Patents Assigned to Service
  • Publication number: 20230399906
    Abstract: A system includes a tool mandrel securable to a landing nipple and a prong receptacle coupled to a lower end of the tool mandrel. The prong receptacle includes a central bore and a pressure release port in communication with the central bore. The system also includes an equalizing prong initially securable within the tool mandrel in a run-in position. Further, the system includes a tubular prong extension coupled to the equalizing prong. An upper end of the tubular prong extension extends up out of the tool mandrel. Moreover, axially downward movement of the tubular prong extension from the run-in position to a set position secures the tool mandrel to the landing nipple, and axially upward movement of the tubular prong extension from the set position to a released position disengages the tool mandrel from the landing nipple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Ibrahim El Mallawany
  • Publication number: 20230397651
    Abstract: The method includes adding at least one first chelator to smokeless tobacco in an amount effective to reduce an amount of free calcium in the smokeless tobacco by 20% or more and reduce an amount of free iron in the smokeless tobacco by 60% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Marc W. FARISS, Jeffery EDMISTON, Dongmei XU, Randall BAREN, Yahya KARGALIOGLU, James A. STRICKLAND
  • Publication number: 20230397647
    Abstract: A nicotine tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the solid solution such that the nicotine or derivative thereof is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an oral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Feng GAO, Diane L. GEE, Shuzhong ZHUANG, Phillip M. HULAN, William J. BURKE
  • Publication number: 20230397822
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to in-silico modeling of hemodynamic patterns of physiologic blood flow. Conventional cardiovascular hemodynamic models depend on neuromodulation schemes (baroreflex autoregulation) and threshold parameters of neuromodulation correlate with physical activities. Thus these models may not work practically for a large set of people due to dependency on prior knowledge of these parameters. The present disclosure enables estimating blood pressure of a subject by estimating cardiac parameters based on the morphology of ECG signal associated with the subject and hence activation delays in cardiac chambers of the in-silico model is reproduced purposefully. In accordance with the present disclosure, the blood pressure of the subject can be estimated using only the ECG signal even if the signal is missed for some time instance(s) or is noisy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: DIBYENDU ROY, OISHEE MAZUMDER, ANIRUDDHA SINHA, SUNDEEP KHANDELWAL, AVIK GHOSE
  • Publication number: 20230403243
    Abstract: Methods and systems are for a content delivery management platform that organizes and monitors content delivery networks by the applications, features, or functions that they serve. The content delivery management platform is agnostic to the content delivery network. To provide this functionality, the content delivery management platform uses an abstraction layer to interface between the content delivery networks and the needs of the content provider (e.g., the owner of the content delivery management platform) as it serves users (e.g., provides the applications, features, or functions).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jose MALDONADO ARJONA, Amelia NEIL, Sean FINNEY, Timothy SHULL, Ahmed MUSTAFA, Nithya LAKSHMINARAYANAN
  • Publication number: 20230399651
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods related to tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Dong QI, Chengalrayan KUDITHIPUDI, Yanxin SHEN
  • Publication number: 20230403160
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method for securely performing biometric authentication online. The method described can be used to securely perform biometric authentication on a mobile device. For protecting the privacy of the user's biometric data, a cryptographic comparison protocol can be used to perform matching of encrypted templates. For example, the cryptographic comparison protocol may involve Fuzzy Extractors (FE), Homomorphic Encryption (HE), and/or Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Jason Blackhurst, Kim Wagner, John F. Sheets, Chunxi Jiang, Sunpreet Singh Arora
  • Publication number: 20230401442
    Abstract: The present disclosure predicts a delay associated with a vehicle. Conventional methods are mainly mathematical based and machine learning based networks are not predicting delay accurately. Initially, the present disclosure Initially, the system receives a user query comprising an expected delay of a target vehicle in at least one target station. Further, a real time data associated with the user query in a predefined horizon is obtained. Further, a spatial feature vector, a temporal feature vector and spatiotemporal features are extracted based on the real time data using a feature extraction technique. Finally, the expected is predicted based on the plurality of features using a trained adversarial regression model, wherein the trained adversarial regression model comprises a critic network and a regressor network. The regressor network is trained with a plurality of architectures and a best architecture with minimum Mean Absolute Error (MAE) is selected for delay prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: KRISHNAN SATHEESH, ROHITH REGIKUMAR, ARVIND RAMANUJAM, RAJESH JAYAPRAKASH
  • Publication number: 20230401953
    Abstract: One or more traffic-data sets including traffic probes, which include one or more identifiable items of information obtained from one or more traffic probe devices, are obtained. A traffic flow prediction to be validated is selected. The selected traffic flow prediction is associated with a road segment and a time period. A list of traffic probes to be used in validating the traffic flow prediction is generated. The list of traffic probes includes information obtained from traffic probe devices that travelled an entire length of the road segment during the time period. Travel times of the traffic probe devices that travelled an entire length of the road segment during the time period are ordered, and outliers are removed from the list of traffic probes. A validated traffic-flow prediction is generated based on traffic probes remaining in the list of traffic probes, and the validated traffic-flow prediction is transmitted to an end-user processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • Publication number: 20230401415
    Abstract: A transaction card construction and computer-implemented methods for a transaction card are described. The transaction card has vector-formatted visible information applied by a laser machining system. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for enabling the sourcing of visible information using a scalable vector format The systems and methods may receive a request to add visible information to a transaction card and capture an image of the visible information. The systems and methods may capture data representing the image. The systems and methods may also determine an ambient color saturation of the image. Further, systems and methods may translate the image based on the ambient color saturation of the image. The systems and methods may also map the translated image to a bounding box and convert the mapped image into vector format. In addition, the systems and methods may provide the converted image to a laser machining system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua EDWARDS, Jiawei ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230399574
    Abstract: A method to demetal and de-ash oil feedstock. The method includes adding direct steam and sulfuric acid to oil feedstock to form acid treated oil, the sulfuric acid to strip the oil feedstock of metals, adding de-emulsifier to the acid treated oil feedstock to aid in phase separation, and settling the acid treated oil feedstock to separate into clarified oil, water, and a rag layer. The method includes centrifuging the clarified oil with a centrifuge running in a 3 phase configuration to remove water and solids from the clarified oil, and ensuring proper temperature and adding triethanol amine (TEA) to the centrifuged clarified oil to flocculate asphaltenes in the centrifuged clarified oil, creating TEA treated oil. The method includes centrifuging the TEA treated oil with a centrifuge running in a 2 phase configuration to remove the asphaltenes from the TEA treated oil and create marine fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Tradebe Environmental Services, LLC
    Inventors: Mitch MACE, Ted LONGSDORF, Alex ORTELLS, Kenny HUY
  • Patent number: 11840561
    Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for mutated Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) presented in the context of an HLA-Cw*0802 molecule. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Eric Tran, Yong-Chen Lu, Anna Pasetto, Paul F. Robbins, Steven A. Rosenberg, Zhili Zheng
  • Patent number: 11843695
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a computer node in a network including a plurality of computer nodes, a plurality of data values from the plurality of computer nodes. Each computer node can create a data value based on a time that the computer node in the plurality of computer nodes takes to perform a function. The computer node can then provide the data values or derivatives thereof as random values to an entropy pool of random values. The computer node can then select a random value from the entropy pool and initiate use of the random value in an operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Bartlomiej Piotr Prokop, Fiachra Murray, Thomas Looney, Peter Lennon
  • Patent number: 11843590
    Abstract: Methods and systems for resetting a digital credential within a digital credential based authentication system. The method includes logging a first administrative user into the digital credential system, receiving, from the first administrative user, a first portion of authentication credentials for a first customer, validating, by the first administrative user using the digital credential system, the first portion, logging a second administrative user into the digital credential system, receiving, from the second administrative user, a second portion of authentication credentials for the first customer, receiving the second portion by the second administrative user, validating, by the second administrative user using the digital credential system, the second portion; and resetting the authentication credentials based on the validation of the first portion and second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Clayton C. Bonnell, Kelley A. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11840912
    Abstract: This disclosure presents processes for controlling a hydraulic fracturing operation at a wellbore. The processes can (1) determine a system rate-of-change of power limit (ROCL) to be supplied to one or more loads, where the system ROCL is based on an individual ROCL for one or more individual power sources; (2) determine an allowable rate-of-change (ROCA) for the one or more loads such that the system ROCL is not exceeded; and (3) control the hydraulic fracturing operation based on the ROCA for the one or more loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Howard Weightman, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Madhur Kohli
  • Patent number: 11842388
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and mobile computing device apparatus for detecting the physical presence of a bank customer at a bank branch, and delivering an enhanced customer service experience by anticipating the bank customer's needs. Detection of the bank customer through visual data such as facial recognition, or electronic data such as medium range electronic communication networks to the customer's mobile computing device, allow a bank to retrieve relevant customer profile and customer transaction history data and use that data to deliver communications to the customer even before the customer speaks to a bank teller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Bryan J. Osterkamp, Will Kerns Maney, Jr., Andre Rene Buentello, Mark Paxman Warnick, Jose L. Romero, Jr., Oscar Roberto Tijerina, Sean Carl Mitchem, Timothy Blair Chalmers, Ruthie D. Lyle, Mitzi Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11842408
    Abstract: The embodiments provide a system and method for interpreting predictions from machine learning systems using natural language. The system includes a prediction module and an explanation module. The prediction module includes a machine learning model to make predictions for quantities such as recommended coverage amounts for insurance policies. The explanation module includes an impact analyzer that calculates impact values, which represent the degree of influence that each attribute has on predicted values. The explanation module also includes a natural language processing system for transforming generating natural language explanations indicating how the user attributes have influenced the predicted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Lauren Martinez, Sarah J. Boukhris-Escandon
  • Patent number: 11842589
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods of locking a lockable volume. The lock may comprise a bolt and a slider. The slider moves linearly to move the bolt in position to engage a securement feature. The engagement of the bolt with the securement feature secures the securement feature, thereby locking the door to which the securement feature is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: William Albert Tartal, Gabriel Michael Yessin
  • Patent number: 11839783
    Abstract: An electric outlet fire detection and prevention system may comprise a temperature sensor and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) sensor. A processor within the system may monitor the measurements of the temperature and EMI sensors to determine that a fire has developed in an electric outlet box. The processor may then actuate a triggering mechanism in a cartridge containing fire extinguishing material such that the fire extinguishing material is dispersed in the outlet box. The fire extinguishing material may extinguish a developing fire and prevent the fire from spreading further. The processor may also be coupled with a server, which is configured to analyze measurements of the temperature and the EMI sensors and generate a building profile. When the server determines that any measurements deviate from the building profile, the server may instruct the processor to actuate the triggering mechanism and/or notify an electronic device associated with the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Eric Schroeder, Manfred Amann, Jess Gingrich
  • Patent number: D1007485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
    Inventor: Elham Moradi