Patents Assigned to Service
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Patent number: 10765148Abstract: An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Eric Hawes, Chris Simpson, Terrance Theodore Bache, David Schiff
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Patent number: 10767184Abstract: The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human ServicesInventor: James N. Kochenderfer
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Patent number: 10770199Abstract: A wireline system includes a control system, a downhole tool, and a wireline cable coupling the downhole tool and the control system. The wireline cable includes a plurality of conductors, which includes a core conductor and a concentric conductor disposed around the core conductor, wherein two of the plurality of conductors form a conductor pair, and wherein each of the plurality of conductors is configured to transmit power, data, or both, between the control system and the downhole tool. The wireline cable further includes one or more insulative layers, wherein at least one insulative layer is disposed between any two conductors.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: George David Goodman
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Patent number: 10769648Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method and system of determining an overall sentiment of a facility. A computing system receives a video stream, including a plurality of frames, of one or more patrons in a facility over a first time period. The video stream includes data indicative of a sentiment of each of the one or more patrons. The computing system parses the plurality of frames to determine the sentiment of the patron based at least on audio and visual cues of the patron captured in the video stream during the first time period. The computing system aggregates one or more sentiments corresponding to the one or more patrons in a data set indicative of an overall sentiment of the facility. The computing system generates a sentiment value corresponding to the overall sentiment of the facility. The computing system outputs the overall sentiment of the facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Steve Blanchet, Zviad Aznaurashvili, Hannes Jouhikainen, Timur Sherif
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Patent number: 10769714Abstract: An efficient reusable, extensible light weight framework statelessly orchestrates system activities in any application which involves a series of sequential or parallel set of activities involving computational logic, data retrieval and persistence services. Actual orchestration steps and activities and computational logic are specified into configuration files, separate from the orchestration engine itself, thereby eliminating the need to code for such logic and activities. The framework can eliminate the need to code business logic and orchestration of data retrieval services by externalizing them into configuration files, resulting in lower costs to implement, test and maintain such system during its lifespan.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: MORGAN STANLEY SERVICES GROUP INC.Inventors: Kumar Vadaparty, Vishal Agrawal, Arun Maroli, Martin Leduc
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Patent number: 10767126Abstract: A fuel composition which includes at least: a fuel from one or more sources selected from the group that comprises mineral, plant and synthetic sources; a compound (T1) selected among polyalkylene glycols, C1-C12 alkyl and polyalkylene glycol ethers, and the mixtures thereof; and a compound (T2) selected among the non-ionic emulsifiers. Also, an additive composition including at least: a compound (T1) selected among the C1-C6 alkyl and polyethylene glycol ethers including two to six units of ethylene glycol; a compound (T2) selected among the esters of one or more C1-C36 alkenyl carboxylic or alkyl carboxylic acids, and a polyol selected among sorbitan and isosorbide, taken alone or mixed together; and possibly a detergent additive. Further, a method for preventing, avoiding or delaying the formation of ice crystals or flakes in a tank of a vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICESInventors: Bernard Dequenne, Thomas Dubois
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Patent number: 10767467Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include well ranging apparatus, systems, and methods which operate to receive normal components of electromagnetic field strength azimuthal measurements within a first well at different tool azimuth angles in the first well. Further activities include determining an approximate range from the sensors to a second well that serves as a source of an electromagnetic field, via direct transmission or backscatter transmission, using the normal components of the electromagnetic field strength azimuthal measurements. In some embodiments, the approximate range can be determined without introducing sensor azimuthal separation into range calculations. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Hsu-Hsiang Wu
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Patent number: 10766681Abstract: A container of consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Stephen Bellamah, James S. Bigelow
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Patent number: 10769962Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for generating a personalization score for a constructed response are provided. A constructed response generated by a user is received. The constructed response is processed with a processing system to generate one or more feature values representative of one or more aspects of the constructed response. A personalization score for the constructed response is generated using the processing system by applying a computer scoring model to the one or more feature values. The personalization score provides a measure of a personalization of the constructed response.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Educational Testing ServiceInventors: Beata Beigman Klebanov, Jill Burstein
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Patent number: 10767461Abstract: An additive injection apparatus has a flow manifold with an injection tube configured to communication an additive into the flow manifold. A hopper is connected to the injection tube and will deliver the additive to the injection tube. First and second valves movable between open and closed positions control the flow of additive from the hopper into the injection tube and from the injection tube into the flow manifold.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Frank Kresse
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Patent number: 10769638Abstract: A method for validating payment information for an online transaction is provided. A payment server can receive two representations of the same payment information. The payment information can be validated if it is determined that the two representations match. If there is no match, or the payment information is otherwise invalid, the payment information can be repaired based on a trusted representation of the payment information, such as stored payment information or an image of an associated value token. Payment information can be received via one or more communication channels, and can be provided by one or more consumer devices. A merchant service provider can validate payment information and handle transaction processing on behalf of a merchant.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONInventors: Bharathi Ramavarjula, Nimesh Parikh, Timothy Wright
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Patent number: 10767469Abstract: A method of forming a short-hop communications transceiver includes creating, in a conductive tool body, an annular cavity that is electromagnetically coupled to an external tool surface by a surface gap that encircles the tool body. The method further includes positioning material having high magnetic permeability in the annular cavity. The method further includes coupling electrical leads from an electronics module to opposite sides of the surface gap. The method further includes operating the electronics module to perform short-hop telemetry by driving or sensing a voltage signal across the surface gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jin Ma, Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 10765143Abstract: An exemplary smoking article including a smoking rod filled with a combination including tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material. The tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material can be arranged such that the constituent material particles are generally distributed throughout the smoking rod, the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod, and/or the cellulose filler material particles have a higher concentration along a central axis of the smoking rod than the tobacco filler material particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Shaoyong Yu, Bernard S. Appleton, Weiling Li
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Patent number: 10765821Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for use with a vaporizer that vaporizes at least one active ingredient of a material. In response to receiving a first input to the vaporizer, the material is heated, in a first heating step. An indication of the temperature of the material is detected, and, in response to detecting an indication that the temperature of the material is at a first temperature, the first heating step is terminated, by withholding causing further temperature increase of the material. The first temperature is less than 95 percent of the vaporization temperature of the active ingredient. Subsequently, a second input is received at the vaporizer. In response thereto, the material is heated to the vaporization temperature, in a second heating step. Other applications are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventor: Yossef Raichman
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Patent number: 10769228Abstract: A computer system for analyzing page tags of a website. The system may include a processor in communication with a database; and a storage medium. The storage medium may store instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: access the website, the website comprising plurality of page tags; generate a collected tag record by aggregating the page tags, the collected tag record comprising collected elements; request, from the database, a benchmark tag record, the benchmark record comprising benchmark elements, the benchmark tag record being based on historic page tags stored in the database; generate a result tag record, the result tag record indicating at least one of matches or mismatches between the benchmark tag record and the collected tag record; and display at least one of the result tag record or an analysis result, the analysis result representing an aggregation of the result.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Mithra Kosur Venuraju, Satish Chikkaveerappa, Amit Ramesh Deshpande
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Patent number: 10769296Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive first data associated with a first owner and second data associated with a second owner from a data warehouse. The memory further includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to selectively filter the first data according to first data sharing permissions defined by the first owner to produce first filtered data, selectively filter the second data according to second data sharing permissions defined by the second owner to produce second filtered data, and provide an output including the first filtered data and the second filtered data to a data requester.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Early Warning Services, LLCInventors: Michael Cook, Brian Ketelsen
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Patent number: 10769603Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for submitting financial instruments, cash and other value bearing documents for deposit at retail locations unaffiliated with the various financial institutions the deposits are directed to. The method includes identifying account holders and scanning the physical documents to be deposited with equipment at the retail location that is provided by a third party facilitator. The equipment at the retail location communicates with a third party facilitator system to lookup bank routing information and uses this information to complete a remote deposit transaction for the account holder with that account holder's particular financial institution. The system may include a standalone or distributed system having a memory in communication with a processor system configured to perform the method noted above.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)Inventor: Bharat Prasad
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Patent number: 10769157Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to data processing, and more particularly to a system and a method for mapping heterogeneous data sources. For a product being sold globally, there might be one global database listing characteristics of the product, and from various System and method for mapping attributes of entities are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system uses a combination of Supervised Bayesian Model (SBM) and an Unsupervised Textual Similarity (UTS) model for data analysis. A weighted ensemble of the SBM and the UTS is used, wherein the ensemble is weighted based on a confidence measure. The system, by performing data processing, identifies data match between different data sources (a local databases and a corresponding global database) being compared, and based on matching data found, performs mapping between the local databases and the global database.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Tata Consultancy Services LimitedInventors: Karamjit Singh, Garima Gupta, Gautam Shroff, Puneet Agarwal
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Patent number: 10768323Abstract: At least some of the disclosed systems and methods employ one or more seismic receivers that gather seismic data from a plurality of positions in a borehole that penetrates a formation. Further, at least some of the disclosed systems and methods employ a memory to store the gathered seismic data. Further, at least some of the disclosed systems and methods employ logic that inverts the seismic data for simultaneous determination of asymmetric axis velocity (V0) and Thomsen parameters, epsilon (?) and delta (?), in a tilted transversely isotropic (TTI) model.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Donghong Pei, Robert Jason Gibbs, Ran Zhou
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Patent number: D895586Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLCInventor: Norman Howard
