Patents Examined by Arif Ullah
  • Patent number: 12271963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for power consumption analysis and troubleshooting of a production line based on an Industrial Internet of Things, system, and storage medium thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Yong Li, Lei Zhang, Bin Liu, Yongzeng Liang
  • Patent number: 12266026
    Abstract: A facility plan evaluation device includes a proposed plan receiving unit receiving input of a facility plan including capacities and locations of charging and discharging facilities to be newly arranged in a power system, a prediction unit predicting charge and discharge amounts of the charging and discharging facilities, and demands and power generation amounts of existing facilities, which are facilities already connected in the power system, a power flow calculating unit estimating voltage and current in the power system based on a prediction result of the prediction unit, a determination unit determining whether at least one of deviation of voltage from a proper range and overcurrent occurs based on an estimation result of the power flow calculating unit, and determining whether the facility plan needs to be modified based on a determination result, and a result presenting unit presenting a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Itaya
  • Patent number: 12254427
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically soliciting the purchase of a first or second machine-related resource in a forward market, wherein the first resource and the second resource are distinct instances of the same type of resource, are described. A sample system may include a fleet of machines, each having a resource requirement comprising at least two of: a compute resource, a spectrum resource, or a network bandwidth resource. The system may include an circuits to aggregate data corresponding to the machine-related resources from at least a behavioral data source, to determine a substitution cost of a second resource; to determine a machine-related resource acquisition value; and to automatically solicit a purchase, in a forward market, of one of the first resource or the second resource in response to the determined substitution cost of the second resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Howard Cella
  • Patent number: 12223449
    Abstract: Methods and systems for scheduling modifications to online stores. Scheduling a modification, to an online store, to occur at a first time. Monitoring requests, associated with the online store, received from user devices. Determining, based on the monitored requests, a metric indicating a level of customer activity associated with the online store. Comparing the level of customer activity with a threshold level of customer activity associated with the modification and, based on the comparison, determining a second time for scheduling the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventor: Kathryn Tang
  • Patent number: 12210991
    Abstract: Implemented is a configuration for deciding a transport machine into which a robot get, by taking efficiency and cooperativeness into consideration. A data processing section that selects a transport machine to be taken by a robot is included. The data processing section acquires robot information that is about the robot and transport-machine information that is about the transport machine, calculates scores corresponding to a plurality of available transport machines on the basis of the acquired information, and selects a transport machine to be used on the basis of the calculated scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kuniaki Torii
  • Patent number: 12182754
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a disruptive low capital and operational cost logistics system and method that provides for fast and massive delivery of e-commerce merchandise, including same day delivery, of thousands of items and packages, reducing the need for building, operating, or using multiple fulfillment warehouses located near the consumers as in traditional e-commerce logistics. The systems and methods of the present invention facilitate the logistics for e-commerce delivery processes, and also may allow at the same time reducing the use of massive quantities of cardboard packages that are used for protection and containment for e-commerce orders, being sustainably beneficial. This is achieved by the use of multibox packages that are configured to contain a set of products including orders from different consumers and not necessarily having individual packages for individual consumers, where such multibox packages are sorted at the origin in a Central Fulfillment Center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CRYSTAL LAGOONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Fernando Benjamin Fischmann
  • Patent number: 12149598
    Abstract: In one embodiment a queue of drivers for a particular area is maintained, wherein the queue specifies an order in which drivers are selected for transportation requests from the particular area. A driver is selected from the queue for a first transportation request from the particular area. A placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is determined based on at least one characteristic of the first transportation request. An indication of the placement of the driver within the queue of drivers is communicated to a computing device associated with the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Marueli, Talmon Marco
  • Patent number: 12093911
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of conducting wireless transaction includes receiving, using an antenna of a point of sale device, one or more electromagnetic signals from a mobile device of a customer. The electromagnetic signals are interpreted using a communications module of the point of sale device to determine information related to a financial account of the customer. Using a network interface of the point of sale device, a connection with an acquirer system is initiated. Using the network interface a packet of data including an authorization request is transmitted over the connection to the acquirer system. The packet of data includes the information related to the financial account, a merchant identifier, a date, and a transaction amount. An authorization code is received from the acquirer system using the network interface. An electronic receipt is transmitted to the mobile device using the network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven E. Arthur, Christopher L. Toomer, Sarah Owen, Theodore VanDeburg
  • Patent number: 12079747
    Abstract: In some examples, a service provider may determine from a shift schedule that a first employee is scheduled to work a particular shift at a business within a threshold period of time. The service provider may determine, based on a location of a first mobile device of the first employee, that the first employee is unlikely to arrive at the business in time for the start of the particular shift. In response, the service provider may find a replacement employee to fill the shift of the first employee. For instance, the service provider may send the communication to a second mobile device associated with a second employee that is determined to be within a threshold distance of the business. Alternatively, if the service provider determines that the business is overstaffed on a particular day, the service provider may offer a selected employee an incentive to depart work early.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Dina Westland, Amir Nathoo, Yunus Sasmaz, Michael Kim, Claudia J. Ng, Scott Silver
  • Patent number: 12079752
    Abstract: Sourcing is a practice of locating and selecting entities based on set criteria. Determining most appropriate supplier entities at the lowest cost can develop a competitive advantage. However, existing sourcing techniques lack effective ways to target best suppliers for right part bundling and to efficiently optimize sourcing cost for sustained savings. Present disclosure leverages machine learning and optimization methods with technology data to provide a computationally efficient solution. Relationships between parts and corresponding attributes are obtained for parts bundling and best supplier locations are mapped for selected part bundles. A sourcing cost minimizer is used in conjunction with an iterative process to grow or limit supplier capacity by constraining award amount, bundle mix, or number of supplier entities based on multiple alternative scenarios being defined to systemically minimize cost and manage risks driven by changes in customer demand or manufacturing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Tata Consultancy Limited Services
    Inventors: Devadatta Madhukar Kulkarni, Ramakrishnan Sundaram Srinivasan, Jeffrey David Tew
  • Patent number: 12073368
    Abstract: A system for selecting providers and scheduling meetings remotely is described, comprising an application server; at least one provider device; and at least one user device; wherein the application server, at least one provider device and at least one user device, intercommunicate with each other, through a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BEYOND THE RESET, S.A.P.I. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Agustin Manuel Velázquez García-López
  • Patent number: 12062000
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes: a use status information acquirer that acquires information indicating use status of each of multiple toilet devices; a use status information provider that provides information indicating use status of each of the multiple toilet devices, acquired by the use status information acquirer; and a cleaning order provider that determines and provides order in which the multiple toilet devices are to be cleaned by a cleaning person, based on the use status of each of the multiple toilet devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Makoto Saruta
  • Patent number: 12056723
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program for extracting large customer data volumes at high speed from an external multi-tenant SaaS environment. The system identifies a plurality of customer data objects to be extracted from the multi-tenant SaaS environment. The system creates an extraction plan for extracting the identified data objects, which includes identifying characteristics of each data object to be extracted, creating a plurality of extraction groups, determining an extraction frequency and extraction mode, determining a scope of data extraction, assigning an API to each extraction group, identifying extraction parameters, determining a degree of parallelism, and creating an extraction plan. The system displays the extraction plan in a user interface and enables a user to edit the extraction plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Odaseva Technologies SAS
    Inventors: Sovane Bin, Saddek Dekoum, Raphaël Fonrouge, Francois Lopitaux, Constance Bin
  • Patent number: 12051023
    Abstract: A system and method for benchmarking user experience quality on websites across an industry. The method includes computing first site metrics for a first website, wherein a site metric is a quantitative description of user activity on a web site; computing a first industry satisfaction score for the first website, wherein the industry satisfaction score quantifies an overall level of satisfaction of users interacting with the first website, wherein the industry satisfaction score is computed based on satisfaction score pillar values and the computed site metrics, identifying usage metrics within the collected usage; comparing the first industry satisfaction score computed for the first website to a second industry satisfaction score previously computed for a second website, wherein the first website and the second website are from the same industry; and reporting the comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Content Square SAS
    Inventors: Corentin Flacher, Vincent Colombet
  • Patent number: 12051081
    Abstract: An online concierge system uses a model to predict a user's interaction with an item, based on a user embedding for the user and an item embedding for the item. For the model to account for more recent interactions by users with items without retraining the model, the online concierge system generates updated item embeddings and updated user embeddings that account for the recent interactions by users with items. The online concierge system compares performance of the model using the updated item embeddings and the updated user embeddings relative to performance of the model using the existing item embeddings and user embeddings. If the performance of the model decreases, the online concierge system adjusts the updated user embeddings and the updated item embeddings based on the change in performance of the model. The adjusted updated user embeddings and adjusted updated item embeddings are stored for use by the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Chuanwei Ruan, Ramasubramanian Balasubramanian, Peng Qi
  • Patent number: 12039552
    Abstract: Devices and servers in a commercial insurance growth data system may be configured to receive and respond to requests for commercial insurance growth data from insurance agents. For example, an insurance provider server may be configured to receive commercial insurance information requests from insurance agent devices, determine sets of insurance agent characteristics for the corresponding agents, generate commercial insurance growth data packages based on sets of agent characteristics and other factors, and transmit the commercial insurance growth data packages to the insurance agent devices. The sets of agent characteristics may be provided by an insurance agent user via a software user interface and/or may be retrieved from an insurance agent database. Business segments for commercial insurance growth may be selected by the insurance agent, or may be selected for the insurance agent via an analysis by an insurance provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michael Barton, Wesley Forrest Sprinkle, Jackson B. Ramsey, III, Clint Marlow
  • Patent number: 12026673
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an automated computer-based method for improving a computer system to be able to predict rejections of requisitions submitted to the computer system, the method comprising receiving a requisition from a client device; determining, at a scoring unit of a computer system, a probability value indicating a likelihood that the requisition would be rejected if the requisition is submitted to a requisition approval chain; transmitting the probability value from the computer system to the client device to be displayed on a display of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Coupa Software Incorporated
    Inventors: Zachary Randles, David Williams
  • Patent number: 11983676
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable media useful for establishing custom names for calendar events. In various implementations, subjects for calendar events are established for different users such that each user's calendar includes an event subject that is customized for the user. For example, a user may not see his or her own name as an attendee or invitee in a calendar event subject but may see other attendees or invitees listed. For calendar events with many attendees or invitees, a custom event subject can indicate names of one or several attendees or invitees, which may be favorites or other higher priority contacts for a user, with all other attendees or invitees identified generically, such as indicated by the number of names not shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: WhenPlace, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Wender
  • Patent number: 11947341
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology provide an integrated platform that provides optimization tools that can be used across multiple lifecycle phases of an industrial automation system. In accordance with various embodiments, the integrated platform can take specified designs in a presale phase and easily open up that information in a corresponding tool to address needs in the post-sale phase to allow for all device commissioning, programming, and configuration without any importing, exporting, or recreation of presale files. Various embodiments use a common, cross-platform data file that links activity within each lifecycle phase. As such, any layouts or designs can be easily opened up within the platform by users with differing roles. Moreover, if in the post-sale phase, a control engineer decides that a specific aspect of control system was left out, the control engineer can summon the capability of the presale phase to expand the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Jereb, Peter Baron, Brian Dipert, Jessica M. Truong, Jessica L. Korpela, Amit R. Sathe, Eric Rehl, Tracy L. Swartzendruber, Kyle K. Reissner
  • Patent number: 11941564
    Abstract: A site server agent monitors a site server for an event associated with an update process that spans multiple resources associated with multiple systems. The agent hands the monitoring off to a remote connected systems manager when a state associated with the event does not change to an expected value within a configured period of time or based on a configured condition. Connected systems manager continues to monitor the state and elevates the event to a level two incident after a second configured period of time or based on a second configured condition. When the state has still not changed after a third configured period of time or based on a third configured condition, a level one incident is generated in an incident management system associated with the site for support staff to immediately investigate the update process and resources of the systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Kluge, Izham Ismail, Thomas Alfred McQuinlan, Gwendelyn Maglasang Lorzano, Sanjeev Kumar Singh