Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11388484
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for outputting secondary media assets are disclosed. One or more secondary media assets may be associated with objects already existing within a first media asset. The one or more secondary media assets may be indicated according to a manifest file and may be output during execution of a trick play command during output of the first media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Leslie Chapman, Barry Mcmillan, Leemay Nassery, Austin Wells
  • Patent number: 11387583
    Abstract: A connector includes a flexible connector having a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first pattern, and a base connector having a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second pattern concentric with and of a different size than the first pattern. A method of interconnecting a flexible connector to a base connector includes providing the flexible connector with a first plurality of solder bumps arranged in a first pattern, and providing the base connector with a second plurality of solder bumps arranged in a second pattern. The flexible and base connectors are aligned by aligning the first and second pluralities of solder bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Brian Lee Burski, Ted R. McDonald, Chau Chin Low
  • Patent number: 11385908
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for a representational state transfer (“REST” or “RESTful”) over Intelligent Platform Management Interface (“IPMI”) interface for firmware to baseboard management controller (“BMC”) communication and applications thereof. These applications include, but are not limited to, remote firmware configuration, firmware updates, peripheral device firmware updates, provision of management information such as system inventory data, cloning and batch migration of firmware configuration settings, and firmware integrity monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AMERICAN MEGATRENDS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Igor Kulchytskyy, Madhan B. Santharam, Chandrasekar Rathineswaran, Harikrishna Doppalapudi, Purandhar Nallagatla
  • Patent number: 11382817
    Abstract: A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical and Design, LLC
    Inventor: Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 11384718
    Abstract: A robust apparatus to improve the efficiency and emissions of a combustion process using a plurality of cell elements disposed within a housing that is placed in the air intake to a combustion chamber. The ozone cell includes an element assembly where the cell elements are bonded together with two or more mounting rings. The mounting rings incorporate rubber-like mechanical isolation such as an o-ring between the mounting rings and the cell elements. The cell elements may also include rubber-like isolation between the insulating tubes and the outer electrodes. The robust element assembly as described herein is better suited to survive the harsh environment of the ozone cell place in or near a combustion engine or process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Clack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Allen Bossert, Rance Edd McKenzie
  • Patent number: 11382371
    Abstract: Medical apparatuses for securing, protecting, retaining, and/or concealing various medical devices such as catheters or electrical leads are disclosed herein. The medical apparatus can be a garments which for use by a patient having a central venous catheter in place. Medical garments as disclosed herein can be used for a wide variety of medical devices attached to a patient, by implantation or otherwise, for varying lengths of time. Medical garments described herein may be used with any of a variety of medical devices which include or comprise one more conduits used for medical treatment or diagnosis, including conduits which comprise catheters as well as electrical conduits such as electrical leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ben Guard Healthcare Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Rhonda McPartland Bentley
  • Patent number: 11386080
    Abstract: Transaction processing systems in accordance with aspects of the invention may process a variety of transactions. Transaction processing systems may include a transaction processing device and a distributed processing system. The transaction processing device obtains transaction requests from a variety of client devices and process the transaction requests. The distributed processing system may also obtain the transaction requests and maintain a transaction history of the transaction requests obtained and/or processed by the transaction processing device. Both the distributed processing system and the transaction processing device may send a transaction succeeded event based on the transaction being processed successfully. The transaction processing device and distributed ledger may also maintain an indication of if a particular transaction has been processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Jacob Creech
  • Patent number: 11385786
    Abstract: A spin control graphical user interface is used to display a currently applied option and to receive options from a user. The spin control is a circular graphical user interface that is positioned near a displayed document to which it applies. For example, the spin control may be positioned on or near a corner of the displayed document. The spin control comprises options that are presented to a user upon rotation of the spin control. An option may be manually selected or automatically selected and applied to the displayed document upon rotating the spin control clockwise or counterclockwise. More than one spin control may be associated with the displayed document. The spin control may be automatically shown and removed from a display in response to whether the document to which the spin control is attached is currently being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Chow Radakovitz, Brian Scott Ruble
  • Patent number: 11386083
    Abstract: A batch process operates on structured data in multiple tables, including a first and a second source table, and a first and a second processing table. An additional key is added within each natural key to at least the second source and processing table for identifying a sequence of rows for updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KEYGEN DATA LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Jose
  • Patent number: 11388659
    Abstract: A tiered service management resource providing management of wireless channels in a network environment receives notification of wireless bandwidth such as multiple wireless channels allocated by a spectrum access system (a.k.a., SAS). The spectrum access system allocates the wireless channels for use by a wireless base station in the network environment. Prior to re-allocating the wireless bandwidth (such as a selected wireless channel) to customer premises equipment, the tiered service management resource further receives a communication indicating a wireless spectrum scan performed at a location from which customer premises equipment in the network environment is (being) installed to wirelessly communicate with the wireless base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Parmjit Dhillon, Sami Makinen, Umamaheswar A. Kakinada, Curt C. Wong
  • Patent number: 11386285
    Abstract: A method for recognizing persons in video streams includes obtaining a live video stream, detecting a first person in the live video stream, determining from analysis of the live video stream first information that identifies an attribute of the first person, determining based on at least some of the first information that the first person is not identifiable to the computing system, storing at least some of the first information, receiving a user classification of the first person as being a stranger, and deleting the stored first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Akshay R. Bapat, George Alban Heitz, Rizwan Ahmed Chaudhry, Navneet Dalal, James Edward Stewart, Jennifer Bush, Joe Delone Venters, Kara Gates, Timothy Butler, Yohannes Kifle, Anton Bastov
  • Patent number: 11386766
    Abstract: A system for detecting and discriminating the severity of a fall includes a mobile device configured to communicate a network, a notification module, and a wearable device configured to communicate with the mobile device, the wearable device including a fall monitor and an activity log resident on the wearable device, where the fall monitor is configured to record detected movement on the activity log. The notification module is configured to effect a selectable setting of a rate of communication between the mobile device and the wearable device based on at least part of a predetermined pattern of a fall discriminator within the activity log, where the selectable setting defines a predetermined period of communication between the mobile device and the wearable device. The fall discriminator is configured to determine when the activity log includes a notable fall event based on the predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FALLCALL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Shea C. Gregg
  • Patent number: 11386469
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining gratitude scores for a plurality of people who have interacted with an organization. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining, for each of a plurality of people who have interacted with an organization, history data characterizing previous interactions of the person with the organization and third party data characterizing aspects of the person outside of their previous interactions with the organization; and processing, for each of the plurality of people, the history data and the third party data for the person using a gratitude prediction machine learning model to generate a gratitude score for the person, wherein the gratitude score for the person characterizes a likelihood that the person will take a specified action on behalf of the organization in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Gobel Group, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Gobel, Nathan Chappell
  • Patent number: 11382835
    Abstract: A multiple dose spoon device for scooping, retaining, and delivering to a patient a specific number of mini-tablets from a container, e.g., bottle, or bulk pile, of mini-tablets. The device comprises a top housing, a bottom housing, and one or two sliders movably positioned between top housing and bottom housing, said: a) top housing having a plurality of nests, and also having a handle with an open window and slider retention notches, and b) one or two sliders with slider tabs, having a plurality of sequential whole number markings equivalent to the plurality of nests, and a plurality minus 1 of tablet blocking ribs, wherein slider movement is regulated by the slider retention notches, and wherein the plurality of nests and the plurality of whole number markings are a same number. Alternatively, the top housing does not have slider retention notches, and the one or two sliders have slider retention notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Annaniy Berenshteyn, Mikhail Gotliboym, Christopher Granelli
  • Patent number: 11383595
    Abstract: A vehicle has an upper hood duct with an air intake adjoining a hood air intake structure. A lower hood duct is connected to the upper hood duct. An on-engine air cleaner is connected to the lower hood duct. An auxiliary air inlet is arranged in the lower hood duct. The auxiliary air inlet may have an auxiliary air inlet door connected to an auxiliary air inlet door adapter by way of a hinge. The auxiliary air inlet door adapter may be connected to an auxiliary air inlet door adapter base attached to the lower hood duct. An electric or pneumatic actuator may be connected to the auxiliary air inlet door by way of an actuator door connection, and to the auxiliary air inlet door adapter by way of an actuator adapter connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Khawja Naveed, Gary Steven Boone
  • Patent number: 11382869
    Abstract: Provided herein are transdermal delivery devices comprising dextromethorphan. The transdermal delivery device can be characterized by the novel design, for example, with an adhesive layer and a reservoir layer, with an adhesive layer comprising a mixture of two adhesives, and/or with a skin permeation enhancer, e.g., in an amount that can significantly enhance the flux of dextromethorphan. The transdermal delivery device can also be characterized by its in vitro and/or in vivo release profile, for example, that can provide a desired pharmacokinetic profile described herein. Also provided herein are methods of administering dextromethorphan, and methods of treating a disease or disorder described herein, using the transdermal delivery device herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHINKEI THERAPEUTICS LLC
    Inventor: Suresh Borsadia
  • Patent number: 11383055
    Abstract: A patient ventilator system includes a patient delivery circuit having an inspiratory section that delivers an inspiratory gas flow to a patient and an expiratory section that receives expiratory gas flow from the patient, wherein a bidirectional blower motor drives the inspiratory gas flow in the inspiratory section and controls the expiratory gas flow in the expiratory section. A flow sensor measures gas flow rate between the bidirectional blower motor and the patient delivery circuit. A four quadrant controller is configured to control speed and direction of the bi-directional blower motor based on the measured flow rate so as to effectuate ventilation for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Chetankumar Amrutlal Modi
  • Patent number: 11382340
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to systems and devices for a topping dispenser. The topping dispenser may include a dispenser framework having a plurality of spouts mounted thereto configured to dispense a topping and one or more topping reservoirs. The plurality of spouts may include a first spout in fluid communication with a topping reservoir via a first tube that connects to a fitting of the first spout. The plurality of spouts may include a second spout in fluid communication with a topping reservoir via a second tube that connects to a fitting of the second spout. The fitting of the first spout and the fitting of the second spout may be offset from each other within the dispenser framework such that the fittings and tubes do not interfere with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Snowie LLC
    Inventor: Carl A. Rupp
  • Patent number: 11383625
    Abstract: A mold in fastener product includes a flexible substrate, such as a resin film or textile sheet, and a resin layer covering only part of one side of the flexible substrate and leaving a region of the one side of the flexible substrate exposed, the resin layer carrying multiple touch fastener elements each having a resin stem extending integrally from the layer away from the flexible substrate to an engageable head. A flexible ferromagnetic strip is bonded to the flexible substrate and at least partially bounds a bounded portion of the flexible substrate containing at least some of the touch fastener elements and at least a part of the exposed region. The product is preferably wide, such as to cover a wide concave region of a foam seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Velcro IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Voigt, Victor Horst Kheil
  • Patent number: 11383786
    Abstract: A scooter device that can be propelled by side to side movement of a user is disclosed. The scooter device includes at least a first front wheel, at least a second and a third rearward located wheel, a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement and a steering mechanism that has a vertically ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the steering mechanism achieves a turning of the first wheel, the steering mechanism further coupled to the frame structure such that the steering mechanism may be tilted relative to the frame structure. The frame structure can includes a first foot placement platform extending above the second wheel and a second foot placement platform extending above the third wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Razor USA LLC
    Inventors: Ian Desberg, William Griggs