Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement Patents (Class 705/1.1)
  • Patent number: 11223627
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a platform for a resource provisioning system. The platform can execute big data analysis techniques to access-right data to generate statistics that characterize a set of users. For example, characteristics of users who access resources events can be analyzed with varying levels of detail. The access-right data can include access right assignments, and data identifying the users to which access rights are assigned. In some implementations, spatial management systems can access the platform to generate statistics for the resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Oberg, Evan Altman
  • Patent number: 11223695
    Abstract: A method of controlling transmission of data over a data network comprising authenticating a first user; sending a request message comprising data corresponding to a first group of user identifiers representative of proposed recipients, and determining updates to the group of user identifiers. The updates being based on a group score representing a similarity measure indicative of an overlap between the first group and a second group of user identifiers associated with an historical data package; and a user score for a second user identifier in the second group based on the group score and access data associated with the historical data package. A control message is transmitted to the client system, and an updated group of user identifiers is generated based on the control message. A data package is constructed and transmitted to a set of recipients based on the updated group of user identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Egress Software Technologies IP Limited
    Inventors: John Goodyear, Tony Pepper, Neil Larkins, Ian Angus Macinnes
  • Patent number: 11222145
    Abstract: A smart plan portal that is used in conjunction with a computer aided design (CAD) software application module. The smart plan portal provides a library of predesigned elements that are presented for selection and placement for building design. Each placed element automatically integrates with adjacent elements and the overall building design. Based on the building design using the library of elements, structural components and equipment components are generated. Each component is associated with a digital identifier that is used to identify a number of attributes for the associated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PATCO LLC
    Inventors: John Louis Vanker, Michael J. Lastowski
  • Patent number: 11222348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a context-specific experience sampling method comprising the steps of: collecting user's experience information; classifying the collected user's experience information and selecting keywords representing the classified user's experience information; generating a questionnaire to be applied to experience sampling based on the keywords; providing the questionnaire to the user; receiving response data by each activity for a context and an environment that the user has experienced, in response to the questionnaire; and analyzing a relationship between the user's context and environment and the user's experience, based on the response data by each activity for the user's context and environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Yongse Kim, Jin Hui Kim, Yeonkoo Hong
  • Patent number: 11222045
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable media for managing contact information via a network-based interface. A network resource transmits a data request to a contact information processing service. The contact information processing service processes the data request in accordance with the parameters included in the data request and information maintained by the contact information processing service. Examples of the processing facilitated by the contact information processing service include contact identification routines, contact verification routines, group-based information routines, and communication information routines. The contact information processing service returns the results to the requesting network resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Steffen Vance, Jeffrey Allen Armantrout, Jessi E. Alva, Teresa S. Valdez Klein
  • Patent number: 11218783
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems for creating virtual audiences and for facilitating remote audience participation. An example embodiment for creating a virtual audience begins by providing a digital feed from a performance area to a remotely located audience. In turn, such a method receives feedback from the remotely located audience and provides an output at the performance area corresponding to at least a portion of the received feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ESB LABS, Inc.
    Inventor: Ira Lee
  • Patent number: 11210469
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for event detection, a device, and a storage medium. An event is formed by acquiring a plurality of texts including a target keyword; extracting phrases independently describing event information from titles of the plurality of texts; and clustering the extracted phrases and gathering texts where phrases belonging to a same cluster are located to form an event. The accuracy of the event detection and the recall rate for an event can be improved through the method provided by embodiments of the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuguang Chen, Wenhao Chen, Hui Zhou, Yuhong Zheng, Weina Chen
  • Patent number: 11211666
    Abstract: The vehicle battery pack exchange system herein described charges renters for the time use interval, the energy needed to recharge the battery pack, and the battery wear their use has caused. Data on battery wear accelerating stress parameters such as current, voltage, temperature, and state of charge is collected for battery packs rented to vehicle users. Wear rates are estimated from the collected data. Then either users are charged for the wear they cause or wear is limited to some predetermined wear rate and users are charged a predetermined battery wear fee per kWh delivered by the battery pack. In either embodiment drivers are displayed information to adapt their driving to battery wear rates. Renters are charged for battery pack usage time, energy supplied by the rental station, and battery wear providing battery owners a secure return on their investment. This system accommodates both short term and sustained long term rentals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Goodwyn George Reeves
  • Patent number: 11201803
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to avoid the situation where data to be transmitted have to be discarded, even when a network to which the data is to be transmitted is unavailable. The electronic control unit has: a determination part that executes a first determination process for determining whether a network to which data is to be transmitted is available or not; and a transmission part that executes a first transmission process for transmitting the data to the network when it is determined that the network is available, and executes a storage process for storing the data in a storage medium when it is determined that the network is unavailable. The electronic control unit executes the same processes for another network as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Toshio Kawamura, Nobuyuki Nakagawa, Yoshitaka Kaseda
  • Patent number: 11200609
    Abstract: A system and method for customizing a vehicle for a user from a dealer through a user interface of a mobile device. The system and method may include a vehicle customization application stored on the mobile device. The user interface can be used to select the vehicle from a plurality of vehicles using the vehicle customization application. The vehicle customization application may create a user desires profile for the user of the vehicle customization application and may retrieve all dealer installed option packages for the selected vehicle from a dealer database of the dealer. Based on the user desires profile and the retrieved dealer installed packages, artificial intelligence may be used to generate a list of dealer installed option packages for the user. The user may select dealer installed option packages from the generated list of dealer installed option packages through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: James Malcolm Spears, David Anthony Phelps, Brian Thomas Latronico, Teresa A. Mays, Doyle Russell Dennis, Jr., Gary Don Bourn, Kevin W. Thornley
  • Patent number: 11195191
    Abstract: There is provided a method of generating on a computer a prioritized listing of customers. The method includes establishing a data communications link to a database including financial payment information related to a financial transaction of an existing vehicle of each customer. The method includes retrieving an existing payment amount based upon the financial payment information. The method includes calculating a new payment amount. The method further includes deriving a payment difference score based upon a difference between the existing payment amount and the new payment amount. The method includes determining a behavior factor. The method includes deriving on a computer a behavior score based upon the behavior factor. The method includes determining a purchase behavior prediction score based upon the payment difference score and the behavior score. The method further includes ranking each customer based upon the determined purchase behavior prediction score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVEMASTERMIND, INC.
    Inventors: Marco G Schnabl, Johannes Gnauck
  • Patent number: 11195556
    Abstract: An approach is provided for a segment-based viewing of a watermarked recording. The approach involves receiving a request, from an evaluator, to access one of a plurality of media associated with a plurality of interviewees, wherein each of the plurality of media represents a recording of an interview of a corresponding interviewee; and wherein the request relates to evaluation of the corresponding interviewee for admission or hiring. The approach also involves determining source-identifying information associated with the evaluator. The approach further involves determining source-identifying information associated with the request. The approach additionally involves generating a watermark based on the source-identifying information, wherein the watermark is configured to depict an identifier of the evaluator during a presentation of the requested media. The approach further involves modifying the one media to superimpose the watermark on the recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Terry Crawford
  • Patent number: 11194455
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for health applications. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing health and safety features on an electronic device are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing the setup of a health feature on an electronic device are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing background health measurements on an electronic device are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing a biometric measurement taken using an electronic device are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for providing results for captured health information on an electronic device are described. In some embodiments, exemplary user interfaces for managing background health measurements on an electronic device are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Felton, Matthew W. Crowley, Allison Dryer, Dashiell Bodington, Aditya Dua, Eamon Francis Gilravi, Sankalita Saha
  • Patent number: 11188782
    Abstract: The method for address verification preferably includes: receiving an unverified address; parsing the unverified address into address elements; determining a candidate address set based on the address elements; determining an address comparison set from the verified address database; selecting an intended address from the address comparison set; optionally facilitating use of the intended address; and optionally determining and providing a call to action based on the intended address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Lob.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Gartner, David Currie
  • Patent number: 11188876
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to real-time matching. As changes in data occur in a system, these changes are immediately used by running models implemented in the system to provide users with real-time personalized results. Concurrently, the system is continuously learning from these same changes to build test models, which are built upon the running models (which reflect past knowledge) using the current knowledge. The running models are continuously evolving as they are updated with the test models. A model implemented by the system is a match model, which is configured to intelligently determine which members are available for a new job and to provide a user with at least one member from that pool of available members who satisfies a search criteria specified by the user. The user's actions and the available member's actions are both immediately captured, analyzed and reflected in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: UPWORK INC.
    Inventors: Vivek Gupta, Venkata Sunil K. Yarram, Pratik Bansal, Rajasekhar L. Kovuru
  • Patent number: 11188859
    Abstract: A method for closed-loop real-time lifecycle risk management identifies, assesses, reviews and mitigates risks. Historically identified data stored in the databases are loaded, one or more users fill out questionnaires and various factors contributing to determination of the risks are calculated. If a risk is classified as an intolerable risk, the risk is notified to interested parties. A user may use the integrated risk management system to systematically and accurately identify a root cause of an error. The user may start from the highest level of the lifecycle of a product and assess the risk, followed by narrowing down the scope of an error by successively going down to lower production levels of the product. The steps may be processed in real time using remote devices connected to a server. The system allows different access levels to various users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Agile Business Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventor: Blake Gibbons
  • Patent number: 11188738
    Abstract: A system associated with progressive spatial analysis of prodigious 3D data including complex structures is disclosed. The system receives minimum boundary information related to a first data object and a second data object, which are proximate neighbors. The system determines whether boundary data associated with a first data object is within an area delineated by minimum boundary information of first data objects. A first geometric structure associated with the first data object is generated based on respective decompressed data. A structural skeleton is determined using the first geometric structure to identify respective skeleton vertices. A geometric representation is generated based on the skeleton vertices associated with the first geometric structure. The system determines whether boundary data associated with the second data object is within the area delineated by the minimum boundary information of the first data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Yanhui Liang, Fusheng Wang, Hoang Vo
  • Patent number: 11188968
    Abstract: A component-based review system for generating a digital recommendation is provided. A computing device monitors for one or more consumer-based reviews. A computing device identifies one or more commercial products or services associated with the one or more consumer-based reviews. A computing device generates a digital recommendation associated with the one or more consumer-based reviews.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Indervir Singh Banipal, Shikhar Kwatra, Zachary A. Silverstein, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar
  • Patent number: 11182730
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for programmatically determining/identifying a delivery location and time based on the schedule of the consignee. One example embodiment may include a method comprising receiving shipping/parcel information/data, the shipping/parcel information/data indicative of an item/parcel to be delivered to a consignee by a carrier, determining whether consignee schedule information/data is accessible, the consignee schedule information/data comprising information/data indicative of a consignee and information/data indicative of a location and an associated time at which the consignee has indicated an ability to receive an item, and providing, to a client device, via a network, a delivery location and a delivery time, the delivery location and the delivery time determined between the consignee schedule information/data and the default delivery location and the estimated time of delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Sager, William Gensburg
  • Patent number: 11182174
    Abstract: A method for migrating from a legacy system to a target system may include extracting a legacy system configuration into a structured model and analyzing the structured model, the analyzing including determining a set of patterns and deriving a legacy services model. The method may further include providing a target system model and mapping the legacy services model into an independent service model. The method may further include migrating the independent service model having the mapped legacy services model onto the target system model and providing the target system model to a target system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Javier Lopez Moreno, Davor Koncic, Rolf Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 11182833
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method for estimating unit price reduction of services in a new in-flight deal using data of historical deals and market reference deals cost structures. The method includes receiving a detailed cost structure for historical information, market deals information, services quantity information and deals metadata for a first year. For each service: peer deals to the in-flight deal are selected based on the detailed cost structure; missing cost data values in the peer deals are augmented; unit cost reduction values for the peer deals estimated; the unit cost reduction for the in-flight deal from each year in total contract years to a next year without a last contract year are estimated; and a total cost for the in-flight deal for all years in the total contract years beyond the first year are estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shubhi Asthana, Valeria Becker, Kugamoorthy Gajananan, Aly Megahed, Taiga Nakamura, Mark A. Smith
  • Patent number: 11176266
    Abstract: One example disclosed method involves a computing system providing a client device a virtualized computing environment. Upon receiving a request to access a file or folder in the virtualized computing environment from the client device, a file system filter driver of the computing system may intercept the request, and determine authorization to access the file or folder based at least in part on a security policy associated with the user account. If the client device is authorized to access the file or folder, the computing system may cause the client device to output a representation of contents of the first file or folder using the virtualized computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Xavier Gallardo
  • Patent number: 11176509
    Abstract: A method is provided comprising: presenting one or more first user interface components for specifying a first address; receiving user input specifying at least a portion of the first address, the user input being received by using the one or more first user interface components; detecting whether flexible shipping is available at the first address; when flexible shipping is available at the first address, presenting one or more second user interface components for specifying a second address, receiving user input specifying the second address, and generating a first shipping label descriptor that identifies both the first address and the second address as respective shipping addresses for a package; when flexible shipping is not available at the first address, generating a second shipping label descriptor that identifies the first address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robin Khosla, Pragya Agarwal, Madhusmita Panda
  • Patent number: 11173804
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a charging station or a system for adjustment of electric vehicle (EV) charging timing, power, or location in coordination with the electrical grid (V1G) or vehicle to grid bidirectional power flow (V2G) selection may include a memory, a processor, and a charge controller or controller. The memory may receive a profile associated with an electric vehicle (EV). The profile may be indicative of a V1G/V2G charging schedule preference for the EV. The processor may determine a presence of the EV and the charge controller may control charging of a battery of the EV by selecting V1G or V2G based on the profile and in accordance with the V1G/V2G charging schedule preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Tsubokura, Satoru Shinzaki, David Wong Cun
  • Patent number: 11170388
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses and computer program products for implementing a dynamic experimentation service. An example of a method for implementing a dynamic experimentation service includes receiving a set of experiment configuration parameters, determining, by a processor and based on the experiment configuration parameters, an experiment model, the experiment model comprising electronic data indicating an audience selected from a plurality of consumers and a plurality of levels for controlling a communication service in operation to generate an electronic marketing communication for transmission to at least one of the plurality of consumers, receiving a request, from the communication service, the request comprising a communication identifier, determining, based on the communication identifier, at least one of the plurality of levels, and causing the electronic marketing communication to be generated as a treatment comprising the at least one of the plurality of levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: James Violette, Anthony Joseph, Pip Courbois, Christopher Powers
  • Patent number: 11172037
    Abstract: A mobile phone connected to a tracking system detects the presence of a nearby tracking device. If the tracking device is detected for more than a threshold amount of time, the tracking system can instruct the mobile phone to generate a user notification prompting a user to claim ownership of the tracking device. After the user claims ownership of the tracking device, the mobile device provides the ownership claim to the tracking system which can associate the tracking device with that user's account in the tracking system, enabling the user to access features of the tracking device and tracking system reserved for owners of that tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Klinkner, Charles Y. Choi
  • Patent number: 11164133
    Abstract: A method of determining a supplier risk index (SRI) for a supplier. The method includes: determining an inherent risk rating of the supplier based on risk attributes of the supplier; performing a control assessment of the supplier to determine a control assessment result; quantifying other risk attributes; and calculating the SRI, by a processor, based on the inherent risk rating, the assessment result, and the other risk attributes in order for an organization to make better informed supplier selection decisions and reduce supplier risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Jim Connell, Dolly K. Singh, Stephanie Sharp, Chandrashekar D. Kasibhatta
  • Patent number: 11164255
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically generating a financial market snapshot are disclosed. A plurality of financial market data elements from a plurality of sources are received. Respective workflows selected from a plurality of workflows in the at least one memory are determined, each respective workflow being selected for processing a separate one of the plurality of financial market data elements. A plurality of dependencies linking the respective workflows with one another are determined, each dependency comprising at least one dependency condition. In response to at least one dependency condition being met, at least one of the respective workflows is linked to the at least one dependency for which the at least one dependency condition is met. The financial market snapshot is generated as a result of the processing of the at least one respective workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: XIGNITE, INC.
    Inventors: Qin Yu, Homi Chothia, Albert Shih-Po Chang
  • Patent number: 11165955
    Abstract: An album generation apparatus comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying a combination of a user and a mobile object, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more images from one or more image capturing apparatuses, a selection unit configured to select, from the one or more images, an image including the combination of the user and the mobile object by using the identification information, and a generation unit configured to generate an album by using the selected image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Takahashi, Yasuaki Tezuka, Yoshihide Yuza, Atsushi Ito, Shohei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11163833
    Abstract: Aspects include a method for generating an initial ranking of a plurality of discovered keywords, in which the initial ranking is based on confidence levels. The method includes presenting the initial ranking to a user as a list that includes the plurality of discovered keywords. The method includes, in response to receiving a text string as a first input from the user, filtering the list of discovered keywords to generate a refined list of discovered keywords. The filtering includes searching the list of discovered keywords to rank keywords that match the input string using a fuzzy search. The method includes mapping a discovered keyword of the refined list to a business term using a fuzzy search. The method includes updating the initial ranking based on the mapping of the discovered keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Haumer, William J. Scheid, III, Stanislav Georgiev, Yan Luo, Tala El Hallak
  • Patent number: 11157871
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for managing inventory by determining product prices based on product characteristics. One method includes, based on a condition of the product and an age of the product, determining a new price of a returned product and modifying the database to assign the new price to the product identifier. Based on a determination that the product is not a returned product from a customer: calculating an inventory rate associated with the product; based on the calculated inventory rate, determining a new price of the product; and modifying the database to assign, to the product identifier, the inventory rate and the new price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Iek Seol, In Joo Kang
  • Patent number: 11157465
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a document validation within a non-relational database system that is capable of reviewing documents according to one or more validation rules. The document validator may be incorporated within a non-relational database engine and may perform validation operations when one or more database functions are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MongoDB, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliot Horowitz, David Lenox Storch, Mathias Benjamin Stearn
  • Patent number: 11159465
    Abstract: A service apparatus and method for providing a deferred message, and a storage medium. The service method for providing a deferred message comprises: receiving a message parameter sent by a first client and to be forwarded to a second client (S1); determining whether a user associated with the second client is online (S2); if the user associated with the second client is not online, determining that the message parameter to be forwarded is a message parameter of a deferred message, and saving the message parameter into a database of a server (S3); and when receiving an online prompt of the user associated with the second client, delivering the message parameter to the second client (S4). The method can significantly reduce the network traffic and occupation of the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Pan, Jianguo Dang, Yasheng Zhang, Tongxing Ma, Kailiang Jiang
  • Patent number: 11159558
    Abstract: A query is received from a particular endpoint device identifying a particular wireless access point encountered by the particular endpoint device. Pre-existing risk assessment data is identified for the identified particular wireless access point and query result data is sent to the particular endpoint device characterizing pre-assessed risk associated with the particular wireless access point. In some instances, the query result data is generated based on the pre-existing risk assessment data. In some instances, pre-existing risk assessment data can be the result of an earlier risk assessment carried-out at least in part by an endpoint device interfacing with and testing the particular wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Prasanna Ganapathi Basavapatna, Satish Kumar Gaddala, Sven Schrecker, David Moshe Goldschlag
  • Patent number: 11157521
    Abstract: A method and system of correlating annotations of media files. A first media file is received from a first media recording device. A file record for the first media file is created in the file table. A determination is made whether the first media file belongs to an existing matter group. Upon determining that the first media file belongs to an existing matter group: the file record is related with the existing matter group in the file table; annotations of the first media file that are flagged to be shared, are related to all media files of the existing matter group; and annotations of all the media files of the existing matter group to the first media file are related. Upon determining that the first media file does not belong to an existing matter group, a new matter group is created for the first media file in the matter table of the central server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Getac Technology Corporation, WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Guzik
  • Patent number: 11153372
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are enhancements for operating a content delivery network to load balance origin requests to origin servers. In one implementation, a method of operating a content delivery network comprising a plurality of cache nodes that cache content between end user devices and origin servers includes, in a first cache node of the plurality of cache nodes, obtaining distribution information indicative of how each cache node in the plurality of cache nodes has distributed content requests to the origin servers. The method further provides, in the first cache node maintaining a load balancing profile for the plurality of origin servers based on the distribution information, and distributing a content request to an origin server in the plurality of origin servers based at least in part on the load balancing profile for the plurality of origin servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Fastly, Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler B. McMullen
  • Patent number: 11146654
    Abstract: The described technology is directed towards a cache framework that accesses a tier of ordered caches, in tier order, to satisfy requests for data. The cache framework may be implemented at a front-end service level server, and/or a back end service level server, or both. The cache framework handles read-through and write-through operations, including handling batch requests for multiple data items. The cache framework also facilitates dynamically changing the tier structure, e.g., for adding, removing, replacing and/or reordering caches in the tier, e.g., by re-declaring a data structure such as an array that identifies the tiered cache configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.
    Inventors: Sata Busayarat, Jonathan David Lutz, Allen Arthur Gay, Mei Qi
  • Patent number: 11144872
    Abstract: Generally, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods that can facilitate delivery and access to an unattended home. A location of the unattended home for a drop off of the item is determined based on information received from a user or information associated with a user profile, the information including permission to enter the unattended home. Location data for a carrier device is determined based on receiving satellite positioning data from the carrier device, the location data of the carrier device indicating that the carrier device corresponds to the location of the unattended home. Information associated with an identifier affixed to the item is also determined. Access to the unattended home is granted based on transmitting a signal to at least one of a home monitoring system and a networked home device at the unattended home when the information corresponds to the location data from the carrier device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Robert J. Gillen, Roberta Walton Hensley
  • Patent number: 11138279
    Abstract: According to certain aspects, a computer system may be configured to aggregate and analyze data from a plurality of data sources. The system may obtain data from a plurality of data sources, each of which can include various types of data, including email data, system logon data, system logoff data, badge swipe data, employee data, job processing data, etc. associated with a plurality of individuals. The system may also transform data from each of the plurality of data sources into a format that is compatible for combining the data from the plurality of data sources. The system can resolve the data from each of the plurality of data sources to unique individuals of the plurality of individuals. The system can also determine an efficiency indicator based at least in part on a comparison of individuals of the unique individuals that have at least one common characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas White, Eli Bingham, Engin Ural, Jasjit Grewal
  • Patent number: 11138656
    Abstract: A mobile application to conduct an auction based on physical presence is provided. The mobile application may be provided by a system comprising one or more modules. A notification module may identify an item to be sold at an auction. If a pre-auction window time period has arrived, the notification module may transmit auction notification messages to a plurality of client devices located within a predefined geographical area. A bidding module may conduct the auction by providing an auction interface to the client devices within the predefined geographical area. The auction interface includes an option to bid on the item. A completion module may transmit a confirmation to a winning auction participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sandra Lynn Godsey
  • Patent number: 11140237
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an intermediation server; from a requesting device; a request for one or more items provided by a provider system; generating, at the intermediation server, an intermediate reply comprising data indicative of the one or more items provided by the provider system; determining, at the intermediation server, whether the request is eligible for direct distribution; in response to determining that the request is eligible for direct distribution, generating, at the intermediation server, an adjusted reply by: communicating with a hosted offer management system to receive instructions for adjusting the intermediate reply, the hosted offer management system providing hosted provider object services for the provider system; and adjusting, at the intermediation server, the intermediate reply based on the instructions; and providing; from the intermediation server, to the requesting device, the adjusted reply in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AMADEUS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Corinne Francoise Pascale Landra, Hervé Prezet, Olivier Amadieu, Catherine Bignotti
  • Patent number: 11133086
    Abstract: A method of assessing chemical products includes: receiving input data including identification of a chemical substance at a processing device; evaluating a regulatory impact of the chemical substance based on at least one of global regulation data, regional regulation data and jurisdiction-specific regulation data, and outputting a regulatory impact assessment; evaluating potential hazards posed by the chemical substance based on available data related to characteristics of the chemical substance by comparing the characteristics to a plurality of criteria including environmental criteria, toxicity criteria related to effects on human health, and physical criteria related to hazards encountered during material transportation and handling, and outputting a chemical hazard assessment; and generating a chemical assessment report indicating potential impact due to use of the chemical substance, the chemical assessment report indicating chemical assessment results that include the regulatory impact assessment and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Daulton, Jo Ann McMahon, William J. Kuc, Charles Lee Ake, Jr., Denise Hill, Thomas Grumbles
  • Patent number: 11126962
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking promotional states of slots in inventory structures within a store includes: accessing an image of an inventory structure within a store; detecting a shelf tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the shelf tag detected in the image; detecting a promotional tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the promotional tag detected in the image; detecting a deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag based on a difference between the sets of features; and, in response to detecting the deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag, identifying the first promotional tag as erroneous, and notifying a store associate to replace the first promotional tag with a second promotional tag at the first slot, the second promotional tag correcting the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Bogolea, Jariullah Safi, Lorin Vandegrift, Shiva Reddy, Tom Gehani
  • Patent number: 11126637
    Abstract: A system for dynamic and automated conversion of party objects based on a change in party type and/or party classification. Party-type and/or party-classification specific rules are relied on to determine which data and processes to include in the converted party object. As such, the converted party object provides for (i) retaining data and processes that are common to both party types and/or classifications, (ii) disabling or otherwise deleting data and processes not associated with the new party type and/or classification, and (iii) adding new data, data entry fields and processes for data and processes associated with the new party type and/or classification that were not associated with the previous party type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashwin Roongta, Sayan Banerjee, Anuj Paresh Shah
  • Patent number: 11120445
    Abstract: A device in a payment transaction handoff system may include at least one processor configured to receive a request to perform a payment transaction and identify, using a first communication protocol, a respective device identifier of each of a plurality of proximate devices. The at least one processor is configured to select, based at least in part on a payment factor, a default payment device from the plurality of proximate devices. The at least one processor is configured to transmit, via a second communication protocol, a message to perform the payment transaction, the message comprising the device identifier of the default payment device. In one or more implementations, a first device of the plurality of proximate devices may be associated with a first user account and a second device of the plurality of proximate devices may be associated with a second user account, different from the first user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Bradley, Marc J. Krochmal, William M. Bumgarner, Vijay Sundaram, Margaret A. Moore, Nicholas J. Shearer, Brandon J. Kieft
  • Patent number: 11113348
    Abstract: A system and method for determining content relevancy within a computer network and generating a database. Content including but not limited to, a document, media, or any other digital or real objects. The method includes: identifying and creating an index of users on the network and identifying expert users through the use of profile generation. The profiles are monitored and updated, as well as connected with others to generate value indicators assigned to content articles within the network. The content is then ranked based on the indicator value, with the values being fluidic and based upon the ongoing actions of users on the network. Searches of the system are further coordinated by adaptive, context aware protocols whereby content is filtered or included based on given intricate associations with other content and users themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Austin Walters
  • Patent number: 11113297
    Abstract: A website server provides a program for a web page of a predetermined website to a user terminal. The program for the web page causes the user terminal to implement a display module and a search module. The display module causes a first article selected by a user to be displayed and causes a search window to be displayed at a position after a position where the first article ends. The search module searches for a second article related to a character string entered in the search window. The display module causes information related to the second article identified by a search using the search module to be displayed near the search window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Qufooit Japan Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11106551
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling users to create reservations for compute capacity at a service provider network intended for use in disaster recovery scenarios. A service provider can use separate geographic areas (sometimes referred to as “regions” or “availability zones”) defined by the service provider network to enable users to share reservations of compute capacity intended for use in disaster recovery scenarios. A disaster recovery launch reservation (DRLR) is a reservation of a given unit of compute capacity that is unique to a source geographic area (that is, a defined area of the service provider network containing computing resource(s) for which a user desires to obtain backup compute capacity) and a destination area (that is, a defined area of the service provider network at which the reserved compute capacity is located), where other users can reserve the compute capacity relative to other source geographic area-to-destination geographic area mappings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Featonby, Jacob Adam Gabrielson, Manish Singh Rathaur
  • Patent number: 11100565
    Abstract: Presented herein is an online marketplace for the selling and delivering of items for sale. The online marketplace includes devices and systems as well as their methods of use for the online purchase of goods as well as for the efficient and expedient delivery of the goods purchased. In particular embodiments, the system may include a cloud based database that stores images of the items for purchase, and may further include an associated computing device that is configured for receiving data corresponding with the one or more physical items represented by the images of the goods for sale that are stored in the database. The computing device is further configured for displaying the data corresponding with the one or more physical items for sale, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Mercato, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brannigan, David Bateman, Michael Mason, Matthew Alarie
  • Patent number: 11100248
    Abstract: A system for awarding priority-certificates and for providing personal-priority-accounts is disclosed. The system may include an apparatus for receiving priority-certificate applications including priority-claims with respect to one or more abstract ideas, discoveries, or other subject matter not covered by any form of intellectual property. The system may include a first-computer-system, a first-storage-unit connected with the first-computer-system, and a second-storage-unit connected with the first-computer-system. The system may further include a personal-priority-account apparatus configured to enable a user to save priority-documents on an account administrated by an independent party keeping said documents in trust for the user. The system may further include an apparatus configured to associate priority-documents to the application. The application may be examined by an examiner to find whether the priority-claims are valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Gelu Comanescu