Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11384633
    Abstract: A drill head position determination system may include a mast, a drill head movably attached to the mast, and a drill drive assembly configured to move the drill head up and down along a length of the mast. The drill head may be configured to rotate a drill string. The drill drive assembly may include at least one sheave and a cable system wound about the at least one sheave. The drill head position determination system may further include a sheave sensor operatively coupled to the at least one sheave and configured to determine a position of the drill head based on a measured rotational position of the at least one sheave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
    Inventors: Fernando R. Gonzalez, Rex Glover, Stephen M. Hancock
  • Patent number: 11384492
    Abstract: A fence includes a wall panel portion having an upper edge and a lower edge, and a plurality of tubular pockets running across the wall panel between the upper edge and the lower edge. The tubular pockets each configured to receive a mounting post. The upper edge and the lower edge can each include a channel in which a draw cord is threaded. The fence can further include an apron portion extending from the lower edge of the wall panel portion. Methods of installing the fence are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SOX, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Shane Schaaf, Ryan Leeds, Brian Fischer
  • Patent number: 11384873
    Abstract: A split coupler, and methods of making and using such a split coupler, whereby the split coupler includes a first semi-cylindrical member, a second semi-cylindrical member, and an interlocking assembly configured to interlock the first and second semi-cylindrical members to form a substantially cylindrical coupler having a coupler inner surface which defines a throughbore. Additionally, the split coupler can include spiral threads coupled to the coupler inner surface. Furthermore, the split coupler can include a flange inwardly extending from the coupler inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mikeysquickcoupler LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Acosta, Timothy M. Acosta
  • Patent number: 11388723
    Abstract: A wireless device receives configuration parameters of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources of a cell. The PUCCH resources are grouped into a plurality of PUCCH resource groups. A downlink control information (DCI), indicating an uplink grant, is received via a control resource set. A PUCCH resource group is selected, based on the control resource set, from the plurality of PUCCH resource groups. A spatial relation information corresponding to a first PUCCH resource of the selected PUCCH resource group is determined. An uplink transport block is transmitted via the uplink grant based on the spatial relation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Dinan, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Yunjung Yi, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park, Kai Xu
  • Patent number: 11382343
    Abstract: A pelleting system and method for pelletizing a cellulosic fiber into feed pellets. The pelleting system includes a mixer adapted to combine a shredded cellulosic fiber with at least one additive and a preservative to form a mixture; a pellet feeder for injecting said mixture into a conditioning chamber, the conditioning chamber adapted to apply steam to the mixture to add moisture and heat to said mixture for softening the mixture to facilitate pelletizing; and a pellet mill adapted to compress the mixture to form feed pellets. The final product may be a feed pellet having a compression ratio between about 7 L/D and about 16 L/D and containing between about 9 wt. % moisture and about 12 wt. % moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Project Plaid, LLC
    Inventor: Jason M. Pendleton
  • Patent number: 11382339
    Abstract: A method of preparing and storing a free-flowing frozen supplementary product, including preparing a supplementary composition for freezing, dripping the supplementary composition into a freezing chamber, freezing the dripped supplementary composition into beads, and transporting the frozen beads by conveyor belt out of the freezing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dippin' Dots, LLC
    Inventor: Stan Jones
  • Patent number: 11387996
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the encryption of a device identifier using an identification property of a Soc. A unique identifier of a cable modem may be encrypted using a unique key or other unique property of a SoC associated with the cable modem. When an authentication process is initiated at the cable modem, the encrypted unique identifier of the cable modem may be decrypted using the unique key or other unique property of the SoC, thereby producing the unique identifier of the cable modem. The decrypted unique identifier of the cable modem may be output from the cable modem to an upstream controller during the authentication process. In embodiments, an obfuscation key may be used to encrypt and decrypt the unique identifier of the cable modem, and the obfuscation key may be generated using a unique identifier of the SoC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Ali Negahdar, Wade E Carter
  • Patent number: 11386190
    Abstract: Determining a level of congruence between modality-event characteristics is disclosed. Information can be collected from an event input source via one or more information collection modalities. Modality-event characteristics can be determined from this information. A level of congruence between the modality-event characteristics can be determined to enable initiating a response based on the level of congruence. The level of congruence can be based on satisfying a rule related to congruence between modality-event characteristics, user profile information, etc. The level of congruence can be related to a probability that the several inputs collected for an event, collected by a plurality of modalities, embody characteristics that are associated with the event occurring according to determined notions embodied in the rule and profile. Determining the level of congruence can support assertions that each input, across differing modes of capturing said input, accords with the expected inputs for an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventor: Ginger Li Chien
  • 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: 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: 11388066
    Abstract: A plugin works with a remote desktop client that is executing on a client computing device to present a user interface of a communications application that is executing in a cloud computing environment. The plugin enables the remote desktop client to conduct audio and/or video communication with a remote computing device in a peer-to-peer manner rather than via the communications application. The plugin also enables the remote desktop client to determine a hardware-based media processing capability of the client computing device and leverage such capability in conducting the peer-to-peer audio and/or video communication with the remote computing device. Such hardware-based media processing capability may be used, for example, to process media received from the remote computing device, to process media captured from a media source of the client computing device, or as a basis for negotiating a media communication parameter with the remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Neil R. Hinnant, Matthew C. Howard, Rafael Vincent Prieto Vertido
  • Patent number: 11388535
    Abstract: A method and multimedia device for calibrating audio delays of an audio system with wireless loudspeakers are disclosed. The method allows to emulate surround or 3D sound systems with spatially distributed wireless loudspeakers. A first probe signal for audio playback, having a first audio pattern, is transmitted by a loudspeaker. A signal quality is determined by listening to an acoustic response of the loudspeaker to the first probe signal. A second audio pattern is determined by modifying the first audio pattern based on the signal quality. A second probe signal for audio playback having the second audio pattern is transmitted by the loudspeaker. An audio delay compensation is then determined for the loudspeaker based on a measure of an audio delay between the transmitted second probe signal and an acoustic response of the loudspeaker in response to the second probe signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: William Escande, Thomas Girardier
  • Patent number: 11387099
    Abstract: A spin coating method includes dispensing a coating material including a nonvolatile film material and a volatile solvent over a substrate, and spin coating the coating material over the substrate by spinning the substrate while applying ultrasound waves to the coating material to reduce a viscosity of the coating material during the spin coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Yutaka Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 11387895
    Abstract: A communication method includes receiving, by a first node of a satellite communications network, a stream of terrestrial data packets that are encapsulated in accordance with a predetermined protocol, de-encapsulating, by the first node, the terrestrial data packets to extract user plane context and QoS parameters for a user session in accordance with the predetermined protocol, encapsulating, by the first node, the user plane context within satellite data packets, and transmitting, by the first node, the satellite data packets to a second node of the satellite communications network via a satellite communications link between the first node and the second node by scheduling the satellite data packets using the QoS parameters in accordance with the predetermined protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Sangireddi, Sandeep Ahluwalia, Charles Barnett
  • Patent number: 11388755
    Abstract: Uplink and downlink synchronization procedures are described for wireless communications. A base station may send a reconfiguration message to a wireless device before a random access procedure. The reconfiguration message may set an active uplink index and an active downlink index to the same value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Cirik, Esmael Dinan, Hua Zhou, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Alireza Babaei, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11385928
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving an indication about an amount of background IOs a background scheduler is capable of performing on a plurality of applications, wherein the indication may be based upon, at least in part, one of host IO latency and a rate of the host IO latency being at one of a plurality of levels. One or more applications of the plurality of applications on which to perform the background IOs may be determined. The background IO applications to be performed on the one or more applications of the plurality of applications may be scheduled based upon, at least in part, one of the host IO latency and the rate of the host IO latency being at one of the plurality of levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Vamsi Vankamamidi, Philippe Armangau, John F. Gillono, Maher Kachmar, Jason C. Penney
  • Patent number: 11388244
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, a device, and a program product for managing a computer system. One method includes: receiving a service request for the computer system, the service request describing an operation state of the computer system; respectively determining similarities between the service request and multiple historical service requests performed for the computer system, the multiple historical service requests respectively describing multiple historical operation states of the computer system; and determining, in response to determining that a similarity between the service request and a historical service request among the multiple historical service requests satisfies a predetermined similarity condition, a solution for processing the service request based on a pairing of the service request with the historical service request and a historical solution for processing the historical service request. Further, a corresponding device and a corresponding program product are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Jiacheng Ni, Min Gong, Zijia Wang, Zhen Jia, Bin He
  • Patent number: 11386396
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating a channel calendar in a group-based communication system are described herein. The apparatus is configured to at least generate a channel calendar identifier associated with a group-based communication channel in the group-based communication system, receive a calendar sharing request associated with the channel calendar identifier from a client device, retrieve the calendar object and calendar object metadata set based on the channel calendar identifier, and cause rendering of the calendar object for display via a user interface of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lydia Han, Roland Schemers
  • Patent number: D957249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ellen Tave Glassman, Min Chul Song, Richard William Pfeiffer, Michael Boylan
  • Patent number: RE49130
    Abstract: A ladder attachment platform is provided that includes a base for attachment to a ladder that has first and second side rails and a plurality of rungs that extend between in a lateral direction. Also included is a user platform for having a user stand thereon that is carried by the base. The user platform may be positioned with respect to the ladder so that it is not located between a first plane that extends through the first side rail and is perpendicular to the lateral direction and a second plane that extends through the second side rail and is perpendicular to the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Richard W. Swygert, William Nelson Lewis, Jr.