Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of May 23, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

152 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 9
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 16
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 1
D: TEXTILES; PAPER 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 7
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 49
H: ELECTRICITY 56

DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 17
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 7
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 5
7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving) 4
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio) 4
Att Intellectual Property I, L.p. (Atlanta, GA) 3
Att Mobility Ii Llc (Atlanta, GA) 3

UNASSIGNED 9

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina) 4
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 3
Nolan Serrao (Plano) 3
Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving) 3
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) 2
Sarath Vakacharla (Irving) 2
Trong Nghia Nguyen (Dallas) 2
Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu (Irving) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Methods and systems of spring modules for an adjustable sleeping system
Patent No. 11653769

Inventor(s): Matthew Hayward (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright, PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16714153 on 12/13/2019 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: Spring modules for an adjustable sleeping system. At least some of the example embodiments are spring modules comprising: a spring rail, and a plurality of adjustable spring assemblies spaced along the length of the spring rail. Each adjustable spring assembly may comprise: a motor with a stator coupled to the spring rail, a lead screw coupled to the rotor of the motor, and the lead screw extending above an upper surface of the spring rail, a spring plate coupled to the lead screw, and a main spring coupled to the spring plate. Thus, the weight or force carried by each adjustable spring assembly along the spring rail is separately adjustable by a bed controller.

[A47C] CHAIRS (seats specially adapted for vehicles B60N 2/00); SOFAS; BEDS (upholstery in general B68G)

Vase with retainer mounted on securing ring
Patent No. 11653776

Inventor(s): Elise Woods (McKinney, TX), James Clayton Weems (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Woods IP Holdings LLC (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: Bycer Marion, PLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17195526 on 03/08/2021 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A display vase adapted to hold a variety of longitudinal stems or sticks, the vase including a retainer mountable within the transparent vase that can hold a multitude of display items. The retainer may sit on a shelf or retaining ring inside the vase. The retainer may include an array of hexagonally shaped cells that may interlock with a lower level of interlocking cells. Also included is a method of arranging and displaying stemmed items in a vase. A retainer is set in a vase and stems are secured therethrough, preferably into a frog apparatus at bottom of vase.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Anteroposterior correction devices
Patent No. 11654000

Inventor(s): Jason B. Cope (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Under Dog Media, L.P. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16678145 on 11/08/2019 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a segmental distalization device that includes an elongate bar having a distal end and a mesial end, a distal base on the distal end of the elongate bar, a mesial base on the mesial end of the elongate bar, and an attachment member attached to at least one of the elongate bar, the distal base, and the mesial base. In some embodiments, the attachment member is operable to connect the segmental distalization device to an anchor via an elastic connector.

[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)

Standalone anterior lumber interbody spacer
Patent No. 11654030

Inventor(s): Anthony Valkoun (Carlsbad, CA), Thomas Purcell (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee(s): Astura Medical Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031885 on 09/24/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a standalone anterior lumbar interbody spacer that includes a lumbar spacer body and lumbar plate with a unique locking system to rigidly couple the spacer body and plate via a spring loaded lock tab.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Systems and methods for treating eye diseases
Patent No. 11654047

Inventor(s): Jeff Franco (Plano, TX), Michael Calhoun (Lighthouse Point, FL), Robert M. Vidlund (Forest Lake, MN)
Assignee(s): J.D. FRANCO CO., LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16932401 on 07/17/2020 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.

Topical compositions and methods
Patent No. 11654100

Inventor(s): Barbara Durkee (Addison, TX), David Gan (Southlake, TX), Greg Norman (Addison, TX), Lee Vickers (Addison, TX), Lisha Vanpelt (Addison, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Patricia Jacoby (Addison, TX), Wanli Zhao
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16362114 on 03/22/2019 (1523 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of use and compositions useful for moisturizing skin and/or lightening or whitening skin. The composition includes a combination of [i]Angelica acutiloba [/i]root extract and a [i]Salicornia herbacea [/i]extract.

[A61Q] SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILET PREPARATIONS [2006.01]

System, process and apparatus to determine LINAC Isocenter
Patent No. 11654301

Inventor(s): David Fenyes (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Aktina Corp. (Congers, NY)
Law Firm: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst Manbeck, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16999693 on 08/21/2020 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system to determine the isocenter of a LINAC includes apparatus and processes. One embodiment does this by determining the axis of rotation for the collimator, the gantry, and may include the couch. In another embodiment only determining the axis of the rotation of the collimator is required. The system and apparatus enable the tracking of the translation-rotation of mechanical components attached to the LINAC to compute the axis of rotation of gantry, collimator and couch. Based on the data collected related to these axes the LINAC isocenter is determined. The primary apparatus utilized in the system includes a single emitter module, a signal receiver module, and a positioning module. The system also includes an isocenter target module and a gravity module to determine a gravity vector relative to the signal receiver.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Social network data analysis to generate incentives for online gaming
Patent No. 11654370

Inventor(s): David Bettner (McKinney, TX), Paul David Bettner (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Zynga Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Penilla IP, APC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17166979 on 02/03/2021 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing recommendations of online games to friends of social network are described. A method for processing recommendations includes identifying a gaming session of a user on an online game provider network, accessing a use profile of the user for the online games of the online game provider network, and accessing a social graph of the user to identify friends of the user and respective friend profiles from the social network. The method further includes producing a recommendation of an online game. The recommendation includes an identification of a target friend of the user and is being provided by examination of the use profile of the user and friend profiles in the social graph. The method includes providing the recommendation to the user. The recommendation also includes an offer incentive to the user to share the recommendation with the target friend.

[A63F] CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [5]

Technique for controlling virtual image generation system using emotional states of user
Patent No. 11656680

Inventor(s): Graeme John Devine (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Magic Leap, Inc. (Plantation, FL)
Law Firm: Vista IP Law Group, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17012309 on 09/04/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a virtual image generation system comprises allowing an end user to interact with a three-dimensional environment comprising at least one virtual object, presenting a stimulus to the end user in the context of the three-dimensional environment, sensing at least one biometric parameter of the end user in response to the presentation of the stimulus to the end user, generating biometric data for each of the sensed biometric parameter(s), determining if the end user is in at least one specific emotional state based on the biometric data for the each of the sensed biometric parameter(s), and performing an action discernible to the end user to facilitate a current objective at least partially based on if it is determined that the end user is in the specific emotional state(s).

[A63F] CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [5]

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

System and method for enhancing effectiveness of products generated from ionization, oxidation, photooxidation, photocatalytic, and photochemical reactions
Patent No. 11654413

Inventor(s): Marc W. Gunderson (Fort Worth, TX), Paul Dabney (Georgetown, TX)
Assignee(s): BIS SCIENCE LLC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Maier Maier, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829742 on 06/01/2022 (356 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for producing one or more of trioxygen, hydrogen and its ions, oxygen and its ions, hydrons, hydroperoxyls, and electronically modified oxygen derivatives from oxidizing agents that are exposed to photon emissions at a wavelength in a range of 0.01 nm to 845 nm, wherein wavelengths that photo-dissociate trioxygen may be excluded. The methods, systems and apparatuses enhance the effectiveness of photo-oxidation, photocatalytic, and/or photochemical combined with photocatalytic reactions.

[B01J] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS, COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (processes or apparatus for specific applications, see the relevant places for these processes or apparatus, e.g. F26B 3/08) [2]

Apparatus and method for 3D laser printing by fusing metal wire material
Patent No. 11654512

Inventor(s): John Mehmet Ulgar Dogru (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16739874 on 01/10/2020 (1229 days app to issue)

Abstract: The apparatus for 3D laser printing by fusing a metal wire material is provided. The zone of fusion is heated and fused by a plurality of laser beams which uniformly converge into the focal area around the tip of the metal wire material by a focusing lens into a focal point on an object-formation table. The optical and wire feeding units are stationary, while the object-formation table is moveable under command of a computer along a pre-programmed spatial trajectory.

[B23K] SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal B21C 23/22; building up linings or coverings by casting B22D 19/08; casting by dipping B22D 23/04; manufacture of composite layers by sintering metal powder B22F 7/00; arrangements on machine tools for copying or controlling B23Q; covering metals or covering materials with metals, not otherwise provided for C23C; burners F23D)

Locking mechanism and clocking cylinder
Patent No. 11654534

Inventor(s): Jonathan D. Snook (Southlake, TX), Thomas G. Fulbright (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Wheelfloat, Inc. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, L.L.P. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17114163 on 12/07/2020 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a multi-bit screwdriver, a locking mechanism is formed from a tubular shaft having a passageway for facilitating travel of a selected bit through the passageway. A locking finger is formed longitudinally in the shaft and cantilevered from the shaft at a rearward end of the locking finger for facilitating radial spring action at a forward end of the locking finger. A locked detent and an unlocked detent are formed in the locking finger and are longitudinally spaced from each other, the locked detent being rearward of the unlocked detent. A track extends from the locked detent to the unlocked detent. A locking sleeve is slidably positioned on the shaft proximate the locking finger. A roller ball is mounted in the locking sleeve portion for engaging the locked detent or the unlocked detent, the roller ball being rollable along the track between the locked detent and the unlocked detent.

[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Method for injection molding plus power lens elements
Patent No. 11654644

Inventor(s): David Bracero (Dallas, TX), Hao-Wen Chiu (Dallas, TX), Shawn McDermott (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16480551 on 01/26/2018 (1943 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for injection molding of a plus power lens element comprises injecting a melt of thermoplastic material comprising at least one UV absorber at a temperature higher than a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the thermoplastic material in an initial molding cavity delimited by two facing mold inserts. During the injecting, the two facing mold inserts are moved toward one another to define a final molding cavity whose volume is less than that of the initial molding cavity. After cooling and opening of the mold cavity, the plus power lens element is recovered. One of the two facing mold inserts comprises a flat surface facing the initial molding cavity, thereby to form a flat surface on one side of the plus power lens element, and the other of the two facing mold inserts comprises a concave surface facing the initial molding cavity, thereby to form a convex surface on an opposite side of the plus power lens element.

[B29D] PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B 9/00; making preforms B29B 11/00) [4]

Composite cooling film comprising a reflective nonporous organic polymeric layer and a UV-protective layer
Patent No. 11654664

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17787188 on 01/13/2021 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A composite cooling film including a reflective nonporous inorganic-particle-filled organic polymeric layer, an ultra-violet-protective layer or layers, and an antisoiling layer.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

Monocoque and semi-monocoque passenger seats with ergonomic design
Patent No. 11654807

Inventor(s): Jeffrey L. Sikorski (Anna, TX), Nguyen Tien Phuc Le (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16560477 on 09/04/2019 (1357 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are ergonomic passenger seats that may include monocoque or semi-monocoque seat backs, cellular suspension cushions, and tray tables with support arms that may be located within the interior volume of the monocoque or semi-monocoque seat backs when in their stowed positions. The passenger seats offer enhanced passenger comfort and space while providing a lightweight, simple to manufacture design. Monocoque and semi-monocoque seat backs may form integral parts of passenger seats to support additional loads without need for heavy, complex structures. The space within the monocoque or semi-monocoque seat back may then be used for storage or suspension cushions that offer improved comfort with a lighter seat frame. Monocoque and semi-monocoque seat backs may also facilitate the adoption of several other seating mechanisms, such as new seat mounts that allow for improved seat motion that allows for passenger recline with reduced impingement on other passengers” space.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Color changing vehicle to improve visibility
Patent No. 11654821

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16710078 on 12/11/2019 (1259 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for changing the exterior color of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a vehicle with a color change system integrated into the vehicle body of the vehicle. The color change system can change the color of a portion of the vehicle body in response to commands from a color change module running on a computing system within the vehicle. The color change module can detect information about the vehicle”s environment to determine an appropriate target exterior vehicle color that contrasts substantially with the vehicle”s environment.

[B60Q] ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL [4]

Systems and methods for limiting driver distraction
Patent No. 11654921

Inventor(s): Joseph T. Conners (Royal Oak, MI), Ryan M. Wiesenberg (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094703 on 11/10/2020 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for limiting driver distraction, such as improving (e.g., maintaining) driver attention to driving when driving distractions are detected, are provided. A system may include at least one sensor for determining an attention of a driver on a travel path and an interface module configured to reengage attention of the driver on the travel path. An image capturing device may detect an environment surrounding the vehicle. A logic device may determine whether the environment surrounding the vehicle includes an external distraction or whether the driver is distracted by an internal distraction. The at least one sensor may monitor the driver for a distracted behavior. The driver may be required to take an action when a distraction is determined. For example, the driver may interact with a driver monitoring system to verify reengagement to driving (e.g., by identifying a second vehicle on the roadway).

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Autorack deck adjustments
Patent No. 11654942

Inventor(s): Christopher C. Harkey (Dallas, TX), Kenneth Huck (Fairview, TX), Kyle R. Coston (Forney, TX), Lee Reitz (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT CAR, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16854514 on 04/21/2020 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a latch and a travelling nut. The latch couples to a deck of an auto rack car. The latch includes a body coupled to a hinge such that the body may rotate about the hinge from a first position to a second position. The body includes a key. The travelling nut engages a ball screw. The travelling nut includes a slot. The travelling nut rotates with the ball screw when the body is in the first position. The key engages the slot when the body is in the second position. The travelling nut and the latch adjust a height of the deck in the auto rack car when the body is in the second position and when the ball screw is turned.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

System and method of railroad track data aggregation and analysis for determining inspection frequency
Patent No. 11654946

Inventor(s): Adam L. Miller (Broomfield, CO)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17721287 on 04/14/2022 (404 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for minimizing safety hazards along a railroad track by optimizing visual railroad inspection frequency based on acquired data relating to railroad safety maintenance. The system and method can provide various rating systems for the railroad assets to optimize railroad inspections by focusing the inspections to railroad assets experiencing suboptimal conditions. The ratings of the railroad assets are based on various data collected from physical factors impacting the life of the railroad assets, such as an amount of rainfall, locomotive weight and frequency of passing, and manually detected defects. The system and method can focus the railroad inspection efforts to the railroad assets requiring increased attention in response to the suboptimal conditions. The focused inspections can result in longer lifespan of the railroad assets, efficient inspections, and safer railroads.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Convertible motorized running cycle
Patent No. 11654994

Inventor(s): Eric Johnson (Temecula, CA), Phillip Charles Burke (Pala, CA), Robert Ryan Ragland (Temecula, CA)
Assignee(s): StaCyc, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16943401 on 07/30/2020 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: A running bike that can be operated selectively with and without power. The running bike includes a front fork rotatably engaged with a front wheel, a rear fork rotatably engaged with a rear wheel, the rear fork having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a handlebar rotatably engaged with the front fork for steering the running bike. A frame extends between and connects the front fork and the rear fork. The frame includes a down tube having a first end connected to the front fork and a second end opposite the first end and positioned adjacent the rear fork, a top tube connected to and extending between the down tube and the upper portion of the rear fork, and a drivetrain receiving region defined as an area rearward of the down tube, forward of the rear wheel, and below the top tube.

[B62J] CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS (registration plates B60R 13/10; cyclometers, i.e. wheel-revolution counters, G01C 22/00)

Non rotationally constrained friction damper for drive shaft
Patent No. 11655020

Inventor(s): Emmett Emile Menair (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16271298 on 02/08/2019 (1565 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft, damper assembly for an aircraft and method for reducing a vibration in a rotating shaft. The damper assembly includes a damper element, a first plate and a second plate. The damper element has a damper opening shaped to surround the shaft. The first plate has a first opening shaped to surround the shaft and a recess receptive to the damper element, the damper element being rotatable within the recess. The second plate has a second opening shaped to surround the shaft and secured to the first plate to close the recess and secure the damper element between the first plate and second plate. The damper element rotates within the closed recess.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Anti-torque control using fixed blade pitch motors
Patent No. 11655022

Inventor(s): Carlos Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Erik John Oltheten (Fort Worth, TX), Thomas Dewey Parsons (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17511724 on 10/27/2021 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes an a plurality of first variable speed motors mounted on a tail boom of the helicopter; one or more fixed pitch blades attached to each of the plurality of first variable speed motors; and wherein a speed of one or more of the plurality of first variable speed motors is varied to provide an anti-torque thrust.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Method and apparatus for locating and forming fastener holes in a replacement tip section of a rotor blade
Patent No. 11655052

Inventor(s): Eric Charles Boyle (Haslet, TX), Robert D. Higbie (Haslet, TX), Ryan Lehto (Crowley, TX), Sven R. Lofstrom (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, CT)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17354684 on 06/22/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for regenerating fastener holes in a replacement tip section of a rotor blade includes a first fixture, a second fixture, and a third fixture positionable adjacent a tip section of the rotor blade. The first fixture is used to verify a position of an opening formed in the spar. The second fixture includes a removable bushing having a drillable opening. The drillable opening is aligned with the at least one opening formed in the spar and defines at least one hole to be formed in the replacement tip section. The third fixture includes a countersink opening. The countersink opening is aligned with the at least one hole to be formed in the replacement tip section and the at least one opening formed in the spar to define a countersink feature to be formed in the at least one hole.

[B64F] GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Mounts for unmanned aerial vehicles
Patent No. 11655057

Inventor(s): Isaac C. Dearmond (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): The ADT Security Corporation (Boca Raton, FL)
Law Firm: Christopher Weisberg, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18087784 on 12/22/2022 (152 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a ceiling mounted unmanned aerial vehicle docking station in a premises security system is provided for a premises including a ceiling grid and a support structure disposed above the ceiling grid. The apparatus includes an unmanned aerial vehicle docking station mounting bracket including a top surface and a bottom surface which is affixable to an exposed surface of a ceiling element in the ceiling grid by a first plurality of fastening elements. The bottom surface of the bracket is affixable to the ceiling mounted unmanned aerial vehicle docking station. The apparatus further includes a panel including a top surface and a bottom surface which is affixable to a concealed surface of the ceiling element by the first plurality of fastening elements. The top surface of the panel includes at least one anchoring element for physically coupling the panel to the support structure. NULL

Additive applicator system and method of use
Patent No. 11655095

Inventor(s): Paul Lettieri (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17318756 on 05/12/2021 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: An additive applicator system allows for a substance such as salt, flavor enhancement or similar things. The additive is placed in a carrier that is shaped to sit in the top ring of a common aluminum can. The carrier has an opening or spout that allows for the additive to be transferred to the interior of the can.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Sealed isocyanates
Patent No. 11655332

Inventor(s): Benjamin R. Lund (Plano, TX), Walter Voit (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Adaptive 3D Technologies (Plano, TX), Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17104034 on 11/25/2020 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sealed isocyanate resin compositions. The resin compositions may be used for additive manufacturing. One embodiment of the invention includes a photopolymerizable resin for additive manufacturing, the resin comprising: a blocked isocyanate; at least one monomer or oligomer; and a multifunctional nucleophile.

[C08G] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P) [2] HEADER D PAPER

LiDAR reflective fabric
Patent No. 11656388

Inventor(s): Charles R. Rutledge (Tipton, MI), Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael Jones (Orchard Lake, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Songtao Wu (Ann Arbor, MI), Torin C. Peck (Owosso, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17835358 on 06/08/2022 (349 days app to issue)

Abstract: A composite material including a black pigment and a textile material. The composite material has a reflectivity toward near infrared electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm of greater than or equal to 12%, and has a reflectivity toward visible light having a wavelength from 350 nm to 750 nm of less than or equal to 10%. The composite material also has a blackness (M[subscript]y[/subscript]) from 125 to 165.

[D06M] TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS (treatment of textiles by mechanical means D06B-D06J)

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Spill containment system
Patent No. 11655596

Inventor(s): Roger Kieschnick, Sr. (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ARMOR PONDS, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17014855 on 09/08/2020 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure presents a deployable spill containment system and method. In one embodiment, the spill containment device forms a shallow container covering a large area. The coverage area and depth may vary. The spill containment device may have deformable walls that allow vehicles to drive over and into the protection area during deployment. Furthermore, the spill containment device may be rolled, folded, or both, for storage and transportation, such as fitting in a bed of a pickup truck. The spill containment system includes replaceable components for easy repair, exchange, and modification when needed.

[E01B] PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K; removal of foreign matter from the permanent way, vegetation control, applying liquids E01H)

Seamless multi-panel door
Patent No. 11655668

Inventor(s): Charles A. Haba (Massillon, OH), Dwayne J. Kornish (Navarre, OH)
Assignee(s): OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15721153 on 09/29/2017 (2062 days app to issue)

Abstract: A panel of a sectional door includes a panel frame and a sheet of material that is coupled to the panel frame. The panel frame includes a top frame member, a bottom frame member, a first side frame member and a second side frame member. The frame members include a rear surface and a front surface, and the front surface includes a ledge. The sheet of material is coupled to the front surface such that a bottom edge of the sheet rests on the ledge and a front surface of the sheet is unobstructed by the panel frame.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

Degradable plug device for a pipe
Patent No. 11655686

Inventor(s): Antony F. Grattan (Arlington, TX), Douglas J. Streibich (Arlington, TX), George Bruce Martin (Newmachar, , GB), Michael C. Robertson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: McCutcheon Joseph, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17384386 on 07/23/2021 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: A degradable plug device for a pipe has an outer plug body and an inner plug for preventing fluid flow through the pipe until the inner plug has been removed from the outer plug body. The outer plug body and the inner plug are of a degradable material. The inner plug has a chamber with at least one port to the exterior of the inner plug. The exposed surfaces of the degradable plug have a protective layer thereon. The inner plug is disposable in at least a first position, in which the inner plug prevents the fluid flow through the pipe. The inner plug is adapted to undergo, in use, a degradation initiation operation such that fluid is able to enter the chamber via the at least one port to initiate corrosion or dissolution of the inner plug from inside the chamber.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Wireless activation of wellbore completion assemblies
Patent No. 11655689

Inventor(s): Matthew James Merron (Dallas, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Zachary William Walton (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17307966 on 05/04/2021 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: A completion section includes a base pipe defining a central flow passage, an injection port, and a production port. A fracturing assembly includes a frac sleeve positioned within the central flow passage adjacent the injection port, a sensor that detects a wireless signal, a first frac actuator actuatable in response to the wireless signal to move the frac sleeve and expose the injection port, and a second frac actuator actuatable based on the wireless signal to move the frac sleeve to occlude the injection port. A production assembly is axially offset from the fracturing assembly and includes a production sleeve positioned within the central flow passage adjacent the production port, a filtration device arranged about the base pipe, and a production actuator actuatable based on the wireless signal or an additional wireless signal to move the production sleeve to an open position where the production ports are exposed.

Shaped charge orientation
Patent No. 11655692

Inventor(s): Darren Philip Walters (Burleson, TX), Matthew Kinter (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17550816 on 12/14/2021 (525 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure generally relate to orienting perforation systems for subterranean operations. An alignment system comprises a first component coupled to a charge tube, the first component operable to rotate in concert with the charge tube, wherein an axis of rotation of the first component extends in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the first component; a second component nested within the first component or disposed within a gun body, wherein the charge tube is movably disposed within the gun body; and an electrical contact extending through the first and second components, wherein the first component is further operable to move in axial directions within the gun body and along the electrical contact to interlock with the second component or separate from the second component.

Tubing and annular gas lift
Patent No. 11655694

Inventor(s): William Garrett Archa (Decatur, TX)
Assignee(s): LIBERTY LIFT SOLUTIONS, LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Ramey LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936711 on 09/29/2022 (236 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gas lift system may be installed within a well to allow gas lift operations where gas may be injected into the annular area of the well while producing fluids through the interior of the production tubular or upon demand may be reversed so that gas may be injected into the interior of the production tubular while producing fluids to the annular region of the well. In order to allow bidirectional production on demand two types of gas lift mandrels are installed as part of the production tubular. Both types of gas lift mandrels are configured such that gas lift valves are mounted to the exterior of the mandrels. In order to facilitate the desired direction of gas flow through the two types of gas lift mandrels a plug and packer system with or with out one way valves may be utilized to direct and contain the pressurized gas flow within the well.

Boosterless ballistic transfer
Patent No. 11656066

Inventor(s): Carter James Buono (Arlington, TX), Jason P. Metzger (Joshua, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242437 on 04/28/2021 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ballistic transfer system, comprising: a housing, wherein the housing is cylindrical, wherein the housing comprises: a central bore that traverses a length of the housing; a first end; wherein the first end is disposed about a first ballistic apparatus; and a second end, wherein the second end is opposite to the first end, wherein the second end is disposed about a second ballistic apparatus; an alignment insert, wherein the alignment insert is secured into the housing; a first detonation transfer line, wherein a portion of the first detonation transfer line is disposed within the alignment insert; and a second detonation transfer line, wherein a portion of the second detonation transfer line is disposed within the alignment insert.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Takeoff power boost
Patent No. 11655772

Inventor(s): Brett Partington (Fort Worth, TX), William Gons (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17647301 on 01/06/2022 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to boosting aircraft engine performance for takeoff and critical mission segments by reducing airflow used for cooling exhaust gases. The airflow is reduced by stopping an accessory blower or by closing an external air vent Eliminating the cooling airflow to the exhaust has the effect of lowering the backpressure on the engine, which thereby increases maximum engine power.

[F02D] CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K 31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W; cyclically operating valves for combustion engines F01L; controlling combustion engine lubrication F01M; cooling internal-combustion engines F01P; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents thereof, e.g. carburettors, injection pumps, F02M; starting of combustion engines F02N; controlling of ignition F02P; controlling gas-turbine plants, jet-propulsion plants, or combustion-product engine plants, see the relevant subclasses for these plants) [2006.01]

Carbon negative clean fuel production system
Patent No. 11655803

Inventor(s): Scott D. Lowry (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): LOWRY INHERITORS TRUST (Sanford, NC)
Law Firm: IDP Patent Services (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17308418 on 05/05/2021 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: A carbon negative clean fuel production system includes: a main platform; a heat collection device for capturing heat from a hydrothermal emissions from a hydrothermal vent on a floor of an ocean; a heat-driven electric generator; a heat distribution system including a heat absorbing material and a heat transporting pipe; anchor platforms tethered to the main platform; a mineral separator; a seawater filtration unit; a water splitting device; a sand refinery machine; a carbon removal system; and a chemical production system for producing hydrides, halides and silane. Also disclosed is a method for carbon negative clean fuel production, including: capturing heat; producing electric energy; separating minerals; filtering seawater; splitting water; refining sand; removing carbon dioxide; and producing hydrides, halides, and silane.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

Auto-reversing driveshaft system and method
Patent No. 11655883

Inventor(s): Francis Wayne Priddy (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17167249 on 02/04/2021 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: An auto-reversing driveshaft system/method configured to traverse in alternating longitudinal directions along a common driveshaft axis is disclosed. The system utilizes right-hand-thread (RHT) and left-hand-thread (LHT) channels along a target driveshaft (TDS) to engage dual drive pins (DDP) that are mechanically linked to an axial engagement collar (AEC) mechanically coupled to a motion driver platform (MDP). The AEC may be configured as a two-piece symmetric collar (TSC) in which the DDP are individually retained. The RHT and LHT are configured to implement a selected forward traverse rate (FTR) and reverse traverse rate (RTR) respectively for the DDP and AEC along the longitudinal axis of the TDS. The FTR and RTR may vary along the longitudinal axis of the TDS. The system and method are particularly applicable to the implementation of level winders, pumps, and/or situations where variable longitudinal traversal rates along the TDS are desired.

[F16H] GEARING

Method for assembling a tube and a fitting body
Patent No. 11655922

Inventor(s): Brian Kim (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17187064 on 02/26/2021 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for connecting tubes includes fastening a position locator to an outer surface of a tube at a predetermined depth from a first end of a tube such that at least one ferrule abuts a flange of the position locator between the first end of the tube and the position locator. A tube connector assembly is formed by introducing a compression nut such that an inner wall of the compression nut surrounds the position locator and the at least one ferrule. A fitting body is introduced via the first end of the tube. The tube connector assembly is fastened to the fitting body using a first threading on the inner wall of the compression nut and a second threading on an outer wall of the fitting body such that the at least one ferrule is between the compression nut and the fitting body.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Quick disconnect coupling
Patent No. 11655924

Inventor(s): Nagarajan Ramaswamy (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Parker-Hannifin Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
Law Firm: Renner, Otto, Boisselle Sklar, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17263407 on 08/06/2019 (1386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coupling having a male nipple ([b]12[/b]) and a female coupler ([b]14[/b]), in which one or both of the coupling members provides a simplified construction with a reduced number of parts for minimizing assembly time and overall costs. The coupling member(s) may include unique interlocking elements ([b]38, 49[/b]), such as flexible finger elements, that slidably secure the valve sleeve(s) to the valve bodies. The female coupler ([b]14[/b]) may include a valve body ([b]23[/b]) with a unique interface, such as interlocking teeth, for rotatably coupling to a thread sleeve ([b]51[/b]). The thread sleeve ([b]51[/b]) may have a bendable web for facilitating assembly of a spring for an actuating sleeve. The actuating sleeve may be formed with a hollow annular internal chamber. The male nipple ([b]12[/b]) may include the actuating sleeve instead of the female coupler ([b]14[/b]). Other features also may be optimized, such as via additive manufacturing techniques, including coupling threads, fluid orifices, biasing members, and seal members.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Sound-based diagnostics for a combustion air inducer
Patent No. 11655993

Inventor(s): Glenn William Kowald (Carrollton, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333543 on 05/28/2021 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device is configured to operate a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The device is further configured to determine that the speed of a combustion air inducer exceeds a speed threshold value. The device is further configured to receive an audio signal from a microphone while operating the HVAC system and to determine an audio signature for the combustion air inducer is not present within the audio signal. The device is further configured to determine whether an audio signature for the integrated furnace controller is present within the audio signal. The device is further configured to determine a fault type based on the determination of whether the audio signature for the integrated furnace controller is present within the audio signal, to identify a component identifier for a component of the HVAC system that is associated with fault type, and to output a recommendation identifying the component identifier.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

P H Y S I C S

System and methods for estimation of blood flow characteristics using reduced order model and machine learning
Patent No. 11653833

Inventor(s): Travis Michael Sanders (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): HeartFlow, Inc. (Redwood City, CA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17169912 on 02/08/2021 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Methods to identify modulators of actin-binding proteins
Patent No. 11656221

Inventor(s): Michael E. Fealey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, MN)
Law Firm: Mueting Raasch Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897977 on 06/10/2020 (1077 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying compounds that cause structural changes in a protein bound to an actin filament. The methods include the use of cells that include two actin-binding proteins, each labeled with a chromophore, and exposing the cells to a test compound. The method further includes detecting a change in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the chromophores.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Micro-fabricated optical motion sensor
Patent No. 11656241

Inventor(s): Bruce Gnade (Lewisville, TX), Dominique Fourguette (Stevenson Ranch, CA), Volkan Otugen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, MI), Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174175 on 02/11/2021 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical motion sensor includes a substrate, a whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator disposed on the substrate, a mass-spring-damper system disposed on the substrate proximate to a first side of the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator, and a waveguide or optical fiber. The whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator has a substantially circular cross-section. A gap separates an end of the mass-spring-damper system from the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator. The waveguide or optical fiber abuts a second side of the whispering-gallery-mode-based optical resonator that is substantially opposite to the first side.

[G01P] MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MOVEMENT; INDICATING DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT (measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects G01C 19/00; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C 23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H 5/00; measuring velocity of light G01J 7/00; determining direction or velocity of solid objects by reflection or reradiation of radio or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time or direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T)

Power detector including squaring circuits
Patent No. 11656254

Inventor(s): Abdellatif Bellaouar (Richardson, TX), Arul Balasubramaniyan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Loza Loza (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16932589 on 07/17/2020 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects, a method is provided for measuring power using a resistive element coupled between a power amplifier and an antenna. The method includes squaring a voltage from a first terminal of the resistive element to obtain a first signal, squaring a voltage from a second terminal of the resistive element to obtain a second signal, and generating a measurement signal based on a difference between the first signal and the second signal. In some implementations, the resistive element is implemented with a power switch.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Apparatus for device access port selection
Patent No. 11656278

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823153 on 08/30/2022 (266 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatuses for allowing a controller to select and access different types of access ports in a device. The selecting and accessing of the access ports is achieved using only the dedicated TDI, TMS, TCK, and TDO signal terminals of the device. The selecting and accessing of device access ports can be achieved when a single device is connected to the controller, when multiple devices are placed in a daisy-chain arrangement and connected to the controller, or when multiple devices are placed in a addressable parallel arrangement and connected to the controller. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Photonic apparatus integrating optical sensing and optical processing components
Patent No. 11656337

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Jae Seung Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul Donald Schmalenberg (Ann Arbor, MI), Sean Phillip Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16508980 on 07/11/2019 (1412 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a photonic apparatus for processing optical signals within an integrated optical pathway. The photonic apparatus a light perception device that perceives light from a surrounding environment of the apparatus. The photonic apparatus also includes an optical neural network (ONN) connected with the light perception device via an optical relay. The optical neural network configured to perform optical processing on the light according to a deep learning algorithm and using optical components.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Steerable high-resolution display having a foveal display and a field display with intermediate optics
Patent No. 11656468

Inventor(s): D. Scott Dewald (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Avegant Corp. (San Mateo, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17449946 on 10/04/2021 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: A display system comprising a foveal display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree is positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the foveal display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the foveal display is positioned for the user”s fovea.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Audio request interaction system
Patent No. 11656841

Inventor(s): James Lee Fortuna (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NCR Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16385658 on 04/16/2019 (1498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A person can use a portable electronic device to electronically purchase or otherwise request a product, service or other deliverable related to audio programming to which the person is listening at the time they initiate the request. The request is fulfilled by a service that analyzes the audio content to identify the deliverable the person desires.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Safe, secure, virtualized, domain specific hardware accelerator
Patent No. 11656925

Inventor(s): Amritpal Singh Mundra (Allen, TX), Charles Lance Fuoco (Allen, TX), Gregory Raymond Shurtz (Houston, TX), Kedar Satish Chitnis (Bengaluru, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bengaluru, ,
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17138036 on 12/30/2020 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to various implementations an embedded computing system. The embedded computing system comprises a hardware accelerator (HWA) thread user and a second HWA thread user that creates and sends out message requests. The HWA thread user and the second HWA thread user is communication with a microcontroller (MCU) subsystem. The embedded computing system also comprises a first inter-processor communication (IPC) interface between the HWA thread user and the MCU subsystem and a second IPC interface between the second HWA thread user and the MCU subsystem, where the first IPC interface is isolated from the second IPC interface. The MCU subsystem is also in communication with a first domain specific HWA and a second domain specific HWA.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for automatically applying configuration changes to computing clusters
Patent No. 11656926

Inventor(s): Sarveshwar Kuncha (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17585028 on 01/26/2022 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to access one or more configuration logs generated by a computing cluster. The processor is further configured to determine, by analyzing the one or more configuration logs, a particular service running on the computing cluster that has generated a plurality of errors within the plurality of log messages. The processor is further configured to determine whether the particular error has previously occurred. The processor is further configured to, in response to determining that the particular error has previously occurred, generate and send one or more commands to the computing cluster. The one or more commands are operable to change a current configuration value for the particular service running on the computing cluster to a new configuration value. The new configuration value is based on a historical value stored in the database of historical configuration errors.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Processor with non-intrusive self-testing
Patent No. 11656964

Inventor(s): Karthikeyan Rajamanickam (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkatesh Natarajan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17028666 on 09/22/2020 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor includes a central processing unit (CPU) and diagnostic monitoring circuitry. The diagnostic monitoring circuitry is coupled to the CPU. The diagnostic monitoring circuitry includes a monitoring and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) computation unit. The monitoring and CRC computation unit is configured to detect execution of a diagnostic program by the CPU, and to compute a plurality of CRC values. Each of CRC values corresponds to processor values retrieved from a given register of the CPU or from a bus coupling the CPU to a memory and peripheral subsystem while the CPU executes the diagnostic program.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods and apparatus for a distributed database that enables deletion of events
Patent No. 11657036

Inventor(s): Leemon C. Baird, III (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Hedera Hashgraph, LLC (Las Vegas, NV)
Law Firm: Cooley LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17571707 on 01/10/2022 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory associated with an instance of a distributed database at a compute device configured to be included within a first group of compute devices. The apparatus is configured to determine an order for each event from the set of events based on different configurations of an event consensus protocol. The different configurations are logically related to different configurations of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus is configured to determine a current state of the instance of the distributed database based on the order determined for each event from the set of events and generate a signed state associated with the instance of the distributed database based on a hash value associated with the current state. The apparatus sends a signal to post into the instance of the distributed database an event that includes a transaction indicative of the signed state.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

General purpose blockchain
Patent No. 11657062

Inventor(s): David Bernard Thaw (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Idea Intellectual Limited (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17422753 on 01/14/2020 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: A general purpose blockchain (GPB) providing the capability of native arbitrary computation and storage of any type of digital object with distributed verification technology (DVT) implementation that not only allows scalable arbitrary computational verification of digital objects, but also is agnostic as to the types of object. The GPB platform comprises an interface for interacting with arbitrary objects (”GPB arbitrary objects”). The interface transforms unstructured data into structured, extensible data without loss of fidelity of the underlying data. This is accomplished through a transformation function, which takes as input any arbitrary form of data and provides as output a structured data object upon which cryptographic and other operations necessary to the functions of DVTs can be performed collectively by a plurality of GPB blockchains. One proposed method of creating this structured output uses open-standard, extensible markup language (XML) data.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Scalable ground truth disambiguation
Patent No. 11657104

Inventor(s): Raghuram Srinivas (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothernberg Farley Mesiti P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16659165 on 10/21/2019 (1310 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an utterance input from a user agent, and collecting context data of the utterance input. A context tag is generated based on the context data, and one or more ground truth having respective utterance semantically identical to the utterance input is selected. Semantical relationship between the context tag and an intent of the selected ground truth is examined and the selected ground truth is updated with the context tag.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Computer-based platforms or systems, computing devices or components and/or computing methods for technological applications involving provision of a portal for managing user accounts having a login portal configured to defend against credent
Patent No. 11657139

Inventor(s): Jit Sen (Frisco, TX), Riteshkumar Hadawani (McKinney, TX), Sreedhar Vedantam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17551076 on 12/14/2021 (525 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods associated with computer-implemented online portals having secure login processing features are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method may comprise receiving a login request including processing user credentials and capturing browser print information associated with the login request, validating the login request via analyzing current login attributes and/or an attributes checksum derived from the browser print information captured during the login request and assessing the browser print information for spoofed browser attributes, redirecting an access attempt that is flagged as the potential replay attack to an enhanced security process, and allowing or denying login to customer accounts or information associated with the user credentials based on the enhanced security process.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Computer implemented system and method of identification of useful untested states of an electronic design
Patent No. 11657201

Inventor(s): Felicia James (Carrollton, TX), Michael Krasnicki (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): ZIPALOG, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17316270 on 05/10/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer usable medium includes a sequence of instructions causing at least one processor to execute a method of identification of useful untested states of an electronic design. A computer receives a representation of said electronic design comprised at least in part of at least one analog portion, at least one specification of said electronic design, at least one manufacturing process variation of said at least one analog portion of said electronic design and at least one functional variation of said at least one analog portion of said electronic design. At least one set of valid states delimited by one of said at least one specification, said at least one manufacturing process variation and said at least one functional variation is then generated.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Aware variable fill pattern generator
Patent No. 11657202

Inventor(s): Padman Sooryamoorthy (Plano, TX), Shaibal Barua (Allen, TX), Sumanth Somashekar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16928036 on 07/14/2020 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: A layout file for an integrated circuit has drawn geometries. Variable fill geometries are added to local areas based on densities of the drawn geometries in windows associated with the local areas and on the global density of all the drawn geometries in the layout file. Each window has a separate local area associated with it. The densities of the variable fill geometries in the local areas are not all equal. Densities of the fill geometries are higher in local areas associated with windows having lower densities of the drawn geometries, and for lower values of the global density. The layout file is stored in a computer-readable medium which may be used to produce a photomask for manufacturing an integrated circuit.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for using machine learning models to organize and select modular components for user interface templates
Patent No. 11657219

Inventor(s): Andrew Ricchuiti (Dallas, TX), Briana Shaver (Flower Mound, TX), Erin Edwards (The Colony, TX), Mark Morrison (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716842 on 04/08/2022 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for using machine learning models to organize and select modular components for user interface templates. For example, the methods and systems may use machine learning and/or artificial intelligence to generate user interfaces with a preferred number of user input fields and/or pages, in which the preferred number both satisfies any requirements for the user interface (e.g., information, categories of information, etc.), and ensures that all privacy concerns are met.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Computer-based interlocutor understanding using classifying conversation segments
Patent No. 11657234

Inventor(s): Jonathan E. Eisenzopf (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DISCOURSE.AI, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17987476 on 11/15/2022 (189 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer-based natural language understanding of input and output for a computer interlocutor is improved using a method of classifying conversation segments from transcribed conversations. The improvement includes one or more methods of splitting transcribed conversations into groups related to a conversation ontology using metadata; identifying dominant paths of conversational behavior by counting the frequency of occurrences of the behavior for a given path; creating a conversation model comprising conversation behaviors, metadata, and dominant paths; and using the conversation model to assign a probability score for a matched input to the computer interlocutor or a generated output from the computer interlocutor.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Kernel transformation techniques to reduce power consumption of binary input, binary weight in-memory convolutional neural network inference engine
Patent No. 11657259

Inventor(s): Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA), Tung Thanh Hoang (San Jose, CA), Won Ho Choi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16722580 on 12/20/2019 (1250 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are presented for performing in-memory matrix multiplication operations for binary input, binary weight valued convolution neural network (CNN) inferencing. The weights of a filter are stored in pairs of memory cells of a storage class memory device, such as a ReRAM or phase change memory based devices. To reduce current consumption, the binary valued filters are transformed into ternary valued filters by taking sums and differences of binary valued filter pairs. The zero valued weights of the transformed filters are stored as a pair of high resistance state memory cells, reducing current consumption during convolution. The results of the in-memory multiplications are pair-wise combined to compensate for the filter transformations. To compensate for zero valued weights, a zero weight register stores the number of zero weights along each bit line and is used to initialize counter values for accumulating the multiplication operations.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Cognitive automation platform for dynamic unauthorized event detection and processing
Patent No. 11657295

Inventor(s): William August Stahlhut (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16836317 on 03/31/2020 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for using cognitive automation techniques to detect unauthorized events are provided. In some examples, a request for a product or service (e.g., event processing) may be received. The request may be received electronically, via a telephone communication, in person, or the like. The request may be analyzed (e.g., using a cognitive automation model) to determine whether it is potentially unauthorized. If so, one or more requests for additional information may be generated or identified. For instance, requests for authentication information, responses to questions or a series of questions, or the like, may be generated. In some examples, the additional information requested may be identified using the cognitive automation model. Responses to the request for additional information may be analyzed (e.g., using the cognitive automation model) to determine whether the request for the product or service is unauthorized. If so, processing the request may be prevented.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Computer architecture for communications in a cloud-based correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 11657297

Inventor(s): Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15966669 on 04/30/2018 (1849 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system that includes a first edge node and a second edge node in signal communication with one or more interior nodes. The first edge node is configured to receive a correlithm object from a first device outside of the network, to identify an input correlithm object from the first node table with the shortest distance, to fetch a corresponding correlithm object from the first node table, and to send the correlithm object to the one or more interior nodes. The second edge node is configured to receive a correlithm object from the one or more interior nodes, to identify an input correlithm object from a second node table with the shortest distance, to fetch a corresponding correlithm object from the second node table, and to send the correlithm object to a second device outside of the network.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for preservation of qubits
Patent No. 11657313

Inventor(s): Duncan L. MacFarlane (Dallas, TX), Mitchell A. Thornton (Dallas, TX), Timothy P. LaFave, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ANAMETRIC, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17103394 on 11/24/2020 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of quantum ring oscillator-based coherence preservation circuits including a cascaded set of stages are described. Embodiments of such quantum ring oscillator-based coherence preservation circuits allow the internal (superpositioned) quantum state information of stored qubits to be preserved over long periods of time and present options for the measurement and potential correction of both deterministic and non-deterministic errors without disturbing the quantum information stored in the structure itself.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

System and method for exchanging tickets via a machine-readable code
Patent No. 11657337

Inventor(s): Cameron Fowler (Fort Worth, TX), Charles Daniel Cocanougher (North Richland Hills, TX), Matthew Sullivan (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Seat Media, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Vos-IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660828 on 04/26/2022 (392 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for exchanging tickets comprising: a server system comprising a computer processor, a server, and a database; a user device comprising a unique ID; and a tag comprising a tag ID; and wherein upon scanning the tag by the user device, the system performs the following method: scanning, via a user device, a tag comprising a tag ID, said tag comprising a tag ID identifying a seat; verifying a unique ID on said user device by confirming a matching unique ID within a database or generating a unique ID if one is not present; verifying ownership of a first ticket on said user device, said first ticket comprising a unique identifying ticket code and matching the seat defined by said tag ID; directing the user device to a ticket exchange portal; selecting a second ticket for exchange; confirming the exchange; and exchanging the first and second tickets.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Methods and systems for identifying service providers and providing services
Patent No. 11657343

Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218499 on 03/31/2021 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for identifying and providing access to a user capable of performing medical services. The method includes receiving a message from a first device of a first user, the message including a request and digital authorization data associated with the first user, identifying, within a proximity of a first location of the first device, a second device of a second user capable of performing an action associated with the request, determining whether the second user provided agreement to perform the action, communicating the digital authorization data to the second device of the second user responsive to determining that the second user provided the agreement, and instructing, responsive to determining that the second user provided the agreement, a vehicle to transport the second user from a second location of the second device to the first location.

Automated scheduling assistant for a workforce management system
Patent No. 11657344

Inventor(s): Brent Allen Haferkamp (Garland, TX), Chetan Prajapati (Richardson, TX), Juan Claudio Serviere Morales (Allen, TX), Nicholas Duane Martin (McKinney, TX), Oren Gerstner (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NICE LTD. (Ra”anana, , IL)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716798 on 04/08/2022 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and methods are provided for a workforce management (WFM) system adapted to perform automated scheduling operations based on scheduling rule(s) and/or parameter(s). The system includes a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, to perform the scheduling operations which include automatically generating a survey comprising queries based on the scheduling rule(s) and parameter(s) having at least a first and second dimension, distributing the survey to user(s) via one or more interfaces of the WFM system, detecting each response to the survey via the WFM system, analyzing, using a deep learning model, each survey response, generating one or more recommendations for the user(s) based on analyzing each response using the deep learning model, detecting one or more feedbacks to the survey via the WFM system, and adjusting, using the deep learning model and the feedback(s) to the recommendation(s), one or more of the parameters for the survey.

Synchronously tracking and controlling events across multiple computer systems
Patent No. 11657408

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16736159 on 01/07/2020 (1232 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for synchronously tracking and controlling events across multiple computer systems are provided. In some examples, a user may register with a system and user data may be received. In some arrangements, historical data associated with the user may also be received. Machine learning may be used to analyze the historical data and/or user data and a first recommendation for an item may be generated and transmitted to the user. Upon receiving acceptance of the recommendation, the system may request data from one or more entities. For instance, entity data associated with current inventory, availability of items, layout of locations, and the like, may be received. Based on the received data, a list of items for capture and/or an item capture route may be generated. In some examples, the item capture route may include step-by-step or map-based instructions to capture the items on the list.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for validating electronic rebate claims
Patent No. 11657423

Inventor(s): Hari Uday (Irving, TX), Michael Scott (Irving, TX), Nicholas Bruni (Irving, TX), Scott Kemme (Irving, TX), Seth Phillips (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16836439 on 03/31/2020 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for providing rebate claim validation. A drug manufacturer or associated computer may receive rebate claims from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The manufacturer should not be obligated to pay the rebate if the associated prescription drug was initially sold by the manufacturer under a discount program such as 340B. However, manufacturers may not be able to discern which rebate claims are associated with a discount program. A service provider utilizes adjudicated prescription claims from a contract pharmacy, and encounter data from a covered entity to validate the rebate claims and indicate to the manufacturer whether a rebate claim is associated with a discount program such as 340B.

System and method for dynamic creation of product links from a web browser application
Patent No. 11657433

Inventor(s): Alexei Stoliartchouk (Kensington, CA), Baxter Box (Dallas, TX), Forrest Jordan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): REWARDSTYLE, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661602 on 05/02/2022 (386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation using a web browser application. A publisher enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Profile-based service for transports
Patent No. 11657441

Inventor(s): Anil Nagpal (Plano, TX), Randall M. Harris (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16840242 on 04/03/2020 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting, by a service provider transport, a transport within a range of the service provider transport, querying, by the service provider transport, a transport occupant profile on a storage, and responsive to the transport occupant profile containing data associated with a service provided by the service provider transport, sending service-related information to the transport.

Utilizing machine learning to prevent intellectual property issues for content during different stages of a project lifecycle
Patent No. 11657466

Inventor(s): Mohamed Aftkhar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17008391 on 08/31/2020 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive content data identifying content created by users and metadata associated with the content. The device may receive rules data identifying rules associated with utilization of the content. The device may utilize the metadata to generate digital DNA signatures for the content in near-real time. The device may store, in a repository, the rules data, the content, the digital DNA signatures, and relationships between the digital DNA signatures. The device may receive, from a client device, new content that is generated based on particular content of the content data and new metadata associated with the new content. The device may utilize the new metadata to generate a new digital DNA signature for the new content. The device may process the new digital DNA signature, the rules data, and the digital DNA signatures to determine whether the new content violates one or more rules of the rules data.

Auto-exclusion zone for contour-based object detection
Patent No. 11657517

Inventor(s): Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650742 on 02/11/2022 (466 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a first sensor and a sensor client. During an initial time interval, the sensor client receives images generated by the first sensor and detects contours in the images. The sensor client determines, based on the contours, regions of the images generated by the first sensor to exclude during object tracking. During a subsequent time interval, the sensor client receives a second image generated by the first sensor and detects a contour in the image. The sensor client determines pixel coordinates of the second contour and determines whether at least a threshold percentage of the second pixel coordinates overlap with the region to exclude during object tracking. If at least the threshold percentage of the second pixel coordinates overlap with the region to exclude, a position for tracking the second contour is not determined.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Shelf position calibration in a global coordinate system using a sensor array
Patent No. 11657538

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17155571 on 01/22/2021 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a tracking system. The tracking system is configured to determine that the first current pixel location for the shelf marker does not match a first expected pixel location for the shelf marker. The tracking system is further configured to determine a second current pixel location for the shelf marker within a second frame from the second sensor, to recalibrate the first sensor when the second current pixel location for the shelf marker matches the second pixel location for the shelf marker and to update the first pixel location with the first current pixel location and the second pixel location with the second current pixel location when the second current pixel location for the shelf marker does not match the second pixel location for the shelf marker.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Parent-child cluster compression
Patent No. 11657541

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX), Jonathan Andrew Lucas (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17139407 on 12/31/2020 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to compress an image includes assigning each pixel of the image to a cluster based on a red-green-blue (RGB) location of the pixel. The method also includes updating a centroid of the cluster after each pixel is assigned, based at least in part on the RGB location of the pixel, where the centroid is an RGB location. The method includes replacing each pixel in the image with an RGB value of the centroid of the cluster to which the pixel is assigned. The method also includes instructing a display to display a compressed image where, in the compressed image, each pixel in the image is replaced with the RGB value of the centroid of the cluster to which the pixel is assigned.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Methods and systems for augmented reality tracking based on volumetric feature descriptor data
Patent No. 11657568

Inventor(s): Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245920 on 04/30/2021 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative augmented reality tracking system obtains a volumetric feature descriptor dataset that includes: 1) a plurality of feature descriptors associated with a plurality of views of a volumetric target, and 2) a plurality of 3D structure datapoints that correspond to the plurality of feature descriptors. The system also obtains an image frame captured by a user equipment (UE) device. The system identifies a set of image features depicted in the image frame and detects, based on a match between the set of image features depicted in the image frame and a set of feature descriptors of the plurality of feature descriptors, that the volumetric target is depicted in the image frame. In response to this detecting and based on 3D structure datapoints corresponding to matched feature descriptors, the system determines a spatial relationship between the UE device and the volumetric target. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

System and method for presenting a virtual store shelf that emulates a physical store shelf
Patent No. 11657584

Inventor(s): Franklin Philips (The Colony, TX), Matthew Raymond Magee (Waco, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Trong Nghia Nguyen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17840476 on 06/14/2022 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives a live camera feed from a camera directed at a first physical structure located in a physical space. The processor receives an indication of an event associated with the first physical structure and accordingly displays a first virtual structure corresponding to the first physical structure. The first virtual structure includes virtual items that emulate physical items located on the first physical structure. The processor additionally displays a recording of the live camera feed, which depicts the event associated with the first physical structure.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Methods and systems for augmented reality room identification based on room-object profile data
Patent No. 11657611

Abstract: An illustrative room identification system performs augmented reality room identification based on free-hand image capture and room-object profile data. The room identification system obtains a set of reference room-object profiles for a set of rooms associated with an experience presented by an augmented reality presentation device. The room identification system generates a live room-object profile based on an image captured by the presentation device during the augmented reality experience, the image depicting a particular room of the set of rooms. Based on the live room-object profile and the set of reference room-object profiles, the room identification system determines that the presentation device is located in the particular room of the set of rooms and provides, to the presentation device, an indication of the determination that the presentation device is located in the particular room. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. NULL

Smart vehicle travel preparation and location-based servicing features for mobile device tools and methods of use
Patent No. 11657656

Inventor(s): Ciprian R. Sandu (Coppell, TX), Jason T. Kriesel (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Thor Tech, Inc. (Elkhart, IN)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16751758 on 01/24/2020 (1215 days app to issue)

Abstract: Control methods and systems including a smart vehicle, a smart mobile device including a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use a software application tool of the smart mobile device to automatically control and monitor functionality of an internet of things (IOT) environment of the smart vehicle and to identify the smart vehicle type; autopopulate the software application tool with dynamic checklists based on the smart vehicle details; and utilize and/or modify the dynamic checklists during vehicle preparation, travel, and/or servicing based on dynamic IOT control features.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Transport features based on driving characteristics
Patent No. 11657661

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16837990 on 04/01/2020 (1147 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, a current use of the transport, determining, by the transport, a feature based on the current use, receiving, by the transport, data related to the feature, and enabling, by the transport, the feature based on the received data. The feature was not available for use by the transport.

Keyless courier entry for safes
Patent No. 11657664

Inventor(s): Donald Ray McKay, Jr. (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN SECURITY PRODUCTS CO. (Fontana, CA)
Law Firm: Socal IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17669137 on 02/10/2022 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: There are disclosed devices, systems and methods for keyless courier entry into a safe using a courier mobile computing device for receiving and authenticating a courier login and a selection for keyless courier entry into the safe. The safe has a computing device for receiving and authenticating a selection for keyless courier entry into the safe. Upon receiving the authenticated selection for keyless entry, the safe computing device generates and displays a factor code based on a safe”s serial number. The courier inputs the factor code into the mobile device. In response to receiving and authenticating of the factor code, the mobile computing device generates and displays a security check code. The courier enters the security check code into the safe computing device, which in response to the entry and upon authenticating the security check code, unlocks the safe.

Systems and methods for emergency alert and call regarding driver condition
Patent No. 11657701

Inventor(s): Raja Bose C. Leo Maria Manickam (Chennai, , IN), Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani (Chennai, , IN), Steven S. Basra (Frisco, TX), Suresh Krishnaswami Venkatesan (Chennai, , IN), Swathi Manoravi (Anupuram, , IN)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17392469 on 08/03/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes measuring biometric data of a user at a monitoring device. The method further includes outputting, at the monitoring device, an alert to a vehicle computing device within a vehicle based upon detection of a biometric event, such that the party outside of a vehicle is notified. The method also includes analyzing and storing, within an application residing on the monitoring device, the biometric data within the application. The method still further includes outputting, within the application, a predetermined timeframe of the biometric data to the party.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Selective use of tools for automatically identifying, accessing, and retrieving information responsive to voice requests
Patent No. 11657819

Inventor(s): Ashwini Patil (Richardson, TX), Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Ion Gerald McCusker (Allen, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX), Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX), Saahithi Chillara (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17212141 on 03/25/2021 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a machine learning algorithm configured to select between forwarding a request to an agent device and transmitting an automatically generated reply to the request. The processor receives feedback for a decision made by the algorithm, indicating whether the automatically generated reply includes the information sought by the request. If the algorithm decided to forward the request to the agent device, a reward is assigned to feedback that indicates that the reply does not include the information, while a punishment is assigned to feedback that indicates that the reply includes the information. If the algorithm decided to transmit the reply, a reward is assigned to feedback that indicates that the reply includes the information, and a punishment is assigned to feedback that indicates that the reply does not include the information. The processor updates the algorithm using the reward/punishment.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Automatic skew calibration circuit for pattern-dependent dynamic wave shaping for HDD preamplifier write
Patent No. 11657846

Inventor(s): Dennis Hogg (Laguna Hills, CA), Edoardo Contini (Milan, , IT), Enrico Mammei (Vittuone, , IT), Paolo Sanna (Rho, , IT)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17710608 on 03/31/2022 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to determine a relative delay between a current-overshoot signal and a write data signal for a hard disk drive preamplifier, the method including using a memory element to strobe a test current-overshoot signal with a test data signal; counting a number of strobed transitions of the test current-overshoot signal; adjusting the delay based on the number of strobed transitions; setting a phase difference between the current-overshoot signal and the write data signal according to the delay; and using the memory element to strobe the current-overshoot signal with the write data signal.

[G11B] INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D 9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K 1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B 1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

QED shifter for a memory device
Patent No. 11657866

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17459722 on 08/27/2021 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a command interface configured to receive a command from a host device. The memory device also includes a command shifter configured to receive the command. The command shifter includes a plurality of stages coupled in series and configured to delay the command. The command shifter comprises selection circuitry configured to receive the command and to select an insertion stage of the plurality of stages for the command. The selection circuitry is configured to select the insertion stage as a location to insert the command. The selected insertion stage is selected to control a duration of delay in the command shifter. The selection of the insertion stage is based at least in part on a path delay between a clock and a data pin of the memory device.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Non-volatile memory with efficient testing during erase
Patent No. 11657884

Inventor(s): Jayavel Pachamuthu (San Jose, CA), Ramkumar Subramanian (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17403052 on 08/16/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-volatile memory system erasing groups of connected memory cells separately performs erase verify for memory cells connected to even word lines to generate even results and erase verify for memory cells connected to odd word lines to generate odd results. The even results and the odd results are used to determine if the erase verify process indicates that the erasing has successful completed. In addition, for each group of connected memory cells, a last even result for the group is compared to a last odd result for the group. Even if the erase verify indicated that the erasing has successfully completed, the system may determine that the erasing failed (i.e. due to a defect) if the number of groups of connected memory cells that have the last even result different than the last odd result is greater than a limit.

Ping latency optimization
Patent No. 11658892

Inventor(s): Manoharan Ramalingam (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Networks, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero, McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17159382 on 01/27/2021 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of reducing the Packet Internet Grope (PING) latency, e.g., in 5G New Radio (NR) or LTE system, is provided. When first two PING requests are received from a user equipment (UE) in uplink (UL), the UE will use Scheduling Request (SR) and Buffer Status Report (BSR) cycle to obtain UL grants for the first two PING requests. Starting from the third PING request, the size of the proactive allocation window for giving UL allocation to the PING request is uniquely configured, using a ”delay timer” and a ”proactive allocation window.” The delay timer is to delay the start of the proactive allocation window from the transmission time interval (TTI) in which the packet type is detected. The proactive allocation window is the number of TTIs over which the proactive allocations are given to a UE.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Data offloading rate determination using mean field games
Patent No. 11659028

Inventor(s): BaekGyu Kim (Mountain View, CA), Haoxin Wang (Charlotte, NC), Yuhan Kang (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17481430 on 09/22/2021 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to determining an optimal data offloading rate for one or more connected mobile devices. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving mobile device transmission information and receiving edge server resource information. The method includes determining an offloading rate for a mobile device to an edge server based on the mobile device transmission information, the edge server resource information, and a mean-field game algorithm. The method includes outputting the offloading rate to the mobile device.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Determining candidate object identities during image tracking
Patent No. 11659139

Inventor(s): Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Trong Nghia Nguyen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17226405 on 04/09/2021 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes sensors and a tracking subsystem. The subsystem receives frames of top-view images generated by the sensors. The subsystem tracks a first and second object, based on received frames. The subsystem detects that the first object is within a threshold distance of the second object. In response, the subsystem determines a probability that the first object switched identifiers with the second object and updates candidate lists accordingly for the first and second objects. The updated first candidate list includes a probability that the first object is associated with a first identifier and a probability that the first object is associated with a second identifier. NULL

Systems and methods for audio balance adjustment
Patent No. 11659331

Inventor(s): Sean L. Helm (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17156493 on 01/22/2021 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using one or more external Bluetooth speakers in conjunction with an in-vehicle Bluetooth-enabled audio system. Locational features or aspects of the external Bluetooth speakers and the in-vehicle Bluetooth-enabled audio system can be leveraged in a manner that allows for automatic or manual adjustment of the one or more external Bluetooth speakers, e.g., adjusting left/right balance of the one or more external Bluetooth speakers based on the position or location of the or more external speakers relative to the vehicle, in-vehicle Bluetooth-enabled audio system, etc.

[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING [4]

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Switchgear having a mounting base with an internal arc pathway
Patent No. 11657988

Inventor(s): Rahul Rajvanshi (Irving, TX), Thomas W. Hawkins (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. (Alpharetta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17497410 on 10/08/2021 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting base or a riser base for a switchgear is provided with side interior openings to provide an internal arc pathway through which arc gasses or plasma are safely discharged to an outside air. The mounting base includes a front wall having a first end and a second end, a rear wall having a first end and a second end, a first side channel connecting the first end of the front wall to the first end of the rear wall, a second side channel connecting the second end of the front wall to the second end of the rear wall, and forming the mounting base having a central open area in a first section of a switchgear that is adjacent a second section of the switchgear. The mounting base further includes at least one opening in the first side channel for the passage of an arc from the first section of the switchgear to the second section of the switchgear, and thereby forming the mounting base with the internal arc pathway.

[H01H] ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B 7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G 9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K 17/00)

Patterning platinum by alloying and etching platinum alloy
Patent No. 11658034

Inventor(s): Helmut Rinck (Bavaria, , DE), Sebastian Meier (Bavaria, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17234833 on 04/20/2021 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided a method of patterning platinum on a substrate. A platinum layer is deposited on the substrate, and a patterned photoresist layer is formed over the platinum layer leaving partly exposed regions of the platinum layer. An aluminum layer is deposited over the partly exposed regions of the platinum layer. An alloy is formed of aluminum with platinum from the partly exposed regions. The platinum aluminum alloy is etched away leaving a remaining portion of the platinum layer to form a patterned platinum layer on the substrate. In an embodiment, a thin hard mask layer is deposited on the platinum layer on the semiconductor substrate before the patterned photoresist layer is formed.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Film covers for sensor packages
Patent No. 11658083

Inventor(s): Leslie Edward Stark (Heath, TX), Sreenivasan Kalyani Koduri (Allen, TX), Steven Alfred Kummerl (Carrollton, TX), Wai Lee (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17116963 on 12/09/2020 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a sensor package includes a semiconductor die having a sensor; a mold compound covering a portion of the semiconductor die; and a cavity formed in a top surface of the mold compound, the sensor being in the cavity. The sensor package includes an adhesive abutting the top surface of the mold compound, and a semi-permeable film abutting the adhesive and covering the cavity. The semi-permeable film is approximately flush with at least four edges of the top surface of the mold compound.

Isolated temperature sensor device package
Patent No. 11658101

Inventor(s): Enis Tuncer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219830 on 03/31/2021 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate having a die pad configured for mounting a semiconductor die, a first lead connected to the die pad, and a second lead spaced from and electrically isolated from the die pad; a spacer dielectric mounted on the die pad; a semiconductor die including a temperature sensor mounted on the spacer dielectric; electrical connections coupling the semiconductor die to the second lead; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the die pad, the electrical connections, and a portion of the package substrate, with portions of the first lead and portions of the second lead exposed from the mold compound to form terminals for a packaged temperature sensor device.

Conductive plate stress reduction feature
Patent No. 11658130

Inventor(s): Jonathan Almeria Noquil (Plano, TX), Lance Cole Wright (Allen, TX), Osvaldo Jorge Lopez (Annandale, NJ), Satyendra Singh Chauhan (Murphy, TX), Tianyi Luo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17138981 on 12/31/2020 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: A packaged electronic device includes a semiconductor die, a conductive plate coupled to a lead, a solder structure and a package structure. The semiconductor die has opposite first and second sides and a terminal exposed along the second side. The conductive plate has opposite first and second sides and an indent that extends into the first side, the conductive plate, and the solder structure extends between the second side of the semiconductor die and the first side of the conductive plate to electrically couple the conductive plate to the terminal, and the solder structure extends into the indent. The package structure encloses the semiconductor die, the conductive plate and a portion of the lead.

ESD protection device with deep trench isolation islands
Patent No. 11658176

Inventor(s): Akram A. Salman (Plano, TX), Binghua Hu (Plano, TX), Zaichen Chen (Champaign, IL)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035662 on 09/28/2020 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate having a second conductivity type including a semiconductor surface layer with a buried layer (BL) having a first conductivity type. In the semiconductor surface layer is a first doped region (e.g., collector) and a second doped region (e.g., emitter) both having the first conductivity type, with a third doped region (e.g., a base) having the second conductivity type within the second doped region, wherein the first doped region extends below and lateral to the third doped region. At least one row of deep trench (DT) isolation islands are within the first doped region each including a dielectric liner extending along a trench sidewall from the semiconductor surface layer to the BL with an associated deep doped region extending from the semiconductor surface layer to the BL. The deep doped regions can merge forming a merged deep doped region that spans the DT islands.

Fin field effect transistor with merged drift region
Patent No. 11658184

Inventor(s): Ming-Yeh Chuang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17109244 on 12/02/2020 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) includes a drain region, a merged drift region, and a plurality of fins. The drain region extends above a surface of a semiconductor substrate and has a first dopant concentration of first conductivity type. The merged drift region extends above the substrate surface and touches the drain region, and has a second lower dopant concentration of the first conductivity type. The plurality of fins extend above the substrate surface and each fin is directly connected to the merged drift region. Each fin is connected to a source region having the first conductivity type at a distal end of that fin from the merged drift region.

Vertical trench gate MOSFET with integrated Schottky diode
Patent No. 11658241

Inventor(s): Hong Yang (Richardson, TX), Seetharaman Sridhar (Richardson, TX), Sunglyong Kim (Allen, TX), Thomas Eugene Grebs (Bethlehem, PA), Ya Ping Chen (Chengdu, , CN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16237210 on 12/31/2018 (1604 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a trench gate MOSFET including MOSFET cells. Each MOSFET cell includes an active trench gate in an n-epitaxial layer oriented in a first direction with a polysilicon gate over a lower polysilicon portion. P-type body regions are between trench gates and are separated by an n-epitaxial region. N-type source regions are located over the p-type regions. A gate dielectric layer is between the polysilicon gates and the body regions. A metal-containing layer contacts the n-epitaxial region to provide an anode of an embedded Schottky diode. A dielectric layer over the n-epitaxial layer has metal contacts therethrough connecting to the n-type source regions, to the p-type body regions, and to the anode of the Schottky diode.

Inverted leads for packaged isolation devices
Patent No. 11658243

Inventor(s): Andrew Couch (Garland, TX), John Paul Tellkamp (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16566187 on 09/10/2019 (1351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A packaged multichip isolation device includes leadframe including a first and second die pad, with a first and second lead extending outside a molded body having a downward extending lead bend near their outer ends. A first integrated circuit (IC) die on the first die pad has a first bond pad connected to the first lead that realizes a transmitter or receiver. A second IC die on the second die pad has a second bond pad connected to the second lead that realizes another of the transmitter and receiver. An isolation component is in a signal path of the isolation device including a capacitive isolator, or inductors for transformer isolation on or between the die. A midpoint of the thickness of the die pad is raised above a top level of the leads and in an opposite vertical direction relative to the downward extending bend of the external leads.

Sodium powders for use as electrode additives and methods of making and using the same
Patent No. 11658284

Inventor(s): Jialiang Tang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Law Firm: Purdue Research Foundation (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16279450 on 02/19/2019 (1554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of producing metallic sodium powders. The method includes immersing one or more solid pieces of sodium metal in an organic liquid containing a hydrocarbon oil. The solid piece (s) of sodium metal immersed in the hydrocarbon oil is (are) then subjected to ultrasonic irradiation, wherein the solid piece of sodium metal is fragmented to form sodium powder, resulting in a dispersion of the sodium powder in the organic liquid. The dispersed sodium powder is then separated from the organic liquid, resulting in metallic sodium powder. A method of presodiation of an anode in an electrochemical cell. The method includes adding sodium metal powders to the surface of the anode either as a dry powder or as a suspension of the sodium particles in an organic liquid. An anode in an electrochemical cell containing metallic sodium particles. An electrochemical cell comprising a presodiated anode.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Antenna system
Patent No. 11658382

Inventor(s): George Alexander Bednekoff (Plano, TX), Michael A. Neenan (Plano, TX), Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Parsec Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe Martens Olson Bear, LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17699578 on 03/21/2022 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides an antenna and an antenna system. The antenna includes a body member, a head member integrally connected to a first edge of the body member, wherein the head member forms a fold having a first angle towards the front face of the body member, and a first arm member and a second arm member, wherein the first arm member and the second arm member are integrally connected to the body member corresponding to the second edge and the third edge of the body member, and wherein the set of arm members each form a fold having a second angle towards the front face of the body member.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Stackable duct-bank stub-up assembly
Patent No. 11658469

Inventor(s): Branden Maurstad (Minneapolis, MN), Matthew Pearson (Minnetonka, MN)
Assignee(s): FORTERRA PIPE PRECAST, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16831112 on 03/26/2020 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: A duct-bank stub-up assembly includes a first pre-formed stub-up module that comprises a first plurality of conduits and a first encasing body. For each of the first conduits, a first end of the conduit provides a mating end on a mating side of the first encasing body and a second end of the conduit provides a mating end on a top surface of the first encasing body. The assembly further includes a second pre-formed stub-up module that comprises a second plurality of conduits and a second encasing body formed to have a stub-up section and a footer section. For each of the second conduits, a first conduit end provides a mating end on a mating side of the footer section and a second conduit end provides a mating end on a top surface of the stub-up section. The first module is positioned on the footer of the second module.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

Method of calibrating a variable-speed blower motor
Patent No. 11658547

Inventor(s): Austin Clay Styer (Melissa, TX), Nasim Rahman (Allen, TX), Palanivel Subramaniam (Richardson, TX), Stephen J. Vendt (Lewisville, TX), Sunil K. Khiani (Plano, TX), Wei Wang (Fort Wayne, IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17944491 on 09/14/2022 (251 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of calibrating a motor assembly includes selecting an electric motor and a motor controller for the motor assembly, obtaining at least one electric motor parameter of the electric motor, determining a correction factor for the electric motor based upon the at least one electric motor parameter, and programming the motor controller with the correction factor.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Methods and apparatus to compensate for power factor loss using a phasor cancellation based compensation scheme
Patent No. 11658564

Inventor(s): Manish Bhardwaj (Sugarland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17326553 on 05/21/2021 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example power factor correction circuits to correct the power factor of power converters are disclosed. An example power factor correction controller circuit includes a phase locked loop phase angle determiner to determine a first phase angle of an input voltage of the power converter and further includes a compensating current determiner to determine, based on the phase angle, a compensating current to compensate for a capacitive current introduced by at least one filter capacitor of the power converter. The power factor correction controller circuit further includes a switch controller to cause a controlled current drawn by a power stage of the power converter to be adjusted by the compensating current to reduce a phase offset between the first phase angle of the input voltage and a second phase angle of the an input current drawn at an input of the power converter.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Split miller compensation in two-stage differential amplifiers
Patent No. 11658626

Inventor(s): Charles Parkhurst (Murphy, TX), Gabriel Eugenio De La Cruz Hernandez (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17350817 on 06/17/2021 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: A two-stage differential amplifier with cross-coupled compensation capacitors. The differential amplifier includes first amplifier circuitry receiving a differential input voltage and presenting first and second intermediate outputs. The amplifier further includes a second amplifier stage with a first leg having an input coupled to the second intermediate output of the first amplifier circuitry, and a second leg having an input coupled to the first intermediate output of the first amplifier circuitry. A compensation capacitor is provided for each leg of the second amplifier stage, each coupled between the output of that amplifier leg and its input. A first cross-coupled capacitor is coupled between the output of the first amplifier leg to the input of the second amplifier leg, and a second cross-coupled capacitor is coupled between the output of the second amplifier leg and the input of the first amplifier leg.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

High-voltage switches
Patent No. 11658658

Inventor(s): Abhijit Kumar Das (Plano, TX), Brian Roger Elies (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17700230 on 03/21/2022 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a switch comprises first and second drain-extended transistors of a first type, third and fourth drain-extended transistors of a second type, a switch input coupled between drains of the first and third drain-extended transistors, a switch output coupled between drains of the second and fourth drain-extended transistors, and a control input. The control input is coupled to gates of the first and second drain-extended transistors, a first switch coupled to sources of the first and second drain-extended transistors, a second switch coupled between a voltage supply and gates of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors, and a third switch coupled between the voltage supply and sources of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors. The control input comprises a fifth drain-extended transistor coupled between the sources of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors and the gates of the third and fourth drain-extended transistors.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Magnetoelectric inverter
Patent No. 11658663

Inventor(s): Andrew Marshall (Dallas, TX), Nishtha Sharma Gaul (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (Lincoln, NE), Board OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX), INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Talem IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827747 on 05/29/2022 (359 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magneto-electric (ME) inverter includes two anti-ferromagnetic spin orbit read (AFSOR) circuit elements, each AFSOR circuit element has a CMOS inverter; and an AFSOR device with a ME base layer; a semiconductor channel layer on the ME base layer and comprising a source terminal and a drain terminal, where the source terminal is coupled to an output of the CMOS inverter; and a gate electrode on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate electrode of a second AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements is coupled to the drain terminal of a first AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements.

Method and apparatus for beam selection for CSI reporting in advanced wireless communication systems
Patent No. 11658721

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302968 on 05/17/2021 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Beam tracking using downlink data reception and motion sensing information
Patent No. 11658726

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16865827 on 05/04/2020 (1114 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing receive beam tracking using motion sensing information in a cellular communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a cellular link. A receive beam configuration may be selected for the cellular link. A downlink data beam may be received using the selected receive beam configuration. A possible modification to the receive beam configuration may be selected based at least in part on motion sensing information for the wireless device. It may be determined whether the possible modification to the receive beam configuration improves downlink data beam reception. It may be determined whether to modify the receive beam configuration for the cellular link in accordance with the possible modification to the receive beam configuration, for example based on whether the possible modification to the receive beam configuration improves downlink data beam reception.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Dynamic beam adaptation in a multi-beam system
Patent No. 11658727

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151051 on 01/15/2021 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for dynamic beam adaptation includes a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for a set of candidate beams for communication with another device and receive a beam indication for a current beam from the set of candidate beams to be used for communication with the other device. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to measure a beam metric for each beam within the set of candidate beams, determine that the current beam is not suitable for the communication with the other device, based on the measured beam metrics, and determine another beam from the set of candidate beams for communication with the other device, based on the measured beam metrics. The transceiver is further configured to transmit an information on an uplink (UL) channel to the other device using the other beam.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Routing of optical signals
Patent No. 11658746

Inventor(s): Francois Georges Moore (Plano, TX), William Schubert (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): FUJITSU LIMITED (Kawasaki, , JP)
Law Firm: Maschoff Brennan (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17316383 on 05/10/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a topology of an optical network. The topology may indicate multiple optical links within the optical network. The method may also include determining a signal noise tolerance for each of multiple optical signal types supported by the optical network and obtaining an optical noise for each of the multiple optical links. The method may also include determining a number of the multiple optical signal types that each of the multiple optical links is able to support based on the optical noise for each of the optical links and the signal noise tolerance for each of the multiple optical signal types and ranking the multiple optical links based on the number of the multiple optical signal types that each of the optical links is able to support.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

On-demand aerial communication using directional antennas
Patent No. 11658754

Inventor(s): Chenyuan He (Austin, TX), Mushuang Liu (Austin, TX), Shengli Fu (Austin, TX), Songwei Li (Austin, TX), Yan Wan (Plano, TX), Yixin Gu (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17168973 on 02/05/2021 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure presents aerial communication systems and methods. One such system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle platform and a communication component integrated with the unmanned aerial vehicle platform, wherein the communication component is configured to establish an Air to Air (A2A) communication channel with a remote directional antenna that is integrated with a remote unmanned aerial vehicle platform. The system further includes a computing component integrated with the unmanned aerial vehicle platform, wherein the computing component is configured to determine an optimal heading angle for transmission of communication signals from a directional antenna to the remote directional antenna in an unknown communication environment from received signal strength indicator (RSSI) information obtained from the remote directional antenna. Other systems and methods are also disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Document control system for blockchain
Patent No. 11658816

Inventor(s): David Gerard Ledet (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Philips North America LLC (Cambridge, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17230986 on 04/14/2021 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of initiating a transaction of a blockchain by a contributing member of a group to assign a digital data based document to itself or to at least one other member of the group, validating a block of the blockchain associated with the transaction by the contributing member or the at least one other member that are verified, sending an ephemeral location of the document to the contributing member or the at least one other member that are verified, and modifying the document in the ephemeral location by the contributing member or the at least one other member that is verified.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Architecture for a multichannel geophysical data acquisition system and method of use
Patent No. 11658844

Inventor(s): Frederick Hershel Savage (Austin, TX), John Bryant (Dallas, TX), Timothy Beets (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Earthsystems Technologies, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661896 on 05/03/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a multichannel geophysical data acquisition system is provided in the field of electrical resistivity tomography. Individual and autonomous node operating systems are provided. Separate communication channels for upstream and downstream data transfer, high voltage transfer and synchronization signals are provided. A novel use of high voltage isolation barriers is also provided. A direct memory access data transfer process is provided.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for predicting anomalous requests and preventing anomalous interactions in a network
Patent No. 11658881

Inventor(s): Nathan Alexander Dalpini (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17854365 on 06/30/2022 (327 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for predicting an anomalous request comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor is configured to parse a user profile from a plurality of user profiles to generate a first set of data objects associated with the first user profile. The processor is configured to compare the first set of the data objects to approved data, audit data, disapproved data to generate a second set of data objects with a set of anomalous data indicators for the first user profile. The processor is further configured to process the second set of the data objects through an anomaly learning model to determine a predictive degree of approval associated with the user profile. The processor is further configured to determine to approve, flag or disapprove the user profile based on the predictive degree of approval. The processor is further configured to assign a profile indicator to the user profile.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Observation platform query response
Patent No. 11658906

Inventor(s): Guy R. VanBuskirk (Grapevine, TX), Steven Paul Russell (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Theatro Labs, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17464608 on 09/01/2021 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: An observation platform comprises a computer system associated with an organization, a first communication device associated with a first user, a second communication device communicatively coupled with the computer system, and a plurality of additional communication devices associated with different users of a plurality of additional users. The computer system communicates with the first and additional communication devices via the second communication device. The computer system receives, via the second communication device, a signal from the first communication device. A characteristic of the signal corresponds to audible source which is a voice of the first user. The computer system derives context information from a speech to text analysis of the characteristic. The context information comprises a query about the organization. The computer system compiles a response to the query and responds based on the compiled response, via the second communication device, to the first communication device about the query.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Optional path ordering in packet-based network
Patent No. 11658922

Inventor(s): David Patrick (McKinney, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17007224 on 08/31/2020 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include multiple electronic devices and multiple hardware transceivers. The multiple electronic devices may include multiple chiplets and may be coupled to each other via an interface network. The multiple hardware transceivers may each be included in or coupled to a respective electronic device of the multiple electronic devices. The multiple hardware transceivers may each be configured to receive data packets from a source device. The data packets each include a protocol field specifying ordering information for delivery to a destination device and a path field specifying path information for routing the delivery to the destination device. The source device and the destination device may each include a chiplet. The multiple hardware transceivers may each be further configured to transmit the received data packets to the destination device using at least the ordering information of each received data packet.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Forwarding element data plane performing floating point computations
Patent No. 11658923

Inventor(s): Patrick W. Bosshart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Barefoot Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Essential Patents Group, LLP. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17221538 on 04/02/2021 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a network forwarding element with a data-plane forwarding circuit that has a parameter collecting circuit to store and distribute parameter values computed by several machines in a network. In some embodiments, the machines perform distributed computing operations, and the parameter values that compute are parameter values associated with the distributed computing operations. The parameter collecting circuit of the data-plane forwarding circuit (data plane) in some embodiments (1) stores a set of parameter values computed and sent by a first set of machines, and (2) distributes the collected parameter values to a second set of machines once it has collected the set of parameter values from all the machines in the first set. The first and second sets of machines are the same set of machines in some embodiments, while they are different sets of machines (e.g., one set has at least one machine that is not in the other set) in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the parameter collecting circuit performs computations on the parameter values that it collects and distributes the result of the computations once it has processed all the parameter values distributed by the first set of machines. The computations are aggregating operations (e.g., adding, averaging, etc.) that combine corresponding subset of parameter values distributed by the first set of machines.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Systems and methods for user defined network enabled content filtering
Patent No. 11658938

Inventor(s): Joseph Dorsey (Allen, TX), Shahab Azmoudeh (Dallas, TX), Victor Nilson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341000 on 06/07/2021 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A content filtering system and method includes receiving in a network device in a network from a user device, a user selected set of rules identifying a set of URLs to be blocked. The set of rules are loaded into the network device. The network device receives from the user device a request to access a specified URL. A determination is made at the network device whether the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules. If the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules, then the specified URL is blocked.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Lightweight secure autonomic control plane
Patent No. 11658945

Inventor(s): Bing Liu (Shenzhen, , CN), Sheng Jiang (Shenzhen, , CN), Toerless Eckert (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17029802 on 09/23/2020 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device includes a transmitter and a receiver to establish a secure connection with one or more network nodes as part of a Autonomic Control Plane (ACP) network. The network device also includes a processor coupled to the transmitter and receiver. The processor receives a request from an application to initiate a connection with a destination network node. The processor also receives packets from the application for transmission toward the destination network node. When the packets from the application are unencrypted, the processor end-to-end encrypts the unencrypted packets without notifying the application. The transmitter then transmits the encrypted packets towards the destination network node across the ACP network.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Authorization for network function registration
Patent No. 11658975

Inventor(s): David Taft (Keller, TX), Jerry Steben (Fort Worth, TX), Maqbool Chauhan (Keller, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17819721 on 08/15/2022 (281 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device, method, and system for forwarding, to a pod, a utility container associated with each of at least one network service for enabling a pre-registration of a network function (NF) with an NF registration function (NRF); sending, from the utility container, an authorization code to an NF authorization platform, wherein the authorization code is associated with the at least one network service; suspending a registration procedure for the NF with the NRF until the authorization code is forwarded from the NF authorization platform to the NRF; and resuming, responsive to a service registration request, the registration procedure based on a validation of the authorization code identified in the service registration request.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Authentication using blockchains
Patent No. 11658978

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17210343 on 03/23/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: An authentication device that includes a memory operable to store a behavior signature for a user and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an authentication engine implemented by a processor. The authentication engine is configured to receive an authentication request for a network resource and to determine a resource classification type based on the network resource. The authentication engine is further configured to identify one of the private blockchain and the semi-private blockchain based on the resource classification type and to extract data from one or more blocks in the identified blockchain. The authentication engine is further configured to determine at least a portion of the extracted data matches the stored behavior signature for the user and to provide access to the network resource in response to the determination.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Nonce injection and observation system for detecting eavesdroppers
Patent No. 11658991

Inventor(s): Laura M. Roberts (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17179760 on 02/19/2021 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: An entity can disseminate nonces by introducing them into various aspects of network traffic, and then listening for them, thereby detecting eavesdroppers on the Internet. A nonce may be numeric, alphanumeric, or otherwise; nonces are contextually appropriate to how they are disseminated. Preferably, a nonce is disseminated by incorporating it into some aspect of network traffic. For example, a nonce can be placed in a network identifier such as an IP address or domain name label. Correlating the circumstances under which the nonce was disseminated and under which it was observed to ”propagate”, intelligence about who is eavesdropping on what portions of the Internet can be derived. Such intelligence can be put to many uses, including reporting on eavesdroppers, routing traffic around eavesdroppers, developing reputation scores, and adopting enhanced obfuscation/privacy/security techniques.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for determining trust for SIP messages
Patent No. 11659011

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17383095 on 07/22/2021 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing initial registration is provided. The method includes receiving a server timeout message, the server timeout message including at least a field set to a value equal to a value received during a first registration. The method further includes initiating restoration procedures by performing an initial registration.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Generative voice for automated bot handoff to customer service representative
Patent No. 11659085

Abstract: A system and method for applying a generative voice associated with a particular customer service representative to an automated bot that initially interacts with a customer to provide a seamless handoff between the automated bot and the particular customer service representative is described. In one embodiment, when a call from a customer is received at the customer service call center, the customer is matched with a potential customer service representative that is likely to handle the customer”s call. The customer will then initially interact with an automated bot that has applied a generative voice associated with the likely customer service representative. The customer can talk with the automated bot using the generative voice and, if needed, when the call is handed off from the automated bot to the customer service representative, the customer will not notice a change in voice or other discontinuity on the call.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Charging policy information for a packet data unit session of a wireless device
Patent No. 11659097

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17340796 on 06/07/2021 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charging function (CHF) receives, from a policy control function (PCF), a first request for charging policy information for a packet data unit (PDU) session of a wireless device. The charging policy information is determined for the PDU session of the wireless device. The charging policy information indicates a charging method comprising one or more of: online charging; offline charging; and converged charging. A message comprising the charging policy information is sent to the PCF. The CHF receives from a session management function (SMF), a second request to establish a charging session. The second request comprises the charging method. A confirmation for the charging method is sent to the SMF.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Kinematic assessment and verification of paper documents for processing and analysis thereof
Patent No. 11659124

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TESLA LABORATORIES, LLC (Jackson, WY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17544738 on 12/07/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A see through apparatus receives a paper document. The see through apparatus includes a first scanning element, a second scanning element, and a processor coupled to the first scanning element and the second scanning element. Each of the first and second scanning elements illuminate a respective side of the paper document while the other scanning element captures an image. The processor detects kinematic artifacts on the paper document and determines that the paper document is fraudulent based on the detected kinematic artifacts. The processor also detects an alignment feature from the image capture from the first image or the second image, and determines that the document is not aligned based on the detected alignment feature.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Video display blurring on demand
Patent No. 11659137

Inventor(s): Amit Kumar Shrivastava (Montral, , CA), Isaac Parampottil (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106601 on 11/30/2020 (904 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing displays on video communication devices are disclosed. A video communication session is established to a remote device. A video signal is received from the remote device. Images from the video signal are shown on the display. A blur command is received from a user of the video communication device or automatically based on a set of rules. At least a portion of the images on the display are blurred in response to the blur command. The blurring may comprise, blurring one or more objects in a background of the images, blurring one or more faces in the images, and/or blurring static background objects in the images.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Method and system for video picture intra-prediction estimation
Patent No. 11659171

Inventor(s): Akira Osamoto (Plano, TX), Hyung Joon Kim (McKinney, TX), Ranga Ramanujam Srinivasan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17476051 on 09/15/2021 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: Several systems and methods for intra-prediction estimation of video pictures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes accessing four NN pixel blocks comprising luma-related pixels. The four NN pixel blocks collectively configure a 2N2N pixel block. A first pre-determined number of candidate luma intra-prediction modes is accessed for each of the four NN pixel blocks. A presence of one or more luma intra-prediction modes that are common among the candidate luma intra-prediction modes of at least two of the four NN pixel blocks is identified. The method further includes performing, based on the identification, one of (1) selecting a principal luma intra-prediction mode for the 2N2N pixel block and (2) limiting a partitioning size to a NN pixel block size for a portion of the video picture corresponding to the 2N2N pixel block.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Event information collection system
Patent No. 11659235

Inventor(s): Gideon B. Luck (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17723221 on 04/18/2022 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems can identify and request video data and information associated with an event. An event location and time associated with the event can be determined. The event can comprise damage to property or injury to a person. A geographic range of interest associated with the event location and a time duration of interest associated with the event time can be determined. One or more users who are determined to have been at or near the event location at the event time can be automatically identified. A request for at least one of information or video data from the geographic range and time duration of interest can be transmitted to the one or more identified users.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus for adaptive metering
Patent No. 11659241

Inventor(s): Achilleas Papakostas (Dallas, TX), Nigel Smith (Richardson, TX), Sanjeev Viswambharan (Frisco, TX), Travis Berthelot (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17244667 on 04/29/2021 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus for adaptive metering are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a condition analyzer to determine a condition associated with a mobile device, a meter selector to select a meter for the mobile device based on the condition, and a data collector to collect data pertaining to the mobile device based on the selected meter.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Systems and methods for evaluating models that generate recommendations
Patent No. 11659247

Inventor(s): Ankit Naidu (Lewisville, TX), Frolov Volodymyr (Dallas, TX), Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX), Pratik Sarkar (Irving, TX), Rajeshwar Makam (Irving, TX), Yevhen Rutskyi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17805889 on 06/08/2022 (349 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive content data, a first model, and a second model. The first model may be trained on different types of metadata than the second model. The content data may include a first identifier of a first content item and a first set of metadata associated with the first content item. The device may process the first set of metadata to generate first recommendations from the first model and second recommendations from the second model. The device may provide the first identifier and a combination of the first recommendations and the second recommendations to client devices. The device may receive, from the client devices, user-generated target recommendations based on the combination. The device may process the user-generated target recommendations, the first recommendations, and the second recommendations, to provide feedback to update the first model and the second model.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Cellular device geolocation based on timing advance data
Patent No. 11659357

Inventor(s): Jeff Bartlett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17545848 on 12/08/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that comprises a processing system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include obtaining timing advance data regarding a communication device served by the network; the timing advance data is collected by a network element coupled to the network device, and the network element communicates with the communication device using control-plane signaling. The timing advance data is processed using location data regarding the network element to determine a geolocation of the communication device. The geolocation is stored at a storage device; the network device and storage device are included in a secure portion of the network. The geolocation is provided to equipment of a network customer accessing the secure portion of the network via a secure interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for implementing peer-to-peer wireless groups for vehicular micro clouds
Patent No. 11659360

Inventor(s): Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407662 on 08/20/2021 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: Describe are systems and methods for implementing a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless group acting as a vehicular micro cloud. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor having a group coordination service module. The group coordination service module has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to select a vehicle out of a plurality of vehicles to act as a group owner of a P2P wireless group operating as a vehicular micro cloud based on vehicle status information from the plurality of vehicles and transmit group configurations of the first P2P wireless group to the plurality of vehicles to allow the plurality of vehicles to join the first P2P wireless group. The selection of the vehicle may be based on how long the vehicle is predicted to be a member of the vehicular micro cloud.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Fire warning network and emergency guidance system
Patent No. 11659374

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Pooja Krishnaswamy (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334022 on 05/28/2021 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system of providing guidance and information to an end-user during an emergency situation. A network of one or more enrolled devices can obtain infrared data that will be used by the system to determine whether there is a high likelihood of a fire in a building. When an emergency situation such as a fire is detected, alerts can be generated at the enrolled devices that provide navigation cues based on user preferences and suggested evacuation routes to safely guide the end-user to the nearest designated exit.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Antenna farm intelligent software defined networking enabled dynamic resource controller in advanced networks
Patent No. 11659415

Inventor(s): Sangar Dowlatkhah (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16782571 on 02/05/2020 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: Facilitating antenna farm intelligent software defined networking enabled dynamic resource controller networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise evaluating a condition, the condition being at a mobile device, and a characteristic related to a defined network service associated with a connection to the mobile device. The operations can also comprise selectively modifying a quantity of antennas utilized to provide the connection to the mobile device based on the condition being determined to influence a level of service associated with the defined network service.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Radio equipment test device
Patent No. 11659418

Inventor(s): Harri Valasma (Oulu, , FI), Kari Vierimaa (Kempele, , FI)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17429139 on 02/19/2019 (1554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A single radio equipment test device includes a control unit for testing a plurality of antennas, (e.g., an antenna array). The control unit includes a first interface to operatively couple the control unit to an antenna under test, (e.g., arranged in a test chamber). The control unit further includes a second interface to operatively couple the control unit to a reference antenna, (e.g., also arranged in the test chamber). The control unit is configured to control and/or monitor the antenna under test and the reference antenna.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for detecting interference probability within a radio frequency band
Patent No. 11659425

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17658700 on 04/11/2022 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive location information associated with a fixed service satellite station (receiver) configured to communicate via a first radio frequency (RF) band. The device may obtain historical communication data associated with the location and relating to previous communications conducted via a second RF band, of user equipment (UEs). The historical communication data may include historical signal power measurements of the previous communications. The device may adjust the historical signal power measurements to model estimated signal power measurements relating to a UE to communicating via a first RF band. The device may determine, based on the estimated signal power measurements, an interference score associated with a probability of a UE interfering with the receiver when communicating, via a first RF band, with a base station.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System, method, and apparatus for using alternative numbers for routing voice calls and short messages in a communications network
Patent No. 11659471

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Patricia A. Landgren (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tango Networks, Inc. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081988 on 10/27/2020 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for allowing the use of an alternative numbering plan for delivering short messages to mobile subscribers using the public mobile telephone network is provided. Users of an enterprise or other closed networks as well as users that are not part of a closed network may send short messages destined to members of an enterprise or closed network from their mobile or other devices associated with their subscription using an alternative enterprise directory number, such as the office number, instead of the mobile number, such that the alternative number will be presented at the destination device as the originating number. The recipient may respond to the message by addressing the response to the enterprise or closed network number, and the response may be delivered to the originator”s mobile or other device associated with their subscription.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods and systems for UE to request appropriate NSSAI in 5G
Patent No. 11659481

Inventor(s): Virgilio Fiorese (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Sage Patent Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17059235 on 05/26/2018 (1823 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for exposing the network slice selection process to the entities within or attached to a client device are provided. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for allowing slice consumers within or attached to the client device to access and use Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) comprises, at a client device: receiving, at an Application Programming Interface (API) layer within the client device, a query for NSSAI, the query being sent by a slice consumer; sending, to a Fifth Generation modem within the client device, the query for NSSAI; receiving, from the 5G modem, a response to the query for NSSAI; and sending, to the slice consumer, the response to the query for NSSAI. Enhancements to the N1 interface as well to Core Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), Application Function (AF), and Network Exposure Function (NEF) are presented.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for event-based uplink transmit beam switch
Patent No. 11659539

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment comprises receiving configuration information including information on a beam indication indicating N uplink (UL) transmit beams, where N1; receiving the beam indication; determining whether an event is detected; selecting a beam from the N UL transmit beams based on whether the event is detected or not; and transmitting an UL transmission using the selected beam, wherein the beam refers to a spatial property used to receive or transmit a source reference signal (RS).

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

LED matrix driver to reduce bright coupling
Patent No. 11659638

Inventor(s): Haibin Shao (Shanghai, , CN), Qingjie Ma (Shanghai, , CN), Shang Ding (Shanghai, , CN), Wei Xu (Suzhou, , CN), Yan He (Shanghai, , CN), Yang Wang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463239 on 08/31/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) matrix driver includes a scan line switch coupled to a scan line of an LED matrix and adapted to be coupled to a signal ground; a first voltage clamp coupled to the scan line switch and the scan line; and a second voltage clamp coupled to the scan line.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Power electronics assembly having a gate drive device disposed between a plurality of transistors
Patent No. 11659697

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hitoshi Fujioka (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17083448 on 10/29/2020 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems to provide for technology to that includes a plurality of transistors including first transistors and second transistors. The first transistors are disposed opposite the second transistors in a lateral direction with a first space between the first transistors and the second transistors in the lateral direction. A gate driver is electrically connected to the plurality of transistors to operate the plurality of transistors. The gate driver has a first portion disposed between the first transistors and the second transistors in the first space.

[H01R] ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS (switches, fuses H01H; coupling devices of the waveguide type H01P 5/00; switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric power H02B; installations of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines, or of auxiliary apparatus H02G; printed means for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits H05K)

Three-dimensional memory device including discrete charge storage elements and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11659711

Inventor(s): Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA), Shigehisa Inoue (Yokkaichi, , JP), Tomohiro Asano (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yuki Kasai (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17090420 on 11/05/2020 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alternating stack of disposable material layers and silicon nitride layers is formed over a substrate. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures are formed in the memory openings, wherein each of the memory opening fill structures comprises a charge storage material layer, a tunneling dielectric layer, and a vertical semiconductor channel Laterally-extending cavities are formed by removing the disposable material layers selective to the silicon nitride layers and the memory opening fill structures. Insulating layers comprising silicon oxide are formed by oxidizing surface portions of the silicon nitride layers and portions of the charge storage material layers that are proximal to the laterally-extending cavities. Remaining portions of the charge storage material layers form vertical stacks of discrete charge storage elements. Remaining portions of the silicon nitride layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers. NULL

Perovskite material photovoltaic device and method for assembly
Patent No. 11659723

Inventor(s): Michael Holland (Lancaster, TX), Michael Irwin (Heath, TX)
Assignee(s): CubicPV Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16682254 on 11/13/2019 (1287 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device includes fabricating a first photovoltaic device portion with a first perovskite material layer having a first face, and fabricating a second photovoltaic device portion with a second perovskite material layer having a second face. Then first photovoltaic device portion and the second photovoltaic device portion are arranged such that the first face is in contact with the second face. Finally, the first photovoltaic device portion and second photovoltaic device portion are compressed at a pressure sufficient to fuse the first perovskite material to the second perovskite material.

Stacked transparent pixel structures for electronic displays
Patent No. 11659751

Inventor(s): Mark A. Lamkin (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172484 on 02/10/2021 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a pixel for an image sensor includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. Each of the first and second subpixels include a polygon shape. Each of the first and second subpixels include an emissive layer, a transparent cathode layer, and a transparent anode layer.

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Fastener
Patent No. D986728

Inventor(s): Chih-Hong Lu (Kaohsiung, , TW), Tse-Kuang Jou (Kaohsiung, , TW)
Assignee(s): PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805976 on 08/31/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Putting stroke trainer
Patent No. D987004

Inventor(s): Joe Stroffolino (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29807140 on 09/09/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Firearm sight
Patent No. D987012

Inventor(s): Andrew Pischke (Mansfield, TX), Jonathan Horton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Sellmark Corporation (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29779409 on 04/19/2021 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Sanitizing station
Patent No. D987086

Inventor(s): Alec Teller (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Notaro, Michalos Zaccaria P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29795072 on 06/16/2021 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Insulated frame member and backer therefor
Patent No. D987120

Inventor(s): Christopher Thompson (Fort Worth, TX), James M. Constanza (Flower Mound, TX), Rahul Sharma (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): KPS Global LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29707835 on 10/01/2019 (1330 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D987124

Inventor(s): Dan Boss (Morris Township, NJ), Jim Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29873023 on 03/23/2023 (61 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Hair accessory
Patent No. D987182

Inventor(s): Bonnie S. Sanford (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29813264 on 10/27/2021 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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