Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Two-dimensional distributed mode actuator
    Patent number: 11356782
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for using a two-dimensional distributed mode actuator. One of the systems includes a transducer adapted to create a force to cause vibration of a load to generate sound waves, the transducer having a first width along a first axis; a transfer portion connected to the transducer along a first side parallel to the first axis, and having a second width along the first axis that is less than the first width; and a stub connected to the transfer portion along a second side of the transfer portion that is parallel to the first axis and an opposite side from the first side connected to the transducer, having a third width that is greater than the second width, and having a surface adapted to connect to the load to transfer the force received from the transducer through the transfer portion to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark William Starnes, James East
  • Method and apparatus for servicing webpage requests
    Patent number: 11354497
    Abstract: A webpage serving system is provided and generally includes a server and a computing device. The server can receive a webpage request from the computing device, and determine a type of webpage being requested. The server may provide a document, such as an HTML document, to the computing device based on the type of webpage. The document may include instructions to download a particular bundle, which may include one or more files, from a server. The bundle identified in the instructions may be based on the type of webpage the document is for. The customer computing device may receive the requested bundle, and display the requested webpage based on the information received in the document and in the bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Vikas Choudhry, Amit Agarwal, Alfonso Acevedo, Avery Armour, Anthony Soohoo
  • Positioning and clamping system for thread rolling
    Patent number: 11351621
    Abstract: The present invention is a die positioning system for use in positioning mobile or fixed dies. The system includes a pair of key bars, a pair of key disc inserts, a set of key discs, and a set of disc backers. The key bars and key discs serve to offset manufacturing dies or die holders. Using key bars and/or key discs from different pairs of key bars and/or sets of key discs also allows for precise angulation of the dies or die holders. The key discs are held in place between the die and die holder, or between the die holder and key base, by the key disc inserts and angled (if feasible) by the disc backers. The key bars, located between the key disc inserts and the die or die holder allow additional offset of the die or die holder. The solid, stacked configuration of the key bars and key discs prevents the die or die holder from gradually or suddenly losing its positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Vey Manufacturing Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Roger LeVey
  • Dynamic shortening of advertisement duration during live streaming
    Patent number: 11356715
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for shortening an advertisement duration using moving picture experts group (MPEG)-dynamic adaptive streaming over http (DASH), including transmitting, to a client, a media presentation description (MPD) including a remote period including the advertisement duration, and an indication that the advertisement duration is able to be shortened; receiving an update request including a shortened advertisement duration; updating the MPD based on the shortened advertisement duration to generate an updated MPD including the shortened advertisement duration; and transmitting the updated MPD to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Iraj Sodagar
  • Column redundancy data architecture for yield improvement
    Patent number: 11354209
    Abstract: Methods and circuits for storing column redundancy data are provided herein. A circuit may comprise a column redundancy data array, which may store an address and a plurality of match bits. A first portion of bits of the address may reference a range of columns of a memory array and a second portion of bits of the address may reference a division of the memory array in which a column of the range of columns is located. Each of the match bits may indicate whether one of the columns of the range of columns is defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Vijay Sukhlah Chinchole, Harihara Sravan Ancha, Jay Patel
  • Attributing offline conversions to online activity
    Patent number: 11354709
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to connect online and offline activity. Advertisement delivery information is acquired. The advertisement delivery information includes an advertisement identification and a user identification identifying a user to which the advertisement was delivered. Beacon information is acquired. The beacon information includes a beacon identification and location. The beacon identification and the device identification are received from an application executing on a first device associated with the user. The application receives the low energy signal from the beacon identified by the beacon identification. Based on the advertisement delivery information, beacon identification, and device identification, conversion of the advertisement is directly attributed. Conversion information based on the conversion is then provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: VIANT TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Keith Reynolds, Ezra Suveyke, Nolan Thomas Brown
  • Providing a fast path between two entities
    Patent number: 11356413
    Abstract: The present disclosure combines Software Defined Networks (SDN) concepts with Security concepts. The coordination between SDN and Security provides a myriad of advantageous use cases. One exemplary use case involves providing a fast path at network speeds using SDN by routing network traffic to bypass a security appliance once the security appliance determines that the security appliance no longer needs to inspect the network traffic. Another exemplary use case involves remote provisioning of security zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Howard Cooper, John Richard Guzik
  • Methods and apparatus to generate reference signatures
    Patent number: 11356733
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate reference signatures are disclosed. An example method includes collecting a first signature for media being presented to a plurality of households; crediting the media when the first signature matches a reference signature in a reference signature database; in response to determining that the first signature does not match a reference signature in the reference signature database and the first signature does not match an unidentified signature in an unknown signature database, storing the first signature in the unknown signature database; in response to determining that a second signature does not match the reference signature in the reference signature database and the second signature matches the unidentified signature in the unknown signature database, and increasing a count associated with the unidentified signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, Albert T. Borawski, Daniel Nelson
  • Rotary pump with rotor bearing ring
    Patent number: 11353019
    Abstract: Lobe pumps have rings which can be located at least partially in at least one of cover plates and rotors, if not both to provide at least thrust bearings to space the rotors from the cover plates. Some rotors may have voids in ears to make the rotor lighter in weight with the voids potentially capped, symmetrically disposed, arcuately shaped and/or have other desirable features. Some rotors may have ears extending beyond cutouts which may extend beyond hubs, if not beyond hub extensions as well which may receive cover spigots thereabout. Some rings may act as radial bearings as well when located in the cover spigots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: The Bricks Groupe, LLC
    Inventor: Carl Magnus Danielsson
  • Turn-on procedure for a load control system
    Patent number: 11357092
    Abstract: A load regulation device is adapted to control an electrical load. The load regulation device may be in a low power state, a ready state, and/or an on state. The low power state is characterized by the electrical load being unenergized. The ready state is characterized by a load control device and/or the load regulation device using more power than the low power state and the electrical load being unenergized. The on state is characterized by the electrical load being energized. The load regulation device is configured to receive an indication of a user's presence when the load regulation device is in the low power state. The load regulation device is configured to change from the low power state to the ready state in response to receiving the indication. The load regulation device is configured to wait in the ready state for a change state instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Knauss
  • Implementations for voice assistant on devices
    Patent number: 11355116
    Abstract: An electronic device configures a device-agnostic voice assistant library for execution on the electronic device based on the electronic device having a first device type. The electronic device also selects an implementation for the voice assistant library. After the configuring, the electronic device receives a verbal input from a user. It extracts request information from the verbal input by processing the verbal input using the voice assistant library executing on the device. It transmits a request to a remote system, the request including the extracted request information. The electronic device receives a response to the request. The response is generated by the remote system in accordance with the extracted request information. The electronic device performs an operation in accordance with the response by one or more voice processing modules of the configured voice assistant library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Mixter, Raunaq Shah
  • On-demand compute environment
    Patent number: 11356385
    Abstract: An on-demand compute environment comprises a plurality of nodes within an on-demand compute environment available for provisioning and a slave management module operating on a dedicated node within the on-demand compute environment, wherein upon instructions from a master management module at a local compute environment, the slave management module modifies at least one node of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC
    Inventor: David Brian Jackson
  • Compositions for inducing urinary voiding and defecation
    Patent number: 11352391
    Abstract: Eleven synthetic neurokinin A peptide analogs are provided as therapeutic compounds for inducing voluntary “on-demand” voiding of urine and feces in mammals who cannot void without external invasion of the bladder and bowel or those who void involuntarily (i.e., those having urinary and/or fecal incontinence). This control over when and where individuals void offers a drastic improvement in quality of life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DIGNIFY THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Ricca, Edward C. Burgard
  • Systems and methods for contrastive learning of visual representations
    Patent number: 11354778
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for contrastive learning of visual representations. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods that leverage particular data augmentation schemes and a learnable nonlinear transformation between the representation and the contrastive loss to provide improved visual representations. In contrast to certain existing techniques, the contrastive self-supervised learning algorithms described herein do not require specialized architectures or a memory bank. Some example implementations of the proposed approaches can be referred to as a simple framework for contrastive learning of representations or “SimCLR.” Further example aspects are described below and provide the following benefits and insights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ting Chen, Simon Kornblith, Mohammad Norouzi, Geoffrey Everest Hinton
  • Electronic smoking device including a switch to selectively toggle the device between states
    Patent number: 11350665
    Abstract: An electronic smoking device operable in at least two states. A switch is configured to selectively toggle the device between a first state in which a power source provides energy to a first heating element to produce a first vapor of a first flavor, and a second state in which the power source provides energy to a second heating element to produce a second vapor of a second flavor. The controller may operate the device in a most recently toggled state based on detection of the draw by a sensor. The switch may be a non-momentary switch, and may extend through an opening in a casing. An indicator assembly may include indicator lights configured to be selectively illuminated based on the device being in the first or second state. The device may be operable in a third state in which energy is provided to the first and second heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Cegnum LLC
    Inventors: Randy Hermiz, Nianzhong Li
  • Substituted tolans for the modulation of microbial colonization
    Patent number: 11351126
    Abstract: Described are methods for disinfecting a physical or biological surface by contact with an antimicrobial formulation comprising a substituted tolan compound, the substitutions being, for example, one or more alkoxy, (e.g., methoxy) and hydroxy substituents at one or both phenyl rings of the tolan. The compounds and methods are -static and/or -cidal, depending on dose and suspected microbe. Suspected pathogenic microbes include Gram negative bacteria, such as P. aeruginosa and E. coli, Gram positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, including MRSA, and fungal pathogens, such as Candida genus and C. albicans. Also described are methods for inhibiting or disrupting biofilm formation of a microbe or microbes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BioMendics, LLC
    Inventors: Karen M. McGuire, Chun-che Tsai, Emily L. Plocinik, Aleesha M. McCormick
  • Method and apparatus for automated information lifecycle management using a federation of arrays
    Patent number: 11354229
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for providing information lifecycle management using a federation of arrays. The method includes receiving a request to provision storage resources of a one big array according to a class of service, the one big array comprising heterogeneous storage resources, and causing the requested storage resources to be provisioned according to a provisioning policy. Execution of an information lifecycle management policy then may be initiated for management of data stored to the storage resources according to the class of service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: David C. Dysert, Salvatore DeSimone, Puneet B. Lal, Ananthan Kathiravelupillai, Edgar J. St. Pierre
  • Confectionery packaging
    Patent number: D953886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Collier, Graziano Costa
  • Badge
    Patent number: D954046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Tesseract Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: John Boucard, Jason Harrell, David Starr, Jeffrey Chiu
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D954081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: 3 STRIKE, LLC
    Inventors: Leonard M. Bashkin, Robert Foerster