Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Tamper-resistant enclosures for fluid lines
    Patent number: 11090447
    Abstract: A tamper-resistant device for holding a portion of an access port of a fluid line can include a first housing member that includes a first recess and a first stopping shelf. The device can further include a second housing member that includes a second recess and a second stopping shelf. The second housing member can couple with the first housing member such that the first and second stopping shelves cooperate to retain the portion of the access port within the device. The device can include a locking mechanism configured maintain the first and second housing members in a coupled state when engaged. The device can further include a tamper-evident indicator that, when activated, permits the first and second housing members to transition from the coupled state to a decoupled state to permit access to the access port of the fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Intermountain Intellectual Asset Management, LLC
    Inventors: Bert Kamolsit Lopansri, Troy J. Orr
  • Optical stack for switchable directional display
    Patent number: 11092851
    Abstract: A privacy display comprises a spatial light modulator and a compensated switchable liquid crystal retarder arranged between first and second polarisers arranged in series with the spatial light modulator. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction over a wide polar field. In a wide angle mode of operation, the switchable liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance is substantially unmodified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Robinson, Graham J. Woodgate, Robert A. Ramsey, Jonathan Harrold
  • Enhanced hybrid animation
    Patent number: 11094099
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for applying a unifying visual effect, such as posterization, to all or most of the visual elements in a film. In one implementation, a posterization standard includes a line work standard, a color palette, a plurality of color blocks characterized by one or more hard edges, and a gradient transition associated with each of the hard edges. The visual elements, including live actors and set pieces, are prepared in accordance with the posterization standard. The actors are filmed performing live among the set pieces. The live-action segments can be composited with digital elements. The result is a combination of both real and stylized elements, captured simultaneously, to produce an enhanced hybrid of live action and animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Trioscope Studios, LLC
    Inventors: Grzegorz Jonkajtys, L. Chad Crowley
  • Silica containing alumina supports, catalysts made therefrom and processes using the same
    Patent number: 11090638
    Abstract: Alumina support compositions comprising at least 0.1 wt % of silica are disclosed. The alumina support are characterized by a pore volume of greater than 0.60 cc/g, a median pore size ranging from about 70 to about 120, a pore size distribution such that at least 90% of the total pore volume falls within the range of about 20 to about 250, and a pore size distribution width of no less than about 40. Alumina compositions of the present invention exhibit a primary peak mode at a pore diameter less than the median pore diameter. Also provided are catalysts made from the alumina supports, and processes of preparing and using the supports and catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Refining Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xianghua Yu, Bruno C. Nesci, Roberto Romero, Gill M. Malick, Jifei Jia, Cecelia A. Radlowski
  • Secure messaging systems and methods
    Patent number: 11095623
    Abstract: Systems and methods for secure messaging and automation are disclosed herein. An example method includes providing, by an application server layer, a user-facing application that accesses a data retention system and a predictive analytics system through a web services layer, the user-facing application being secured through use of a security token cached on a web browser that provides the user-facing application, establishing a security protocol or security token utilized between the application server layer and the web services layer that is different from the security token cached on the web browser; and performing asynchronous processing based on user interaction with a goal-based planning application that processes data from a plurality of user accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BrightPlan LLC
    Inventors: Marthin De Beer, Krutarth Shah, Larry Robinson
  • Submersible electric-powered leaf vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: 11091925
    Abstract: An electric-powered submersible vacuum cleaner for filtering water in a pool includes a base with an inlet port extending therethrough. A plurality of wheels extends from the lower surface of the base to facilitate movement of the cleaner over a surface of the pool. An impeller coaxially aligned with the inlet draws water and debris from the pool surface. An electric-powered drive train is coupled to the cleaner and configured to rotate the impeller. A discharge conduit in fluid communication with the inlet extends substantially normal with respect to the upper surface of the base and circumscribes the impeller to direct the flow of water/debris drawn through the inlet by the impeller. A filter mounted over the discharge conduit filters the debris from the drawn water and passes filtered water into the pool. A handle configured to facilitate manual movement of the cleaner over the pool surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: WATER TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Guy Erlich, James Kosmyna, Thomas Lorys, John A. Many, Jonathan Elmaleh, Curtis Elliott
  • Determining zoned but inactive I/O paths
    Patent number: 11095547
    Abstract: Combinations of host ports and storage ports (e.g., I-T pairs) on a storage network that are zoned but not masked may be determined, without accessing a switch or network administrator. Heartbeat communications (heartbeats) may be transmitted from host systems to each storage device of a storage system of which the host system is aware, along the one or more I/O paths of which the host is aware to the storage port of the I/O path. The storage devices may include one or more nominal devices defined for I-T pairs for which I/O connectivity has not been defined for any storage devices. The storage system may maintain a master heartbeat (heartbeat) table that may include a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a combination of a host port, storage port and storage device, and storing a time stamp value for a most recent heartbeat received for the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Specht, Vinay G. Rao, Subin George, Arieh Don
  • Deimmunized lysostaphin and methods of use
    Patent number: 11091749
    Abstract: Compositions comprising deimmunized lysostaphin and methods of using the same, e.g., to treat microbial infection in or on a subject, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, STEALTH BIOLOGICS, LLC
    Inventors: Karl E. Griswold, Chris Bailey-Kellogg, Yoonjoo Choi, Kristina Blazanovic, Hongliang Zhao, Deeptak Verma
  • Electronically functional yarn and textile
    Patent number: 11091855
    Abstract: A yarn adaptable to incorporation into a textile comprises a core including one or more electrically conductive traces arranged on the core and distributed over at least a portion of the length of the yarn. The yarn also comprises an electrically contactable terminal arranged at a terminus of the one or more conductive traces and a winding wrapped around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James David Holbery, Siyuan Ma, Don Pasindu Vijai Lugoda, Timothy Jerome Coomes, James Alec Ishihara, Kelly Marie Bogan
  • System for locating, interpreting and extracting data from documents
    Patent number: 11093784
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable media for extracting data from a document. One method includes receiving a document in a text format and assigning a first signature to the document. The method also includes matching the first signature to a second signature of a template and extracting data a user desires to have extracted from the document, wherein instructions for locating the data are stored within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rapid Financial Services, LLC
    Inventors: William Joseph Tumulty, II, Bogdan Aurel Nastea
  • Soft tissue mobilization device
    Patent number: 11090218
    Abstract: A soft tissue mobilization device having an elongated body. The elongated body is a generally right cylindrical member that has a first end and a second end. The cross-sectional configuration is substantially uniform. Surface variations may be present along the length thereof. The first and second ends may include a round, with a flat region there within. A stand upon which the soft tissue mobilization device can be positioned is likewise disclosed. Methods of use are likewise disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Coulter Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: William Henniger
  • Intestinal devices and methods for facilitating weight loss
    Patent number: 11090180
    Abstract: Intestinal devices and methods for facilitating weight loss. In at least one embodiment of a method of patient treatment of the present disclosure, the method comprises the step of positioning a device, that is configured to reduce or limit localized intestinal distension, around a portion of an intestine of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: 3DT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ghassan S. Kassab, Xiao Lu
  • Method, device and computer program product for data processing
    Patent number: 11093334
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a device and a computer program product for data processing. The method comprises determining, at a first node of a plurality of nodes of a metadata management system, a set of nodes from the plurality of nodes that store access information associated with a shard of metadata; determining, from the set of nodes, the number of available nodes capable of providing the shard; and adjusting the number of available nodes based on a threshold number. In this way, a distributed management of the shard of metadata in each node could be achieved without using the management node in a conventional way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Yong Zhang, Pengfei Wu, Ming Zhang, Kun Wang
  • Using machine learning to detect which part of the screen includes embedded frames of an uploaded video
    Patent number: 11093751
    Abstract: A system and methods are disclosed for using a trained machine learning model to identify constituent images within composite images. A method may include providing pixel data of a first image as input to the trained machine learning model, obtaining one or more outputs from the trained machine learning model, and extracting, from the one or more outputs, a level of confidence that (i) the first image is a composite image that includes a constituent image, and (ii) at least a portion of the constituent image is in a particular spatial area of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Filip Pavetic, King Hong Thomas Leung, Dmitrii Tochilkin
  • Structural super-capacitor composite and method of making same
    Patent number: 11094476
    Abstract: Multi-layer modular capacitors adapted to be electrically coupled to each other and formed into a structural piece that is electrically coupled to an electrical device requiring a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Vactronix Scientific LLC
    Inventors: Christian Gaston Palmaz, Julio C. Palmaz
  • Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to estimate audience population
    Patent number: 11095940
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate an audience population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sheppard, Ludo Daemen, Edward Murphy, Molly Poppie
  • Swimwear or underwear with dual-waist loops
    Patent number: D927822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rufskin, LLC
    Inventor: Hubert Pierre Pouches
  • Medication carrier
    Patent number: D927846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TELOTRAVEL LLC
    Inventor: Scott Alexander Matthews
  • Outdoor cooking station
    Patent number: D927918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Dahle, Scott W. M. Stevenson, Steve L. Puertas, Jeffrey D. Clark
  • Multi-tool
    Patent number: D927954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Wolf Tooth Components, LLC
    Inventor: Michael W. Pfeiffer