Rush
  • Patent number: 11639602
    Abstract: A connector includes a first body, a second body, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first body has a base portion and a protrusion, the protrusion extends away from the base portion along a first direction, and the first body has a first cavity that extends into the protrusion and towards the base portion along the first direction. The second body has a second cavity, which is shaped to receive the protrusion such that rotation of the first body relative to the second body is blocked. The connector may be used to attach structural members, for example during the construction of a modular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Blokable, LLC
    Inventors: Nelson Luis Del Rio, Timothy Bryce Miller, Abdullah N. Alqarni, Alan Michael Tonissen, Andrea Mae Chiu, Daniel W. Hartford, Molly Marie Skinner, Nicholas A. Palladino, Roger Paul Young, Xianghui Chen
  • Patent number: 11640544
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to improve data provisioning for management of access to and usage of domain-specific data through a software data platform. Processing described herein provides technical advantages, provided through a software data platform, that enable a user (e.g., an administrator) of an organization to more easily integrate and manage domain-specific data within a software data platform. For instance, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software data platform is configured to provide a user (e.g., administrative user) with control over provisioning of their data (e.g., education data) including bulk provisioning options to manage utilization and sharing of data via a software data platform. Provisioning management may comprise control over sharing permissions of domain-specific data with vendors (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Sunil Dixit, Eugenio Garcia-Carreras, Vincent Wayne Frankson, Russell Lynn Long, Hernan David Maestre Piedrahita, Nelson Michael Rozo, Kevin Andrew Wiggen, Kaushik Barat, Manson Ng
  • Patent number: 11641722
    Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more sensors, one or more processors operable with the one or more sensors, one or more extendable gripping feet, and an actuation engine operable to extend and retract the one or more extendable gripping feet. The one or more sensors detect a condition of the electronic device and, in response to the one or more sensors detecting the condition, the one or more processors cause the actuation engine to transition the one or more extendable gripping feet from a retracted position to an extended position where the one or more extendable gripping feet extend distally away from the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Gary D Cudak, John S Crowe, Jennifer J Lee-Baron, Nathan J Peterson
  • Patent number: 11638648
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Acumed LLC
    Inventors: Terrence Chadwick Smith, Bryon Marshall Morse, Mark Bernhard Sommers, Charles Andrew Pailthorpe
  • Patent number: 11641397
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for providing access to file systems are provided. An SFA-based operation having an operation modifier for a file in a file system is received. The SFA-based operation is defined based on a file-representational state transfer (REST) interface. The SFA-REST interface comprises integrated functionality of an SFA protocol and REST protocol. The SFA-based operation is executed using the operation modifier. A REST-based operation for the file in the distributed file storage is received. The REST-based operation is defined based on the SFA-REST interface. The operation modifier is referenced in order to execute the REST-based operation. The REST-based operation based on the SFA-REST interface. A schema can be implemented for accessing the file system. The schema includes tables to store files, the table comprises fields corresponding to elements of a SFA-REST interface. A snapshot component can be implemented to backup file shares in the file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Gene Calder, Andrew James Edwards, Ishai Ben Aroya, David Allen Goebel, Jiesheng Wu, Jaidev Haridas, Shuvabrata Ganguly, Matthew Douglas Hendel, Ozan Demir, Jean Ghanem