Patents Assigned to Service
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Publication number: 20180077984Abstract: An ultra-slim fastener for a bra comprises male and female parts mounted on fabric pieces. The male part comprises a planar body having a downwardly depending leg terminating in an outwardly projecting foot extending parallel to the body. The female part comprises a substantially planar frame defining a cavity for reception of the foot. The cavity is roofed in towards the innermost end of the frame only, thereby defining an open mouth towards the outermost frame end. In embodiments, a fabric strip forms a backing for the frame and the bottom of the cavity is closed off. The second piece further comprises an overlay mounted partially above the frame and on the fabric strip, sandwiching the frame between the overlay and the fabric strip. Embodiments are provided for use with reversible garments. Such a fastener will be very thin yet very strong.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Dubrosky & Tracy Patent Service Corp.Inventors: Gerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Publication number: 20180081730Abstract: Performance prediction systems and method of an Internet of Things (IoT) platform and applications includes obtaining input(s) comprising one of (i) user requests and (ii) sensor observations from sensor(s); invoking Application Programming Interface (APIs) of the platform based on input(s); identifying open flow (OF) and closed flow (CF) requests of system(s) connected to the platform; identifying workload characteristics of the OF and CF requests to obtain segregated OF and segregated CF requests, and a combination of open and closed flow requests; executing performance tests with the APIs based on the workload characteristics; measuring resource utilization of the system(s) and computing service demands of resource(s) from measured utilization, and user requests processed by the platform per unit time; executing the performance tests with the invoked APIs based on volume of workload characteristics pertaining to the application(s); and predicting, using queuing network, performance of the application(s) foType: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services LimitedInventors: Subhasri Duttagupta, Mukund Kumar, Manoj Karunakaran Nambiar
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Publication number: 20180079948Abstract: A method to mix cement includes preparing a bead suspension comprising beads and preparing a cement slurry separately from the bead suspension, the cement slurry including a cement blend. The method further includes mixing the bead suspension and the cement slurry to create a mixture and pumping the mixture into a well.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul Mendenall, Chad Brenneis, Rickey Morgan
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Publication number: 20180081955Abstract: The method for test data management may comprise receiving a test data characteristic; retrieving a master copy data from a master copy database; generating a secondary copy data, wherein the secondary copy data comprises a subset of the master copy data corresponding to the test data characteristic; generating a test copy data, wherein the test copy data is a copy of the secondary copy data; and transmitting the test copy data to a test environment. In this manner, the efficiency and resiliency of the system may be enhanced, and the test copy data may be improved so that the network may function according to approved parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Ashish Gupta, Prasanta Kumar Mishra, Prakash Hariharan
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Publication number: 20180082302Abstract: A method including receiving a request from a mobile wallet operating on a mobile device to perform a provisioning of an account to the mobile wallet. The method also can include generating account information about the account. The method additionally can include generating device information about the mobile device. The method further can include sending an inquiry to a risk determination system to authenticate the provisioning of the account to the mobile wallet. The risk determination system can generate a fraud risk level by applying business rules and one or more statistical modeling techniques. The method additionally can include receiving from the risk determination system a first response based on the fraud risk level. The method further can include determining whether to proceed with the provisioning of the account to the mobile wallet or to perform an additional verification based at least in part on the first response received from the risk determination system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Early Warning Services, LLCInventors: Betty Chan-Bauza, James R. Mortensen, Aaron Bartrim, Eric Woodward, Hal Granoff, Harj Dodd, Mark Pender, Ryan Riveland
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Publication number: 20180082301Abstract: A method including receiving an inquiry from a provider to authenticate a provisioning of an account to a mobile wallet. The method also can include determining device ownership information for a mobile device that operates the mobile wallet, account ownership information for the account, device risk information associated with the mobile device, and account risk information associated with the account. The method additionally can include determining an ownership correlation between the device ownership information and the account ownership information. The method further can include generating a fraud risk level by applying business rules and one or more statistical modeling techniques. The method additionally can include providing a response to the provider based on the fraud risk level. Other embodiments are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Early Warning Services, LLCInventors: Betty Chan-Bauza, James R. Mortensen, Aaron Bartrim, Eric Woodward, Hal Granoff, Harj Dodd, Mark Pender, Ryan Riveland
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Publication number: 20180080917Abstract: It can sometimes be difficult to quantify the amount of polymer present in a subterranean treatment fluid, particularly at a job site. Methods for analyzing a treatment fluid for a polymer can comprise: receiving a sample of a treatment fluid comprising a nitrogen-containing polymer; placing the sample of the treatment fluid and an aqueous base in an oilfield retort; heating the sample of the treatment fluid and the aqueous base together in the oilfield retort at least until the nitrogen-containing polymer has been substantially hydrolyzed to one or more volatile nitrogen compounds; distilling the one or more volatile nitrogen compounds from the oilfield retort; and determining a quantity of the nitrogen-containing polymer in the sample of the treatment fluid based upon a quantity of the one or more volatile nitrogen compounds distilled from the oilfield retort. Analyses of other nitrogen-containing compounds may take place similarly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Zhao DENG, Jay Paul DEVILLE, Philip Wayne LIVANEC
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Publication number: 20180081521Abstract: Three-dimensional virtualization may include receiving captured images of an entity and/or a scene, and/or capturing the images of the entity and/or the scene. The images may be connected in a predetermined sequence to generate a virtual environment. A virtual reality application may be generated to implement controls for manipulation of the virtual environment. Gestures related to a view generated by the virtual reality application may be received. The gestures may be translated to manipulate the view generated by the virtual reality application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Sunny M. WEBB, Matthew Thomas Short, Robert P. Dooley
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Publication number: 20180082274Abstract: A transaction account issuer may obtain receive an application for a transaction account which includes a department of defense identification code. The transaction account issuer may verify the DOD ID number with the DOD. The transaction account issuer may embed the DOD ID number in a transaction instrument which is issued to the consumer. The consumer may use the transaction instrument at a DOD point of sale located at a DOD facility. The DOD point of sale may verify with the DOD that the DOD ID number in the transaction instrument is valid. The DOD may notify the transaction account issuer that the DOD ID number is valid. The transaction account issuer may approve transactions which may have otherwise been denied.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Todd W. Oulton, Dhiraj Rattan, Neema K. Uthappa
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Patent number: 9920188Abstract: Novel phantoms are provided herein that can accurately mimic the optical and/or acoustic properties of living tissue. The disclosed phantoms are constructed of one or more polyvinyl chloride plastisol (PVCP) gels comprising a PVC and a binary plasticizer. The phantoms can be used, for example, to calibrate or test an optical and/or acoustic detection system, such as a photoacoustic imaging system or an ultrasound imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: William Vogt, Thomas Joshua Pfefer, Congxian Jia, Keith Wear, Brian Garra
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Patent number: 9924140Abstract: A camera device for use in a storage unit includes a case configured to be detachably installable inside the storage unit to a holder unit configured to hold the case inside the storage unit, an image capturing element provided inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit where the case is installed, an image capture window provided on a first surface portion of the case and configured for capturing the image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element, and a preventing element configured to prevent the case from being attached to the holder unit in an orientation other than a predetermined orientation. The image capture window is configured for capturing image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element. The holder unit holds the case inside the storage unit. The image capturing element captures the image inside the storage unit with the case being installed in the predetermined orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Izawa, Kazuhiro Furuta, Yuuki Marutani, Kota Watanabe
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Patent number: 9922322Abstract: Techniques for enhancing the security of a communication device when conducting a transaction using the communication device may include using a limited-use key (LUK) to generate a transaction cryptogram, and transmitting a token instead of a real account identifier and the transaction cryptogram to an access device to conduct the transaction. The token and the transaction cryptogram can be transmitted to a magnetic stripe reader by generating an emulated magnetic signal. The LUK may be associated with a set of one or more limited-use thresholds that limits usage of the LUK, and the transaction can be authorized based on at least whether usage of the LUK has exceeded the set of one or more limited-use thresholds.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Christian Flurscheim, Christian Aabye
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Patent number: 9920235Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. In one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation is described. The method may comprise providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition with a liquid additive to produce an activated cement composition, wherein the liquid additive comprises a monovalent salt, a polyphosphate, a dispersant, and water; and allowing the activated cement composition to set.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.Inventors: Peter James Boul, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Lance Everett Brothers, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Baya Adams, Cody Glenn Harris
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Patent number: 9920595Abstract: The present invention provides wellbore cleaning tool and method featuring a wiper assembly which allows fluid to bypass the tool in one direction while diverting the well fluid through a filter screen in another direction. This may be achieved by either circulation of the fluid in the wellbore or by moving the tool relative to the fluid in the wellbore. The wiper assembly includes multiple groups or series of wiper elements wherein one petal shaped element aligns with a slot to form a seal when the tool body is retrieved from the well.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Odfjell Well Services Norway ASInventor: Simon Leiper
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Patent number: 9920604Abstract: Mineral particles may provide for wellbore fluids with tailorable properties and capabilities, and methods relating thereto. Mineral particles may be utilized in methods that include introducing a wellbore fluid having a density of about 7 ppg to about 50 ppg into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the wellbore fluid comprising a base fluid and a plurality of mineral particles, and the wellbore fluid having a first viscosity; contacting at least some of the mineral particles with a linking agent so as to link the at least some of the mineral particles, thereby increasing the first viscosity to a second viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Charles Landis, Jay Deville, Cato McDaniel
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Patent number: 9922467Abstract: Systems and methods for processing distribution items having unique identifiers affixed thereon. The unique identifiers can include computer readable codes and written alphanumeric strings generated by a user. A system receives the unique identifier and requests payment information from a user, and stores an association between the unique identifier and the payment information, and processes the item according to the payment information.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: United States Postal ServiceInventors: Daniel Mark Bentley, Nii-Kwashie Aryeetey
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Patent number: 9919830Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank of sheet material includes at least one major bottom panel, two opposing side panels, and two opposing end panels. Each end panel includes a plurality of fold lines that define two opposing side edges, a first minor end panel, a second minor end panel, and at least two reinforcement panels positioned between the two side edges. The at least two reinforcement panels are configured to move inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container forming a reinforcement structure when the container is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLCInventors: Kenneth Charles Smith, Jeffrey Scott James, Timothy McCarthy
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Patent number: 9920240Abstract: Method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation comprising: providing an aqueous-based treatment fluid comprising a friction-reducing grafted polymer wherein the friction-reducing grafted polymer comprises a friction-reducing polymer grafted to the polymer backbone; and, placing the aqueous-based treatment fluid into a portion of a subterranean formation. The treatment fluid may be (a) a fracturing fluid that is placed within the subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or extend at least one fracture within the portion of the subterranean formation; (b) a gravel packing fluid, further including particulates, placed into a wellbore annulus within the subterranean formation to form a particulate pack therein; or (c) a frac-packing fluid, further including particulates, placed within the formation to pack a fracture within the formation with particulates and to fill a wellbore annulus within the subterranean formation adjacent to the fracture with a gravel pack.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philip D. Nguyen
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Patent number: 9922338Abstract: To automate the redemption of offer benefits, data associating offers and payment accounts is stored in the data warehouse of a first transaction handler. If a payment account to which an offer is associated is in the payment processing network of a second transaction handler separate from the first transaction handler, the system uses a payment processor that is in both the payment processing network of the first transaction handler and the payment processing network of the second transaction handler to communicate with the first transaction handler to detect the authorization request in the payment account that satisfies the benefit redemption requirements of the respective offer and apply the offer benefit to the transaction when the authorization request is detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Joseph Bjorn Ovick, Mark Carlson, Ryan Hagey, Margaret Reid, Patrick Stan, Patrick Wright, Krishna Prasad Koganti, Glenn Powell, Phillip Lyle Kumnick
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Patent number: 9919218Abstract: Virtual reality content in an online game may be provided by providing access to users attempting to join a game instance via virtual reality platforms and denying access to users attempting to join the game instance via non-virtual reality platforms. Virtual reality content in an online game may be provided by requiring users playing the online game via virtual reality platforms during a time period to achieve a first objective, and requiring users playing the online game via non-reality platforms during the time period to achieve a second objective. The first objective may require interaction with the virtual reality content and the second object may not require interaction with the virtual reality content. Virtual reality content in an online game may be provided by requiring all users to achieve an objective during a time period. The objective may require interaction with the virtual reality content.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Aftershock Services, Inc.Inventors: Kent Wakeford, Tomi Huttula