Patents Assigned to TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  • Extending game functionality through dynamic resource allocation
    Patent number: 11366652
    Abstract: The functionality offered through a game development application can be extended using a plurality of extension modules. A customer portal can expose information about the available modules to a developer, where the extension modules can include components such as a customer interface enabling an authorized entity to access or modify the functionality, as well as an application programming interface (API) or other interface for enabling the functionality to be accessed during gameplay. The API can be associated with various resources that can be allocated to the customer over a period of time, or that can be allocated dynamically in order to process discrete tasks. The allocation of resources can occur after release of the game and during live gameplay. Similar functionality can be accessed by a game administrator to trigger specific actions during gameplay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Pressacco, Michael Eric Deem
  • Systems, apparatuses, and methods for document querying
    Patent number: 11366855
    Abstract: Techniques for searching documents are described. An exemplary method includes receiving a document search query; querying at least one index based upon the document search query to identify matching data; fetching the identified matched data; determining one or more of a top ranked passage and top ranked documents from the set of documents based upon one or more invocations of one or more machine learning models based at least on the fetched identified matched data and the document search query; and returning one or more of the top ranked passage and the proper subset of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Dodel, Zhiheng Huang, Xiaofei Ma, Ramesh M. Nallapati, Krishnakumar Rajagopalan, Milan Saini, Sudipta Sengupta, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Dimitrios Soulios, Ankit Sultania, Dong Wang, Zhiguo Wang, Bing Xiang, Peng Xu, Yong Yuan
  • Methods for delivering neuroregenerative therapy and reducing post-operative and chronic pain
    Patent number: 11364381
    Abstract: A method of managing pain related to a peripheral nerve injury of a subject comprises delivering stimulation energy of a first frequency to the target nerve via at least one electrode assembly during a regenerative phase and delivering stimulation energy of a second frequency for a predetermined period via the at least one electrode assembly during at least one neuropathic pain management phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Epineuron Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Willand, Sergio David Aguirre
  • Parameterized trust and permission policies between entities for cloud resources
    Patent number: 11368492
    Abstract: Techniques for parameterized trust and permission policies between entities for cloud resources are described. A method of parameterized trust and permission policies between entities for cloud resources may include receiving, by an access control service of a provider network, a request to generate a parameterized policy template, the parameterized policy template including characteristics of at least one action or at least one resource to be specified by a user, receiving a parameterized action list or a parameterized resource list from the user, validating the parameterized action list or the parameterized resource list based on the characteristics defined in the parameterized policy template, and generating a parameterized role based on the parameterized policy template and the parameterized action list or the parameterized resource list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Engers, Jaco Le Roux
  • Demodulation reference signal configuration and adaptation
    Patent number: 11368268
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for facilitating demodulation reference signal configuration and adaptation. According an embodiment, a system can comprise generating a demodulation reference signal configuration that defines location of a demodulation reference signal in frequency domain and time domain, selecting a time domain pattern and a frequency domain pattern based on the demodulation reference signal configuration and allocating resources for the demodulation reference signal on at least one physical shared channel based on the time domain pattern and frequency domain pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KINGSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Huaming Wu
  • Chaining virtual machines
    Patent number: 11366681
    Abstract: A request to perform a workflow is received. A first instance is caused to be instantiated to perform a first portion of the workflow. First information and a handle associated with a second snapshot is received from the first instance. The first information is processed to produce a first result. A second instance is caused to be instantiated based on the handle to perform a second portion of the workflow. Second information is received from the second instance. The second information is processed to produce a second result, and an operation is performed dependent at least on the first result or the second result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Douglas Stewart Laurence
  • Image sensor with shared microlens between multiple subpixels
    Patent number: 11367743
    Abstract: An image sensor pixel includes a plurality of photodiodes, a shared microlens, and a plurality of microlenses. The plurality of photodiodes are arranged as a photodiode array with each of the plurality of photodiodes disposed within a semiconductor material. The shared microlens is optically aligned with a group of neighboring photodiodes included in the plurality of photodiodes. Each of the plurality of microlenses are optically aligned with an individual one of the plurality of photodiodes other than the group of neighboring photodiodes. The plurality of microlenses laterally surrounds the shared microlens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yang, Guansong Liu, Peng Lin, Chin Poh Pang, Da Meng
  • Presence-based notification system
    Patent number: 11368579
    Abstract: Techniques for notifying multiple recipient devices of a communication request are described. The system may determine a score corresponding to each of the recipient devices and may notify the devices based on the score. The system may cause a first recipient device to output a notification for the communication request for a duration of time. After the duration of time elapses, the system may cause a second recipient device to output a notification for the communication request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Pranap Palanivel
  • Portable cooler
    Patent number: 11365926
    Abstract: A portable cooler container is provided. The temperature control system cools a chamber of the container to transport temperature sensitive contents via the container. An electronic display screen on one of the lid and the container body selectively displays an electronic shipping label for the portable cooler container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Ember Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Rahul Mulinti, Jacob William Emmert, Paul Thomas Gurney
  • Operating devices in diffusion-limited fluid regimes
    Patent number: 11367511
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for operating devices in diffusion-limited regimes, where diffusion rates are sufficiently low that device operation can be optimized by taking the rate of diffusion into account when directing devices what actions to take.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CBN Nano Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Tad Hogg
  • Detecting diverted drugs
    Patent number: 11367515
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activities surrounding the management of controlled substances in a medical facility is described herein, where the activities that may indicate the diversion of controlled drugs are flagged for further review. The activities are detected by reviewing application layer network packets, related to controlled substances, on the medical facility network, identifying the physical location of the origin of the packet, and processing these packets with a rules engine and machine learning generated rules to make a determination if the circumstances surrounding the packets indicate the diversion of controlled substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bottomline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Curtiss, Benjamin Smith, Mark Benoit
  • Supporting a fixed transaction rate with a variably-backed logical cryptographic key
    Patent number: 11368300
    Abstract: A request to perform a cryptographic operation is received, the request including a first identifier assigned to a key group, the key group comprising a plurality of second identifiers, with the plurality of second identifiers corresponding to a plurality of cryptographic keys. A second identifier is determined, according to a distribution scheme, from the plurality of second identifiers, and the cryptographic operation is performed using a cryptographic key of the plurality of cryptographic keys that corresponds to the second identifier that was determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Branchek Roth, Matthew John Campagna, Benjamin Elias Seidenberg
  • CAM storage schemes and CAM read operations for detecting matching keys with bit errors
    Patent number: 11367485
    Abstract: A memory array includes strings that are configured to store keywords and inverse keywords corresponding to keys according to content addressable memory (CAM) storages schemes. A read circuit performs a CAM read operation over a plurality of iterations to determine which of the keywords are matching keywords that match a target keyword. During the iterations, a read controller biases word lines according to a plurality of modified word line bias setting that are each modified from an initial word line bias setting corresponding to the target keyword. At the end of the CAM read operation, the read controller detects which of the keywords are matching keywords, even if the strings are storing the keywords or inverse keywords with up a certain number of bit errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Idan Alrod, Eran Sharon, Alon Marcu, Yan Li
  • Ceiling façade system
    Patent number: 11365541
    Abstract: A ceiling façade system includes: a ceiling tile including an interior panel defining a first edge extending along a first side of the ceiling tile and a second edge extending along a second side of the ceiling tile opposite the first edge, a heating element, and an insulator layer arranged over the heating element opposite the interior panel; a first receiver extending along and configured to support the first side of the ceiling tile on a linear lighting track arranged on a ceiling structure and configured to locate the first edge of the interior panel adjacent and partially concealing the linear lighting track; and a second receiver extending along and configured to support the second side of the ceiling tile on a linear seam track arranged on the ceiling structure, the linear seam track laterally offset from the linear lighting track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Cover Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Xavier Rivas, Jemuel Joseph, Thomas Heyer, Craig Derian, Katherine Stavisky, Robert Jackson, Scott Kevern, Tyler Peterson, Jose Morales
  • Methods and systems for providing alerts to a driver of a vehicle via condition detection and wireless communications
    Patent number: 11364845
    Abstract: A computing device comprises at least one output device, one or more processors, and a memory storing a software application that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to wirelessly connect with a computing system of a vehicle when a driver is within the vehicle, the vehicle including an external monitoring system comprising one or more sensors. The computing device can receive, from the computing system of the vehicle, an alert indicating a change in at least one condition external to the vehicle, and output, via the at least one output device, a corresponding alert indicating the change in the at least one condition external to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brennan T. Lopez-Hinojosa, Kermit D. Lopez
  • Precision low-dose, low-waste syringes and ergonomic attachments therefor
    Patent number: 11364346
    Abstract: Syringe attachments and syringes have particular suitability to the precision dispensing of small amounts of high viscosity materials, such as dermal fillers. Syringes and attachments may include precision position indicators viewed from multiple positions to enable a user to determine plunger position and the amount of dispensed contents with precision. A configuration of the attachment may be slidably secured to a syringe to permit a user to operate the syringe from a lateral position using sliding movement of the thumb and fingers of one hand, for example. This configuration may be particularly suitable for self-administered insulin injections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Innomed Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Joseph, Minh Bui, Rod Peterson
  • Image-guided three dimensional modeling
    Patent number: 11367263
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for image-guided three dimensional (3D) modeling. In various examples, a first two-dimensional (2D) image representing an object may be received. A first three-dimensional (3D) model corresponding to the first 2D image may be determined from among a plurality of 3D models. A first selection of a first portion of the first 2D image may be received. A second selection of a second portion of the first 3D model corresponding to the portion of the first 2D image may be received. At least one transformation of the first 3D model may be determined based at least in part on differences between a geometric feature of the first portion of the first 2D image and a geometric feature of the second portion of the first 3D model. A modified 3D model may be generated by applying the at least one transformation to the first 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic Laurent Pascal Devernay, Thomas Lund Dideriksen
  • Process for managing reconnections of devices in a network
    Patent number: 11368994
    Abstract: Techniques for a server-based reconnection of disconnected devices in a network are described. In an example, a computer system receives, from a second device, first data of a first device. The first data indicates that the first device has disconnected from the network due a change in the password of the network. The computer system determines that the first device is authorized to connect to the network. Based on the first device being authorized, the computer system transmits a request for a token. The computer system compares the token to a token stored by the computer system. In response to the tokens matching, the computer system transmits second data to the first device via the second device. The second data includes an updated password of the network. The first device uses the second data to reestablish a connection with the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Quentin N. Robinson, Rashmesh Radhakrishnan, Abraham Martin Passaglia, Andrew Roths
  • System for distributed management of satellite uplink communication
    Patent number: 11368213
    Abstract: A satellite provides communication between user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that connect to other networks, such as the Internet. Because the satellite is within range of many UTs at any given time, many UTs are in contention to use an uplink to send upstream data to the satellite. Contention for the uplink may be managed by sending grants that allocate a portion of the uplink time and frequency resources to individual UTs. A UT serviced by the satellite uses information based on the grants to determine whether upstream data from a user device connected the UT should be accepted for future transmission promised to deliver specified quality of service to the user device. Acting as a distributed system, each UT may decide to approve upstream data based on one or more factors, such as source address, destination address, header flags, predicted radio availability, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Baosheng Li, Mohammad Mamunur Rashid, Bulin Zhang, Ali Masoomzadeh, Deepak
  • Vacuum freezing nucleated liquid water for purifying brackish water
    Patent number: 11365133
    Abstract: A method of purifying brackish water includes mixing brackish water with a nucleating agent, forming nucleated liquid water and distributing droplets of the nucleated liquid water inside a vacuum chamber, vacuum freezing the droplets of the nucleated liquid water in the vacuum chamber. The method further includes the droplets forming pure water vapor, nucleated ice, and remaining brackish water, mixing and liquifying the pure water vapor and the nucleated ice, forming a mixture of purified liquid water and the nucleating agent. The method further includes separating the mixture of purified liquid water and the nucleating agent, forming purified liquid water and the nucleating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Fangyu Cao, Jianjian Wang, Howard Pearlman