Patents Assigned to Services
  • Patent number: 10331874
    Abstract: A device may receive an input that indicates a request to initiate a transaction at an ATM device. The device may instruct the user to capture one or more images of the ATM device. The device may determine that an image has been captured and process the image to determine first information that identifies the ATM device. The device may send the first information to a server device and receive a signal that indicates the ATM device has been validated. The device may cause an augmented reality (AR) overlay to be displayed, wherein the AR overlay includes second information related to authenticating the user to the ATM device. The device may determine whether a user action is performed with respect to the second information included in the AR overlay, and perform a device action related to the second information, the ATM device, or the AR overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 10332067
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and method for automatic replenishment and management of inventory determines residual level of one or more household commodities, provides information concerning the residual level of one or more household commodities to various vendors, and a users' electronic device application using which the user can decide to place an order. The system includes plurality of sensor enabled commodity containers for inventory, communication boxes for receiving and further reporting current residual level of the one or more household commodities and a host server for integrating the received residual level information with one or more unique identifiers. Further, the host server provides the integrated information list to third parties without having any manual involvement in the whole process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Nataraj Sirisilla, Sowmya Togarcheti
  • Patent number: 10331092
    Abstract: Cracks in foundations may be detected by sensing motion within the foundation. Sensors may be applied to a foundation, and the positions of the sensors may be read. At subsequent points in time the positions of the sensors may be read again. If the positions of the sensors are changing in a way that suggests that portions of the foundation are moving apart from each other, then it may be inferred that a crack is forming in the foundation. The formation of cracks may be used to take various actions. For example, the owner of the building that rests on the foundation may be information of the crack so that he or she may take remedial action. Or, business decisions such as insurance underwriting may be made on the basis of the existence of the crack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Bradly Jay Billman
  • Patent number: 10332111
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing a transaction between a smartwatch and an access device. Transaction details are transmitted by an antenna of a smartwatch to a contactless transaction module. An interface is rendered to a display of the smartwatch. An input of the interface is adjusted in response to a rotation of a crown of the smartwatch. The input is transmitted, by the antenna of the smartwatch, to a contactless transaction module in response to a confirmation of the input by a user of the smartwatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Gaurav Srikant Mokhasi, Jerry Wald
  • Patent number: 10329845
    Abstract: A multi-layer downhole drilling tool designed for drilling a wellbore including a plurality of formations includes a bit body and a plurality of primary blades and secondary blades with respective leading surfaces on exterior portions of the bit body. The drilling tool further includes a plurality of first layer cutting elements and second layer cutting elements located on the leading surfaces of the primary blades and secondary blades, respectively. Each second layer cutting element is under-exposed with respect to the corresponding first layer cutting element. The amount of under-exposure is selected according to each second layer cutting element having an initial critical depth of cut greater than an actual depth of cut for a first drilling distance and a critical depth of cut equal to zero at a target drilling depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Shilin Chen
  • Patent number: 10332108
    Abstract: A computing apparatus includes: a data warehouse storing first data representing a personal privacy policy of a user; a portal coupled between merchant systems and points of interaction of users; and a transaction handler coupled between acquirer processors and issuer processors. The portal and the transaction handler are configured to shield user data, such as address, account information, etc., from the merchant systems in accordance with the personal privacy policy of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Peter Ciurea
  • Patent number: 10327673
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising memory configured to store a user-specific calibration metric, at least one processing core, configured to determine an activity type identifier of an activity a user is engaged in, and to determine a user-specific intensity level of the activity, wherein determining the user-specific intensity level is based at least partly on the identifier of the activity type, the user-specific calibration metric and data obtained from a kinematic sensor, and to obtain the user-specific calibration metric by performing a calibration procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Amer Sports Digital Services Oy
    Inventors: Timo Eriksson, Mikko Martikka, Erik Lindman
  • Patent number: 10331435
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a device comprising a first and second applets implementing application code. The device is configured to determine that the application code needs to be updated, receive updated code for a function in the first applet, store the updated code for the function in the second applet instead of the first applet, and update the function maps of the applets. The updated code can then be executed using the updated function maps to perform a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kiushan Pirzadeh, Hendy Wong, Kuen Summers, Marc Kekicheff
  • Patent number: 10329900
    Abstract: Dimensionality reduction systems and methods facilitate visualization, understanding, and interpretation of high-dimensionality data sets, so long as the essential information of the data set is preserved during the dimensionality reduction process. In some of the disclosed embodiments, dimensionality reduction is accomplished using clustering, evolutionary computation of low-dimensionality coordinates for cluster kernels, particle swarm optimization of kernel positions, and training of neural networks based on the kernel mapping. The fitness function chosen for the evolutionary computation and particle swarm optimization is designed to preserve kernel distances and any other information deemed useful to the current application of the disclosed techniques, such as linear correlation with a variable that is to be predicted from future measurements. Various error measures are suitable and can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Syed Hamid, Michael C. Dix
  • Patent number: 10331735
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a scheduling order per category is disclosed. A scheduling order can be designated for the delivery and playback of multimedia content (e.g., music, news, other audio, advertising, etc.) with respect to particular slots within the scheduling order. The scheduling order can be configured to include a forward order per category or a reverse order per category with respect to the playback of the multimedia content in order to control the scheduling order for the eventual airplay of the multimedia content over a radio station or network of associated radio stations. A reverse scheduling technique provides an ideal rotation of songs when a pre-programmed show interferes with a normal rotation. Any rotational compromises can be buried in off-peak audience listening hours of the programming day using the disclosed reverse scheduling technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Nigel Attwell
  • Patent number: 10327472
    Abstract: A pre-vaporization formulation for an e-vaping device includes a vapor former, optionally water, nicotine, nicotine bitartrate and an acid. The pH of the pre-vaporization formulation is between about 4 and about 6. The acid can include one or more of pyruvic acid, formic acid, oxalic acid, glycolic acid, acetic acid, isovaleric acid, valeric acid, propionic acid, octanoic acid, lactic acid, sorbic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, succinic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, oleic acid, aconitic acid, butyric acid, cinnamic acid, decanoic acid, 3,7-diemthyl-6-octenoic acid, 1-glutamic acid, heptanoic acid, hexanoic acid, 3-hexenoic acid, trans-2-hexenoic acid, isobutyric acid, lauric acid, 2-methylbutyric acid, 2-methylvaleric acid, myristic acid, nonanoic acid, palmitic acid, 4-pentenoic acid, phenylacetic acid, 3-phenylpropionic acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: San Li, Georgios Karles, Gerd Kobal, Weiling Li, Rebecca Secrist, Maria Del Carmen Jarquin, Christopher Di Novi, Yezdi Pithawalla, David Kane
  • Patent number: 10331966
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may detect edges in an image, and may identify, based on the edges, a rectangle that bounds a document in the image. The device may detect lines in the image, and may identify edge candidate lines by discarding one or more of the lines. The device may identify intersection points where lines, included in the edge candidate lines, intersect with one another. The device may identify corner candidate points by discarding one or more points included in the intersection points, and may identify a corner point included in the corner candidate points. The corner point may be a point, included in the corner candidate points, that is closest to one corner of the bounding rectangle. The device may perform perspective correction on the image of the document based on identifying the corner point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Pribble, Nicholas Capurso, Daniel Alan Jarvis
  • Patent number: 10331870
    Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Zakery Layne Johnson, John Shelton, Debra Randall Casillas, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Maland Keith Mortensen
  • Patent number: 10330607
    Abstract: A process for detecting oil or lubricant contamination in a manufactured product, the process comprising adding a fluorescent taggant to oils or lubricants contained in processing machinery for said product, conveying said product past an infrared detection apparatus, irradiating said product with infrared radiation from said detection apparatus as it passes the detection apparatus, and detecting infrared radiation emitted from said irradiated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Jr., William James Faenza
  • Patent number: 10329878
    Abstract: A downhole valve system includes a downhole valve positionable in a wellbore and a downhole valve actuator coupled to the downhole valve. An annulus is defined between the downhole valve and the wellbore. The downhole valve actuator includes a pressure chamber that encloses a pressurized fluid at a particular pressure and a breakable member. The downhole valve actuator is adjustable to a first position to close the downhole valve when the particular pressure is greater than an annulus pressure at a first pressure in the annulus, and the downhole valve actuator is adjustable to a second position to lock the downhole valve in an open position independent of the relative values of the particular pressure and the annulus pressure, with the annulus pressure set at a second pressure greater than the first pressure to break the breakable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul David Ringgenberg
  • Patent number: 10332416
    Abstract: A method and system for using a natural language generator for automatic assessment item generation is disclosed. The natural language generator includes a document structure generator that produces an abstract document specification defining a structure for an assessment item based on user input. The abstract document specification is input into a logical schema generator, which produces a logical schema specification that creates a more detailed specification for an assessment item. Finally, a sentence generator receives the logical schema specification and creates natural language for the assessment item based on the variables defined in the logical schema specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Paul Deane, Derrick Higgins
  • Patent number: 10331660
    Abstract: A device may generate, in a first data structure of a first system, a data lineage record. The data lineage record may include attributes that are common among a plurality of records of the first data structure. The data lineage record may be used to map the first data structure and a second data structure of a second system. The device may populate the data lineage record with unique values for the attributes. The unique values may be used to identify the attributes of the data lineage record after the data lineage record has been included in the second data structure. The device may provide, from the first system, data included in the first data structure to the second system. The data lineage record may be included in the data provided to the second system. The device may perform an action related to the data provided to the second system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Ann Chapin
  • Patent number: 10333909
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for identifying a targeted content item for a user. The method includes receiving one or more encrypted first attributes of the user, and a first key. Thereafter, one or more content items are encrypted using the first key. The one or more content items are stored in a data structure such that the one or more content items are indexed in the data structure according to one or more second attributes of the one or more content items. Thereafter, at least one encrypted content item is retrieved from the data structure based on the one or more encrypted content items, the indexing of the one or more content items, and the one or more encrypted first attributes. The at least one encrypted content item is decrypted to generate the targeted content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Aritra Dhar, Shailesh Vaya
  • Patent number: 10328098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of hepatic disorders in a subject in need thereof. More specifically, the methods of the invention are based on the administration, preferably, systemic administration, of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one biocompatible alginate biomaterial, any modification thereof and any combination thereof. The invention further provides methods for sustaining serum albumin levels, and/or reducing serum AST and ALT, in subjects suffering from hepatic disorder. Still further, the invention provides methods for reducing apoptosis and inducing cell proliferation in a damaged liver tissue of a subject suffering of hepatic disorder, using the alginate biomaterial described by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
    Inventors: Yaron Ilan, Gadi Lalazar, Eyal Shteyer, Ami Ben-Ya'acov, Smadar Cohen, Tsiona Elkayam
  • Patent number: D852410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Eric Hawes, Traci Martin, Melissa Burroughs, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic, Raymond Lau, Christopher S. Tucker, Anthony Dibitonto, Marc Suriol, George Stafford, Jamie Nicholson, Mark Breneman, Alistair Bramley