Patents Examined by Malina D Blaise
  • Patent number: 11328552
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for electronic gaming are disclosed. In a first aspect, a method of electronic gaming includes initiating, in response to an initial wager, a primary game, selecting, in response to the initiating the primary game, a plurality of primary game symbols, and displaying the plurality of primary game symbols in a plurality of symbol display positions associated with a plurality of reel strips. The method may further include initiating, in response to the initial wager, a jackpot game, selecting, in response to initiating the jackpot game, a jackpot game symbol from a plurality of jackpot game symbols, displaying the jackpot game symbol in a symbol display position associated with a single reel strip, and determining a jackpot award based upon the jackpot game symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Theodore Hase, Ryan Hawkins, Robert Honeycutt, Yanis Tsombanidis
  • Patent number: 11322035
    Abstract: An information processing method includes: acquiring, by an information processing device, user's input information including a question sentence about a vehicle; and outputting, by the information processing device, an answer sentence according to a detail level, the detail level being an index indicating a detail degree of a sentence, and the detail level being determined based on a characteristic value of the question sentence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuichiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11278805
    Abstract: A method and a system for predicting churn of a player of an online game is described. Online engagements of a group of players of the online game are monitored during a churn prediction model training period. Online engagement scores for the group of players are computed within a periodic number of days within the churn model training period. A weighted exponential moving average of the online engagement scores of the group of players of the online game is computed during the churn model training period. The weighted exponential moving average is used to determine an online engagement threshold value of a churn prediction model for the online game. The online engagement threshold value is applied to a weighted exponential moving average of a player during an observation period to determine a churn probability of the player within a prediction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wolters, Jim Baer, Girish Keswani
  • Patent number: 11276327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an administration mechanism (9) for a medicament delivery training device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Anders Boström
  • Patent number: 11253748
    Abstract: A scoring method for an exercise system includes playing a course video and obtaining coach exercise data; obtaining learner exercise data by the wearable acceleration sensor; splitting the coach exercise data into multiple coach segments, in which each of the coach segments corresponds to multiple learner segments of the learner exercise data, and a portion of the learner segments overlap with each other; for each of the coach segments, performing a dynamic time warping algorithm according to the coach segment and the corresponding learner segments to obtain a learner segment having a smallest error and to calculate an exercise score; and displaying the exercise score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Lung-Fei Chuang
  • Patent number: 11252235
    Abstract: A system for processing biological data is provided and includes a monitoring device configured to receive biological data responsive to a living being. The system also includes an interface device communicated with the monitoring device to receive the biological data. Furthermore, the system includes a data transfer device, configured to receive the biological data from the interface device and communicate the biological data to a processing device for processing. Additionally, a method for processing biological information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving biological information from a monitoring device responsive to a first party and responsive to an exercise regime and processing the biological information to generate resultant information responsive to at least one physical characteristic of the first party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sean McKirdy, Robert Nutini
  • Patent number: 11252236
    Abstract: A system for processing biological data is provided and includes a monitoring device configured to receive biological data responsive to a living being. The system also includes an interface device communicated with the monitoring device to receive the biological data. Furthermore, the system includes a data transfer device, configured to receive the biological data from the interface device and communicate the biological data to a processing device for processing. Additionally, a method for processing biological information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving biological information from a monitoring device responsive to a first party and responsive to an exercise regime and processing the biological information to generate resultant information responsive to at least one physical characteristic of the first party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sean McKirdy, Robert Nutini
  • Patent number: 11250942
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that monitors participants in health-related programs, such as weight loss or exercise programs, and that provides automated, personalized health coaching to the program participants. The system includes breath analysis devices that are used by the program participants to generate ketone measurements, and includes a mobile application that runs on mobile devices of the participants and communicates with corresponding breath analysis devices. The system operates generally by monitoring ketone levels (such as acetone levels) and other attributes of the participants and by making personalized, machine-generated changes or updates to such programs to maintain program effectiveness and engagement. In some embodiments the system uses artificial intelligence to classify and coach the participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Invoy Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Lubna M. Ahmad, Salman A. Ahmad, Connie Kim
  • Patent number: 11241627
    Abstract: A method for managing a game session of a multiplayer game is provided. A request to start a game session of the multiplayer game is received from a first party. The first party is associated with a first category of players of the multiplayer game, and the number of players within the first category is determined. If the number of players within the first category is below a threshold number, an invite is sent to at least a second party associated with the first category. Upon receiving a request to join a game session of the multiplayer game from the at least a second party, a game session of the multiplayer game is started by accepting the request from the first party, and the at least a second party is added to the game session of the multiplayer game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Supercell Oy
    Inventors: Lassi Leppinen, Tommi Hakala
  • Patent number: 11238749
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a customized educational content by an electronic device, the method including: a step a of generating a set of tags of sub-learning elements by listing a learning element of a particular subject in a tree structure, and designating analysis groups of the tags; a step b of generating structural information of a question by indexing an incorrect-answer tag to each of distractors of the question; a step c of inquiring about a result of a user test so as to calculate a user conquest rate for each of the analysis groups; and a step d of providing a user-customized question by using at least one of the structural information of the question and the user conquest rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: RIIID, INC.
    Inventors: Young Jun Jang, Jae We Heo
  • Patent number: 11217114
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for generating normalized activity results. A mobile application is installed on a plurality of computing devices and normalization base data is received for a first user. The first user is assigned to a user population based on the received normalization base data. A comparator population is determined that includes users having normalization base data within a comparator range. Activity results are collected from users in the user population and the comparator population. At least one activity results is received for the user. At least one normalization factor is determined for the user based on the comparator population activity results and the user population activity results. Normalized activity results are determined by adjusting each of the received activity results using the at least one normalization factor. The normalized activity results can then be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: REPerformance Inc.
    Inventors: Callen Patrick McGibbon, Milad Mansour, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11213205
    Abstract: A method includes collecting, for a pitch, per pitch data that includes a plurality of first arm orientation data points and a plurality of second arm orientation data points. The method further includes analyzing the per pitch data to determine a release point arm orientation and an effort level. The method further includes calculating a per pitch stress level based on the release point arm orientation and the effort level. The method further includes calculating, for a set of pitches, a fatigue level based on the per pitch stress level of each pitch of the set of pitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Gary McCoy, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11211157
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve a workout experience of a user by determining an emotional state of the user, identifying a workout route based on the emotional state of the user, and outputting the workout route via a user interface device. Additionally, determining the emotional state of the user may include inferring emotions from one or more sensor information or user speech information. In one example, the sensor information includes one or more of blood pressure signals, heart rate signals or sweat measurement signals and the user speech information includes one or more of words used in an input utterance or a prosody of the input utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Guillermo Perez, Israel Perez Tudela
  • Patent number: 11202579
    Abstract: A feedback device for an acute care provider includes: at least one motion sensor; a haptic output component for providing feedback having a varying haptic pattern to the acute care provider regarding performance of a resuscitation activity; and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive and process a signal representative of performance of the resuscitation activity from the at least one motion sensor, compare the acute care provider's performance of the resuscitation activity to a target performance of the resuscitation activity, and cause the haptic output component to provide haptic feedback to the acute care provider by changing the haptic pattern based, at least in part, on the signal from the at least one motion sensor and the comparison of the acute care provider's performance to the target performance of the resuscitation activity. The device can be adapted to be wrist-worn by the acute care provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Freeman, Michael Buonadonna, Guy R. Johnson, Justin R. Carroll, Annemarie Silver, Frederick J. Geheb, John C. Amann
  • Patent number: 11198063
    Abstract: To prevent visually induced motion sickness that occurs during viewing of three-dimensional content using a display. A video display system and a video display program for a display include a computer for displaying content video on a display unit of the display as a virtual reality space, wherein the computer displays, on the display unit, three-dimensional video data in which a content video region and a fixed background image region surrounding the content video region are set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaei Sou
  • Patent number: 11196811
    Abstract: A system for processing biological data is provided and includes a monitoring device configured to receive biological data responsive to a living being. The system also includes an interface device communicated with the monitoring device to receive the biological data. Furthermore, the system includes a data transfer device, configured to receive the biological data from the interface device and communicate the biological data to a processing device for processing. Additionally, a method for processing biological information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving biological information from a monitoring device responsive to a first party and responsive to an exercise regime and processing the biological information to generate resultant information responsive to at least one physical characteristic of the first party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Sean McKirdy, Robert Nutini
  • Patent number: 11185738
    Abstract: A system for processing biological data is provided and includes a monitoring device configured to receive biological data responsive to a living being. The system also includes an interface device communicated with the monitoring device to receive the biological data. Furthermore, the system includes a data transfer device, configured to receive the biological data from the interface device and communicate the biological data to a processing device for processing. Additionally, a method for processing biological information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving biological information from a monitoring device responsive to a first party and responsive to an exercise regime and processing the biological information to generate resultant information responsive to at least one physical characteristic of the first party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sean McKirdy, Robert Nutini
  • Patent number: 11185267
    Abstract: Described are systems for spatial cognitive ability assessment wherein a subject is able to manipulate one or more object(s) that is monitored by a device for recording motion attached to the object(s), the subject, or both that is able to generate motion electronic data. Also described are methods for assessing spatial cognitive ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Barbara Landau, Amy Shelton, Gregory D. Hagar, Colin Lea, Sanjeev Khudanpur, Jonathan Jones
  • Patent number: 11183006
    Abstract: A detection system according to the present invention includes a control device that detects fraud conducted on a game table by using the image analysis result obtained by an image analysis device. In addition, each game token used in this detection system has a multilayer structure having plastic layers with a plurality of different colors stacked on each other, with a colored layer being provided at least intermediately, and white layers or light-colored layers (not illustrated, but may be any layers lighter in color than the colored layer) being stacked on two sides of the intermediate colored layer. As described above, this game token has a multi-layer structure including the colored layer, with the white layers or light-colored layers (not illustrated, but may be any layers lighter in color than the colored layer) being stacked on the two sides of the intermediate colored layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11177038
    Abstract: Systems and methods for prescribing athletic activity to be performed by a user, and for adapting the prescribed athletic activity based on completed (e.g. ongoing) athletic performances by the user. A coaching plan may be automatically created that prescribes personalized athletic activities as a user trains towards a goal date. The athletic information may be received from one or more sensor devices associated with a user, and the coaching plan may be continuously or intermittently updated based on the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Sanders, Brett S. Kirby, David Clark, Clifton W. Bynum, Bradley W. Wilkins, Philip F. Skiba