Patents Assigned to Services
  • Patent number: 11146920
    Abstract: A content item can be produced at a first system in segments, and some or all of the content item can be transferred to second systems, via transfer of produced segments of the content item. Content preferences, database configuration and playback schedules can be configured with a remote media content processing system. This information is then transferred from the remote media content processing system to one or more other remote media content processing systems. This transferred information provides a configuration for segmented WANcasting of a content items from one or more remote media content processing systems until the content item is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Jellison, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11144901
    Abstract: An exemplary system includes at least one physical computing device that is communicatively coupled, by way of a network, to a retail point of sale (POS) machine, and that receives a transaction identifier from the POS machine, uses the transaction identifier to query an electronic payment system, receives, from the electronic payment system in response to the query, data representative of a pending electronic payment that is associated with the transaction identifier and is awaiting funding, sends data representative of information about the pending electronic payment to the POS machine, the information indicating an amount to fund the pending electronic payment, receives, from the POS machine, a confirmation that the POS machine has received the amount to fund the pending electronic payment, and notifies the electronic payment system that the pending electronic payment has been funded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BBVA Transfer Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dennis, Miguel Angel Macias, Jaime Caballero
  • Patent number: 11143780
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods can be conducted in a multi-pipe structure to determine eccentricity of one or more pipes of the multi-pipe structure. A tool having a center axis as a symmetry axis of the tool can be used in which receivers are arranged as a number of pairs of receivers around the center axis of the tool. Each receiver of a pair can be disposed opposite the other receiver of the pair with respect to the center axis such that each pair is symmetrical with respect to the center axis of the tool. Eccentricity of one or more pipes of the multi-pipe structure can be determined based on the received responses at the receivers of the pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Reza Khalaj Amineh, Burkay Donderici, Luis Emilio San Martin
  • Patent number: 11143024
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the composition of a drilling fluid using electro-rheology may be provided. A method for drilling a wellbore may include: circulating a drilling fluid in a wellbore; extending the wellbore into one or more subterranean formations; measuring impedance of at least a portion of the drilling fluid over time as one or more particulate additives in the drilling fluid settle; determining one or more model elements of an equivalent circuit model for modeling frequency responses of the drilling fluid from the impedance; and determining sag behavior of the drilling fluid based, at least partially, on the one or more model elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangnan Ye, Dale E. Jamison, Li Gao
  • Patent number: 11145000
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically detecting if a vehicle safety system is being used by a driver is disclosed. The system and method use data gathered from one or more sensors in the vehicle. The data is analyzed to determine if the safety system is being used or disabled. The system can send reminders to a driver to use the safety system. The system and method can also automatically update a policy holder's insurance policy to reflect whether or not a safety system is being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Kelly Q. Baker, Sumita T. Jonak, Will Kerns Maney
  • Patent number: 11146682
    Abstract: Techniques are described for generating metric(s) that predict survey score(s) for a service session. Model(s) may be trained, through supervised or unsupervised machine learning, using training data from previous service sessions between service representative(s) and individual(s). Training data may include, for previous service session(s), a session record (e.g., audio record) of the session and a set of survey scores provided by the serviced individual to rate the session on one or more criteria (e.g., survey questions). The model(s) may be trained to output, based on an input session record, metric(s) that each correspond to a survey score that would have been provided by the individual had they completed the survey. The model may be a concatenated model that is a combination of a language model output from a language classifier recurrent neural network, and an acoustic model output from an acoustic feature layer convolutional neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Vijay Jayapalan, Gregory Yarbrough, Bipin Chadha, John McChesney TenEyck, Jr., Eric J. Smith
  • Patent number: 11143003
    Abstract: Methods to dehydrate a gravel pack and to temporarily increase a flow rate of fluid flowing from a wellbore into a conveyance are disclosed. A method to dehydrate gravel pack includes deploying a valve at a location proximate a gravel pack. The valve includes a rupture disk that ruptures in response to a threshold amount of pressure, and reactive fluid that actuates the valve to a closed position. The method also includes providing a fluid flow path from the gravel pack to the conveyance. The method further includes closing the valve after providing the fluid flow path from the gravel pack to the conveyance for a threshold period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Novelen, Edmund Christopher Williamson, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 11142667
    Abstract: A composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles and a coating layer disposed on the particles, the coating layer including a solid elastomer. A method of producing an asphalt additive includes mixing an emulsion comprising an elastomer with a plurality of substrate particles. Another composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles substantially coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the first coating layer including a solid elastomer. An asphalt mix includes the asphalt additive composition, aggregate, and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Dongre Laboratory Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Rajendra Nidhish Dongre
  • Patent number: 11142928
    Abstract: Receptacle locking devices are disclosed. A receptacle locking device having a contact arm and a pivoting feature can be pivoted from a first, unlocked position to a second, locked position, wherein the contact arm prevents opening of the receptacle door when the locking device is in the second, locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: James Edmund Matthews, Joram Shenhar, Terry Martin Gingell, Donald Eugene Irwin, William Albert Tartal
  • Patent number: 11143019
    Abstract: A method and system for modeling a fracture geometry. The method may comprise taking one or more pressure measurements from an offset wellbore, identifying a pressure trend of the offset wellbore, and comparing the one or more pressure measurements to the pressure trend to identify a poro-elastic trend. The method may further comprise creating a poro-elastic model of a target wellbore from the poro-elastic trend, identifying the fracture geometry of a fracture in the target wellbore from at least the poro-elastic trend, and comparing the fracture geometry to a target fracture geometry. The system may comprise a pressure measurement device disposed in an offset wellbore, one or more pieces of equipment configured for a fracture operation and connected to a target wellbore, and an information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Jie Bai
  • Patent number: 11142972
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present application relate to a variable frequency drive (VFD) cabin for a pump configuration including a mobile trailer on which the VFD cabin is to be mounted. The VFD cabin generally includes a medium-voltage VFD and a ventilation system. In certain embodiments, the ventilation system is configured to generate an overpressure condition within the cabin to discourage the entry of dust and debris into the cabin. In certain embodiments, one or more components of the medium-voltage VFD are coupled to the floor of the cabin via a vibration damping system. In certain embodiments, the VFD cabin may be directly coupled to a chassis of the mobile trailer without an intervening suspension being provided between the VFD cabin and the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: National Service Alliance—Houston LLC
    Inventors: John Fischer, David Kubricht, Richard Cheatham, Jeffrey Pollack, Chad Lawman, David Todd, Tyler Nolen, John J. Crosetto
  • Patent number: 11145152
    Abstract: A bill-loading machine for receptacles (e.g., cash cassettes or cash cartridges for cash cassettes) for cash-dispensing machines. The bill-loading machine has receptacle ports, currency bins, and bill dispensers. Each receptacle port receives a receptacle that (i) stores bills and (ii) is configurable to the cash-dispensing machines for dispensing the bills. Each currency bin stores a bills, and each bill dispenser loads a receptacle located at a corresponding receptacle port with bills from a corresponding currency bin. In some embodiments, the bill-loading machine includes a bill sorter that receives an input supply of bills of varied denominations, automatically sorts the bills into multiple flows of paper currency of specific denominations for storage in multiple currency bins, and automatically loads each currency bin with the bills of a corresponding denomination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Global Payments Gaming Services Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11146679
    Abstract: A system and method for providing an interactive voice response dialogue by using a cloud computing system coupled to a mobile computing device. The cloud computing system may receive a request from a mobile computing device to initiate communication with an interactive voice response system having a tree structure including audio files in the cloud computing system. An interactive voice response dialogue may be conducted using the cloud computing system when the mobile computing device does not have the capacity to receive the one or more files. When the mobile computing device does have the capacity to receive the one or more files, one or more files may be transmitted from the cloud computing system to the mobile computing device, so that he mobile computing device may conduct the interactive voice response dialogue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gregory Brian Meyer, Mark Anthony Lopez, Ravi Durairaj, Nolan Serrao, Victor Kwak, Ryan Thomas Russell, Christopher Russell, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 11144617
    Abstract: A disclosed method includes a data distribution computer receiving a data packet comprising a plurality of data values in response to an interaction between a resource provider and a user. The data distribution computer can then determine a data item for each data value of the plurality of data values and associate each data value to a processing computer using the data item for each data value. The data distribution computer can generate a plurality of authorization request messages comprising at least one data value. The data distribution computer can then transmit the plurality of authorization request messages to a plurality of processing computers adapted to process the data values in the respective authorization request messages, wherein the plurality of processing computers process the data values in the respective authorization request messages. The plurality of authorization request messages are subsequently forwarded to the authorization computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Nick Roberts
  • Patent number: 11145131
    Abstract: A device receives an image including image data of a scale model of a vehicle, and processes the image data, with a model, to identify a make, a model, and a year represented by the scale model. The device determines augmented reality (AR) vehicle information based on the make, the model, and the year represented by the scale model of the vehicle, and provides the AR vehicle information to enable a user device to associate the AR vehicle information with the image of the scale model of the vehicle. The device receives an input associated with the AR vehicle information, and determines updated AR vehicle information based on the input associated with the AR vehicle information. The device provides the updated AR vehicle information to enable the user device to associate the updated augmented reality vehicle information with the image of the scale model of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Price, Qiaochu Tang, Jason Hoover, Stephen Wylie, Geoffrey Dagley, Kristen Przano
  • Patent number: 11142508
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R11a, R11b, R11c, R11d, and X, are as defined herein, are provided. Uses of such compounds for modulating androgen receptor activity, imaging diagnostics in cancer and therapeutics, and methods for treatment of subjects in need thereof, including prostate cancer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: The University of British Columbia, Provincial Health Services Authority
    Inventors: Raymond J. Andersen, Marianne Dorothy Sadar, Kunzhong Jian, Nasrin R. Mawji, Jun Wang, Carmen Adriana Banuelos, Yu-Chi Yang
  • Patent number: 11142995
    Abstract: Certain aspects and features of the disclosure relate to a valve device for use in a wellbore. In one example, the valve device includes a body containing swell fluid, a swellable elastomer, and a piston. The swell fluid can contact the swellable elastomer, causing the swellable elastomer to swell. The swellable elastomer can swell and contact the piston. The swellable elastomer can move the piston from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the piston can open, close, or restrict one or more flow paths through the valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb Thomas Warren, Geir Gjelstad, Thomas Frosell
  • Patent number: 11143013
    Abstract: Vibrational behavior of a wellbore operation can be characterized as a vibrational map relating a modeled or sensed vibration level of the operation's equipment to operational parameters of the wellbore operation. The operational parameters can be controllable by settings of the equipment. The map can include multiple contour lines, each representing a set of adjacent coordinates of operational parameters that have the same vibrational level. Tracing a contour line can include determining vibration at a pre-tracing coordinate, adjusting the operational parameters until the vibration level to be mapped is reached at a tracing origin coordinate, then varying the operational parameters while keeping the vibration level constant until the tracing origin or a bound of the operational parameters is reached. Vibration levels having multiple, non-intersecting contour lines can be found by repeating tracing from a different pre-tracing coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Dykstra, Yiming Zhao, Venkata Madhukanth Vadali, Xingyong Song
  • Patent number: 11145272
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a first processing core configured to generate first control signals and to control a display by providing the first control signals to the display via a first display interface, a second processing core configured to generate second control signals and to control the display by providing the second control signals to the display via a second display interface, and the first processing core being further configured to cause the second processing core to enter and leave a hibernation state based at least partly on a determination, by the first processing core, concerning an instruction from outside the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Amer Sports Digital Services Oy
    Inventors: Erik Lindman, Jyrki Uusitalo, Timo Eriksson, Jari Akkila, Michael Miettinen
  • Patent number: D933084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Josh Medrano, Jim Shamlin, Lorraine Moreno