Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11232260Abstract: A method includes generating a new entigen group regarding trusted new information. The method further includes generating entigen groups from phrases of a document and determining whether an entigen group of the entigen groups has a most likely meaning similar to a most likely meaning of the new entigen group. When the entigen group has a most likely meaning similar to the most likely meaning of the new entigen group, the method further includes updating the entigen group based on the new entigen group. When the entigen groups do not include an entigen group having a most likely meaning similar to the most likely meaning of the new entigen group, the method further includes updating the entigen groups to include the new entigen group.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: entigenlogic LLCInventors: Frank John Williams, David Ralph Lazzara, Donald Joseph Wurzel, Paige Kristen Thompson, Stephen Emerson Sundberg, Stephen Chen, Karl Olaf Knutson, Jessy Thomas, David Michael Corns, II, Andrew Chu, Eric Andrew Faurie, Theodore Mazurkiewicz, Gary W. Grube
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Patent number: 11230650Abstract: The present invention provides polymer blends that can be used in a multilayer structure and to multilayer structures comprising one or more layers formed from such blends. In one aspect, a polymer blend comprises an ionomer of a copolymer comprising ethylene and at least one of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid having a melt index (I2) of 1 to 60 g/10 minutes, wherein the total amount of ionomer comprises 50 to 99 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend, and a polyolefin having a density of 0.870 g/cm3 or more and having a melt index (I2) of 20 g/10 minutes or less, wherein the polyolefin comprises 1 to 50 weight percent of the blend based on the total weight of the blend, wherein the polymer blend meets the following equation: 3.5<2.76?60*I2(PO)+308*RVR+0.023*A<4.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Carmelo Declet Perez, Brian W. Walther, James L. Cooper, Hayley A. Brown
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Patent number: 11232199Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to defend against dynamic-link library (DLL) side-loading attacks. An example apparatus includes a fingerprint generator to determine a first DLL fingerprint of a first DLL stored at a first OS path referenced by an operating system (OS) event generated by a computing device, and, in response to determining that a second DLL having the same name as the first DLL is stored at a second OS path superseding the first OS path, determine a second DLL fingerprint of the second DLL, a fingerprint comparator to determine whether at least one of the first or the second DLL fingerprint satisfies a deviation threshold based on a comparison of the first and the second DLL fingerprint to a reference DLL fingerprint, and a security action enforcer to execute a security action to protect a computing device from an attack.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: MCAFEE, LLCInventors: Craig Schmugar, Jyothi Mehandale
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Patent number: 11232542Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus for automated removal of noise in a frequency domain receives an image captured by an image sensor, converts at least a portion of the image into a frequency domain image, identifies a position in the frequency domain image, the position indicating a boundary between target content in the frequency domain image and noise in the frequency domain image, and removes content in the frequency domain image outside the boundary, to produce a noise-attenuated image.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: MICRO FOCUS LLCInventors: Jin Wang, Zhu Jing Wu, Jun Lu, Gang Chen, Zhen Cui
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Patent number: 11230517Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorination method comprising providing an aryl fluorosulfonate and a fluorinating reagent to a reaction mixture; and reacting the aryl fluorosulfonate and the fluorinating reagent to provide a fluorinated aryl species. Also disclosed is a fluorination method comprising providing, a salt comprising a cation and an aryloxylate, and SO2F2 to a reaction mixture; reacting the SO2F2 and the ammonium salt to provide a fluorinated aryl species. Further disclosed a fluorination method comprising providing a compound having the structure Ar—OH to a reaction mixture; where Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl; providing SO2F2 to the reaction mixture; providing a fluorinating reagent to the reaction mixture; reacting the SO2F2, the fluorinating reagent and the compound having the structure Ar—OH to provide a fluorinated aryl species having the structure Ar—F.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Melanie S. Sanford, Douglas Bland, Patrick S. Hanley, Megan A. Cismesia, Sydonie D. Schimler
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Patent number: 11231317Abstract: In one aspect, a system for filtering signal interference from sensors signals includes a header comprising a frame and a powered component supported relative to the frame, and a sensor configured to detect electromagnetic waves indicative of a parameter associated with the header. In addition, the system includes an electronic control unit operably connected to the sensor such that the electronic control unit is configured to receive signals from the sensor associated with the detection of the electromagnetic waves. The electronic control unit is further configured to filter interference from the signals deriving from motion of the powered component relative to the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Cory Douglas Hunt, Bart M. A. Missotten, Jethro Martin
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Patent number: 11233866Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitory online activity. An example apparatus includes at least one processor, and memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to compare first uniform resource locators collected from a first client device of a known panelist with second uniform resource locators collected from second client devices associated with one or more users, the one or more users being unknown, and associate at least some of the second uniform resource locators as online activity of the known panelist based on ones of the first uniform resource locators matching at least portions of ones of the second uniform resource locators.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventor: Brian T. Monighetti
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Patent number: 11229838Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventor: Kelvin Yong
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Patent number: 11231712Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Shankar Narayan Mohan
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Patent number: 11232356Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Zhifeng Chen, Yanping Huang, Youlong Cheng, HyoukJoong Lee, Dehao Chen, Jiquan Ngiam
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Patent number: 11229195Abstract: A mechanical planer board that is arranged for use on both the right and left sides of a towing boat and is further adapted to move from a boat side position to a boat rear position upon a fish strike. The planer board includes a body having a housing, a float, an internal assembly, and at least one line clip having a tow arm. The tow arm maintains the line clip in towing configuration until a fish strike pulls a trigger pin to release the tow arm thereby allowing it to swing and lock in a forward position. The board may further include an indicator device to alert the fisher of board location.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Raw-Tek Innovations, LLCInventor: Ricky A. Wakefield
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Patent number: 11231159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventor: Rob Jacques Paul Engelen
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Patent number: 11233630Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ClevX, LLCInventors: Lev M. Bolotin, Alex Lemelev, Marc Singer
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Patent number: 11231253Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: T-Worx Holdings, LLCInventors: Tyler Miller, Ben Feldman, Joseph Ellena, Martin Fisher, Wayne Taylor, Gary Callsen
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Patent number: 11233986Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Youngshik Yoon, Richard Han Soo Cho
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Patent number: 11232037Abstract: A cache management mechanism is provided having a size that is independent of an overall storage capacity of a non-volatile memory (NVM). The cache management mechanism includes a first level map data structure arranged as a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer to list a plurality of host access commands sequentially received from a host device. Each command has an associated host tag value. A cache memory stores user data blocks associated with the commands. A second level map of the cache management mechanism correlates cache addresses with the host tag values. A processing core searches the FIFO buffer in an effort to match a logical address of an existing command to the logical address for a new command. If a match is found, the host tag value is used to locate the cache address for the requested data. If a cache miss occurs, the new command is forwarded to the NVM.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Nitin Satishchandra Kabra, Sidheshkumar Ramanlal Patel, Sneha Kishor Wagh
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Patent number: 11232513Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is a distributed management system for that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely controlled.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: 10F Pursuit LLCInventors: Bradford Minsley, Clifton Minsley
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Patent number: 11232556Abstract: A surgical simulator for simulating a surgical scenario comprises a display system, a user interface, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors coupled to memory that stores instructions that when executed cause the system to perform operations. The operations include generating simulated surgical videos, each representative of the surgical scenario. The operations further include associating simulated ground truth data from the simulation with the simulated surgical videos. The ground truth data corresponds to context information of at least one of a simulated surgical instrument, a simulated anatomical region, a simulated surgical task, or a simulated action. The operations further include annotating features of the simulated surgical videos based, at least in part, on the simulated ground truth data for training a machine learning model.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Xing Jin, Joëlle K. Barral, Lin Yang, Martin Habbecke, Gianni Campion
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Patent number: 11232936Abstract: A targeted quantitation system for mass spectrometry may acquire, while operating in a watch mode, a watch mode mass spectrum including mass peaks for ions produced from a plurality of internal standard variants added to a sample comprising a target analyte. Each internal standard variant included in the plurality of internal standard variants includes a unique isotopologue of the target analyte and is added to the sample in a unique amount. The targeted quantitation system may generate a calibration curve based on the watch mode mass spectrum. The targeted quantitation system may acquire, while operating in a quantitation mode, a quantitation mode mass spectrum including mass peaks for ions produced from the target analyte included in the sample. The targeted quantitation system may determine a concentration of the target analyte included in the sample based on the calibration curve and the second mass spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLCInventors: Aaron Gajadhar, Sebastien F. Gallien
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Patent number: D941786Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: T-Worx Holdings, LLCInventors: Joseph D. Ellena, Tyler J. Miller, Thomas Musman, Tho N. Nguyen, Benjamin F. Feldman