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 Oct. 31, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 10
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 14
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 3
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 8
G: PHYSICS 40
H: ELECTRICITY 33
DESIGN: 6

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 14
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 8
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 8
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 4
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson) 4
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 3
Toyota Motor North America,Inc. (Plano) 3
UNASSIGNED 8

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Dale Kelley (Flower Mound) 2
Duc Bui (Grand Prairie) 2
James Svec (Kearney, NJ) 2
Kirby Erickson (Waxahachie) 2
Naveen Bhoria (Plano) 2
Norman Lu (Fairview) 2
Paul Richardson (Euless) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Pet toy
Patent No. 11800853

Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151820 on 01/19/2021 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pet toy includes a first ring section and a second ring section. The first ring section includes a first body with an outer peripheral surface, and a connector. The first body is rigid and includes a groove. The second ring section includes a second body connected to the first body by the connector. The second body is at least partially elastic and sized and configured to be removably positioned within at least a portion of the groove.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Rodent trap with presence indicator mechanism
Patent No. 11800863

Inventor(s): Ethan Vickery (Colleyville, TX), Jay Rasmussen (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): VM PRODUCTS, INC. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15975361 on 05/09/2018 (2001 days app to issue)

Abstract: Pest-management apparatuses and related methods. At least some of the present pest-management apparatuses comprise: a base, a lid coupled to the base such that the lid is movable between open and closed positions, where the base and lid define a chamber when the lid is in the closed position; a pest-capture device disposable within the chamber and having a capture element that is movable between set and capture positions; and an elongated indicator configured to extend through an opening in the lid when the lid is in the closed position.

[A01M] CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K 57/00; fishing A01K 69/00-A01K 97/00; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

Container for medical items and disposable waste
Patent No. 11801109

Inventor(s): Juliana Elizabeth Gates (Mineral Wells, TX), Rhonda Kay Huddleston (Mineral Wells, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172182 on 02/10/2021 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: A container has a sheet of one or more first flexible materials; a seam around a circumference of the sheet; a cinch tie enclosed within the seam and exposed at each of at least two notches in the seam on opposite sides of the sheet; and a barrier flap of a second flexible material secured to a first side of the sheet along a line that includes the center of the sheet, wherein the barrier flap is configured to divide an interior space of the container into a first compartment and a second compartment when the container is closed, and wherein the barrier flap is configured to be further secured at a location on the first side of the sheet proximal to the circumference; wherein the cinch tie is configured to close the container by drawing the seam shut when pulled out through the at least two notches.

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

Tooth attachment placement device
Patent No. 11801123

Inventor(s): Phillip Getto (Dallas, TX), Rohit Sachdeva (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): DENTSPLY SIRONA INC. (York, PA)
Law Firm: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16953465 on 11/20/2020 (1075 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, tooth attachment placement (TAP) device or for assisting a user in placing one or more appliances or attachments on one or more teeth is disclosed. The TAP device comprises single tooth jigs connected through splines. The geometry of the device is automatically designed in the treatment planning unified workstation, thereby generating a digital STL file. Then the device is created from a non-flexible biocompatible material by a 3D printer in accordance with the digital STL file. Appliance, for example, may be a bracket or a bracket shim; and the attachment may be an aligner attachment or a pad. Different embodiments of the TAP device are disclosed. Methods for verifying the accuracy of the placements of the brackets on the teeth using the TAP device are disclosed.

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

Haptic optic management system utilizing edge rollers
Patent No. 11801130

Inventor(s): Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16720523 on 12/19/2019 (1412 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye may be provided. In an exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a haptic optic management system. The haptic management system may include a housing that includes a bore and a cavity disposed in a first surface of the housing. The cavity may include a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion, wherein the cavity provides access to the bore through the first surface of the housing. The haptic management system may include arms coupled to the housing. The haptic management system may include edge rollers coupled to the housing.

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

Battery management for patient support apparatuses
Patent No. 11801178

Inventor(s): Lavanya Vytla (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Warner Norcross + Judd LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17854043 on 06/30/2022 (488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, recliner, cot, stretcher, operating table, or the like, includes battery-powered circuitry whose functions are reduced, but not eliminated, as the battery charge level falls below a threshold. Electrical power may be cut off to one or more components of the battery-powered circuitry while still providing battery-supplied electrical power to the other components of the circuitry. A user interface provides battery status data, including a replacement status of a rechargeable battery, and allows a user to select different formats for displaying battery status data. Such formats include displays of battery charge level information not only in manners specific to the battery, but also in manners relative to the patient support apparatus, such as displays of how many, or how much of, one or more functions the patient support apparatus is able to perform based on the battery”s current charge level.

[A61G] TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H 3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N 1/00)

Three-axis rotation system and method
Patent No. 11801190

Inventor(s): Michael Budagher (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): OVARD, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349686 on 06/16/2021 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that allows a practitioner to rotate a human subject in three different axes of rotation, independently from one another and without limitation on the degree of rotation, which allows for the treatment of various systems of the human subject.

[A61H] PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A61N)

Cassette apparatus utilizing electric field for processing of blood to neutralize pathogen cells therein
Patent No. 11801336

Inventor(s): Dale B. Nixon (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814542 on 07/25/2022 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: An operational unit for locating and neutralizing pathogen cells in blood includes a time use cassette which has a plurality of thin holding chambers that are filled with blood drawn from a patient. A light source illuminates each of the holding chambers and passes light to an underlying sensor array such that the cells in the blood selectively block the light to produce shadow images of the cells in the sensor array. A processor performs pattern recognition to identify and locate the pathogen cells by use of an image library. After the pathogen cells are located, an electric field is activated in the cassette chamber areas that include the identified pathogen cells. Sufficient electric field energy is applied to destroy the identified pathogen cells. A pump refills the cassette holding chambers, returns the neutralized-pathogen blood to the patient, and the process is repeated for a period of time.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

Concentrate adaptor for vaporizer device
Patent No. 11801351

Inventor(s): Halle Ann Van De Hey (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): JUUL Labs, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16932548 on 07/17/2020 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: A concentrate adaptor for a vaporizer device includes a reservoir and a base. The reservoir holds a concentrate. The reservoir is positioned within a vessel of the vaporizer device and is heated by a heating element of the vaporizer device to transfer heat to the concentrate, thereby generating an aerosol for inhalation by a user. The reservoir includes a sidewall surrounding an interior volume of the reservoir. The reservoir also includes a capillary structure positioned along the sidewall configured to direct the concentrate to the sidewall to be heated by the heating element.

Customized targeted fields for electrotherapy applications
Patent No. 11801389

Inventor(s): Bradley Lawrence Hershey (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation (Valencia, CA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17004209 on 08/27/2020 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A neuromodulation customization system includes a field definition user interface, a neuromodulation signaling engine, and a supervisor engine. The field definition user interface is to facilitate entry of a customized electrotherapy field definition, with the field definition user interface including a set of input controls for defining field shape, field intensity, and field steering parameters of the customized electrotherapy field. The neuromodulation signaling engine is to produce commands for neuromodulation output circuitry to control generation of a customized electrotherapy field via a set of electrodes based on the customized electrotherapy field definition. The supervisor engine is to assess compliance of the customized electrotherapy field to be generated with applicable predefined criteria, and to modify generation of the customized electrotherapy field in response to an assessed non-compliance with the criteria.

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

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

Manufactured retaining wall block with improved false joint
Patent No. 11801622

Inventor(s): William H. Karau (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PAVESTONE, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17346785 on 06/14/2021 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: A retaining wall block having a false joint and a system of retaining wall blocks. The retaining wall block includes a body having a first textured surface and a second textured surface and a false joint dividing the first and second textured surface. The false joint can have a depth divided by the width greater than two inches. The false joint can have an interior angle of less than ten degrees. The system includes a plurality of retaining wall blocks and a first course of retaining wall blocks engaged with a second course of retaining wall blocks below. Each block in the system comprising a front face having a first textured surface and a second textured surface and a false joint dividing the first and second textured surface. The false joint can extend a predetermined depth of a third surface.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Tonneau cover with integrated table
Patent No. 11801737

Inventor(s): Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI), Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, 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: 17682322 on 02/28/2022 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tonneau cover for a vehicle can include a panel and a table. The panel can define a cavity. The table can be modifiable between a stowable configuration and a standing configuration. In the stowable configuration, the table is configured to stow inside the cavity. In the standing configuration, the table is configured to stand on a ground surface when removed from the cavity. In the stowable configuration, the table may be configured to further rigidify the panel such that a user of the vehicle can store cargo on top of the tonneau cover.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

Panel joining arrangement for a vehicle canopy
Patent No. 11801738

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17856276 on 07/01/2022 (487 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to a panel joining arrangement for a vehicle canopy. The vehicle canopy includes at least one three panel join where a side panel, roof panel and end panel of the vehicle canopy meet. The panel joining arrangement comprises first and second lip portions formed in the side panel of the vehicle canopy and a third lip portion formed in the roof panel. The first and second lip portions are longitudinally offset and transversely overlapping in relation to a length of the side panel. The third lip portion is configured to mate with the second lip portion at the three panel join of the vehicle canopy such that the third lip portion is located adjacent to and substantially flush with the first lip portion.

Multiple transport charging sources
Patent No. 11801771

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17891605 on 08/19/2022 (438 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, and the target transport and the charging station are physically connected, and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from a providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, and the target transport and the providing transport are wirelessly connected.

[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]

Apparatus and method for commonization of front doors between vehicle cabs
Patent No. 11801796

Inventor(s): Blaine Benson (Ann Arbor, MI), Luke W. Garnaut (Ann Arbor, MI), Nicholas A. Croyle (Ypsilanti, MI), Peter C. Piper (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17459951 on 08/27/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A garnish configured to enable use of a common door for a two-door vehicle and a four-door vehicle. The garnish may have a body. The body may be directly mountable onto a carriage of the two-door vehicle between an outer panel and a rocker panel of the two-door vehicle. The body may have an edge that is flush to a rear edge of the common door when mounted. The body may have at least two edges forming approximately a 90-degree angle.

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

Electronic skin for vehicle components
Patent No. 11801848

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16523074 on 07/26/2019 (1558 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting a control of a vehicle system based on a condition of an occupant. The system includes a replaceable or upgradeable electronic skin removably coupled to an interior vehicle component. The electronic skin includes at least one sensor positioned therein, configured to monitor/obtain a biometric, physiological, or wellness condition measurement from an occupant. The system includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled thereto. An occupant comfort module is provided including instructions that, when executed, collect and monitor feedback from the at least one sensor; determine that the feedback exceeds a predetermined threshold; and determine an adjustment for a vehicle system based on the feedback. A control module may be provided including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the vehicle system to change at least one setting based on the adjustment determined by the occupant comfort module.

[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]

Hourglass autorack car
Patent No. 11801876

Inventor(s): Brant R. McGhee (Arlington, TX), Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX), Shaun Richmond (Frankfort, IL)
Assignee(s): TRINITY NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT CAR, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17061210 on 10/01/2020 (1125 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an articulated railcar comprises a first railcar and a second railcar coupled via an articulated railcar truck. The first railcar and the second railcar each comprise a first end, a second end, and a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side disposed between the first end and the second end. The first longitudinal side comprises a center panel and an intermediate panel. The center panel is disposed between a center of the railcar and the intermediate panel. The intermediate panel is disposed between the center panel and the first end or the second end. A width of the railcar at the intermediate panel is greater than a width of the railcar at the center panel.

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

Railcar ant-scissoring system
Patent No. 11801877

Inventor(s): Rodney W. Balke (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101869 on 11/23/2020 (1072 days app to issue)

Abstract: A railcar anti-scissoring system includes a base controller positioned within a train locomotive that sends a launch initiation command to railcar-stabilizing units when detecting rapid deceleration indicative of a collision or derailment. The stabilizing units include a receiver secured to the rear end of each rail car and a coupling unit attached to the front end of each rail car. The coupling unit houses a deployable locking rod that is thrust into a mating cavity in the receiver upon receipt of the launch command. The deployed locking rod maintains the host railcar and the preceding railcar in a linear orientation during a rapid deceleration to prevent jackknifing.

[B61G] COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES; DRAUGHT OR BUFFING APPLIANCES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES

System and method for continuous welded rail risk modeling
Patent No. 11801879

Inventor(s): Christopher Neil Pickard (Argyle, TX), Kyle Keilty Williams (Fort Worth, TX), Michael L. Schram (Newman Lake, WA)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055094 on 11/14/2022 (351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for modeling risk of rail buckling in railroad infrastructure is presented. The system can receive a myriad of data related to railroad tracks and/or railroad operations, and weight the data using specially-designed weighting factors that can be unique to each data type. The weighted data can be transformed via specialized algorithms to generate location scores reflective of a risk isolated to a particular area. The system can further utilize additional specialized algorithms to elucidate how such isolated risk can be extrapolated from one location to another. The system can implement a multilayer approach, formulating one or more layers of risk models and aggregating such models into an overarching risk model that can more-accurately forecast risk of rail buckling in a railroad track.

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

Deformable bracket for translating vehicle fuel box
Patent No. 11801898

Inventor(s): Brian L. Tew (Ann Arbor, MI), Mark D. Clauser (Saline, MI), Mitch J. Gerczak (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17002630 on 08/25/2020 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for reducing risk of fuel leakage of a vehicle during a collision includes a vehicle main body configured to support and at least partially enclose a passenger. The system further includes a fuel inlet box configured to house a fuel inlet. The system further includes a rear bracket coupled to the vehicle main body at a location aft of the fuel inlet box. The system further includes a center shaft coupled to the rear bracket and extending forward from the rear bracket. The system further includes a forward bracket coupled to the vehicle main body at a location forward relative to the rear bracket and coupled to the center shaft, the forward bracket configured to deform in response to a rear collision of the vehicle to actuate the fuel inlet box in order to reduce the likelihood of a fuel leak from the fuel inlet.

[B62D] MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B 69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motorcycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

Preventing helicopter loss of tail rotor effectiveness
Patent No. 11801936

Inventor(s): Albert G Brand (North Richland Hills, TX), Bradley P. Regnier (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew J. Hill (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151718 on 01/19/2021 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a flight control system for a helicopter comprises a pilot interface configured to receive a control input, at least one electronically controlled actuator, and a computing device configured to translate the control input to an actuator command, wherein the computing device is further configured to apply yaw rate limits to the actuator command to avoid loss of tail rotor effectiveness. The yaw rate limits are associated with a vortex ring state (VRS) envelope for a tail rotor of the helicopter. The electronically controlled actuator comprises a tail rotor actuator. The control input is a pedal input.

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

Rotor system with belt driven propulsion and stowing
Patent No. 11801939

Inventor(s): Brent Chadwick Ross (Flower Mound, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17667675 on 02/09/2022 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first rotor system having a rotor blade having an axis of rotation, a rotatable inboard drive component, and a rotatable outboard drive component. The first rotor system further includes a flexible closed loop component associated with each of the inboard drive component and the outboard drive component. Movement of the closed loop component can selectively cause at least one of rotation of the rotor blade about the axis of rotation and movement of the axis of rotation.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Systems and methods of auto sacking of parcels
Patent No. 11801951

Inventor(s): Homer L. Dickerson (Fort Worth, TX), James M. Pippin (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Krber Supply Chain LLC (DFW Airport, TX)
Law Firm: Price Heneveld LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17460897 on 08/30/2021 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: A parcel sack management system and related process. The parcel sack management system includes a gathering conveyor configured to receive a parcel group at an intake and transport the parcel group to a sack filling station. The system includes a plurality of fill chutes that are transported along a circulating track, each fill chute configured to hold a sack. The parcel sack management system is configured to transfer parcels in the parcel group into a first sack via a first fill chute when the first fill chute is at the sack filling station.

[B65B] MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B 25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B 1/00-B67B 6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C 9/00)

Roofing material
Patent No. 11802408

Inventor(s): Margie A. Beerer (Ennis, TX), Matti Kiik (Richardson, TX), Michael L. Bryson (Independence, MO), Olan Leitch (Bakersfield, CA), Paul G. Wilson (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314788 on 05/07/2021 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing material is provided having an asphalt-coated mat or felt made up of or in combinations of fiberglass, polyester, nylon, cotton, cellulosic fibers or materials, polyethylene, polypropylene, co-polymers, melamine, phenolic, acrylics, polycarbonate, carbon fiber, clay, metallic in woven, non-woven, strands or sheets, styrene compounds, rubber, silk, leather, or wool in a woven, non-woven, or solid form. The surfacing materials can be made up of or in combination minerals, plastic particles or film, metal particles or film, cement particles, clay particles, paints, coatings, glass, ceramics, wood, wood fiber, or composite materials.

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

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

Roofing materials with asphalt shingle waste
Patent No. 11802219

Inventor(s): Ann Hamer (Waxahachie, TX), Aziel Meza (Dallas, TX), Cynthia Shaha (Ferris, TX), Jarod Krajca (Ennis, TX), Kevin Carr (Dallas, TX), Qian Qin (Plano, TX), Ramil Mercado (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088361 on 12/23/2022 (312 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises obtaining a virgin asphalt and obtaining an asphalt shingle waste. The asphalt shingle waste comprises 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % of asphalt based on the total weight of the asphalt shingle waste. The asphalt shingle waste comprises 60 wt. % to 95 wt. % of limestone, granules, and/or impurities based on the total weight of the asphalt shingle waste. The method comprises obtaining a phase modifier. The method comprises mixing the virgin asphalt, the asphalt shingle waste, and the phase modifier to form an asphalt mixture. The phase modifier is present in an amount of 0.25 wt. % to 25 wt. % based on the total weight of the asphalt mixture. The asphalt mixture is configured to be applied to a roof substrate to obtain a roofing shingle.

[C09D] COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K 5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K 3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K 3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) [5]

Asphalt shingle waste adhesive compositions for roofing applications and related methods
Patent No. 11802228

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Dale Kelley (Flower Mound, TX), Isaac Bernard Rufus (Newark, DE), James Svec (Kearney, NJ), Kirby Erickson (Waxahachie, TX), Kris Edelsward (Lockport, NY), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ,
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876284 on 07/28/2022 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: Non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining asphalt shingle waste (ASW) and performing grinding, screening, and separating steps on the ASW. In some embodiments, granules are removed from the ASW. In some embodiments, the method transforms ASW into ASW powder. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into a plurality of briquettes. In some embodiments, at least one of: the ASW powder, the plurality of briquettes, or any combination thereof is fed into a mixing process that results in an ASW powder filled coating. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into an adhesive composition.

[C09J] ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (surgical adhesives A61L 24/00; adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products B32B; labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04; preparation of glue or gelatine C09H; adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification of indication means G09F 3/10) [5]

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

Asphalt shingle waste roofing materials and related methods
Patent No. 11802381

Inventor(s): Dale Kelley (Flower Mound, TX), James Svec (Kearney, NJ), Kirby Erickson (Waxahachie, TX), Kris Edelsward (Lockport, NY), Michael T. Ferraro (Savannah, GA), Paul Richardson (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18062511 on 12/06/2022 (329 days app to issue)

[E01C] CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)

Flush bolt assembly with bolt-contained spring
Patent No. 11802428

Inventor(s): Federico Romero (Corpus Christi, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16212426 on 12/06/2018 (1790 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flush bolt assembly includes a latch bolt that has a head and a body. The body has an interior cavity that is defined by a plurality of walls. A guide slot is formed in a pair of sidewalls. The assembly also includes a sleeve that defines a through hole that is configured to receive a pin. A biasing member is disposed within the interior cavity, and it is configured to store energy upon being compressed between the sleeve and the latch bolt.

[E05C] BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D 33/037; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F)

Gas-powered downhole tool with annular charge cannister
Patent No. 11802456

Inventor(s): Derrek D. Drury (Fort Worth, TX), Robert C. Andres (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): DBK Industries, LLC (Crowley, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853560 on 06/29/2022 (489 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole tool includes a plurality of mechanical components with some that move relative to others. The tool includes an annular charge cannister associated with the plurality of mechanical components that delivers a gas to move mechanical components. The annular charge cannister includes an annular chamber having a back wall, an interior sidewall, an exterior sidewall, and an open side opposite the back wall. The back wall and the interior sidewall and exterior sidewall form an interior space, and a power charge is disposed within the interior space of the annular chamber. An annular lid is sized and configured to mate with the open side of the annular chamber. The charge cannister may include an ignition port formed in the annular lid for receiving an igniter.

[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]

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

Driver adjusted pedal gain control for trailer towing
Patent No. 11802517

Inventor(s): Luis C. Quinteros (Ann Arbor, MI), Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18071478 on 11/29/2022 (336 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a pedal gain adjustment system. The pedal gain adjustment system includes a user input device configured to receive user input data indicating a desired pedal setting of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the user input device. The ECU is configured to determine the vehicle is operating in a tow mode, receive the user input data via the user input device, and adjust the pedal gain based on the user input data.

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

Modulating butterfly valve control
Patent No. 11802632

Inventor(s): David M. Angell (Fort Worth, TX), Keith D. Weaver (North Richland Hills, TX), Richard G. Otten (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362475 on 06/29/2021 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for controlling a fluid valve are described that avoid the effects of hysteresis. In hysteresis, the power signals associated with a valve position are different on the upstroke and downstroke. As a result, predicting the valve position can be difficult if you only know the current power signal. Instead of using upstrokes and downstrokes, a valve can momentarily be set to zero power, or a rest position when receiving a new command signal. This way the command signal is applied from a zero power or rest position, making the valve position more predictable and accurate.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Automatic staging of multiple HVAC systems during a peak demand response
Patent No. 11802703

Inventor(s): Chao Xia (Frisco, TX), Pete Hrejsa (Frisco, TX), Rohini Brahme (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17575499 on 01/13/2022 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes multiple HVAC systems. After receiving a demand request, a multiple-system controller determines a first anticipated power consumption associated with operating a first HVAC system at a first temperature setpoint during a future period of time of the demand response request and a second anticipated power consumption associated with operating a second HVAC system at a second temperature setpoint during the future period of time. Based at least in part on the first and the second anticipated power consumptions, a staging schedule is determined that indicates when to operate the first and second HVAC systems.

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

Predictive temperature scheduling for a thermostat using machine learning
Patent No. 11802704

Inventor(s): Janathkumar Manohararaj (Mckinney, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX), Sridhar Venkatesh (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17655956 on 03/22/2022 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control device configured to receive a user input for controlling an HVAC system, to determine whether the user input indicates an energy saving occupancy setting, and to identify a first plurality of time entries that are associated with a confidence level for a predicted occupancy status that is less than a predetermined threshold value in the predicted occupancy schedule. The device is further configured to modify the predicted occupancy schedule by setting the first plurality of time entries to an away status when the user input indicates an aggressive energy saving occupancy setting. The device is further configured to modify the predicted occupancy schedule by setting the second plurality of time entries to a present status when the user input indicates a conservative energy saving occupancy setting. The device is further configured to output the modified predicted occupancy schedule.

Peak demand response operation with improved sensible capacity
Patent No. 11802705

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Vijaykumar Sathyamurthi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18052475 on 11/03/2022 (362 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a variable-speed compressor which compresses refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system, a blower which provides a flow of air through the HVAC system at a controllable flow rate, and a controller communicatively coupled to the variable-speed compressor and the blower. The controller receives a demand request which includes a command to reduce power consumption by the HVAC system. In response to receiving the demand request, a speed of the variable-speed compressor is decreased and the controllable flow rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is adjusted.

Occupancy tracking using user device detection
Patent No. 11802712

Inventor(s): Bhavana Chadive (Richardson, TX), FNU Kriti (Dallas, TX), Prasad Mecheri Chandravihar (Richardson, TX), Sunil Bondalapati (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18052432 on 11/03/2022 (362 days app to issue)

Abstract: An occupancy tracking device configured to identify devices connected to an access point over a predetermined time period. The device is further configured to populate entries in a device log for the identified devices. The device is further configured to determine a predicted occupancy level and to control a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system based on the predicted occupancy level.

Cooling assemblies having channels to supply fluid to wick structures
Patent No. 11802739

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Hitoshi Fujioka (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI), Shohei Nagai (Aichi-ken, , JP)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17009246 on 09/01/2020 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a housing defining a fluid chamber, wick structures arranged on an interior surface of the fluid chamber such that one or more flow channels are present therebetween, and a divider. The divider includes an outer frame comprising a first side and a second side and one or more bridging supports extending between and connecting the first side and the second side of the outer frame. The one or more bridging supports are aligned with the one or more flow channels between the wick structures. Each one of the one or more bridging supports define a plurality of vapor flow paths extending therethrough. The one or more bridging supports further define a plurality of vapor spaces between the one or more bridging supports that are aligned with the wick structures. The plurality of vapor flow paths are fluidly coupled to the vapor spaces.

[F28D] HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general application F28F); HEAT STORAGE PLANTS OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL [4]

Monolithic attitude control motor frame and system
Patent No. 11803194

Inventor(s): Wayne K. Schroeder (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Beusse Sanks, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17963632 on 10/11/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A monolithic attitude control motor frame includes a monolithic structure including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending from the outer surface of revolution. Adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities share a side wall or side wall portion therebetween. Each of the cavities is configured to receive an attitude control motor. A monolithic attitude control motor system includes a monolithic frame including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution. The system further includes a plurality of attitude control motors corresponding to the plurality of cavities, such that an attitude control motor of the plurality of attitude motors is disposed in each cavity of the plurality of cavities.

[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]

P H Y S I C S

Transport relocation
Patent No. 11801832

Inventor(s): Aghyad Saleh (Grand Prairie, TX), Devang H. Parekh (Dallas, TX), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18083409 on 12/16/2022 (319 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting, by a parking processing node, a parking of a transport at an event location, accessing, by the parking processing node, a device of a transport occupant to determine a transport pickup location and a pickup time based on a conclusion of an event, detecting, by the parking processing node, from the device of the transport occupant at least one modification of the pickup location and the pickup time made based on an updated conclusion of the event, and sending a command to move the transport to a location proximate to the event based on the modified pickup location and the modified pickup time.

[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F)

Systems and methods for determining fiber cable geographic locations
Patent No. 11802810

Inventor(s): Glenn A Wellbrock (Wylie, TX), Tiejun J. Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16813269 on 03/09/2020 (1331 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive, from a sensor device, cable distance data identifying cable distances along the fiber cable to vibrations experienced by the fiber cable from a vibration device. The device may receive location data identifying geographic coordinates associated with the vibrations, and may correlate the cable distance data and the location data to generate correlated data. The device may receive, from the sensor device, data identifying a cable distance along the fiber cable to an alarm condition associated with the fiber cable, and may determine geographic coordinates associated with the alarm condition based on the correlated data and the data identifying the cable distance along the fiber cable to the alarm condition. The device may perform actions based on the geographic coordinates associated with the alarm condition.

[G01M] TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Magnetic permeability sensor with permanent magnet for downhole sensing
Patent No. 11802850

Inventor(s): Gregory Thomas Werkheiser (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DELIZIO, PEACOCK, LEWIN GUERRA (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17009546 on 09/01/2020 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sensing apparatus in the present disclosure is configured to measure magnetic flux of a magnetic field generated by a magnetic source and flowing through a sample slurry to determine magnetic permeability of the sample slurry. The sensing apparatus comprises a magnetic sensor inside a sensor housing that measures magnetic flux through a sensor housing made of a ferromagnetic material. The magnetic sensor sends measurements of the magnetic flux to a computing device that determines the presence of cementing fluids in the slurry based on the magnetic flux measurements.

[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)

System and method for variable function mobile application for providing medical test results
Patent No. 11802868

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANT IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15804986 on 11/06/2017 (2185 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for providing variable function medical tests, comprising providing by a mobile device application a plurality of selectable medical test functions, receiving information from the mobile device application regarding test results from a test performed using a testing device, wherein the testing device includes an alignment target disposed on the testing device and a plurality of immunoassay test strips receiving at the server an image of the testing device from the mobile device application, determining by the server RGB values for a plurality of pixels of the image, normalizing by the server the RGB values into a single value, comparing by the server the single value to a control value stored on the server, and providing by the server a risk indicator, wherein the risk indicator indicates a likelihood of a presence of a medical condition.

Pressure sensing probe
Patent No. 11802887

Inventor(s): Brian J. Dumont (Royal Oak, MI), Corey D. Wills (Berryton, KS), Corey T. Pasta (Topeka, KS), Dennis W. Morgart (Topeka, KS), James Paul (Carmel, CA), Matthew Fleming (Ypsilanti, MI), Paul Harris (Canton, MI), Paul K.
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176121 on 02/15/2021 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a probe includes a first facet associated with a first pressure port operable to measure a first wind pressure, a second facet associated with a second pressure port operable to measure a second wind pressure, and a third facet associated with a third pressure port operable to measure a third wind pressure. The second facet is adjacent to the first facet and the third facet adjacent to the second facet. The probe further includes a fourth facet adjacent to the third facet and a fifth facet adjacent to the fourth facet and to the first facet. The first facet, the second facet, the third facet, the fourth facet, and the fifth facet are located between a first end portion and a second end portion of the probe.

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

Increasing cache hits for synthetic aperture radar
Patent No. 11802957

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), Douglas Vanesko (Dallas, TX), Patrick Estep (Rowlett, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17240548 on 04/26/2021 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) antenna emits radar pulses and receives their reflections. SAR is typically used on a moving platform, such as an aircraft, drone, or spacecraft. Since the position of the antenna changes between the time of emitting a radar pulse and receiving the reflection of the pulse, the synthetic aperture of the radar is increased, giving greater accuracy for a same (physical) sized radar over conventional beam-scanning radar. The pulse data is processed, using a backprojection algorithm, to generate a two-dimensional image that can be used for navigation. The order in which the SAR data is processed can impact the likelihood of cache hits in accessing the data. Since accessing data from cache instead of memory storage reduces both access time and power consumption, devices that access more data from cache have greater battery life and range.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Easy-clean coating
Patent No. 11802994

Inventor(s): David J. Kissel (Andover, MN), Michael S. Boulineau (Forest Lake, MN), Patrick S. Hawk (Columbia Heights, MN)
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16801063 on 02/25/2020 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: An easy-cleaning coating, an easy cleaning coating having anti-fogging properties, and an easy-cleaning, anti-reflective coating.

[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]

Vehicle identification and guidance systems and associated methods
Patent No. 11803182

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582944 on 01/24/2022 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Identification and guidance systems configured to facilitate vehicle management in logistics yards or the like are described. The systems can include an identification and guidance (I/G) unit attached to each transport vehicle within the logistics yard. The I/G unit transmits information (e.g., location and guidance information) over a wireless network to a remote controller. The remote controller can transmit relevant information received from the I/G unit to a portable communications device associated with the transport vehicle to which the I/G unit is mounted. For example, the portable communications device may be located in a tractor being used to maneuver the transport vehicle about the logistics yard so that the driver can use the information displayed on the portable communications device to assist with maneuvering the transport vehicle. Related methods are also described.

Reference independent and noise insensitive glitch free clock multiplexer
Patent No. 11803207

Inventor(s): Avinash Pandit (Near Khanpur, , IN), Shiv Harit Mathur (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733662 on 04/29/2022 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for an improved glitch-free clock multiplexer exhibiting noise insensitivity with reduced power consumption and reduced physical area on a chip. The embodiments disclosed herein operate without any need of a reference clock. Due to which, clock interchangeability is possible at any point of time. An example glitch-free clock multiplexing according to the embodiments disclosed herein utilize a plurality of clock path circuits, each corresponding to a clock. The clock path circuits are activated responsive to a system startup signal. Based on a clock selection, the embodiments herein deactivate clock path circuits for unselected clocks and, dependent on the deactivation of the unselected clock path circuits, activate clock path circuits of any selected clocks.

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

Scalable distributed data architecture
Patent No. 11803245

Inventor(s): Srinath Arunachalam (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Harman International Industries, Incorporated (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: Artegis Law Group, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16733970 on 01/03/2020 (1397 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more embodiments include a direct message handler module executing on an endpoint device, such as a direct message handler device. The direct message handler module receives first sensor data via a first sensor. The direct message handler module receives, from a first coordinator, a command to perform a first operation, the first coordinator being selected from a plurality of endpoint devices that includes the first endpoint device. In response to receiving the command, the direct message handler module performs the first operation to extract a first feature from the first sensor data. The direct message handler module transmits a first message that includes data associated with the first feature to the plurality of endpoint devices.

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

Vector floating-point classification
Patent No. 11803379

Inventor(s): Brett L. Huber (Sugar Land, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17963317 on 10/11/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to classify source data in a processor in response to a vector floating-point classification instruction includes specifying, in respective fields of the vector floating-point classification instruction, a source register containing the source data and a destination register to store classification indications for the source data. The source register includes a plurality of lanes that each contains a floating-point value and the destination register includes a plurality of lanes corresponding to the lanes of the source register. The method further includes executing the vector floating-point classification instruction by, for each lane in the source register, classifying the floating-point value in the lane to identify a type of the floating-point value, and storing a value indicative of the identified type in the corresponding lane of the destination register.

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

Look-up table read
Patent No. 11803382

Inventor(s): Dheera Balasubramanian Samudrala (Richardson, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17901940 on 09/02/2022 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital data processor includes a multi-stage butterfly network, which is configured to, in response to a look up table read instruction, receive look up table data from an intermediate register, reorder the look up table data based on control signals comprising look up table configuration register data, and write the reordered look up table data to a destination register specified by the look up table read instruction.

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

Self-scheduling threads in a programmable atomic unit
Patent No. 11803391

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075399 on 10/20/2020 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for threads in a programmable atomic unit to self-schedule are described herein. When it is determined that an instruction will not complete within a threshold prior to insertion into a pipeline of the processor, a thread identifier (ID) can be passed with the instruction. Here, the thread ID corresponds to a thread of the instruction. When a response to completion of the instruction is received that includes the thread ID, the thread is rescheduled using the thread ID in the response.

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

Dynamic allocation of resources
Patent No. 11803423

Inventor(s): Ryan Thomas Russell (The Colony, 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: 17663861 on 05/18/2022 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for dynamically allocating computing resources to virtual computing machines in a shared system. An initial allocation is made for each computing resource. Current demand for each computing resource for each of the virtual computing machines is determined to identify changes in current demand. The system identifies a virtual computing machine for which usage of a first computing resource is approaching a first predetermined threshold allotted to the first virtual computing machine. The system identifies a second virtual computing machine in the system for which usage of the first computing resource is less than a second predetermined threshold of the first computing resource allotted to the second virtual computing machine. The server dynamically allocates at least part of the first computing resource from the second virtual computing machine to the first virtual computing machine to meet current demand for the first computing resource in the first virtual computing machine.

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

Systems and methods for virtual machine resource optimization using tree traversal techniques representing alternate configurations
Patent No. 11803424

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149383 on 01/03/2023 (301 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. Different configurations may be generated based on the simulation of alternate placements of containers onto nodes, where the placement of a particular container onto a particular node may serve as a root for several branches which may themselves simulate the placement of additional containers on the node (in addition to the container(s) indicated in the root). Once a set of configurations are generated, a particular configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.

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

Processor with debug pipeline
Patent No. 11803455

Inventor(s): Armin Stingl (Erding, , DE), Christian Wiencke (Garching, , DE), Ralph Ledwa (Buching, , DE), Shrey Bhatia (Freising, , DE), Wolfgang Lutsch (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18175607 on 02/28/2023 (245 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor includes an execution pipeline that includes a plurality of execution stages, execution pipeline control logic, and a debug system. The execution pipeline control logic is configured to control flow of an instruction through the execution stages. The debug system includes a debug pipeline and debug pipeline control logic. The debug pipeline includes a plurality of debug stages. Each debug pipeline stage corresponds to an execution pipeline stage, and the total number of debug stages corresponds to the total number of execution stages. The debug pipeline control logic is coupled to the execution pipeline control logic. The debug pipeline control logic is configured to control flow through the debug stages of debug information associated with the instruction, and to advance the debug information into a next of the debug stages in correspondence with the execution pipeline control logic advancing the instruction into a corresponding stage of the execution pipeline.

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

Streaming engine with compressed encoding for loop circular buffer sizes
Patent No. 11803477

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17947371 on 09/19/2022 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements for the nested loops. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. A stream template register specifies a circular address mode for the loop, first and second block size numbers and a circular address block size selection. For a first circular address block size selection the block size corresponds to the first block size number. For a first circular address block size selection the block size corresponds to the first block size number. For a second circular address block size selection the block size corresponds to a sum of the first block size number and the second block size number.

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

Process dedicated in-memory translation lookaside buffers (TLBs) (mTLBs) for augmenting memory management unit (MMU) TLB for translating virtual addresses (VAs) to physical addresses (PAs) in a processor-based system
Patent No. 11803482

Inventor(s): Madhavan Thirukkurungudi Venkataraman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582556 on 01/24/2022 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Process dedicated in-memory translation lookaside buffers (TLBs) (mTLBs) for augmenting a memory management unit (MMU) TLB for translating virtual addresses (VAs) to physical addresses (PA) in a processor-based system is disclosed. In disclosed examples, a dedicated in-memory TLB is supported in system memory for each process so that one process”s cached page table entries do not displace another process”s cached page table entries. When a process is scheduled to execute in a central processing unit (CPU), the in-memory TLB address stored for such process can be used by page table walker circuit in the CPU MMU to access the dedicated in-memory TLB for executing the process to perform VA to PA translations in the event of a TLB miss to the MMU TLB. If a TLB miss occurs to the in-memory TLB, the page table walker circuit can walk the page table in the MMU.

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

Write merging on stores with different privilege levels
Patent No. 11803486

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17842257 on 06/16/2022 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, the second sub-cache including privilege bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the second sub-cache is associated with a level of privilege, and wherein the second sub-cache is further configured to receive a first write memory command for a memory address associated with a first level of privilege, store, in the second sub-cache, first data associated with the first write memory command and the level of privilege associated with the cache line, receive a second write memory command for the cache line, the second write memory command associated with a second level of privilege, merge the first level of privilege with the second level of privilege, and output the merged privilege level with the cache line.

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

Universal serial bus repeater with improved remote wake capability
Patent No. 11803497

Inventor(s): Anant Kamath (Bangalore, , IN), Mark E. Wentroble (Plano, TX), Prajwala Puttappa (Bangalore, , IN), Rakesh Hariharan (Bangalore, , IN), Suzanne M. Vining (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709812 on 03/31/2022 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various configurations of high-speed data communication devices, e.g., repeaters, interfacing between a host and a peripheral, and methods of operating the same, are provided to improve the Remote Wake sequence. Repeaters include circuitry to detect the start of Resume signaling or the end of Resume, following initiation of Remote Wake. In an example, pull-up resistors coupled to upstream differential signal lines and a detection circuit with a current source are controlled to detect the start of Resume signaling. In another example, the upstream-side pull-resistors and an enable signal to an upstream-side transmitter are controlled to detect the end of Resume.

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

Routing assignments based on error correction capabilities
Patent No. 11803501

Inventor(s): Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX), Thanh Kim Mai (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17505122 on 10/19/2021 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: The systems and methods described herein relate to a bi-directional data path (DQ) symbol map generated based on error correction operations. A device may include sub-wordline drivers and bi-directional data paths (DQs) that couple between the sub-wordline drivers and input/output (I/O) interface circuitry based on assignments indicated by the DQ symbol map. The assignments may be generated based on error correction operations performed on data of the memory bank. In particular, the DQ symbol map may be generated to avoid some conditions that, if occurring, may render one or more data errors uncorrectable. These systems and methods may reduce a likelihood of a data error associated with a DQ being uncorrectable.

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

Multicore bus architecture with wire reduction and physical congestion minimization via shared transaction channels
Patent No. 11803505

Inventor(s): Abhijeet A. Chachad (Plano, TX), David M. Thompson (Dallas, TX), Joseph Zbiciak (Farmers Branch, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew D. Pierson (Murphy, TX), Timothy Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17735255 on 05/03/2022 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: The Multicore Bus Architecture (MBA) protocol includes a novel technique of sharing the same physical channel for all transaction types. Two channels, the Transaction Attribute Channel (TAC) and the Transaction Data Channel (TDC) are used. The attribute channel transmits bus transaction attribute information optionally including a transaction type signal, a transaction ID, a valid signal, a bus agent ID signal, an address signal, a transaction size signal, a credit spend signal and a credit return signal. The data channel connected a data subset of the signal lines of the bus separate from the attribute subset of signal lines the bus. The data channel optionally transmits a data valid signal, a transaction ID signal, a bus agent ID signal and a last data signal to mark the last data of a current bus transaction.

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

Systems and methods for distributed ledger archiving and size management
Patent No. 11803512

Inventor(s): Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17655203 on 03/17/2022 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may generate a group of distributed ledgers that are each associated with a respective set of ledger parameters, receive a data item that is associated with a set of attributes, identify a distributed ledger that is associated with ledger parameters that meet the set of attributes, and record the data item to the distributed ledger that is associated with ledger parameters that meet the particular set of attributes. The system may determine that a set of archival parameters, associated with a particular distributed ledger, have been met; and may remove the particular distributed ledger from the group of distributed ledgers based on determining that the set of archival parameters, associated with the particular distributed ledger, have been met. Nodes that maintain the group of distributed ledgers may remove ledger data, associated with the removed distributed ledger, from one or more storage resources associated with the nodes.

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

Flexible seed extension for hash table genomic mapping
Patent No. 11803554

Inventor(s): Michael Ruehle (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882158 on 05/22/2020 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs for generating and using a hash table configured to improve mapping of reads are disclosed that include obtaining a first seed of K nucleotides from a reference sequence, generating a seed extension tree having a nodes, wherein each node of the nodes corresponds to (i) an extended seed that is an extension of the first seed and has a nucleotide length of K* and (ii) one or more locations, in a seed extension table, that include data describing reference sequence locations that match the extended seed, and for each node: storing interval information at a location of the hash table that corresponds to an index key for the extended seed, wherein the interval information references one or more locations in the seed extension table that include reference sequence locations that match the extended seed associated with the node.

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

Systems and methods for a multi-hierarchy physical storage architecture for managing program and outcome data
Patent No. 11803573

Inventor(s): Andreas Buchmann (Stuttgart, , DE), Derek Howard (Columbia, MO), Krista Galyen (Columbia, MO), Ned Stone (Dallas, TX), Paxton Riter (Dallas, TX), Sam Foster (Dallas, TX), Whitney Kilgore (Valley View, TX)
Assignee(s): iDesignEDU, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18175463 on 02/27/2023 (246 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for data storage and retrieval from a computer memory. A computing device may store a first hierarchical data structure having a first sequence of sub-data structures and a second hierarchical data structure having a second sequence of sub-data structures in memory. The computing device may link the first hierarchical data structure and the second hierarchical data structure together. The computing device may link the first hierarchical data structure and the second hierarchical data structure by inserting an identifier of a sub-data structure of the second sequence in the first sequence.

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

Virtual reality environment for catastrophe preparedness and response education
Patent No. 11803675

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17207591 on 03/19/2021 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed to rendering audiovisual (AN) simulation of a disaster situation at a facility by artificially simulating the disaster situation. The disaster situation uses a 3D model of the environment associated with the facility. Embodiments of the disclosed system continuously collect data relating to reactions of one or more users to the simulation model. Upon analyzing the reactions of one or more users to the simulation model, the system provides AN indicators such as an avatar, a virtual teacher, or a virtual user to provide information for responding to the disaster situation. In some embodiments, the simulation model can be customized based on one or more factors, such as an age of the one or users, a skillset of the one or more users, a geographical location of the facility.

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

Rehearsal network for generalized learning
Patent No. 11803755

Inventor(s): Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17705543 on 03/28/2022 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a rehearsal network service is provided that enables generalized learning for all types of input patterns ranging from one-shot inputs to a large set of inputs. The rehearsal network service includes using biological memory indicator data relating to a user and the input data. The rehearsal network service includes calculating a normalized effective salience for each input data, and generating a new set of input data in which the inclusion of input data is proportional to its normalization effective salience. The rehearsal network service provides the new set of input data to a learning network, such as a neural network or a deep learning network that can learn the user”s taste or preference.

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

System for validated tracking of events associated with equipment during a resource arrangement
Patent No. 11803811

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827081 on 05/27/2022 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: Validated tracking of events associated with equipment during the course of a resource arrangement. The events include location-changing events, which provide for a physical change in location of the equipment. The verified tracking of the events is provided by a distributed trust computing network, which through convergence by one or more decentralized nodes provides for authenticating/validating data stored within distributed registers/ledgers. Specific to the invention, once a location-changing event is determined/detected, the location-changing event is registered in the distributed trust computing network by creating and validating a data block within a distributed register/ledger that includes information pertaining to the location-changing event. In this regard, the existence of the data block within the distributed register/leger serves as a verified source of truth of the occurrence of the location-change event, which is capable of identifying the verified current location of the equipment at any point in time.

[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]

Supply chain management system and method
Patent No. 11803812

Inventor(s): Heath Shoup (Murrieta, CA)
Assignee(s): West Pak Avocado, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: PROCOPIO CORY HARGREAVES AND SAVITCH LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976431 on 10/28/2022 (368 days app to issue)

Abstract: A supply chain management system is provided that includes a label having a first side with an adhesive and a second side with a plurality of information units printed thereon. The plurality of information units are printed in visible ink or invisible ink and the invisible ink is activated by environmental conditions such as temperature or light spectrum. The label is affixed to an object being processed and the visible appearance of one or more information elements originally printed in invisible ink is used for further processing or the object.

Methods and systems for consolidating profiles for joint application determination
Patent No. 11803813

Inventor(s): Jacky Kwok (Allen, TX), John Lujano (Dallas, TX), Kurt Wolf (Frisco, TX), Ruoyu Shao (Allen, TX), Sang Jin Park (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16887622 on 05/29/2020 (1250 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for consolidating credit profiles for co-applicants of a joint loan application. For example, a method may include: obtaining a first model score associated with the first applicant; receiving an address of the first applicant; obtaining a second model score associated with the second applicant; receiving an address of the second applicant; determining that the address of the first applicant and the address of the second applicant are the same; aggregating the first model score and the second model score to generate a joint model score for the first and second applicants based on the determination that the address of the first applicant and the address of the second applicant are the same; and generating the joint application for the first and second applicants at least based on the joint model score.

System and method for fraud detection using event driven architecture
Patent No. 11803854

Inventor(s): Randall Martin Brandt (Dallas, 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: 17652299 on 02/24/2022 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of providing real time account information for financial accounts is disclosed. The system includes an event based architecture including an event stream. Financial transaction processing systems publish transaction events to the event stream. A transaction service listening to the event stream detects new transaction events. The transaction service takes action to enrich transaction data. A middleware system reconciles existing transactions and persists transaction records in long term storage. The system can detect fraudulent transactions before the transactions have been posted to the financial account. The system can also be used to provide real time notifications to customers about potential fraudulent activity.

Systems and methods for using a predictive engine to predict failures in machine-learning trained systems
Patent No. 11803867

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Kristen Przano (Dallas, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Anderson (Plano, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499912 on 10/13/2021 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for using a machine-learning trained predictive engine to predict failures includes receiving electronic prior transaction data corresponding to a plurality of prior successful transactions and a plurality of prior unsuccessful transactions, and training a machine learning predictive engine based on the plurality of prior successful transactions and the plurality of prior unsuccessful transactions. Electronic transaction data may be received, the electronic transaction data being associated with a user, an item, and candidate transaction terms, the electronic transaction data being associated with a candidate transaction. The machine learning predictive engine may determine a likelihood of success of the candidate transaction based on the electronic transaction data, and display the likelihood of success of the candidate transaction.

Systems and methods for providing a direct marketing campaign planning environment
Patent No. 11803873

Inventor(s): Venkat R. Achanta (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17500564 on 10/13/2021 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of system are disclosed in which selection strategies for a direct marketing campaign that identify consumers from a credit bureau or other consumer database can be planned, tested, and/or refined on a stable subset of the credit database. In some embodiments, once refined, consumer selection criteria may be used to execute the direct marketing campaign on the full consumer/credit database, which is preferably updated approximately twice weekly. In one preferred embodiment, the data for the test database represents a random sampling of approximately 10% of the full database and the sampling is regenerated approximately weekly in order to provide a stable set of data on which campaign developers may test their campaign. For each consumer in the sampling, the environment may allow a client to access and use both attributes calculated by the credit bureau and proprietary attributes and data owned by the client. The system allows for a plurality of clients to use the system substantially simultaneously while protecting the privacy and integrity of the client”s proprietary data and results.

System and method for dynamic creation of product links from a web browser application
Patent No. 11803881

Inventor(s): Alexei Stoliartchouk (Kensington, CA), Baxter Box (Dallas, TX), Forrest Jordan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661648 on 05/02/2022 (547 days app to issue)

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

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

Systems and methods of product identification within an image
Patent No. 11803892

Inventor(s): Monisha Elumalai (Dallas, TX), Ravi Kumar Dalal (Dallas, TX), Yogananda Domlur Seetharama (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17894049 on 08/23/2022 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems to identify products comprising: product vector database; a plurality of portable computing devices comprising a camera and a control circuit configured to: access an image captured by the camera; perform an optical character recognition on the image; apply a vector modeling rule to key text, generate a first query product vector and wirelessly communicate the first query product vector to the product recommendation system; the product recommendation system is configured to apply a vector evaluation rule to the first query product vector to identify a first product; and wirelessly communicate to the portable computing device the first product identifier; wherein the control circuit receives the first product identifier, accesses a product information, causes product information to be displayed; and causes the first product to be virtually added to a virtual cart.

Self-service modular drop safes with door replacement / safe type changing capability
Patent No. 11804090

Inventor(s): Colm McKiernan (Flower Mound, TX), Douglas A. Pertz (Southlake, TX), Ken Pohl (Arlington, TX), Kyle Bolin (Flower Mound, TX), Laura Baumann (Rockwall, TX), Mark Nietubyc (Frisco, TX), Rohan Pal (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BRINK”S NETWORK, INCORPORATED (Richmond, VA)
Law Firm: Cowan, Liebowitz Latman, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380721 on 07/20/2021 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: Novel modular smart management devices in the form of drop safes include the modular components of a chassis, door and technology cabinet. The drop safes enable retailers to make cash deposits quickly and safely within or near their own facilities. Various technology, including RFID readers, RFID tags, and other equipment allow the drop safes to identify each deposited bag. Employees utilize specialized apps on their mobile devices to facilitate deposit creation and other tasks. Novel methodologies for accessing the drop safes for emptying employ single-use, time-expiration type authorization codes along with other security measures to minimize risk and to provide other benefits. Novel structures along with methodologies for replacing, on-site, modular components with auto-detection of functionality during initialization and re-initialization enables for efficient replacement and upgrading of components, including the upgrading of safes to provide additional functionality.

[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)

Systems and methods for displaying bird”s eye view of a roadway
Patent No. 11804132

Inventor(s): Mikio David (Ypsilanti, 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: 17344277 on 06/10/2021 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle navigation system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit receives image data regarding a source of a traffic jam on a roadway from a plurality of sensors of a plurality of vehicles in a mesh network. Moreover, the electronic control unit generates a bird”s eye view of the traffic jam based on the image data, wherein the bird”s eye view includes a graphical representation of the source of the traffic jam and a graphical representation of vehicles on the roadway within the traffic jam. A display device displays the bird”s eye view.

[G08G] TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S 13/91, G01S 15/88, G01S 17/88; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S 13/93, G01S 15/93, G01S 17/93; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, not being specific to a traffic environment G05D 1/00) [2]

Ghost command suppression in a half-frequency memory device
Patent No. 11804251

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Dallas, TX), Navya Sri Sreeram (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18174545 on 02/24/2023 (249 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a command interface configured to receive a two-cycle command from a host device via multiple command address bits. The memory device also includes a command decoder configured to decode a first portion of the multiple command address bits in a first cycle of the two-cycle command. The command decoder includes mask circuitry. The mask circuitry includes mask generation circuitry configured to generate a mask signal. The mask circuitry also includes multiplexer circuitry configured to apply the mask signal to block the command decoder from decoding a second portion of the multiple command address bits in a second cycle of the two-cycle command.

[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)

User authentication using tokens
Patent No. 11805118

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17588937 on 01/31/2022 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to token-based authentication mechanism. A computing device may receive information, determined by one or more sensors systems, corresponding to a user. The user information may comprise user biological information as measured by the one or more sensor systems. The computing device may generate a token based on the received user information. The computing device may store the generated token, in a memory associated with the computing device. The computing device may transmit the token to a user token device corresponding to the user. The user token device may be used to authenticate the user.

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

Tamper detection
Patent No. 11805596

Inventor(s): Alan Henry Leek (Frisco, TX), Jace Hunter Hall (Farmers Branch, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176942 on 02/16/2021 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, an enclosure for circuitry includes a platform, a charge source, a first capacitive plate, a second capacitive plate, and a capacitive sensor. The circuitry is fixedly coupled to the platform. The first capacitive plate is also fixedly coupled to the platform, and either alone, or together with the platform, surrounds a volume containing the circuitry and the charge source, the charge source electrically coupled to and configured to charge the first capacitive plate. The second capacitive plate is fixedly coupled to the platform without touching the first capacitive plate, and either alone, or together with the platform, surrounds the first capacitive plate. The second capacitive plate is configured so that there is an electric potential difference between the first capacitive plate and the second capacitive plate. The capacitive sensor is electrically connected to the first capacitive plate and configured to determine when a capacitance between the first and second capacitive plates is changed.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Transport battery health
Patent No. 11801768

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17308793 on 05/05/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sensing that a transport in a group is performing at an efficiency below a threshold and modifying at least one other transport in the group to perform at an efficiency above the threshold, wherein the efficiency above the threshold is similar to efficiency below the threshold, wherein the modification occurs at a final portion of a route of the at least one other transport.

[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)

Attribute transfer in V-PCC
Patent No. 11803987

Inventor(s): Hossein Najaf-Zadeh (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18160305 on 01/26/2023 (278 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for point cloud decoding includes receiving a bitstream. The method also includes decoding the bitstream into multiple frames that include pixels. Certain pixels of the multiple frames correspond to points of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud. The multiple frames include a first set of frames that represent locations of the points of the 3D point cloud and a second set of frames that represent attribute information for the points of the 3D point cloud. The method further includes reconstructing the 3D point cloud based on the first set of frames. Additionally, the method includes identifying a first portion of the points of the reconstructed 3D point cloud based at least in part on a property associated with the multiple frames. The method also includes modifying a portion of the attribute information. The portion of the attribute information that is modified corresponds to the first portion of the points.

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

Chamber components for gas delivery modulation
Patent No. 11804363

Inventor(s): Sherry L. Mings (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17088834 on 11/04/2020 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing chambers may include an inlet manifold defining a central aperture. The inlet manifold may also define a first channel and a second channel, and each of the channels may extend through the inlet manifold radially outward of the central aperture. The chambers may also include a gasbox characterized by a first surface facing the inlet manifold and a second surface opposite the first. The gasbox may define a central aperture aligned with the central aperture of the inlet manifold. The gasbox may define a first annular channel in the first surface extending about the central aperture of the gasbox and fluidly coupled with the first channel of the inlet manifold. The gasbox may define a second annular channel extending radially outward of the first and fluidly coupled with the second channel of the inlet manifold. The second annular channel may be fluidly isolated from the first.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)

Method of forming package substrate with partially recessed capacitor
Patent No. 11804382

Inventor(s): Jaimal Mallory Williamson (McKinney, TX), Snehamay Sinha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17707872 on 03/29/2022 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a multilayer substrate including a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer forming a first set of electrical contacts, a second conductive layer forming package electrical contacts and two capacitor electrical contacts, conductive vias extending through the dielectric layer between the first conductive layer with the second conductive layer, and a solder mask layer over the second conductive layer. The semiconductor package further includes a semiconductor die on the first side of the multilayer substrate electrically connected a capacitor on the second side of the multilayer substrate. A recessed portion of the capacitor is within a capacitor opening of the solder mask layer between the two capacitor electrical contacts and a board-side surface of the solder mask layer.

[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]

Power converter control
Patent No. 11804769

Inventor(s): Eduardas Jodka (Freising, , DE), Gaetano Maria Walter Petrina (Mauern, , DE), Manuel Wiersch (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17138603 on 12/30/2020 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes a driver having a driver output, a capacitor having a first plate and a second plate, the first plate coupled to the driver output, and a transistor having a transistor gate, a transistor source, and a transistor drain. The apparatus also includes a first switch coupled between the second plate and the transistor gate, a second switch coupled between the second plate and the transistor drain, and a third switch coupled between the transistor gate and the transistor drain.

[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]

Programmable switching converter controller
Patent No. 11804776

Inventor(s): Isaac Cohen (Dix Hills, NY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17390487 on 07/30/2021 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: A programmable switch converter controller for a power stage with a switch, an inductor, and a diode, includes a pulse-width modulator. The pulse-width modulator is configured to: generate an on-time interval (Ton) that is fixed or proportional to a demand signal proportional to a load adapted to be coupled to an output of the power stage; generate an off-time interval (Toff) that is inversely proportional to the product of a voltage across the inductor while the switch is off and a demand signal proportional to the load; initiate Ton when Toff elapses; and initiate Ton responsive to an external trigger signal.

High-speed current-feedback amplifier with distortion cancellation
Patent No. 11804805

Inventor(s): Purnendu Bhattaru (Bangalore, , IN), Sureshkumar Ramalingam (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17702631 on 03/23/2022 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include an integrated circuit having an input stage with an input and an output. A first current mirror is coupled to the output, the first current mirror including a first transistor having an emitter and a base coupled to the output of the input stage, and a collector coupled to a reference potential. The first current mirror also includes a second transistor having a base coupled to the base of the first transistor, an emitter coupled to the reference potential and a collector coupled to an output node. A buffer has an input coupled to the output node and an output. A third transistor has a base and an emitter coupled to the reference potential and a collector coupled to the output of the buffer. A second current mirror couples a portion of the buffer output current to the base of the first transistor.

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

Gate leakage current monitor apparatus and control method
Patent No. 11804833

Inventor(s): Zhong Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): InventChip Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809344 on 06/28/2022 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a capacitor coupled to a power switch, wherein the capacitor is configured to provide a negative gate voltage to the power switch when a turn-off signal is applied to a gate of the power switch, and a sink and source power supply coupled to the capacitor, wherein the sink and source power supply has a first current limit for controlling a sink current flowing from the capacitor to the sink and source power supply, and a second current limit for controlling a source current flowing from the sink and source power supply to the capacitor.

[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]

Butterfly network on load data return
Patent No. 11804858

Inventor(s): Dheera Balasubramanian (Richardson, TX), Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378886 on 07/19/2021 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and device is shown that is operable to transform and align a plurality of fields from an input to an output data stream using a multilayer butterfly or inverse butterfly network that includes a plurality of layers of multiplexers. Many transformations are possible with such a network which may include separate control of each multiplexer.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Baseband reflection modulation on power lines
Patent No. 11804873

Inventor(s): Jace Hunter Hall (Carrollton, TX), Johann Zipperer (Unterschleissheim, , DE), Peter Weber (Allershausen, , DE), Roger Neumair (Unterschleissheim, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17854636 on 06/30/2022 (488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transmission system includes a first device and a second device remote from the first device. The first device transmits electrical energy to a transmission line during a power provision phase, generates and transmits data symbols to the transmission line during a downstream transmission phase, and receives data symbols from the transmission line during an upstream transmission phase. The second device receives the energy from the transmission line during the power provision phase, receives the data symbols from the transmission line during the downstream transmission phase, and generates and transmits the data symbols to the transmission line during the upstream transmission phase, and the second device generates and transmits data symbols by shorting or disconnecting the transmission line. A method of transmitting electrical energy from the local device to the remote device, and communicating data symbols between the local and remote devices is also disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Codebook subset restriction for full-dimension MIMO
Patent No. 11804885

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homiller, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17748473 on 05/19/2022 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, in a radio network node, comprises identifying, among a predetermined codebook of precoding matrix codewords, a subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device in channel-state-information, CSI, feedback, and transmitting, to the wireless device, a bitmap identifying the subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device; where each bit in the bitmap corresponds to only one combination of a first dimension index l[subscript]1 [/subscript]and a second dimension index l[subscript]2 [/subscript]out of the possible combinations of the first dimension index l[subscript]1 [/subscript]and the second dimension index l[subscript]2[/subscript], and where the first dimension index l[subscript]1 [/subscript]and the second dimension index l[subscript]2 [/subscript]identify a two-dimensional beam, the two-dimensional beam being defined by a vector of complex numbers comprised within at least one column of a precoding matrix codeword in the codebook.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System and method for sidelink feedback
Patent No. 11804939

Inventor(s): Philippe Sartori (Algonquin, IL), Vipul Desai (Palatine, IL)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17181742 on 02/22/2021 (981 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes, by a first mobile device, obtaining a data packet and determining, from a first set of resources, control resources for transmitting scheduling information associated with the data packet. The control resources include a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). The method includes determining, by the first mobile device from a second set of resources, acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) resources associated with the data packet and related to the control resources. The scheduling information includes transmission information for transmitting the data packet and an indication of the ACK/NACK resources. The method includes transmitting, by the first mobile device to a second mobile device, the scheduling information on the control resources and the data packet on a set of resources indicated by the transmission information and listening, by the first mobile device, for an ACK/NACK transmitted by the second mobile device on the ACK/NACK resources.

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

System and method for securing personal information via biometric public key
Patent No. 11804959

Inventor(s): Charles H. Herder, III (Dallas, TX), Tina P. Srivastava (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Badge Inc. (Lewes, DE)
Law Firm: Sunstein LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17468078 on 09/07/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device, method, and computer readable storage medium generate a biometric public key for an individual based on both the individual”s biometric data and a secret, in a manner that verifiably characterizes both while tending to prevent recovery of either by anyone other than the individual. The biometric public key may be later used to authenticate a subject purporting to be the individual, using a computing facility that need not rely on a hardware root of trust. Such biometric public keys may be distributed without compromising the individual”s biometric data. In operation, a confident subset of a set of biometric values of the subject is extracted, including by performing a transform of the set of biometric values. The transform may variously be a Gabor transform, a wavelet transform, processing by a machine learning system, etc.

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

Apparatus and systems for providing DC power using communication networks
Patent No. 11804973

Inventor(s): Morgan C. Kurk (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16329649 on 08/30/2017 (2253 days app to issue)

Abstract: A direct current (DC) power distribution system is provided. The system includes a passive splitter and an active splitter. The passive splitter includes an input port that is configured to receive a first DC power input and multiple output ports that are configured to provide a first DC power outputs to corresponding ones of multiple power only devices. The active splitter includes an input port that is configured to receive a second DC power input and network data corresponding to at least one network communications data channel and multiple output ports that are configured to provide second DC power outputs and network communications data to corresponding power and/or data devices.

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

System and method for intent based network slice assignment
Patent No. 11805015

Inventor(s): Kamakshi Sridhar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Amarok IP Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16940627 on 07/28/2020 (1190 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for network slice assignment including: defining an intent for at least one network slice; selecting at least one network slice instance has capability to meet the intent; monitoring the selected network slice instance to determine whether the selected network slice instance is achieving the intent; and if the intent is not being met, reprioritizing at least one network slice instance in order to prioritize the selected network slice instance; if the intent is being met, continue monitoring the selected network slice instance. A system for network slice assignment including: a selection module configured to define an intent for at least one network slice and select at least one network slice; a monitoring module configured to monitor the selected network slice instance; an analysis module configured to determine if the intent is being met; and a reprioritization module configured to reprioritize at least one network slice.

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

Systems and methods for identifying and determining third party compliance
Patent No. 11805017

Inventor(s): Robert Brice (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17406167 on 08/19/2021 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for determining third party network compliance with a host entity network is provided. The method may include generating a scanning file that includes host entity network compliance standards and transferring the scanning file to an intermediary entity network. The method may further include generating an executable file that may run a plug-in scanning file to scan hardware and software resident at the third-party network for compliance. The method may further include transferring the executable file from the intermediary entity network to the third party network. The method may further include executing the executable file, generating a log file upon the completion of the running of the plug-in scanning file and digitally signing the log file. The method may further include deciphering the log file at the intermediary entity network, generating a readable report based on the deciphering and transferring the readable report to the host entity network.

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

Border gateway protocol (BGP) for routing policy distribution
Patent No. 11805046

Inventor(s): Zhenbin Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17231849 on 04/15/2021 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for extending Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to change multiple route attributes at a time. The method includes receiving a BGP wide community container that includes an indication that multiple route attributes can be changed at a time, a one or more route conditions, and actions to perform on the multiple route attributes when the one or more route conditions are met. The method determines whether the route conditions are satisfied. The method performs the actions specified in the BGP wide community container on the multiple route attributes when the one or more route conditions are satisfied.

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

Method and apparatus for user plane resource selection for 5G core
Patent No. 11805059

Inventor(s): Abhishek Mishra (Bangalore, , IN), Tamanna Jindal (Plano, TX), Vipin Padlikar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Networks, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero, McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17351893 on 06/18/2021 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: A User Plane Function (UPF) of 5G Core network performs a search for the next hop in the data path, using utilities (e.g., Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) traceroute), and determines the capability of the next router and/or other hops in the path. The UPF updates (e.g., using the PATCH command) the Network Repository Function (NRF) with the gathered information. The UPF also updates the NRF the UPF”s position in the current route, and the role(s) the UPF is playing at a given time, e.g., Branching Point (BP), Intermediate User Plane Function (I-UPF), and the like. The SMF is enabled to identify the UPF”s capability for a given PDU Session. The selection of a given UPF for non-suitable roles can be prevented, and the UPF can be selected for those roles in which the UPF is more suitable at a given time.

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

Virtual tiering
Patent No. 11805069

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Gaudlip (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14585809 on 12/30/2014 (3227 days app to issue)

Abstract: A System, Computer Program Product, and computer-executable method for managing a virtual network, the System, Computer Program Product, and computer-executable method comprising receiving a request to create the virtual network, creating a policy based on a catalog virtual network resources, and implementing the virtual network based on the created policy.

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

Processing tokens in identity assertions for access control to resources
Patent No. 11805127

Inventor(s): Gayathri Sundar (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES, INC. (USA) (Jacksonville, FL)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232628 on 04/16/2021 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for processing tokens in identity assertions for access control to resources. A server may receive, via an interface from a gateway, a request to permit a customer device to access a resource associated with the server. The request may include an identifier for the customer device and a first token used to authenticate the customer device at the gateway. The server may generate, responsive to validating the first token, a second token to be used to authorize the customer device at the server for access to the resource. The server may store, on a database, an association identifying the identifier, the first token, and the second token. The server may perform the server, an action to permit the customer device access to the resource associated with the server based on the association maintained on the database.

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

Systems and methods for utilizing a machine learning model to detect anomalies and security attacks in software-defined networking
Patent No. 11805140

Inventor(s): Abhishek Baidya (Allen, TX), Sonali Sen Baidya (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208540 on 03/22/2021 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive training data simulating different types of software-defined network (SDN) attacks or anomalies and may train a machine learning model with the training data to generate a trained machine learning model. The device may receive SDN data from multiple SDN controllers and multiple SDN devices of an SDN network and may perform natural language processing on the SDN data to clean the SDN data and generate clean SDN data. The device may process the clean SDN data, with the trained machine learning model, to identify an attack on the SDN network or one or more anomalies in the SDN data and may perform one or more actions based on the attack on the SDN network or the one or more anomalies in the SDN data.

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

In vehicle infotainment (IVI) hands-free with aux jack
Patent No. 11805196

Inventor(s): Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17221589 on 04/02/2021 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for using a mobile phone in a vehicle includes an auxiliary jack having multiple conductors and configured to receive a connector having a first end to be coupled to the auxiliary jack and a second end to be coupled to a mobile device. The system further includes a ground coupled to a first conductor of the multiple conductors, and a microphone coupled to a second conductor of the multiple conductors that receives microphone data from a cabin of the vehicle to be transmitted to the remote device via the connector. The system further includes a first speaker coupled to a third conductor of the multiple conductors that outputs audio data received from the third conductor, and an IVI interface configured to receive user instructions for controlling the mobile device and to transmit the user instructions to the mobile device via at least one of the multiple conductors.

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

Artificial intelligence based refinement of automatic control setting in an operator interface using localized transcripts
Patent No. 11805204

Inventor(s): Donald Russ Miller (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Open Text Holdings, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329405 on 05/25/2021 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data processing system for artificial intelligence-based setting of controls in an evaluation interface comprising a data store storing: a plurality of transactions; a plurality of completed evaluations, each completed evaluation including an indication of a transcript portion associated with an evaluation answer. The system determines a word or phrase common to a first set of transcript portions associated with the evaluation answer; creates a first set of auto answer parameters that includes the word or phrase; auto answers the question for a set of test transactions to generate an auto answer for each test transaction; and based on a determination that the first set of auto answer parameters auto answered the question with a threshold level of accuracy, configures an evaluation system to use the first set of auto answer parameters to preset an answer control in an evaluation operator interface.

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

Processing a video frame having slices and tiles
Patent No. 11805253

Inventor(s): Christopher Segall (Camas, WA), Kiran Misra (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17895159 on 08/25/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for decoding video includes receiving a frame of the video that includes at least one slice and at least one time. Each of the at least one slice and the at least one tile are not all aligned with one another. Each of the at least one slice is characterized that it is decoded independently of the other the at least one slice. Each of the at least one tile is characterized that it is a rectangular region of the frame and having coding units for the decoding arranged in a raster scan order. The at least one tile of the frame are collectively arranged in a raster scan order of the frame.

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

Television with interactive portal and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11805282

Inventor(s): Charles Todd Hixon (Garland, TX), Craig D. Smith (Allen, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): Ensco, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499186 on 10/12/2021 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: A television with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the television, the television is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The television is associated with a room and includes a processor, memory, tuner, panel, and audio drive disposed in an interconnected busing architecture. The television generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest”s home wireless network.

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

Systems and methods for transitioning between different content
Patent No. 11805287

Inventor(s): Ananthanarayanan Subramanian (Lewisville, TX), Srinivasulu Ganipineni (Frisco, TX), Vijay Srusti (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17647102 on 01/05/2022 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may provide content received via a quadrature amplitude modulation channel. The device may receive supplemental content information regarding supplemental content to be provided during a period of time associated with providing the content, wherein the supplemental content information includes a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying a location of the supplemental content and start time information identifying a time when the supplemental content is to be provided. The device may obtain the supplemental content using the URL. The device may transition, from providing the content, to providing the supplemental content based on the start time information. The device may transition, from providing the supplemental content, to providing the content after providing the supplemental content.

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

Method and apparatus for adaptive location determination
Patent No. 11805388

Inventor(s): Mitesh D. Desai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991986 on 11/22/2022 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: Locations for mobile computers may be adaptively determined in a system which includes a server, a set of mobile computers, and an administrator computer. In such a system, the set of mobile computers may each be programmed with instructions operable to, when executed, transmit multiple forms of location information to the server. Additionally, the server may be programmed with a set of location determination routines and these routines may be used in determining a location for each of the mobile computers from the set of mobile computers. These locations may then be used to populate an interface of the administrator computer with icons at positions corresponding to the mobile computers” locations.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for facilitating network function device discovery
Patent No. 11805400

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17247404 on 12/10/2020 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network repository function (NRF) device may receive first locality and priority information concerning a first network function device from the first network function device and may receive second locality and priority information concerning a second network function device from the second network function device. The NRF device may update a data structure based on the first locality and priority information and the second locality and priority information. The NRF device may receive a query concerning a locality from a third network function device and may search the data structure based on the query to identify network function device information associated with the locality. The NRF device may send the network function device information to the third network function device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic cryptography for small cells
Patent No. 11805408

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: 18182460 on 03/13/2023 (232 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]

Systems and methods for reference signals and CSI feedback
Patent No. 11805434

Inventor(s): Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995521 on 08/17/2020 (1170 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided for signaling reference signals and Channel State Information (CSI) feedback for wireless communications. An embodiment method implemented by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications measurements and CSI feedback includes receiving, from a network, at least one of a first index that indicates a corresponding non-zero-power CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource, a second index that indicates a corresponding zero-power CSI-RS resource, a third index that indicates a corresponding CSI-RS resource for interference measurement, and a fourth index that indicates a corresponding channel quality indicator (CQI) report configuration. The method also includes receiving, from the network, at least one of a fifth index that indicates a corresponding periodic CQI report in accordance with the CQI report configuration indicated by the fourth index, and a sixth index that indicates a corresponding aperiodic CQI report in accordance with the CQI report configuration indicated by the fourth index.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Methods and systems for provisioning of parameter data of radios controlled by a spectrum access system
Patent No. 11805541

Inventor(s): Sammit Patel (Dallas, TX), Shirley M. Forsythe (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329593 on 05/25/2021 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for automating delivery of data of a radio to a spectrum access system are provided. The data is used by the spectrum access system to use the data to control transmission of the radio to regulate interference in shared spectrum at an incumbent or primary user, where the radio is that of a secondary user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for LBT failure detection
Patent No. 11805544

Inventor(s): Chia-Hung Wei (Hsinchu, , TW), Chie-Ming Chou (Hsinchu, , TW), Hung-Chen Chen (Hsinchu, , TW), Mei-Ju Shih (Hsinchu, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592664 on 02/04/2022 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for LBT failure detection performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a MAC entity of the UE, an LBT failure indication from a lower layer for all UL transmissions; increasing an LBT failure counter when the MAC entity receives the LBT failure indication; determining an LBT failure event occurs when the LBT failure counter is greater than or equal to a threshold; and resetting the LBT failure counter after the MAC entity has not received the LBT failure indication for a time period.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Three-dimensional memory device with wiggled drain-select-level isolation structure and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 11805649

Inventor(s): James Kai (Santa Clara, CA), Johann Alsmeier (San Jose, CA), Srinivas Pulugurtha (San Jose, CA), Yanli Zhang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17385728 on 07/26/2021 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located within a respective one of the memory openings, and at least one drain-select-level isolation structure vertically extending through at least a topmost electrically conductive layer among the electrically conductive layers. The at least one drain-select-level isolation structure may include wiggles and cut through upper portions of at least some of the memory opening fill structures, or may include a vertically-extending dielectric material portion and laterally-protruding dielectric material portions adjoined to the vertically-extending dielectric material portion and laterally protruding into lateral recesses located adjacent to the at least the topmost electrically conductive layer.

DESIGN PATENTS

Garment with stylized letters and design
Patent No. D002995

Inventor(s): Brian K. Reaux (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29793141 on 07/12/2021 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pair of pants
Patent No. D002999

Inventor(s): Shawn Norfolk (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Shelby Group International, Inc. (Collierville, TN)
Law Firm: Baker Donelson (Local + 58 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29797841 on 07/02/2021 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Accessory mount for a vehicle
Patent No. D003216

Inventor(s): Robert Bresnahan (Kemp, TX)
Assignee(s): Larson Electronics, LLC (Kemp, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29735689 on 05/22/2020 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

PC mouse docking station
Patent No. D003295

Inventor(s): Himanshu Sharma (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29780280 on 04/23/2021 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with graphical user interface
Patent No. D003314

Inventor(s): Edward Jack Edgington, Jr. (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Recognition Concepts, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: FERGUSON BRASWELL FRASER KUBASTA PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29824446 on 01/25/2022 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Mobile glassboard
Patent No. D003350

Inventor(s): Dony Dawson (Arlington, TX), Stephen Savoie (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29731152 on 04/13/2020 (1296 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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