Patents Examined by Ariel J Yu
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Patent number: 11599851Abstract: A method is performed by using a master smart scale with a master-slave mode, a remote communication device and a slave smart scale to manage multiple chemicals from a remote place. The master smart scale performs an initialization procedure to obtain an initial weight of one chemical; generate an identification information by reading a radio frequency tag of the chemical; use the identification information to inform the remote communication device to open an input page for users to input a basic information into the master smart scale; and mark the basic information and the initial weight with the identification information. In the master-slave mode, the master smart scale allows receiving the information of the chemical from its slave smart scale. For inquiry, a specific page is opened with the remote communication device to receive and display a statistical data generated from the master smart scale.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Wei-Nien Su, Yu-Cheng Chang
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Patent number: 11593753Abstract: Rule data sets are received. These rule sets are associated with constraints controlling how records that are associated with the goods are consolidated. These goods are to be received for importing. An estimate score indicative of the risk for inspection for a first set of goods that are to be imported is generated. Based at least in part on the rule data sets and the generated estimate, a plurality of records are consolidated to a single instance for the first set of goods. Based on the consolidating, a user interface is caused to be generated that renders information associated with the consolidating.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Grisz, Casey McCord, Emily Richards, Carol Crawford, Jose Landeros, Ayan Das, Christopher Martin Rubio
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Patent number: 11587067Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems to enable a digital wallet identifier to be present in communications associated with transaction data for transactions that are facilitated by a digital wallet provider. In one embodiment, a communication device of a user receives a request for payment credentials required to conduct a transaction and obtains the payment credentials. The payment credentials include a digital wallet identifier and at least some of the payment credentials are obtained from a trusted execution environment associated with the communication device. The obtained payment credentials are provided to an access device associated with a merchant. The access device is configured to initiate the transaction by generating an authorization request message including the payment credentials for onward transmission to an issuer computer.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Christian Aabye, Kevin Weller
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Patent number: 11562372Abstract: A computerized-method for generating a dataset for a Machine Learning (ML) model for an increased accurate financial crime detection from an initiation stage of the ML model implementation. The computerized-method includes: retrieval of financial transaction records from a database of financial transaction records to arrange a dataset of financial transaction records, according to preconfigured techniques. Then, processing the records in the dataset; Then, operating feature engineering on preselected anomalous related features to yield probabilistic categorical features and to yield probabilistic numerical features, and then combining the probabilistic categorical features with the probabilistic numerical features to generate a complex features dataset, and providing the probabilistic categorical features, the probabilistic numerical features and the complex features dataset to an ML model, thus, increasing accuracy of detection that is performed right from an initiation stage of the ML model implementation.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: ACTIMIZE LTDInventors: Debabrata Pati, Akshaykumar Bhausaheb Tilekar, Shevale Ashish Suhas
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Patent number: 11544751Abstract: Disclosed is a quotation method executed by a computer, comprising: obtaining structure parameters and electrical parameters of a product (S101); constructing an external view of the product by using the structure parameters of the product, and performing similarity comparison on the external view of the product and the external view of a historical product to obtain an appearance similarity sorting (102); performing similarity comparison on the electrical parameters of the product and the electrical parameters of the historical product to obtain an electrical parameter similarity sorting (103); on the basis of the cost weights of a structural member and an electrical component and the appearance similarity sorting and the electrical parameter similarity sorting, obtaining a comprehensive sorting which is based on the structure parameters and the electrical parameters (S104); and determining, based on the comprehensive sorting, a bill of materials of the product, and calculating, based on the bill of the mateType: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenggang Hu, Jian Hou
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Patent number: 11528343Abstract: Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Raj Vaswani, George Flammer, James Pace, Jay Ramasastry, Donald L. Reeves, III, Brian Matsuo
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Patent number: 11521249Abstract: In an example embodiment, a payment processor automatically generates a virtual account number that can be used by customers to perform push payments, such as ACH, wire transfer, and direct deposits. This virtual account number may be surfaced to customers via invoices sent by service or product providers. The payment processor is then able to automatically match the payment sent to the virtual account number and the amount owed on the invoice.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Stripe, Inc.Inventors: Tara Seshan, Clinton Carjoel Blackburn, Victoria Martinez
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Patent number: 11521172Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling an item, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method can include acquiring a first time sequence corresponding to a target item in a target warehouse, the first time sequence including shipment volume information of the target item corresponding to each unit time within a first historical period. The method can further include determining, according to the first time sequence and a target period to be predicted, total shipment volume information of the target item within a target period through a shipment prediction model, the shipment prediction model including a plurality of parallel first time sequence sub-models and a weighted sub-model which is connected to an output of each of the first time sequence sub-models, and scheduling the target item in the target warehouse according to the total shipment volume information and current inventory information of the target item in the target warehouse.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qingchun Meng, Linhao Gao
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Patent number: 11521196Abstract: A system for cashless payment of goods or services is provided which includes at least one payment unit disposed in at least one automat or machine, having at least one transmitting/receiving unit for short range communication; a processing unit; and a memory, wherein the automat or machine is connected to one or more other automats or machines via a short range communication means, at least one mobile device also having a transmitting/receiving device for both short range communication and long range communication, a processing unit and a memory. Many other detailed configurations, functionalities, systems, processes and alternatives thereto are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Walter Hanke—Mechanische Werkstätten GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Uwe Hartl
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Patent number: 11514395Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining cost efficient order fulfillment system. A list of items is received in a purchase order for delivery. A quality score comprising a shipping history score, an inventory accuracy score, and a handling score is calculated for each retail location. The retail location with the lowest cost and the highest quality score is selected to ship the order.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Kumaran Malli Natarajan, Nicholas Kaiser, Elise Chianelli, Vinay Patil
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Patent number: 11501281Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to, among other things, wireless payment readers configured to transition between multiple different power states. In some instances, these power states include one or more relatively low-power states such that an overall battery life of the wireless payment readers are lengthened. Further, in some instances, a point-of-sale (POS) application operating on a POS device that wirelessly couples to an example wireless payment reader may cause the wireless payment reader to transition from one state to another, such as from a first, lower-power state to a second, higher-power state in response to the POS application determining that a payment is to be processed using the wireless payment reader.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Maibach, Abhishek Das, Yujia Zhang, Alice Wang, Eldon Rivers, Hayford Peprah, Edward Tan, Stefan Filipek, Oscar Reparaz
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Patent number: 11488176Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing certificates of authenticity of digital twins transacted onto a blockchain using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in conjunction with a cloud based computing environment are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan, Marc Benioff
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Patent number: 11488129Abstract: Systems and methods to integrate point of sale processing, online order processing, and supply chain and store management over the Internet. In one aspect, a central server provides point of sale, online order processing, and supply chain and store management functions via browser based interfaces. The system enables users to enter orders from remote locations for order fulfillment at brick and mortar retail locations, where the POS terminals configured based on the browser based interfaces can be changed into a self service mode to allow customers to place orders for themselves at the retail locations.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: LivingSocial, Inc.Inventors: Quinn McLaughlin, Ben Harris Lyon
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Patent number: 11455595Abstract: A multi-entity inventory management system including reassignable storage bins and a method for managing product inventory of different entities, for example, vendors, at one or more facilities including one or more storage structures served by robotic handlers, are provided. Each storage bin stores one or more caches of the products. A computerized inventory management system (CIMS) stores digital records including entity identifiers, product catalogues containing product identifiers of the products offered by each entity to customers, and unique bin identifiers assigned to the storage bins. The CIMS executes a digital transfer of ownership of inventory from a stocked entity to a needful entity, for example, based on an inventory shortfall, a complete absence of inventory of the needful entity, orders for the product inventory being received, etc. Along with an inventory swap through the storage bins, the CIMS executes commerce between the entities and implements inventory reservation.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: ATTABOTICS INCInventors: Scott Gravelle, Douglas Langen, Bradley Dean Simpson
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Patent number: 11416958Abstract: A method and system for monitoring people, projects, objects and properties to validate the status and quality of work completed, services provided and safety issues. The methods and systems described herein provides for a business solution (B2B, B2C and B2G) and consumer solution (C2C and C2B) that will receive data relating to tracking the onsite/offsite time of people assigned to perform a service or complete a task within a specified location, time-interval visual/audio status updates of work completed, map view to monitor multiple people, projects, objects and properties simultaneously, emergency and safety alerts for workers, safety ratings and reporting safety issues for schools/public/private spaces, tracking the delivery of mailed objects, smart mailbox and smart lockbox components, and white labeling of the mobile application to allow business users to brand it for their customers.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Energysherlock LLCInventors: Tim Reichert, Chinya Harleston, Sherman Vandevender, Jr., Kyle W. W. Reichert
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Patent number: 11410121Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for proactively predicting large orders and providing fulfillment support related thereto are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes classifying, via a first set of one or more machine learning techniques, a transaction quote as a transaction quote that exceeds one or more size-related parameters or a transaction quote that does not exceed the one or more size-related parameters; determining, if the transaction quote is classified as a transaction quote that exceeds one or more size-related parameters, supportability of converting the transaction quote into a transaction order via a second set of one or more machine learning techniques; and outputting, based on the determined supportability, information pertaining to converting the transaction quote into a transaction order and fulfilling the transaction order to one or more entities associated with transaction order fulfillment.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Venkata Chandra Sekar Rao, Abhishek Gupta, Rashmi Sudhakar, Sham A R, Peter Shipman, Sumit Gupta, Velmurugan R
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Patent number: 11403581Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for incrementally adjusting a supply chain plan. The system includes a database operable to store data associated with one or more supply chain entities and a server system coupled with the database. The server system receives one or more perturbations in supply chain plan inputs from one or more of the supply chain entities, wherein the perturbations are received during a period of time separating a supply chain planning session from a subsequent supply chain planning session and accesses the data stored in the database associated with the one or more supply chain entities. The server system also incrementally and optimally adjusts the supply chain plan based on the one or more received perturbations and the data stored in the database and communicates the incrementally adjusted supply chain plan to the one or more supply chain entities.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Blue Yonder Group, Inc.Inventor: Anand Iyer
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Patent number: 11393015Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing an item acquisition modeling service. An item acquisition modeling service may determine the expected amount of time required to acquire a set of items from a distribution center. The item acquisition modeling service may estimate travel times and acquisition times for individual items in the set, using a machine learning model that is trained on previous acquisitions of items, and may aggregate individual item estimates to generate a time estimate for the set of items. The item acquisition modeling service may generate and display user interfaces that indicate the elapsed time and remaining time relative to the estimated time, and may indicate whether items are being acquired more quickly or more slowly than the estimate. The item acquisition modeling service may further display target or goal acquisition times, and may indicate whether items are being acquired at a rate that achieves the goal.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philip Pinette, Martin Cortez, Henry Vogler
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Patent number: 11373158Abstract: In some embodiments, a transaction-related communication system includes one or more receiving modules configured for receiving a first item of inventory transaction information from a customer-facing interface, and receiving a second item of inventory transaction information from a merchant-facing point-of-sale interface. In some embodiments, the transaction-related communication system includes an inventory coordination module configured for rendering in a common internal format the first item of inventory transaction information from the customer-facing interface, and rendering in the common internal format the second item of inventory transaction information from the merchant-facing point-of-sale interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: WORLDPAY US, INC.Inventors: Nish Modi, George Cowsar, Oleksii Skutarenko
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Patent number: 11348188Abstract: A system, a method, and a computer program for performing an online, real-time tax consultation for preparation of a client's taxes by a tax agent, wherein the tax agent is remote from the client, and the system is implemented via an electronic, online application accessible via a communications network. Embodiments allow for a client desiring tax preparation of a tax return to initiate the tax preparation with a tax agent via an online, integrated platform; electronically upload or otherwise push the client's tax-related information and documents to the tax agent; participate in an online tax consultation so that the tax agent may investigate, learn, or otherwise obtain the tax information necessary for completing the client's tax return; and electronically approve and file the completed tax return.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: HRB Tax Group, Inc.Inventors: Mark Ciaramitaro, Kenneth Meade, Jr., Neal Shaw