Patents Assigned to Services
  • Publication number: 20210348638
    Abstract: A nut adapted to be connected with a bolt includes a through hole defining a first central axis. A first internal thread is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole at a first side of a first end of the through hole. A second internal thread is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole at a second side, opposite to the first side, of a second end of the through hole. The first internal thread and the second internal thread define a second central axis, distinct from the first central axis. The bolt is capable of being positioned in the through hole in a first posture in which the bolt is parallel to the first central axis, and in a second posture in which the bolt is parallel to the second central axis and engaged with the first and second internal threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20210345676
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a reservoir assembly may include a reservoir and an isolation structure. The reservoir may hold a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir may include a first fluid port extending through a housing of the reservoir, where the first fluid port may enable fluid communication between the reservoir and an exterior of the reservoir assembly. The reservoir may be coupled to a vaporizer assembly that includes a second fluid port configured to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and vaporizer assembly, or the reservoir may be coupled to a vaporizer connector assembly that includes a second fluid port configured to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and an exterior through the vaporizer connector assembly. The isolation structure may move in relation to the reservoir and the vaporizer connector assembly to a position where it exposes one of the fluid ports and covers the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Eric HAWES, Raymond W. LAU, Mik DAHL, Jon JARANTILLA, Galen SALVADOR, Jose Jesus Paolo MONTALVAN, Jeroen KOK
  • Publication number: 20210349539
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating variable haptic feedback. The system comprises a first haptic feedback device configured to generate haptic feedback according to a received output signal, an input device configured to receive instructions from a remote source, the instructions comprising a haptic feedback output identifier, and a memory device for storing a plurality of haptic feedback profiles, the haptic feedback profiles defining unique haptic feedback patterns characterized at least by a duration and intensity of feedback to be generated by the first haptic feedback device, and said haptic feedback profiles being associated with a haptic feedback output identifier. The system also includes a processor configured to generate and transmit an output signal to the first haptic feedback device according to a haptic feedback profile associated with a received haptic feedback output identifier, said output signal comprising a haptic feedback pattern defined by said haptic feedback profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: James R. Dillon, Todd McPherson
  • Publication number: 20210350362
    Abstract: Examples for enabling off-network transactions to be performed and securely managed are provided. An example system may include a data network, a digital ledger server, a blockchain platform, smart payment devices, and point of sale devices. Each respective point of sale device and each respective smart device may be operable to perform an off-network transaction, and store information related to the transaction in a digital ledger coupled to each respective device. When a transaction is executed between a POS device and a smart payment device, the POS device and smart payment device exchange a record of all off-network transactions that each respective device has executed since the last time a connection was made to the data network. When a network connection is established for each device, the respective information stored in the digital ledger is uploaded to the blockchain platform for storage and the digital ledger server for transaction resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Galen RAFFERTY, Austin Grant WALTERS, Vincent PHAM, Anh TRUONG, Jeremy Edward GOODSITT
  • Publication number: 20210350377
    Abstract: A system for alerting a user of undesired components in purchase items is provided. The system comprises receiving a list of undesired components of purchased items, and defining an alert to a user of an undesired component in a purchased item, the alert comprising an alert timing configuration and an undesired component identification. The system further comprises receiving a notice that the user purchased an item, determining whether a listing of the purchased item has been automatically collected, and generating a list of components of the purchased item when the purchased item listing has been automatically collected, and obtaining from the user the list of components of the purchased item when the purchased item listing has not been automatically collected. The system further determines whether the purchased item contains an undesired component, and upon determining that the purchased item contains art undesired component, sends the alert to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua EDWARDS, Latika GULATI, Rajko ILINCIC
  • Publication number: 20210350067
    Abstract: A system and method for creating customized insurance-related forms (e.g., agreements, policies, exceptions, and other insurance-related documents) using computing devices is disclosed. A user can quickly and conveniently create customized insurance-related forms, and can transmit same to one or more remote users and/or computing systems for further processing. The system provides rich tagged searching and editing features for allowing an insurance professional to rapidly create customized forms, and to access other forms while editing a given form. The system ingests and decomposes insurance-related forms into clauses, applies search tags to the clauses, and stores the clauses and the search tags in a database for rapid searching and retrieval of desired tags for use in creating customized forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Insurance Services Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Beiderman, John Scerbo, Michael E. Goodside, Ka Man Chan, Mark Peterson
  • Publication number: 20210345669
    Abstract: The method includes establishing a first fluid gradient through a central passage, the central passage traversing through a first channel, the first channel defining at least one first hole, a housing covering the first channel, a first reservoir being defined between the housing and the first channel, a second reservoir defined between the first channel and the central passage. The method further includes establishing a second fluid gradient through the at least one first hole, through at least a first portion of the second reservoir, and through at least a second portion of a wick, a heater being in communication with the wick and the central passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. TUCKER, Edmond CADIEUX, Barry S. SMITH, William J. CROWE, Nam TRAN
  • Publication number: 20210345657
    Abstract: This document provides methods and systems for stabilizing nicotine and incorporating nicotine into one or more oral products. This document also provides oral products. Nicotine can be stabilized by mixing liquid nicotine with cellulosic fiber such that the liquid nicotine absorbs into pores of the cellulosic fiber to form a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture. In some cases, a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture can be combined with one or more binders and molded into an oral product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Feng GAO, Shuzhong ZHUANG, Diane L. GEE
  • Publication number: 20210350278
    Abstract: Considering the dependency of a flight hold time on multitude of dynamically varying factors, determining an optimal hold time balancing between passenger utility and airline utility is challenging. State of art approaches are limited to use of only deterministic approaches with limited ML assistance that require huge labelled training data. Embodiments disclosed herein provide a method and system for computing and recommending optimal hold time for every flight of an airline so as to minimize passenger misconnects in airline operations through Reinforcement Learning (RL). The method disclosed utilizes RL, which is trained to make decision at a flight level considering local factors while still adhering to the global objective based on global factors. Further method introduces business constants in the rewards to the RL agents bringing in airline specific flexibility in reward function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Tejasvi MALLADI, Karpagam MURUGAPPAN, Depak SUDARSANAM, Ramasubramanian SURIYANARAYANAN, Arunchandar VASAN
  • Publication number: 20210350448
    Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques utilizing computers to determine one or more locations for a customer to pickup a product based on a trained models. Embodiments may also include generating a code that may be utilized to obtain the product and perform a verification operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy PHILLIPS, Andrew GROSSMAN, Catherine BOUSQUET
  • Publication number: 20210349795
    Abstract: Described herein is a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for helping customers in accessing data through an application from a replica database, detecting whether the replica database, zone of availability of the replica database, or geographical region encompassing the zone of availability is experiencing an outage or other failure, and re-routing traffic to a backup replica database accordingly. To assess the status of the database, metrics are pushed in a secure manner from a private subnet to a public-facing monitoring agent, achieving a clear segregation of private subnet and public facing components. Further, circuit-breaker logic is included for preventing failure during updating DNS addresses during the re-routing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Kasi Reddy SANGALA, Shah SIDI, Sampath Kumar KASILINGAM, Paul LY
  • Publication number: 20210350038
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly developing annotated computer models of structures and properties is provided. The system generates three-dimensional (3D) models of structures and property using a wide variety of digital imagery, and/or can process existing 3D models created by other systems. The system processes the 3D models to automatically identify candidate objects within the 3D models that may be suitable for annotation, such as roof faces, chimneys, windows, gutters, etc., using computer vision techniques to automatically identify such objects. Once the candidate objects have been identified, the system automatically generates user interface screens which gather relevant information related to the candidate objects, so as to rapidly obtain, associate, and store annotation information related to the candidate objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Insurance Services Office, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Jenson, Corey David Reed, Brandon O'Very, Ron Richardson, Benjamin Jankowski
  • Patent number: 11170347
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for delivering personalized content to a customer. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing notifications related to the needs of a customer. A content management system may determine the needs of a customer as they relate to relevant products and/or services offered by one or more business entities, determine and prioritize actions that may fulfill these needs, and deliver personalized content to the customer based on the customer's information. Accordingly, the systems and techniques provided herein may improve the efficiency and reduce the time involved with delivering effective content to a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Brady Carl Stephenson, Michael Frederick Willette, Gunjan C. Vijayvergia
  • Patent number: 11168241
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole fluid additives including a clay, a hydroxylated polymer, a cation, and water. The disclosure further relates to downhole fluids, including drilling fluids, spaces, cements, and proppant delivery fluids containing such as downhole fluid additive and methods of using such fluids. The downhole fluid additive may have any of a variety of functions in the downhole fluid and may confer any of a variety of properties upon it, such as salt tolerance or desired viscosities even at high downhole temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek S. Goel, Peter James Boul, Xueyu Pang, Lee J. Hall, Jay P. Deville, Samuel J. Lewis, B. Raghava Reddy, Trissa Joseph, Xiangnan Ye
  • Patent number: 11168549
    Abstract: An automated sucker rod spacing device comprising a housing, a screw set within the housing and connected to a sucker rod string via a polished rod, a nut which is in threaded engagement with the screw, a means to transmit a rotation force to the nut, wherein the rotation of the nut can lower or raise the screw and thus lower or raise the sucker rod string. The device can be used to stop tagging, ensure full pump fillage, and avoid gas lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TRC Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Ewing, Michael Eric Johnson, Donald Mike Johnson, Joe Boyd, Danny Uselton
  • Patent number: 11170548
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for overcoming the technical problem of providing an augmented reality that displays an actual image of the item or a proportionally dimensioned representation of the item to a user. To overcome this challenge, two separate approaches can be used: a beacon/tag/sensor-based approach and a marker-based approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Dotterweich, Christopher T. Schenken, Jeffrey Cooper
  • Patent number: 11166793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection between a post part provided for being screwed into the jawbone and an associated superstructure part to which a dental prosthesis can be fastened. The connection between the post part and the superstructure part has a rotational self-centering action, wherein at least one of the surfaces provided for this purpose has a friction-minimizing modification and/or coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventor: Holger Zipprich
  • Patent number: 11167012
    Abstract: A C—C chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3) peptide analog that exhibits biased antagonism by binding to and inhibiting ligand-mediated signaling and chemotaxis while promoting the internalization and degradation of CCR3 is provided as is a method of using the peptide analog to treat, prevent, or ameliorate one or more symptoms of an eosinophil- or CCR3-mediated disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Steven Jules Ackerman, Fan Gao Laffey, Ben Hitchinson, Boris Garnier, Vadim Gaponenko, Nadya Tarasova, Hazem Abdelkarim
  • Patent number: 11168242
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to spacer fluids for use in subterranean operations and, more particularly, in certain embodiments, to spacer fluids that include a spacer additive comprising a solid scouring material and a biopolymer gum while being essential free of clay. An example method may comprise spacer fluid comprise water and a spacer additive. The spacer additive may comprise a solid scouring material and a biopolymer gum, wherein the solid scouring material comprises crystalline silica in an amount of about 5 wt. % or less, and wherein the spacer fluid is essentially free of clay. The example method may further comprise and introducing the spacer fluid into a wellbore to displace at least a portion of a first fluid in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Jones, Ryan Keeran
  • Patent number: 11168707
    Abstract: A control device for an agricultural vehicle having a spray boom assembly for spreading material, such as fertilizer, plant protection products or seeds includes a control unit and at least two pressure control valves used for controlling an inclination of the spray boom assembly and connected to the control unit. Each pressure control valve has assigned thereto a check valve and a pressure sensor, the check valve being arranged between the pressure sensor and the pressure control valve. An agricultural vehicle and a method for operating the agricultural vehicle are arranged to spread material, such as fertilizer, plant protection products or seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG, Hydac Systems & Services GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Grosse Prues, Georg Komma, Patrick Krupp, Timo Kiefer, Peter Kohl