Patents Examined by Phong H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11163723
    Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. The computing devices may push a point in time to a backend for a distributed storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Kanael Arditti
  • Patent number: 11157568
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a first request for a visualization of data. In response to the first request, the program further retrieves the data from a storage of a computing system. The program also generates the visualization based on the data from the storage of the computing system. The program further stores the data in a storage of the device. The program also receives a second request for the visualization of the data. The program further determines that the device is unable to communicate with the computing system. In response to the determination, the program also retrieves the data from the storage of the device. The program further generates the visualization based on the data retrieved from the storage of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Nathan Wang, Walter Mak, Pak Man Chan, Tsz Hong Sung
  • Patent number: 11154321
    Abstract: A tissue splitting device for splitting a harvested soft tissue to provide a layer of tissue having a uniform thickness and methods for tissue transplantation using uniform layers of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Talal Mansoor H. Zahid, Abdulhameed F. Alkhateeb, Mohammed Mansour Nadershah, Emad Ali Khan, Zuhair Saleh Natto, Sana Ghazi Alawi Alattas
  • Patent number: 11159002
    Abstract: A method for removing insulation from inner conductors of a cable having a first section with a cable sheath removed and a second section with the cable sheath not removed utilizes a stripping device to perform the following steps: inserting the first section between a first rotatable roller and a second rotatable roller of the stripping device; moving the first roller and/or the second roller toward each other to clamp the first section between the rollers; moving the cable in a first direction that moves the second section away from the rollers; moving the cable in a second direction opposite the first direction that moves the second section toward the rollers; moving stripping blades toward the first section to cut into the insulation of the inner conductors; and moving the cable in the first direction to remove at least part of the insulation from the inner conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOMAX HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Zoran Calic
  • Patent number: 11138218
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed to optimize the size of index files to improve use of storage space available to indexers and other components of a data intake and query system. Index files of a data intake and query system may include, among other data, a keyword portion containing mappings between keywords and location references to event data containing the keywords. Optimizing an amount of storage space used by index files may include removing, modifying and/or recreating various components of index files in response to detecting one or more storage conditions related to the event data indexed by the index files. The optimization of index files generally may attempt to manage a tradeoff between an efficiency with which search requests can be processed using the index files and an amount of storage space occupied by the index files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Mathew, Ledion Bitincka, Igor Stojanovski, Dhruva Kumar Bhagi
  • Patent number: 11138196
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a query processing system. An embodiment operates by receiving a query associated with a table. An ordered index with entries that include key values that uniquely identifies a corresponding record in the table is determined. A last key value is initialized to store a minimum value for a data type of the key value. The query is executed as a union-all of a plurality of queries. While a count of selected records is less than or equal to a threshold quantity and at least one entry remains in the ordered index, an ordered next entry with a key value subsequent to the last key value in the index is identified, the corresponding record is selected from the table, the last key value is updated, the query is executed, and the count is incremented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Rohitashva Mathur
  • Patent number: 11132235
    Abstract: A data processing method of a distributed data processing system, in which the base server collects and standardizes data and generates base data by node cut processing, the central server collects the attribute information of the column of the base data from a plurality of base servers and the relationship between the integration source and the integration destination of the base data by the node cut processing of the base server as base column integrated information, a combination of an integration source and an integration destination capable of reducing the data amount as a result of an replacement for calculating a combination of an integration source and an integration destination capable of reducing the data amount by exchanging the integration source and the integration destination when data is combined, the combination is notified to the base server as an exchange instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ida, Saori Mitsunaga, Tsukasa Hosoya, Atsuyoshi Morishima, Yoshiki Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11130246
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a folding knife are disclosed. In one embodiment, the folding knife includes a handle, a blade including a tip and a tang with the tang having a tang block engagement element, an axle pivotably connecting the blade to the handle, and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism includes a locking block constrained to move along a fore-aft linear axis, the locking block including a lower engagement surface, an upper engagement surface, and a rear surface. The lock mechanism also includes a biasing device carrier pivotably connected to the handle, a biasing device oriented between the biasing device carrier and the rear surface of the locking block and the biasing device configured to bias the locking block toward the blade tip when the blade is in an open orientation, and at least one handle block engagement element oriented above the upper engagement surface of the locking block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Jerry P. Busse
  • Patent number: 11130138
    Abstract: A tooth for use on a rotating element has a base attached to the rotating element and a cutter assembly removably attached to the base. The cutter assembly has an upper ramp surface and a blade. In another aspect, the tooth has a base attached to the rotating element and the base includes one or more base tab and slot elements. The tooth also includes a cutter assembly that has one or more cutter assembly tab and slot elements. Each of the one or more cutter assembly tab and slot elements is configured for a mating engagement with a corresponding one of the one or more base tab and slot elements. In another aspect, a rotary drum for use on a vegetation cutting machine includes a plurality of teeth that each have a base attached to the rotary drum and a cutter assembly removably attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Dougherty Forestry Manufacturing, Ltd. Co.
    Inventors: Patrick Dougherty, James Andrew Dougherty
  • Patent number: 11123813
    Abstract: A blade for a reciprocating saw, said blade being made from at least a bimetallic sheet material and comprising a flat body portion comprising a low-alloy steel material or a carbon steel material, a cutting edge portion comprising a high-speed steel material provided with a plurality of teeth arranged at a first edge of said flat body portion, and a back edge portion arranged at a second edge of said flat body portion opposite of said cutting edge portion, wherein said back edge portion is provided with a non-cutting micro-structured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: voestalpine Precision Strip GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Maxera, Bernhard Leeb, Jakob Prodinger
  • Patent number: 11123786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of trimming dies and specifically relates to a trimming die for a casting of a front steering knuckle in a double-wishbone suspension. The trimming die includes an upper roof, an intermediate plate, a movable plate, a base, springs, connecting columns, a pressing block connecting rod, a cutting edge, a pressing block, a casting, hold-down blocks, a first supporting block and second supporting blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Haijun Guo, Dengyao Li, Zhi Chen, Yacong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11123887
    Abstract: Shears having two limbs connected at a revolute joint, each limb comprising a handle region at one end and a cutting edge at the other end. One limb is fixed relative to the revolute joint during an opening and closing movement, and one limb is movable. The limbs move between an open position and a closed position while being limited by a stop and, in the closed position, the cutting edges pass each other over substantially their entire length. On the handle side of the revolute joint, one limb extends relative to the other limb such that it is supported in a planar manner on both sides in a region of overlap with the other limb, wherein the limbs comprise surface regions which, in the closed position, rest against one another in the region in which they are on top of each other and are each exposed on the opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG
    Inventor: Andreas Heinsohn
  • Patent number: 11120066
    Abstract: Techniques for recommending media are described. A character preference function comprising a plurality of preference coefficients is accessed. A first character model comprises a first set of attribute values for the plurality of attributes of a first character. The first and second characters are associated with a first and second salience value, respectively. A second character model comprises a second set of attribute values for the plurality of attributes of a second character of the plurality of characters. A first character rating is calculated using the plurality of preference coefficients and the first set of attribute values. A second character rating of the second character is calculated using the plurality of preference coefficients with the second set of attribute values. A media rating is calculated based on the first and second salience values and the first and second character ratings. A media is recommended based on the media rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Payne, Meghana Bhatt, Natasha Mohanty
  • Patent number: 11120196
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to an address match in connection with a request for a target structured document, identifying one or more slide objects associated with the target structured document, the one or more slide objects defining a set of anchor point definitions in the target structured document; identifying one or more anchor points corresponding to the one or more slide objects in a document object model (DOM) representation of the target structured document based on the set of anchor point definitions; accessing content corresponding to the one or more slide objects; and rendering the target structured document and the content of the one or more slide objects proximal to the identified anchor points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BORDER STYLO, LLC
    Inventors: Oscar Guido, Eduardo Prats, Diego Prats, Nicolas Lacasse, Spencer Tipping
  • Patent number: 11117283
    Abstract: Machine for cutting to size rolls with a defined length from logs having a greater length using a conveyor belts to drive the log to a cutting blade. Photocells are used to determine the length of the longs and to assist with the overall workings of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: O.M.T. S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marcello Tommasi
  • Patent number: 11110618
    Abstract: A hand-held device includes a first member and a second member coupled together by a pivot point such that each member may rotate independently. The hand-held device further comprises a handle on one side of each member and a protrusion on an opposite side of each member. Further, the hand-held device may include counter-torque extensions which extend from each member such that the counter-torque extensions touch when the device is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Shane Robert Vermette
  • Patent number: 11109888
    Abstract: A tissue splitting device for splitting a harvested soft tissue to provide a layer of tissue having a uniform thickness and methods for tissue transplantation using uniform layers of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Talal Mansoor H. Zahid, Abdulhameed F. Alkhateeb, Mohammed Nadershah, Emad Ali Khan, Zuhair Saleh Natto, Sana Ghazi Alttas
  • Patent number: 11113318
    Abstract: Techniques for analyzing media content are described. One technique generally comprises performing a regression analysis for characters in a plurality of media content based on user demographics, content outcome measure, and character models. The technique determines an attribute of significance. In some embodiments, the technique selects media content for display that depicts a character having at least a threshold value of the attribute of significance. In some embodiments, the technique displays media analytics for the attribute of significance determined based on a value of the attribute of significance exceeding a threshold significance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Meghana Bhatt, Rachel Payne, Natasha Mohanty
  • Patent number: 11106717
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of question, answer, passage (QAP) triples. Each of the plurality of QAP triples includes a question, an answer to the question and a passage containing the answer to the question. The received plurality of QAP triples is parsed to generate two or more patterns. The generated patterns are merged together to identify clusters of semantically related patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Arthur Boxwell, Keith Gregory Frost, Stanley John Vernier, Kyle Matthew Brake
  • Patent number: 11100106
    Abstract: Techniques for query engine virtualization are described. A query engine virtualization layer between clients and multiple query engines acts as a proxy to execute queries on behalf of the clients using ones of the multiple query engines selected for each query that are comparatively the best-suited to execute the query. The selection may be based on the workload pattern the query is issuing on the underlying data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Archak Sainanee, Ratnakar Choudhary