Patents Examined by Charles E. Anya
  • Patent number: 11777756
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a command to perform an action for an entity. The instructions cause the one or more processors to identify a service configured to perform the action based on a building graph, the building graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, wherein the plurality of nodes represent entities of the building, the service, and one or more other services, wherein the plurality of edges represent relationships between the entities and communication actions of the service with the one or more other services and cause the service to perform the action by causing the service to perform one or more communication actions with the one or more other services indicated by the building graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Patent number: 11775678
    Abstract: Access to sensitive information in a database can be restricted to improve security and enable efficient auditing. A security engine receives a request from a requesting entity to access data in the database and determines that the requested data includes sensitive information. In response to the requesting entity being authorized to access the data, the security engine retrieves the requested data from the database and modifies the retrieved data by modifying metadata of the retrieved data to include a tag indicating that the retrieved data includes sensitive information. The security engine provides the modified data to the requesting entity and modifies a data access log to identify each attempted access to the modified data. When sensitive data is requested, an interface can include an obscuring element, requiring a user to manually select the element to view the data, enabling the logging of the explicit access request by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZENPAYROLL, INC.
    Inventor: Karlotcha Hoa
  • Patent number: 11768574
    Abstract: Various embodiments enable batch inspection of a plurality of workpieces by and inspection instrument such as a coordinate measuring machine. Some embodiments present user interfaces, including graphical user interfaces, to enable an operator to configure a batch inspection system and a batch inspection job, and to monitor and control execution of a batch inspection job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hexagon Metrology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. O'Hare, Jonathan Dove
  • Patent number: 11769170
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing application program interface calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Varouj A. Chitilian, Ilya Netchitailo, Nikhil Bakshi, Jiaqi Yu, Chetan Patel
  • Patent number: 11762364
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for automating equipment. The claimed method comprises steps in which: an expert system (ES) receives a set of information regarding equipment connected to a PLC; the ES checks the received set of information; a set of functions is determined by the ES for each connected type of equipment; the ES generates a set of commands executable by the PLC and corresponding to the functions of the connected equipment using pre-programmed algorithms for generating program commands; the ES generates interactive prompts for connecting devices to the PLC; information containing at least the above-mentioned set of commands is transmitted to the PLC; at least one device is connected to the PLC and execution of at least one command corresponding to at least one function of the above-mentioned device is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Valentin Lvovich Kim
  • Patent number: 11756692
    Abstract: Systems and methods to organize the flow and processing of queued messages may: receive messages in a set of processing queues; select a first and second processing queue; select a first and second message in the first and second processing queue; process the concurrent portions of the first and second message simultaneously; select a third processing queue and determine a subset of messages that are its oldest messages; assign a first sequential numbering to the messages in the subset; assign a second sequential numbering to those messages in the subset having a concurrent portion that has been previously processed and a sequential portion that has not been previously processed; determine whether the oldest message in the subset was assigned the same number in the first sequential numbering and the second sequential numbering, and, if so, process the sequential portion of the oldest message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Redox, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Rego, Brandon Palmer, Tanner Engbretson
  • Patent number: 11755386
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods for managing API information. An exemplary method includes receiving an input from a user device associated with a first computer system, the input not including identity of a second computer system. The method includes determining a target API based on the input, the target API being the second computer system's API. The method also includes determining whether a user of the user device has access to the target API. The method includes retrieving documentation of the target API from an API database if it is determined that the user has access to the target API. The method includes providing the user device with the retrieved documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Yong Hyun Yoon, Won Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 11751260
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for establishing a pairing between a mobile device and a smart wearable device is provided. The method includes generating and assigning a unique code for each of the detected plurality of smart wearable devices respectively. The unique code is shared with all the connected smart devices/devices in the communicative range of the mobile device. The smart devices (having a display) receive the corresponding unique codes and display the code on their respective displays. A request to establish a pairing connection is generated in response to an activity of a user in respect of the at least one smart wearable device and a communication is established between the at least one smart wearable device and the mobile device displaying the same unique code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sudheendra Shantharam, Prashant Adkoli
  • Patent number: 11748122
    Abstract: A stack-based conversation engine is provided. The conversation engine enables a voice or text based virtual assistant to create interactive, conversational experiences in an extensible manner. The conversation engine can be used to support a conversation between a user and a virtual assistant. The conversation engine can be configured to receive, from the virtual assistant, a fulfillment request specifying an intent from the virtual assistant; push an item onto a conversation stack stored, the item including an identifier of the intent; execute an action handler associated with the intent to generate instructions to manipulate the conversation stack; manipulate the conversation stack according to the instructions; and store the conversation stack for subsequent processing in support of the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: James Roy Bulpin
  • Patent number: 11740952
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system, including at least one processor and a memory component having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, including presenting data from a distributed network of data sources via a user interface of a user device, by identifying a set of frames associated with the user, the frames including data from the data sources loaded into frames of a container page, authenticating the set of frames, and generating the container page for display. Operations include facilitating secure communications between the authenticated frames of the container page, by receiving a message from one of the authenticated frames, verifying authenticated status of the sender frame, and transmitting the message to target frames. Operations further include presenting an updated version of the data from the data sources, based on the secure communications, by updating the container page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Creighton, Jason M. Creighton, Michael S. Ha, Zachary Clark, Daniel J. Rueschhoff, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11714934
    Abstract: A method of modeling an equivalent wind turbine generator (WTG) system for a wind farm having a plurality of WTG units includes determining an impact factor of each WTG unit of the plurality of WTG units, determining an equivalent single WTG unit model parameters of the wind farm based on the impact factor of each WTG unit, and determining an effective wind speed of the wind farm to use as the equivalent WTG input wind speed. The method produces a model of static and/or dynamic wind farm behavior. Additionally, a software configured to execute a method of modeling an equivalent wind turbine generator (WTG) system for a wind farm having a plurality of WTG units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Sayed Ali Khajehoddin, Ahmadreza Tabesh, Navid Shabanikia
  • Patent number: 11709722
    Abstract: The present invention provides an extensible communication framework supporting multiple communication protocols, for connecting a software platform and a device. The extensible communication framework comprises a communication interface and a communication model, wherein the communication interface comprises a device interface, a channel interface and a protocol interface. The communication model calls the device interface, the channel interface and the protocol interface during communication. When the software platform is connected with the device, a class is created in the device interface, the class is inherited from the device interface; a channel protocol is newly created in the channel interface, the channel protocol is inherited from the channel interface; a sub-protocol interface is created in the protocol interface, the sub-protocol interface is inherited from the protocol interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI NCATEST TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dustcool Xu
  • Patent number: 11704173
    Abstract: A method implements a streaming machine learning platform. The method includes processing event data with a preprocessing application to generate model input data and cardinality data in response to receiving the event data from a streaming application. The method further includes forwarding, using the cardinality data, the model input data to a machine learning model. The method further includes processing the model input data with the machine learning model to generate model output data stored to an output record. The method further includes processing the model output data from the output record with a post processing application to generate post data stored to a post record. The method further includes generating notification data using the post data of the post record and transmitting a notification of the notification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Vigith Maurice, Amit Kalamkar
  • Patent number: 11693553
    Abstract: A computer system receives, in a first messaging conversation by a first messaging application of a plurality of applications, information identifying a first shared content item. In response to receiving the information identifying the first shared content item, in accordance with a determination that the first shared content item is of a first type, the computer system automatically makes the first shared content item available within a first application of the plurality of applications, the first application is associated with content of the first type. In accordance with a determination that the first shared content item is of a second type, the computer system automatically makes the first shared content item available within a second application of the plurality of applications, wherein the second application is associated with content of the second type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Marcos A. Weskamp, Zheng X. Hong, Marcel van Os, Corey K. Wang
  • Patent number: 11693717
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for performing alert notification on streaming textual data, streaming textual data is received. A plurality of copies of the streaming textual data is generated, wherein a first copy of the streaming textual data is transmitted to an ingestion service for persistent storage at a data plane and a second copy of the streaming textual data is transmitted to an alert evaluation service for performing alert evaluation on the streaming textual data, such that the ingestion service and the alert evaluation service are performed independently. The streaming textual data is evaluated by the alert evaluation service to detect an alert. Responsive to detecting an alert at the alert evaluation service, a notification of the alert is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Mirza Mohsin Beg, Venkat Gujjula, Sai Samrat Karlapudi, Shefali Dubey, Anshu Bansal
  • Patent number: 11656920
    Abstract: A processing unit generates, in the initial setting of all-to-all communication between processes, a unique node-order process number for each process on the basis of hardware information, computes the virtual rank number of each process on the basis of the node-order process number of the process, and stores the computed virtual rank numbers in a storage unit. When performing the al-to-all communication between the processes, the processing unit determines the communication partner process of each process for the current step in the all-to-all communication by performing an exclusive OR operation between the virtual rank number of the process, stored in, the storage unit, and the step number of the current step. Then, the processing unit performs communication from each process to the corresponding communication partner process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Naribayashi, Takafumi Nose
  • Patent number: 11656922
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein are directed towards systems, methods, and computer storage media for, among other things, providing personalized notification management. Notifications can be communicated to a user upon receipt or queued for subsequent handling based on a probability that the user will interact with the notification within a threshold elapsed time from presentation, if it is presented. The probability is determined based on a user's past interactions with similar notifications. The interactions of other users with notifications can also be considered to determine the probability. The notifications can be managed by a notification broker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Vanessa Murdock, Lee Dicks Clark
  • Patent number: 11630452
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods for managing a plurality of programmable logic controllers (PLC), which can involve, for a detection of an update to one or more of a software or a firmware installed on a PLC of the plurality of PLCs being available, determining an impact level of the update to the one or more of the software or the firmware installed on the PLC of the plurality of PLCs; selecting a non-operational time slot for the PLC of the plurality of PLCs based on the impact level, wherein higher impact levels are indicative of requiring a longer non-operational time slot; and scheduling the update to the one or more of the software or the firmware installed on the PLC of the plurality of PLCs during the non-operational time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Yunoki
  • Patent number: 11609803
    Abstract: Event delivery can be managed in a serverless computing environment. For example, an event broker can determine that each event message in a group of event messages from one or more event producers includes a particular key among a set of keys, and can determine a target event consumer that is to receive the group of event messages. Based on each event message in the group of event messages including the particular key, the event broker can add each event message to a dispatching queue in a sequential order in which the plurality of event messages were received. The event broker can then provide the group of event messages in the dispatching queue to the target event consumer in the sequential order in which the group of event messages are in the dispatching queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RED HAT, INC.
    Inventors: Nicola Ferraro, Andrea Cosentino
  • Patent number: 11609804
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed towards a flexible event ingestion framework. In some examples, an input source comprising information that identifies a plurality of events may be identified. Additionally, in some examples, an adapter for ingesting the information of the input source may be implemented. At least one additional component for modifying the adapter may be received. The adapter may be modified by implementing the at least one additional component with a transport component and a mapper component as part of ingesting the information. Further, a tuple for at least a first event may be generated based at least in part on the modified adapter, and the tuple may be provided to an event server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoyong Park, Vitaly Bychkov, Prabhu Thukkaram