Abstract: Disclosed are examples of a method, a wearable device and a system enabling authentication of a user of a payment account or completion of a purchase transaction via signals generated by the wearable device. A process may include a wearable device generating a modulated signal using an encryption algorithm. The modulated signal may contain authentication information related to the wearable device including a cryptographic authentication message. The modulated signal is output to a biological medium interface of the wearable device that is coupled to a biological medium of a wearer of the wearable device. The biological medium is operable to conduct the modulated signal. A receiving device processes including decrypting and demodulating the modulated signal received from the biological medium. Using the demodulated signal, the authentication information transmitted from the wearable device is obtained. Based on the obtained authentication information, a transaction may be authorized, or a user authenticated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Kevin Osborn, Jeffrey Rule, David Wurmfeld
Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for secure processing of image data are described. Image data included in image files may be encrypted and compressed in a single step using dynamically identified compression/encryption information such as code word tables.
Abstract: A method may include receiving, via a processor, a request for payment of a payment amount from a first computing system. The method may also involve receiving a location of the first computing system, identifying one or more automatic teller machines (ATMs) based on the location of the first computing system, generating an image configured to cause the one or more ATMs to dispense funds that correspond to the payment amount, and sending the image to the first computing system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Inventors:
Ashley Raine Philbrick, Oscar Guerra, Kelly Q. Baker, Carlos JP Chavez, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Theresa Marie Matowitz
Abstract: Methods for treating fluids used in the production and/or transport of petroleum products and natural gas, and methods for the removal of acidic gases encountered in fluids used and encountered in such operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods include introducing a treatment fluid including a polymeric swellable acid scavenger that includes at least one polymeric composition into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation in which an acidic gas, an acid-containing fluid, or both, are present.
Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user's voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Bozhao Tan, Isabelle Alice Yvonne Moulinier, David Almquist, June Wu
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting a code injection threat may include: performing a search process on a memory of a computer system to identify property list files; in response to an identification of a property list file, retrieving the property list file; performing an analysis process on the property list file to identify a target identifier; in response to an identification of the target identifier in the property list file, determining whether the target identifier corresponds to an electronic application stored in the memory of the computer system; in response to determining that the target identifier corresponds to the electronic application, determining that the property list file is indicative of a code injection threat to the electronic application; and in response to the determination that the property list file is indicative of a code injection threat to the electronic application, performing a security action based on the property list.
Abstract: A blockchain-based multi-merchant loyalty point partnership system may include a blockchain API host that receives a request to create a partnership smart contract for a multi-merchant loyalty point partnership. The request may specify various partnership parameters to include in the partnership smart contract. The blockchain API host may create the partnership smart contract and write the partnership smart contract to a blockchain. One or more qualified merchants may join the partnership smart contract to make the partnership active. In response to a customer completing a plurality of purchases that complete the partnership parameters of the partnership smart contract, the system may issue the customer a purchase reward which may include a loyalty point payout.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Inventors:
Calvin Chan, Christopher Cracchiolo, Andras Ferenczi, Harish R. Naik, Andrew Martin Baal Thomas
Abstract: A lock assembly includes at least a lock component, a lock member, and a bracket. The lock component is securable to a load cell. The lock member is configured to move into a first position to provide an unlocked state in which the lock member is disengaged from the lock component. In the unlocked state, the load cell is physically unsecured from the lock member and enabled to operate. The lock member is configured to move into a second position to provide a locked state in which the lock member is engaged with the lock component. In the locked state, the load cell is physically secured to the lock member via the lock component. The bracket is configured to support the lock member in relation to the lock component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignees:
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH
Abstract: A graphical audio station of a nurse call system is operable to permit a user to perform one or more of the following functions: establish a two-way voice communication link with another computer device in another patient and/or with a another computer device located in another staff work area and/or with a wireless communication device carried by caregiver and/or with a telephone of the healthcare facility; broadcast a voice page to a group of other selected computer devices; compose and send a text message to a portable device that is carried by a caregiver and that has wireless communication capability; browse web pages and/or view multimedia content, such as videos, hosted on servers of the healthcare facility and/or that are accessible via the Internet; view and/or acknowledge and/or answer and/or cancel alerts or nurse calls originating in a plurality of patient rooms.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Hill-Room Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Richard J. Schuman, Patricia A. Glidewell, Erik E. Roehl
Abstract: Provided is a support structure and a method for manufacture thereof. The support structure, in one aspect, includes first and second expanded metal structural pillars positioned within the ground by a distance (d1), the first and second expanded metal structural pillars comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis. In at least one other aspect, the support structure includes one or more beams spanning the first and second expanded metal structural pillars.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephen Michael Greci, Luke William Holderman, Brandon T. Least
Abstract: Automatically gathering and processing data relating to risk of patient falls. The data is analyzed to determine a level of risk each patient has for falling. Patient risk for falls is stratified and protocols are implemented to mitigate that risk. The system communicates instructions and alerts to caregivers to complete tasks or provide aid to patients. Updates to patient medical information and updates to best practices in fall risk management result in updates to patient risk stratifications. In turn, tasks and alerts are updated to reflect updates to patient risk stratifications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Chiew Yuan Chung, Kirsten Emmons, Matthew McCormick Riordan, Karrie Browne, Yuan Shi, Eugene Urrutia, Lori Ann Zapfe
Abstract: Disclosed is a T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for an HLA-A2-restricted epitope of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E6, E629-38. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells are also provided. Antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the invention are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of a condition in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing a condition in a mammal, wherein the condition is cancer, HPV 16 infection, or HPV-positive premalignancy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 6, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Inventors:
Christian S. Hinrichs, Steven A. Rosenberg
Abstract: A method and system can obtain real time property measurements of a fluid comprising a formation fluid downhole, real time measurements of an amount of an interactive component of the fluid downhole, and real time measurements of an amount of a non-interactive component of the fluid downhole. The method and system further includes determining a total amount of the interactive component in the fluid or a contamination level of the formation fluid at a time of interest based on the real time property measurements of the fluid downhole and the real time measurements of the amounts of the interactive component and non-interactive component downhole. The real time measurements of the amount of the interactive component downhole are real time measurements of the amount of the interactive component in its free form downhole, and the property can be scaled with the contamination level.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 18, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Christopher Michael Jones, Ralph Piazza, Anthony H. Van Zuilekom, Megan Renee Pearl, Luiz Alexandre Sacorague, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira
Abstract: A railcar end unit is operable to be mounted in a center sill between buff and draft sill stops. The buff and draft end bodies are configured to be shiftably mounted relative to the center sill to engage the respective sill stops and to shift axially relative to one another along a unit axis. The end unit includes a buff spring pack operably mounted between the end bodies and compressible along the unit axis from a neutral condition to a compressed condition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
O-Ring Sales & Service, Inc.
Inventors:
Kevin G. Johnson, Richard Uriah Ralston, Andrew Allen Johnson
Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided that generated a persistent low-friction coating on a solid surface, by application of a mixture of a polyethylene glycol-containing surfactant and a vegetable to the surface. The coating thus generated does not require replenishing during use and persists through rinsing and multiple uses. Surprisingly, markedly reduced friction is found when the surfactant is provided at 3% w/v to 7% w/v in the composition. Such compositions and methods are suitable for application to both mixing and separation operations. Formulation of such compositions with food grade components permits use in food processing.
Abstract: At least some embodiments, a system includes a memory, and a processor configured to convert an audio stream of a speech of a customer during a customer call session into customer-originated text. The customer-originated text is displayed in a first chat interface. A request from a first call center agent is sent to a second call center agent via the first chat interface to interact with the customer during the customer call session and displayed in a second chat interface. The second agent is allowed to participate in the customer call session when the second call center agent accepts the request from the first call center agent. First agent-originated text and second agent-originated text during the customer call session is merged to form a combined agent-originated text and synthesized to computer-generated agent speech having a voice of a computer-generated agent based on the combined agent-originated text communicated to the customer over the voice channel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 13, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Srikanth Reddy Sheshaiahgari, Jignesh Rangwala, Lee Adcock, Vamsi Kavuri, Muthukumaran Vembuli, Mehulkumar Jayantilal Garnara, Soumyajit Ray, Vincent Pham