Product Repair Or Maintenance Administration Patents (Class 705/305)
  • Patent number: 12148251
    Abstract: A computing device predicts whether a given component currently installed on a vehicle should be removed from the vehicle, and if so, identifies the location of the given component on the vehicle. The prediction is based on a prediction model that is generated by the computing device using maintenance data associated with the maintenance of components currently installed on, and/or previously removed from, the vehicle, as well as removal data associated with the previous removal of the same type of components from the vehicle. Information associated with the prediction is then output graphically to a display so that an operator can effect the removal of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Changzhou Wang
  • Patent number: 12140930
    Abstract: A system and method for data collection and frequency analysis with self-organization functionality includes analyzing with a processor a plurality of sensor inputs, sampling with the processor data received from at least one of the plurality of sensor inputs at a first frequency, and self-organizing with the processor a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Mehul Desai, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
  • Patent number: 12107840
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor including a host core and a hardware security module (HSM) core. The processor generates a first private key and a first public key, receives a second public key from a diagnostic device, generates a shared key based on the first private key and the second public key, receives a security data transmission request from the diagnostic device, and encodes data based on the shared key and transmits the encoded data to the diagnostic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ho Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 12093863
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically assessing property damage by determining whether and how to leverage a crowdsourcing marketplace are provided. According to certain aspects, a server computer may receive a set of media depicting property damage, and may analyze the set of media using a machine learning model to estimate a type and amount of the property damage. The server computer may also determine whether and how to leverage a set of additional individuals to provide a set of assessments for the property damage and, based on the set of assessments provided by the set of additional individuals, the server computer may automatically facilitate a work order request to address the property damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventor: Matthew Aaron Mifflin
  • Patent number: 12073348
    Abstract: Systems for dynamically updating a priority queue for scheduling data operations associated with data records. A method includes: detecting event data meeting a threshold value for identifying a shift in data operation relevance and traversing a cascading data structure to identify an auditable entity corresponding to one or more data records associated with the event data, the one or more data records corresponding to at least one branch of the cascading data structure. The method includes generating an updated priority queue for scheduling data operations based on priority weights associated with branches of the cascading data structure, the updated priority queue based on event data corresponding to the identified auditable entity relative to event data associated with one or more records corresponding to other auditable entities and transmitting a signal for dynamically communicating the updated priority queue for scheduling data operations associated with data records of respective auditable entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
    Inventors: Kanika Vij, Vincent Chiu-Hua Huang, Preet Kanwal Singh
  • Patent number: 12067535
    Abstract: A method for performing automatic maintenance of an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The method includes receiving a maintenance request from the autonomous vehicle, wherein the maintenance request includes diagnostic data. Further, the method includes analyzing the diagnostic data to identify at least one recommended car service for the autonomous vehicle and comparing a vehicle location against a plurality of facility locations to identify a closest facility from a plurality of maintenance facilities, wherein the plurality of facility locations is associated with the locations of the plurality of maintenance facilities. Further, the method includes receiving a work schedule of the closest facility and generating an appointment reservation with the closest facility in the one or more facility locations based on the received one or more work schedules. Moreover, the method includes sending the appointment reservation to the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey Derouen
  • Patent number: 12062102
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using secure authentication tokens to grant power of attorney. A computing platform may receive user input indicating a task and requesting that a power of attorney be granted to an individual. The computing platform may generate an authority token granting the individual the power of attorney to perform the task, and may send the authority token, along with task information indicating the task, to the individual. The computing platform may receive a validation request including the authority token and the task information. Based on successful validation, the computing platform may send validation information to an event processing system. After receiving confirmation that the task has been performed by the individual, the computing platform may update dashboard information to indicate that the task has been completed, which may cause the user device to display a dashboard indicating completion of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Albena N. Fairchild, Elena Kvochko, Crystal M. Sundaramoorthy, Dipika Jain
  • Patent number: 12061614
    Abstract: A recommendation algorithm-based problem action suggestion system includes a query input unit configured to extract text data for each item in user's query information received from a user terminal in abnormality of a device of production equipment or a product, a database unit configured to manage a past action history of workers with respect to abnormality occurrence of the device into a database (DB) of problem action data, and a controller configured to perform a pre-processing work for converting the text data into numerical data that may be processed by the recommendation algorithm, to obtain similarity between the numerical data and the problem action data of the database unit and to suggest action methods to the user terminal in an order of higher probability of solving the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoon Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 12039497
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide measures of user workload when generating units of work based on chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, obtain content information characterizing content of chat sessions between users, identify potential units of work, identify potential assignees of the potential units of work, obtain the user records of the potential assignees, generate views of a workload display pane, and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Eric Lee Campbell, Manya Sofia Spieczny Scheps
  • Patent number: 11989700
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a management method and a management Internet of Things system for a maintenance personnel of smart gas. The management method is implemented based on a smart gas safety management platform of a management Internet of Things system for maintenance personnel of smart gas. The method may include the following operations. Maintenance personnel information of at least one maintenance personnel may be obtained. The maintenance personnel information may include first positioning information of each of the at least one maintenance personnel. Second positioning information corresponding to at least one maintenance task may be obtained. A candidate maintenance task may be determined based on the first positioning information and the second positioning information. The candidate maintenance task may be sent to a user terminal of the maintenance personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua Shao, Junyan Zhou, Guanghua Huang, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11956651
    Abstract: A system for simulating a wireless communication network over a wired network may comprise a plurality of physical UEs, one or more RANs, and a channel condition emulator. The plurality of UEs may be coupled to one another through the wired network. The one or more RANs may be simulated in software to simulate data transmissions between the plurality of UEs. The channel condition emulator may be simulated in software to derive channel conditions for each of the plurality of UEs based on their current location. The channel condition emulator may further provide the channel conditions to the plurality of UEs and the one or more RANs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mourad B. Takla, Chin Chiu
  • Patent number: 11935108
    Abstract: A management system operates in conjunction with an automotive dealership to improve customer engagement with the automotive dealership. The management system creates customer profiles of the automotive dealership systems' customers using features of the customers obtained via various sources. The management system assigns a customer category to a customer based on the features included in the customer profile and may generate a customized recommendation of a product and/or service for the customer to purchase at the dealership based at least in part on the customer category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Tekion Corp
    Inventors: Jayaprakash Vijayan, Gurusankar Sankararaman, Jagdish Mohanlal Patel, Anant Sitaram
  • Patent number: 11927942
    Abstract: A method for implementing a digital twin for a physical component of an industrial system includes assigning a unique identifier to the physical component, associating the unique identifier with a digital twin representative of the physical component, placing the digital twin of the physical component on a distributed network. The physical component sends the unique identifier to a known resource, which retrieves the network address of the physical twin associated with the unique identifier and provides the network address to the physical component. A secure communication connection is established between the physical component and the corresponding digital twin via the distributed network. The unique identifier may be a quick read (QR) code displayed on the physical component or a bar code displayed on the physical component. Engineering and simulation software for the digital twin may be supplied on the distributed network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Georg Muenzel
  • Patent number: 11926334
    Abstract: Described is a system for human-machine teaching for vehicle operation. The system determines currently enabled status reporting modes on a vehicle interface of a vehicle. The currently enabled status reporting modes are compared to a set of preferred status reporting modes of previous users. Based on the comparison, a status reporting mode is selected. A current operational status of the vehicle is reported to a current user, via the vehicle interface, using the selected status reporting mode. The system then determines preferred solutions of previous users to address the current operational status of the vehicle. Suggestions to address the current operational status of the vehicle based on the preferred solutions are reported to the user via the vehicle interface. A vehicle action corresponding to a solution selected by the current user is implemented via a vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tiffany Hwu, David J. Huber, Steven W. Skorheim, Jaehoon Choe
  • Patent number: 11924269
    Abstract: Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. One example involves a set of computing servers communicatively coupled to the data storage device. The set of computer servers provide a respective virtual data center for each of a plurality of accounts, and the respective virtual data center for each account provides data-communications services specified in a respective settings file for the account. The virtual data center for at least one of the accounts includes a set of virtual desktops and a set of Cloud-based servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Britt, Bryan R. Martin, Christopher Peters
  • Patent number: 11915206
    Abstract: A processor may determine that a particular computer-readable vehicle repair order (RO) (e.g., including first and second RO portions) corresponds to an existing cluster of ROs due to the particular RO including RO data that refers to a particular vehicle symptom. The processor may determine that the first RO portion includes first data representative of a non-specific vehicle component and may then responsively also determine that the second RO portion includes second data that the at least one processor can use to determine a specific vehicle component associated with the particular RO. Responsively, the processor may determine the specific vehicle component based on the first and second data and may then add the particular RO to a different cluster of ROs that is arranged to contain ROs that correspond to the particular vehicle symptom and to the specific vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick S. Merg, Jacob G. Foreman, Bradley R. Lewis, Brett A. Kelley
  • Patent number: 11893538
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing and automated processing aerial images of structures to assess structural damage is disclosed. The system comprises a computing system used to obtain images of selected locations associated with known structures at different points in time before and after a natural disaster. The images are used to automatically create three-dimensional models that are used to detect the specific portions of a structure that may be damaged as well as the spatial extent of that damage. In addition, the imagery can be fed into a damage classifier that automatically classifies the degree of damage and generates accurate estimates of repair costs. The system and method may be deployed to quickly assess damage of structures in a disaster area and provide reports of the damage to homeowners and/or insurers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Jess W. Gingrich, Yangqiu Hu, David Rogers
  • Patent number: 11880886
    Abstract: Systems, methods apparatuses, and computer-readable media for analyzing vehicle accident claim information from a vehicle that is deemed a total loss, as well as historical data, to determine whether one or more parts from the vehicle are available for reuse is presented. In some examples, aspects may also relate to determining whether the parts available for reuse should be stored by the entity using the system (e.g., the insurance company) for future use in the repair of other vehicles, such as other vehicles insured by the insurance company, or should be sold. The determination to store or sell the part may be based, at least in part, on historical data of the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Clint J. Marlow, Robert L. Trinco, John A. Riggio
  • Patent number: 11880782
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for intelligent generation of purchase orders are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured to: receive an order quantity for a product from a system determining optimal order quantities for products based on demand forecast data; prioritize the order quantity based on actual constraints; and assign the prioritized order quantity to one or more locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventor: Je Kim
  • Patent number: 11878813
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for updating a graphic user interface (GUI) of a vehicle. For instance, the method may include generating and displaying a checklist GUI with a plurality of tasks on a display; determining whether information indicating that a task of the plurality of tasks has been completed has been received; in response to determining that the information indicating that the task has been completed has been received, determining whether a user or a system indicated that the task is complete; in response to determining that the user indicated that the task is complete, updating the checklist GUI to change a status indicator of the task to a first type of status indicator; and in response to determining that the system indicated that the task is complete, updating the checklist GUI to change the status indicator of the task to a second type of status indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Cody Ryan Conaway
  • Patent number: 11823092
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using secure authentication tokens to grant power of attorney. A computing platform may receive user input indicating a task and requesting that a power of attorney be granted to an individual. The computing platform may generate an authority token granting the individual the power of attorney to perform the task, and may send the authority token, along with task information indicating the task, to the individual. The computing platform may receive a validation request including the authority token and the task information. Based on successful validation, the computing platform may send validation information to an event processing system. After receiving confirmation that the task has been performed by the individual, the computing platform may update dashboard information to indicate that the task has been completed, which may cause the user device to display a dashboard indicating completion of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Albena N. Fairchild, Elena Kvochko, Crystal M. Sundaramoorthy, Dipika Jain
  • Patent number: 11816641
    Abstract: Systems and methods for task distribution and tracking in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method includes obtaining, by a task tracking server system, damage data indicating damage to a component of a rail car, determining, by the task tracking server system, a location of the damage on the component, determining, by the task tracking server system, task data based on the indicated damage and the component, wherein the task data indicates a repair to the component to correct the indicated damage, obtaining, by the task tracking server system and from a third-party database, ownership data indicating a responsible party for the component and a responsible party for the rail car, and generating, by the task tracking server system, a work order including the damage data and the task data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TTX Company
    Inventors: Hiren Y. Rokadia, Ronald W. Hessler, Thomas W. Grove, Thomas M. Kingsley, Rich A. Rousseau, Nitin Midha
  • Patent number: 11810205
    Abstract: Automated systems and methods for a secure electronic ledger provide a technical solution such that entities referencing the electronic ledger that are associated with a relationship instance can (a) form a consensus that the outcome of the relationship instance is legitimate and (b) determine whether future relationship instances between entities are compliant. An authority entity publishes to the secure electronic ledger data on which digital rules regarding aspects of the relationship instance between a first entity and second entity are based. Entities subscribed to the secure electronic ledger make digitally signed entries in real-time in the secure electronic ledger including data regarding the relationship instance that are visible by all entities associated with the relationship instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Brandon Chan
  • Patent number: 11808097
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein facilitate operation of well-related tools. In certain embodiments, a variety of data (e.g., downhole data and/or surface data) may be collected to enable optimization of operations related to the well-related tools. In certain embodiments, the collected data may be provided as advisory data (e.g., presented to human operators of the well to inform control actions performed by the human operators) and/or used to facilitate automation of downhole processes and/or surface processes (e.g., which may be automatically performed by a computer implemented surface processing system (e.g., a well control system), without intervention from human operators). In certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may enhance downhole operations (e.g., milling operations) by improving the efficiency and utilization of data to enable performance optimization and improved resource controls of the downhole operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Morrison, Sascha Trummer, Luis Silva, Zhanke Liu
  • Patent number: 11783303
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for facilitating submission of repair requests by carriers having to repair trailers to domicile facilities associated with the trailers. A central computing device provides a first graphical interface accessible by a computing device of a carrier having to repair a trailer in order to permit the carrier to submit a repair request indicating repair needed for the trailer. The central computing device then generates an invoice for the repair to the trailer directed to a domicile facility associated with the trailer. The central computing device also transmits an alert including the invoice to a computing device of the domicile facility associated with the trailer, receives a response from the computing device of the domicile facility associated with the trailer, and transmits a notification indicating whether the repair request has been approved by the domicile facility associated with the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew B. Millhouse, Timothy J. Burleson, John S. Meredith
  • Patent number: 11775892
    Abstract: An exemplary non-limiting embodiment of the present invention provides a system that includes a loading/unloading facility, a user apparatus having a user interface configured to communicate with a driver of a delivery/pick-up vehicle, and an administrator apparatus configured to communicate with the user apparatus and the loading/unloading facility. The user apparatus is located remotely from the loading/unloading facility. The driver checks into the user apparatus and the administrator apparatus coordinates arrival of the delivery/pick-up vehicle at the loading/unloading facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CRC R&D, LLC
    Inventor: Ronald H. Mains, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11769115
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide measures of user workload when generating units of work based on chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, obtain content information characterizing content of chat sessions between users, identify potential units of work, identify potential assignees of the potential units of work, obtain the user records of the potential assignees, generate views of a workload display pane, and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Eric Lee Campbell, Manya Sofia Spieczny Scheps
  • Patent number: 11748157
    Abstract: A priority determination system includes: an anomaly obtainer that obtains anomaly data items each indicating anomaly in a corresponding one of moving bodies; a state obtainer that obtains state data items each indicating a state of a corresponding one of the moving bodies; a risk value calculator that calculates, for each of the anomaly data items, a risk value indicating a risk of the anomaly based on a state data item of the corresponding one of the moving bodies; a priority determiner that determines a priority of a task for dealing with the anomaly indicated by each of the anomaly data items, based on the risk value of the anomaly data item; and an outputter that provides output based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Sekiya, Yuishi Torisaki
  • Patent number: 11734653
    Abstract: An automobile maintenance application may link automobile owners with service providers and provide service reminders based on manufacturers' recommended scheduled maintenance. The automobile maintenance application may maintain maintenance records for automobiles. The automobile maintenance application may provide a system for service providers to send targeted advertisements to automobile owners in need of a service. The maintenance application may allow automobile owners to compare the prices and services of local service providers and benefit from the value associated with competition between service providers that is realized during a live or proxy auction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: My Car Fix, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Schmitz, Mychal Merrill
  • Patent number: 11727336
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a result for a task executed in a crowd-sourced environment is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, a plurality of results of the task having been submitted by a plurality of human assessors; receiving a quality score for each human assessor of the plurality of human assessors; generating a plurality of vector representations comprising a vector representation for each of the results; mapping, the plurality of vector representations into a vector space; clustering the plurality of vector representations into at least a first cluster and a second cluster; executing a machine learning algorithm configured to generate a first confidence parameter and a second confidence parameter; in response to a given one of the first confidence parameter and the second confidence parameter meeting a predetermined condition, generating, an aggregated vector representation; and selecting the aggregated vector representation as the result of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: YANDEX EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Valentina Pavlovna Fedorova, Gleb Gennadievich Gusev, Alexey Valerievich Drutsa
  • Patent number: 11722581
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to automate managing of service layer operations comprised of multiple elementary operations and offloading the burden of performing such multi-step operations from a requesting entity to the service layer. A Request Abstraction Service (RAS) is described herein for the autonomous execution of such multi-step operations. Methods and apparatuses are also described herein for a service layer framework for integrating generic and functional user interfaces as services managed by the SL on behalf of requesting entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, William Robert Flynn, IV, Zhuo Chen, Hongkun Li, Lu Liu, Chonggang Wang, Jiwan L. Ninglekhu
  • Patent number: 11704514
    Abstract: A system controlled responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records is operative to cause vehicle parts usable to repair or upgrade vehicles to be determined and furnished. Data from the vehicle such as data read by a reader from a tag associated with a vehicle is used to determine vehicle identifying data. A repair estimate calculation circuit (RECC) operates responsive to the read data to produce a needed parts record (NPR). The records produced by the RECC are operative to cause a vehicle repair entity (VRE) to be furnished the vehicle repair or upgrade parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: OECONNECTION LLC
    Inventors: Igor Bondarenko, Scott Morman, Mike Folk, Guillermo Lopez, Sarah Truman, Katherine Golden
  • Patent number: 11700288
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products for transferring a performance of a procedure found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: providing the steps of the procedure in an order in which the steps are to be carried out; and while a user is participating in the performance of the procedure: causing a particular step that is being carried out to be highlighted; receiving input of a selection of a transfer mechanism and in response: causing an indication to be displayed between the particular step and a next step to be carried out identifying where the performance has been suspended; providing a transfer window displaying transfer information; and recording the transfer information and an identifier for the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MBTE HOLDINGS SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Ran Meriaz, Yoram Meriaz, Alexander Tkachman
  • Patent number: 11660913
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first input that indicates an aspect of a tire and capturing a first image of the tire. The method also includes communicating, to a remotely located server, the first image of the tire and receiving, from the server, at least one of a brand of the tire, a model of the tire, and a size of the tire. The method also includes capturing a baseline measurement of a tread depth of the tire and calculating an actual tread depth of the tire. The method also includes calculating, using information stored in a database and based on the actual tread depth of the tire and the at least one of the brand of the tire, the model of the tire, and the size of the tire, a value of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Centred Technology LLC
    Inventor: Eric MacPherson
  • Patent number: 11656826
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform control for displaying a first screen for receiving a change of setting of processing and an execution instruction of the processing, cause the screen to transition while maintaining first setting that is setting changed on the first screen, and perform notification that the first setting is changed upon receiving the execution instruction of the processing is received on the first screen in a case where a transition from the first screen to a second screen for receiving a change of second setting related to the processing or from the first screen to the second screen for receiving processing different from the processing received on the first screen is made during a period from the change of the first setting to reception of the execution instruction of the processing received on the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11640587
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining repair estimate data that describes a repair estimate for a damaged vehicle; extracting, from an OEM repair procedure database according to the received repair estimate data, repair procedure data that describes repair procedures for the damaged vehicle; transmitting the extracted repair procedure data to at least one technician computing device; obtaining repair log data generated by the at least one technician computing device, wherein the repair log data describes one or more repairs performed upon the damaged vehicle; determining whether the repair procedures for the damaged vehicle have been satisfactorily performed based on the received repair log data and the extracted repair procedure data; sending an electronic approval message responsive to determining the repair procedures for the damaged vehicle have been satisfactorily performed; and sending an electronic disapproval message responsive to determining the repair procedures for the damaged vehicle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Mitchell International, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Rozint, Kien Nguyen, Thomas Butch
  • Patent number: 11636446
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed for automatically changing a maintenance strategy for an asset. In one embodiment, status data from an asset record of an asset to be maintained is read. The status data indicates a current status of the asset. A maintenance schedule record is selected from multiple maintenance schedule records based on the status data. The multiple maintenance schedule records are associated with a maintenance specification record of the asset. The selected maintenance schedule record is assigned to the asset record of the asset. The maintenance schedule record includes at least one trigger record including trigger data indicating when preventive maintenance is to be performed on the asset. A preventive maintenance work order record is transmitted, in accordance with a trigger record, to direct preventive maintenance to be performed on the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Kimberley M. Scott, Barry J. DeMartini, Charles E. Ruppert
  • Patent number: 11627044
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing service diagnostics and provisioning via a service action guidance engine (“SAGE”). In various embodiments, SAGE may autonomously analyze data to identify any issues with provisioning one or more first services, among a plurality of services, to a first customer of a service provider. SAGE may autonomously identify one or more first automation actions from a plurality of automation actions to address at least one first issue identified based on the analysis, and may autonomously send one or more first instructions to one or more first automation bots, among a plurality of automation bots, to perform the identified one or more first automation actions. SAGE may also generate and present one or more guidance messages to call center users to guide interaction between customers and the call center users, based on analysis data associated with provisioning of services to the customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Jaime D. Lemley
  • Patent number: 11618378
    Abstract: A method of guiding an operator of a vehicle includes determining, in response to a vehicle-sharing request, whether a vehicle operation condition is satisfied based on state information of the vehicle. The method includes, in response to the vehicle operation condition being satisfied, identifying a set of vehicle operation instructions from a plurality of vehicle instructions corresponding to the vehicle, where the set of vehicle operation instructions correspond to the vehicle operation condition. The method includes, in response to the vehicle operation condition being satisfied, identifying a notification system from among a plurality of notification systems based on the vehicle operation condition, and providing, using the notification system, the set of vehicle operation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christian Munte, Martin Nespolo, Nandhinee Kandasamy
  • Patent number: 11615426
    Abstract: An electronic ledger stores vehicle data including a distance travelled by a vehicle wheel assembly during operation and a number of instances of repair of the vehicle wheel assembly. A health status of the vehicle wheel assembly can be determined based on the vehicle data. Transfer of custody of the vehicle wheel assembly from a first entity to a second entity is based on the health status of the vehicle wheel assembly. Data indicating the custody transfer can be stored to the electronic ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Pramita Mitra, Brian Bennie
  • Patent number: 11599105
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle inspection management system that can improve convenience for a person engaged in periodic vehicle inspection by reflecting, in an inspection management table, failure prediction results of vehicle components. This vehicle inspection management system is provided with: a management table output unit that outputs an inspection management table on which the expiry of periodic vehicle inspection is recorded for each vehicle so as to be displayed on a display unit in response to an input instruction; a prediction unit that acquires vehicle control information and predicts failure or degradation of vehicle components; and an additional recording unit that, when the failure or the degradation of the vehicle components is predicted by the prediction unit, additionally records a special inspection recommendation item to a field where the periodic inspection expiry has been recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Akira Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11586978
    Abstract: A device, system and method for providing provider objects from a cache is provided. Provider objects are received representing items provided by provider systems. The provider objects are categorized by reusability and/or context characteristics and stored as categorized. A request is received for one or more items provided by the one or more provider systems. A stored and categorized provider object is determined to meet criteria associated with the request, including one or more of a respective reusability and respective context characteristics of the provider object. In response to determining that the provider object, that meets the criteria, is estimated to be currently valid, a response corresponding to the provider object is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AMADEUS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Olivier Amadieu, Yara Kazma, Philippe Beaudequin, Edward Oubrayrie, Jean-Marie Cazorla, Ludovic Sailley, Jean-Sebastien Thireau
  • Patent number: 11580587
    Abstract: A cloud-based system for use by retail store employees or customers at any location to facilitate the sale of automotive tires to consumers is provided. The system accesses multiple independent tire inventory systems from different distributors/manufacturers and provides a personalized set of recommendation tire options and accompanying TPMS service packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Nuta, David M. Nelms, Suchitra Vakkalagadda, Chandan Sharma, John Evankovich, Kent Hobson, Michael Clayton Patrick, Ayan Akbar, Rohini Panjrath, Sreenivasa R. Kota
  • Patent number: 11551344
    Abstract: A smart, human-centered technique that uses artificial intelligence and mixed reality to accelerate essential tasks of the inspectors such as defect measurement, condition assessment and data processing. For example, a bridge inspector can analyze some remote cracks located on a concrete pier, estimate their dimensional properties and perform condition assessment in real-time. The inspector can intervene in any step of the analysis/assessment and correct the operations of the artificial intelligence. Thereby, the inspector and the artificial intelligence will collaborate/communicate for improved visual inspection. This collective intelligence framework can be integrated in a mixed reality supported see-through headset or a hand-held device with the availability of sufficient hardware and sensors. Consequently, the methods reduce the inspection time and associated labor costs while ensuring reliable and objective infrastructure evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Enes Karaaslan, Fikret Necati Catbas, Ulas Bagci
  • Patent number: 11549711
    Abstract: The system for aggregation and prioritization of diagnostic data for the purpose of mechanical system tuning allows the user, or technician, to quickly tune a complex mechanical system, such as a HVAC system. Tuning is assisted by rendering alert, system performance, and subsystem performance using a consistent visual tuner as a replacement for traditional mechanical gauges. Diagnostic data is collected by one or more data trackers and sensors installed on mechanical components within the HVAC unit. Data collected includes temperatures, flow, amperage consumption, refrigerant pressure, and related metrics. When the user opens the interface for the mechanical system tuner, the user is first prompted to select a location and a time period. The system then reviews its previously collected data, sorting and processing for the location and time period selected. The user is then presented with multiple performance measurements rendered in a consistent graphical, color-coded format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Alexander Tomas
  • Patent number: 11535117
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for estimating the utility of replacement of a battery pack for an electric vehicle, and a charging management method and system based on the method and device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring state data associated with a first battery pack and a second battery pack, the state data comprising usage history of the first battery pack and performance parameters of the first battery pack and the second battery pack; and determining a utility value according to the state data, wherein the utility value is used to characterize a degree of impact of an operation of replacing the first battery pack with the second battery pack on the service efficiency and service life of a battery pack set to which the first battery pack and the second battery pack belong. The method facilitates improving the service efficiency of a managed battery in a battery swap mode and extending the overall service life thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIO (ANHUI) HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Li, Lihong Qin, Chendong Huang, Fei Shen, Xiaojia Deng
  • Patent number: 11521182
    Abstract: A processor may determine that a particular computer-readable vehicle repair order (RO) (e.g., including first and second RO portions) corresponds to an existing cluster of ROs due to the particular RO including RO data that refers to a particular vehicle symptom. The processor may determine that the first RO portion includes first data representative of a non-specific vehicle component and may then responsively also determine that the second RO portion includes second data that the at least one processor can use to determine a specific vehicle component associated with the particular RO. Responsively, the processor may determine the specific vehicle component based on the first and second data and may then add the particular RO to a different cluster of ROs that is arranged to contain ROs that correspond to the particular vehicle symptom and to the specific vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick S. Merg, Jacob G. Foreman, Bradley R. Lewis, Brett A. Kelley
  • Patent number: 11507715
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product of detecting vehicle defects includes creating a first design graph, receiving information related to a defective design of a vehicle associated with the first design graph, tagging a defective part in the first design graph with defect information, comparing the first design graph with other design graphs using a graph-matching technique, determining that a second design graph matches the first design graph, the second design graph representing a potentially anomalous design, identifying a plurality of candidate vehicles that incorporate the potentially anomalous design, and recommending the candidate vehicles as service candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Ananthapur Bache, Padmanabha Venkatagiri Seshadri, Vijay Ekambaram, Saravanan Sadacharam
  • Patent number: 11491892
    Abstract: A selection apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire information of a usage state of at least one reuse component before being reused and a purpose of use of the at least one reused component; and a selector configured to select a reused component suitable for the purpose of use based on the usage state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11488255
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating a base-line probable roof loss confidence score. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating a base-line probable roof loss confidence score based on hail data. The apparatuses, systems and methods may generate a probable roof loss confidence score. The apparatuses, systems and methods may generate verified probable roof loss confidence score data. The apparatuses, systems and methods may generate property insurance underwriting data based on probable roof loss confidence score data. The apparatuses, systems and methods may generate property insurance claims data based on probable roof loss confidence score data. The apparatuses, systems and methods may generate property insurance loss mitigation data based on probable roof loss confidence score data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua M. Mast, Douglas L. Dewey, Todd Binion, Jeffrey Feid