Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
  • Patent number: 11909747
    Abstract: A network packet analyzer according an embodiment includes a memory and one or more hardware processors. The memory stores a plurality of sets of training data in which semantics of one protocol field and one or more patterns indicating characteristics of variations of the parameters of the one protocol field are associated with each other. The hardware processors: captures a network packets and extracts a variable field whose parameter varies in time series; generates, based on the parameter varying in the time series in the variable field, one or more patterns indicating a characteristic of a variation of the parameter; and compares each of the one or more patterns with each of the one or more patterns of the training data and estimate the semantics of the variable field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi Aoki, Yoshikazu Hanatani
  • Patent number: 11909748
    Abstract: In an anti-fraud control system, a first error monitoring device includes a first frame transmitting and receiving unit that receives a frame flowing on the on-board network; and a first error detector that causes transmission of an error notification frame for notifying of an occurrence of an error in the frame when detecting the occurrence of the error in the frame received by the first frame transmitting and receiving unit. Each of second error monitoring devices includes: a second frame transmitting and receiving unit that receives the error notification frame; and a second error detector that regards, as a frame to be invalidated, the frame subjected to the error and included in the received error notification frame, and shifts the second error monitoring device to an invalidation mode for invalidating reception of subsequent frames, if no error is detected in an own branch with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kishikawa, Ryo Hirano, Yoshihiro Ujiie
  • Patent number: 11909749
    Abstract: A risk analysis system configures the decision engine to detect anomalous online activities by analyzing usage patterns associated with one or more user accounts across multiple frequencies. The risk analysis system obtains transaction log data representing transactions associated with one or more accounts, and extracts data from the transaction log data to generate time-series data along a time dimension. The time-series data may represent usage characteristics of one or more user accounts over a period of time. The risk analysis system derives pattern data representing usage patterns across multiple different frequencies based on the time-series data. The risk analysis system then configures the decision engine to detect anomalous account activities based on the derived pattern data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhen Xie, Kasra Vakilinia, Yang Chen, Hagar Oppenheim, Xing Ji
  • Patent number: 11909750
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fraud analysis data reduction technique. When reviewing a large set of data for potential fraudulent action there is often too much data for a human to reasonably analyze. A technique to reduce the overall amount of data associates entities that have duplicate values stored in corresponding data elements with one another and removes those entities that do not have at least one duplicate value. The entities with duplicate values are entered into a node graph and analyzed for connected components. The connected components analysis and a duplicate threshold analysis provide usable results to identify fraudulent activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Morris
  • Patent number: 11909751
    Abstract: An anomaly detection method includes searching for one principal component axis by analyzing a normal data set collected in time series from a plurality of IoT devices by using a principal component analysis technique, setting a center point of the principal component, receiving a currently measured measurement data set from the plurality of IoT devices, acquiring a linear transformation data set having a plurality of projection points as elements by projecting a plurality of measurement data which is each element in the measurement data set onto the principal component axis, calculating a Mahalanobis distance between the projection point and the central point, and detecting whether or not data of the IoT devices is abnormal by comparing the Mahalanobis distance calculated for each element with a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FOUNDATION OF SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Minhae Kwon, Hyoseon Kye
  • Patent number: 11909752
    Abstract: Detecting deviations from typical user behavior, including: identifying a geographic location of a device that is associated with a user; determining device activity associated with the user; and detecting, based on a profile associated with the user, that the device activity associated with the user deviates from normal activity for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LACEWORK, INC.
    Inventors: Vikram Kapoor, Harish Kumar Bharat Singh, Weifei Zeng, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Theron Tock, Ying Xie, Yijou Chen
  • Patent number: 11909753
    Abstract: Techniques for fingerprinting and aggregating a virtual private cloud (VPC) flow log stream are provided. Each VPC flow log event in the VPC flow log is first determined to be a request event or a response event. A fingerprint is then generated for each VPC flow log event. The fingerprint for a VPC flow log event is generated based on the determination whether the VPC flow log event is a request event or a response event and by concatenating and encoding data contained in a set of data fields corresponding to the VPC flow log event. Based on the fingerprint generated for each VPC flow log event, related events can be detected and aggregated to form an aggregated event. Information stored with each aggregated event can then be used to better monitor the VPC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Seth Patrick Carroll
  • Patent number: 11909754
    Abstract: A security assessment system is configured to provide a duplicated environment which duplicates an assessment target system comprising a plurality of physical components. The security assessment system includes a duplicated environment design circuitry and a duplicated environment construction circuitry. The duplicated environment design circuitry is configured to select a duplication level based on constraints specified by a user in order to design the duplicated environment to produce a designed result indicative of a duplicated environment design. The duplication level is indicative of any one of a simulation sub-module, an emulation sub-module, and a physical sub-module which are for reproducing the physical components of the assessment target system. The duplicated environment construction circuitry is configured to construct the duplicated environment based on the designed result. The duplicated environment includes components which are duplicated by one of the duplication level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, B.G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
    Inventors: Masaki Inokuchi, Yoshinobu Ohta, Ron Bitton, Orly Stan, Asaf Shabtai, Yuval Elovici
  • Patent number: 11909755
    Abstract: A log transmission controller includes a log acquirer, a priority storage, an update instruction acquirer, a priority updater and a transmitter. The log acquirer acquires a log indicating respective states of electronic control units connected to the log transmission controller equipped in a moving object. The priority storage stores priority information indicating a priority for transmitting the log to a server. The update instruction acquirer acquires a first update instruction generated by an update instructor for updating the priority information, and second and third update instructions generated by the server for updating the priority information. The priority updater updates the priority information based on the update instruction. The transmitter transmits the log based on the priority. The first and second update instructions are for updating the priority to be higher than a predetermined priority, and the third update instruction is for updating the priority to the predetermined priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Nagara, Taiji Abe
  • Patent number: 11909756
    Abstract: A machine learning model is trained based at least on previous change requests, wherein each of the previous change requests are associated with a controlled management of a lifecycle of a change to an information technology environment. A security vulnerability of the information technology environment is identified. Using the trained machine learning model, a corresponding match score for each of a plurality of pending change requests is determined for the security vulnerability. An indication of whether a resolution specification for the security vulnerability is to be linked with one of the plurality of pending change requests selected based on a factor associated with its corresponding match score is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Krishna Madala, Alexander House, Brian James Waplington
  • Patent number: 11909757
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing cybersecurity risk of a computer network include the use of a risk model application that is configured to determine an initial cyber risk score value based upon an underwriting process. A cyber risk data stream is sent from the client's computer network to the system processor to periodically calculate an updated cyber risk score based upon actual data. The system processor is adapted to use the data stream to generate client information that is accessible by the client via a web-based client portal. In embodiments, the cyber risk data stream can be actively monitored to identify a threat of a cybersecurity breach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: American International Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Kibler, Daniel Wilson, Martin Overton, Tracie Grella, Garin Pace
  • Patent number: 11909758
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide a cyber risk assessment service. A computing device determines weights for techniques of a cyber security framework based on historical industry impact. The computing device associates an enterprise network with an industry identifier, obtains customer risk data for the enterprise network, and normalizes and/or combines the customer risk data to form normalized risk scores. The computing device maps the customer risk data to corresponding techniques in the cyber security framework, generates technique scores based on the mapping and the normalized risk scores, and generates weighted technique scores using some of the weights selected based on the industry identifier. The computing device calculates an overall security score for the enterprise network based on the weighted technique scores, identifies a corrective recommendation for the overall security score, and provides the overall security score and the corrective recommendation for presentation to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lori K. Bogren, Katrina Marie Kutchko, Allison J. Ashford, Charles A. Dallas, Yonatan Fridman
  • Patent number: 11909759
    Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying assets for review. The methods described herein involve generating an organizational statistical model describing assets associated with a first organization and generating a report identifying a discrepancy between the organizational statistical model and an identified asset of the first type associated with the first organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Tsang, Fatemeh Kazemeyni, Evgeniya Barkova
  • Patent number: 11909760
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a device in a network receives certificate data for an encrypted traffic flow associated with a client node in the network. The device determines one or more data features from the certificate data. The device determines one or more flow characteristics of the encrypted traffic flow. The device performs a classification of an application executed by the client node and associated with the encrypted traffic flow by using a machine learning-based classifier to assess the one or more data features from the certificate data and the one or more flow characteristics of the traffic flow. The device causes performance of a network action based on a result of the classification of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Harrell Anderson, David McGrew, Subharthi Paul, Ivan Nikolaev, Martin Grill
  • Patent number: 11909761
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitigating the impact of malware by reversing malware related modifications in a computing device are provided. According to an embodiment, a sandbox service running within a network security platform protecting an enterprise network receives a file containing malware and associated contextual information from an endpoint security solution running on an endpoint device, which has been infected by the malware. The sandbox service captures information regarding a first series of actions performed by the malware and based on the first series of actions generates a remediation script specifying a second series of actions that are configured to restore the endpoint device to a pre-infected state. The network security platform causes the endpoint device to be returned to the pre-infected state by causing the endpoint security solution to execute the remediation script on the endpoint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Udi Yavo, Roy Katmor, Ido Kelson
  • Patent number: 11909762
    Abstract: A system for efficiently thwarting syn flood DDoS attacks on a target server including a CPU, the system comprising: network controller hardware having steering capability; and a software application to create and to configure initial steering object/s which define a steering configuration of the network controller and monitor at least one opened connection to the server, including updating the steering configuration responsive to establishment of at least one connection to the server, wherein the network controller hardware's steering capability is used to provide a SYN cookie value used for said thwarting, and to send at least one packet, modified, to the packet's source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mellanox Technologies, LTD.
    Inventors: Andrei Vesnovaty, Alexander Vesker, Mohammad Sammar
  • Patent number: 11909763
    Abstract: Techniques for mitigating BGP blackholes and hijackings are disclosed herein. The techniques include methods for determining, by a victim autonomous system (AS), that a first AS is associated with a first BGP route that includes the victim AS as the destination or as an AS along the first BGP route to the destination and sending a message to a second AS directing the second AS to refrain from using the first AS to propagate data to the victim AS. The message can include a set of one or more AS numbers to avoid in refraining from using to propagate data to the victim AS, a timestamp, an expiration interval, a signature of the victim AS, and an identifier identifying a certificate to be used to verify the signature. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob Heitz, Juan Alcaide
  • Patent number: 11909764
    Abstract: Various embodiments include implementing an interceptor for application security testing. The interceptor may intercept traffic, including one or more traffic items, between a scan engine and a target application. The traffic item(s) may include a request directed to the target application from a scan engine implementing application security testing or a response from the target application responsive to request(s) from the scan engine. The interceptor may determine that a particular traffic item satisfies a particular traffic trigger associated with a particular traffic action comprising a manipulation to the traffic between the scan engine and the target application. The particular traffic action is one of a plurality of predefined traffic actions that the interceptor is configured to perform across different scan engine versions, different scan configurations, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Curran
  • Patent number: 11909765
    Abstract: Established user habits in carrying multiple wirelessly detectable devices are used to provide or substantiate authentication. In some embodiments, simply detecting that expected devices are co-located within a limited spatial region is sufficient to establish that the devices are being carried by a single individual. In other embodiments, particularly where the potential for spoofing by multiple individuals is a concern, single-user possession of the devices may be confirmed by various corroborative techniques. This approach affords convenience to users, who may be working at a device that lacks the necessary modality (e.g., a fingerprint or vein reader) for strong authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Imprivata, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. T. Ting, Alain Slak, Kyle Vernest
  • Patent number: 11909766
    Abstract: A policy management server manages a segmentation policy and automatically configures an enclave protection device consistently with the segmentation policy so that that the segmentation policy can be enforced with respect to workloads within a secure enclave protected by the enclave protection device. The policy management server identifies protected workloads that are members of a secure enclave and external workloads that are external to the secure enclave. The policy management server identifies cross-boundary rules of the segmentation policy affecting traffic between the protected workloads and external workloads. The policy management server generates and distributes a configuration of the enclave protection device to enable enforcement of the cross-boundary rules pertaining to traffic passing through the enclave protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Illumio, Inc.
    Inventors: George Jeffrey Francis, Matthew Kirby Glenn, Jalandip Lepcha, Paul James Kirner
  • Patent number: 11909767
    Abstract: Device scanning aspects are described. In certain aspects, the method includes configuring a port forwarding policy on a first device based on a network session information, performing a scan of a second device based on a port forwarding policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Forescout Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Siying Yang
  • Patent number: 11909768
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system of an in-home security device, cause the computing system to perform operations to provide security for an in-home network, including receiving home network internet datagrams from a modem at the in-home security device to provide received home network data packets, the received home network internet datagrams being all data packets received by the modem directed to the in-home network from outside, analyzing the received home network internet datagrams using an artificial intelligence service to identify a type of security threat included in the received home network internet datagrams, selecting a security application from among a plurality of security applications included in an in-home network security application suite based on the type of security threat identified in the received home network internet datagrams by the artificial intelligence service to provide a selected security application, using the selecte
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Secure Telligence LLC
    Inventor: Erik J. Barnett
  • Patent number: 11909769
    Abstract: Technologies for privacy-safe security policy evaluation are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, and at least one processor to execute instructions to at least identify one or more non-sensitive parameters of a plurality of policy parameters and one or more sensitive parameters of the plurality of the policy parameters, the plurality of the policy parameters obtained from a computing device in response to a request from a cloud analytics server for the plurality of the policy parameters, encrypt the one or more sensitive parameters to generate encrypted parameter data in response to the identification of the one or more sensitive parameters, and transmit the encrypted parameter data to the cloud analytics server, the cloud analytics server to curry a security policy function based on one or more of the plurality of the policy parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MUSARUBRA US LLC
    Inventors: Sudeep Das, Rajesh Poornachandran, Ned M. Smith, Vincent J. Zimmer, Pramod Sharma, Arthur Zeigler, Sumant Vashisth, Simon Hunt
  • Patent number: 11909770
    Abstract: Providing an accurate and on-demand status of audit compliance is disclosed. A security policy, agreed upon by a service provider and a service user, is provisioned in a compliance log. A service provider requests to add a first update to the compliance log, the first update indicating that a compliance action has been taken. The first update is added to the compliance log, and a first computational digest of the compliance log is added after adding the first update. An auditor of the compliance action requests to add a second update to the compliance log. The second update is added to the compliance log, and a second computational digest of the compliance log is added after adding the second update. Thereby, the user is provided a more current view of audit compliance that that can be trusted based on the tamper-proof compliance log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael T. Strosaker, Sandra P. Nava, Eric Richter, Jon P. Weiser, Matt Hartenbower, George C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11909771
    Abstract: A Domain Name System (DNS) device stores data indicative of a user device and data indicative of a policy setting a level of access of the user device to a responding device. The DNS device receives, from the user device, a request for an Internet Protocol address of the responding device. The DNS device determines, based upon the request and the data indicative of the user device, that the policy applies to the request. The DNS device applies the policy in response to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Darrin Joseph Miller, Kevin Patrick Regan, Einar Nilsen-Nygaard
  • Patent number: 11909772
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing least privilege access to a resource within a secured server are disclosed. The systems and method can include receiving an access request from a client requesting access to the resource, the access request comprising a role or policy associated with the client and one or more actions associated with the resource. A rules engine can be initialized, the engine defining one or more rules usable by the system to determine whether the access request complies with a least privilege policy. The systems and method can analyze the role or policy and the access request with the rules engine to determine whether the access request complies with the least privilege policy. When the access request complies with the rules, access to the resource can be granted; when the access request does not comply with the rules, access to the resource can be denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Hale, Devon Powley, Wesley Sham, Thomas Shaffer, Jared Baker, John Bollinger, Robert Stump, Gabriel Duke
  • Patent number: 11909773
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed can evaluate security detection rules in a network security computing environment. Results for a processed log of security events can be retrieved. The results can identify determined outcomes for instances triggering security detection rules. The security detection rules can detect specific behavior on a network by being processed against a log of security events. Scores for the security detection rules can be determined based on the results of the processed log of security events and the determined outcomes. The security detection rules can be ranked based on the scores, from highest to lowest score. The highest score can indicate that a corresponding rule is performing worst among the security detection rules and the lowest score can indicate that a corresponding rule is performing best among the security detection rules. A rules score report can be generated based on the ranked rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hutelmyer, Adam Blake
  • Patent number: 11909774
    Abstract: A private video surveillance service shares an image stream through an asset lock with government agencies in the event of emergency. Nominated agencies establish access credentials at the surveillance service data center. A camera is shared by a facility administrator's selection of permissions on each camera via privileged web-browser or mobile device. A government agency receives an electronic notification from the administrator to operate an agency dedicated application programming interface. A notification may be customized for each responding agency and each event by dynamically generating a transient link to a secure webserver which expires to limit exposure to ranges of date-time. Video servers remain controlled by the facility administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Dean Drako, Steven Roskowski, Timothy Duncan
  • Patent number: 11909775
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for enhancement to an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS). According to an embodiment, an application server (AS) of the IMS receives from a terminal device a first request for initiating a call service and an internet service which are to be integrated with each other. The AS of the IMS sends a second request for initiating the internet service to a gateway server that acts as a gateway to an internet AS capable of providing the internet service. In response to a reply from the gateway server, the AS of the IMS handles the first request based on the reply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Min Sun, Fang Li, Yunjie Lu
  • Patent number: 11909776
    Abstract: An online video distribution support method is executed by an online video distribution support system including one or more computers connected to communicate with a plurality of viewer terminals used by viewers who view an online video. The online video distribution support method includes: displaying a video distribution screen including a material designated by a distributor that distributes the online video; acquiring information on a line-of-sight position of each of the viewers on the video distribution screen from each of the viewer terminals; detecting and acquiring a line-of-sight position of the distributor on the video distribution screen by using a captured image obtained by capturing the distributor; and calculating and outputting a degree of interest of each of the viewers based on the line-of-sight position of the corresponding viewer and the line-of-sight position of the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoshihara, Koji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11909777
    Abstract: Provided is a method for initiating a mobile voice call from a caller UE to a callee UE having a SIM card associated with a callee phone number, which callee phone number is a E.164 compliant MSISDN. The method includes providing a software function at the callee UE, which software function is associated with a receiving address comprising the callee phone number, and configuring a call forwarding function in a first network, being activated for the callee phone number and configured for forwarding CS voice calls to a forwarding phone number associated with a VOIP service. The method also includes the caller UE calling the callee phone number, the first network performing the call forwarding to the VOIP service, the VOIP service identifying the callee UE, and the VOIP service initiating the call between the caller UE and the software function using the receiving address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WONE SAGL
    Inventors: David Jean Khoury, Joseph Selim Ged, Elie Fares Kfoury
  • Patent number: 11909778
    Abstract: One example method includes receiving configuration information for a virtual expo, the configuration information includes information associated with one or more virtual expo booths; generating a virtual expo floor based on the one or more virtual expo booths; establishing a virtual meeting comprising the virtual expo; receiving requests to join the virtual expo from a plurality of client devices; joining each client device of the plurality of client devices to the virtual meeting; providing, to each joined client device, information describing the virtual expo floor and locations of each of the one or more virtual expo booths; providing a location of a respective participant avatar on the virtual expo floor; receiving, from a first client devices, a selection of a first virtual expo booth; and join the first client device to a second virtual meeting associated with the first expo booth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Chan, Jeffrey Houng, Yuk Fai Lam, Pankaj Prasad
  • Patent number: 11909779
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for displaying a data source of data found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation via an IETM viewer. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: providing a window comprising (1) textual information from and/or an illustration related to the data and (2) a selection mechanism; receiving a first type or a second type of selection of the mechanism; responsive to receiving the first type of selection, generating a data source window comprising a relevant section of the data source that relates to the textual information and/or the illustration; responsive to receiving the second type of selection, generating the data source window comprising the data source; and providing the data source window for display via the IETM viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MBTE HOLDINGS SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Ran Meriaz, Yoram Meriaz, Alexander Tkachman
  • Patent number: 11909780
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system for enabling peer-to-peer media streaming using service enabler architecture layer (SEAL). The method may be executed by one or more processors, and the method may include receiving, by a vertical application layer (VAL) server, a request for a media session negotiation between one or more client devices, and retrieving, by the vertical application layer (VAL) server, transport layer information associated with each of the one or more client devices using network address translation traversal. The method may further include transmitting, by the vertical application layer (VAL) server, agreed session description protocol (SDP) parameters based on the transport layer information, wherein the agreed session description protocol (SDP) parameters are used to establish a peer-to-peer media streaming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Shuai Zhao, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11909781
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for transparently connecting to the same light weight machine-to-machine (LwM2M) server using both Internet Protocol (IP)-based and non-IP data delivery (NIDD)-based connectivity using all LwM2M functionality and security modes. The techniques include establishing a connection over a NIDD socket to communicate with an application server using NIDD binding to deliver a datagram destined for a target server. The datagram may be encapsulated in a serialized envelope including an application-level protocol metadata, wherein the metadata representing information corresponding to the target server. The datagram is delivered to the target server over NIDD-based transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Slovetskiy, Phani Ramisetty, Cristian Asandului
  • Patent number: 11909782
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for Embodiments described herein provide for the use of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and/or other techniques for network-implemented spam call detection. Calls may be screened prior to notifying a called User Equipment (“UE”) that a call has been placed to the called UE. A Machine Learning Spam Detection Component (“MLSDC”) may screen a call, such as a voice call, by initiating a call session between the MLSDC and a calling UE, from which the call was requested. Via the established call session, the MLSDC may receive communications, such as voice communications, from the UE, and may determine a measure of likelihood that the call request is associated with spam by using machine learning or other techniques to compare the received communications against one or more models that indicate attributes of calls that have been identified as spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Chen, Federico Zarfati, Stuart R. Burkhart, Chiang Ming Yang, Aude Claire Marzuoli
  • Patent number: 11909783
    Abstract: Techniques for providing trust and safety functionality during virtual meetings are provided. In an example, a method includes establishing a video conference between client devices. The method includes receiving, from a first client device of the client devices, a stream corresponding to the video conference and including one or more items of content. The method further involves applying, to the stream, a machine learning model that is trained to identify inappropriate or harmful content in the stream. The method further includes determining, via the machine learning model, that an item of content in the stream is inappropriate or harmful. The method further includes editing the stream to remove the item of content. The method further includes transmitting the edited stream to the client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vanessa Badillo DiPaulo, Josh Patrick Parecki, Dun-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11909784
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for performing automated actions in a conferencing service. Distractions can be detected and users can be muted. Breakout rooms can be suggested to attendees based upon the user's identity. Additionally, event summaries and recaps can be generated for users who are late-arriving or who depart and return to the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Pradeep Shetty, Ravish Chawla, Adam Chow
  • Patent number: 11909785
    Abstract: A method for a video communication system for a rideshare system includes conducting at least a portion of a video communication session involving a passenger using at least one exterior audio/video component on an exterior surface of an AV dispatched to a designated location; and transferring the video communication session to at least one interior audio/video component on an interior of the AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Ajay Alfred, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Aakanksha Mirdha, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Grace Noh, Swarnakshi Kapil
  • Patent number: 11909786
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for processing audio data. For instance, a process can include detecting a first audio data between two or more in-person participants of a plurality of in-person participants of a group communication session. The first audio data can be identified as private based on one or more cues associated with the first audio data. A second audio data can be identified between the two or more in-person participants. The second audio data can be identified as non-private based on one or more additional cues associated with the second audio data, wherein the one or more additional cues associated with the second audio data are different from the one or more cues associated with the first audio data. The second audio data can be output based on identifying the second audio data as non-private.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Miran Chun, Michael Franco Taveira, Paul Torres, Vinesh Sukumar, Joel Linsky
  • Patent number: 11909787
    Abstract: A videoconference among a plurality of participants may be hosted, wherein the plurality of participants comprise Internet Protocol (IP)-connected participants and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-connected participant. The IP-connected participants may send and receive audio content and video content of the videoconference via IP-based connections. The PSTN-connected participant may send and receive the audio content of the videoconference via a PSTN connection. Additional content from the videoconference may also be transmitted to the PSTN-connected participant, for example as text messages via the PSTN connection. The additional content may include, for example, images of a videoconference screen share, chat posts, polls, and the like. Images may be transmitted in the additional content based on video status change events, such as switching slides or pages in a screen share.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Dunne, Siddhartha Shankara Rao, Michael Mark Goodwin
  • Patent number: 11909789
    Abstract: To enable clients to self-manage service issues for conferences on a bridge operated by a conference provider, there is provided a web based interface. Companies are provisioned in a client database as receiving client managed conference services instead of provider managed conference services. Users of the company or client of the Provider may log in to a web interface through a company or client specific URL and be presented with an interface that enables the user to view and perform management functions for conferences on a bridge that relate to that user only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
    Inventors: William F. Krasso, Marcus Hurst, Alan Naumann, Kannan Panathula
  • Patent number: 11909791
    Abstract: Facilitating collaboration in a multiuser communication session includes detecting initiation of an interaction between a user of a first device and a virtual object in a multiuser communication session, where the first device and a second device are active in the multiuser communication session, and where state information is synchronized among the first device and second device in the multiuser communication session. In accordance with detecting the initiation of an interaction between the user and the virtual object, synchronization of state information is suspended by the first device, where the state information is related to the interaction between the user and the virtual object. A representation of the multiuser communication session at the first device and a representation of the multiuser communication session at the second device are inconsistent in accordance with the suspended synchronization of the state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Luis R. Deliz Centeno, Joseph P. Cerra
  • Patent number: 11909792
    Abstract: The VIDEO DELIVERY EXPEDITION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“VDE”) transform Internet content data access request via VDE components into media content playback at a client device. In one implementation, the VDE may issue a notification or a user interface element to a user after delivery of a process one data from the server to a client; and trigger a background delivery of a process two data, wherein the triggering occurs when the user initiates playback of said process one data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Mark J Bologh
  • Patent number: 11909793
    Abstract: A method for controlling transmission of a media stream service includes: receiving, from a network node in a data network, policy template information for controlling transmission of media stream services and service differentiators corresponding to the policy template information; determining a service differentiator of a to-be-initiated media stream service based on the policy template information and the service differentiators; determining whether a protocol data unit session capable of carrying the to-be-initiated media stream service exists; binding the to-be-initiated media stream service to the quality of service stream in the protocol data unit session in response to a determination that the protocol data unit session exists; and establishing, in response to a determination that the protocol data unit session does not exist, a protocol data unit session including the quality of service stream corresponding to the service differentiator of the to-be-initiated media stream service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhuoyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11909794
    Abstract: Systems maintain synchronicity among elements intended to be displayed at various points during a live media stream. At a multimedia player, start playback of a live media stream. The systems receive input from a user selecting a new time of the media stream to playback, which is different than the current playback time of the media stream. The systems adjust playback of the media stream to restart at the new selected time, such that the current playback time of the output media stream is updated to the new selected time. The systems monitor the current playback time of the media stream as adjusted. The systems determine a user-initiated command to execute for displaying one or more visual elements at the multimedia player by polling a command manifest file based on the current playback time as adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: OPENEXCHANGE, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander J. Kieft, Joe C. McPherson, Michael E. Kolowich
  • Patent number: 11909795
    Abstract: A content streaming system and methodology for facilitating the management of content streaming. A content delivery service receives at least an original content stream and multiple input contents from an original content provider. Additionally, the content delivery service processes the received input content streams, buffers the original and supplemental input content streams, and switches between the available input content streams for seamless and fast broadcasting. The decision to switch between a second content and a third is determined by an indication that a third input content is available in the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tianbing Teng
  • Patent number: 11909796
    Abstract: An electronic device for processing real-time-streaming-protocol (RTSP) packets in a network to provide enhanced video-on-demand (VOD) services is provided. The electronic device includes a user interface, a non-transitory memory configured to store instructions including an application layer gateway (ALG) module and network service software, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to execute the instructions to store a list of mac-bridge clients that includes a MAC address and a MAC mask corresponding to each mac-bridge client, and determine whether at least one of the source and destination MAC address of a received RTSP packet is on the list. When at least one of the source and destination MAC address is on the list, the RTSP packet is processed using the network service software and a next RTSP packet is received; otherwise, the received RTSP packet is processed using the ALG module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Jinji Guo, Xing Feng, Jianming Liang, Feng Li, Yuping Dong
  • Patent number: 11909797
    Abstract: A method for personalizing media content for a user is provided. The method includes, at an electronic device, streaming a first media item from a first set of media items, the first set of media items compiled using a first recommendation hypothesis. The method further includes, while streaming the first media item, in response to a first user request, selecting, without user intervention, a second set of media items, distinct from the first set of media items, including determining a presentation order of a plurality of sets of media items using a heuristic applied to the plurality of sets of media items. The second set of media items is compiled using a second recommendation hypothesis, wherein the second recommendation hypothesis is distinct from the first recommendation hypothesis. The method includes streaming a second media item from the second set of media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Aaron Paul Harmon, Adam Shonkoff, Bradford Lage, Johanna Anderson Favole, Justin David Covington, Paul Lamere, Timothy Andrew Chagnon, Debra Lynn McDonald, Matthew Julian Seaton, Matthew Budelman, Scott Kagan
  • Patent number: 11909799
    Abstract: A media playback apparatus and a method including a system for preventing a playback delay are provided. The media playback apparatus may include a delay detecting module to detect a playback delay. The playback delay detection may determine a delay caused by a network, decoding and rendering through a single measurement. When the playback delay occurs, it may be possible to eliminate the playback delay by requesting that a server provide media data having a changed profile. Since the playback delay can be determined through a single measurement of a plurality of playback delay factors, it may be possible to simply and stably perform media playback in a manner suitable for a non-plug-in environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyun Kim, Chang Hee Song, Byung In Song