Patents Examined by Sujay Koneru
  • Patent number: 11640567
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to rearrange setup operations with respect to an initial input order according to which products are to be input to a processing line including a plurality of lines to which a product that requires a setup operation and a processing operation is to be input, setup operations being not executed with the setup operations overlapped with each other in the plurality of lines, determine a processing completion time of the processing line based on the rearranged setup operations, and determine, as planning data, an order of setup operations that achieves a processing completion time less than a processing completion time of the initial input order among the processing completion time calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takashi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11636417
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided that includes creating an industry force graph meta model; and establishing a relationship for each maturity dimension to determine most relevant content. The most relevant content is graphed using a chromatic polynomial to map strongest industry trends in an industry force. The method continues with building traversal logic to determine most relevant technologies for the strongest industry trends in the industry force. Most relevant components of an component business model are identified, and linkages between the strongest industry trends in the industry force are made to the most relevant components of the component business model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lucia Larise Stavarache, Stan Kevin Daley, Harish Bharti, Rajesh Kumar Saxena, Mukundan Sundararajan, Sandeep Sukhija
  • Patent number: 11631093
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to a flexible behavioral chain (“FBC”) framework for permission-based enterprise-focused blockchain applications. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a chain framework module (“CFM”) executed by a FBC system can receive a new block request to add a new block to an FBC. The new block request can be created by a trigger management module (“TMM”) executed by the FBC system in response to a trigger, such as a customer touchpoint, a customer engagement, a subscribed event, and/or a virtual event. In response to the new block request, the CFM can generate the new block. A customer value score derivation module (“CVSDM”) executed by the FBC system can determine a customer value score (“CVS”) for a customer. The CFM can incorporate the CVS into the new block. The CFM can connect the new block to the FBC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James W. Fan, Dan Celenti, Alireza Hooshiari
  • Patent number: 11631042
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing, tracking and improving security maturity of an organization are provided. Described is a system for assessing security maturity of an organization. The system receives a list of data sources located across multiple jurisdictions for the organization, collects data sources/data using custom rules from a plurality of data sources of the list of data sources, determine criticality score for each of the plurality of data sources, calculates data source coverage and asset collection coverage, determines use case coverage, and determines security maturity score using a maturity score model. The maturity score model is a logistic equation which is a function of the data source coverage, the asset collection coverage, the criticality score associated with each of the plurality of data sources, the use case coverage, asset coverage by each the plurality of data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: deepwatch, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Orzechowski, Steven Van Wasshenova, Corey Bodzin, Greg Genung, Erik Horton
  • Patent number: 11620649
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing capital between a musical artist and a fan are provided. In preferred embodiments, the method comprises creating a finite pool of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) wherein each NFT is assigned to a unique artist/song combination. Creating a finite pool of Music Tokens that are distributed to owners of the discrete NFTs based on the performance of the artist or artist/song combination over fixed intervals of time. In preferred embodiments, the distribution of the Music Tokens is at least based on the number of streams a song receives across one or more streaming platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Jason Meinzer
  • Patent number: 11610162
    Abstract: A method of workforce optimization includes acquiring video data. The video data is obtained from a plurality of video cameras in a facility comprising a plurality of departments. A customer load for each of the plurality of departments is identified. A location of each of a plurality of employees in the facility is identified. A customer-to-employee ratio is determined for each department. The determined customer-to-employee ratio for each department is provided to a computing device. At least one employee deployment notification is provided from the computing device to another computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: COGNYTE TECHNOLOGIES ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventor: Kurt Heier
  • Patent number: 11599836
    Abstract: A system and a method for assigning a tutor to a cohort of students. The system receives information from a tutor. The information comprises a name, academic details, preferred languages, a subject of interest, a topic of interest, an introductory video of the tutor, and available time slots. The system further automatically generates a question for a tutor in real-time based on the information. Furthermore, the system receives an answer to the question from the tutor in an answer format. Subsequently, the system generates an assessment report of the tutor. Further, the system computes a similarity index of the tutor with a profile of a cohort of the students. Finally, the system assigns the tutor to the cohort of the students based on the similarity index, feedback received from the cohort of the students, and the available time slots of the tutor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FILO EDTECH INC.
    Inventors: Imbesat Ahmad, Shadman Anwer, Rohit Kumar
  • Patent number: 11593736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production planning method using a plurality of manufacturing devices (INTMA) according to which tasks (TD) of a work plan (BOP) are compared (MA) with manufacturing capabilities (SD) of the manufacturing devices (INTMA) and, depending on the one or more results (MAQ) of said comparison (MA), at least one or more manufacturing devices (INTMA) are commissioned to match their manufacturing capabilities (SD) with the task(s) (TD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Steffen Lamparter, Matthias Loskyll
  • Patent number: 11593734
    Abstract: A system for management and support of a workplace includes: an input unit to acquire environmental factor information from environmental sensors in a workplace and physiological internal state information from biosensors attached to workers; a database including a first storage category to store physiological internal state information of a worker in association with environmental factor information with respect to each worker and a second storage category to store physiological internal state information of a worker in association with environmental factor information with respect to a worker regarded as experienced; a computing unit to compare physiological internal state information of a particular worker at the current time with information about the particular worker stored in the first storage category and information stored in the second storage category, judge the physiological internal state of the particular worker, and determine alert content; and an output unit to generate an alert to a worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Nahoko Maruyama, Yukinori Katagiri
  • Patent number: 11593825
    Abstract: The invention describes a distributed merchandise management system, in which the client, retailer and the manufacturer are linked by a network. This is implemented by a cloud storage (105), the cloud storage (105) comprising a means (105a) for storing data, a means for receiving first data from a first network node (110), the first data being associated with a physical object, a means for receiving request data from a second network node (120), a means for receiving second data from a third network node (130), the second data being associated with the first data and comprising at least one data piece adapted to change the first data depending on the received request data, a means for changing the first data based at least in part on the second data and the request data, and a means for sending a changed portion of the first data from the cloud storage (105) to the first network node (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: RATOJA GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Gollner, Jan-Hendrik Schwarz, Sebastian Gottschalk, Stefan Sauer
  • Patent number: 11593730
    Abstract: Provided is a schedule creation device for creating a conveyance schedule according to which a conveyance device conveys a product to work positions designated for each manufacturing process. Said schedule creation device sets a first score to the work positions and to a conveyance path of the conveyance device; sets a second score for products; and uses the first score and the second score to determine the product to be conveyed by the conveyance device from among products present at a plurality of work positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuki Takazaki
  • Patent number: 11587038
    Abstract: A mobile Quality Management/Control system for performing mobile product inspections is provided. A mobile device, such as a tablet, is configured to communicate with one or more databases and allow for real time entry (and subsequent access) of the details of product inspections for quality control and management purposes. The details of such inspections are maintained and available for all subsequent inspections. The mobile device is further configured to provide inspectors with inspection procedures and/or tutorials associated with the inspections being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Siegel, Matthew Kamenstein, Christine Thatner
  • Patent number: 11574274
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking and ranking errors in computer systems may be used in e-commerce applications in order to identify errors that occur in e-commerce user sessions along with an estimate of potential lost revenues resulting from the error. The errors and associated lost revenues may allow prioritizing of which errors to address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NOIBU TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Kailin Noivo, Robert Boukine, Filip Slatinac, Dan Cardamore
  • Patent number: 11568467
    Abstract: An example computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of agricultural data records including yield properties of products grown in fields and raw field features of the fields. The method also includes transforming the raw field features into distinct feature classes that characterize key features affecting yield of the one or more products, and generating, using data from the plurality of agricultural data records and the distinct feature classes, genomic-by-environmental relationships between one or more products, yield properties of the one or more products, and field features associated with the one or more products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: Dongming Jiang, Herbert Ssegane, Shilpa Sood, Xiao Yang, Xuefei Wang
  • Patent number: 11531997
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing customer service are disclosed. The system can perform operations including detecting individuals and performing facial recognition on the individuals using visitor profiles stored by a local database. The operations can further include determining known visitors and unknown visitors among the individuals. The operations can further include generating new visitor profiles for the unknown visitors, obtaining identity information for the unknown visitors, and associating the identity information of the unknown visitors with the new visitor profiles. The operations can further include accessing identify information of the known visitors, obtaining personalized information for the known visitors from a central database, and providing the personalized information to the known visitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Ashwini Kumar, Yazdan Shirvany
  • Patent number: 11531945
    Abstract: A system, methods, and apparatus for point-in-time requirement tracking are disclosed. In an example embodiment, requirements for a project are stored in a database communicatively coupled to a server, the requirements including at least a first requirement stored in a first record and a second requirement stored in a second record. The server receives changes to the first requirement and the second requirement during the edit session and stores the changed first requirement to a third record and the changed second requirements to a fourth record. The server then provides the first and third records to a client device so that the client device can concurrently display the first requirement as specified in the first record and the first requirement as specified in the third record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CenterPoint Properties Trust
    Inventors: Scott C. Zimmerman, Cary Andrew Caveney
  • Patent number: 11514383
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining, by the computer processor, rig operation data regarding various drilling rigs at different geographic locations. The method may further include generating, using the rig operation data, a model that identifies a level of risk associated with various rig operations. The method may further include simulating, by the computer processor and using the geographic location data and the model, a sequence of rig operations for constructing a portion of a wellbore drilled by a drilling rig at the desired geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Diego Fernando Patino Virano, Philip Christopher Temple, Adam David Sallee, Oswaldo Bustos Angel, Steven Hann, Velizar Vesselinov
  • Patent number: 11501322
    Abstract: A service platform obtains order data of an order placed by a target user through a user interface and history data of the target user associated with one or more user interface operations for placing the order, where the history data includes page code of one or more pages of the user interface associated with the one or more user interface operations. The service platform generates, based on the history data and the order data, usage data of the target user. The service platform determines a digital digest of the usage data. The service platform sends the digital digest to a blockchain network associated with a blockchain, where the digital digest is verified by a blockchain node of the blockchain network, and where the digital digest is stored on the blockchain in response to a determination that the digital digest passes a verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangyang Huo, Yushen Ma, Tiantian Li, Longlong He, Mingli Wang
  • Patent number: 11494723
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a feedback-based system and methodology for dynamically selecting communication messages, social media data, support data, etc. (denoted data) in evaluating dynamic lightweight personalized analytics (DLPA). Disclosed embodiments include a process for optimizing the key performance indicators (KPIs) used in measuring success by dynamically selecting the type, size, etc. of data leveraged by DLPA. This facilitates a small memory footprint and optimal computation when making smart, customized suggestions to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Sandra K. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11493905
    Abstract: The production management support system analyzes, on the basis of one or more attentional perspectives on a plurality of different models of products, past record information that includes information as a past record which shows, for each product loaded in a production system in which the plurality of different models of products are loaded and a sequential order of two or more of a plurality of steps is different depending on the model, an execution time of each of the steps and that serves as a basis for a production management chart showing a production situation, to detect, among display objects displayed in the production management chart, a display object satisfying one or more requirements associated with the one or more attentional perspectives. The system performs accentuated display on at least one of the detected display objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsuya, Yusuke Yajima, Kenichirou Kawakami, Shigeyasu Kubo