Patents Assigned to Service
  • CLEANING TUBESHEETS OF HEAT EXCHANGERS
    Publication number: 20200103186
    Abstract: A heat exchange system includes a shell having an interior with an inlet and an outlet wherein a first fluid circuit is defined from the inlet, through a heat exchange volume within the interior of the shell, to the outlet. A tubesheet is mounted within the shell dividing between the heat exchange volume and a plenum of a second fluid circuit within the interior of the shell. A set of tubes extends through the heat exchange volume, a respective interior passage of each tube being in fluid communication with the plenum through a respective opening though the tubesheet. The second fluid circuit includes the plenum and interior passages of the tubes. A spray nozzle is mounted in the plenum of the second fluid circuit with a spray outlet directed toward the tubesheet for cleaning the tubesheet with a submerged impingement jet issued from the spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Babcock Power Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph A. Nitzken
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS COUPLING RISK ANALYTICS AND ONE-TIME-PASSCODES
    Publication number: 20200104474
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide systems and methods for validating an action using a physical token, such as a near-field-communications (NFC)-capable chip. A server may receive a request to perform the action, and may require validation from the holder of the physical token. The holder of the physical token may log into an application using their log-in credentials, providing a first tier of authentication. The holder may then scan the physical token with a reader on their mobile device, which provides a second tier of authentication. The scan may reveal a value for a counter on the physical token, which may be compared to a counter at the server in order to validate that the physical token has been used as expected. If the server deems it appropriate, a third (or further) tier may be required, such as scanning a photographic identification of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: William DUANE, Kevin OSBORN
  • VACUUM CLEANER
    Publication number: 20200100637
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body case which includes a main body connection port at a front side, a pair of wheels provided on the left and right side portions of the main body case to support the main body case movably and conceals at least a back surface of the main body case when viewed in a rotation axis direction, and a secondary battery provided in an area sandwiched between the pair of wheels and arranged in conformity with the shape of the main body case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi TANAKA, Takayoshi SHIMIZU, Yukio MACHIDA
  • CODE QUALITY EVALUATION AND USER INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20200104124
    Abstract: A processor may generate a UI. The processor may instantiate a plurality of collectors. Each collector may be configured to collect data in real time from a separate one of a plurality of data sources. Each data source may include a different type of data relating to at least one of a plurality of software delivery pipeline tasks. The processor may separately and continuously collect data from each of the plurality of data sources using the plurality of collectors. The processor may separately and continuously analyze the stored data from each of the plurality of data sources to generate a plurality of code quality metrics for the plurality of software delivery pipeline tasks. The processor may continuously report the plurality of code quality metrics through the UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Barnard, Marc Hudak, Phanikrishna Hari
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING GROUND TRUTH LABELS FOR AMBIGUOUS DOMAIN SPECIFIC TASKS
    Publication number: 20200104545
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to data processing, and more particularly to a method and system for generating ground truth labels for ambiguous domain specific tasks. The system generates reference data corresponding to a regulation statement being processed, using a crowd sourcing mechanism and then processes the reference data using an Expectation Maximization (EM) model. The EM model determines consensus with respect to ambiguity of terms/phrases, validity of questions, and validity of answers, and then based on the determined consensus, provides questions and answers to disambiguate the regulation statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Manasi Samarth PATWARDHAN, Abhishek SAINANI, Shirish KARANDE, Smita GHAISAS, Richa SHARMA
  • MECHANICALLY PERFORATED WELL CASING COLLAR
    Publication number: 20200102794
    Abstract: A mechanically perforated well casing collar has at least one machined-away area on a sidewall surface to facilitate mechanical perforation of the casing collar, and an internal guide and lock structure to guide at least one blade of a mechanical perforator into alignment with the at least one machined-away area and permit the mechanical perforator to lock in that alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Exacta-Frac Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Murray Dallas, Joze John Hrupp
  • Hybrid Axial and Radial Receiver Configurations for Electromagnetic Ranging Systems
    Publication number: 20200102818
    Abstract: Systems and methods for active ranging-while-drilling (ARWD) for collision avoidance and/or well interception. A method for electromagnetic ranging of a target wellbore may comprise disposing a downhole measurement tool into a wellbore, wherein the downhole measurement tool may comprise receivers comprising at least one radially spaced pair of the receivers and at least one axially spaced pair of the receivers; performing field measurements with the receivers, where a first set of field measurements are from at least one radially spaced pair of the receivers, and a second set of field measurements are from at least one axially spaced pair of the receivers; and calculating at least one target well parameter of a target well from at least one of the first set of field measurements and the second set of field measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Akram Ahmadi Kalateh Ahmed, Ilker R. Capoglu, Burkay Donderici
  • USE OF OUABAIN ANTAGONISTS TO INHIBIT VIRAL INFECTION
    Publication number: 20200101086
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for inhibiting viral infection in a subject are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method comprises administration of a competitive antagonist of ouabain binding to ATP1A1 to inhibit respiratory syncytial virus infection in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
    Inventors: Peter Collins, Matthias Lingemann, Shirin Munir
  • TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE OF TARGET AREAS
    Publication number: 20200105407
    Abstract: A monitoring system that includes an infrared detector comprising a field of view that detects temperature data from the field of view and provides a signal indicative of at least a detected temperature of a subject. The system includes a tab comprising a tab temperature that is positioned within the field of view such that the infrared detector detects the tab and emits a signal indicative of a detected temperature of the tab. The system includes a temperature sensor secured to the tab that detects the tab temperature and provides a signal indicative of a reference temperature. A control unit is communicatively coupled to the infrared detector and the temperature sensor and computes a net value between the detected temperature of the subject and the detected temperature of the tab. The control unit calculates a core temperature of the subject by combining the net value with the reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibne Soreefan, Tyler Holmes, John Lane, Eric Agdeppa
  • Automatic assistance for resource reuse based on context extracted from a user workspace
    Patent number: 10607232
    Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, an implicit search request identifying a resource accessed by a user of the user device. Based on properties defined in a user role and a rule identified in context configuration information, the device may determine an intent associated with the user and a context associated with the intent and the resource accessed by the user. The device may send, based on query options identified in search configuration information, a search query identifying search criteria associated with the context, and may receive a search response identifying available resources that satisfy the search criteria. The device may determine a probability, for each of the available resources, that the available resource matches the context, identify a portion of the search response based on the probabilities, and send the portion to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Anutosh Maitra, Tom Geo Jain, Shubhashis Sengupta, Vikrant S. Kaulgud
  • E-vapor devices including pre-sealed cartridges
    Patent number: 10602774
    Abstract: An e-vapor device may include a cartridge configured to hold a vapor precursor therein. The e-vapor device may additionally include a dispensing body including a ratchet assembly and configured to receive a vaporizer to interact with the ratchet assembly. The vaporizer is configured to access the vapor precursor in the cartridge via a coupling action and to heat the vapor precursor to generate a vapor. The ratchet assembly is configured to undergo a mechanical incrementation with each coupling action to facilitate a simultaneous removal of the cartridge with the vaporizer coupled thereto after a designated number of coupling actions. Accordingly, the overuse of the vaporizer and the adverse sensory effects associated therewith can be reduced or prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Eric Hawes, Raymond Lau, Ben Sharp
  • Method for subtyping lymphoma types by means of expression profiling
    Patent number: 10607717
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for selecting a treatment option for an activated B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ABC DLBCL) subject, a germinal center B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (GCB DLBCL) subject, a primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (PMBL) subject, a Burkitt lymphoma (BL) subject, or a mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) subject by analyzing digital gene expression data obtained from the subject, e.g., from a biopsy sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Oregon Health and Science University, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Oslo University Hospital HF
    Inventors: Louis M. Staudt, George W. Wright, David William Scott, Joseph M. Connors, Randy D. Gascoyne, Lisa Rimsza, Elias Campo Guerri, Raymond Tubbs, Timothy C. Greiner, James Robert Cook, Kai Fu, Paul Michael Williams, Chih-Jian Lih, Elaine S. Jaffe, Rita M. Braziel, Andreas Rosenwald, Erlend B. Smeland, Wing C. Chan, German Ott, Jan Delabie, Dennis Weisenburger
  • Determining input data for speech processing
    Patent number: 10607598
    Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to the determination of data that is indicative of a greater range of speech properties than input text data. The determined data may be used as input to one or more speech processing tasks, such as model training, model validation, model testing, or classification. For example, after a model is trained based on the determined data, the model's performance may exhibit more resilience to a wider range of speech properties. The determined data may include one or more modified versions of the input text data. The one or more modified versions may be associated with the one or more speakers or accents and/or may be associated with one or more levels of semantic similarity in relation to the input text data. The one or more modified versions may be determined based on one or more machine learning algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Larson, Tarek Aziz Lahlou, Diana Mingels, Zachary Kulis, Erik T. Mueller
  • Network-tetherable automated teller machine
    Patent number: 10607456
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for improved reliability in a bank computer network can include: identifying an ATM proximate to a user device; determining whether the user device is communicably coupled to a server device over a secure link, the server device hosted by a financial institution and capable processing ATM transactions; establishing a secure link with the server device in response to determining the user device is not communicably coupled with the server device; prompting a user for permission to tether with the ATM in response to determining the user device is communicably coupled with the server device or determining the secure link has been established; receiving an indication of a response to the prompt for permission to tether with ATM; and establishing a P2P connection between the ATM and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • In-band on-channel (IBOC) transmit power for remote transceivers
    Patent number: 10609656
    Abstract: Digital content can be broadcast in a sideband of a radio signal transmitted by a broadcast transmitter using digital in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers located remotely from the broadcast transmitter. A remotely located IBOC transceiver includes a variable-power IBOC transmitter, a radio receiver, power measurement circuitry and a processor and associated memory. The processor and memory use a measurement taken by the power measurement circuitry to determine the signal strength of the radio signal, and based on that signal strength determine an IBOC transmit power level that will produce a first IBOC signal having an IBOC power not exceeding a predetermined portion of the signal strength of the radio signal. The variable-power IBOC transmitter transmits the first IBOC signal at the IBOC transmit power level, as determined by the processor and memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • Systems and methods for online brand continuity
    Patent number: 10606717
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for online brand continuity. Online brand continuity can include a number of Internet or intranet access points via which one or more network addresses can be advertised. A client can be provided with availability of a business image application via at least one of the Internet or intranet access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: David Niedzielski, Christopher S. Trost, Roger Pena, Tommy Lavelle, Donald E. Clemons
  • System and method for assessing usability of captured images
    Patent number: 10607330
    Abstract: A system estimates quality of a digital image by accessing a corpus of digital images of one or more subjects, such as a facet of a property. The system will receive, for at least a subset of the corpus, an indicator that one or more patches of each image in the subset is out of focus. The system will train a classifier by obtaining a feature representation of each pixel in each image, along with a focus value that represents an extent to which each pixel in the image is in focus or out of focus. The system will use the classifier to analyze pixels of a new digital image and assess whether each analyzed pixel in the new digital image is in focus or out of focus. The system may use the image to assess whether an incident occurred, such as storm-related damage to the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Pramod Sankar Kompalli, Arjun Sharma, Richard L. Howe
  • Systems and methods for providing offers using a mobile device
    Patent number: 10607249
    Abstract: A wireless device is enabled to provide offers. The wireless device receives card data for a financial account card and stores the card data in a memory associated with the wireless device. Responsive to using the card data in a transaction at a first merchant location, the wireless device receives transaction line-item data from a computing system associated with the first merchant location. The wireless device determines merchant information for a second merchant location and determines an offer associated with the second merchant location based on the line-item data and the merchant information for the second merchant. The wireless device presents the offer when the wireless device is near the second merchant location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Loomis
  • Computer-based systems configured for automated roll-forward of software package versions and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10606585
    Abstract: In order to facilitate automatic roll-forward updates, embodiments include detecting a failure in a software package. In response to the failure, data indicative of a current version of a software package is extracted from a release directory. In response to the application data, a base repository with a version history of the application is cloned. In response to the cloning, a prior set of changes from the base repository in the temporary directory, where the prior set of changes form an old application version of the application, is imported. In response to the import of the prior set of changes, the current version is overwritten with the prior set of changes to generate a new version. The new version is pushed directly to the base repository and a deployment API causes the new version to replace the current version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Vincent Safronoff, James Louis Laiche, Bradley Clarke Dellinger, Ron Meck
  • Medical administration barrel with grooves and method of sealing same
    Patent number: 10603434
    Abstract: A barrel is provided having open proximal end and a closed distal end, and at least one groove in an interior wall thereof. The groove(s) define a length extending a distance from the open end of the barrel toward the distal end of the barrel and defining a substantially constant depth and width along the length thereof. A piston is in sealing engagement with the interior wall of the barrel. The groove(s) permits fluid to bypass the piston when positioned along the groove(s). At least a portion of the piston is positioned distally from the groove(s), thereby sealing substance within the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Hubert Jansen