Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11104567
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing system comprises a container enclosing a chamber. A flexible bag in the chamber contains a first liquid. First and second conduits are contained in the chamber. The first conduit connects the chamber to an outlet port in the container where the second conduit connects the bag to the first conduit. A supply source introduces a pressurized second liquid into the chamber. The first conduit serves to direct an existing flow of the second liquid from the chamber to the outlet port, with the pressurized second liquid serving to collapse the bag and expel the first liquid contained therein via the second conduit to the first conduit for mixture with the exiting flow of the second liquid. The second conduit lacks flow restrictions, such as metering orifices or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Global Agricultural Technology and Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Cheney, Scott Ross, John R. Newton
  • Patent number: 11106633
    Abstract: A DNA storage system for binary digital data. The digital data is deduplicated is encoded into a format for representation in DNA, and DNA representing the data is synthesized and stored in pools in a primary library, a hash library and a data library. The primary library stores DNA for accessing a hash object in the hash library corresponding to a hash of the data, and the hash library stores DNA for accessing a data object in the data library that contains the data. The information in the libraries includes information identifying objects, including keys, unique identifiers (UIDs), pool identifiers, and primers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Omer Sagi, Avitan Gefen, Ran Taig
  • Patent number: 11106434
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device, and a computer program product for generating program code. In one embodiment, a method for generating program code is disclosed, including: acquiring code configuration information that includes code function information indicating a target function and device configuration information of a target device; and generating program code based on the code configuration information, wherein when executed, the program code can cause the target device to implement the target function. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the diversity and flexibility of function implementation can be improved, and the workload of developing program code can be significantly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Jinpeng Liu, Jin Li, Jiacheng Ni, Danqing Sha
  • Patent number: 11103884
    Abstract: A system for heating, coating, cooling and screening a granular substrate is provided. The system, such as an apparatus for continuous coating granular particles, includes a preheater apparatus for heating granular particles, a rotary drum having an inlet horizontally coupled to the preheater for receiving heated granular particles directly from the fluidized bed preheater, a coating apparatus positioned within the drum for applying a coating to the heated granular particles, and a cooling apparatus positioned horizontally in association with the drum for cooling the granular particles subsequent to coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NOUS, LLC
    Inventor: Phillip Forsythe
  • Patent number: 11105234
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to filters, methods, and systems for filtering particulates from the exhaust of internal combustion engines such as gasoline direct injection engines and methods of preparing particulate filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Joseph Szente, Christine Kay Lambert
  • Patent number: 11106729
    Abstract: Methods and systems for more efficient analyses of and response to voice commands and queries are provided. The system may be configured to receive one or more of audio files corresponding to a voice query and determine, for each of the audio files, whether the audio file is a first type of audio file capable of being processed based on a characteristic of the audio file or a second type of audio file that cannot, and may require further processing in order to recognize the voice query associated with the audio file. The system may process each of the first type of audio files and respond to the associated voice queries. The system may also determine a priority for each of the second type of audio files for further processing of the second type of audio files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Min, Hongcheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11108848
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatuses for use in providing the playback of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Graham Clift, Stephane Lejeune
  • Patent number: 11107901
    Abstract: A memory device includes a channel, a control gate electrode, and at least one charge storage element located between the channel and the control gate electrode. The control gate electrode includes a first electrically conductive layer, a second electrically conductive layer and a ferroelectric material layer located between the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Yu-Chung Lien, Jiahui Yuan, Deepanshu Dutta
  • Patent number: 11106103
    Abstract: A control system for a switchable privacy display apparatus comprises sensors arranged to determine device location, operating environment, document type, application type and further comprises a privacy policy for control of privacy images. High image visibility is provided for public mode operation while in privacy mode a high visual security level may be obtained by means of control of image luminance, contrast and white point in response to the privacy policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Harrold, Robert A. Ramsey, Michael G. Robinson, Graham J. Woodgate
  • Patent number: 11104751
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to catalyst systems comprising at least one metal ligand complex and to processes for polyolefin polymerization incorporating the catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew M. Camelio, Endre Szuromi, David D. Devore, Robert D. J. Froese
  • Patent number: 11103395
    Abstract: A technique for capturing a three-dimensional digital image of a customized shape for a wheelchair seat and back and subsequently producing a seat and back from the image. The captured image may include one or more datum points therein to provide a reference plane for the seat and back. The datum points may be in a color-coded layer located relative to the bottom edge of the seat. The color code may indicate the size of the user and seat at a coarse level. The customized shape may be captured from a shape capture bag or bags that capture one or both of the shape of the user's back and bottom. The shape capture bag used to capture the shape of the user's bottom, for use in manufacturing the seat, may be enhanced by a pre-formed layer that contains a contour or one or more components that together form a contour that biases the shape capture bag toward the shape of the user's bottom when gravity is acting upon the user to sink into a cushioned seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Aspen Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hetzel, Joseph S. Bieganek, Joshua A. Middel, Steve Maurus, Edward J. Gillman
  • Patent number: 11108826
    Abstract: Techniques related to enhanced security modes for securing a network are disclosed. The techniques include a machine readable medium, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause a device to receive an indication of a security mode of a plurality of security modes, the security mode comprising a set of security settings associated with a set of network connected devices, of a plurality of network connected devices connected to a local network, and wherein the set of security settings comprises at least blocking network access of the set of network connected devices, select the set of network connected devices based on the indicated security mode, and directing an application of the set of security settings to the selected set of network connected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventor: Niraj Gandhi
  • Patent number: 11109037
    Abstract: A prediction set determining section selects a prediction set from a prediction set group including a plurality of prediction sets having different combinations of prediction modes corresponding to different prediction directions. Further, a prediction mode determining section selects a prediction mode from the prediction set thus selected. An entropy encoding section encodes the prediction set thus selected, the prediction mode thus selected, and residual data between an input image and a predicted image formed on the basis of the prediction set and the prediction mode. This allows an image encoding device to carry out predictions from more various angles, thereby improving prediction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Velos Media, LLC
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsukuba, Yasuaki Tokumo
  • Patent number: 11109213
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data identifying a responder in response to a call to an emergency operator, identifying one or more persons associated with the responder, determining communication addresses of communication devices associated with respective persons of the one or more persons, and sending a communication to each of the communication devices using the communication addresses to issue a pre-alert to the one or more persons that allows the one or more persons to prepare for a call to action. A system using natural language processing may be used to analyze a call in progress and aid in dispatching. The system may also identify the responder and assist in initiating the pre-alert prior to an alarm being sounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EaseAlert, LLC
    Inventors: Blake Richardson, Elezar Tonev
  • Patent number: 11103022
    Abstract: Under poor lighting conditions, it is difficult to distinguish whether multiple lights are attached to the same object or multiple objects, particularly when they are flashing. In some circumstances, lights flashing at different frequencies and/or with different periods may be presumed by other road users to be associated with different objects, thereby diminishing the value of multiple individual lights on a bicycle. Synchronized safety lighting enables a cyclist to synchronize multiple individual lights so that they may flash in unison with the same repeating pattern. This provides a stronger visual impression of a cyclist and their bicycle to other road users by visually tying the cyclist's lights together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ARSENAL CYCLING LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Prehn
  • Patent number: 11106712
    Abstract: A server can receive a seed keyword to generate additional keywords relevant to the seed keyword. The server can identify, using a semantic relationship graph, keyword categories. Each keyword can have a semantic distance from the seed keyword less than a threshold. The server can generate, for each keyword of the keyword categories, a keyword-seed affinity score based on a frequency of the keyword occurring with the seed keyword on an information resource. The server can determine, for each keyword category, a category-seed affinity score based on the keyword-seed affinity scores for each of keyword in the keyword category. The server can compare each category-seed affinity score a threshold. The server can transmit, for display, the keywords. One keyword category can be indicated as selected and another keyword category can be indicated as unselected based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Gavin James
  • Patent number: 11104596
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a bioreactor, a floating bioremediation platform system, and a process for reducing sulfates, in surface water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Clearwater BioLogic LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey John Hanson
  • Patent number: 11104284
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable restraining device includes sensing a plurality of crash event indications in response to a crash event. The method also includes classifying the crash event in response to comparing the sensed crash event indications against one another to identify an oblique moving deformable barrier crash event. The method further includes controlling deployment timing of the actuatable restraining device in response to the classification of the crash event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC
    Inventors: Charles A. Bartlett, Huahn Yeh, Raymond David, Kim Kyoungwang, Sonia Gupta, Masashi Nagai, Kyeora Lee, Yuxiao Wu
  • Patent number: D929142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Derek G. Sullivan, Andrew J. Winterhalter, John W. Dow, Donald Edward Desroches
  • Patent number: D929166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Omdahl, II, Jim Allen Colby