Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11232440
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed that provide enhanced flexibility to merchants in the configuration of POS systems. One disclosed system includes a payment interface device having a first display, a means for receiving payment information, and a first payment flow display service (PFDS). The system also includes a display device having a second display and a second PFDS. The system also includes a secure wireless connection formed by a first short-range wireless protocol (SRWP) module on the payment interface device and a second SRWP module on the display device. The first and second PFDSs conduct an exchange of messages over the secure wireless connection to execute a payment flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Clover Network, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. James, Michael Reed Hampton, Blake Williams
  • Patent number: 11233548
    Abstract: To employ beamforming to increase signaling distances, one wireless device trains a beamformer using a signal being received from another wireless device. The trained beamformer can then communicate with the other device via a signal beam until channel conditions change. In example implementations, a base station (BS) reserves an air interface resource unit for beamformer training in conjunction with allocating an air interface resource unit for downlink data. The BS transmits a downlink control channel communication to a user equipment (UE) with a downlink data grant indicative of the allocated resource unit. During the reserved resource unit, the UE transmits an uplink tracking communication, which can include a pilot signal, to the BS for beamform training. The BS then uses the freshly trained beamformer to transmit the downlink data as a downlink data channel communication via a downlink beam during the allocated resource unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jibing Wang, Erik Richard Stauffer
  • Patent number: 11231159
    Abstract: A system can include a light emitting diode (LED) and a transparent structure disposed over the LED. The transparent structure includes a first surface that reflects light extracted from the LED and incident on the first surface. The transparent structure also includes an exit surface opposite the first surface. The exit surface includes a first area that is textured to diffuse light over a first angular range and a second area that is textured to diffuse light over a second angular range. The second angular range is wider than the first angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Rob Jacques Paul Engelen
  • Patent number: 11230464
    Abstract: A cosmetic dosing system or kit may provide a display arranged to house one or more dosing containers and a handle. The one or more dosing containers may house cosmetic product and provide applicators that may be interchangeable with the handle. A magnetic closure may be utilized to attach the one or more dosing containers to the handle. The cosmetic dosing system or kit may provide a luxurious display that may reduce contamination of cosmetic product and prevent cosmetic product from drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Christophe Jacob, Herve F. Bouix
  • Patent number: 11230917
    Abstract: A wellhead monitoring system includes a conversion assembly, the conversion assembly including an actuator element for modifying an operating mode of a valve from manual to remote. The system also includes one or more sensors, associated at least one of a fracturing tree or the conversion assembly, the one or more sensors obtaining wellhead operating conditions. The system further includes a control unit, adapted to receive information from the one or more sensors, the control unit presenting the information, on a display, and transmitting the information to a remote system for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Vault Pressure Control LLC
    Inventors: Zeyad Al-Salmani, Jason Williams, Saurabh Kajaria
  • Patent number: 11233630
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for a self-encrypting device (SED) incorporated into a host system. In one example, the host system includes a memory, a processor, a data channel in communication with the memory and the processor, and the SED. The SED comprises an authentication subsystem, a storage subsystem that stores encrypted data that is encrypted with an encryption key provided by the authentication subsystem, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a data interface in electrical contact with the data channel. The data interface is locked from sending and receiving data until the SED is unlocked by the authentication subsystem with user-authentication information received via the RF transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ClevX, LLC
    Inventors: Lev M. Bolotin, Alex Lemelev, Marc Singer
  • Patent number: 11231253
    Abstract: An electronic system for a firearm includes a power source, one or more electrical conductors electrically connected to receive power from the power source, and a plurality of electronic devices. Each electronic device has an electrical input configured to receive power from the one or more electrical conductors to power the electronic device. A communication device is configured for data communication across the one or more electrical conductors. A method of communicating between electronic devices connected to a firearm includes powering a plurality of electronic devices connected to a firearm from a power source through one or more electrical conductors, and communicating data between the plurality of electronic devices across the one or more electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: T-Worx Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Miller, Ben Feldman, Joseph Ellena, Martin Fisher, Wayne Taylor, Gary Callsen
  • Patent number: 11233986
    Abstract: An optical profiling system characterizes distortion of a head-mounted display (HMD) under test. The optical profiling system includes a camera assembly and a controller. The controller provides presenting instructions that cause the HMD under test to present test patterns and also provides imaging instructions that cause the camera assembly to capture images of the test patterns presented by the HMD under test. The camera assembly includes one or more characterization cameras. A characterization camera is configured to mimic movement of a human eye and is positioned in an eye box region of the HMD under test. Using the images captured by the camera assembly, the controller measures distortion of the HMD under test. The controller may generate a report charactering the HMD under test based on the measured distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Youngshik Yoon, Richard Han Soo Cho
  • Patent number: 11231943
    Abstract: A digital assistant executing at, at least one processor, is described that is configured to determine a set of candidate third party agents. The digital assistant is further configured to receive, from a computing device that is associated with a user, information indicative of one or more interests of the user and determine based on the information, a set of relevance scores. The digital assistant is further configured to select one or more candidate third party agents from the set of candidate third party agents that have a respective relevance score that satisfies a threshold. Responsive to receiving an indication of user input that accepts a recommendation to configure the user account with the one or more candidate third party agents, the digital assistant is further configured to configure the user account for operation with the one or more candidate third party agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Barnaby John James
  • Patent number: 11229298
    Abstract: A cushion may include a cushioning element. The cushioning element may comprise an elastomeric material and one or more reinforcing features positioned at one or more exterior portions of the cushioning element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLC
    Inventor: Tony M. Pearce
  • Patent number: 11231568
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus comprises an array of micro-LEDs, an aligned plurality of directional catadioptric optical elements, light redirecting micro-optics and a reflective polariser. The directional illumination apparatus is arranged to provide a uniform spatial distribution across its output area by recirculating reflected high luminous intensity regions into low luminous intensity regions of the catadioptric optical element. A thin and efficient illumination apparatus with high spatial uniformity may be provided for illumination in environmental lighting, display backlighting or direct display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Jonathan Harrold
  • Patent number: 11232557
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to analysis of images and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and systems for determining the area and/or volume of a region of interest using optical coherence tomography data. Some embodiments provide for determining the area and/or volume of a lesion in retinal tissue using three-dimensional optical coherence tomography data and a two-dimensional optical coherence tomography fundus image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: EyeKor, LLC
    Inventor: Yijun Huang
  • Patent number: 11234130
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring user activity at a mobile device. A method comprises capturing one or more display frames associated with content being displayed by an application executing on of the mobile device; capturing textual information associated with the content being displayed by the application; detecting user input associated with the content being displayed by the application; and evaluating collected data including the captured display frames, the captured textual information, and the detected user input to identify an activity of interest or concern associated with the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Latch Mobile LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Lord, Joshua Andrew Hartley
  • Patent number: 11234295
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices relating to a wireless network device configured for adjustable positioning are described herein. In an example, a network device comprises a body and a bendable element configured to carry electrical power to the body and components therein. The body houses an antenna and transceiver configured for wireless communication. The bendable element, attached to the body of the network device, is configured for adjustable positioning such that a position of the bendable element is substantially maintained when the positioning force is removed. A facing of the antenna within the body may be based on the positioning of the bendable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Osman Cueto, Sean McGinnis, Michael Jou
  • Patent number: 11234351
    Abstract: Embodiments herein address these and other issues by providing a display assembly system with a pick-up tool having 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) coupled with a pick-up head having an at least partially transparent adhesive element to which light-emitting structures may be adhered for picking and placement during the display manufacture process. Embodiments further include a touchdown sensor coupled with the pick-up tool and pick-up head that allow sensing of a force applied to the pick-up head in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Pooya Saketi
  • Patent number: 11230504
    Abstract: Method for producing a fertilizer or herbicide from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making alcohol and system therefore is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. Thereafter, the thin stillage portion can be dewatered to provide a water soluble solids portion and a dewatered protein portion, which may be optionally dried. The protein in the resulting protein portion can serve as a nitrogen source and sulfur containing amino acids can serve as a sulfur source, which can be desirable components in fertilizers and herbicides. To that end, the resulting protein portion directly may be sold and/or used as a fertilizer or herbicide or can be combined with other components to provide the fertilizer or herbicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Franko, Neal Jakel, John Kwik
  • Patent number: 11231860
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards mapping doubly mapped storage clusters to resources of a real storage cluster in a way that provides high performance. In one aspect, the doubly mapped storage clusters are divided into logical columns, with each logical column corresponding to a doubly mapped node, and having a column height corresponding to a number of storage resources (e.g., disks multiplied by disk extents) managed by that doubly mapped node. The columns are logically positioned within a logical profile having dimensions of the real storage cluster. For example, the logical columns can be selected based on column height, and placed in the logical profile based on free disk extents of the nodes, greatest number of free disk extents first. Once logically positioned, the logical columns in the logical rectangle establish the mapping (e.g., embodied in a mapping table) that results in high performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail Danilov, Yohannes Altaye
  • Patent number: 11229838
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing processing resources of an online game include executing the online game for one or more users. Each user is provided access to virtual locations in a gaming world of the online game. A compute is assigned for processing gaming interactivity of the one or more users in the gaming world. A number of users accessing a region within a virtual location are determined. When the number of users exceeds a predefined limit for the compute assigned to the users in the region, the region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and additional compute is assigned for the region so that the compute and the additional compute can process gaming interactivity for the users in each of the sub-regions defined in the gaming world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Kelvin Yong
  • Patent number: 11231712
    Abstract: A system includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to decompose a stored map of an area into a plurality of polygonal sub-areas. The instructions include instructions to generate a set of target locations in the polygonal sub-areas according to a leaky ball algorithm. The instructions include instructions to actuate a robot to move to a first one of the target locations of the set. The instructions include instructions to actuate a sensor to collect data at the first one of the target locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Shankar Narayan Mohan
  • Patent number: 11232356
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training giant neural networks. One of the methods includes obtaining data specifying a partitioning of the neural network into N composite layers that form a sequence of composite layers, wherein each composite layer comprises a distinct plurality of layers from the multiple network layers of the neural network; obtaining data assigning each of the N composite layers to one or more computing devices from a set of N computing devices; partitioning a mini-batch of training examples into a plurality of micro-batches; and training the neural network, comprising: performing a forward pass through the neural network until output activations have been computed for each micro-batch for a final composite layer in the sequence, and performing a backward pass through the neural network until output gradients have been computed for each micro-batch for the first composite layer in the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Zhifeng Chen, Yanping Huang, Youlong Cheng, HyoukJoong Lee, Dehao Chen, Jiquan Ngiam