Patents Assigned to Service
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Patent number: 11993990Abstract: A method for removing a flapper seat assembly that is replaceable from a safety valve positioned downhole in a wellbore is described herein. For example, the safety valve is positioned downhole in a wellbore and can include a housing. Additionally, the safety valve can include a flow tube coupled to a downhole tool. The flow tube can be removed from the safety valve in response to a first force applied by the downhole tool. A first tool profile can be coupled to a first assembly profile for coupling the downhole tool to the flapper seat assembly after removing the flow tube. A second assembly profile can be detached from a housing profile to remove the flapper seat assembly from the wellbore in response to a second force applied by the downhole tool. After removing the flapper seat assembly, a second flapper seat assembly can be attached to the safety valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Mohan Gunasekaran
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Patent number: 11994004Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a ball seat release apparatus. The ball seat release apparatus, according to this embodiment, includes a shear sleeve, and a ball seat body located at least partially within the shear sleeve, a shear feature releasably coupling the ball seat body to the shear sleeve. The ball seat release apparatus according to this aspect further includes a ball seat slidingly engaged within the ball seat body, the ball seat configured to move from a first linear position to a second linear position, and further wherein a locking dog releasably couples the ball seat with the ball seat body.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Abdolreza Gharesi, Alan Tancel Jackson, Richard Paul Noffke
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Patent number: 11994010Abstract: A system can include isolation devices, a flow control device, and an energy transfer device. The isolation devices can be positioned between a wall of a wellbore and a tubular positioned in the wellbore for carrying fluid for geothermal energy transfer. The flow control device can be positioned in the wellbore and between the isolation devices for controlling flow of the fluid between zones of the wellbore for transferring geothermal energy to a surface of the wellbore. The energy transfer device can be positioned at the surface of the wellbore for transferring the geothermal energy from the fluid into usable energy.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: David Joe Steele
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Patent number: 11995548Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product is provided for embedding compression and reconstruction. The method includes receiving embedding vector data comprising a plurality of embedding vectors. A beta-variational autoencoder is trained based on the embedding vector data and a loss equation. The method includes determining a respective entropy of a respective mean and a respective variance of each respective dimension of a plurality of dimensions. A first subset of the plurality of dimensions is determined based on the respective entropy of the respective mean and the respective variance for each respective dimension of the plurality of dimensions. A second subset of the plurality of dimensions is discarded based on the respective entropy of the respective mean and the respective variance for each respective dimension of the plurality of dimensions. The method includes generating a compressed representation of the embedding vector data based on the first subset of dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Haoyu Li, Junpeng Wang, Liang Wang, Yan Zheng, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11993470Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing dry flowable materials used in wellbore operations. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing at least one vessel that contains dry flowable materials, each vessel including an outlet connected to a common vacuum manifold; providing a vacuum source for directing a flow of the dry flowable materials from at least one vessel to the common vacuum manifold; discharging the dry flowable materials from the vessel to the common vacuum manifold through an outlet connected to at least one vessel, wherein a discharge valve is disposed on the outlet; determining an amount of dry flowable materials in at least one vessel at least in part using at least one load cell disposed underneath the vessel; and determining the amount of dry flowable materials being routed to the common vacuum manifold based at least in part on the amount of dry flowable materials measured in the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Nebojsa Knezevik, Elizabeth Loraine Wells
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Patent number: 11995632Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a point of sale terminal for a mobile device. In some embodiments, a system comprises a computing device that is configured to receive a transmission for a mobile device from a merchant and establish a first network connection with a virtual terminal system for the merchant. The virtual terminal system is activated and a first identifier for the mobile device is received through the first network connection. The first identifier is matched with a second identifier from an information database. A second network connection is established with the POS terminal for the second identifier. A payment token for a transaction is received from the POS terminal through the second network connection. A transaction acceptance is communicated through the first network connection to the virtual terminal system for the merchant.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Hong Liu, Keshav A. Narsipur
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Patent number: 11995643Abstract: A system and method for providing a temporary virtual payment card are provided. The system includes a user device, an administrator processing system, an account processing system, and a database. The system is configured to receive a request for a temporary virtual payment card, verify the user, and provide a temporary virtual payment card.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Rule, Shelton Smith, Kevin Osborn
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Patent number: 11994003Abstract: A fallback prevention valve apparatus, system and method is described. An electric submersible pump (ESP) fallback prevention system includes an ESP assembly positioned in a downhole well, the ESP assembly including production tubing extending between a centrifugal pump and a surface of the downhole well such that during operation of the ESP assembly production fluid flows upward from the centrifugal pump through the production tubing to the surface, the production tubing including a fallback valve actuatable by the flow of production fluid, the fallback valve actuatable between an open position, wherein production fluid flowing upward through the fallback valve actuates the fallback valve into the open position, and a closed position, wherein production fluid flowing downward through the fallback valve actuates the fallback valve into the closed position, the closed position blocking sand carried by the production fluid from falling into the centrifugal pump.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Wesley John Nowitzki, Walter Russell Dinkins
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Patent number: 11995618Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for virtualizing policy enforcement amongst participants of an overlay network. In some embodiments, each of the participants may maintain a separate blockchain network. The overlay network may receive smart contracts or other policy documents that include information on interactions with a particular participant or between participants. A controller, which may be implemented on any node of the overlay network, may then extract an interaction algorithm from that smart contract that may be stored in policy data to be used in completing transactions between two participants of the overlay network. In some embodiments, the policy data may include cost data which may be used to determine how two entities may interact.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventor: Quan Wang
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Patent number: 11995098Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically profiling data a user selects to transfer to a paste area are described. Data may be automatically profiled the at the user selected target paste area to determine if sets of data are of the same data type. There may be a clarification for a target paste area or for identifying the data type. Additionally, there may be reformatting the selected data set to match the target data's format. Machine learning may trigger formatting or prompting actions according to one or more predetermined thresholds.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters, Anh Truong, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty
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Patent number: 11997219Abstract: To protect corporate information technology (IT) networks, corporations or organizations can design their networks with secure technology. For example, before an employee can remotely access his or her company's network via a user device, a server associated with the company's network can setup an exemplary secure digital certificate for the user device. The secure digital certificate includes a public Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a router used by the user device to access the Internet. When employee attempts to remotely access his or her company's network, the user device or a router associated with the user device can send the secure digital certificate along with a current public IP address of the router used by the user device to access the Internet. In some embodiments, if the public IP address included in the digital certificate matches the current public IP address, the user device can access the company's network.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Ryan Thomas Russell, Emily Kathleen Krebs, Stacy Callaway Huggar, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Mark Anthony Lopez
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Patent number: 11995570Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing personalized digital advice. A digital advisor service applies cross-entity historical interaction (e.g., behavior attributes) to one or more predictive models to identify one or more personalized goals for a user. The digital advisor service provides, via an application programming interface, the identified one or more personalized goals to an entity service, enabling the entity service to present the one or more personalized goals.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Mollie Wendel, Robert J. Eckelbarger, Stephen Holloway, Matthew J. Kosub, Lyndsey Nicole Stevens
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Patent number: 11995711Abstract: Systems and methods for management of an account switch are disclosed. An account switch management system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive a list of transaction entries to be switched from a first account to a second account and account information associated with the first account and the second account. The one or more processors may also determine a recommendation relating to a customer action based on the transaction entries and the account information. The one or more processors may provide the list of transaction entries and account information and the recommendation to the client device. The one or more processors may also receive a request from the client device to complete an action and transmit a notification to a processing device to complete the action.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Gagan Kanjlia, Vishal Puri, Michael B. Kiernan, Evan S. Klein
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Patent number: 11994488Abstract: A method of predictive monitoring of a variable of a medium located in a container of a facility comprises steps of continuously recording data comprising measured values, based on training data determining a classification method capable of identifying data sets that have each been measured during one of the specific operation phases, performing the classification method and based on the data sets identified by the classification method determining a time series of compliancy indicators indicative of a degree of compliancy of at least one property of the characteristic of the measured values to a corresponding reference property of the reference characteristic. Based on the time series at least once determining a time remaining until the degree of compliancy indicated by compliancy indicators will drop below a predetermined minimum degree of compliancy; and providing an output informing about the remaining time.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Group Services AGInventors: Dimitri Vaissiere, Julia Mildner, André Lemke
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Patent number: 11997776Abstract: A heat diffuser for use with an electrically-operated aerosol-generating device is configured to be removably coupled to the aerosol-generating device. The heat diffuser includes a non-combustible porous body configured to absorb heat from an electric heating element. The porous body is formed from a heat storage material such that, in use, air drawn through the porous body is heated by the heat absorbed by and stored in the porous body. Example embodiments also provide heated aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating system, both comprising the heat diffuser.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventor: Michel Thorens
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Patent number: 11992059Abstract: An electronic smoking article or electronic vaping article includes a reservoir containing a liquid material and having an outlet, a capillary having a capillary inlet and a capillary outlet, the capillary inlet of the capillary in communication with the outlet of the reservoir, a heater operable to heat the capillary to a temperature sufficient to at least initially volatilize liquid material contained within the capillary, and a shuttle valve between the outlet of the reservoir and the capillary inlet. The shuttle valve is operable to prevent release of liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in a closed position and is operable to release liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in an open position.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: David B. Kane, David R. Schiff, Tony Gatta, Chris Carrick, Jonathan D. Albert
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Patent number: 11992605Abstract: A vapor cartridge for a non-combustible vaping device may be configured to receive a flavor cartridge, generate a vapor, and direct the generated vapor through the flavor cartridge to provide a flavored vapor. The flavor cartridge may include an instance of electrically conductive material extending at least partially around the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may include an authentication assembly including a set of electrically conductive instruments may independently and directly contact the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge inserted into the vapor cartridge, such that the electrically conductive instruments are electrically connected to each other through the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Terry Bache, Ryan Newcomb, Eric A. Hawes, Dmitriy Kirzhner, Raymond Lau, Danielle Crawford, Dwight D. Williams, William Eugene Rabbitt, Carl Roy Stevens
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Patent number: 11995131Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive a request for a plurality of documents that are associated with an individual or entity. The device may perform a search for the plurality of documents in one or more document repositories. The device may store, based on a determination that a first document, of the plurality of documents, is available in a document repository, of the one or more document repositories, information indicating that the first document is available in the document repository. The device may determine, based on a determination that a second document, of the plurality of documents, is not available in the one or more document repositories, a procedure that is to be used for obtaining the second document. The device may perform the procedure for obtaining the second document based on determining the procedure that is to be used for obtaining the second document.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Dianhai Du, Abhinav Sharma, Billy Jack Hall, Arvind Tangirala, John F. Grisamore, Subramanyam Jayaraman, Balaraju Gujjari
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Patent number: 11995623Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring value. A method includes posting, by a user device to a blockchain, a deposit transaction comprising a deposit value and conditions and updating, by the user device, a state according to a transaction amount. The method also includes transmitting, by the user device, a state update of the state to a server computer and responsive to transmitting the state update, and receiving, by the user device, a payment complete message comprising a tuple from the server computer. The method also includes verifying, by the user device, the conditions and processing, by the user device, a server deposit transaction on the blockchain in response to verifying.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Mohammad Mohsen Minaei Bidgoli, Ranjit Kumaresan, Mahdi Zamani, Sivanarayana Gaddam
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Patent number: 11993096Abstract: In some embodiments, an array of printed information sheets to be placed in a business establishment may include at least two stacks of printed information sheets being detachably connected to each other. Each stack of printed information sheets may include at least a first multiple product information sheet and a second information sheet that are removably attached to each other or to the stack. The first multiple product information sheet may have printed thereon first product information about a first product to be displayed in the business establishment and a first location indicator indicating a first predetermined location in the business establishment where the first multiple product information sheet is to be displayed. The second multiple product information sheet may have printed thereon second product information and a second location indicator.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLCInventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron