Special Service Patents (Class 455/414.1)
  • Patent number: 11954658
    Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. The system may provide an augmented environment that facilitates a transaction. The system may store profile data including user payment or user profile information. The system may then receive environmental data, and identify one or more action items in the environmental data. In response to this identification, the system may augment the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data, and then provide this virtual environmental data to a device to create an augmented environment. The system can then receive user input data, and provide purchase request data to a merchant terminal in response to those inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Drew Jacobs, Justin Wishne, Karen Nickerson, Justin Smith, Marco S. Giampaolo, Hannes Jouhikainen
  • Patent number: 11943091
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to perform call failure diagnostics. A method includes receiving, at a network device, an indication of calls-of-interest, detecting, at the network device, a failure of one of the calls-of-interest, triggering, in response to the detecting, at the network device, diagnostics data analysis of data associated with the failure of one of the calls-of-interest, determining, based on the diagnostics data analysis, a cause of the failure of the one of the calls-of-interest, and notifying, by the network device, a management system of the cause of the failure of the one of the calls-of-interest and of recent configuration changes on the network device that are related to the cause of the failure of the one of the calls-of-interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chidambaram Arunachalam, David C. White, Jr., Magnus Mortensen
  • Patent number: 11937090
    Abstract: System comprises an application server for hosting a mobile application service; a mobile device having a mobile application for the mobile application service installed thereon; and a third party server. Application server is configured to: receive a log-in request for the mobile application service from the mobile device, where the log-in request includes device identifying information for the mobile device; transmit, to the third party server, a request for a status setting for the mobile application, wherein the request comprises the device identifying information for the mobile device, where the status setting comprises a plurality of bits, and where the third party server retrieves the status setting from a database based on the device identifying information for the mobile device; receive from the third party server, the status setting for the mobile application; and determine a risk rating for the log-in request based in part on the status setting for the mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Tamburro
  • Patent number: 11930495
    Abstract: An IoT service of a provider network may be used to optimize downlink scheduling for edge devices that use a radio communication protocol (e.g., LoRaWAN). A processing instance receives DL packets from a client application that are to be sent to an edge device. The processing instance adds metadata entries (device ID, message ID) to a metadata queue and stores the DL packets into a data store. A scheduling instance obtains a metadata entry and the associated DL packet, formats the DL packet based on edge device information, and publishes the packet to a gateway topic. A separate connection instance receives the formatted DL packet and sends it to a gateway of the client network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongbo Tian, Rongsheng Huang, Jungtao Liu
  • Patent number: 11930453
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a system and methods for waking-up a wireless receiver on a wireless network. The method includes the steps of: listening, by the wireless receiver, for signals in a predetermined frequency band periodically and decoding a wake-up key; validating the wake-up key by correlating the wake-up key with values stored in a memory using a first processing device; if the wake-up key is validated, decoding at least one PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) and checking the value of one or more bits of the PPDU to validate the decoded PPDU as a wake-up PPDU; if the wake-up packet is validated, decoding a wake-up address and comparing the wake-up address to the station (STA) wake-up address; if the decoded wake-up address matches the STA wake-up address, powering-up a second processing device and confirming wake-up by exchanging an encrypted frame with Access Point (AP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Morse Micro Pty. LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Terry, Michael De Nil, David Goodall, Peter Bradley
  • Patent number: 11929894
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a queue may be monitored to perform an automated adjustment related to a data item in the queue. In some embodiments, the data item may be associated with a product or service and include a code related to an access to the product or service. Based on the code, configuration information related to the product or service may be obtained. Based on a detected change related to the product or service, an indication of a set of self-support actions may be sent to a user device. One or more self-support actions (performed via the user device) may be determined, and an adjustment related to the access to the product or service may be performed based on the determined self-support actions. In some embodiments, the adjustment may include modifying a configuration of the access to the product or service based on the determined self-support actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Edwards, Carrie Norman, Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira
  • Patent number: 11930129
    Abstract: A system and method for disabling distracting apps on a driver's personal devices while allowing passengers travelling in the same vehicle to have full use of their personal devices. The system works by first identifying all the personal devices that are in the vehicle and then establishing a loose mesh network between those devices. Once the mesh network is established, the system identifies which of the personal devices is associated with the driver, and ensures that any distracting apps on the driver's personal device are disabled, while allowing full functionality for any passenger's personal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Christopher M. Russell
  • Patent number: 11928951
    Abstract: A point-of-sale terminal is used to process purchases by a customer during normal operation. However, the point-of-sale terminal also may receive, aggregate and/or process information measured by sensors that are co-located with or in the vicinity of the point-of-sale terminal. The point-of-sale terminal may receive information from at least one sensor that indicates that the at least one sensor has sensed a measureable parameter that is outside of a threshold range; establish at least one communication channel with at least one third-party based on the indication that the at least one sensor has sensed a measureable parameter that is outside of the threshold range; and send to the at least one third party at least one communication relating to the at least one sensor indicating that the at least one sensor has sensed a measureable parameter that is outside of the threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: National Retail Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Elie Y. Katz, Harold Jeffrey Goldberg
  • Patent number: 11921800
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel techniques to segment mobile entities based on signals from mobile devices associated with these mobile entities. In certain embodiments, a data file is built for each mobile entity to transform originally extremely high dimensional raw data derived from mobile devices communicating with a network into structured data characterizing associated mobile entities. The data files are structured for filtering and searching with respect to features associated with the signals from mobile devices, including location and non-location features. The data files are used to determine feature gains corresponding respectively to features related to a mobile segment. The features include first features of a first type and second features of a second type. The feature gains are used, among other things, to rank mobile entities for the mobile segment, with feature gains corresponding to the first features given a larger weight than feature gains corresponding to the second features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: xAd, Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash Muttineni, Huitao Luo, Pravesh Katyal, Al Rashid, Akshay Tilak, Shanshan Tuo
  • Patent number: 11921507
    Abstract: A method for providing medical services to a patient, including: receiving a medical service request associated with a patient location; selecting an aircraft, located at an initial location, from a plurality of aircraft based on the patient location and the initial location; determining a flight plan for flying the aircraft to a region containing the patient location; at a sensor of the aircraft, sampling a first set of flight data; at a processor of the aircraft, autonomously controlling the aircraft to fly based on the flight plan and the set of flight data; selecting a landing location within the region; and landing the aircraft at the landing location, including: sampling a set of landing location data; determining a safety status of the landing location based on the set of landing location data; outputting a landing warning observable at the landing location; at the sensor, sampling a second set of flight data; and in response to determining the safety status and outputting the landing warning, autonomo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Skyryse, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Groden, Mitch Adler, Nur Harell
  • Patent number: 11922803
    Abstract: An approach is provided for automatically detecting a merge lane traffic jam. The approach involves, for example, determining a plurality of road links in proximity to a merge point comprising a highway and a ramp. The method also involves processing probe data collected from the plurality of road links to classify the plurality of road links, one or more sublinks of the plurality of road links, or a combination thereof into at least one of a highway upstream class, a merging area class, a highway downstream class, a ramp downstream class, and a ramp upstream class. The method further involves determining vehicle speed data for the highway upstream class, the merging area class, the highway downstream class, the ramp downstream class, the ramp upstream class, or a combination thereof. The method further involves automatically determining an occurrence of the merge lane traffic jam based on the vehicle speed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventor: James Fowe
  • Patent number: 11914662
    Abstract: Various methods are provided for determining and displaying local content. One example method may comprise receiving input, at an interface of a global positioning system (GPS) enabled mobile device, to open a mobile application, and without any additional input, accessing a location service of the GPS enabled mobile device to determine a GPS location and a current time and automatically generating a query, identifying local content from a content index in accordance with an editing target, and upon determination that the number of articles specified by the editing target has not been met, climbing, by an editing algorithm, a place hierarchy to determine a larger geographic area in which to meet the editing target, the larger geographic area containing the location, and displaying the results, via an interface, on the GPS enabled mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Henry Castillo, Thomas Jack
  • Patent number: 11917105
    Abstract: A system for providing chat-based customer callbacks, wherein a callback application server transmits prompts and receives requests for customer callbacks, an interaction manager determines agent availability and arranges callback handling, and a session management server initiates callbacks, and methods for providing chat-based customer callbacks using the system of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Shinseki
  • Patent number: 11908056
    Abstract: Systems and methods for doing presenting an avatar that speaks sign language based on sentiment of a speaker is disclosed herein. A translation application running on a device receives a content item comprising a video and an audio, wherein the audio comprises a first plurality of spoken words in a first language. The video comprises a character speaking the first plurality of spoken words in the first language. The translation application translates the first plurality of spoken words of the first language into a first sign of a first sign language. The translation application determines an emotional state expressed by the character based on sentiment analysis. The translation application generates an avatar that speaks the first sign of the first sign language where the avatar exhibits the determined emotional state. The content item and the avatar are presented for display on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuf AbdElhakam AbdElkader Marey, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11903090
    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for cloud-based cellular service management for a set of associated mobile wireless devices, including maintenance of information for one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs) used by the set of mobile wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raj S. Chaugule, Can Xiong, Li Li, Zexing Shi
  • Patent number: 11902470
    Abstract: According to one example, the present disclosure involves a system including a data-communications server which uses client-specific sets of data that respectively indicate, for each of a plurality of remotely-situated disparate client entities, data services including data-communications call routing services and parked-call services to be provided on behalf of the client entity from among the client entities. The server is to access the client-specific sets of data (e.g., as may be stored in database of a memory circuit), and, in response, the server receives incoming calls involving user endpoint devices associated with respective ones of the client entities. These actions may be followed by the server providing the data services for the incoming calls in a manner consistent with the client-specific sets of data, and conveying for one of the incoming calls, one of multiple call-related context indications to one of the user endpoint devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Smith-Mickelson, Abhishek Jain
  • Patent number: 11893566
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker
  • Patent number: 11895249
    Abstract: A method at a network element for processing a first message destined for an intelligent transportation system station, the method including receiving from a sending entity, or generating, the first message at the network element; based on a source or contents of the first message, performing one of: discarding the first message; or modifying the first message to provide an indication to the intelligent transportation system station of checks the intelligent transportation system does not need to perform, thereby creating a second message; and forwarding the second message to the intelligent transportation system station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Barrett, John Octavius Goyo
  • Patent number: 11894904
    Abstract: A system for configuring a multi-mode antenna onboard one or more of a plurality of network devices on a wireless network is provided. The system includes one or more processors configured to obtain data indicative of a channel quality indicator associated with one or more antenna modes of a plurality of antenna modes in which the multi-mode antenna onboard one or more of the network devices is configurable. Each of the plurality of antenna modes can have a distinct radiation pattern. The one or more processors can be configured to determine one or more network performance indicators for the wireless network based on the data. The one or more processors can be configured to provide one or more control signals over the wireless network based on the one or more network performance indicators. The control signal(s) can be associated with reconfiguring an antenna mode of the multi-mode antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego), Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Hilbert, Sebastian Rowson, Abhishek Singh
  • Patent number: 11887603
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for hotword detection on multiple devices are disclosed, In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data that corresponds to an utterance. The actions further include determining that the utterance likely includes a particular, predefined hotword. The actions further include transmitting (i) data indicating that the computing device likely received the particular, predefined hotword, (ii) data identifying the computing device, and (iii) data identifying a group of nearby computing devices that includes the computing device. The actions further include receiving an instruction to commence speech recognition processing on the audio data. The actions further include in response to receiving the instruction to commence speech recognition processing on the audio data, processing at least a portion of the audio data using an automated speech recognizer on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Diego Melendo Casado, Alexander H. Gruenstein, Jakob Nicolaus Foerster
  • Patent number: 11888813
    Abstract: A method for initial setup of an energy storage system suitable for an installation environment when installing the energy storage system comprises: connecting an energy management system and a user terminal with a USB cable; activating, by the user terminal, a USB network through USB tethering; allocating, by the energy management system, a preset static IP to the USB network; accessing, by the user terminal, a setting server of the energy management system using the static IP; and performing, by the user terminal, initial setup of the energy storage system in the setting server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Seok Jung, Eun Cheol Ro, Seung Hyeok Jang
  • Patent number: 11887164
    Abstract: Personalized information from venues of interest to a user is provided to the user. The information may comprise messages, notifications, or other information determined to be relevant to the user, and may be timely provided to the user in an appropriate format such that the user is better able to respond to the information. A set of venues that are relevant to the user and corresponding information sources associated with the venue are determined. Information published by these sources may be analyzed for relevance to the user, and the relevant information items may be provided to the user via notifications or applications and services. Further, the notifications may be scheduled for presentation to the user at appropriate times, such as prior to a predicted visit of the venue. One embodiment includes a venue-information clearinghouse for receiving information from venues and making it available for user applications or services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ido Priness, Dikla Dotan-Cohen, Haim Somech
  • Patent number: 11887137
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for implementing digital traffic data for analysis. In some examples, a telecommunications network determines an identity of a user associated with a user device that communicates with the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network identifies a physical location of the user device based on the user device communicating with a first transceiver of the telecommunications network. Then, the telecommunications network determines that the physical location of the user device corresponds to a first commercial location, and stores an indication that the user has visited the first commercial location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Drake, Araceli Lesko
  • Patent number: 11880821
    Abstract: A system includes a processing system and a memory system. The processing system includes one or more processors. The memory system includes one or more computer-readable media that contain instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations. The operations include detecting a loading of a webpage including a document object model (DOM). The operations also include analyzing the DOM to identify a first element in the DOM. The operations also include determining, based on the first element, that the webpage is configured to accept payments. The operations also include receiving, from a provider server, a virtual token which corresponds to a user account. The operations also include injecting information from the virtual token into one or more account number fields on the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira, Jonathan Bodner, Joshua Edwards, Eric Medin, Adam Vukich, James Zarakas
  • Patent number: 11876310
    Abstract: A system for providing power to a device is provided. The system includes at least one gateway that provides power and/or data to at least one device in the system; and at least one adapter coupled to the gateway and the at least one device, wherein the adapter is configured to couple lengths of cable between devices that are daisy chained together. Related adapters are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wiser Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Edward-Austin Hollar, Ryan Michael Tedrick, Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 11874986
    Abstract: Electronic devices including touch circuits and method of operating the electronic devices are provided. An electronic device includes a display; a touch circuit configured to detect a touch put on the display; a processor; and a memory. The touch circuit is further configured to acquire touch sensing information representing the sensitivity levels of inputs to respective multiple nodes of the touch circuit, identify information associated with a user's ear touching the electronic device, on the basis of the touch sensing information; and transfer, to the processor, the information associated with the ear touching. The memory stores instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to control the display to an on-state and to control the display to switch the display from the on-state to an off-state based on the information associated with the ear touching, which is obtained from the touch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Sanghun Kwak, Daehyun Yoo, Changjin Kim, Sangheon Park, Mansung Kim, Aram Song, Ilyong Yu, Kyoungtaek Lee, Wonil Jang
  • Patent number: 11863698
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include one or more of receiving call content at a mobile device, responsive to receiving the call content, adding a contact identifier to a contact list of the mobile device, receiving a call from a calling device at the mobile device, pairing the calling device with the contact identifier, and displaying the call content and the contact identifier during the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Rafael De Melo Aroxa, Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Patent number: 11861407
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for a mobile end device to offload computing from the mobile end device to at least one edge computer and/or at least one cloud computer. Resource information may be obtained from the at least one edge computer and/or at least one cloud computer. Application information may be obtained from at least one system application in the mobile end device, and A computing capacity may be assigned for the at least one system application in the mobile end device to the at least one edge computer and/or the at least one cloud computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Gehrling, Steffen Schmitz, Jens Kampermann, Karthik Satyanarayana
  • Patent number: 11853818
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a data sharing system and a data sharing method. The data sharing system includes a storage device and a processor. The processor executes multiple modules stored by the storage device. When a first software as a service (SaaS) application program sends a data sharing request to a second SaaS application program, a mutual trust relationship service module receives a request for confirmation of a mutual trust relationship transmitted by the second SaaS application program, so as to confirm the mutual trust relationship. When the mutual trust relationship is confirmed, the mutual trust relationship service module obtains virtual user identification data from a tenant management service module, and provides the virtual user identification data to the second SaaS application program, so that the second SaaS application program obtains data authority, and shares specific data to the first SaaS application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Digiwin Software Co., Ltd, DATA SYSTEMS CONSULTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Hsu, Shih-Shuan Hung, Guoxin Sun
  • Patent number: 11854101
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for interfacing at least one smart contact stored on a decentralized architecture with external data sources are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive service level information from a user; publish, by an on-chain order-matching contract, a log representing the required attributes; receive, by the on-chain order-matching contract, bids from plural external data sources based on the log of the required reputation attributes; and select, by the on-chain order-matching contract, more than one of the plural external data sources as selected data sources and notifying the selected data sources, whereby the selected data sources can be used collectively to provide information requested by the at least one smart contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
    Inventors: Sergey Nazarov, Steve Ellis, Ari Juels
  • Patent number: 11856067
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to centralize localization of micro-services messages in a distributed cloud environment are disclosed. An example method includes generating, by executing an instruction with one or more processors, a plurality of messages bundles. Respective ones of the messages bundles are associated with respective ones of a plurality of micro-services. The example method further including creating a localized response based on a non-localized response to a request by a user to one of the plurality of micro-services. The localized response is based on one of the plurality of messages bundles and the one of the plurality of messages bundles corresponds to the one of the plurality of micro-services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Anna Milkova Delcheva, Sibin Stilyanov Georgiev, Boris Savov Savov, Dimitar Ivanov Ivanov
  • Patent number: 11837067
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for facilitating operations. In some examples, computer systems provide indications that educate and/or guide users for performing an operation. In some examples, computer systems perform a first operation based on a first type of user input corresponding to a first hardware input device and perform a second operation based on a second type of user input corresponding to the first hardware input devices. In some examples, computer systems adjust audio output of an emergency siren based on detecting a particular type of event. In some examples, computer systems display different types and/or sizes of notifications based on an operating mode of a respective computer system. In some examples, computer systems forgo performing one or more operations when a respective computer system operates in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Paul T. Nixon, Kevin M. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11830059
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for digital lists of items are presented. An authentication interface module authenticates a first user device to authorize access to listing services of a web resource of a registered vendor. The web resource can generate an add-item request in response to user input from authorized user devices. The add-item request is linked to a first item of a vendor-item list. A list management module updates a selected-item list to include the first item of the vendor-item list and a notification attribute. A notification management module detects a notification event of the first item based on the notification attribute. In response to a detection of a notification event of the first item, the notification management module provides a notification message to one or more user devices linked to the first user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventor: Ishan Shah
  • Patent number: 11831509
    Abstract: A network service management method in which a network management unit obtains information about a target network service, where the information about the target network service includes an identifier of the target network service and requirement information of the target network service. The network management unit obtains an identifier of a network based on the requirement information of the target network service, where the network meets the requirement information of the target network service. The network management unit configures an association relationship between the identifier of the target network service and the identifier of the network, or the network management unit configures the identifier of the target network service in management information of the network, or the network management unit configures the identifier of the network in management information of the network service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruiyue Xu, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11823216
    Abstract: Computer vision and deep learning techniques are leveraged to detect behavior patterns in transaction histories. A transaction timeline is built for a series of transactions, e.g., financial, and a graphic image is constructed representing the transaction timeline. The graphic image is then matched to a known behavior pattern using a cognitive system. The cognitive system is trained with historical timeline images having associated labels. In one example the graphic image is a bar chart and each financial transaction is represented as a bar in the bar chart having a height proportional to a transaction amount, the bar being located along a time axis of the bar chart according to the transaction date and being color coded according to the transaction type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene I. Kelton, Brandon Harris, Willie R. Patten, Jr., Eliza Salkeld, Russell Gregory Lambert, Yi-Hui Ma, Shuyan Lu, Shanna Hayes
  • Patent number: 11824904
    Abstract: A system for verifying delivery of a graphical object to a device receives a session initiation protocol (SIP) request including a rich call data (RCD) extension with a URL to a graphical object stored at a content delivery network (CDN). The graphical object indicates the originating source of the SIP request and is to be presented on a display of the device upon receiving the SIP request. The system modifies the URL to include a unique identifier and sends the SIP request message with the modified URL to the device. The system receives a delivery confirmation message including a copy of the unique identifier from the CDN indicating that the graphical object was delivered to the device. The system verifies delivery of the graphical object to the device based on the copy of the unique identifier in the delivery confirmation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Cook, Homer Nicolas Filart
  • Patent number: 11816194
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for providing an option (e.g., a selectable option) to initiate a secure operation (e.g., a secure operation), such methods using a computer system and an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andre M. Boule, Stephen Chick, Richard R. Dellinger, Edward H. Langstroth
  • Patent number: 11817963
    Abstract: In an embodiment, method and system includes initiating a web conferencing meeting, detecting a plurality of client devices for to participate in the web conferencing meeting, detecting a local source associated with one of the plurality of client devices, selecting from content from a local source to share with other client devices during the web conferencing meeting, and streaming the content from the local source through one of the plurality of client devices associated with the local source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Yuan, Hailei Sheng
  • Patent number: 11818716
    Abstract: A method and user equipment (UE) are provided. The method includes transmitting, from a first UE, an assistance request to at least one neighboring UE, receiving, by the first UE and from the at least one neighboring UE, assistance information including an indication of at least one resource for transmission, and transmitting, from the first UE, over the indicated at least one resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yaser Mohamed Mostafa Kamal Fouad, Jung Hyun Bae, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11810020
    Abstract: A method for developing content for a personalized non-profit venue experience using a mobile computing device, comprising: providing an interface for management of a set of multimedia assets; receiving a mapping of multimedia assets to a set of locations on a site plan for the non-profit venue; receiving metadata for the set of multimedia assets; receiving personalized interest data indicating personal philanthropic interests of a visitor to the non-profit venue; and applying a machine learning algorithm to analyze the metadata and the personalized interest data to provide, to a mobile computing device, a selection of a multimedia asset from the set of multimedia assets for consumption by the visitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Olive Seed Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Christine Soule, Charles H. Cella, Richard Spitz
  • Patent number: 11807222
    Abstract: A parking assistance device includes a traveling route setting unit, a traveling route supply unit, an information acquiring unit, and a determination unit. The traveling route setting unit is configured to set a traveling route from a position of a vehicle to a parking spot in a parking lot. The traveling route supply unit is configured to supply information indicating the traveling route to the vehicle. The information acquiring unit is configured to acquire situation information containing the position of the vehicle and a situation of the parking lot. The determination unit is configured to determine whether the traveling route needs to be reset based on the situation information. When the determination unit determines that the traveling route needs to be reset, the traveling route setting unit resets the traveling route based on the situation information, and the traveling route supply unit supplies information indicating the reset traveling route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takamasa Hidaka
  • Patent number: 11808562
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a representation of a field of view of a camera that includes a view of a three-dimensional space. The representation of the field of view is updated over time based on changes to current visual data detected by at least one of the one or more cameras. Movement of the electronic device moves the field of view of the camera in a first direction. While detecting the movement, the electronic device: updates the representation of the field of view in accordance with the movement; identifies one or more elements in the representation of the field of view that extend along the first direction; and, based at least in part on the determination of the one or more elements, displays, in the representation of the field of view, a guide that extends in the first direction and that corresponds to one of the identified elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Allison W. Dryer, Grant R. Paul, Stephen O. Lemay, Lisa K. Forssell
  • Patent number: 11802935
    Abstract: A method for minimizing aircraft collisions, includes detecting a flight of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a restricted area and determining a location of a radio frequency (RF) emitter in communication with the UAS. The method includes, at each of a plurality of RF sensors of a network of wireless RF sensors, receiving RF emissions within an RF band pertaining to UAS control, processing the received RF emissions, and transmitting data derived from the processed RF emissions. The method further includes at a designated one of the plurality of RF sensors, receiving the transmitted data from the RF sensors, a processor computing, using the transmitted data received from the RF sensors, a location estimate for the RF emitter and to predict the UAS is flying, and based on the prediction, the processor generating an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Architecture Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Chartier, Paul C. Davis, Douglas Sweet, Ryan L. Hagelstrom, Ian J. McLinden
  • Patent number: 11800583
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first device and a plurality of second devices, and each of the second devices includes a pairing processing unit, a device information storage unit, and a data control unit. The pairing processing unit performs a pairing process including an authentication process with the first device by using device-specific information of the second device. The device information storage unit stores device information including pairing authentication information. The pairing processing unit performs, by using device-specific information of another second device the pairing process between the first device and the another second device, and stores the pairing authentication information in the device information storage unit. The data control unit transmits the pairing authentication information to the another second device. The data control unit of the another second device stores the received pairing authentication information in the device information storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi Orito
  • Patent number: 11795031
    Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator, the elevator having an elevator landing and an elevator controller, the controller capable of communicating over a network with a device, and the device may be located within an area positionally associated with the landing, the controller: receives from the device, a request for elevator service at the landing, effects monitoring the device relative to the area, effects a first response upon determining that the device is inside the area, otherwise effects a second response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Rajinikanth Pusala, Naveen Kumar Yeddi
  • Patent number: 11799805
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a client device, a first request for registering a user in association with a selected product that is offered at a third-party online service; receiving, from the client device, user input of login credentials for a resource account and a second request to initiate chat-based registration of a user associated with the resource account in association with the selected product at the online service; in response to receiving the second request and authenticating the user to the resource account, providing a chat interface for a new authenticated chat session on the client device; populating a form for registering the authenticated user in association with the selected product at the online service using a first value representing a quote for the selected product and selected user-inputted data for registration; and transmitting an encrypted version of the populated form via the chat interface to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventor: Inna Kharshak
  • Patent number: 11791977
    Abstract: A system is presented that includes secure push-to-talk voice functionality. Using encryption, authentication, user filtering, and integration with new and existing LMR systems, a secure voice platform ensures malicious software, unauthorized access and brute force security attacks will not compromise the voice communications of the system. The VoIP system is engineered to ensure graceful system degradation in the event of maintenance activities, natural disasters and failure modes. The hardened VoIP system offers the functions a LMR trunking system while utilizing broadband connections. Private calls, group calls, Emergency Alarms with covert monitoring capability, scanning and priority scanning may be incorporated into the system. The system includes a VoIP-controller that serves as a trunking controller, manages available VoIP-based conference bridges, and assigns them as needed to the parties involved in each voice call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Clever Devices Ltd.
    Inventors: Philip Bradley Bockrath, Darryl G. Curtis, Paul A. Dennis
  • Patent number: 11783267
    Abstract: A system and method for automated multi-channel customer journey testing, that links communication channels and follows a customer interaction across multiple channels as a single journey, incorporating data and interaction content from each channel utilized to maintain a “big picture” view of a customer's journey across these channels during an interaction. The invention also provides flexible success indicators to accommodate virtual assistant and chat bot programs, by accommodating variances in expected test results such as to handle natural language variance, time of day, context, and other factors that may cause variances in interaction content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Alok Kulkarni, Geoff Willshire
  • Patent number: 11785527
    Abstract: Techniques for cellular network subscriber management. A request for cellular service is received at a base station from a mobile device. The base station is communicatively coupled to a plurality of other base stations using a virtual private network (VPN) connection. It is determined, based on a first communication from the base station to a database using the VPN connection, that the mobile device does not have a recognized associated identifier, and in response an identifier for the mobile device is assigned. A second communication is routed from the base station to the mobile device using the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEAMLINK, INC.
    Inventors: Arpad Kovesdy, Mateo Abascal
  • Patent number: 11785107
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to measure media consumption. An apparatus includes a memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to access a domain pattern signature representative of a request to obtain media, the domain pattern signature includes (a) a set of domain names and (b) one or more of a location of the request, a time of the request, or a characteristic of a device used to execute the request, compare the domain pattern signature to one or more reference signatures, determine a first reference signature includes (a) a matching set of domain names and (b) one or more of a matching location of the request, a matching time of the request, or a matching characteristic of the device used to execute the request, and credit the domain pattern signature with an Internet site associated with the first reference signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Keqiang Deng, Joseph Kerkes