Patents Assigned to Service
  • Cytolethal distending toxin subunit B conjugated or fused to toxin lethal factor
    Patent number: 9890369
    Abstract: Disclosed is a protein comprising a cytolethal distending toxin subunit B (CdtB) conjugated or fused to a Bacillus anthracis toxin lethal factor (LF) or a functional portion of LF. Related chimeric molecules, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating or preventing cancer, and methods of inhibiting the growth of a target cell are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Christopher H. Bachran, Stephen H. Leppla
  • Systems and methods for geo-staging of sensor data through distributed global (cloud) architecture
    Patent number: 9894590
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of staging real-time data in proximity to a mobile device. The method includes determining a geographic location associated with the mobile device and identifying a storage device located in proximity to the determined geographic location. The method also includes enabling real-time data published by the mobile device or provided to the mobile device to be stored on the identified storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Miley Ainsworth
  • Audio wave guide
    Patent number: 9894433
    Abstract: A speaker driver assembly for use in a speaker system is provided. The speaker driver assembly includes at least one centrally located high frequency sound driver and at least one mid-range frequency sound driver located to either side of the high frequency sound driver. A waveguide wall in the front of the speaker driver assembly directs the high frequency sound waves outwards from a centrally located opening. The waveguide wall has a plurality of small apertures in front of each mid-range frequency driver that are angled outwardly to allow mid-range sound waves to pass through the apertures while minimizing diffraction of high frequency sound waves passing by the apertures in order to generate a coherent sound wave front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: PK Event Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Bridge
  • Data replicating systems and data replicating methods
    Patent number: 9892181
    Abstract: Methods and systems for synchronizing data may enable a computer to synchronize data by connecting to a peer computer via a network connection. The computer may receive a remote table from the peer computer, wherein the remote table comprises an object comprising a vector. The computer may determine whether the object is present in a local table. When the object is present in the local table, the computer may determine whether the vector in the remote table and the vector in the local table match. When the vectors do not match, the computer may determine whether a record of a change to the object is present in a local transaction log. The computer may receive data from the peer computer indicating whether a record of a change to the object is present in a remote transaction log when the vectors do not match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Nectar Services Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Kiefer, Daniel P. Martin, Edmond Baydian
  • Wellbore servicing compositions and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 9890321
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a composition comprising an acid and/or an acid precursor, a surfactant, and an aqueous base fluid into contact with oil-wet solids in the wellbore; wherein the acid and/or acid precursor is selected from the group consisting of acetic acid; lactic acid; glycolic acid; oxalic acid; propionic acid; butyric acid; monochloroacetic acid; dichloroacetic acid; trichloroacetic acid; hydrochloric acid; nitric acid; sulphuric acid; sulphonic acid; sulphinic acid; phosphoric acid; phosphorous acid; phosphonic acid; phosphinic acid; sulphamic acid; aliphatic polyesters; glucono-delta-lactone; glucoheptonic lactone; poly(?-caprolactones); poly(hydroxybutyrates); poly(anhydrides); aliphatic polycarbonates; poly(amino acids); polyphosphazenes; poly(ortho esters); or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: William Walter Shumway
  • System and method for dynamically inserting tutorials in a mobile application
    Patent number: 9892658
    Abstract: Tutorial assets may be dynamically integrated into a mobile application at different locations in game play in a staged manner such that individual tutorial assets can be integrated into the mobile application without requiring a wholesale update of the mobile application. The staged updating may be effected without requiring users to access an updated version of the application from an “app store” or other similar online marketplace for mobile applications. This may be accomplished by implementing the mobile application as an “app” including compiled code that implements game assets and tutorial assets to provide a view of the game to the user. The game assets and tutorial assets may be non-compiled information objects, such as images, scripts, and/or other non-compiled information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Aftershock Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Curtis, Michael C. Caldarone, Quynh Phan, Nathan Forget
  • System and method for facilitating assumption of player identity in an online game
    Patent number: 9889381
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing an online game for facilitating assumption of a player identity. The online game comprises a player account associated with the player. By facilitating assumption of a first player identity associated with a first player account, game support personnel and/or an administrator may be substituted for a player in the online game. The assumption of the first player identity may be accomplished through transmission and/or implementation of a private key stored on a client computing platform associated with the first player account, in order to facilitate a different client computing platform (e.g., associated with support personnel) to be authenticated to the first player account. This may allow the support personnel and/or an administrator to directly experience the player problems in the online game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Aftershock Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Bowman, Brian Brause
  • Attachment method to keep optical fiber in tension
    Patent number: 9891121
    Abstract: A method using a capstan device and different bonding methods for minimizing undesirable time-dependent effects that occur in sensing devices that use optical fibers placed in tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Ian Bradford Mitchell, Michel Joseph LeBlanc
  • Fluid mobility modifiers for increased production in subterranean formations
    Patent number: 9890316
    Abstract: Embodiments including methods comprising providing a treatment fluid comprising a first aqueous base fluid and a polymeric gelling agent, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a first surface tension; introducing a fluid mobility modifier into the treatment fluid, wherein the fluid mobility modifier comprises: a first surfactant selected from the group consisting of a non-ionic surfactant; a cationic surfactant; and any combination thereof, and a solvent-surfactant blend comprising a second aqueous base fluid, a second surfactant, a solvent, and a co-solvent, wherein the ratio of the first surfactant to the solvent-surfactant blend is in the range of between about 1:5 to about 5:1, wherein the fluid mobility modifier causes the treatment fluid to adopt a second surface tension that is less than the first surface tension; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Donovan Welton, Glenn S. Penny, Jeremy Holtsclaw, Dipti Singh, Melissa C. Weston, Nathan Schultheiss
  • Methods and systems for assessing underwriting and distribution risks associated with subordinate debt
    Patent number: 9892461
    Abstract: A method for assessing underwriting and distribution risks associated with a portfolio of subordinate debt is provided. The method is performed using a computer system coupled to a database. The method includes storing in the database historical bond issue data for a period of time preceding and proceeding at least one historical liquidity event and generating a plurality of simulated subordinate debt warehouses using the computer and the historical bond issue data stored in the database. The method also includes calculating a historical loss distribution based on the plurality of simulated subordinate debt warehouses generated. The method also includes determining a value at risk for a portfolio of subordinate debt resulting from a potential liquidity event by applying the historical loss distribution to the portfolio of subordinate debt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GE Corporate Financial Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Kerry Keyes, Sean Coleman Keenan, Charles Allred
  • Compositions and systems for combatting lost circulation and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 9890319
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising preparing a composition comprising a base fluid, a thixotropic viscosifier, a gellable composition and a bridging material, applying a shear force to the composition such that the composition viscosity decreases, introducing the composition into a lost circulation zone in the subterranean formation, wherein the lost circulation zone comprises cavities greater than about 200 microns in diameter, decreasing the shear force applied to the composition, and allowing the composition to set in the lost circulation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan G. Ezell, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Broadcast synchronization
    Patent number: 9894395
    Abstract: A first media server delivers content for broadcast via a first media channel, and a second media server delivers media content for broadcast via a second media channel. The first media server operates in a synchronized mode, under control of the second media server during some periods of time, and during other periods of time operates in an independent mode. When operating in the synchronized mode, content delivered by the first and second media servers can be synchronized, so that the timing of spot blocks played on the two servers generally coincides. When the first server operates in the independent mode, the timing of spot blocks and other content broadcast on the first media channel are not synchronized under control of the second media server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Koontz, III
  • Synthetic Hectorite in Glass Bead Suspensions
    Publication number: 20180037800
    Abstract: Provided is a method for cementing. The method comprises providing a glass bead suspension comprising water, a synthetic hectorite, and glass beads. The method further comprises mixing the glass bead suspension with components comprising cement and additional water to form a cement composition. The method additionally comprises allowing the cement composition to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Boul, Gregory Robert Hundt, Joseph Kleber Maxson, Simone Elizabeth Ashley Lumsden, Darrell Chad Brenneis, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Method and System for Monitoring for Scale
    Publication number: 20180038989
    Abstract: A method and system of monitoring for scale compounds that include scale co-contributors of cations and anions. A scale compound can be monitored by measuring gamma ray counts of scale contributors using a spectral gamma ray detector. A scale compound can be identified by identifying an increase in scale co-contributors over time from the gamma ray counts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Quintilio Vasquez
  • Systems and Methods for Correcting Off-Center Acoustic Sondes
    Publication number: 20180038979
    Abstract: A method of performing acoustic logging comprises generating a first acoustic signal from a first source at a first time, wherein the first source is a first distance away from a wellbore wall, and generating a second acoustic signal from a second source at a second time, wherein the second source is a second distance away from the wellbore wall. The difference between the first time and the second time depends on a calibration value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Elliott Willis
  • ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180038954
    Abstract: An acoustic array system for anomaly detection is provided. The acoustic array system (100) performs a scan (or a progressive scan of frequencies) of a given volume by transmitting one or more signals, and receives one or more reflected signals from objects within the volume. The reflected signals are then amplified and converted to a set of digital signals. Features of the set of digital signals are extracted both in time and frequency domains. The acoustic array system (100) further performs a comparison of these set of digital extracted features with the reflected signals via machine learning techniques. Based on the comparison, the acoustic array system detects one or more anomalies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Parijat DESHPANDE, Ramu VEMPADA, Ranjan DASGUPTA, Arpan PAL, Dibyendu ROY
  • Methods for Treatment of a Subterranean Formation
    Publication number: 20180038212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation including placing a first aqueous composition and a second aqueous composition in a subterranean formation. The placing includes injecting the first aqueous composition through a tubular passage in a wellbore. The placing also includes injecting the second aqueous composition through an annular passage in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharath Savari, Yogesh Kumar Choudhary
  • Beneficiating Weighting Agents
    Publication number: 20180037791
    Abstract: Beneficiating particulate additives by removing contaminants or minerals that impact the quality and specific gravity of the particulate additives may be achieved via dry solids separation technologies. For example, an air classifier, an electrostatic separator, and a combination thereof may be used to produce a beneficiated particulate additive comprising less than 40% of drill solids by weight of the beneficiated particulate additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Katerina V. Newman, Dale E. Jamison, Earl Joseph Chauvin, Yerzhan Ayapbergenov, Brice Aaron Jackson
  • COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COATING JOINT
    Publication number: 20180036756
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for coating a perimeter surface of a pipeline. A frame selectively mounts a sprayer on the pipeline. The sprayer can spray fluid along a flow path in a spraying mode and preparation mode. In the preparation mode, a fluid diverter moves into the flow path to divert the fluid delivered from the sprayer away from the pipeline. In the spraying mode, the fluid diverter moves out of the flow path to permit the sprayer to coat the perimeter surface of the pipeline with a curable liquid. A vacuum system can draw a vacuum through the diverter to remove the fluid the sprayer sprays in the preparation mode. The flow path can be located in a spray shroud. The diverter can fluidly couple the vacuum system to the shroud interior in the spraying mode to remove overspray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Commercial Coating Services International, LLC
    Inventors: Gunnar Power, Bryan Karasek, Rick Kimpel
  • Well Monitoring Using Casing Centralizers
    Publication number: 20180038222
    Abstract: Systems and methods that relate to monitoring a subterranean formation using casing centralizers. A system for well monitoring comprising: a casing centralizer comprising arms configured to contact a wellbore when the casing centralizer is installed in a wellbore; and a receiver coupled to the casing centralizer and configured to measure an electrical magnitude of a current injected into a subterranean formation through the arms of the casing centralizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Etienne M. SAMSON, Ahmed Elsayed FOUDA, Burkay DONDERICI