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 April 4, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

95 patents granted
Ranked No. 12 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 4
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 13
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 4
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 1
G: PHYSICS 35
H: ELECTRICITY 34
DESIGN: 2

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 6
CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 3
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) 3
Sandisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 3
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 3
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 3

UNASSIGNED 7

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Scott David Poster (Arlington) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Receptacle and template
Patent No. 11617404

Inventor(s): Lilliana Baxter (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17560757 on 12/23/2021 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a receptacle system, including a receptacle chassis that defines a volume and that defines, at an edge of the receptacle chassis, an aperture that provides access to the volume. The receptacle chassis includes a first face that is adjacent the volume, and a second face that is opposite the receptacle chassis from the first face and that is adjacent to an exterior volume. The receptacle chassis includes an object securing system that is included on at least one of the first face or the second face, and that is configured to secure the receptacle chassis to an object. Also, provided is a receptacle template system, including a planar member defines a first slot and a second slot that extend through the planar member from a first face to a second face and that are configured to receive a cutting device.

[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00)

Multimodal strain sensor and method
Patent No. 11617558

Inventor(s): Husam Niman Alshareef (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Thuwal, , SA)
Law Firm: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16765081 on 11/28/2018 (1588 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is a viscoelastic strain sensor that includes a sensing layer including a viscoelastic material, the viscoelastic material including a viscoelastic hydrogel and a conductive nanofiller. The viscoelastic material has a fractional resistance change that increases with an increase of an applied tensile strain, and the viscoelastic material has a fractional resistance change that decreases with an applied compressional strain.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

System and method for detecting application of grounding pad for ablation devices
Patent No. 11617619

Inventor(s): Binesh Balasingh (Prosper, TX), Seil Oh (Dallas, TX), William Winstrom (Leander, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17089325 on 11/04/2020 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an RF ablation system including a plurality of electrodes, a ground pad, and a signal generator. The electrodes are positioned at respective tissue sites within a patient”s body, and the ground pad is positioned on the patient”s body. The signal generator is coupled to the ground pad and the electrodes via corresponding channels including a selected channel and unselected channels. The signal generator commutates switching circuits for the corresponding channels to close the selected channel and to open the unselected channels, and measures a first impedance over the selected channel. The signal generator commutates the switching circuits to close the selected channel and the unselected channels, and then measures a second impedance. The signal generator computes a difference between the first and second impedances, and determines the ground pad has at least a poor electrical connection to the patient”s body when the difference exceeds a threshold.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Exercise apparatus
Patent No. 11617913

Inventor(s): Jerrod Daniel Anderson (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16647016 on 09/12/2018 (1665 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary first apparatus includes a cylindrical sleeve that attaches to a rod such as a barbell. The first apparatus also includes a arcuate portion that connects to a handle to allow the handle to move to and be secured at various user selected angles. An exemplary second apparatus is a core training device that includes a pair of rotatable handles and a number of connectors that allow for additional resistance to be added a different points on the device.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

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

Convertible laboratory condenser
Patent No. 11617966

Inventor(s): Bernard Robert McKellar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Ice Miller LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347130 on 06/14/2021 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a laboratory condenser adapted to be interchangeable from functioning as a reflux condenser to functioning as a distillation condenser as by inversion, and related methods of reflux and distillation that may be carried out by its use.

[B01D] SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D, by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B, by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges B04B; vortex apparatus B04C; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B 9/02) [5]

Methods and apparatuses for assembling radiating structures for a base station antenna
Patent No. 11618113

Inventor(s): Kyle M. Walsh (Richardson, TX), Xiaoguang Zhu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936971 on 09/30/2022 (186 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radiating structure assembly system includes a movable conveyor that supports fixtures. Work stations are spaced about the conveyor such that the fixtures are moved sequentially to position the fixtures at the plurality of work stations. A first work station includes a loading assembly for loading the radiating elements on the fixtures. A second work station includes a first automated vertical assembly machine for mounting a first printed circuit board to the radiating element. A third work station includes a second automated vertical assembly machine for mounting a second printed circuit board to the radiating element to create a dipole assembly. A holding device is movable with the conveyor aligns and supports the first and second printed circuit boards relative to the radiating element. A fourth work station includes an unloading assembly for removing the dipole assembly from the conveyor.

[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Executing an energy transfer directive for an idle transport
Patent No. 11618329

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16821961 on 03/17/2020 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport at a first location, that the transport is not in use, determining, by the transport, a second location to transfer energy stored in the transport, maneuvering, by the transport, to the second location, discharging, by the transport, the stored energy to the second location, and maneuvering, by the transport, to the first location.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Transport-related occupant adjustments
Patent No. 11618349

Inventor(s): Gagandeep Singh Saini (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17520916 on 11/08/2021 (512 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a level of discomfort of an occupant in a transport, determining a level of danger of an environment external to the transport, and responsive to a combination of the level of discomfort and the level of danger exceeding a threshold, positioning a portion of the transport occupied by the occupant based on an amount the threshold is exceeded.

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

Retractable cover assemblies that removably cover gaps between vehicle seats and center consoles
Patent No. 11618358

Inventor(s): Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI), Scott L. Frederick (Brighton, 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: 16791401 on 02/14/2020 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a driver seat, a front passenger seat and a console assembly located between the driver seat and the front passenger seat. At least one of the driver seat and the front passenger seat is spaced from the console assembly in a vehicle lateral direction forming a gap between the console assembly and the at least one of the driver seat and the front passenger seat. A retractable cover assembly includes a flexible, sheet-form cover that is connected to a retract device that takes up or pays out the cover between extended and retracted configurations.

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

Systems and methods for vehicle use authentication
Patent No. 11618412

Inventor(s): Nikhil Patel (Prosper, TX), Prithvi Kambhampati (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Harman International Industries, Incorporated (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: McCoy Russell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16989628 on 08/10/2020 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods that compare a validation image to one or more confirmation data sets, wherein each of the one or more confirmation sets is formed based on matching a document image and a confirmation image. In at least one example, one or more vehicle operability actions may be performed responsive to the validation image matching a confirmation data set of the one or more confirmation data sets. A refusal action may further be performed responsive to the validation image not matching the confirmation data, for example.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Automated vehicle jack
Patent No. 11618417

Inventor(s): Gladys Neal Mitchell (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107508 on 11/30/2020 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automated vehicle jack includes an upper plate and a lower plate with a lifting mechanism disposed therebetween. The upper plate is fixedly attached to a lower side of the vehicle chassis, near each of the front and rear tires. The lifting mechanism is a scissor jack formed of a pair of upper arms pivotally connected to the upper plate and a pair of lower arms pivotally coupled with the lower plate. A motorized drive screw operates the lifting mechanism upon receipt of a predetermined command from a control panel in the vehicle passenger compartment or a portable electronic device.

[B60S] SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Powertrain torque limitation to ensure lock-up clutch engagement during high temperature transmission fluid condition
Patent No. 11618452

Inventor(s): Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17243978 on 04/29/2021 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle, a vehicle powertrain system, a computer program product, and a method of controlling a vehicle in a manner to achieve enhanced driving performance. An example vehicle powertrain system includes one or more of a powertrain having an engine, a transmission, and a torque converter, and a control module to control the powertrain system. The control module is configured to conduct, in response to sensor data in connection with a detected current vehicle speed and a detected current transmission oil temperature, a vehicle powertrain analysis of the sensor data. The control module is to then control the powertrain in response to the vehicle powertrain analysis and an operating state of a lock-up clutch of the torque converter.

[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]

Driving data used to improve infrastructure
Patent No. 11618455

Inventor(s): Narendran Narayanasamy (Irvine, CA), Tangie Tolbert (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16529603 on 08/01/2019 (1342 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for improving transportation infrastructure includes a network access device to receive vehicle behavior data from multiple vehicles, the vehicle behavior data corresponding to at least one of driver-controlled vehicle behavior or autonomous vehicle behavior and including at least one of vehicle locations associated with the vehicle behavior data or infrastructure data indicating features of infrastructure associated with the vehicle behavior data. The system further includes a memory to store the vehicle behavior data including the at least one of the vehicle locations or the infrastructure data. The system further includes a processor to perform an analysis of the vehicle behavior data and the at least one of the vehicle locations or the infrastructure data and to identify an improvement to the transportation infrastructure to at least one of reduce traffic, increase driver comfort, or increase safety based on the analysis.

Shear hardening material to suppress flutter in inflatable wings
Patent No. 11618548

Inventor(s): Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, 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: 17165186 on 02/02/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reinforced, foldable component for an aircraft is provided, configured to stabilize a high frequency aeroelastic fluttering movement. The reinforced component may include a frame structure defining at least one air chamber, and a plurality of sealed compartments. A shear thickening fluid is disposed in at least one of the sealed compartments, exhibiting a decreasing viscosity responsive to an impact force. The frame structure may define one of an inflatable wing structure, a fairing structure, an aileron structure, and a stabilizer structure, and the like. The foldable component may include an exterior layer with an exterior surface exposed to an external environment and an interior layer adjacent the at least one air chamber, wherein the plurality of sealed compartments are disposed between the exterior layer and the interior layer. The exterior layer or the interior layer may include an impact-resistant fabric layer including a shear thickening material.

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

Centrifugal force bearing with piezo clutch
Patent No. 11618557

Inventor(s): Bryan Kenneth Baskin (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17004919 on 08/27/2020 (950 days app to issue)

Abstract: An elastomeric bearing assembly has a centrifugal force bearing axially captured relative to a sliding interface. The sliding interface has one or more low friction regions and one or more high friction regions. One or more piezo actuators are configured to force one or more corresponding high friction regions against the centrifugal force bearing when actuated. The sliding interface may have a circular shape, wherein the one or more low friction regions and the one or more high friction regions are alternating concentric segments of the sliding interface. The one or more high friction regions are recessed on the sliding interface relative to the one or more low friction regions.

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

Deployable apparatus to prevent helicopter rollover
Patent No. 11618588

Inventor(s): Martin Peryea (Southlake, TX), Scott David Poster (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17069413 on 10/13/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus for preventing aircraft rollover upon a water landing comprising: a deployable first and/or second boom affixed by a first end to the aircraft and capable of deployment substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft; and a first and/or second air bladder attached to a second end of the first and/or second boom, wherein the first and/or second air bladders are configured to inflate when an aircraft lands in the water, wherein deployment of the first and second boom and air bladder prevents aircraft rollover upon water landing; or a deployable keel affixed by a first end to the aircraft and capable of deployment substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and opposite a rotor of the aircraft upon a water landing, wherein the keel is sized to prevent aircraft rollover upon deployment; or both.

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

Vehicle restraint systems and methods
Patent No. 11618642

Inventor(s): L. Blake Whitley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17404732 on 08/17/2021 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are vehicle restraint systems for releasably securing a vehicle having a RIG bar to a loading dock. The vehicle restraint systems can include a vehicle engagement member, such as a restraint hook, that is configured to engage RIG bars having a variety of geometries, including conventional RIG bars having a square cross-sectional area and modified RIG bars having more complex geometries. The engagement member can include an engagement region having a scallop feature configured to provide clearance for the RIG bars during engagement.

[B65G] TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F 9/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C 9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

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

Waste water treatment to reduce BOD/COD
Patent No. 11618691

Inventor(s): Raymond C. Sherry (Cleburne, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Roger N. Chauza, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17182049 on 02/22/2021 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: A waste water treatment system for removing contaminant chemicals, bacteria and organic matter to reduce the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and the biological oxygen demand (BOD). The system uses thermal energy to remove chemicals that can be oxidized to reduce the COD, and to destroy bacteria and organic matter to reduce the BOD of the treated water. The system can include an expansion chamber and a nozzle to create steam which can be used as thermal energy to heat the waste water and provide the proper treatment to reduce the COD and BOD of the processed waste water.

[C02F] TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances A62D 3/00; separation, settling tanks or filter devices B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04) [3]

Methods for diagnosing, prognosing, and treating colorectal cancer using biomarker expression
Patent No. 11618926

Inventor(s): Ajay Goel (Dallas, TX), Raju Kandimalla (Dallas, TX), Roshni Roy (Baltimore, MD), Shusuke Toden (Dallas, TX), Takatoshi Matsuyama (Dallas, TX), Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Dallas, TX), Wenhao Weng (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16489597 on 02/28/2018 (1861 days app to issue)

Abstract: Dysregulated expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) has emerged as a hallmark feature in human cancers. Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for selecting optimal therapy for a patient from several alternative treatment options. A major clinical challenge in cancer treatment is to identify the subset of patients who will benefit from a therapeutic regimen, both in metastatic and adjuvant settings. The number of anti-cancer drugs and multi-drug combinations has increased substantially in the past decade, however, treatments continue to be applied empirically using a trial-and-error approach. Here methods and compositions are provided to determine the optimal treatment option for cancer patients.

[C12Q] MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N 33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES [3]

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

Monopole door hinges and assemblies
Patent No. 11619082

Inventor(s): Jignesh Patel (Plano, TX), Kevin L. Rovell (Arlington, TX), Richard D. Williams (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16885974 on 05/28/2020 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a monopole door hinge assembly. The assembly may comprise a monopole comprising a door, the monopole and door both having an interior surface, and a plurality of hinges. Each hinge may comprise a base member configured to be secured to the interior surface of the monopole; and a rib member having a supporting portion and a mounting portion, the supporting portion having an arcuate profile that corresponds to an arcuate profile of the interior surface of the door and the mounting portion is pivotably attached to the base member. The base member of each hinge is mounted to the interior surface of the monopole and the supporting portion of each hinge is mounted to the interior surface of the door, thereby securing the door to the monopole.

[E05D] HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C 11/00)

Insulated architectural covering systems and methods
Patent No. 11619091

Inventor(s): Neil A. Kozisek (Grand Island, NE), Scott A. Juengst (Grand Island, NE)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17654304 on 03/10/2022 (390 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for an architectural opening may include a plurality of panels. At least one of the plurality of panels may include a frame including a plurality of first frame members and a plurality of second frame members sealed together at respective interfaces to define at least one opening. The interfaces may be defined by ends of the first frame members positioned at least partially within respective apertures defined in the second frame members. Each frame member may include an internal cavity, with the apertures fluidically connecting the internal cavities of the frame members. An inset panel may be secured within the at least one opening. One or more hinges may pivotably connect a first panel of the plurality of panels to a second panel of the plurality of panels. The apparatus may be a garage door, an entry door, a window, or a storefront.

[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)

Bridge plugs with barrier sleeves
Patent No. 11619108

Inventor(s): Anthony Phan (Lewisville, TX), Mark Holly (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16485863 on 09/19/2018 (1658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bridge plug includes a splayable assembly. The splayable assembly includes an upper annulus with upper extensions, a lower annulus with lower extensions opposing the upper annulus along an axis extending through the upper annulus and the lower annulus, and a linkage connecting the lower annulus to the upper annulus. The linkage has an upper link pivotably connected to a lower link, the upper link pivotably connected between circumferentially adjacent upper extensions and the lower link pivotably connected between circumferentially adjacent lower extensions. The elastic barrier sleeve extends circumferentially about the splayable assembly such that movement of the lower annulus towards the upper annulus expands the elastic barrier sleeve to form a barrier within a wellbore. Bridge plug arrangements and methods of emplacing bridge plugs in wellbores are also described.

[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]

Integrated wiring gun and method
Patent No. 11619118

Inventor(s): David S. Wesson (Fort Worth, TX), John Thomas Hardesty (Weatherford, TX), Terrell Saltarelli (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16107075 on 08/21/2018 (1687 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved perforating gun with novel endplates is disclosed along with a corresponding method of assembly. The endplate includes a base with a first end separated from a second end separated by a curved sidewall centered around a longitudinal axis and a set of tube tabs flexibly coupled to the base and extending from the second end. Each of the set of tube tabs has a retaining lip and is generally oriented in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The endplate may include an optional carrier tab with an integrated alignment pin. Selected embodiments may also include a zero-tension connector with a sliding contact mounted within a cavity of a housing, a through-wire connected to the sliding contact. The novel endplate reduces the cost and complexity of manufacture and installation.

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

Bypass block for unregulated gearboxes
Patent No. 11619295

Inventor(s): Scott David Poster (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17512974 on 10/28/2021 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bypass apparatus for lubricant in an unregulated pressurized gearbox including: a block including a lubricant inlet in fluid communication with a pressure relief valve, wherein the pressure relief valve diverts lubricant into the gearbox or into an oil filter, wherein lubricant is returned to the gearbox when the lubricant is cold and/or pressure at the pressure relief valve is high to reduce damage to the gearbox caused by high pressure during a cold start, and when the lubricant temperature increases and the pressure is reduced the pressure relief valve closes and lubricant enters the oil filter.

[F16H] GEARING

P H Y S I C S

System and method for local storage based mapping
Patent No. 11619511

Inventor(s): Vladimeros Vladimerou (Whitmore Lake, 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: 16526023 on 07/30/2019 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mapping system creates feature data associated with a first section of a route, stores the feature data in the local storage system as stored feature data, fuses the feature data with the stored feature data to create map data associated with the first section when the vehicle has traversed the first section and collected the stored feature data at least a threshold number of times, stores the map data in the local storage system, identifies one or more route sections as being part of one or more commute routes, and when space in the local storage system is insufficient for storage of the map data or the feature data, enables the storage by removing stored map data from the location storage system based at least in part on a determination that the removed data is not associated with the one or more commute routes.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Bipolar electrode bubble detection method and apparatus
Patent No. 11619604

Inventor(s): Ruinian Tian (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shoichi Taniguchi (Yokkaichi, , JP), Tomohiro Nishiwaki (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yutaka Ishiguro (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17320493 on 05/14/2021 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bubble detection method includes flowing a fluid through a conduit containing at least one bipolar electrode, applying an electric field across the fluid in the conduit, and detecting a presence of a bubble in the fluid when the bubble flows around or through the bipolar electrode by detecting a current or voltage output from the at least one bipolar electrode.

[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)

Semiconductor integrated fluxgate device shielded by discrete magnetic plate
Patent No. 11619658

Inventor(s): Dok Won Lee (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15836534 on 12/08/2017 (1943 days app to issue)

Abstract: A current-sensing system includes a conductor for carrying a first electrical current generating a first magnetic field. A device, spaced from the conductor by a clearance, includes a semiconductor integrated circuit die in a package. The semiconductor integrated circuit die includes at least one elongated bar of a first ferromagnetic material magnetized by the first magnetic field; a sensor comprising a first coil wrapped around the at least one elongated bar to sense the bar”s magnetization; and an electronic driver creating a second electrical current flowing through a second coil wrapped around the at least one elongated bar generating a second magnetic field to compensate the at least one bar”s magnetization. The package has a first outer surface free of device terminals. A discrete plate of a second ferromagnetic material is positioned in the clearance and is conformal with the first outer surface of the package.

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

High-performance optical surface
Patent No. 11619764

Inventor(s): John P. Schaefer (Plano, TX), Paul J. Gasloli (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16832974 on 03/27/2020 (1103 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high-performance optical surface includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first anti-reflection (A/R) coating formed on the second surface of the substrate; a coated layer formed over the A/R coating on a surface of the A/R coating opposite to the stress compensation layer, where a surface of the coating layer opposite to the first A/R coating is diamond point turned or polished to improve finish; and a second A/R coating formed on the polished surface of the coating layer to formed the high-performance reflective surface.

[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]

Selectable offset image wedge
Patent No. 11619824

Inventor(s): Danny Robert Schoening (Allen, TX), Rodney Doster (Garland, TX), Ryan Little (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Melito Law (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17373815 on 07/13/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention discloses a selectable offset image wedge assembly and various methods for making and for use with any optical system having a circular lens and an objective, comprising a housing with a rear-facing end that mounts onto the objective and a forward-facing end with a circular wedge lens mounted therein that is coaxially aligned with the circular lens of the optical system, wherein, the wedge is adjustable to any predetermined clocking position after detachment from the optical system, allowing quick and repeated reattachment to the optical system to an approximately exact vertical orientation of a first image produced by the wedge lens and a second image produced by the circular lens of the optical system.

Aperture sharing for highlight projection
Patent No. 11619873

Inventor(s): John David Jackson (Allen, TX), Nathan Shawn Wainwright (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17352907 on 06/21/2021 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A novel projection system includes a base signal source, a highlight signal source, a base/highlight destination, and a shared optical element. A base signal provided by the base source and a highlight signal provided by the highlight source are combined by the shared optical element. In a particular embodiment, the base signal source and the highlight signal source each include a light source, a spatial light modulator, and optics, and the base/highlight destination includes optics and a spatial light modulator. In a more particular embodiment, the base signal source and the highlight source provide spatially modulated lightfields to the shared optical element. In another particular embodiment, the base signal and the highlight signal are modulated by the spatial light modulator of the base/highlight destination after being combined.

[G03B] APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) [4]

Automatic periodic adjustment of equipment parameters to maximize equipment lifetime
Patent No. 11619933

Inventor(s): Tucker Britton (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (State College, PA)
Law Firm: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17306727 on 05/03/2021 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: Parameter settings and operational data are received from machines for a current predefined time interval. For each machine, a corresponding health metric value is calculated based on the received operational data and machine health data, and stored in association with the received corresponding parameter settings. Associated unknown health metric values are estimated for machines associated with combinations of parameter settings different from the received parameter settings having at least one of the combinations of parameter settings with an associated previously determined health metric value, and at least one other of the combinations of parameter settings with the associated unknown health metric value, based on the corresponding calculated health metric value and the corresponding previously determined health metric value. Associated parameter settings for at least one healthiest machine and at least one least healthy machine are determined based on the stored health metric values and are automatically adjusted.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Personal computer wireless device docking station
Patent No. 11619971

Inventor(s): James LeBoeuf (Lake Elsinore, CA), Jamie Nicole Wade (Denton, TX), Kendrick Sims (Mansfield, TX), Luke Keiser (Frisco, TX), Scott Passe (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16778293 on 01/31/2020 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication system comprises a processing system configured to support data, voice and video communications. A docking station is coupled to the processing system and is configured to provide power and data connections to a personal computer wireless device. The personal computer wireless device is configured to provide power, data, and analog connections. The docking station includes a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone, such as a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), phone. The docking station may include a keypad configured to initiate, or otherwise enable, VoIP phone call functions. The docking station is coupled to the processing system over at least one pair of low-voltage wires having an electrical current sufficient to power the personal computer wireless device. The pair(s) of low-voltage wires may provide sufficient electrical current to charge a battery in the personal computer wireless device.

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

Soft data compression for non-volatile memory
Patent No. 11620050

Inventor(s): A Harihara Sravan (Karnataka, , IN), Feng Lu (Fremont, CA), Yan Li (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): Sandisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17359945 on 06/28/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: An encoder of a storage medium receives, at a plurality of latches respectively associated with a plurality of memory cells, soft data corresponding to data subject to a read operation specified by the a storage controller, compresses the soft data, and stores the compressed soft data in a buffer before transmitting the compressed soft data to the storage controller. Upon the buffer being full, the encoder writes uncompressed soft data back to at least a subset of the plurality of latches, and upon completion of the writing of the uncompressed soft data, the encoder resumes compressing and storing of soft data in the buffer, and transmits the compressed soft data to the storage controller.

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

Machine learning model representation and execution
Patent No. 11620113

Inventor(s): Jeffrey B. Saxon (Rockwall, TX), Jeffrey Dix (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17835121 on 06/08/2022 (300 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving user specified metadata for execution tasks associated with a machine learning (ML) model; receiving artifacts specifying program code for implementing the ML model; creating a file system structure for a container to hold the ML model; receiving environment variables for operation of the ML model; and building the container including a model image for the ML model. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Methods and apparatus to facilitate read-modify-write support in a coherent victim cache with parallel data paths
Patent No. 11620230

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882225 on 05/22/2020 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed facilitate read-modify-write support in a coherent victim cache with parallel data paths. An example apparatus includes a random-access memory configured to be coupled to a central processing unit via a first interface and a second interface, the random-access memory configured to obtain a read request indicating a first address to read via a snoop interface, an address encoder coupled to the random-access memory, the address encoder to, when the random-access memory indicates a hit of the read request, generate a second address corresponding to a victim cache based on the first address, and a multiplexer coupled to the victim cache to transmit a response including data obtained from the second address of the victim cache.

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

Prefetch kill and revival in an instruction cache
Patent No. 11620236

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), Bipin Prasad Heremagalur Ramaprasad (Austin, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Hung Ong (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17727921 on 04/25/2022 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises a processor including a CPU core, first and second memory caches, and a memory controller subsystem. The memory controller subsystem speculatively determines a hit or miss condition of a virtual address in the first memory cache and speculatively translates the virtual address to a physical address. Associated with the hit or miss condition and the physical address, the memory controller subsystem configures a status to a valid state. Responsive to receipt of a first indication from the CPU core that no program instructions associated with the virtual address are needed, the memory controller subsystem reconfigures the status to an invalid state and, responsive to receipt of a second indication from the CPU core that a program instruction associated with the virtual address is needed, the memory controller subsystem reconfigures the status back to a valid state.

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

Domain register for instructions being executed in computer processors
Patent No. 11620239

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17154722 on 01/21/2021 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a domain register of a processor in a computer system are described. The computer system has a memory configured to at least store instructions of routines that are classified in multiple predefined, non-hierarchical domains. The processor stores in the domain register an identifier of a current domain of a routine that is being executed in the processor. The processor is configured to perform security operations based on the content of the domain register and the security settings specified respectively for the predefined, non-hierarchical domains.

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

Entity classification using cleansed transactions
Patent No. 11620267

Inventor(s): Sarah Olsen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224467 on 04/07/2021 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems as described herein may classify entities based on cleansed transactions. An entity classification server may obtain transaction data indicating an entity name and an entity code in a non-standardized format. A recommended entity code in a standardized format may be determined from a remote data store. The entity classification server may generate a score indicating a likelihood that the recommended entity code correctly identifies the entity indicated in the transaction data using a machine classifier. The entity classification server may update the entity code in the transaction data with the recommended entity code based on the score exceeding a threshold value. Accordingly, a transaction summary comprising the transaction data may be generated and provided to a computing device.

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

Method and system for data usage analysis
Patent No. 11620297

Inventor(s): Deepak Bang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16801813 on 02/26/2020 (1133 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and a computing apparatus for analyzing data usage are provided. The method includes: accessing a data set; identifying at least one user that has accessed the data set within a predetermined time interval; determining a number of times that the identified user accessed the data set during the predetermined time interval; and outputting an identification of the user in conjunction with information identifying the data set and information indicating the determined number of times of accessing the data set. The method may further include determining a data set-specific data usage pattern that indicates usage frequency information that relates to the data set, and outputting information that relates to the determined data set-specific data usage pattern.

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

Relevance-based search and discovery for media content delivery
Patent No. 11620342

Inventor(s): Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX), Praveen Kumar Bandaru (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16368135 on 03/28/2019 (1468 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described, which provide for calculating a first relevance score for each content item of a set of content items, wherein the first relevance scores correspond to a relevance of each content item with respect to a query term according to a term-weighting scheme; calculating, for each content item, a program title relevance score; a media personality relevance score; a media network relevance score; and a live programming event relevance score; ranking each content item based on the program title relevance scores, the media personality relevance scores, the media network relevance scores, and the live event relevance scores; receiving a user input search term; generating, based on the search term, a user interface including multiple graphic icons corresponding to a number of the ranked content items; and presenting, via the user interface, the multiple graphic icons for selection by a user.

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

Systems and methods for proactive and reactive data security
Patent No. 11620378

Inventor(s): Fahad Shaon (McKinney, TX), Sazzadur Rahaman (Blacksburg, VA)
Assignee(s): Data Security Technologies LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16698328 on 11/27/2019 (1224 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and storage media for distributed system security. In an example embodiment, a computer-executable method includes receiving a first item of executable code, calculating a hash of the first item of executable code, and comparing the calculated hash to a database of hashes. Responsive to a determination that the calculated hash does not match any hash in the database of hashes, a first security policy is applied to the first item of executable code. Triggering of the first policy indicates that the first item of executable code should be blocked from execution. If the first item of executable code does not trigger the first security policy, the method includes executing the first item of executable code and intercepting a request initiated by the first item of executable code during execution. In the request matches a second security policy, the request is blocked and/or filtered or sanitized, based on attribute-based access control policies.

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

Automated detection, elimination, and prevention of toxic combinations for personal information data
Patent No. 11620405

Inventor(s): Daniel M. Bond (Addison, TX), Ibrahim S. Mkondera (Carrollton, TX), Jagmohan Singh (Coppell, TX), Jalpa K. Shah (Irving, TX), Matthew Stamy (Frisco, TX), Megan Petrillo (The Colony, TX), Nagesh Chalasani (Frisco, TX),
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17091622 on 11/06/2020 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments can identify the toxic PI combinations and flag these combinations for evaluation. Because organization policies on toxic PI combinations can constantly evolve, the system may be continuously updated with the latest policies. Exemplary embodiments may be used as part of an automated code review for application development and for monitoring of existing applications and programs. Thus, exemplary embodiments take the guesswork out of identifying risks in applications and programs by providing an automated tool that can scan and identify toxic combinations in accordance with various policies.

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

Semantic occupancy grid management in ADAS/autonomous driving
Patent No. 11620478

Inventor(s): Deepak Poddar (Bangalore, , IN), Hrushikesh Tukaram Garud (Parbhani, , IN), Soyeb Noormohammed Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16784009 on 02/06/2020 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, an apparatus includes an object detection (OD) network that is configured to generate OD polygons in response to a received at least one camera image and a semantic segmentation (SS) network that is configured to generate SS data in response to the received at least one camera image. A processor is configured to generate an updated occupancy grid in response to the OD polygons and the SS data. A vehicle is optionally configured to respond to a driving action generated in response to the updated occupancy grid.

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

Remapping of flight leg bookings
Patent No. 11620587

Inventor(s): Daniel Muzich (Phoenix, AZ), James Fox (Phoenix, AZ), Julianne Bowles (Tempe, AZ), Marcial Lapp (Tempe, AZ), Randeep Ramamurthy (Phoenix, AZ), Thomas Trenga (Mesa, AZ), Yuxi Xiao (Tempe, AZ)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16930801 on 07/16/2020 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: The system determines even-spaced quantiles for network optimization. The system may utilize authorization level to expected network conversion. The system may be used in connection with yield management systems, inventory control systems, or revenue management systems.

[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]

Network value of a flight leg booking
Patent No. 11620590

Abstract: In a computerized remapping system for airline seat bookings, actual airline seat bookings are restated in a remapped form reflecting the value of each leg of the booking from a network perspective, facilitating improved demand forecasts for subsequent seat bookings. In this manner, seat protects and seat pricing may be better allocated to align with actual demand.

Application usage and process monitoring in an enterprise environment having agent session recording for process definition
Patent No. 11620602

Inventor(s): Eshai Livne (Karkur, , IL), Itai Nahshon (Haifa, , IL), Paul Harold Leamon (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): IEX Corporation (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17728303 on 04/25/2022 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real-time activity monitor (RTAM) operates within or in association with a machine (such as a desktop) within a back office environment to automatically track and record desktop processing activities, application usage, as well as manual processing. The real-time activity monitor provides visibility into real-time task processing at the client desktop to enable an enterprise to address back office operational inefficiencies that are exposed by the data. According to a further feature, a recording approach is used to enable a user of the system to automatically define processes and tasks to be monitored. The approach obviates manual configuration by recording application usage actions and then using these interactions as a template for a new process object to be monitored. In an alternative embodiment, the process recorder captures screenshots and enables screen element bookmarking.

Recommendation engine for cost of a claim
Patent No. 11620716

Inventor(s): Cory Matheson (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190166 on 03/02/2021 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing an estimate of cost of a claim to a homeowner. One of the methods includes receiving information about damage to a home of a homeowner. The method includes retrieving a home insurance policy associated with the homeowner and home insurance claims that have been submitted by other homeowners. The method also includes analyzing the information about the damage, the home insurance policy, and the home insurance claims to determine an estimate of cost of a claim that would cover the damage. In addition, the method includes providing the homeowner with the estimate of cost of the claim.

Systems and methods for enhanced personal property replacement
Patent No. 11620717

Inventor(s): Greg Maurer (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673555 on 02/16/2022 (412 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer system for enhanced personal property replacement may be provided. The computer system may include at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor may programmed to receive a plurality of user preferences transmitted from a user computer device associated with a user, receive a request from the user to cover a claim, determine a first plurality of items for the user based upon the claim and the plurality of user preferences, and/or transmit, to a retailer computer device associated with a retailer, an order for the determined first plurality of items with the retailer to be delivered to the user at an address associated with the user.

Systems and methods for determining defects in physical objects
Patent No. 11620743

Inventor(s): Darrell R. Krueger (Lawrence, KS), Garrett Smitley (Fort Worth, TX), Kevin Lawhon (Cleburne, TX), Rachel Kohler (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17194954 on 03/08/2021 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a defect detector module, an image of a physical object and classifying, by the defect detector module, one or more first features from the image of the physical object into one or more first classifications using one or more machine learning algorithms. The method further includes analyzing, by the defect detector module, the one or more first classifications and determining, by the defect detector module, that the physical object comprises a defect based on analyzing the one or more first classifications.

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

Dense optical flow processing in a computer vision system
Patent No. 11620757

Inventor(s): Anish Reghunath (Plano, TX), Hetul Sanghvi (Murphy, TX), Michael Peter Lachmayr (Boxford, MA), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17533256 on 11/23/2021 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer vision system is provided that includes an image generation device configured to generate consecutive two dimensional (2D) images of a scene, and a dense optical flow engine (DOFE) configured to determine a dense optical flow map for pairs of the consecutive 2D images, wherein, for a pair of consecutive 2D images, the DOFE is configured to perform a predictor based correspondence search for each paxel in a current image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, wherein, for an anchor pixel in each paxel, the predictor based correspondence search evaluates a plurality of predictors to select a best matching pixel in a reference image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, and determine optical flow vectors for each pixel in a paxel based on the best matching pixel selected for the anchor pixel of the paxel.

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

Vehicle information photo overlay
Patent No. 11620769

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Frisco, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (Mckinney, TX), Jason Richard Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17025530 on 09/18/2020 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: An image information overlay system retrieves an image associated with a vehicle listing and uses machine learning models to classify the image, generating identification data that may comprise a vehicle make and model, a feature or part of the vehicle present in the image, and a location of the vehicle feature or part. The identification data or an individual identifier of the vehicle, such as a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), may be used to retrieve overlay information related to the vehicle make and model, such as recalls or known maintenance issues or information specific to the vehicle, such as mileage, accident reports, or ownership history. The overlay information is displayed on the image as an overlay at the location of the vehicle feature or part corresponding to the overlay information.

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

Systems and methods for detecting text in images
Patent No. 11620839

Inventor(s): Feiyun Zhu (Arlington, TX), Haining Liu (Dallas, TX), Jon Hammer (Frisco, TX), Pingjian Yu (Plano, TX), Ryan B. Reagan (Fort Worth, TX), Yao Liu (Richardson, TX), Yuqi Zhang (Dallas, TX), Zhichun Xiao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097734 on 11/13/2020 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting text in images. In some embodiments, a system for detecting text in images comprises a database configured to store images and a control circuit configured to retrieve an image, generate, based on the image, a collection of augmented images, detect characters in each of the augmented images, generate bounding boxes for the characters in each of augmented images, recognize the characters in each of the augmented images, select, based on the recognition of the characters in each of the augmented images, candidate characters, wherein the candidate characters are selected based on consistency of the recognition of the characters in each of the augmented images, detect, for the image, a color associated with the characters, and store, in the database, the image, the candidate characters, and the color associated with the characters.

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

Method and system for reconstructing information about an accident
Patent No. 11620862

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: 16928137 on 07/14/2020 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for reconstructing information about vehicular accidents is disclosed. The system comprises an onboard computing system in a vehicle with an accident reconstruction system. Using sensed information from vehicle sensors and an animation engine, the system can generate animated videos depicting the accident. The system can also take action in response to information it learns from the animated video and/or an underlying 3D model of the accident used to generate the video.

[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)

Door actuation system using contactless brainwave monitoring and gait recognition
Patent No. 11620867

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini (Ann Arbor, MI), Muhamed K. Farooq (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208307 on 03/22/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to utilizing contactless brainwave detectors to gather a user”s unique electroencephalogram (EEG) data. EEG data, as well as an additional biometric, such as gait, can be used to determine whether users have access to enter a locked system, such as a door. An access list can be created and pre-registered with the EEG data and any additional biometric data of users who have access to enter the locked system. As the user nears the locked system, they can generate the EEG data to unlock the locked system by thinking of a pre-registered password stored in the access list.

Surveillance system and method for predicting patient falls using motion feature patterns
Patent No. 11620894

Inventor(s): Derek del Carpio (Corinth, TX), Steven Gail Johnson (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): Care View Communications, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Meister Seelig Fein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17383593 on 07/23/2021 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for detecting a fall risk condition, the system comprising a surveillance camera configured to generate a plurality of frames showing an area in which a patient at risk of falling is being monitored, and a computer system comprising memory and logic circuitry configured to store motion feature patterns that are extracted from video recordings, the motion feature patterns are representative of motion associated with real alarm cases and false-alarm cases of fall events, receive a fall alert from a classifier, determine motion features of one or more frames from the plurality of frames that correspond to the fall alert; compare the motion features of the one or more frames with the motion feature patterns, and determine whether to confirm the fall alert based on the comparison. NULL

Semiconductor device package with isolated semiconductor die and electric field curtailment
Patent No. 11621215

Inventor(s): Enis Tuncer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538841 on 11/30/2021 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a lead frame having a first portion and having a second portion electrically isolated from the first portion, the first portion having a side surface normal to a planar opposite surface, and having a recessed edge that is notched or chamfered and extending between the side surface and a planar device side surface; a spacer dielectric mounted to the planar device side surface and partially covered by the first portion, and extending beyond the first portion; a semiconductor die mounted to the spacer dielectric, the semiconductor die partially covered by the spacer dielectric and extending beyond the spacer dielectric; the second portion of the lead frame comprising leads coupled to the semiconductor die by electrical connections; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the electrical connections, the spacer dielectric, and partially covering the first portion and the second portion.

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

Wafer-scale memory techniques
Patent No. 11621257

Inventor(s): Bambi L. DeLaRosa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17162796 on 01/29/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for wafer-scale memory device and systems are provided. In an example, a wafer-scale memory device can include a large single substrate, multiple memory circuit areas including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the multiple memory circuit areas integrated with the substrate and configured to form an array on the substrate, and multiple streets separating the memory circuit areas. The streets can accommodate attaching the substrate to a wafer-scale processor. In certain examples, the large, single substrate can have a major surface area of more than 20,000 square millimeters (mm[superscript]2[/superscript]).

[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)

Network forensic system for performing transmission metadata tracking and analysis
Patent No. 11621977

Inventor(s): Gopikrishna Nemalikanti (Frisco, TX), Jayachandra Varma (Irving, TX), Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX), Sorin Cismas (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17524118 on 11/11/2021 (509 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for extracting, correlating, consolidating and presenting metadata from transmissions is provided. The method may include receiving a TCP/IP transmission. The transmission may include a header and a body. The method may include extracting an originating IP address from a location of the transmission. The location may be in the header or in the body. The IP address may be extracted in binary form. The method may include determining an accuracy and validity metric of the transmission using an artificial intelligence module. The method may include converting the extracted IP address from binary form into hexadecimal form. The method may include embedding the hexadecimal form of the IP address into one or more unused options of the header. The method may include processing the transmission. The processing may be completed upon determination that the transmission is a valid transmission.

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

Methods and systems for multi-access server orchestration
Patent No. 11622013

Inventor(s): Anil K Guntupalli (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538413 on 11/30/2021 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative multi-access server orchestration system determines a subset of a set of multi-access servers associated with a communication network. The subset corresponds to a service area of a network anchor point through which network traffic on the communication network is routed to a client device. The multi-access server orchestration system orders the multi-access servers included within the subset to form an ordered listing of multi-access servers from a most-preferred to a least-preferred multi-access server for fulfilling a service request for the client device. The ordered listing designates a first multi-access server included in the subset and located more proximate to the network anchor point than to the client device to be more highly preferred for fulfilling the service request than a second multi-access server included in the subset and located more proximate to the client device than to the network anchor point. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Method for making a bipolar junction transistor having an integrated switchable short
Patent No. 11621200

Inventor(s): Peter Hugh Blair (Manchester, , GB)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17804614 on 05/31/2022 (308 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application provides a process for making a circuit of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT). The switchable short in one implementation of the invention is formed in a semiconductor wafer. A collector region is formed in the semiconductor wafer and inside of the collector region, a first base region is formed. An emitter region is formed inside the base region to form the BJT. A drain region is also formed inside the base region adjacent to the emitter region. A gate is formed over a portion of the base region adjacent to the drain region and the emitter region. The gate is connected to the collection region.

[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]

Semiconductor package with electromagnetic interference shielding
Patent No. 11621232

Inventor(s): Jie Chen (Plano, TX), Liang Wan (Chengdu, , CN), Rajen Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246115 on 04/30/2021 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a multilayer package substrate including a first layer including a first dielectric and first metal layer including a first metal trace and a second layer including a second dielectric layer. An integrated circuit (IC) die includes bond pads, with a bottom side of the IC die attached to the first metal trace. Metal pillars are through the second dielectric layer connecting to the first metal trace. A third layer on the second layer includes a third dielectric layer on the second layer extending to a bottom side of the semiconductor package, and a second metal layer including second metal traces including inner second metal traces connected to the bond pads and outer second metal traces over the metal pillars, and filled vias providing externally accessible contact pads that connect the second metal traces to a bottom side of the semiconductor package.

Multilevel memory stack structure with tapered inter-tier joint region and methods of making thereof
Patent No. 11621277

Inventor(s): Chih-Yu Lee (Yokkaichi, , JP), Monica Titus (Sunnyvale, CA), Senaka Kanakamedala (San Jose, CA), Yao-Sheng Lee (Tampa, FL), Zhixin Cui (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17098743 on 11/16/2020 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: A joint level dielectric material layer is formed over a first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first spacer material layers. A first memory opening is formed with a tapered sidewall of the joint level dielectric material layer. A second alternating stack of second insulating layers and second spacer material layers is formed over the joint level dielectric material layer. An inter-tier memory opening is formed, which includes a volume of an second memory opening that extends through the second alternating stack and a volume of the first memory opening. A memory film and a semiconductor channel are formed in the inter-tier memory opening with respective tapered portions overlying the tapered sidewall of the joint level dielectric material layer.

Drain extended transistor with trench gate
Patent No. 11621347

Inventor(s): Christopher Boguslaw Kocon (Moutain Top, PA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945313 on 07/31/2020 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with a trench, a body region under the trench with majority carrier dopants of a first type, and a transistor, including a source region under the trench with majority carrier dopants of a second type, a drain region spaced from the trench with majority carrier dopants of the second type, a gate structure in the trench proximate a channel portion of a body region, and an oxide structure in the trench proximate a side of the gate structure.

Bar module terminal assemblies having pairs of elongated terminal plates
Patent No. 11621461

Inventor(s): Brian Schneidewind (Ann Arbor, MI), Geoffrey D. Gaither (Brighton, 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: 16775795 on 01/29/2020 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes a plurality of battery cells and a pair of elongated connector terminal plates. Each battery cell has a terminal side and an opposite floor side. A pair of terminals extend from each of the plurality of battery cells on the terminal side. Each of the pair of elongated connector terminal plates includes an upper and a lower elongated terminal connector. The upper and lower elongated terminal connector plates of each of the pair of elongated connector terminal plates are configured to independently move between an aligned position and an engaged position such that in the engaged position the pair of elongated connector terminal plates retain the plurality of battery cells and in the aligned position the pair of elongated connector terminal plates are removed from the battery pack releasing the plurality of battery cells.

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

Brackets for mounting antenna cables
Patent No. 11621548

Inventor(s): Dale Richard Heath (Fort Worth, TX), Raphael J. de La Soujeole (Irving, TX), Robert J. Campbell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498857 on 10/12/2021 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bracket for mounting cables on an antenna pole includes: a pair of L-shaped members, each of the L-shaped members including a main panel, a pair of jaws extending from opposite edges of the main panel, and a flange extending generally perpendicularly to the main panel, wherein the main panel includes a plurality of first mounting apertures, and wherein the flange includes a plurality of second mounting apertures; a pair of rods, each rod extending through a first mounting aperture of each of the L-shaped members; and a securing component that engages each rod to fix the members relative to each other.

[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)

Methods, apparatus, and systems to facilitate a fault triggered diode emulation mode of a transistor
Patent No. 11621551

Inventor(s): Nathan Richard Schemm (Rowlett, TX), Salil Chellappan (Bangalore, , IN), Serkan Dusmez (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17505757 on 10/20/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus to facilitate a fault triggered diode emulation mode of a transistor. An example apparatus includes a driver to output a control signal to a gate terminal of a transistor of a power converter; and a diode emulation control circuit to, in response to determining a fault corresponding to the transistor, enable the transistor when current flows in a direction from a source terminal of the transistor to a drain terminal of the transistor.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

Translation unit for wireless power transfer
Patent No. 11621592

Inventor(s): Kenneth Moore (Dallas, TX), Petru Emanuel Stingu (Dallas, TX), Ruwanga Dassanayake (Dallas, TX), Yulong Hou (Farmers Branch, TX)
Assignee(s): SPARK CONNECTED LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17505350 on 10/19/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter module includes a sensing grid configured to detect a receiver, a movable wireless power transmitter unit including a wireless power transmitter coil, and a two-dimensional linear motor including a plurality of linear motor coils configured to move the movable wireless power transmitter unit in a two-dimensional plane towards a location of the receiver.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Soft-start for switching converter controller with hybrid hysteretic control (HHC)
Patent No. 11621630

Inventor(s): Brent Alan McDonald (Murphy, TX), Salvatore Giombanco (Cassaro, , IT)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389018 on 07/29/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching converter controller includes: a control loop adapted to be coupled to an output terminal of a power stage; and a hybrid hysteretic control (HHC) circuit coupled to the control loop. The HHC circuit includes a resonant capacitor voltage (Vcr) node adapted to be coupled to a resonant capacitor (Cr) of the power stage, where the Vcr node sums a sense voltage for Cr with a frequency compensation ramp. The HHC circuit also includes a soft-start controller coupled to the Vcr node. The soft-start controller includes a clamp circuit coupled to the Vcr node.

[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]

Methods and apparatus for zero voltage switching using flyback converters
Patent No. 11621644

Inventor(s): Brian Matthew King (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16744842 on 01/16/2020 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for zero voltage switching of flyback converters are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first driver to operate a first switch to direct a first current to flow to a first winding of a transformer, and a second driver to operate a second switch to direct a second current to flow to a second winding of the transformer and operate the second switch to cause the second current to discharge a voltage of the first switch.

Motor control with reduced back current during braking
Patent No. 11621661

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Hegde (Bengaluru, , IN), Prasad Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkata Pavan Mahankali (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17384582 on 07/23/2021 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include a method that includes setting a reference i[subscript]q [/subscript]signal in a field-oriented control of a motor such that the field-oriented control modulates power from a power supply using a modulator to apply a torque on the motor that is opposite to a kinetic energy applied to the motor. The method also includes setting a reference i[subscript]d [/subscript]signal in the field-oriented control such that the motor current provided to the power supply is reduced.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Lamb wave resonator-based torque sensor
Patent No. 11621694

Inventor(s): Jeronimo Segovia Fernandez (San Jose, CA), Peter Smeys (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16509224 on 07/11/2019 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: A torque sensor chip including a semiconductor substrate, an acoustic reflector formed on the semiconductor substrate, and first and second Lamb wave resonators (LWRs). The first LWR is formed on a side of the acoustic reflector opposite the semiconductor substrate. The first LWR is at a first angle with respect to an axis of the IC. The second LWR also is formed on the side of the acoustic reflector opposite the semiconductor substrate. The second LWR is at a second angle, different than the first angle, with respect to the axis of the IC.

[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R; arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K 15/08; impedance networks or resonators consisting of distributed impedances, e.g. of the waveguide type, H01P; control of amplification, e.g. bandwidth control of amplifiers, H03G; tuning resonant circuits, e.g. tuning coupled resonant circuits, H03J; networks for modifying the frequency characteristics of communication systems H04B)

Enhancement mode startup circuit with JFET emulation
Patent No. 11621708

Inventor(s): Cetin Kaya (Plano, TX), Johan Strydom (Saratoga, CA), Maik Peter Kaufmann (Freising, , DE), Michael Lueders (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314523 on 05/07/2021 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: A startup circuit adapted to be coupled to an input voltage supply and operable to supply an output voltage at an output terminal, the startup circuit including: a first transistor having a first control terminal, a first current terminal and a second current terminal, the first current terminal adapted to be coupled to the input voltage supply and the second current terminal coupled to the output terminal; a precharge circuit having a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, the second terminal adapted to be coupled to the input voltage supply and the third terminal coupled to the first control terminal; a current limiter coupled to the precharge circuit, the first control terminal and the second current terminal; a second transistor having a second control terminal, a third current terminal and a fourth current terminal, the third current terminal coupled to the precharge circuit and the second control terminal adapted to be coupled to a control signal; and a third transistor having a third control terminal, a fifth current terminal and a sixth current terminal, the fifth current terminal coupled to the first control terminal and the third control terminal is adapted to be coupled to the control signal.

Low area and high speed termination detection circuit with voltage clamping
Patent No. 11621711

Inventor(s): Anant Shankar Kamath (Bangalore, , IN), Bharath Kumar Singareddy (Bangalore, , IN), Kanteti Amar (Bangalore, , IN), Rakesh Hariharan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17374319 on 07/13/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture corresponding to a low area and high speed termination detection circuit with voltage clamping are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a transistor including a first control terminal, first current terminal and a second current terminal, the second current terminal adapted to be coupled to a load. The apparatus further includes a logic gate including an input coupled to the first current terminal. The apparatus further includes a current source including a second control terminal, a third current terminal coupled to a voltage rail and a fourth current terminal coupled to the first current terminal and the input of the logic gate.

[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]

Coarse equalizer adaptation and rate detection for high-speed retimers
Patent No. 11621715

Inventor(s): Abishek Manian (San Jose, CA), Robin Gupta (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573144 on 01/11/2022 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, circuitry and methods measure data transition metrics of incoming data, average the measurements of each metric at a set time interval for multiple intervals to generate multiple averaged values, and select a maximum of the multiple averaged values for each metric. The maximum values of each measurement cycle are compared with corresponding multiple thresholds defining respective ranges, and the outputs are used by a state machine to determine an equalization level and the rate of the incoming data. When the thresholds are not met, the state machine adjusts the equalization level, and when a sub-rate is detected using a third threshold for one of the metrics, the clock rate is also adjusted. Locking of a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit is attempted when the maximum values for each metric are within their respective ranges.

Transmitters with dynamic ranges extending beyond supply rails
Patent No. 11621730

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17171386 on 02/09/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of signal processing stages configured to convert a digital baseband signal into an analog radio frequency signal for transmission. The signal processing stages are configured to be operatively coupled to a positive supply voltage and a negative supply voltage. At least one signal processing stage of the plurality of signal processing stages is configured to generate an analog voltage signal which comprises a voltage level that is outside of a voltage range defined by the positive supply voltage and the negative supply voltage.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems and methods for automated network cabling integrity monitoring
Patent No. 11621742

Inventor(s): Chichuan Lin (Plano, TX), Ryan E. Enge (Carrollton, TX), Shawn M. Clark (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17283373 on 09/26/2019 (1286 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated network cabling integrity monitoring are provided. In one embodiment a system manager for a network that includes a network switch coupled to patching equipment comprises: at least one processor configured to execute software, the software comprising a network integrity monitor. The network integrity monitor controls a cable diagnostic test function to obtain a fault-distance measurement for a port of the switch. The network integrity monitor correlates the fault-distance measurement with network cable length information associated with the switch port to identify one or both of a network cable segment associated with the fault-distance measurement and a fault location. The cable length information is retrieved from a database. The network integrity monitor produces an output identifying of one or both of the network cable segment associated with the fault-distance measurement and the fault location to be displayed on a display device.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Beamforming antennas that share radio ports across multiple columns
Patent No. 11621755

Inventor(s): XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17149187 on 01/14/2021 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: Antenna systems are provided. An antenna system includes a beamforming array having a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements that are each configured to transmit at least three antenna beams per polarization. Moreover, the antenna system includes a beamforming radio having a plurality of radio frequency ports per polarization that are coupled to and fewer than the vertical columns.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Quantum resistant blockchain with multi-dimensional quantum key distribution
Patent No. 11621836

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16922589 on 07/07/2020 (1001 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for generating a blockchain including an input for receiving a plurality of groups of data. Blockchain processing circuitry generates the blockchain for the plurality of groups of data. The blockchain processing circuitry generates the blockchain by performing a first hash using the first group of data and a first nonce as an input to a hash function to generate a first digital signature for a first block, wherein the hash function uses encryption based on quantum key distribution and orbital angular momentum. The blockchain processing circuitry establishes the first block of the blockchain using the first group of data, the first nonce and the first digital signature. The blockchain processing circuitry performs a second hash using the second group of data, a second nonce and the first digital signature as an input to the hash function to generate a second digital signature for the second block, wherein the hash function uses encryption based on the quantum key distribution and the orbital angular momentum. The circuitry establishes the second block of the blockchain using the second group of data, the second nonce, the first digital signature and the second digital signature.

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

Network embedded real time service level objective validation
Patent No. 11621896

Inventor(s): Alexander Clemm (Los Gatos, CA), Uma S. Chunduri (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17160150 on 01/27/2021 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed for performing network embedded real time service level objective (SLO) validation. The mechanism may be implemented by a network device including a processor configured to generate a data packet as part of a data flow, the data packet including a service level objective (SLO), the SLO indicating a network service threshold and including a key performance indicator (KPI), the KPI indicating a network service metric to be compared to the network service threshold; a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit the data packet toward a network; and a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver configured to receive a message, the message indicating to the network device whether a service provided by the network has met or violated the SLO.

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

Analysis of endpoint detect and response data
Patent No. 11621965

Inventor(s): Agustin Matias March (Cordoba, , AR), Alejandro Houspanossian (Cordoba, , AR), Gabriel Infante Lopez (Cordoba, , AR), Raul Osvaldo Robledo (Cordoba, , AR)
Assignee(s): Musarubra US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16586804 on 09/27/2019 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing apparatus to provide endpoint detect and response (EDR) filtering to an enterprise, including: a processor and memory; a network interface; a network protocol to communicatively couple to a data source via the network interface; and instructions encoded within the memory to provide an EDR filtering pipeline to receive an unfiltered EDR stream via the network interface, extract an EDR record from the EDR stream, and apply a hash to the EDR record to determine that the EDR record is uncommon in context of the enterprise; and a decorator module to decorate the EDR record for in-depth analysis.

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

Dynamic creation and execution of containerized applications in cloud computing
Patent No. 11621998

Inventor(s): Leonardo E. Reiter (Allen, TX), Robert L. Sherrard (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): AGARIK SAS (Saint-Ouen, , FR)
Law Firm: ARC IP Law, PC (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17373320 on 07/12/2021 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for creating and executing containerized applications in cloud computing are disclosed. For example, one method involves identifying a command. Such a command indicates an application to be executed by a compute node. The method also involves generating a job for transmission to the compute node. The job indicates a container. The compute node, upon receipt of the job, is configured to create an environment for such a container, execute the application within the container, and generate results of the execution of the application.

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

Method and procedure for dynamic services orchestration that runs within an on-device software container
Patent No. 11622016

Inventor(s): Mathew Oommen (Frisco, TX), Nathan A. Smith (Frisco, TX), Pallavur A. Sankaranaraynan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17493086 on 10/04/2021 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers.

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

System and method for enhanced call progress analysis utilizing dual-prong analysis
Patent No. 11622041

Inventor(s): Ashish Koul (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ACQUEON TECHNOLOGIES INC (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17828616 on 05/31/2022 (308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for enhanced call progress assessment (CPA) utilizing dual-prong analysis, comprising a campaign management console, a data services engine, a traffic shaper, an agent desktop, an optimized CPA service, an auto-dialer with built-in CPA capabilities, and a simple dialer which allows enterprises to process outbound calls in parallel in order to quickly and accurately determine outbound call outcome, a live person or an answering machine or service, which can be used to route outbound calls in an appropriate manner. The system and method utilize a plurality of specialized CPA methods running in parallel to a built-in CPA system to analyze audio stream data associated with an outbound call and uses various entity-specific threshold parameters to determine a call outcome based on the results of the plurality of CPA methods. Such a system and method can provide faster and more accurate CPA using a dual prong approach.

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

Obtaining camera device image data representing an event
Patent No. 11622069

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Lynn Edgington (Fort Worth, TX), Lee A. Carbonell (Flower Mound, TX), Pandian Mariadoss (Allen, TX), Tsz Shing Cheng (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16789882 on 02/13/2020 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented and can include for instance: determining a location of interest; and obtaining image data from one or more camera device about the location of interest.

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

Media data modification management system
Patent No. 11622159

Inventor(s): Vikram Rengarajan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362320 on 06/29/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor may manage media modification within a participant network. A processor may generate the participant network having a participant. The participant may be associated with one or more media data. A processor may enforce one or more rules on the participant network using an artificial intelligence (AI) based governance system. The one or more rules may manage the modification of the one or more media data by the participant. A processor may restrict the participant from modifying the one or more media data based, at least in part, on the AI based governance system.

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

System and method for interactive mobile fitting of hearing aids
Patent No. 11622216

Inventor(s): Bennett Griffin (Lawrence, KS), Keith L. Davis (Salt Lake City, UT), Lingming Wang (Southlake, TX), Timothy D. Schnell (Del Mar, CA), Todd J. Palmer (Salt Lake City, UT)
Assignee(s): Team IP Holdings, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17473904 on 09/13/2021 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for interactive mobile fitting of hearing aids are provided. The method includes a mobile device receiving a reduced size fitting data set having a set of sampling points from a hearing aid. The method includes interpolating the reduced size fitting data set into a continuous fitting curve presented at a display of the mobile device with user interface objects that each correspond with one or more sampling points. The method includes receiving a user input manipulating a user interface object. The user input adjusts a value of sampling point(s) corresponding to the user interface object to generate an updated reduced size fitting data set that is communicated to the hearing aid. The method includes generating a substitute complete fitting data set based on the updated reduced size fitting data set for application to input audio to generate modified audio that is output from the hearing aid.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Systems and methods for dynamic cryptography for small cells
Patent No. 11622264

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX), Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX), Nimalan Kanagasabai (Grapevine, TX), Said Hanbaly (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16884946 on 05/27/2020 (1042 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device within a small cell may establish a first secure communication channel between the device and a network device based on a first type of encryption. The device within the small cell may transmit data between the small cell and a core network via the first secure communication channel. The device within the small cell may receive information associated with a second type of encryption, wherein the second type of encryption is different from the first type of encryption. The device within the small cell may terminate the first secure communication channel. The device within the small cell may establish a second secure communication channel between the device and the network device based on the information associated with the second type of encryption. The device within the small cell may transmit further data between the small cell and the core network via the second secure communication channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Calling line/name identification of enterprise subscribers in mobile calls
Patent No. 11622311

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Lathan Lewis (Dallas, TX), Patricia A. Landgren (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16653897 on 10/15/2019 (1267 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, server, and method of DTMF detection in a VoIP network.

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

Methods and systems for transitioning between client-less and client-based network connectivity to a secure access service edge (SASE) domain
Patent No. 11622313

Inventor(s): Chitresh Yadav (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Versa Networks, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Loza Loza, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486370 on 09/27/2021 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method and systems for transitioning a wireless device between client-less connectivity and client-based connectivity are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for transitioning a wireless device between client-less connectivity and client-based connectivity involves forwarding traffic from a wireless device through a SASE domain, receiving a request for information related to a SASE gateway in the SASE domain from the wireless device, transmitting information related to the SASE gateway from the SASE domain to the wireless device in response to the request, and transitioning the wireless device between client-less connectivity to the SASE gateway and client-based connectivity to the SASE gateway.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for SS/PBCH block patterns in higher frequency ranges
Patent No. 11622340

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17112868 on 12/04/2020 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; determining a numerology of the SS/PBCH block, wherein the numerology includes a sub-carrier spacing (SCS) and a cyclic prefix (CP) length; and determining a SS/PBCH block pattern based on the numerology, the SS/PBCH block pattern including candidate SS/PBCH blocks that are mapped to slots within a half frame and a minimum gap (N[subscript]gap[/subscript][superscript][/superscript]) between neighboring candidate SS/PBCH blocks, wherein: N[subscript]gap[/subscript][superscript][/superscript]=0 symbol, based on a determination that the SCS included in the numerology of the SS/PBCH block is 120 kHz or 240 kHz; or N[subscript]gap[/subscript][superscript][/superscript]=1 symbol, based on a determination that the SCS included in the numerology of the SS/PBCH block is 480 kHz or 960 kHz.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Frequency channel assignment for shared spectrum access
Patent No. 11622359

Inventor(s): Navin Hathiramani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Harrington Smith (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17153317 on 01/20/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes generating an initial assignment, for a plurality of counties, of a logical channel obtained by a priority access license user to a physical channel, considering a plurality of preferred channel assignments of the users within each county; generating a county prioritization list that prioritizes counties having challenges resulting from the initial assignment; executing a series of algorithms, for each county within the county prioritization list, to continue to assign the physical channels to comply with a set of requirements of the priority access license users; and updating, for each priority access license user, a similarity metric that measures a similarity between a desired physical channel assignment and an actual physical channel assignment, wherein the metric is used during the continuation of the assignment of the physical channels.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for configuring priority of UCI
Patent No. 11622363

Inventor(s): Heng-li Chin (Taipei, , TW), Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Taipei, , TW), Wan-chen Lin (Hualien, , TW), Yu-Hsin Cheng (Hsinchu, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16913577 on 06/26/2020 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration to configure a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and generating first uplink control information (UCI) in response to the first SPS PDSCH, where the RRC configuration includes a first parameter that indicates a priority of the first UCI.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatus and method for multi-network connectivity with a dynamic node selection
Patent No. 11622405

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17359741 on 06/28/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, connecting a user equipment to a first node of a first network to provide a service requested by the user equipment to the user equipment, obtaining a first measurement associated with the first node and a second measurement associated with a second node, responsive to the obtaining, detecting that the first measurement is less than a first threshold and the second measurement is greater than a second threshold, responsive to the detecting, identifying an application executed by the user equipment in obtaining the service, and responsive to determining that the application requires dual connectivity based on the identifying, commanding the user equipment to establish connectivity with the second node or a third node to provide at least a portion of the service. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Mounting panel
Patent No. D982416

Inventor(s): Kenneth W. Schepers (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29751243 on 09/18/2020 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D982602

Inventor(s): Bryan Parker (Dallas, TX), Saman Baghestani (Plano, TX), Tiana Weisman-Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29763677 on 12/23/2020 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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