Patents Issued in May 12, 2020
  • Patent number: 10650087
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for content extraction from markup language text. The content extraction process may parse markup language text into a hierarchical data model and then apply one or more filters. Output filters may be used to make the process more versatile. The operation of the content extraction process and the one or more filters may be controlled by one or more settings set by a user, or automatically by a classifier. The classifier may automatically enter settings by classifying markup language text and entering settings based on this classification. Automatic classification may be performed by clustering unclassified markup language texts with previously classified markup language texts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Suhit Gupta, Gail Kaiser, Salvatore J. Stolfo
  • Patent number: 10650089
    Abstract: A system provides on a computer display screen, a graphical image of an initial parsing as generated by a computerized algorithm. Individual clauses are encased in expandable graphical elements that a human user can manipulate on the display screen using an input device in furtherance of improving the initial parsing. The expandable graphical elements have particular spatial and visual interrelationships in keeping with the initial text parsing, human user interactions with the expandable graphic elements captured so as to convert the human-based interactions with these graphical elements into additional machine-readable text and mark-up that can be usable for other machine-based text processes. The system, in addition to being a parsed text/editor interface, thereby functions as an intuitive, visual conduit for dynamic human-machine text analysis collaboration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Walker Reading Technologies
    Inventor: Randall C. Walker
  • Patent number: 10650090
    Abstract: A content management apparatus includes a content storage section configured to store a piece of content together with a content unique identifier; a content transmitter configured to transmit the piece of content together with the content unique identifier to a Web server; an intra-server management identifier receiver configured to receive an intra-server management identifier corresponding to the content unique identifier from the Web server; a management table for storing the content unique identifier and the intra-server management identifier; a content information updating message receiver configured to receive content information on the piece of content and a content information updating message containing the intra-server management identifier from the Web server; an identifier converter configured to convert the intra-server management identifier contained in the content information updating message into the content unique identifier; and a content management section configured to allow the content s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tamaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 10650091
    Abstract: Information extraction and annotation systems and methods for use in annotating and determining annotation instances are provided herein. Exemplary methods include receiving training documents having annotated words, identifying a predetermined number of characters preceding and following each annotated word for each of the training documents to determine a context for each of the annotated words, performing an alignment of an annotated word and its context with characters in the target document, identifying common sequences, and assigning annotations to words in the target document when common sequences are found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Open Text Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Markus Riediger, Andy Horng
  • Patent number: 10650092
    Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable optimizing a display of tabular data from a 2-D table as a folding 3-D table having a plurality of vectors in a GUI. More specifically, a scaling ratio is calculated to fit the plurality of vectors within a display area of the GUI based on a cumulative width of the plurality of vectors and a width of the display area of the GUI. A maximum angle of rotation for at least one vector is calculated based on a legibility of the vector. The scaling ratio can be applied to a width of at least one vector to yield a modified width of the vector. The 2-D table is then rendered as a 3-D table in which the at least one vector is depicted as a modified vector angled within a maximum angle of rotation between a horizontal and a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tian Qi Han, Dong Ni, Hua Hong Wang, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10650093
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for a method for using data structures, such as templates, to create a customized email for tasks. Form data is received from a form of a user interface for an application. The form data pertains to a task and the form data includes an action to perform with respect to the task. A template that specifies a layout for the form data is accessed. A string with string data that includes the form data and the layout is generated. The customized email is generated based on the string. The customized email includes an action link that corresponds with the form's action to perform with respect to the task. Information pertaining to a user interaction with respect to the action link in the customized email is received. The user interaction was performed at the mobile client device. Status of the task is updated based on the user interaction with the action link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Suman Ganta, Nikhil Sabharwal
  • Patent number: 10650094
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to facilitating predicting style breaches within content. In one embodiment, target content for which style breach prediction is desired is obtained. Style features associated with the target content are identified. Such style features and a style breach prediction model are used to predict a style breach within the target content, the style breach indicating a change of style used within the target content (e.g., a single document).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Pranav Ravindra Maneriker, Anandhavelu Natarajan, Vivek Gupta, Basava Raj K
  • Patent number: 10650095
    Abstract: Understanding emojis in the context of online experiences is described. In at least some embodiments, text input is received and a vector representation of the text input is computed. Based on the vector representation, one or more emojis that correspond to the vector representation of the text input are ascertained and a response is formulated that includes at least one of the one or more emojis. In other embodiments, input from a client machine is received. The input includes at least one emoji. A computed vector representation of the emoji is used to look for vector representations of words or phrases that are close to the computed vector representation of the emoji. At least one of the words or phrases is selected and at least one task is performed using the selected word(s) or phrase(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dishan Gupta, Ajinkya Gorakhnath Kale, Stefan Boyd Schoenmackers, Amit Srivastava
  • Patent number: 10650096
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a word segmentation method based on artificial intelligence, a server and a storage medium. The word segmentation method may include: acquiring a corpus to be segmented and a segmentation model corresponding to a preset segmentation template; matching the corpus to be segmented with the segmentation model according to a preset matching algorithm, and acquiring a target phrase satisfying a first preset rule in the corpus to be segmented; modifying an emission matrix corresponding to the segmentation model and the corpus to be segmented according to the target phrase; and performing a word segmentation on the corpus to be segmented according to the emission matrix modified, to acquire a first segmentation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHONLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liqun Zheng, Jinbo Zhan, Qiugen Xiao, Zhihong Fu, Jingzhou He, Guyue Zhou
  • Patent number: 10650097
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method that includes crawling a network for raw data. Emotion metrics are refined for the raw data. Labels for the raw data using refined emotion metrics are received. Factor analysis is performed for labeled data to obtain emotional tone factors. Adjusted labeled data are received based on the emotional tone factors. Words are analyzed using a tone model using the emotional tone factors and integrating the adjusted labeled data. Representative words for each emotional tone factor are provided based on using the tone model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peifeng Yin, Zhe Liu, Anbang Xu, Taiga Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10650098
    Abstract: Improved techniques for proactive identification of errors are provided. Documents are analyzed, using natural language processing (NLP) models, to identify entities in the documents. The documents are processed with the NLP models to identify relationships among the entities, and each of the entities is stored in a data store, where the data store further includes an indication of the identified relationships among the entities. A draft correspondence is received, and it is determined that the draft correspondence includes a first entity and a second entity, where the first entity and the second entity have a first relationship. Upon determining that the first relationship conflicts with at least one of the relationships stored in the data store, a suggested revision for the draft correspondence is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin M. O'Connell, Brenda Berg, Alex Matos, Janet Cederholm
  • Patent number: 10650099
    Abstract: An architecture and processes enable computer learning and developing an understanding of arbitrary natural language text through collaboration with humans in the context of joint problem solving. The architecture ingests the text and then syntactically and semantically processes the text to infer an initial understanding of the text. The initial understanding is captured in a story model of semantic and frame structures. The story model is then tested through computer generated questions that are posed to humans through interactive dialog sessions. The knowledge gleaned from the humans is used to update the story model as well as the computing system's current world model of understanding. The process is repeated for multiple stories over time, enabling the computing system to grow in knowledge and thereby understand stories of increasingly higher reading comprehension levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ELMENTAL COGNITION LLC
    Inventors: David Ferrucci, Mike Barborak, David Buchanan, Greg Burnham, Jennifer Chu-Carroll, Aditya Kalyanpur, Adam Lally, Stefano Pacifico, Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 10650100
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for improving a natural language generation knowledge base is provided. The method may include detecting user input comprising a natural language expression, generating an erroneous natural language response based on the user input and the knowledge base, determining user feedback corresponding to the erroneous natural language response, wherein the user feedback comprises an indication of an end-user reaction to the erroneous natural language response, determining an improvable performance metric with respect to the knowledge base, and updating the knowledge base based on the improvable performance metric, wherein the knowledge base comprises an explicit model of language corresponding to the erroneous natural language response, and wherein updating the knowledge base comprises updating the explicit model of language based on the user input, the erroneous natural language response, and the user feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alaa Abou Mahmoud, Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu
  • Patent number: 10650101
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, content in a document, wherein the content includes a language expression. A context of the language expression is determined from a defined range of the content in the document. An action item associated with the language expression is generated based upon, at least in part, the context of the language expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Patrick Galvin, Jr., Andrew Lewis Schirmer
  • Patent number: 10650102
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for generating a parallel text in the same language. The method comprises: acquiring a source segmented word sequence and a pre-trained word vector table; determining a source word vector sequence corresponding to the source segmented word sequence, according to the word vector table; importing the source word vector sequence into a first pre-trained recurrent neural network model, to generate an intermediate vector of a preset dimension for characterizing semantics of the source segmented word sequence; importing the intermediate vector into a second pre-trained recurrent neural network model, to generate a target word vector sequence corresponding to the intermediate vector; and determining a target segmented word sequence corresponding to the target word vector sequence according to the word vector table, and determining the target segmented word sequence as a parallel text in the same language corresponding to the source segmented word sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengkai Li, Jingzhou He, Zhihong Fu, Xianwei Xin
  • Patent number: 10650103
    Abstract: Systems and methods of various embodiments may enable or refine translation of text between a first language and a second language. In particular, systems and methods may enable or refine a text translation by soliciting and/or receiving feedback for: translation of a first word or phrase from a first language to a second language; transformation of the first word or phrase (in the first language) to a second word or phrase in the first language; or transformation of the first word or phrase (in the first language) to a second word or phrase in the second language. The systems and methods of various embodiments may incentivize user feedback for failed translations in order to encourage user feedback, improve the quality of user feedback received, and to permit development of translation corpora that can evolve with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MZ IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Leydon, Francois Orsini, Nikhil Bojja
  • Patent number: 10650104
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for creating messages using generative grammar models is presented. A generative grammar model defining a message structure of requested message is accessed. The message structure includes a plurality of lexical slots. The generative grammar model includes a corpus of source data to populate each lexical slot in the plurality of lexical slots, and a grammatical constraint for each lexical slot in the plurality of lexical slots. A message is generated in accordance with the generative grammar model and the message is published.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Churchill, Atish Das Sarma, Corinne Elizabeth Sherman-Stewart, Gyanit Singh
  • Patent number: 10650105
    Abstract: A method and system automatically translate process instructions. In the method, a process instruction is received in a first language that different from a second language being the operating language of the manufacturing execution system (MES). A text of the received process instruction is extracted in real time by a processing unit using an extraction algorithm. The method continues with searching and finding in real time in a database a translation of the extracted text into the second language. The database includes for all texts of all process instructions expressed in the first language, a translation of said texts into the second language. The texts in the first language and their corresponding translation are preferentially organized in a dictionary. Further, creating a process instruction in the second language from the found text in the second language and automatically displaying in real time the process instruction in the second language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Lasjunies, Nicolas Teissie
  • Patent number: 10650106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically separating and reconstructing individual stories of a three-dimensional model of a multi-story structure based on captured image data of the multi-story structure. In an aspect, a system is provided that includes an analysis component configured to analyze a three-dimensional model of structure comprising a plurality of stories generated based on captured three-dimensional image data of the structure and identify respective stories of the plurality of stories to which features of a three-dimensional model are associated. The system further includes a separation component configured to separate the respective stories from one another based on the features respectively associated therewith, and an interface component configured to generate a graphical user interface that facilitates viewing the respective stories as separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Matterport, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Tschudy Bell, Haakon Erichsen, Mykhaylo Kurinnyy
  • Patent number: 10650107
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product utilize projection-based area operations to accelerate the determination of subsurface structure parameters for subsurface structures such as fractures, faults and horizons in a subsurface formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Frantz Maerten, Romain Plateaux, Jean-Pierre Joonnekindt, Stephen Grenfell, Mustapha Lejri
  • Patent number: 10650108
    Abstract: Downhole drilling tools designed and manufactured to minimize or reduce imbalance forces and wear by disposing cutting elements in cutter groups and cutter sets in a level of force balance and by placing impact and/or wear resistant cutters on blades subject to high impact forces and/or large loadings. Manufacturing costs may be reduced by placing inexpensive cutters on blades not subject to high impact forces and/or loadings. Some embodiments comprise designing downhole tools with combinations of thicker blades to receive high impact forces and/or loadings with thinner blades. Some embodiments comprise designing downhole drilling tools with optimized fluid-flow properties. Designing methods may comprise performing simulations on a designed tool, evaluating respective forces acting on cutters during simulated engagement with a downhole (uniform and transitional) and/or evaluating wear on cutters and bit, and/or CFD simulations to evaluate fluid-flow optimization on a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Shilin Chen
  • Patent number: 10650109
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for solving a Boolean satisfiability (SAT) problem are described. Specifically, embodiments solve the SAT problem by generating an extended resolution proof. It is well-known that many technological problems can be modeled as SAT problems, and that solving an underlying SAT problem effectively solves the original technological problem. Therefore, embodiments described herein can be used to solve any technological problem that can be modeled as a SAT problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventor: William Clark Naylor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10650110
    Abstract: A photonic circuit design system includes a photonic circuit design tool to facilitate user inputs to generate a photonic circuit netlist comprising a photonic design component of a photonic circuit design. The system includes a memory system to store the photonic circuit netlist and a component library comprising a plurality of predetermined photonic design components from which the photonic design component is selected. The component library further includes physical data associated with physical characteristics of the plurality of predetermined photonic design components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Jason Pelc
  • Patent number: 10650111
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a method for ensuring semiconductor design integrity. The method may include analyzing a photomask design for a semiconductor circuit. The photomask may include a primary electrical design necessary for the operation of the semiconductor circuit, and white space, which has no primary electrical design. The method may include inserting a secondary electrical design into the white space of the photomask design for the semiconductor circuit. The secondary electrical design may have known electrical properties for validating the semiconductor circuit design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Corliss, Derren N. Dunn, Michael A. Guillorn, Shawn P. Fetterolf
  • Patent number: 10650112
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently implementing clock gating circuitry. A multi-bit clock gating cell is placed on the die of an integrated circuit and replaces at least two single-bit clock gating cells that were to be placed on the die. Each single-bit clock gating cell receives a single clock enable signal and generates a single gated clock signal. Each multi-bit clock gating cell receives multiple clock enable signals and generates multiple gated clock signals based on a single common received clock signal. Conditions for determining whether two or more single-bit clock gating cells are replaced by a multi-bit clock gating cell include a distance between two single-bit clock gating cells, a load driven by any one of the two single-bit clock gating cells and an activity level of a common single clock received by at least two single-bit clock gating cells is above a respective threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Harsha Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 10650113
    Abstract: Generating reports for critical path evaluation and tuning. A predetermined critical path in a circuit design is detected. The predetermined critical path includes a plurality of interconnects between at least two macros. At least one output or at least one input is detected for each of the at least two macros associated with the predetermined critical path. Additionally, a routing description and a buffer location corresponding to the predetermined critical path are detected and a reduced layout design is built. The reduced layout design includes the predetermined critical path and the at least two macros. Furthermore, a timing report is generated based on the reduced layout design, and a circuit based on the circuit design is manufactured in response to detecting the timing report based on the reduced layout design satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rina Kipnis, Vadim Liberchuk, Alex Raphayevich
  • Patent number: 10650114
    Abstract: A multiple fluid model tool for utilizing a 3D CAD point-cloud to automatically create a fluid model is presented. For example, a system includes a modeling component, a machine learning component, and a three-dimensional design component. The modeling component generates a three-dimensional model of a mechanical device based on point cloud data indicative of information for a set of data values associated with a three-dimensional coordinate system. The machine learning component predicts one or more characteristics of the mechanical device based on input data and a machine learning process associated with the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional design component that provides a three-dimensional design environment associated with the three-dimensional model. The three-dimensional design environment renders physics modeling data of the mechanical device based on the input data and the one or more characteristics of the mechanical device on the three-dimensional model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventor: Zain S. Dweik
  • Patent number: 10650115
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to processing, aggregating, and/or organizing data. A system may include a processor configured to process input data and identify a relationship amongst received input data in a data set. The system may also include an aggregator coupled to the processor and configured to receive processed data from the processor and aggregate data within the data set while maintaining one or more data relationships within the data set. Further, the system may include an annotation service module coupled to the aggregator and configured to generate at least one annotation that is maintained across at least a portion of the data within the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: XIFIN, Inc.
    Inventor: Patricia Goede
  • Patent number: 10650116
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating episodes of activity, such as episodes of care. One method includes generating, by a processor, a graphical user interface for display to a user. The method also includes receiving, by a processor, (1) a first selection of a trigger event for an episode of care from the user through the graphical user interface, (2) a second selection of at least one time period for the episode of care from the user through the graphical user interface, and (3) a third selection of at least one claim category for the episode of care from the user through the graphical user interface. The method further includes creating, by the processor, parameters for the episode of care based on the first, second, and third selections, wherein the parameters are applied to a plurality of medical claims to group at least two of the plurality of medical claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Aver Informatics Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew S. Frohliger, Kurt T. Brenkus, Steve C. Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 10650117
    Abstract: Systems and methods allow caregivers, central monitoring, and/or other persons to monitor whether a patient or another person has generated a call, such as an audio call. The systems and methods work by detecting audio within one or more audio detection zones, which are predefined areas surrounding the patient or other person to be monitored. The systems and methods detect when a command/keyword is spoken in the audio detection zone and generate an appropriate alert to an appropriate role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kusens, Neil Kusens
  • Patent number: 10650118
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques enable virtual content displayed in an experience to be restricted and/or tailored based on a user identification. User information (e.g., login name, authentication credentials such as a password or biometric data, etc.) can be used to determine and/or authenticate an identification of a user that enters and/or consumes an experience via a head-mounted display device or another computing device connected to a head-mounted display device. The user identification can be used to determine which virtual content is displayed to the user as part of an experience. Consequently, different users that enter the same experience can be presented with different virtual content. This enables a creator of the experience to restrict the viewing of confidential and/or sensitive information. This also enables the creator of the experience to tailor or customize the virtual content that is displayed to each user that enters and/or consumes the experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Justin Chung-Ting Lam, Edward Boyle Averett
  • Patent number: 10650119
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a multimedia data processing method, apparatus, and a storage medium. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a playing request carrying an identifier of multimedia data is received. A valid single-use verification parameter is generated according to the playing request. A link address of the corresponding multimedia data is obtained according to the identifier of the multimedia data. A playing address is generated according to the verification parameter and the link address. The multimedia data is played based on the playing address. This present disclosure improves the data security technology and prevent a user from capturing, by means of data packet capturing or by using third party software, a source file of the multimedia data used within a website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Chong Lan, Qiang Wu
  • Patent number: 10650120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monetizing the reproduction of digital media content for the rights-holders of the digital media content. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining whether a user of a media content item has a license to reproduce the media content item. In one embodiment, the media content item may be reproduced when the user is licensed. The user is prompted to select to acquire a license to reproduce the media content item or to decline the license to reproduce the media content item when the user is not licensed. Further embodiments determine whether a user may receive a license when the user wishes to acquire a license. In an embodiment, the user is declined a license when not approved for the license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Media Chain, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher A. Estes
  • Patent number: 10650121
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing real time digital content concealment are described herein. A computing device may, in response to detecting a user within view of an image capture device of a client device, perform a first type of text recognition on a first region of digital content and a second type of text recognition on a second region of the digital content, where the first type of text recognition is determined based on a first type of content items contained in the first region and the second type of text recognition is determined based on a second type of content items contained in the second region. Based at least in part on rules corresponding to the user, the computing device may determine content items within the digital content to be concealed, and may modify the digital content to conceal the content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daowen Wei, Jian Ding, Hengbo Wang
  • Patent number: 10650122
    Abstract: A computer system for providing software over a network includes: a computer system for providing software over a network is provided. The system includes: a control unit configured to reside at a site, the control unit including a control unit identification (ID) that uniquely identifies the control unit to the network; a copy of the software, the software including sets of features; a license generator configured to create a features activation file containing the control unit ID and identifying at least one set of features to be activated by the control unit; a computer configured to download the features activation file to the control unit; and, the control unit configured for activating one of the sets of features according to the features activation file. A method and a computer program product are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Eytan Radian, Gila Shmueli
  • Patent number: 10650123
    Abstract: Systems and methods for entitlement tracking and control with blockchain technology are provided. A server node may receive usage information indicating usage of a licensed component by a remote device. The server node may generate a datablock that includes the usage information and append the datablock to a blockchain. The server node may acquire, from the blockchain, a license smart contract. The license smart contract may include control logic to control access to the license component. The server node may control access to the license component by the remote device based on the usage information and the control logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Matthew Mintz, Arthur R. Leinen, III, Melanie Jean Cutlan, Richard Thomas Meszaros
  • Patent number: 10650124
    Abstract: A number of licenses for play of a video game may be modified or adjusted based on in-game activities of the video game. The in-game activities may be activities of game characters controlled by game players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Josiah Eatedali, Jon Ray Estanislao, Brandon Myles Zien
  • Patent number: 10650125
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus operated based on an OS is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a storage to store the OS, a virtual device program capable of generating a virtual device executed based on the OS, and at least one program; and at least one processor to execute the virtual device program to generate the virtual device, and to execute the OS to determine whether a first program having an administration authority assigned by the OS from among the at least one program has access authority to data about the virtual device in response to an attempt to access the data from the first program and to selectively permit the access to the data based on the determined access authority. With this, the electronic apparatus may restrain the access to the virtual device or the data thereabout according to a presence of the access authority, thereby safely protecting the virtual device or the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-hwa Jeong, Sung-kyu Lee, Hyun-cheol Park, Chang-woo Lee
  • Patent number: 10650126
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to authenticating online transactions, and more specifically, to method and system for determining a potentially fraudulent online transaction request based on a risk parameter associated with a user in a networking platform such as, a social networking platform. The method comprises receiving an online transaction request from a user. Thereafter, determining the risk parameter of the user based on one or more profile parameters associated with the user or one or more peer users associated with the user in the community. Based on the risk parameter of the user the online transaction request of the user is authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Lex Bayer, Simon Ru, Mark Rose
  • Patent number: 10650127
    Abstract: In general, an indication is received through a user interface of an intention of a potential rider to use an autonomous vehicle. In response to the receipt of the indication, a hailing request is sent by a signaling mode to at least one autonomous vehicle that can receive the hailing request directly in accordance with the signaling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LIFETRACK MEDICAL SYSTEMS PRIVATE LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Schulze, Brendan Philip Rees
  • Patent number: 10650128
    Abstract: Systems and processes for automatically configuring user authentication rules for each of a plurality of users for use in transactions. A neural network engine receives first party preferences data from a first party computer that includes user authentication requirement criteria associated with a plurality of transaction types, and receives at least two of user behavior data, user historical data, authenticator data associated with a mobile device of the user, and mobile device metadata. The neural network engine then generates an output value based on this data, transmits the output value to a score comparator for comparison to a required score specified by the first party, and receives feedback data from the score comparator when the output value is not within a tolerance of the required score. When the output value is within the tolerance, then the neural network engine generates user authentication rules recommendations and transmits them to the first party computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Dawid Nowak, Ashley Waldron, Laurie Nicoletti
  • Patent number: 10650129
    Abstract: A server device (100) receives access from an application (31) running on a terminal device (200). The server device (100) authenticates the application (31) of the terminal device (200) with a user name and a password and if successful, transmits an access token to the application (31) and approves access. Issuing an access token, the server device (100) postpones the expiration date given to other access tokens associated with the terminal device (200). When an access token received from the application (31) of the terminal device (200) is associated with the terminal device (200) and stored as being unexpired, the server device (100) approves access from the application (31) and postpones the expiration dates given to all access tokens associated with the terminal device (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Kawai, Sonny Kurniawan
  • Patent number: 10650130
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a token (e.g., a short-range wireless token or other token) may be provided to facilitate authentication. In some embodiments, the token may obtain a first challenge from a computer system. The token may determine which challenge type of multiple challenge types the first challenge corresponds. The token may cause a secure component to use a key associated with a first challenge type to generate a first challenge response for the first challenge based on the first challenge corresponding to the first challenge type, where the key associated with first challenge type may be selected by the secure component from multiple keys (for the generation of the first challenge response) based on the first challenge corresponding to the first challenge type. The first challenge response may be provided to the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: UBS Business Solutions AG
    Inventor: Alain Hiltgen
  • Patent number: 10650131
    Abstract: The technology described herein detects a first device associated with a user that is within a detectable range of a second device. The system requests authentication information. In response to receiving the authentication information, a token generator associated with the user can generate a secure token. The secure token can be sent to the server. Once the secure token is verified, the user is granted access to one or more services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Maland Keith Mortensen, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Debra Randall Casillas
  • Patent number: 10650132
    Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Zakery Layne Johnson, John Shelton, Debra Randall Casillas, Thomas Bret Buckingham, Gabriel Carlos Fernandez, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Maland Keith Mortensen
  • Patent number: 10650133
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect an operation that causes a challenge response process to be initiated. An image category associated with a recognized category label can be identified. At least one image associated with the image category can be displayed during the challenge response process. The operation can be executed when the challenge response process, based on the at least one image, is successfully completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Johri, Trevor M. Pottinger, Balamanohar Paluri
  • Patent number: 10650134
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining a user credential for login to a mobile device from a user. By use of a multi-layered authentication, based on the user credential, and a discreet user identity verification, the user determined to be unauthorized would operate the mobile device in a precaution mode, which discreetly creates secure records of activities of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael David Schiller, Adam Yoho, Wilalberto Rodriguez, Paul W. Bennett, David Y. Chang
  • Patent number: 10650135
    Abstract: The present application provides an authorization method for a joint account, applied to client software. The joint account is jointly managed by N joint managers, N is a natural number greater than 1. In one example, a user-side authentication parameter of a joint account is obtained. The user-side authentication parameter is the same as or corresponds to a network-side authentication parameter of the joint account, wherein the user-side authentication parameter is used to perform authentication on operation permissions for the joint account. The obtained user-side authentication parameter is divided into N parts. N joint management authentication parameters are generated based on each of the N parts. Each of the N joint management authentication parameters are transmitted to a different client device associated with each joint manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Kaiyao Luo
  • Patent number: 10650136
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for controlling use of bounded pointers. The apparatus has a plurality of bounded pointer storage elements, each bounded pointer storage element being used to store a bounded pointer and associated permission attributes indicative of allowed uses of the bounded pointer. In accordance with the present technique, the associated permission attributes include a copy permission attribute indicating whether the bounded pointer is allowed to be subjected to a copy operation. Processing circuitry is then responsive to at least one instruction that specifies the copy operation, to generate, from a source bounded pointer and associated permission attributes of a source bounded pointer storage element, a destination bounded pointer and associated permission attributes to be stored in a destination bounded pointer storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventor: Graeme Peter Barnes
  • Patent number: 10650137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for programming a control device of the vehicle, the method comprising: writing a first software module into the control device (106) via a first interface (108); blocking the first interface (108) of the control device (106); writing a key (122) into a secured memory area (132) of the control device (106) via a second interface; writing an encrypted vehicle software (112) into the control device (106) via the second interface; decrypting the encrypted vehicle software (112) by means of the first software module (110) by using the written key; storing the decrypted vehicle software in a memory area (134) of the control device (106); and installing read protection for the memory area (134) of the decrypted vehicle software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Markus Anton