Patents Examined by James Edwards
  • Patent number: 11368563
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data transmission method including the following operations: generating, by a transmitting terminal, a data packet according to a preset generation rule, and transmitting the data packet to a receiving terminal in a streaming transmission way, wherein the data packet at least comprises a header identification code, sub-packet quantity information, data packet byte sum quantity information, a check bit, at least one sub-packet and an end-of-packet identification code; parsing, by the receiving terminal, the received data packet according to a preset parsing rule to extract the at least one sub-packet in the data packet; creating, by the receiving terminal, a data packet object, and establishing an internal link to each extracted sub-packet. The present disclosure also discloses a data transmission device and a computer readable storage medium. With the present disclosure, a starting position and an ending position of data can be determined and confusion of a data structure can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MENTAL FLOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bicheng Han, Chengbang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11365565
    Abstract: A motor-driven door latch for a vehicle includes a catch part which is caught on a striker mounted on the vehicle to lock a vehicle door to a vehicle body or is released from the striker so that the door can be opened from the vehicle body. A door locking and releasing part includes a main motor and applies torque to the catch part through the main motor to allow the catch part to be locked to or released from the striker. A collision response part applies torque to the catch part through the door locking and releasing part in order to keep the door in the collision in the locked state and allow the door on the side opposite to the collision to be opened in the event of a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Cornoration
    Inventors: Jinwoo Nam, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Jungho Han
  • Patent number: 11365567
    Abstract: A power child lock system for a vehicle includes a power actuator, a wheel gear which is rotated by the power actuator, a child lock link which is moved by the wheel gear, a child lock lever which is moved by the child lock link, an inside lever which is connected to an inside handle assembly through a cable, a release lever which is mechanically connected to a door latch mechanism, and an indicator lever which is rotatable by the movement of the child lock link. The indicator lever is mounted to close a mounting hole of an inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyong Don Kim, Yong Dae Seo
  • Patent number: 11368504
    Abstract: A method for selecting a data stream for distribution to a plurality of broadcasting sites. The method includes: receiving a main data stream and a back-up data stream respectively, generated by a main broadcast gateway and a secondary broadcast gateway respectively, from source data, called a main stream and a secondary stream respectively; receiving at least one packet including a piece of information representative of a quality of service associated with the main stream and the secondary stream respectively, at one instant at least or over one given period at least, the at least one packet, called a main current packet and a secondary current packet respectively, being generated by the main broadcast gateway and secondary broadcast gateway respectively; and selecting in real time the main stream or the secondary stream respectively in taking account of the main current packet and secondary current packet, delivering the data stream for distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ENENSYS TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Marie, Benoit Bui Do, Alexis Gautier
  • Patent number: 11362977
    Abstract: Methods, information handling systems and computer readable media are disclosed for prioritizing communications. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a communications prioritization engine including a processor, communication data reflecting a communication. The communication data comprises source information representing a source of the communication. This method embodiment further includes identifying subject characteristic information within the communication data, and determining a subject characteristic score component using the subject characteristic information. The embodiment further includes determining a source score component using the source information and determining a response priority score using the subject characteristic score component and the source score component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Sachin Kumar, Ankit Bansal, Rajeev Arakkal, Karthik Prabhu K
  • Patent number: 11359417
    Abstract: An electronic trigger rotary latch includes a trigger cutout, a controller in electrical communication with a plug receiver. Springs are engaged to the latch and trigger pawls. A gear motor having an actuator engages a surface of the trigger pawl. A handle includes a striker bolt and an electrical plug. In an unlatched configuration the striker bolt is separated from the latch pawl, an electrical circuit is open, the latch pawl spring has reduced compression, the trigger pawl spring has increased compression, and the trigger tip is engaged to a latch tab. The actuator has moved the lower leg in the trigger cutout. In the latched configuration, the striker bolt is held by the latch pawl, an electrical circuit is closed, the trigger tip is engaged to the latch shoulder, and the trigger leg has been moved in the trigger cutout in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Allegis Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Almodovar, Tye S. Sonney, Larry Witiak
  • Patent number: 11359411
    Abstract: A surface-mountable electric strike having a keeper arranged to pivot about a first shaft extending in a longitudinal direction; a lock lever for locking the keeper in a door-locking position, the lock lever being arranged to pivot about a second shaft extending in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction and parallel to the backside of the strike; and an actuation mechanism for actuating the lock lever, the actuation mechanism comprising an electromagnet that is situated next to the lock lever in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to the backside of the strike thereby enabling the electromagnet to act directly upon the lock lever providing a simple construction. Moreover, the orientation of the second shaft enables arranging the lock lever, and the electromagnet, above and/or underneath the keeper, thereby reducing the total depth of the strike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LOCINOX
    Inventor: Joseph Talpe
  • Patent number: 11352819
    Abstract: A door lock device including: a latch; a ratchet; an output shaft configured to rotate by a motor; an output lever configured to move the latch from a half latch position to a full latch position when the output shaft is rotated in a normal direction, and to release an engagement of the ratchet to the latch when the output shaft is rotated in a reverse direction; a first metal bracket including a first shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft; and a second metal bracket including a second shaft support hole configured to rotatably support the output shaft at a location different from that of the first shaft support hole, wherein the first metal bracket and the second metal bracket are fixed to each other by two or more screw holes of the first metal bracket and two or more holes of the second metal bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yokota, Naoto Fujiwara, Makoto Kondo
  • Patent number: 11349951
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling access to one or more media devices that may be shared among multiple users, such as multiple residents in a controlled-environment facility, are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes operating at least one computer system. Operating the at least one computer system includes checking out a media device. Checking out the media device comprises enabling the media device for use for a first duration of a first timer. Operating the at least one computer system further includes, upon expiration of the first duration of the first timer, disabling use of the media device, and checking in the media device. The media device is prohibited from being checked out for a second duration of a second timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Securus Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Noland, Connor Pickens
  • Patent number: 11323512
    Abstract: A system to facilitate infrastructure management is described. The system includes a plurality of management controllers each having a control function of a plurality of infrastructure devices and a state cache storing a state of the plurality of infrastructure devices, including a first management controller to initiate an operation to be performed on a first set of resources. The system also includes a plurality of infrastructure controllers, each having a state repository to maintain a state function of the plurality of infrastructure devices, including a first infrastructure controller associated with the first set of resources to perform the operation on the first set of resources, update a first state repository including an updated state of the first set of resources in response to the operation and broadcast the updated state of the first set of resources to each of the plurality of management controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Subhajit Dasgupta, Charles E. Fowler, Michelle Frolik, Charles Greenidge, Jerry Harrow, Sandesh V. Madhyastha, Clifford A. McCarthy, Abhay Padlia, Rajeev Pandey, Jonathan M. Sauer, Geoffery Schunicht, Latha Srinivasan, Gary L. Thunquest
  • Patent number: 11316943
    Abstract: Provided are a subscription processing method, a network node and a unified data repository. The method includes: receiving a subscription request message sent by a network function NF entity; sending a subscription resource creation request message to a unified data repository UDR according to the subscription request message, wherein the subscription resource creation request message carries an original notification address, the original notification address carried in the subscription resource creation request message is a notification address carried in the subscription request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Chen, Yue Song, Zhenning Huang
  • Patent number: 11310352
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for joint use of Ethernet header compression and robust header compression. More particularly, a method, comprising performing, a first compression/decompression operation to an Ethernet header of an Ethernet packet data; determining that the Ethernet packet includes an Internet Protocol packet; identifying at least one Internet Protocol packet within the Ethernet packet data; and performing a second compression/decompression operation to an Internet Protocol header of the at least one Internet Protocol packet, wherein the second compression/decompression operation is based on an indicated at least one of a context or profile independent from that of the first compression/decompression operation, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Markus Isomäki, Deepa M. R., Dawid Koziol
  • Patent number: 11310110
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing a provisional mode in a multi-mode network device (i.e., a network device that supports at least first and second modes of operation) are provided. According to one embodiment, the network device can receive, while running in the first mode, a request to enter the second mode. In response to the request, the network device can enter a third mode that is a provisional version of the second mode. Then, while running in the third mode, the network device can accept one or more configuration commands or settings for the second mode while simultaneously processing live network traffic according to the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Kwun-Nan Kevin Lin, Tian Lei
  • Patent number: 11303949
    Abstract: A method of switching resolution is provided. The method includes: in playing audio and/or video using DASH, acquiring a media presentation description (MPD) file and obtaining resolution information through parsing the MPD file; during the playing of the audio and/or video, periodically determining a currently secure downloading speed according to a preset time interval and determining whether a resolution switching for the audio and/or video currently being played is required according to the secure downloading speed and the resolution information; and in accordance with a determination that the resolution switching is required, determining a switching time point according to an elapsed duration of a currently playing segment and a preset secure buffering duration and performing resolution switching at the switching time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Wu, Hanchao Zheng, Hui Chen, Jianqiang Ding, Zhaoxin Tan
  • Patent number: 11297003
    Abstract: A technology is described for operating a multi-tiered data processing service. An example method may include receiving a data rule set used to process data generated by a network addressable device included in a multi-tiered data processing service having computing nodes that are connected using one or more networks, where the computing nodes may have computing capacities to execute a portion of the data rule set using a rules engine. A computing node included in the multi-tiered processing service may be selected to host a portion of the data rule set on the computing node and a portion of the data rule set may be deployed to the computing node, where the data rule set may be registered with the rules engine that executes on the computing node and data generated by the network addressable device may be processed using the rules engine and the data rule set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Saral Jain, Chetan Manohar Dandekar
  • Patent number: 11286696
    Abstract: A tailgate latch assembly for restraining a striker of a tailgate, which is opened or closed rearward of a vehicle, or for releasing restraint of the striker includes: a pawl configured to be rotated by a drive motor, the pawl being supported resiliently in a direction opposite to a direction of being rotated by the drive motor in a housing; a claw supported resiliently in a direction in which restraint of the striker is released in the housing, the claw being configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to the direction of being supported resiliently when the striker is restrained in the claw; and a memory lever having a first end for supporting a side face of the pawl when the pawl is rotated beyond a predetermined angle by the drive motor and a second end fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO LTD
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Cho, Kyung-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11280115
    Abstract: A device for mechanically preventing the automatic opening of a vehicle door in the event of an object acting thereon includes a mounting clip fixed to an outer door part for an outer door handle. The mounting clip has a door opening mechanism having a balancing mass which is adjustably supported on the mounting clip and operatively connected to the outer door handle and can also be moved from a first operating position into a second operating position and back. A force introduction and locking element is associated with the balancing mass. A movement of the balancing mass from the first operating position into the second operating position can be prevented, limited, and/or reversed by way of the element. When viewed in the direction of movement of the bar the force introduction and locking element is advantageously supported against a door lock housing that is fastened to the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Weber, Arne Meyer, Sarah Brueggemann, Dennis Neumann
  • Patent number: 11279214
    Abstract: In a driver, supposing that an angular position of the rotator in a state where a coupler coupling a link member and the rotator together is located at a rearmost position is regarded as a reference angular position, a first angular position is an angular position where the rotator is shifted from the reference angular position in a first rotation direction by an angle ?1, and a second angular position is an angular position where the rotator is shifted from the reference angular position in a second direction opposite to the first rotation direction by an angle ?2 smaller than the angle ?1. The driver has a regulating portion which does not allow the rotator to rotate in the second rotation direction from the second angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sawahata, Osamu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11283904
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for smart upload automation in which actions are automatically performed on a set of digital assets against a target item. In one embodiment, a system includes a network, a server machine, a client machine and a data storage device, each of which is coupled to the network. The client machine designates digital assets and a target item against which the assets will be uploaded. The digital assets are uploaded by the client machine to the data storage device via the network. The server machine automatically performs actions on the digital assets without intervention by the client machine, where the actions are associated with or in some way defined by the target item. The actions may include setting metadata values of the digital assets based upon metadata associated with the target item, or generating different renditions of the digital assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventor: Lee Shepstone
  • Patent number: 11261629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety locking device for interlocking a safety door, having a movable part designed for being fastened to a moving part of the safety door and having a locking element, and a stationary part designed for being fastened to a non-moving part of the safety door. The stationary part includes a receiving section having an opening for the reception of the locking element, where the locking element can be inserted into the receiving section from different insertion directions when the locking element is aligned in the insertion direction. The stationary part includes a latch selectively movable from a locking position into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Pavel Gerasimov, Stefan Schunke, Julio Sandino Tagaro Plariza