Permitting Access Patents (Class 235/382)
  • Patent number: 11468433
    Abstract: Systems and methods for biometric payments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for conducting a biometric payment may include (1) receiving at a server and from an electronic device, transaction information comprising an identification of a good or service to purchase from a merchant and a biometric payment instruction from an individual that was captured by the electronic device; (2) at least one computer processor authenticating the individual based on the biometric payment instruction; (3) the at least one computer processor determining a payment account for the transaction from the biometric payment instruction; (4) the at least one computer processor retrieving a payment device associated with the payment account; and (5) the at least one computer processor providing the payment device to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Alex Lieberman, Nicholas M. Lore
  • Patent number: 11465037
    Abstract: A controller is configured to obtain first image data from a camera associated with a ticket processing apparatus; transmit the first image data to an application server; receive, from the application server, a dispense command for the ticket processing apparatus; cause the ticket processing apparatus to dispense, based on the dispense command, a ticket having a scratching area; receive a user-provided scratching command from the application server; and cause a robotic scratching device to scratch, or remove an opaque substance from, the scratching area of the ticket in accordance with the user-provided scratching command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PAYRANGE INC.
    Inventors: Paresh K. Patel, Michael Kitchen
  • Patent number: 11468466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods directed to a social-financial platform. In certain embodiments, sponsor-members, consumer-members, and beneficiary members are part of a social-financial platform in which purchases made by consumer-members at merchant sponsor-members result in automatic rebates being paid to and allocated between the consumer member and one or more beneficiary-members. Also disclosed is a monolithic financial structure for carrying out rebate allocation automatically and instantaneously, and for transferring funds between users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PayForward, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Marks, Armando Rand, James Saltmar, Armen Santourian, Ronnie Silos
  • Patent number: 11468467
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for incentivizing in-person interactions and customer engagement. A computing device can receive a first indication of attendance of a user at an event and a second indication of attendance of the user at the event. The computing device can calculate an amount of time that the user attended the event. Then, the computing device can calculate an amount of reward points based at least in part on the amount of time that the user attended the event. Finally, the computing device can award the reward points to the user account of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HELLOJO, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph D. Wargo, Joseph Adam Wargo, Alina M. Singer, Anatoliy A. Melamud, Frances Marie Wargo
  • Patent number: 11458858
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for energy management including an input for a first sensor, which is designed to detect a first measurement variable as information about a current to a home energy management system. A device is designed to determine a second measurement variable depending on the first measurement variable. An output designed to output the second measurement variable, instead of the first measurement variable, as information about a current to the home energy management system for the home energy management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Schulze, Barry Sole, Ralf Oestreicher
  • Patent number: 11461753
    Abstract: An automatic vending method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of automatic vending machines. The method includes: obtaining an image from a photographed video stream of commodities in an automatic vending machine; positioning an image of a commodity picked up by a user from the image; obtaining a change value of load weight of a shelf where the commodity is picked up by the user; determining a possible combination of commodities corresponding to the change value of load weight according to a weight of each commodity in the automatic vending machine; recognizing information of the commodity corresponding to the image of the commodity picked up by the user according to a pre-established commodity feature library and in conjunction with the possible combination of commodities; and performing settlement automatically for the user according to the recognized information of the commodity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiyu Tan, Yifeng Zhang, Yongjie Wang, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11443519
    Abstract: A method for determining the digital fingerprint of vehicles in transit for automatic charge of tolls, fees and/or other possible treatments, comprises the steps of: providing at least one portal along a road with at least one pair of cameras respectively facing upstream and downstream of the portal and with at least one antenna configured to interrogate vehicle on-board devices to receive an identification code therefrom; processing images and signals from the cameras and the antenna to assign each vehicle a series of data which together define a digital fingerprint of each vehicle, in particular by tracking each vehicle shot by the cameras along a track and obtaining from the images acquired along the track data which are used by a classification algorithm for classifying the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SINELEC S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Contegno
  • Patent number: 11429940
    Abstract: A transaction processing system for sending user information data to a personal device, and an associated method are provided. The system comprises: a personal device, such as a balance display card; an interface device, such as a card reader for transmitting data to and from the card; a communications network connecting to the interface device; an issuer processor connected to the communications network; and a trusted network processor (TNP) processor connected to the communications network, interposed between the interface device and the issuer processor. The TNP processor is arranged to receive a transaction request message from a card user and to transmit a response message back to the personal device, the response message typically being a transaction authorization together with information for display on the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sebastien Pochic, Barry Alan Maidment, Mehdi Collinge, Fikret Ates
  • Patent number: 11423403
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for authorizing a transaction, including receiving a policy message, the policy message including a policy ruleset for determining whether a transaction is authorized and biometric parameters for a machine learning algorithm for authenticating an identity of a user involved in a transaction, receiving biometric measurement data associated with a biometric measurement of a user involved in the transaction, calculating an authentication score based on the biometric measurement data using the machine learning algorithm, wherein the authentication score includes an indication of whether an identity of the user is authenticated based on the biometric measurement data, determining whether the transaction satisfies the policy ruleset for determining authorization of the transaction, and transmitting a decision message, wherein the decision message includes an indication of whether the transaction satisfies the policy ruleset. Systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Vlad Spichek, Ajit Gaddam, Heng Tang, Pushkar Joglekar
  • Patent number: 11425546
    Abstract: An electronic lock may transmit advertising that the electronic lock is available for communication. A smartphone may establish communication with the electronic lock in response to the advertising. The electronic lock may transmit an encrypted lock identification to the smartphone. The smartphone may transmit the lock identification and a smartphone identification to a cloud. In response, the cloud transmits to the smartphone an encrypted update such as the user database, time and date, and lock configuration. The smartphone may transmit the encrypted update to the electronic lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: John R. Ahearn, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Gabriel D. Focke, Michael S. Henney
  • Patent number: 11423176
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to systems and methods for a medical data marketplace where de-identified medical data can be offered for sale or licensing, and prospective customers can search for the medical data using various criteria. The marketplace facilitates clinical research activities, clinical trials, medical research, medical technology development, and the like, while preserving HIPAA privacy protections, and allows medical data owners to monetize the data in an efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MEDICOM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Michael Rosenberg, Malcolm Benitz, Jason Suttles, Chris Woodlief, Brent Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11424942
    Abstract: A blockchain integrated station receives a first configuration instruction after accessing a certificate authority network. The blockchain integrated station initiates an authentication application to a certificate authority center of the certificate authority network based on a first network address indicated in the first configuration instruction. The blockchain integrated station receives a digital certificate from the certificate authority center after the certificate authority center determines that the authentication application passes verification. The blockchain integrated station receives a second configuration instruction after accessing a blockchain network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changzheng Wei, Ying Yan, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11423729
    Abstract: Secure cash deposit containers, such as secure cash bags or secure cash boxes equipped with an integrated bill scanner and a transmitter. The integrated bill scanner may receive and count the bills, and then store them in the secure cash deposit container. A transmitter in communication with the scanner may then transmit a report to the bank servicing the commercial establishment's cash deposit account. The bank may then automatically credit the amount reported by the scanner to the commercial establishment cash deposit account. The amount credited may be subject to further verification, for example, by a bank teller or by a bank's automated cash counting and sorting machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Will Kerns Maney, Jr., Oscar Guerra, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 11416303
    Abstract: An edge computing access method, enables an edge computing node device to receive data sent by a terminal device and carry out a security check on the data, determine whether the terminal device has been registered for access, register the terminal device when the terminal device has not been registered, and allow access to data after determining that the terminal device is registered to obtain access, structuring the accessed data to obtain structured data, render the structured data to obtain classified data, and calculate the classified data to obtain calculation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Jingjiang Yunchuang Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Qin Zhang, Juka Oh
  • Patent number: 11416372
    Abstract: A storage device includes a hardware random number generator configured to generate a random number; a first memory; and a controller configured to control the hardware random number generator and the first memory. The controller is configured to: obtain the random number generated by the hardware random number generator after the storage device is powered up; obtain a first trace log of the storage device; and store, into the first memory, a log resulting from appending the obtained random number to the first trace log, as a second trace log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Nishikubo, Hirokuni Yano
  • Patent number: 11416919
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for managing distributed encrypted combination over-locks from a remote location, where unlock codes for over-locks are transmitted via electronic messaging. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is a distributed management system that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely controlled, whereby users can request an unlock code via text messaging using a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: DaVinci Lock LLC
    Inventors: Bradford Minsley, Clifton Minsley
  • Patent number: 11418419
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a monitoring system includes an information processing device and a server, in which the information processing device includes an information transmission unit that transmits information related to operation log information to the server when the operation log information of the information processing device is detected, and the server includes a reception unit that receives the operation log information transmitted by the information transmission unit, a first operation modulation unit that generates frequency information indicating an operation of the information processing device based on the operation log information received by the reception unit, and a lighting control unit that blinks a lighting light source provided in a store to illuminate the store based on the frequency information generated by the first operation modulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Youji Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 11416698
    Abstract: Method for providing proof of presence at a predefined location, comprising: an initialing step (E1) during which initialization data of a digital device (10) are transmitted to a server (20), a computing step (E2) in which the device iteratively computes, at a refresh frequency (FMIN), a time index (INDT), a step (E3) of displaying a validation matrix barcode on the screen of the device, and a step (E4) of validating a presence at the predefined location, comprising a sub step (E41) of scanning the validation matrix barcode displayed on the screen of the device by means of a communication terminal (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SKIPLY
    Inventors: Jérôme Chambard, Christophe Siebert
  • Patent number: 11410088
    Abstract: Ticket information, such as an airline boarding pass may be stored on a mobile device. The presence of a geolocation device such as a Bluetooth beacon is detected by the mobile device in a departure location such as an airport. On detection by the mobile device of a further geolocation device when the mobile device is proximate a self-service function an application on the mobile device is triggered which directs the mobile device to a self-service function such as a bag drop and instructs the mobile device user how to use the self-service function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew E. Malinofsky, Reinout Vander Meulen, Bart René Yvonne Houlleberghs, Rico Andreas Barandun
  • Patent number: 11410467
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an electronic ticket suitable for providing entry to an event. The electronic ticket is capable of being stored, in electronic format, on a mobile user device. The electronic ticket comprises a dynamic entry code for the event such that the dynamic entry code is transitionable from an inoperable state to a functional state, whereby entry to the event is only possible when the dynamic entry code has been transitioned to the functional state. The dynamic entry code is a visual code which is non-readable by humans and is stored in a memory of the mobile user device, such that the inoperable state of the dynamic entry code prohibits the visual code from being displayed by the mobile user device and the functional state of the dynamic entry code permits the visual code to be displayed by the mobile user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Tixserve Limited
    Inventors: James Kirby, Patrick Kirby
  • Patent number: 11405769
    Abstract: A device may cause a short range wireless communication component to scan for threshold signals. The device may receive a plurality of threshold signals associated with short range wireless communication devices, the short range wireless communication devices being associated with a plurality of products. The device may determine received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) of the plurality of threshold signals; and may identify, based on the RSSIs, a short range wireless communication device, of the short range wireless communication devices, that is nearest the device. The device may establish a short range wireless communication connection with the short range wireless communication device, the short range wireless communication device being associated with a product. The device may obtain, via the short range wireless communication connection, product information associated with the product; and may perform an action associated with rendering the product information on a display of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Viraj Chandrakant Mantri, Srividhya Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 11397619
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing an infrastructure orchestration service are described. A safety plan comprising a list of resources and operations based at least in part on a deployment configuration file can be received. Upon receiving approval of the safety plan, an operation corresponding to at least one of the list of resources can be prepared to be performed. The operation can be compared to the safety plan. If the operation is part of the safety plan, the operation can be performed. If the operation is not part of the safety plan, the deployment can be halted, and a notification that the deployment is not in compliance with the safety plan can be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Tyler Barsalou, Nathaniel Martin Glass
  • Patent number: 11397942
    Abstract: Typically, online transactions, such as online purchases of products or services require entering sensitive transaction information into a third-party web browser or application. This may expose sensitive transaction information to an increased risk of inadvertent disclosure. Apparatus and methods are provided for a smart card which enables users to securely complete online transactions without entering any sensitive transaction information into a third-party system. Vendor websites may be configured to generate a unique code identifying the vendor offering the product/service, the product/service and price of the product/service. The smart card includes a keypad for entering the unique code and completing payment for the desired product/service. The smart card will include a microprocessor and wireless interface. The wireless interface provides wireless communication capabilities and the ability to initiate online payments based on information captured by the keypad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: Saurabh Gupta
  • Patent number: 11397835
    Abstract: A data entry device including a housing, data entry circuitry located within the housing, a keypad mounted in the housing and having a plurality of movable key elements which, when depressed, are displaced to at least a predetermined extent from a first location within the housing to a second location within the housing and Optical Finger Navigation (OFN) circuitry mounted inside the housing, being operative for sensing at least some of the plurality of movable key elements when depressed and displaced to at least the predetermined extent from the first location within the housing to the second location within the housing and providing a key displacement output indicating key displacement to the data entry circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: John Henry Barrowman, Doug Leigh Manchester, William Martin Johansen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11372960
    Abstract: Various features described herein may allow an authorized user to provide a guest with access to a secured location through use of an encoded image containing steganographically encoded access information. The encoded access information may be recognizable by a security system, and the security system may grant access to the secured location when the encoded image is presented to the security system. The authorized user may request the generation of the encoded image on an authorized computing device, and the encoded image may be provided to the guest on a guest computing device. When a monitoring device associated with the security system captures the encoded access information, the security system may, for example, open a door at the secured location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn O'Malley, Mike Rosenwald, Brad Hein
  • Patent number: 11373206
    Abstract: A method of protecting a device from unauthorized advertisements includes intercepting data from the Internet that is to be displayed by a browser and determining if the data includes an advertisement. If the data includes an advertisement, the advertisement is analyzed to determine if the advertisement is an unauthorized advertisement and if the advertisement is an unauthorized advertisement, a warning message is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PC MATIC, INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Olson
  • Patent number: 11373473
    Abstract: An access card issuance system comprising an access card issuance device located at a facility of an organization and a web server is disclosed. The access card issuance system provides a web interface in response to a request from a mobile device, and receives user information identifying a user of the mobile device. The system is also configured to validate the identity of an authorized individual associated with the facility identified by a user of the mobile device, and issue an access card to the user of the mobile device. The access card has indicia printed thereon identifying at least a portion of the user information, and programmable information encoded onto the access card providing access rights to the facility. The system further transmits, to the authorized individual, a message associated with issuance of the access card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Entrust Datacard Corporation
    Inventor: Christophe Biehlmann
  • Patent number: 11367285
    Abstract: A store management server configured to communicate with a first gate control device that controls a first gate installed in a store includes a network interface, and a processor configured to identify a customer entering the store, acquire customer information about the detected customer, detect that the customer is holding a commodity in the store, acquire sales restriction information about the commodity held by the customer, determine whether the customer is eligible to buy the commodity held by the customer based on the acquired customer information and sales restriction information, and control the network interface to transmit, when it is not determined that the customer is eligible to buy the commodity, a first command to the first gate control device. The first command causes the first gate control device to close the first gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomonari Kakino
  • Patent number: 11366885
    Abstract: A vehicle security system includes a terminal device, a server device, and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a token acquisition unit and a terminal communication unit configured to transmit the token, terminal identification information, and vehicle identification information to the server device. The server device includes a server communication unit, a server determination unit configured to determine that authentication has succeeded, and a server storage unit configured to store the terminal identification information and the vehicle identification information received from an authenticated terminal device in association. The server communication unit transmits the token and the terminal identification information to the vehicle of the vehicle identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Takemori, Seiichirou Mizoguchi, Akinori Totsuka, Hiroshi Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 11361303
    Abstract: A method for facilitating payment transactions includes receiving, by a server, a flash code request indicative of a transaction amount. A flash code associated with the transaction amount is communicated by the server to the payer device. The flash code is encoded into a flash pattern at the payer device and communicated to a payee device of a payee for executing a payment transaction between the payer and the payee. A first request for the payment transaction is received by the server from the payee device. The first request includes the flash code obtained by decoding the flash pattern at the payee device. The flash code included in the first request is validated by the server. Based on successful validation of the flash code, the transaction amount is deducted from a payer account of the payer and credited to a payee account of the payee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Kaushal Naveen Shetty, Ajay Sinha, Rajesh Krishna Sadanand, Sachin Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 11363015
    Abstract: Methods and systems for provisioning transferable access tokens are disclosed. An access device associated with a resource provider can communicate with a first communication device as part of an interaction between a first user and the resource provider. The access device can generate an authorization request message comprising a first access token and an interaction value. The access device can transmit the authorization request message to an authorization computer. The authorization computer can authorize the interaction and generate an authorization response message. After authorizing the interaction, the authorization computer can provide a transferable access token to the first communication device. The first communication device can transmit the transferable access token to a second communication device, so that a second user can use the transferable access token in an interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Prasanth Yeddula, Ashwini Laxminarayana Tantry
  • Patent number: 11361237
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processing nodes predicting and perform preventive maintenance in a transportation system. Predicting and performing preventive maintenance in a transportation system includes determining historical data for electronic devices in the transportation system. Predicting and performing preventive maintenance also includes determining dependencies of the electronic devices based on the historical data. Predicting and performing preventive maintenance includes determining a likelihood of a fault in the target electronic device during a time period based on the dependencies of the electronic devices and a mutual probability of failure of the target electronic device and parent electronic devices associated with the target electronic device. Predicting and performing preventive maintenance also includes initiating preemptive maintenance on the target electronic device based on the likelihood of the fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Poorvi Agrawal, Bhupendra S. Solanki, Narayanan Unny
  • Patent number: 11341796
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure access and initiation using a remote terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Radha Janakiraman, Sandeep Kumar Chauhan
  • Patent number: 11335441
    Abstract: A health safety method executed by a processor includes receiving, by the processor, from a medical facility, a certificate of vaccination for a particular disease for an individual, the vaccination conferring immunity to the individual for the disease; receiving by the processor an access request from a venue for the individual; and responding to the venue access request by providing a health safety certification including the certificate of vaccination for the individual and an effective date range of the certificate of vaccination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TensorX, Inc.
    Inventors: N. Edward White, G. Edward Powell, Van L. Marshall, Mark T. Lane, John M. Clerici
  • Patent number: 11336582
    Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling-as-a-service. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks based on scheduling-as-a-service may be configured to support a virtualized packet scheduler which may be provided as a service over a general-purpose hardware platform, may be instantiated in customer hardware, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof. Various example embodiments for supporting packet scheduling in packet networks may be configured to support scheduling of packets of packet queues based on association of transmission credits with timeslots of a periodic service sequence used to provide service to the packet queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Andrea Francini, Larry Hsiao Chang, Sameerkumar Sharma
  • Patent number: 11336461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling by a server called secure server the use of a first set of at least one data element of a data owner and provided by a communication device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one digital signature representative of a process authorized by the data owner and adapted to carry out a series of at least one instructions using the first set of at least one data element; receiving from a process entity the series of at least one instruction, and a ciphered version of the first set of at least one data element which is communicated to the process entity by the communication device; verifying that the series of at least one instruction correspond to a process authorized by the data owner of the communication device by comparing the at least one digital signature received by the secure server with a digital signature obtained by the secure server using as an input the series of at least one instruction received by the secure server; and if the serie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
    Inventors: Gérald Maunier, Ludovic Tressol, Frederic Dao
  • Patent number: 11330432
    Abstract: A maintenance system includes a server device, a terminal device, and an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle. The server device includes a worker authentication information reception unit configured to receive worker authentication information from the terminal device, a server authentication processing unit configured to perform an authentication process on the worker authentication information, and a server key transmission unit configured to transmit a first key to be used with the in-vehicle device to the terminal device whose worker authentication information has been successfully authenticated by the server authentication processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Takemori, Seiichirou Mizoguchi, Akinori Totsuka, Hiroshi Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 11328269
    Abstract: A ticket seller system can offer an enhanced event experience for users of the system by tracking the locations of ticketholders before and during an event to offer ticket resale and seat upgrade opportunities to the users. The locations of users can be harnessed to offer enhanced value to event attendees and to allow event owners to maximize the use of their venue during an event by offering new upgrades and resale options to patrons. Users who might miss an event and otherwise lose all of their ticket value can be detected, based on their location, and offered an opportunity to recoup some of the cost by reselling the tickets. Event attendees who desire to upgrade their seats at an event can be offered the opportunity to purchase upgrade tickets for seats that have been vacated by other attendees that have left the event while the event is ongoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: STUBHUB, INC.
    Inventor: Kamal Zamer
  • Patent number: 11328567
    Abstract: A first device is detected within a geofenced area of an establishment. A second device is determined to be within the geofenced area. A first individual associated with the first device is instructed to enter the establishment and complete a first portion of opening security procedures associated with an opening of the establishment. Upon completion of the first portion, a second individual associated with the second device is instructed to enter the establishment for a second portion of the opening security procedures. The first individual and the second individual are monitored through video feeds during the first portion and the second portion of the opening security procedures for compliance with the opening security procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Burris, Christopher John Costello, Gregory Joseph Hartl, Sudip Rahman Khan
  • Patent number: 11321982
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to a biosecurity system for the livestock industry, and more specifically, animal production facilities. The livestock biosecurity system comprises a biometric recognition component, a cloud database, and a smart device (e.g., smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.). A purpose of the livestock biosecurity system is to track person(s) of interest and verify that persons of interest attempting to gain access to an animal production facility are compliant with pre-set biosecurity protocols. The livestock biosecurity system determines whether the person(s) of interest should or should not be granted entry into an animal production facility based on the preset biosecurity protocols and further provides employee oversight at the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Novetechnologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony K. Novero, Ronald L. Novero
  • Patent number: 11316558
    Abstract: A log in system and a log in method of a field are provided. The log in method includes: broadcasting a first RF (RF) signal and a second RF signal by a gateway; a sensing card receiving the first RF signal to switch from a disable mode to an enable mode, the sensing card receiving the second RF signal in the enable mode and generating a communicating channel between the sensing card and the gateway in response to the second RF signal; the gateway receiving sensing card information from the sensing card via the communicating channel and recording an identity corresponding to the sensing card to a log in list corresponding to the field according to the sensing card information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: ASKEY COMPUTER CORP., ASKEY TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) LTD.
    Inventors: Yen Chi Cheng, Yu Ting Hsiao, Huan-Ruei Shiu
  • Patent number: 11315337
    Abstract: A method for managing, by an electronic device, content in an augmented reality (AR) system is provided. The method includes identifying a digital artefact that is used by a first application of an electronic device, executing and displaying an image capturing application to capture images, displaying the digital artefact on a captured image which includes an object of a real world where the digital artefact is displayed on or around the object, and, while the digital artefact is displayed, receiving an user input on at least one of the digital artefact or the object for performing an action associated with the digital artefact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Debayan Mukherjee, Swadha Jaiswal, Saumitri Choudhury, Preksha Shukla, Veethika Mishra, Shivi Pal, Suresh Kumar Gara, Nitish Gupta
  • Patent number: 11315376
    Abstract: A security system includes a first security badge having a visual portion that varies according to signals provided to the first security badge and an authorization server that periodically provides signals to the first security badge in response to a query of the authorization server by the first security badge while the first security badge remains in a controlled zone, the signals varying independently of reader access of the first security badge. The first security badge may be read by a reader only in connection with initial entry into the controlled zone. Authorization of a user of the first security badge may vary while the user remains in the controlled zone. The first security badge may include a visual image of a user of the first security badge and displays additional information. The additional information may include name and authorization status of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AB
    Inventors: Julian Eric Lovelock, Georges Robert Vieux
  • Patent number: 11314971
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for a personal protective equipment (PPE) management system (PPEMS) that uses images of optical patterns embodied on articles of personal protective equipment (PPEs) to identify safety conditions that correspond to usage of the PPEs. In one example, an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) includes a first optical pattern embodied on a surface of the article of PPE; a second optical pattern embodied on the surface of the article of PPE, wherein a spatial relation between the first optical pattern and the second optical pattern is indicative of an operational status of the article of PPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Caroline M. Ylitalo, Kui Chen-Ho, Paul L. Acito, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, James B. Snyder, Travis L. Potts, James W. Howard, James L. C. Werness, Jr., Suman K. Patel, Charles A. Shaklee, Katja Hansen, Glenn E. Casner, Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Steven T. Awiszus, Neeraj Sharma
  • Patent number: 11308231
    Abstract: A device configured to receive a data storage request that identifies a data content type for a data element and a target data storage device. The device is further configured to determine the target data storage device does not match an approved data storage device. The device is further configured to determine a security level associated with the target data storage device and to determine vulnerability types associated with the determined security level of the target data storage device. The device is further configured to identify security controls based on the determined vulnerability types and to output the identified security controls. Each security control comprises a hardware configuration for data storage devices that are associated with mitigating one or more vulnerability types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Jo-Ann Taylor, Amelia B. Hartman
  • Patent number: 11301984
    Abstract: Sensors in a facility obtain sensor data about a user's interaction with a fixture, such as a shelf. The sensor data may include images such as obtained from overhead cameras, weight changes from weight sensors at the shelf, and so forth. Based on the sensor data, one or more hypotheses that indicate the items and quantity may be determined and assessed. The hypotheses may be based on information such as the location of a user and where their hands are, weight changes, physical layout data indicative of where items are stowed, cart data indicative of what items are in the possession of the user, and so forth. A hypothesis having a greatest confidence value may be deemed to be representative of the user's interaction, and interaction data indicative of the item and quantity may be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dilip Kumar, Nikhil Chacko, Nishitkumar Ashokkumar Desai, Jayakrishnan Kumar Eledath, Gopi Prashanth Gopal, Gerard Guy Medioni, Kushagra Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11297197
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for digitizing and processing transmission of a physical resource document from an issuer to a user and from a user to a processing institution for real-time posting of physical resource documents. In this way, the invention processes a physical resource document into an image format at the issuer and transmits a secure digital image file to the user. The image format is processed and digitized for resource processing. Upon user receipt, the system validates the resource distribution. Upon validation the system allows for processing the resource document and the resource distribution from that document as a digital real-time payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Saurabh Mavani
  • Patent number: 11290298
    Abstract: A modular door and frame that can be manufactured and supplied to end users with various combinations of intelligent features. The intelligent features allow functions to be performed by the door and/or frame. Also, conditions or events to be detected and monitored at the intelligent door and/or remote locations. Data relating to the various functions, events, or conditions can be communicated across a network that is communicatively coupled to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: EDST, LLC
    Inventors: Dave Marcinkowski, Thomas Mandry
  • Patent number: 11281796
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for managing and sharing sensitive information using blockchain technology. In certain embodiments, a transaction may be generated using information and a set of conditions, wherein satisfying the set of conditions by a requester of the information determines access to the information by the requester and the set of conditions include a count for a number of queries allowed for accessing the information. As requesters access the information, the count is decremented or adjusted and updated transactions are stored on the blockchain ledger until the count adjusts to a predetermined number, such zero. The information and the set of conditions may be defined by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Nigel Bradley, Eric Zavesky, Nikhil Marathe, Timothy Innes
  • Patent number: 11284260
    Abstract: A method implemented on an augmented reality (AR) electronic device includes initiating a security access code software application on the AR electronic device. A user of the AR electronic device is identified. A first electronic computing device at or near a current location of the user is identified. The first electronic computing device is an input device for entry of a security code to permit access to a protected asset. A determination is made as to whether the user is authorized to access the protected asset. When a determination is made that the user is authorized to access the protected asset, a security access code is displayed on the AR electronic device. The security access code permits the user to access the protected asset via the first electronic computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Young, Kourtney Eidam