Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Microfluidic valves, systems, and related methods
    Patent number: 11198125
    Abstract: The disclosed microfluidic valves may include a valve body having at least one cavity therein, a gate transmission element separating the cavity into an input gate terminal and an output gate terminal, a gate port configured to convey drive fluid into the input gate terminal, and a fluid channel. The gate transmission element may include a flexible membrane and a plunger coupled to the flexible membrane. The gate transmission element may be configured to move within the cavity to inhibit a subject fluid flow from an inlet port to an outlet port of the fluid channel upon pressurization of the input gate terminal, and to allow subject fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port upon depressurization of the input gate terminal. Various other related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Jason Keller, Nicholas Roy Corson, Yigit Mengue
  • Cartridge and e-vaping device with serpentine heater
    Patent number: 11197500
    Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel Gavrielov, Yuval Malka, Rangaraj Sundar, Isaac Weigensberg, David Rubli, Moshe Eliyahu, Arye Weigensberg, Scott A. Fath, Christopher S. Tucker, William J. Bogdziewicz
  • Data leakage mitigation with a blockchain
    Patent number: 11201728
    Abstract: Example data leakage detection apparatus disclosed herein include a fingerprinter to generate a first data fingerprint of a first data item accessed from a data source. Disclosed example data leakage detection apparatus also include a blockchain scanner to scan a blockchain to detect whether a first blockchain record includes a second data fingerprint that matches the first data fingerprint of the first data item. Disclosed example data leakage detection apparatus further include a blockchain writer to write a second blockchain record to the blockchain when the second data fingerprint matches the first data fingerprint, the second blockchain record to indicate the first data item is associated with a data leak of a protected data item represented by the second data fingerprint. In some examples, the second blockchain record is to include the first data fingerprint and a first timestamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: McAfee LLC
    Inventors: Antoine Bouchard, Eric Wuehler, Jonathan B. King
  • Restrict services and policy control for always-on PDU session
    Patent number: 11202223
    Abstract: A wireless device sends a PDU session establishment request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF). The PDU session establishment request message requests establishment of a packet data unit (PDU) session for an always-on PDU session. The wireless device receives a first message from the AMF. The first message indicates at least one service associated with the always-on PDU session. The wireless device sends at least one packet of an at least one allowed service of the at least one service via the always-on PDU session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Weihua Qiao, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Peyman Talebi Fard, Jayshree Bharatia, Jinsook Ryu
  • Construction and application of data cleaning templates
    Patent number: 11200214
    Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to construction and application of a data cleaning template. A data cleaning tool, when applying the data cleaning template to a data set, is configured to identify a column in the data set that has data entries of a data type specified in the data cleaning template. In response to identifying the column in the data set, the data cleaning tool, when applying the data cleaning template to the data set, alters a format of the data entries in the column from a first format to a second format, the second format specified in the data cleaning template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chiu Ying Cheung, Taurean Jones
  • Swappable double layer barcode
    Patent number: 11200343
    Abstract: Techniques to enhance the security of matrix codes. An aggregated matrix code may be scanned to obtain a certain level of access with respect to at least one feature of an application executed on a computer device. The aggregated matrix code may include a user-specific matrix code uniquely assignable to at least one user of a group of users and a base matrix code associated with the group of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Pham, Austin Grant Walters, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad
  • Systems and method for a traction system
    Patent number: 11198453
    Abstract: Examples for a traction system are provided. In one example, the traction system includes a nozzle coupled to an air source and configured to be selectively aimed toward a determined portion of a rail surface of a rail, and a conduit configured to supply pressurized air from the air source to the nozzle, the nozzle flexibly coupled thereto. The nozzle is configured for the aim of the nozzle to be controlled to change its aiming direction in response to a change in curvature of the rail, whereby a stream of air from the nozzle impacts the determined portion during movement of the vehicle through the curvature of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Winston, Adrian Jerzy Gorski, Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Matthew John Malone, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Jeremy Thomas McGarry
  • Methods and apparatus for reducing mobile telephone power consumption and/or radiation exposure
    Patent number: 11202262
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of reducing power consumption by a mobile telephone includes (1) providing a mobile telephone including a processor, an antenna, and a memory having computer program code; and (2) employing the processor of the mobile telephone and computer program code to (a) determine if the mobile telephone is in a vehicle; and (b) in response to the mobile telephone being in a vehicle, initiate a reduced power sequence in which the mobile telephone repeatedly turns off transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a first time period and turns on transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a second time period. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dugan Patents, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Dugan, Valerie G. Dugan
  • Wagering on event outcomes during the event
    Patent number: 11200776
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing a wagering system. In one exemplary embodiment, state information of a live event such as a sports game may be received in real time. During the event, a plurality of possible future states of the event and their associated probabilities (and odds) may be determined based on the state information, historical information, and current in-game information. A betting market is created for betting on the possible future states at determined odds. The betting market is closed, and winning and losing bets are resolved based on updated state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Lee Amaitis, Andrew Garrood, Mike Colbert, Heather Parks, Anthony Storm, Foster Barton, Thomas D. Bradshaw
  • Augmenting dynamic ad insertion inventory with unused inventory
    Patent number: 11202108
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may provide for dynamic ad insertion. Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may enable Video-On-Demand (VOD) dynamic ad inventory handling by a network operator. Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may enable augmenting network operator VOD ad inventory in a VOD session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Whitton, Glenn K. Meyer, Basil Badawiyeh
  • Method and system for highlighting answer phrases
    Patent number: 11200269
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods relating to generating relevance scores for one or more words of a passage which is an answer to a natural language query. For instance, a passage extracted from a highly relevant electronic file along with the query may encoded and augmented to generate a multi-dimensional, augmented semantic vectors using recurring neural networks. The augmented semantic vectors along with a multi-dimensional vector that represent words of the passage may be decoded to generate relevance scores for one or more words of the passage, based on levels of relevance to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Qifa Ke, Frank Torsten Bernd Seide, Qi Liu, Rajanala Sai Krishna Sravanthi
  • Flexible mat anchor and tether system and method
    Patent number: 11197565
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes providing a flexible mat; wrapping the flexible mat around a crossbar of an infant or toddler seat; affixing at least two of a plurality of suction cups; providing a tether configured to secure an object; and coupling the tether to an anchor block by disposing an anchor terminus through an aperture, forming a compression fit. The flexible mat may have a mat body characterized by a front side, back side and thickness; and a plurality of anchors. Each anchor may include an anchor block having an aperture configured to receive a tether, and a suction cup. Each anchor may be disposed through the thickness, such that its anchor block is on the front side and its suction cup extends from the back side. The back side may be adjacent a surface of the crossbar. The method may include securing an object to the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Busy Baby LLC
    Inventor: Beth Fynbo
  • Reconfigurable multi-radio bridge
    Patent number: 11202243
    Abstract: Methods and systems describe herein relate to a reconfigurable multi-radio bridge that may connect a local area network (LAN) with an access point (AP) or other WAP to the backhaul and may dynamically change and/or select transmission methods. An example implementation of a reconfigurable multi-radio bridge performs a method including discovering a topology of a network that includes one or more wireless stations (STAs), evaluating a metric for each of at least two routes discovered in the topology, receiving a packet that identifies a first STA of the one or more STAs as an intended destination of the packet, selecting a route of the at least two routes over which to send the packet based on the metric, and sending the packet from a reconfigurable multi-radio bridge over the selected route toward the first STA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Debashis Dash, Hossein Dehghan-Fard, Simon Duxbury, Wanjui Ho
  • Methods of lowering blink reflex for the treatment of dry eye disease
    Patent number: 11197906
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, among other things, compositions and methods for treating an inflammatory condition including, but not limited to, ocular inflammation, dry eye disease, and ocular neuropathic pain. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a composition comprising (a) chemerin or a fragment or analog thereof and (b) a lipid entity linked to the chemerin or fragment or analog thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: On Target Therapeutics LLC, Trustees of Tufts College, Tufts Medical Center
    Inventors: Charles Cohen, Krishna Kumar, Alan S. Kopin, Benjamin N. Harwood, Venkata S. Raman, Pedram Hamrah
  • Maintaining trust on a data storage network
    Patent number: 11200321
    Abstract: Trust may be maintained between a storage system and a host system by the host system validating its identity to the storage system. The storage system may instruct the host system to validate itself by setting a validation flag on the storage system. The host system may be configured to determine whether the validation flag is set. If the host system determines that the validation flag is set, the host system then may read a test string from the storage system. The host system may encrypt the test string using a private key, and send the encrypted test string to the storage system. The storage system may decrypt the encrypted string using a public key it previously received from the host system. The decrypted test string then may be compared against the original test string generated by the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Arieh Don, Elie Antoun Jreij
  • Collectible display case
    Patent number: D938166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Vaulted Vinyl LLC
    Inventor: Shane A. Kemp
  • Fenestration latch
    Patent number: D938273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan H. DeBoer, Jacob Richard Lundquist
  • Accessory for a mobile electronic device
    Patent number: D938408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: POPSOCKETS LLC
    Inventors: Altan Nahum, Thomas W Meiser
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D938488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Manisha Dahiya Baluja, John N. Callen, Erica L. Clymer, Sanjeev Kumar, Mark Law, Christopher Spencer
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D938533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert