Patents Assigned to Service
  • Publication number: 20170342810
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a gravel pack system includes a service tool used to maintain a pressure of the wellbore below a hydraulic packer at the same pressure of workstring tubing above the hydraulic packer, prior to and during setting the hydraulic packer. The service tool includes a washpipe disposed at a lower portion of the service tool, a crossover port in a wall of the service tool that enables fluid to flow between workstring tubing and a space between the service tool and a completion string. The service tool also includes a valve disposed in the wall of the service tool that directs fluid from the space between the service tool and the completion string into the service tool and toward the washpipe when the valve is open, the valve being closeable in response to compression of the service tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: William Mark Richards
  • Publication number: 20170342808
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present invention comprises a system and method for optimizing the control scheme used for drilling operations based on the complex and large data sets available in realtime during operation of a wellsite and based on existing model data available at the wellsite for past similar drilling operations. Such optimizations typically require downtime to quantify how the realtime values will factor into the control model, but the present invention allows for such optimization in realtime in a closed-loop system that will reduce the non-productive time associated with reservoir operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. DYKSTRA, Zhijie SUN, Yuzhen XUE
  • Publication number: 20170344951
    Abstract: A technique for management of workflow configurations is disclosed. In an embodiment, an update in a workflow configuration is received. Further, a list of transactions in a workflow at multiple levels are fetched upon receiving the update in the workflow configuration, the workflow includes the list of transactions and a list of stakeholders associated with the list of transactions. Furthermore, a plurality of clauses at each of the multiple levels are executed to determine a set of eligible stakeholders for performing the list of transactions and corresponding actions. Each of the plurality of clauses are decision control points configured at each of the multiple levels. Moreover, the list of stakeholders and corresponding actions for each of the list of transactions at the multiple levels are dynamically updated based on the set of eligible stakeholders for performing the list of transactions and corresponding actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Viral Prakash SHAH, Shobhit Shukla, Ikshita Jain, Meenal Keshore, Ramprasad Dhakad, Bhakti Chandarana
  • Publication number: 20170342778
    Abstract: Methods of configuring a surface of a component exposed to fluid flow are disclosed. A first method includes forming a plurality of protrusions on a surface, the plurality of protrusions separated by a plurality of channels, and depositing a coating on the surface to increase a coefficient of friction of the surface, the coating formed of a diamond-like carbon and having a wrinkled texture. A second method includes forming a plurality of protrusions on a surface, the plurality of protrusions separated by a plurality of channels, and forming a plurality of nanotubes on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Hau-Jiun Chen
  • Publication number: 20170344869
    Abstract: A transaction card includes a card body that may comprise a card body comprising a ceramic material, the card body including a primary surface and a first mating surface. A card backer comprises a metallic material and includes a secondary surface and a second mating surface. A portion of the first mating surface and a portion of the second mating surface are coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Patrick Williams, Peter Bates
  • Patent number: 9828131
    Abstract: A blank for forming a tray for shipping and displaying at least one product is provided. The blank includes a bottom panel, a pair of opposed side panels connected to the bottom panel, and at least one divider panel assembly connected to the bottom panel and one of the side panels. The at least one divider panel assembly includes a plurality of support slots configured to receive a portion of at least one of the containers to secure the container to the tray, to display the containers within the tray, and to enable individual access to each of the containers within the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott James, Matthew Kiev Swenson
  • Patent number: 9830180
    Abstract: A computing device implemented method, in one embodiment, can include a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform. Additionally, the method can include a cloud control module receiving the content from the cloud transformation module. The method can also include the cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form the compute platform. Furthermore, the method can include a cloud instantiation module executing the provisioning of the cloud control module. In addition, the method can include a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create the virtual machine appliance. Moreover, the method can include a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of the compute platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Teresa S. Tung, Owen Richter, Joseph F. Tobolski, Kishore S. Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 9828979
    Abstract: An artificial lift system for use with a subterranean well can include a cylinder having a piston reciprocably disposed therein, the piston having opposing sides, one side being selectively communicable with a hydraulic pressure source and a hydraulic reservoir, and the other side being selectively communicable with the hydraulic pressure source and at least one accumulator, and the accumulator being selectively communicable with an input side of a pump of the hydraulic pressure source. A method of controlling an artificial lift system can include connecting a cylinder to a hydraulic pressure source including a hydraulic pump, the pump being connected between the cylinder and at least one accumulator, the accumulator being connected to a gas pressure source, and operating a gas compressor of the gas pressure source, thereby increasing hydraulic pressure applied to the pump from the accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Tao, Mathew J. McEachern, Huajun Chen, Yanmei Li
  • Patent number: 9832315
    Abstract: A method for routing customer service requests to call centers includes collecting data associated with customer service experience between a customer and a call center regarding a completed customer call. The collected data is analyzed to determine a quality of customer service for one or more completed calls between the customer and the call center. A nature of an incoming customer call is determined. The incoming customer call is routed to a call center based upon making reference to the analyzed collected data such that the nature of the customer call matches with corresponding one or more favorable attributes of the call center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Vijay Jayapalan, Gregory Yarbrough, Eric Smith
  • Patent number: 9828817
    Abstract: A latching assembly has a tubular housing having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an inner bore. Latch members are carried by the housing that have a latch position that extends out from the outer surface and a release position that is retracted from the latch position. A plurality of gripping members are pivotally attached to the housing. The gripping members are pivotally attached to the tubular housing and move between a gripping position wherein the gripping members extend into the inner bore and a retracted position. An actuator engages the latch members and the gripping members and moves between a first position and a second position. The actuator moves the latch members from the latch position to the release position and the gripping members from the retracted position to the gripping position as the actuator moves from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Reform Energy Services Corp.
    Inventors: Lyle Edward Charles Filliol, Kenneth Adam John Travis, Stewart George Wilson
  • Patent number: 9830595
    Abstract: Systems, devices, apparatuses, and methods for providing tokenization as a service are provided. Embodiments of the invention involve decoupling a “tokenization service” from other services offered by a merchant service provider, and offering the tokenization service as a stand-alone service. In accordance with an embodiment, a merchant service provider can receive payment data associated with a transaction between a consumer and a first entity. The merchant service provider can generate a payment token that represents the payment data and transmit a copy of the payment token to the first entity. The first entity can then transmit the payment token and order information to a second entity specified in the transaction. The merchant service provider can subsequently receive a request to complete the transaction from the second entity. The request can include the copy of the payment token from the second entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Lisa Anderson, Seamus Cushley
  • Patent number: 9832183
    Abstract: A portable apparatus is removably and communicatively connectable to a network device to communicate authentication or authorization credentials of a user in connection with the user logging into or entering into a transaction with a network site. The apparatus includes a communications port to connect and disconnect the apparatus to and from the network device and to establish a communication link with the network device when connected thereto. A processor receives a secure message from the network security server via the port. The message has a PIN for authenticating the user to the network site, and is readable only by the apparatus. The processor either transfers, via the port, the received PIN to an application associated with the network site that is executing on the network device or causes the apparatus to display the received PIN for manual transfer to the application associated with the network site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Early Warning Services, LLC
    Inventor: Ravi Ganesan
  • Patent number: 9828127
    Abstract: An ice bagging assembly and related method with a horizontal ice bag cassette, a pair of opposing ice bag ply graspers configured to move an empty ice bag from the horizontal ice bag cassette to a vertical position to receive cubed ice before it is sealed shut and dropped to an ice bag merchandiser. The opposing graspers may be configured as rotating wheels and may have a grasping sensor. The ice bag cassette may be slidably and tiltably supported for easy replacement of horizontal bags. A load sensor, optical or mechanical, may be associated with the ice hopper to sense how much ice has been put in each bag. A pair of angled guides may guide a hopper into a support frame for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: GW Services, LLC
    Inventors: James Shaker, Paul Bareford, Vince Shaker
  • Patent number: 9830194
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows the optimization of processes operating on a multi-platform system (such as a mainframe) by migrating certain processes operating on one platform to another platform in the system. In one embodiment, optimization is performed by evaluating the processes executing in a partition operating under a proprietary operating system, determining a collection of processes from the processes to be migrated, calculating a cost of migration for migrating the collection of processes, prioritizing the collection of processes in an order of migration and incrementally migrating the processes according to the order of migration to another partition in the mainframe executing a lower cost (e.g., open-source) operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Mark Neft
  • Patent number: 9827157
    Abstract: A user module for a patient support is provided. The user module is coupled to a patient support barrier, such as a siderail or a footboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Newkirk, Carl William Riley, James L. Walke, Brian T. Wiggins, Jack B. Wilker, Robert Mark Zerhusen
  • Patent number: 9830665
    Abstract: A system and process for using telematics data to determine a vehicle operator. Telematics data is captured from a telematics device which retrieves data from a vehicle associated with a plurality of vehicle operators. A driver electronic signature is determined from the captured telematics data and then compared to determined driver signatures stored in memory and associated with the vehicle from which the telematics data is captured. A vehicle operator is then determined from comparing the determined driver signature with driver signatures stored in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Jodi J. Healy, Robert K. Dohner, Christine M. Brown, James P. Hillman, Ramsey Devereaux, Bharat Prasad
  • Patent number: 9832627
    Abstract: Method and system to include a TETRA member (subscriber) in an ongoing PS-LTE group call using SS-LE, by mapping a plurality of specific SS-LE messages is disclosed. The embodiments herein enable TETRA SS-LE service to interwork with PS LTE GCS. The process involves the steps of queuing the TETRA call leg at the PS LTE GCS AS, informing the TETRA SwMI to activate SS-LE for a TETRA member, embedding a SS-LE PDU as a payload in the SIP messaging module, defining and interrogating a SS-LE service on a GCS AS via the authorized user on the TETRA SwMI or on the PS-LTE network. The TETRA member is connected to the ongoing group call through a gateway. The TETRA SwMI works as the TETRA core and the LTE to TETRA Gateway facilitates the process of message mapping and protocol conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Mayur Gajanan Thakur, Abhijit Shaileshchandra Save
  • Patent number: 9828838
    Abstract: An assembly for restricting fluid flow into a completion string of a well and restricting fluids based on one or more fluid characteristics is presented. The assembly includes an adjustable inflow control device. The adjustable inflow control device is for restricting flow of production fluids into the completion string. The assembly also includes a first autonomous inflow control device fluidly coupled to the inflow control device for restricting fluids based on one or more fluid characteristics. Others systems and methods are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lopez, Stephen Michael Greci, James Jun Kang
  • Patent number: 9828808
    Abstract: A drill bit using track-set depth of cut control elements to provide improved stability is disclosed. A drill bit for drilling a wellbore includes a bit body with a rotational axis extending therethrough. The drill bit further includes a plurality of blades disposed on exterior portions of the bit body. The drill bit includes a first group of track set depth of cut controllers (DOCCs) disposed on exterior portions of a first set of the plurality of blades. The first group of track set DOCCs configured to be placed within a first radial swath of a bit face of the drill bit and configured to provide a first critical depth of cut (CDOC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Shilin Chen
  • Patent number: D804051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher W. Alexander, Benjamin Huck