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 Nov. 21, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

125 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 7
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 14
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 2
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 5
G: PHYSICS 35
H: ELECTRICITY 48
DESIGN: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 6
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, NC) 5
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 4
7-Eleven, INC. (Irving) 3
Traxxas, L.P. (McKinney) 3

UNASSIGNED 7

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving) 3
Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina) 3
Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove) 2
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 2
Madhukar Budagavi (Plano) 2
Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine) 2
Thomas R. Miller (Plano) 2
Vanessa Ogle (Fairview) 2
William C. Fang (Plano, US) 2
Yogesh Kumar Ramadass (San Jose, CA, US) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Tracked powered drill assembly
Patent No. 11819289

Inventor(s): Aayush Malla (Fort Worth, TX), Michael Vu (Grand Prairie, TX), Milton F. Barnes (Fort Worth, TX), Thomas M. Meese (Louisville, CO), Vikram A. Garadi (Fort Worth, TX), Zachary S. Heiliger (Nederland, CO)
Assignee(s): Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16927405 on 07/13/2020 (1226 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a system to engage one or more tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. Further, a tracking device may be used to track a location of at least a portion of the tool.

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

Lift chair assembly
Patent No. 11819465

Inventor(s): Gregg Cohen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Jeff Williams PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16928287 on 07/14/2020 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a lift chair assembly for assisting a user to transition between sitting and standing. The assembly includes a frame body, a backrest member coupled to the frame body, a seat member coupled to the frame body and configured to pivot about an axis relative to the frame body independently from the backrest member such that the seat member pivots between a neutral position and an elevated position, a motor that selectively pivots the seat member, and a controller that selectively engages the motor to pivot the seat member.

[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)

Method of chemically disinfecting a vehicle
Patent No. 11819580

Inventor(s): Allen K. Bettilyon (Dallas, TX), Robert Adams (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): PurWorld Technologies LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16948428 on 09/17/2020 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chemical disinfection process for vehicles using chlorine dioxide and titanium dioxide with calculated re-treatment formulas and schedules based on bacterial infestation data. Systems and methods that include client devices and servers that monitor and control a chemical disinfection process. The system generates a surety arrangement that facilitates re-treatment and electronic notification alerts to chemical solution vendors, dealers and vehicle owners.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Remote smell technology
Patent No. 11819593

Inventor(s): Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16643637 on 08/31/2018 (1908 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing generating odors. In aspects, the disclosed methods may include generating, by a chemistry dispersion element, a signal configured to act upon a surface of a chemistry reservoir to disperse an odorous substance retained within the chemistry reservoir. The chemistry reservoir and the chemistry dispersion element may be disposed within a housing. The method also includes generating, by an air pump, a volume of air, and transporting, by an airflow pathway, the volume of air from the air pump to an air outlet. The volume of air passes through at least a portion of the housing as it flows through the airflow pathway from the air pump to the air outlet, and transports at least a portion of the odorous substance dispersed by the chemistry reservoir within the housing to the air outlet.

Home renal therapy system and machine
Patent No. 11819596

Inventor(s): Duston Mounts (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, , CH), Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, IL)
Law Firm: K L Gates LLP (Local + 971 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682659 on 02/28/2022 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: A renal therapy system is disclosed. In an example, the renal therapy system includes a user interface device, such as a tablet computer. The renal therapy system also includes a renal therapy machine configured to perform a renal therapy. The renal therapy machine includes a data transfer interface configured to communicatively couple to the user interface device, a dialysis fluid pump, and a processor that operates a connectivity agent having an activated mode and a deactivated mode. When in the activated mode, the connectivity agent enables the processor to send data related to a performance of the renal therapy to a system hub. In the deactivated mode, the processor is prevented from sending the data to or receiving any data from the system hub. The user interface device is configured to receive data from and send data to the processor regardless of a status of the connectivity agent.

[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]

Iron-type golf club head or other ball striking device
Patent No. 11819742

Inventor(s): Jamil Jacaman (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Brian Neeley (Fort Worth, TX), Michael R. Pinto (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17142066 on 01/05/2021 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ball striking device, such as an iron-type golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface and a body connected to the face. The body has a sole surface extending rearward from a leading edge of the face, and a toe surface extending rearward from a toe edge of the face. The sole surface configured to confront the playing surface. The iron-type club head may have an elongated channel extending from a heel side in the sole member to an end point within the toe surface. The elongated channel is recessed from the sole surface and toe surfaces and is spaced from the leading and toe edges of the face. The iron-type club head may also have a plurality of weighting elements that are adjustable by the user.

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

Model vehicle turn signal method and system
Patent No. 11819772

Inventor(s): Brian Wan (Allen, TX), Daryl Gene Spillman (Plano, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17157518 on 01/25/2021 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for activating and cancelling a first or second turn signal indicator for an R/C vehicle are provided. The method may include determining that the R/C vehicle is stationary and reading a rotation of a steering input to a stationary activation threshold. In addition, the method may include activating the turn signal indicator on a side of the R/C vehicle and setting an active turn signal indicator to on. Further actions in the method may involve determining that the R/C vehicle is in motion and reading a rotation of the steering input to a moving initiation threshold. Still further actions may include reading a rotation of the steering input in another direction to a moving cancellation threshold and deactivating the first or second turn signal indicator and setting the active turn signal indicator to off.

[A63H] TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS

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

Scrubbing fluid and methods for using same
Patent No. 11819798

Inventor(s): Brett Christopher Roberts (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): INEOS AMERICAS, LLC (Mobile, AL)
Law Firm: Roy Kiesel Ford Doody North, APLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582461 on 01/24/2022 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A scrubbing solution for removing contaminants, including particularly hydrogen sulfide, from a fluid. The scrubbing solution includes at least one scrubbing reagent which has a primary or secondary amine and an acid, which may be phosphoric acid. The fluid being scrubbed is passed through the scrubbing solution. The contaminants react with the scrubbing reagent securing them in the scrubbing solution. The fluid being scrubbed and the scrubbing solution are then separated. The scrubbing solution is heated and, if the scrubbing solution is under pressure, the pressure is reduced. The acid facilitates thorough removal of the contaminants, and especially the hydrogen sulfide, from the scrubbing solution. The scrubbing solution is then ready for reuse. Because the scrubbing solution is rendered substantially free of hydrogen sulfides, it can absorb other sulfide contaminants that might not otherwise be absorbed.

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

Super-adsorbing porous thermo-responsive desiccants
Patent No. 11819823

Inventor(s): Shuang Cui (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO), The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17466054 on 09/03/2021 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: Thermo-responsive hydrogel composite (TRHC) desiccants having high adsorption capacities, fast adsorption/desorption rates, and low regeneration temperatures (T[subscript]reg[/subscript]) compared to traditional desiccants. TRHC desiccants may be synthesized by freeze drying. The porous structures resulting from freeze drying copolymers of thermo-responsive polymers and/or hygroscopic agents may be combined with hygroscopic inorganic salts, resulting in TRHC desiccants having superior performance properties.

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

Ionic liquid to enhance performance and durability of membrane assembly electrode (MEA)
Patent No. 11819826

Inventor(s): Hisao Kato (Nagoya, , JP), Hongfei Jia (Ann Arbor, MI), Joan F. Brennecke (West Lake Hills, TX), Liang Wang (Saline, MI), Oscar Morales Collazo (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17466757 on 09/03/2021 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dimeric ionic liquid that enhances and improves the performance and durability of a fuel cell catalyst. The dimeric ionic liquid comprises 1,1-(butane-1, 4-diyl)bis(9-methyl-3,4,6,7,8,9-hexahydro-2H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-1-ium 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane-1-sulfonate. Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) employing the dimeric ionic liquid are also disclosed.

Oxidation resistant nickel braze putty
Patent No. 11819919

Inventor(s): Paul M. Pellet (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): RTX CORPORATION (Farmington, CT)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16992725 on 08/13/2020 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a braze putty composition including a sacrificial binder, a first nickel alloy and a second nickel alloy, a method of making the putty, and a method for using this putty to repair castings.

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

Inversion mount for mounting an inverted die grinder
Patent No. 11819977

Inventor(s): Sunny Muttathukunnel Thomas (Kitchener, , CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16265453 on 02/01/2019 (1754 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inversion mount includes an upper mounting base, a lower mounting base, and an oblique drop arm connected from the upper mounting base to the lower mounting base. The upper mounting base is configured to normally mount to a downward-facing inversion mounting surface from below. The lower mounting base includes a non-rotary main body and a rotary latch assembly. The main body includes a forward receiver configured to axially receive a mounting insert from below as a rotary item. The latch assembly includes a side latch. The side latch extends alongside the main body, and is supported for radial pivotation between an open position, in which the side latch carries the inside hook below but not underneath the forward receiver, and a latched position, in which the side latch carries the inside hook underneath the forward receiver for hooked engagement with a side pocket behind the mounting insert.

[B24B] MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING (by electro-erosion B23H; abrasive or related blasting B24C; electrolytic etching or polishing C25F 3/00); DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS [2]

Material dispensing systems
Patent No. 11820087

Inventor(s): David G. Carlson (North Richland Hills, TX), Doug K. Wolfe (Denton, TX), Paul K. Oldroyd (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Timmer Law Group, PLLC. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17508299 on 10/22/2021 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of preparing a composite article including providing a first bias assembly with a first bias roll; providing a first non-bias assembly with a first non-bias roll; positioning the first bias assembly to a dispensing position; dispensing a bias ply from the first bias roll along a bias path on a mold; cutting the bias ply; positioning the first non-bias assembly to a dispensing position; dispensing a non-bias ply from the first non-bias roll; and cutting the non-bias ply; wherein the bias path and the non-bias path are substantially parallel.

[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]

Apparatus and methods for offloading cargo from tank trailers
Patent No. 11820274

Inventor(s): Galen Jon Childress (Springtown, TX), Joby Dee Rickman (Springtown, TX), Ryan Matthew Swaner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RPOD Tech, LLC (Springtown, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17394578 on 08/05/2021 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for offloading cargo from a tank trailer, which has at least interior compartments, to one or more discharge points. The apparatus includes two or more T-connectors each of which is connected, via a valve, to an outlet of a respective one of the interior compartments of the tank trailer. Each T-connector has an axis defined by a pair of opposing arms and, contrary to conventional apparatus and methods, the T-connectors are positioned with their axes oriented perpendicularly or obliquely relative to the length of the tank trailer. Additionally, for each T-connector, a discharge conduit is connected to one of the opposing arms so that all of the discharge conduits extend from the same side of the tank trailer, perpendicularly or obliquely relative to the length of the tank trailer. A blower conduit is also connected to each T-connector, to the other of the pair of opposing arms, and extend from the other side the tank trailer, opposite the discharge conduits. The blower conduits are also connected to at least one blower which provides air flow and pressure. The method involves providing power to the blower(s), and opening the valves to cause the cargo to flow from each of the interior compartments and form multiple flow streams which flow concurrently, along multiple flow paths, to the one or more discharge points. This apparatus and method reduce the time necessary to accomplish offloading the cargo, among other advantages.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

Vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants
Patent No. 11820302

Inventor(s): Abhishek Srivastava (Ann Arbor, MI), Akiyoshi Maeda (Ann Arbor, MI), David W. Cosgrove (Milford, MI), Hidekazu Hirabayashi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16216968 on 12/11/2018 (1806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle and method for vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants are provided. The method comprises detecting a position of a window of the vehicle; and controlling the duty of an operational component of the vehicle based on the position of the window of the vehicle and at least one of: a speed of the vehicle, and a presence of a sound-reflecting structure proximate to the vehicle; wherein the operational component is external to a cabin of the vehicle; and wherein noise generated by the operational component increases with a duty of the operational component.

[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]

Provisioning a vehicle experience according to an authentication of a driver for the vehicle experience
Patent No. 11820330

Inventor(s): Michelle Nguyen (Dallas, TX), Samuel Baker (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17449160 on 09/28/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a vehicle experience system may receive a service request associated with a vehicle. The vehicle experience system may qualify a driver for a vehicle experience involving the vehicle. The vehicle experience system may provide, to a user device associated with the driver, a verification code for authenticating the vehicle experience involving the driver and the vehicle. The vehicle experience system may provide, to a location management system associated with the vehicle, a notification that the vehicle is to be involved in the vehicle experience. The vehicle experience system may provide, to the location management system and based on receiving scan data being associated with the verification code, the authentication of the vehicle experience to enable a provisioning device to facilitate access to the vehicle.

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

Autonomous vehicle cleaning and feedback system using adjustable ground truth
Patent No. 11820338

Inventor(s): Atsushi Iwai (Pittsburgh, PA), Paul D. Schmalenberg (Pittsburgh, PA), Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172436 on 02/10/2021 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a cleanable surface disposed within its interior. The vehicle also includes a processor, a light source able to illuminate the surface, and a sensor configured to capture an image of the surface while the surface is illuminated by the light source. The vehicle also includes a passenger survey system for receiving input from a passenger regarding cleanliness of the surface. The processor is configured to adjust a detection threshold based on the input, and to detect foreign material on the surface based on the detection threshold and a comparison between the captured image and a stored image. After detecting the foreign material on the surface, the processor indicates that the vehicle needs to be cleaned, and may initiate an automatic cleaning procedure.

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

Distracted driving detection and mitigation
Patent No. 11820386

Inventor(s): Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, 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: 17243284 on 04/28/2021 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detecting distracted driving on a mobile device and mitigating distracted driving by determining whether a mobile device is used by a driver of a vehicle or by a passenger of the vehicle. The system can determine that the mobile device is in a vehicle and modify the functionality of the mobile device to transition the mobile device into an automobile mode. Vehicle data and/or mobile device data can be used to determine a number of individuals in the vehicle. An identity of the operator of the mobile device can be authenticated based on authentication information obtained by the mobile device. Based on the authenticated identity of the operator of the mobile device, a driving score associated with the driver can be modified, where the score indicates a number of instances of distracted driving by the driver.

Heating tool
Patent No. 11820500

Inventor(s): Bruce B. Bacon (Euless, TX), Christopher L. Gravelle (Fort Worth, TX), Frank S. Allen (North Richland Hills, TX), Jahanzeb Tareen (Grapevine, TX), Tom S. Chiang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Timmer Law Group, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498154 on 10/11/2021 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of curing an aircraft component including applying a temperature sensitive adhesive to a surface of a component, the surface having a contour; positioning a heating tool including a manifold with a ventilation path such that the ventilation path is adjacent to the surface by aligning the ventilation path to the contour of the component; and heating the surface of the component with uniform airflow from the ventilation path; wherein the manifold includes a chamber with a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to the surface.

Containers for carrying trash bags and janitorial uses
Patent No. 11820589

Inventor(s): Damon L. Washington (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fresh IP PLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17373231 on 07/12/2021 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a container for carrying trash bags. The container includes a first compartment in a rectangular prism having a top wall and a first side wall operable to open and close for access to the first compartment. The container also includes a second compartment in a triangular prism and secured to the first compartment. The second compartment includes first and second side walls connected to the top wall of the first compartment on bottom edges of the first and second side walls and an opening operable for access to the second compartment. The container may also include a first strap coupled to a second portion of a buckle clip and a second strap coupled to a second portion of the buckle clip and operable to secure to the first portion of the buckle clip. The first and second straps and the buckle clip are operable to attach the container to a janitorial cart.

[B65F] GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B, B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B 67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F 17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G)

Stackable wire-dispensing container
Patent No. 11820622

Inventor(s): Benjamin L. Weatherford (Princeton, TX), Clifton S. Thompson (Lucas, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17962264 on 10/07/2022 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.

[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

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

Films of multiwall, few wall, and single wall carbon nanotube mixtures
Patent No. 11820659

Inventor(s): Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17605753 on 05/26/2020 (1274 days app to issue)

Abstract: Nanofiber membranes are described that include multiple layers of nanofiber structures, where each structure is a composite composition of multiwall carbon nanotubes and one or both of single wall and/or few walled carbon nanotubes. By selecting the relative proportions of multiwall and one or more of single/few wall carbon nanotubes in a nanofiber film, the membrane can be fabricated to withstand the heating that occurs during operation in an EUV lithography machine, while also having enough mechanical integrity to withstand pressure changes of between 1 atmosphere (atm) and 2 atm between operating cycles of an EUV lithography machine.

[C01B] NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

Copoly(urethane carbonates) with tunable properties and methods for making and using the same
Patent No. 11820866

Inventor(s): Sidney Eichelberger (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17405611 on 08/18/2021 (825 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are copoly(carbonate urethanes) with tunable properties. The copoly(carbonate urethanes) are produced from the reaction between an aryl diamine and an oligomer. By varying the molecular weight of the oligomer, the mechanical and thermal properties of the copoly(carbonate urethanes) can be modified (i.e., tuned). The copoly(carbonate urethanes) can be used to produce filaments for 3D printing applications that could have tunable properties for a variety of applications.

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

Exterior coating for aluminum and glass
Patent No. 11820908

Inventor(s): Brooke Despain (Wylie, TX), Michael Churchill (Carrollton, TX), Tonya Trabosh (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): SWIMC LLC (Cleveland, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17046081 on 04/09/2019 (1687 days app to issue)

Abstract: A one-coat system and coating composition for application to a tempered glass or primed metal surface are described. The coating includes a dispersed fluoropolymer resin composition and an adhesion promoter. When cured, the one-coat system meets the specifications for a high performance exterior coating system.

[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]

Production of gentisic acid 5-O–D xylopyranoside
Patent No. 11821014

Inventor(s): Amanda Waters (Champlin, MN), Nickolas Anderson (Arden Hills, MN)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122027 on 12/15/2020 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: An expression vector that includes a polynucleotide having a heterologous regulatory element operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence derived from [i]Solanum tuberosum [/i]and encoding a xylosyltransferase capable of glycosylating gentisic acid to produce gentisic acid 5-O–D xylopyranoside, a transcription template having such a polynucleotide and adapted for in vitro transcription in a cell-free system, a method for producing gentisic acid 5-O–D xylopyranoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the xylosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing gentisic acid 5-O–D xylopyranoside by contacting a composition including gentisic acid and UDP-xylose with a recombinant xylosyltransferase. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.

[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]

Vaporization vessel and method
Patent No. 11821087

Inventor(s): Kenney R. Jordan (Denton, TX), Manuel F. Gonzales (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ENTEGRIS, INC. (Billerica, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16856687 on 04/23/2020 (1307 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tray for a vaporization vessel that includes a tray having a side wall, a bottom plate, one or more apertures that extend through the bottom plate, and a duct that extends through and from the bottom plate. The tray configured to support a solid reagent to be vaporized. A method of assembling the tray that includes forming a first tray that has the side wall and the bottom plate. A vaporization vessel that includes one or more of the trays.

[C23C] COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C 23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D 39/00, B23K; working of metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current on a workpiece using an electrode B23H; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B 41/00; paints, varnishes, lacquers C09D; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; inhibiting corrosion of metallic material or incrustation in general C23F; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D, C25F; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M 11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q 1/04; details of scanning-probe apparatus, in general G01Q; manufacture of semiconductor devices H01L; manufacture of printed circuits H05K) [4]

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

Integrated door handle with hinged access cover
Patent No. 11821235

Inventor(s): Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX), William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16915429 on 06/29/2020 (1240 days app to issue)

Abstract: A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a handle connected to a support structure integrated into and covered by a skin of the access panel, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion and having first ends connected to the grip portion and second ends connected to the support structure; and a cover disposed over an opening in the access panel skin and selectively transitionable between a closed position and an open position, the opening situated relative to the handle such that the handle is concealed when the cover is in a closed position and accessible via the opening when the cover is in an open position.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Perforating torch apparatus and method
Patent No. 11821291

Inventor(s): Michael C. Robertson (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: McCutcheon Joseph, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17840377 on 06/14/2022 (525 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tubular perforating apparatus includes a nozzle section comprising a nozzle head located therein and adjacent a combustible fuel material. The nozzle head includes an internal cavity and a nozzle portion including an opening on one side of the nozzle portion that directs the cutting fluids out the internal cavity in a first radial direction to produce a reaction force on the apparatus in an opposite second radial direction. The reaction force moves the apparatus in the second radial direction to be against an inner wall of the tubular and temporarily anchors the apparatus against the inner wall. The nozzle head is movable via the pressure and the cutting fluids from a closed position within the nozzle section to an open position in which the nozzle portion protrudes out of the nozzle section so that the opening is exposed to the tubular for directing the cutting fluids onto the tubular.

[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

System, apparatus, and methods for adjustable focal length light
Patent No. 11821609

Inventor(s): Gregory Lee Horne (Euless, TX), Todd Marcucci (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance Sports Group, L.P. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17473461 on 09/13/2021 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed having a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed about the same substrate. A lens is configured with a geometry that corresponds to different sections of the substrate containing the light emitting diodes to propagate a beam of light with different characteristics through different portions of the lens.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]

Wireless remote indoor sensor for home automation
Patent No. 11821645

Inventor(s): Keith R. Mowery (Plano, TX), Nguyen T. Ho (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16661529 on 10/23/2019 (1490 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a network of wireless remote climate sensors to develop a complete heat map of an enclosed space. The remote climate sensor is configured to collect temperature and humidity data on a zone of the enclosed space. The HVAC system uses a network of these sensors to obtain data points across the enclosed space. The resulting heat map is used by the HVAC system to determine where to direct air in the enclosed space. By comparing the temperature and humidity at a specific remote climate sensor with the user”s desired temperature and humidity, the HVAC system can decide whether to increase or decrease the air flow through a variable damper that is located near the remote climate sensor. By conducting this analysis throughout the enclosed space and making incremental adjustments to the air flow in hot and cold spots in the enclosed space, the disclosed HVAC system provides even comfort to the user along with reduced energy consumption.

[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)

Thermal energy storage integrated heat pump
Patent No. 11821662

Inventor(s): Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, TX), Yang Zou (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17510562 on 10/26/2021 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a heat pump having a thermal energy storage (TES) material. The heat pump can include a first heat exchanger to exchange heat between ambient air and refrigerant, a second heat exchanger to exchange heat between the refrigerant and air supplied to a climate-controlled space, and a third heat exchanger to exchange heat between the TES material and the refrigerant in a first fluid path and the refrigerant in a second fluid path. The heat pump can include a first compressor to circulate refrigerant to the first, second, and third heat exchangers and a second compressor to circulate refrigerant to the second and third heat exchangers. The first compressor can facilitate heat exchange between the ambient air and the TES material and the second compressor can facilitate heat exchange between the TES material and the air supplied to the climate-controlled space.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

Method of producing plated powder-core projectile
Patent No. 11821718

Inventor(s): Harold F. Beal (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: BURDICK PATENTS, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17467520 on 09/07/2021 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a projectile for use in a firearm ammunition cartridge, the method including mixing a first material and a second material having different densities to produce a core mixture, disposing the core mixture in a die, heating the core mixture to the melting point, removing the core mixture from the die, quenching the core mixture, and plating the core mixture with a jacket material.

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

Diffuser for polymer ammunition cartridges
Patent No. 11821722

Inventor(s): Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: BURDICK PATENTS, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17365234 on 07/01/2021 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser cup adapted to fit a primer recess in an ammunition cartridge comprising: a diffuser ring sized to fit in a primer recess for an ammunition cartridge comprising a diffuser top surface opposite a diffuser bottom surface, a diffuser aperture positioned through the diffuser top surface and the diffuser bottom surface such that the diffuser aperture can align with a flash hole, a diffuser neck positioned about the diffuser aperture to extend away from the diffuser top surface, wherein the diffuser neck is sized to fit at least partially through the flash hole; a ring connected to the diffuser neck, wherein the ring comprises a ring aperture connected to the diffuser neck to align the ring aperture and the diffuser aperture; and a cup wall attached to the diffuser ring to extend away from the diffuser bottom surface, wherein the cup wall is configured to frictionally fit a primer and frictionally fit a primer recess.

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

P H Y S I C S

Full pad coverage boundary scan
Patent No. 11821945

Inventor(s): Prakash Narayanan (Bangalore, , IN), Rajat Mehrotra (New Dehli, , IN), Rajesh Kumar Mittal (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17217391 on 03/30/2021 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit, comprising functional circuitry and testing circuitry. A first set of pads is operable in a first state for communicating testing signals to the testing circuitry and operable in a second state for communicating input/output signals to the functional circuitry. A second set of pads, differing from the first set of pads, is operable in the second state for communicating testing signals to the testing circuitry for testing signals associated in the second state with the first set of pads.

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

Target detection and tracking for feature extraction
Patent No. 11821977

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX), Wenxun Qiu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16946878 on 07/09/2020 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and electronic devices for target detection and tracking operations are provided. A method of operating an electronic device includes identifying, based on signals received through a radar transceiver of the electronic device, a peak of the received signals in a current time slot, determining whether the peak in the current time slot corresponds to a tracked target based on comparing a location of the peak in the current time slot with a location of a peak corresponding to the tracked target in a previous time slot as a function of a movement speed threshold, and in response to a determination that the peak in the current time slot corresponds to the tracked target, updating tracking information for the tracked target associated with the peak in the current time slot.

[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

Fast steering monolithic dual axis mirror and method for manufacturing
Patent No. 11822146

Inventor(s): Richard Joseph Ready (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17179126 on 02/18/2021 (1006 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes fabricating a mirror system that includes a dual axis gimbal, a mirror, and a mirror substrate that are formed together as an integral component using an additive manufacturing process. The method also includes forming multiple first gaps in the mirror system using a subtractive manufacturing process, where the first gaps extend through the mirror system in a first direction. The method further includes forming multiple second gaps in the mirror system using the subtractive manufacturing process, where the second gaps extend through the mirror system in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first gaps and the second gaps separate the gimbal into a top portion and a bottom portion.

[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]

System and method for three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) of an ensemble of pilot equipment and garments
Patent No. 11822312

Inventor(s): Matthew S. Richardson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888732 on 08/16/2022 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprising a scanner to scan the airman or soldier (subject), a processor to receive, from the scanner, a non-manifold three-dimensional (3D) digital surface model (DSM) scan data representative of the subject, and a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) device. The processor recognizes anatomical features on the 3D surface model including the cephalic (head) region of the scanned subject; stores each sub region defined by anatomical features as a non-manifold 3D surface model; creates a surface offset from the DSM sub region; creates a closed volume within and between the DSM sub region and the offset surface representative of a solid 3D pilot flight equipment; and causes a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) device to manufacture the solid 3D pilot flight equipment.

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

Consolidated data restoration framework
Patent No. 11822435

Inventor(s): Kenyell Javon Ollie (McKinney, TX), Michelle Andrea Boston (Richardson, TX), Sanjay Singeetham (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17367912 on 07/06/2021 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying occurrence of events and performing one or more actions to mitigate the impacts of the events. The system is configured for gathering data from one or more data sources of an entity, generating dataflows using the data gathered from the one or more data sources, identifying an anomaly based on one or more indicators and the dataflows, determining occurrence of an event and generating one or more propagation models associated with the event, performing event impact analysis based on the one or more propagation models, perform one or more actions to contain the event based on the one or more propagation models, identifying a last good copy of data based on the data gathered from the one or more data sources, retrieving the last good copy of data, and restoring the last good copy of data.

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

Protocol buffer trie packing and streaming updates
Patent No. 11822537

Inventor(s): Siddarth Wardhan (Bangalore, , IN), Smera George (Kerala, , IN), Vikram Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): o9 Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18130162 on 04/03/2023 (232 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and techniques for protocol buffer trie packing and streaming updates are described herein. Data entities are identified in a received update query. An index value is assigned to each unique data entity to generate an index of unique data entities. A frequency of occurrence value is determined for each unique data. entity. The index of unique data entities is sorted by data entity type in descending order by the frequency of occurrence value of each unique data entity. A trie is generated with a root node assigned as a first unique data entity from the index of unique data entities that has a frequency of occurrence value with the largest numerical value. An update payload is created for the trie by conversion of the trie into a protocol buffer format through serialization of the trie into a binary string.

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

Unstructured text processing for geographical location determination system
Patent No. 11822562

Inventor(s): Daniel Pereira (Little Elm, TX), Deepthi Uppalapati (Dallas, TX), Kuldeep Kashinath Marganache (Frisco, TX), Manish R. Chhabra (Frisco, TX), Raghavendra Chivukula (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709844 on 03/31/2022 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein include systems and methods for determining addresses for assets, prioritizing the addresses for inspection by users, and applying natural language processing techniques to unstructured text input by the users. According to some aspects, a message may be received that includes unstructured text that was input by a user. The unstructured text may be associated with an inspection, by the user, of an address for an asset. One or more natural language techniques may be applied to the unstructured text to, among other things, facilitate the determination and sending of a response message to the unstructured text in an automated fashion. The response message may, if the asset was not found, include another address as a suggestion for the user to inspect for the asset. This suggested address may be determined based on changes to address priority that were caused by processing of the unstructured text.

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

Systems and methods for establishing an itinerary based on multimedia content of interest
Patent No. 11822593

Inventor(s): Brian F. Roberts (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DISCOVERY.COM, LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936667 on 09/29/2022 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing an itinerary for a user based on articles of multimedia content are disclosed. One computer-implemented method may include: receiving, at the server and from a user device hosting a media streaming platform, an indication of selection by a user of a travel option associated with an aspect featured in an article of multimedia content presented on the media streaming platform; identifying, based on the receiving, a real-world location of the aspect; ascertaining, by the server, contextual information associated with the user; establishing, based on the real-world location of the aspect and the contextual information associated with the user, the itinerary for travel to the aspect; and presenting, subsequent to the establishing, a visual display of the itinerary on the media-streaming platform. Other aspects are described and claimed.

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

System and method for facial recognition authentication for mask wearers
Patent No. 11822639

Inventor(s): Ralph de la Torre (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Santa Clara Holdings LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190209 on 03/02/2021 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for authenticating a face mask with a user for providing secure access to a user device whereby received on the user device is a request from the user to pair a user face mask having a pre-printed unique identifier with the user device for user authentication purposes. The user device captures an image of the pre-printed unique identifier on the user face mask so as to associate the captured image of the unique identifier with the user device. Afterwards, when the user requests access to the user device in a locked state, the user device is caused to capture of an image of the unique identifier affixed to the user face mask. The user device may further be caused to capture an image of at least a portion of the user”s face to authenticate the captured unique identifier affixed to the user face mask with the captured portion of the user”s face to verify the captured unique identifier and the captured portion of the user”s face are associated with the user device.

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

Delayed snoop for improved multi-process false sharing parallel thread performance
Patent No. 11822786

Inventor(s): Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17590749 on 02/01/2022 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for maintaining cache coherency comprising storing data blocks associated with a main process in a cache line of a main cache memory, storing a first local copy of the data blocks in a first local cache memory of a first processor, storing a second local copy of the set of data blocks in a second local cache memory of a second processor executing a first child process of the main process to generate first output data, writing the first output data to the first data block of the first local copy as a write through, writing the first output data to the first data block of the main cache memory as a part of the write through, transmitting an invalidate request to the second local cache memory, marking the second local copy of the set of data blocks as delayed, and transmitting an acknowledgment to the invalidate request.

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

Integrating common and context-specific natural language understanding processing in a virtual assistant application
Patent No. 11822894

Inventor(s): Sheebarani Muthukrishnan (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): FMR LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Cesari McKenna, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18091536 on 12/30/2022 (326 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for integrating common and context-specific natural language understanding (NLU) processing in a virtual assistant application. A server identifies a common NLU processing unit comprising (i) a common NLU classification model and (ii) a common response library comprising common responses. The server builds a combined NLU processing unit based upon the common NLU classification model and a context-specific NLU classification model, the combined NLU processing unit comprising (i) a combined NLU classification model trained using the common NLU training data and context-specific NLU training data, (ii) the common response library and (iii) a context-specific response library comprising context-specific responses. The server generates a response to an input utterance by determining a user intent associated with the input utterance using the combined NLU classification model, locating a response associated with the user intent in one or more of the libraries.

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

Machine learning task compartmentalization and classification
Patent No. 11822965

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: 17205259 on 03/18/2021 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for machine learning task compartmentalization and classification are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving, from a first computing device, user defined parameters associated with at least one user, receiving, from a second computing device different from the first computing device, auxiliary data associated with the at least one user, generating, by a third computing device, at least one work profile based on the received user defined parameters and auxiliary data, and determining, by the third computing device, an affinity between a task component and the generated at least one work profile.

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

Core decision engine for managing software development lifecycles
Patent No. 11823133

Inventor(s): Balaji Kobula Madhavan (Prosper, TX), Robin J. Kurian (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141018 on 04/28/2023 (207 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for tracking and verifying software capabilities. A method may include obtaining, by a computer from a reporting database, a set of project requirements associated with a software under development, the set of project requirements replicated from a project database to the reporting database, obtaining, from the reporting database, a set of testing results generated by a test program applied to code of the software under development, the set of testing results replicated from a testing database to the reporting database, extracting, from the reporting database, each project requirement associated with the software under development and each testing result generated for the code of the software under development, the computer extracting each project requirement and each testing result according to a set of mapping pre-configurations, and generating an email message combining the project requirement and the testing result to transmit to a set of recipients.

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

System for providing goods and services based on accrued but unpaid earnings
Patent No. 11823143

Inventor(s): Anthony M. Cacheria, III (Coppell, TX), Arthur Martin Holbrook (Carrollton, TX), Barrett Jenkins (Plano, TX), David Hooker (Forney, TX), Kristopher Glover (Dallas, TX), Mohamed Safir Salihu (Coppell, TX), Purnendu Mishra
Assignee(s): Ganart Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17674535 on 02/17/2022 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for interfacing predetermined services to a user at a fixed location includes a processing platform running an operating system. The system further includes a data store for storing configuration information for enabling the operating system to interface with available physical system resources through the physical system resource interface associated therewith. A communication resource for interfacing with the operating system allows communication of the operating system with a central office for downloading configuration information to selectively enable ones of the available physical system resources to interface with the operating system through associated ones of the physical system resource interfaces in accordance with the configuration information and the predetermined service selected by a user. A plurality of configurations is stored in the data store, and each is associated with a predetermined service and one or more of the available physical system resources.

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

Methods and systems for verifying electronic purchases including restricted products and payment processing thereof
Patent No. 11823204

Inventor(s): Pallav Sharma (Pune, , IN), Rajesh Pralhadrao Mahalle (Pune, , IN), Surbhi Malhotra (Pune, , IN), Vijay Nath (Pune, , IN)
Assignee(s): MasterCard International Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barta, Jones Foley, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348170 on 06/15/2021 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems for verifying plurality of user attributes corresponding to a purchase of a user, including restricted products. Methods include receiving a payment request for purchasing a plurality of products, determining plurality of attributes to be verified for the payment request by applying regulatory rules on a products related information associated with the plurality of products, transmitting a payment link, to the merchant terminal including at least one user-specific attribute to be verified from the user. The methods further include receiving user-specific information associated with the at least one user-specific attribute, verifying the plurality of attributes by accessing one or more databases, based at least on checking the at least one general attribute by applying a set of pre-defined rules and performing validation of the user-specific information received from the user device and upon successful verification, processing the payment request initiated by the merchant terminal.

Enterprise taxonomy management framework for digital content marketing platform
Patent No. 11823245

Inventor(s): Kannappan Ramu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16917195 on 06/30/2020 (1239 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes generating a model for a content taxonomy using one or more machine learning (ML) techniques. The model comprises a plurality of metadata tags for electronic content. In the method, a plurality of electronic content items are received from a plurality of content management systems, and are analyzed using the one or more ML techniques. The method also includes assigning one or more of the plurality of metadata tags to each of the plurality of electronic content items based on the analysis, and transmitting to the plurality of content management systems via one or more application programming interfaces, a plurality of recommendations comprising which of the plurality metadata tags to apply to the plurality of electronic content items.

Methods and systems for providing wireless guidance in a retail space
Patent No. 11823251

Inventor(s): April Ryan Hilton (Carrollton, TX), Darwin Wayne Belt (Plano, TX), Jeffrey D Hilton (Carrollton, TX), Jessica B Hipp (Temple, NH), Zachary Nolan Belt (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Blind InSites, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: CALDWELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16861940 on 04/29/2020 (1301 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing wireless guidance in a retail space includes a portable computing device configured to wirelessly receive a signal from a first transmitter located at a product in a retail space, parse the first signal for a plurality of textual elements, the plurality of textual elements including a first identifier that is a transmitter identifier and at least a second identifier, retrieve at least a product information datum using the plurality of textual elements, generate a display element using the product information datum, and display the display element to the user.

Process orchestration and dynamic data acquisition system
Patent No. 11823261

Inventor(s): Moran Ludwig (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17547552 on 12/10/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process orchestration and dynamic data acquisition system may allow process flows to be flexible and to customer or product requirements based on rules obtained from a rule management system. The process orchestrator may be driven based on an updatable and dynamic set of business rules to allow for quick changes to the process flow. Through the business rules the process orchestrator retrieves and processes data necessary to the process based on a customer request and/or product or service provided. The process orchestrator provides dynamic data aggregation from both internal and external data sources, through calling re-useable processes instantiated by the process host system and continuously adapts the process flow to meet the unique needs of each request input and results returned from each dynamic process call.

Resource allocation
Patent No. 11823276

Inventor(s): Jamal Timsah (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT)
Law Firm: Leydig, Voit Mayer, Ltd. (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17189978 on 03/02/2021 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method of allocating a resource based on myriad input data. In some embodiments, the myriad input data include membership information, claims data, transactional data, etc. The myriad input data are sorted and organized in a meaningful association relationship before applied to a resource allocation modeling algorithm. The resource allocation modeling algorithm provides estimated resource necessary for the application chosen. For example, an insurance company may use membership information, claims data, transactional data, etc., to estimate how much reserves or funds it should hold to cover future claims within a certain timeframe.

System and method for generating bokeh image for DSLR quality depth-of-field rendering and refinement and training method for the same
Patent No. 11823353

Inventor(s): Chenchi Luo (Plano, TX), Kaimo Lin (Allen, TX), Yingmao Li (Allen, TX), Youngjun Yoo (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106676 on 11/30/2020 (1086 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes processing, using at least one processor of an electronic device, multiple reference images of a scene using a first convolutional neural network (CNN) to generate a confidence map and a disparity map. The method also includes generating, using the at least one processor, an initial Bokeh image based on the disparity map and the reference images using a depth-of-field (DoF) renderer. The method further includes refining, using the at least one processor, the initial Bokeh image using a second CNN to generate a refined Bokeh image, where the second CNN uses the confidence map, the disparity map, and the reference images to generate the refined Bokeh image.

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

Scalable position tracking system for tracking position in large spaces
Patent No. 11823396

Inventor(s): Caleb Austin Boulio (Lewisville, TX), Deepanjan Paul (Plano, TX), Fahad Mirza (Arlington, TX), Madan Mohan Chinnam (Irving, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17456851 on 11/29/2021 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: A scalable tracking system includes a camera subsystem, a weight subsystem, and a central server. The camera subsystem includes cameras that capture video of a space, camera clients that determine local coordinates of objects in the captured videos, and a camera server that determines the physical positions of objects in the space based on the determined local coordinates. The weight subsystem determines when items were removed from shelves. The central server determines which object in the space removed the items based on the physical positions of the objects in the space and the determination of when items were removed.

Multi-camera image tracking on a global plane
Patent No. 11823397

Inventor(s): Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17460538 on 08/30/2021 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes sensors and a tracking subsystem. The subsystem receives a first image feed from a first sensor and a second image feed from a second sensor. The field-of view of the second sensor at least partially overlaps with that of the first sensor. The subsystem detects an object in a frame from the first feed. The subsystem determines a first pixel position of the object. The subsystem determines a second pixel position of the object. Based on the first pixel position and the second pixel position, a global position for the object is determined in a space.

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

Structured light depth imaging under various lighting conditions
Patent No. 11823404

Inventor(s): Vikram Vijayanbabu Appia (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17331084 on 05/26/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of image processing in a structured light imaging system is provided that includes receiving a captured image of a scene, wherein the captured image is captured by a camera of a projector-camera pair, and wherein the captured image includes a binary pattern projected into the scene by the projector, applying a filter to the rectified captured image to generate a local threshold image, wherein the local threshold image includes a local threshold value for each pixel in the rectified captured image, and extracting a binary image from the rectified captured image wherein a value of each location in the binary image is determined based on a comparison of a value of a pixel in a corresponding location in the rectified captured image to a local threshold value in a corresponding location in the local threshold image.

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

Imaging system with unsupervised learning
Patent No. 11823440

Inventor(s): Justin Michael Brown (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Rehrig Pacific Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Law Firm: Carlson, Gaskey Olds, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17891969 on 08/19/2022 (459 days app to issue)

Abstract: An imaging system and method uses grouping and elimination to label images of unknown items. The items may be stacked together with known or unknown items. The items may be packages, such as packages of beverage containers. A machine learning model may be used to infer skus of the packages. The machine learning model is trained on known skus but is not trained on unknown skus. Multiple images of the same unknown sku are grouped using the machine learning model. Elimination based upon lists of expected skus is used to label each group of unknown skus.

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

System and method for aggregating metadata for item identification using digital image processing
Patent No. 11823444

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Tejas Pradip Rode (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455895 on 11/19/2021 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for identifying items based on aggregated metadata obtains images of an item. The system extracts a set of features from images of the item. The system identifies a first value of a first feature associated with a first image of the item. The system identifies a second value of the first feature associated with a second image of the item. The system aggregates the first value and the second value. The system associates the item to the aggregated first value and the second value, where the aggregated first value and the second value represent the first feature of the item. The system adds a new entry for each image of the item to a training dataset associated with an item identification model.

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

Remote automotive diagnostics
Patent No. 11823503

Inventor(s): Curt Jingle (Jacksonville, FL), Frank Terlep (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): REPAIRIFY, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: www.NielsenPatents.com (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17304629 on 06/23/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method and apparatus for remote diagnostics of automobiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include the steps of reading, by a mobile device, a vehicle identification number (VIN) from a vehicle, transmitting, by the mobile device, the VIN to a diagnostic database, receiving, by the mobile device, an indication that an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) diagnostic tool is required for a diagnosis of the vehicle, and selecting the OEM diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of the vehicle in response to the indication that an OEM diagnostic tool is required for the diagnosis of the vehicle.

[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)

Proof of play blockchain mining
Patent No. 11823531

Inventor(s): William Blake Copeland (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): GAD Research, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736991 on 05/04/2022 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for proof of play (PoP) blockchain mining. In some implementations, a corresponding method may include providing a set of one or more task parameters for a group task to each of two or more users; responsive to a consensus among the two or more users, storing a start-task transaction that includes the set of one or more task parameters signed by each of the two or more users; storing an end-task transaction at an address of a blockchain; determining respective rewards for at least a subset of the two or more users based at least on the start-task transaction and the end-task transaction; and recording the respective rewards in the blockchain.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Determining areas of interest in video based at least on a user”s interactions with the video
Patent No. 11823540

Inventor(s): Shy Ward (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): The ADT Security Corporation (Boca Raton, FL)
Law Firm: Christopher Weisberg, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088373 on 12/23/2022 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, an interaction device is provided. The interaction device includes processing circuitry configured to render for display a first premises security video comprising a plurality of frames, determine a user interaction with a playback of the first premises security video, determine a plurality of logical weights associated with the plurality of frames based at least on the user interaction, train a machine learning model based at least on the plurality of logical weights, and perform a premises security system action based at least on the trained machine learning model.

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

System, apparatus and method for inventory
Patent No. 11823542

Inventor(s): Stephen Howard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Omni Consumer Products, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17384368 on 07/23/2021 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inventory system, apparatus and method. The method to be used in a cooler that includes a power module provides power to the inventory system from an electric source, battery, WIFI charge, wireless charge and/or combination thereof, a computer processor coupled to the power module, a memory module coupled to the computer processor, an image capturing module coupled to the processor, a movement module coupled to the processor; wherein the movement module triggers the image capturing device to capture images of products in a cooler due to a movement.

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

Multi-function button operation in a moveable barrier operator system
Patent No. 11823560

Inventor(s): Robert E. Thomas, Jr. (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): GMI HOLDINGS, INC. (Mount Hope, OH)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673616 on 02/16/2022 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: A moveable barrier system may include a moveable barrier configured to provide selective access to a space; a barrier operator configured to manipulate the moveable barrier between a closed position and an open position; a light; and a control station comprising a multi-function button configured to initiate more than one action by the barrier operator and by the light, the multi-function button being configured to initiate actions of: stopping an auto-close timer in response to receiving a first user input at the multi-function button; and toggling the light between an off state and an on state in response to receiving a second user input at the multi-function button.

[G08C] TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmission systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D 5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) [4]

Dynamic speed limit for vehicles and autonomous vehicles
Patent No. 11823568

Inventor(s): Emily Lerner (Plano, TX), Mathew D. Gardner (Plano, TX), Shravanthi Denthumdas (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16402117 on 05/02/2019 (1664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for operating a vehicle using dynamic speed limits. A vehicle can monitor current road conditions by capturing real-time data that is indicative of a driving environment associated with a roadway being traversed by the vehicle. Using the captured real-time data, the vehicle can predict a dynamic speed limit, wherein the dynamic speed limit is a driving speed for the vehicle that is adapted for the monitored current road conditions. Additionally, the vehicle can automatically perform a driving operation for the vehicle in accordance with the dynamic speed limit, wherein the driving operation causes the vehicle to move at a driving speed that is approximately equal to the predicted dynamic speed limit.

[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]

Command clock gate implementation with chip select signal training indication
Patent No. 11823729

Inventor(s): Liang Chen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491422 on 09/30/2021 (782 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for gating, via clock gating circuitry, a clock signal based at least in part on a mode register value indicative of synchronization of a command address signal with the clock signal when the mode register value indicates synchronization of the command address signal with the clock signal has not occurred. The clock gating circuitry is configured to, gate the clock signal based at least in part on the mode register value and a chip select signal value when the mode register value indicates synchronization of the command address signal with the clock signal has occurred.

[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)

Programming techniques for memory devices having partial drain-side select gates
Patent No. 11823744

Inventor(s): Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17487634 on 09/28/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a memory device. The method includes the step of preparing a memory device that includes a first group of the memory holes with full SGD transistors and a second group of the memory holes with partial SGD transistors. The second group includes both a set of selected partial SGD transistors and a set of unselected partial SGD transistors. The method proceeds with electrically floating a first unselected partial SGD transistor of the set of unselected partial SGD transistors. With the at least one first unselected partial SGD transistor electrically floating, the method continues with reducing a voltage applied to at least one transistor or memory cell adjacent the first unselected partial SGD transistor such that a voltage of the first unselected partial SGD transistor is decreased through a capacitance coupling effect.

Testing of fault detection circuit
Patent No. 11823759

Inventor(s): Brian Karguth (Van Alstyne, TX), Charles Lance Fuoco (Allen, TX), Jay Bryan Reimer (Houston, TX), Samuel Paul Visalli (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402706 on 08/16/2021 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system-on-chip includes first and second devices. An interconnect segment couples between the first and second devices. A bridge is coupled between the first and second devices and coupled to the interconnect segment. At least one of the bridge or interconnect segment include first and second multiplexers, a monitor circuit, and exclusive-OR logic. The first multiplexer has first and second multiplexer inputs and a first multiplexer output. The second multiplexer has third and fourth multiplexer inputs and a second multiplexer output. The monitor circuit has a first and second monitor circuit outputs. The first monitor circuit output is coupled to the second multiplexer input and the second monitor circuit output is coupled to the fourth multiplexer input. The exclusive-OR logic has first and second exclusive-OR logic inputs. The first exclusive-OR logic input couples to the first multiplexer output and the second exclusive-OR logic input couples to the second multiplexer output.

Determining configuration changes in a cloud computing environment
Patent No. 11824718

Inventor(s): David Samuel Burkhalter, Jr. (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17699832 on 03/21/2022 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A central cloud computing account may aggregate events (e.g., configuration change events, policy change events, computing resource-based events, AWS resource policy modification events, etc.) from a plurality of non-centralized (e.g., distributed across various geographic regions, etc.) cloud computing accounts. The central cloud computing account may implement standardized and/or common formatting for configuration information (e.g., computing resource policy information, AWS resource policy information, etc.) indicated by each of the aggregated events. The standardized and/or common formatting may facilitate versioning to indicate changes to the configuration information for each of the non-centralized cloud computing accounts.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Authentication based on motion and biometric data
Patent No. 11822633

Inventor(s): Bradley Jay Billman (Celina, TX), Matthew Flachsbart (Grapevine, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17076536 on 10/21/2020 (1126 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for authenticating an individual based at least partly on a tremor signature of the individual. Motion data is collected through motion sensor(s), such as accelerometers, gyroscopic motion sensors, and so forth, of a portable computing device that is being held, worn, or is otherwise in contact with the user. Based on the collected motion data, a tremor signature may be determined and compared to a previously determined model for the user, and an authentication determination may be made based on the comparison. The tremor signature may be used in combination with other information to authenticate the user. For example, the tremor signature may be used in combination with location information and/or other biometric data such as a fingerprint scan, image of the user”s face, audio recording of the user”s voice, the user”s heartbeat, a cardiac electrical signature, bio-electrical impedance, and so forth.

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

Small cell antenna strand mounts and assemblies
Patent No. 11824252

Inventor(s): Matthew Severin (Grapevine, TX), Robert Campbell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582481 on 01/24/2022 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a strand mount. The strand mount includes a hanging bracket configured to be secured to a cable strand, two or more mounting plates, each mounting plate configured such that a small cell antenna can be mounted thereto, and two or more transition brackets securing the two or more mounting plates to the hanging bracket. The transition brackets and mounting plates are adjustable to allow for directional and/or omni-directional mounting of the small cell antennas to the strand mount. Strand mount assemblies are also described herein.

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

High gain and large bandwidth antenna incorporating a built-in differential feeding scheme
Patent No. 11824277

Inventor(s): Gary Xu (Allen, TX), Hamid Reza Memar Zadeh Tehran (Richardson, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Plano, TX), Won Suk Choi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18152093 on 01/09/2023 (316 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna and a base station including the antenna. The antenna includes a sub-array that includes first and second unit cells and a feed network. The first and second unit cells comprise first and second patches, respectively, having quadrilateral shapes. The feed network comprises a first transmission line terminating below first corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a second transmission line terminating below third corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a third transmission line terminating below a second corner of the first patch and a fourth corner of the second patch; and a fourth transmission line terminating below a fourth corner of the first patch and a second corner of the second patch. The first corners are opposite the third corners on the respective first and second patches and the second corners are opposite the fourth corners on the respective first and second patches.

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

Methods and apparatus to improve performance of power path protection devices
Patent No. 11824345

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Morroni (Parker, TX), Ujwal Radhakrishna (Sunnyvale, CA), Yogesh Kumar Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17011522 on 09/03/2020 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example integrated circuit includes: a substrate and a first metal fuse layer on the substrate, the first metal fuse layer having first and second electrical contacts, the first electrical contact adapted to be coupled to an input terminal, the second electrical contact adapted to be coupled to a diode. The example integrated circuit further includes a second metal fuse layer on the substrate, the second metal fuse layer having third and fourth electrical contacts, the third electrical contact coupled to the second electrical contact and adapted to be coupled to the diode, the fourth electrical contact coupled to a shunt circuit.

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

Wireless charging device system with a ventilated housing
Patent No. 11824366

Inventor(s): Young Wilkerson Stevenson, III (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17346237 on 06/12/2021 (892 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charging device may include a housing having a front portion and a rear portion coupled to the front portion, at least one support disposed within and coupled to the housing, an inductive charging mechanism disposed within and coupled to the housing, and at least one support that is disposed at an angle toward the inductive charging mechanism. The back surface of the front portion may contain an indentation, and the inductive charging mechanism may be disposed in the indentation. The housing may contain at least one opening to ventilate the housing. At least one support may be coupled to an interior surface of the housing. The charging device may include a means for providing power to the inductive charging mechanism and/or a means for coupling the housing to a surface.

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

Wireless charging receiving circuit and wireless charging receiver
Patent No. 11824367

Inventor(s): Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (Foshan, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17665959 on 02/07/2022 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless charging receiving circuit includes a coil, a first energy storage unit, a second energy storage unit, a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a third switch unit, a fourth switch unit, a fifth switch unit, a sixth switch unit, a filter unit, and a control unit. The coil is connected to the first energy storage unit, the second switch unit and the third switch unit. The first energy storage unit and the first switch unit are connected to the fifth switch unit, and the first switch unit is connected with the filter unit and the fourth switch unit at a first connection node. The fourth switch unit is connected with the second switch unit and the second energy storage unit, and the second energy storage unit is connected with the fifth switch unit, the sixth switch units and the coil.

[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)

Portable power charger with air compressor
Patent No. 11824383

Inventor(s): Garold C. Miller (Hartford, CT), Michael Silva (Hartford, CT), Nathan Daniel Weinstein (Hartford, CT), Troy Starkey (Hartford, CT)
Assignee(s): Bollinger Industries, Inc. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17060722 on 10/01/2020 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-functional, portable device for use in situations where electricity is not available or convenient is disclosed. A portable safety device includes a power charger and air compressor that may safely jump start a vehicle and recharge portable electronic devices, such as phones and laptop computers, as well as inflate vehicle tires or other inflatable objects, when a standard external power source is not convenient. It may also be used for providing an emergency light source.

Controlled transition to regulation
Patent No. 11824391

Inventor(s): Hakan Oner (San Jose, CA), Kevin Scoones (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16860914 on 04/28/2020 (1302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes an amplifier having inverting and non-inverting inputs and an output. The device includes a capacitor coupled to a first node and to ground, a resistor coupled to the first node and the amplifier output, and a first switch coupled to the first node and a current sink, which is coupled to ground. The device includes AND gate having inputs and an output coupled to control terminal of first switch. The device includes a first comparator having non-inverting and inverting inputs and an output coupled to an AND gate input; a second comparator having a non-inverting input coupled to the amplifier output, an inverting input coupled to a transistor stack, and an output coupled to an AND gate input; and a second switch coupled to the transistor stack and to a current source, the second switch having a control terminal coupled to the first comparator output.

[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)

Solar roof panel system with edge and surface treatments
Patent No. 11824482

Inventor(s): Cory R. Boudreau (Lake Elmo, MN), Daniel E. Boss (Murphy, TX), Daniel R. Nett (Sun Prairie, WI), David J. Gennrich (Fitchburg, WI), Kent J. Kallsen (Jefferson, WI), Sudhir S. Railkar (Wayne, NJ), Tommy F. Rodrigues (Nutle
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17979082 on 11/02/2022 (384 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roof-mounted solar power system for generating electrical power that includes a plurality of solar modules adapted for generating electrical power from sunlight, and with each of the plurality of solar modules having substantially the same size, aspect ratio and surface coloring. The plurality of solar modules are mounted on the deck of a roof to form a bank of solar modules having at least one irregular edge. The solar power system further includes one or more non-power generating edge treatments having substantially the same size, aspect ratio and surface coloring as the solar modules and that are adapted for installation along the irregular edge. Each edge treatment is adapted for a cutting away of at least one corner thereof to smooth the irregular edge of the bank of solar modules to a regular edge.

[H02S] Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) [2014.01]

Method and apparatus for controlling solar power systems
Patent No. 11824496

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX), Heping Dai (Plano, TX), Huibin Zhu (Plano, TX), Xiaolin Mao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17651812 on 02/21/2022 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of power modules connected in series between two input terminals of an inverter, a plurality of local controllers coupled to their respective power modules, wherein a first local controller of the plurality of local controllers is coupled to a first power module comprising a first solar panel, a first capacitor and a first power optimizer, and wherein the first local controller is configured to enable the first power optimizer to switch among a buck mode, a boost mode and a pass-through mode based upon a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) current of the first solar panel, and a central controller coupled to the inverter, wherein the central controller is configured to regulate an input voltage of the inverter.

Integrated circuit devices with receiver chain peak detectors
Patent No. 11824508

Inventor(s): Arnab Das (Bangalore, , IN), Harikrishna Parthasarathy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17465243 on 09/02/2021 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit device is provided. In some examples, the integrated circuit device includes an amplifier stage that receives an input signal and a control signal and provides an amplified signal in response. A main path is coupled to the amplifier stage that receives the amplified signal and provides a first feedback signal corresponding to a signal strength of a data-bearing portion of the input signal. A control path also receives the amplified signal and provides a second feedback signal corresponding to a signal strength of the data-bearing portion and an interference component. A gain control circuit is coupled to the main path and the control path that receives the first and second feedback signals and provides the control signal in response to the feedback signals. In some such examples, the control path and main path include separate mixer stages with different performance characteristics.

[H03G] CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION (impedance networks, e.g. attenuators, H03H; control of transmission in lines H04B 3/04)

Method for manufacturing piezoelectric bulk layers with tilted c-axis orientation
Patent No. 11824511

Inventor(s): Derya Deniz (McKinney, TX), Robert Kraft (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16359632 on 03/20/2019 (1707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for depositing bulk layer crystalline material having a predetermined c-axis tilt on a substrate include a first step of depositing a first portion of bulk layer material at a first incidence angle to achieve a predetermined c-axis tilt, and a second step of depositing a second portion of the bulk material layer onto the first portion at a second incidence angle that is smaller than the first incidence angle. The second portion has a second c-axis tilt that substantially aligns with the first c-axis tilt.

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

Folded ramp generator
Patent No. 11824543

Inventor(s): Junmin Jiang (San Jose, CA), Shailendra Kumar Baranwal (Murphy, TX), Yinglai Xia (Plano, TX), Yogesh Kumar Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832280 on 06/03/2022 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a first ramp generator having a first ramp generator output configured to provide a first ramp, a second ramp generator having a second ramp generator output configured to provide a second ramp, and a third ramp generator having a third ramp generator output configured to provide a third ramp. The first ramp is a sawtooth voltage waveform having a first common mode voltage and a first peak-to-peak voltage. The second ramp is a sawtooth voltage waveform having a second common mode voltage and a second peak-to-peak voltage. The third ramp is a sawtooth voltage waveform having a third common mode voltage and a third peak-to-peak voltage. A frequency of the second ramp is approximately equal to a frequency of the third ramp, and the frequency of the third ramp is approximately double a frequency of the first ramp.

[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]

Scheduling analog-to-digital conversions
Patent No. 11824550

Inventor(s): Anand Kumar G (Bengaluru, , IN), Aniruddha Periyapatna Nagendra (Bangalore, , IN), Srinivasa B S Chakravarthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17565797 on 12/30/2021 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided. In some examples, the method includes receiving, at a sequencer circuit of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a first request to perform a first conversion. In addition, the method includes determining, by the sequencer circuit, that the ADC is not busy. The method further includes responsive to determining that the ADC is not busy, and by the sequencer circuit, causing the ADC to perform the first conversion. The method also includes receiving, at the sequencer circuit, a second request to perform a second conversion. The method includes determining, by the sequencer circuit, that the ADC is busy and, responsive to determining that the ADC is busy, and by the sequencer circuit, waiting to cause the ADC to perform the second conversion.

[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]

Systems and methods for determining radio access network antenna poor performance subscriber impact
Patent No. 11824591

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX), Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17655452 on 03/18/2022 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive antenna alert data associated with antennas of a plurality of base stations of a network, and may process the antenna alert data, with a correlation model, to generate a correlation heatmap matrix. The device may utilize a change point detection model to process the antenna alert data, associated with the correlation heatmap matrix, to determine change point metrics, and may calculate scores for the antenna alert data associated with the correlation heatmap matrix and the change point metrics. The device may perform one or more corrective actions based on the scores.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Robust mode for power line communications
Patent No. 11824597

Inventor(s): Anuj Batra (Dallas, TX), Il Han Kim (Allen, TX), Tarkesh Pande (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333374 on 05/28/2021 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include methods of powerline communications using a preamble with band extension is provided. A method may include receiving a packet data unit PDU. Bit-level repetition is applied to at least a portion of the PDU to create a repeated portion. Interleaving is performed per a subchannel. Pilot tones are inserted in the interleaved portion. Each data tone is modulated with respect to a nearest one of the inserted pilot tones. The PDU is transmitted over a power line.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for a multi-beam downlink and uplink wireless system
Patent No. 11824613

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17249727 on 03/10/2021 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a multi-beam downlink and uplink wireless system. A method of a user equipment includes receiving configuration information for one or more transmission configuration indication (TCI) states and corresponding TCI state identifiers (IDs) and receiving one or more TCI state IDs. The method also includes determining, based on the one or more TCI state IDs, at least one of one or more first spatial domain filters for reception of one or more layers, respectively, of a downlink channel and one or more second spatial domain filters for transmission of one or more layers, respectively, of an uplink channel. The method further includes at least one of receiving the one or more layers of the downlink channel using the one or more first spatial domain filters, respectively, and transmitting the one or more layers of the uplink channel using the one or more second spatial domain filters, respectively.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for optimized HARQ operation
Patent No. 11824659

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17280176 on 09/23/2019 (1520 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for optimized hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation. The method comprises transmitting an uplink data transmission on the shared uplink resource to a network node, and receiving a feedback message from the network node, the feedback message comprising a feedback indication indicating a reception status of the uplink data transmission from the terminal device. An explicit HARQ feedback can be provided for uplink data transmission in a wireless communication network such as a new radio (NR) network.

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

Systems and methods for seamless audiovisual teleconferencing
Patent No. 11824672

Inventor(s): Nagalakshmi Natarajan (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461059 on 08/30/2021 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: User Equipment (”UEs”) associated with a conference may automatically join the conference (e.g., in situations where the teleconference is a scheduled teleconference or other suitable situations). As discussed below, when automatically joining a teleconference in such a manner, the UE may refrain from sending conference-related information (e.g., captured audio, video, etc.) to a teleconferencing system or to other participants of the teleconference until a user of the UE selects to join the teleconference. In this manner, control signaling or other setup procedures may be performed prior to the user selecting to join the teleconference, thus reducing the amount of time spent to perform such signaling or procedures after the user has indicated readiness to join the teleconference.

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

Equalizer digital self-interference cancelation for MIMO transmitters
Patent No. 11824692

Inventor(s): Chance Tarver (Arlington, TX), Khurram Muhammad (Southlake, TX), Matthew Tonnemacher (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537293 on 11/29/2021 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is configured to perform a method for self-interference cancelation (SIC). In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a transceiver, a first number of transmit antennas, a second number of receive antennas, an equalizer, and SIC circuitry. The equalizer is configured to, for at least one receive antenna of the second number of receive antennas: receive feedback signals, wherein a feedback signal is received from each of the first number of transmit antennas; and calculate, based on the feedback signals and an equalizer function, a self-interference (SI) estimate for the at least one receive antenna. The SIC circuitry is configured to, for the at least one receive antenna of the second number of receive antennas, subtract the SI estimate from a signal received at the at least one of the second number of receive antennas to obtain a residual signal.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems, devices, and methods employing instantaneous spectral analysis in the transmission of signals
Patent No. 11824694

Inventor(s): Jerrold Prothero (Delray Beach, FL)
Assignee(s): Astrapi Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Law Office of Michael Antone, LLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17659587 on 04/18/2022 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer readable medium for transmitting data using polynomials and instantaneous spectral analysis. In and/or prior to the transmitter, a signal may be formed by fitting the data with a polynomial, which is projected onto Cairns series functions. The Cairns series functions are converted into Cairns exponential functions, which are combined based on frequency information to produce the set of sinusoidals with continuously time-varying amplitude, each of the sinusoidals having a different frequency.

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

Discovering and grouping application endpoints in a network environment
Patent No. 11824719

Inventor(s): Sachin Waman Danait (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936241 on 09/28/2022 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method for discovering and grouping application endpoints in a network environment is provided and includes discovering endpoints communicating in a network environment, calculating affinity between the discovered endpoints, and grouping the endpoints into separate endpoint groups (EPGs) according to the calculated affinity, each EPG comprising a logical grouping of similar endpoints for applying common forwarding and policy logic according to logical application boundaries. In specific embodiments, the affinity includes a weighted average of network affinity, compute affinity and user specified affinity.

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

Method and system for inducing secure communications between one or more emulated servers and emulated clients to test a device therebetween
Patent No. 11824740

Inventor(s): Kevin Canady (Plano, TX), Richard Wank (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Spirent Communications, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: HAYNES BEFFEL WOLFELD, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17379907 on 07/19/2021 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology disclosed provides a method of testing handling of HTTPS sessions of a plurality of clients with a plurality of servers by a switching, bridging or routing device (i.e., a DUT), where the testing is conducted by a test system coupled to ports on the DUT. The method includes using client state machines running on at least four processor cores, communicating through the DUT with server state machines running on at least four additional processor cores. The method also includes, for each connection between a client represented by a client state machine and a server represented by a server state machine, setting up an HTTPS session by negotiating an encryption protocol and completing an HTTPS handshake. Further, the method includes following the setup of between 100,000 HTTPS sessions and 10,000,000 HTTPS sessions, conducting a stress test including combining payload data and header information without using the negotiated encryption.

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

Building and training a network of chatbots
Patent No. 11824818

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Priyank R. Shah (Plano, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17243728 on 04/29/2021 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for building and training a network of chatbots are provided. Methods may perform data analysis on a first chatbot in the network. The first chatbot may include a first domain of intents. The data analysis may identify and rank the intents in the first domain. The first domain may represent answers to a first domain of user queries. Methods may select a predetermined number of highest-ranking intents from the first domain based on the data analysis. Methods may input the selected intents into a second chatbot in the network. The second chatbot may include a second domain of intents. The second domain may represent answers to a second domain of user queries. Methods may input a hook into the second chatbot. The hook may include a trigger word and may correspond to the first domain. When the hook is triggered, the second chatbot may invoke the first chatbot.

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

Method and apparatus for anomaly detection for user behavior
Patent No. 11824872

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Victor Kwak (Frisco, 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: 16886838 on 05/29/2020 (1271 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for detecting an anomaly based on user interaction with a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method includes activating, on the mobile computing device, an application, which is configured to store the machine learning model and the behavioral profile generated by the machine learning model in the memory of the mobile computing device; receive, track, and store in the memory of the mobile computing device an input pattern including navigation information and identification information inputted from the user during the user interaction with the mobile computing device; detect anomaly based on the user interaction with the mobile computing device by comparing the stored behavioral profile with the stored input pattern; and prohibit user to have further access to the financial application including user accounts in response to detection of the anomaly.

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

System for generating responsive actions based on unauthorized access events associated with imitation networks
Patent No. 11824884

Inventor(s): Nia Mack (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17063317 on 10/05/2020 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for generating responsive actions based on unauthorized access events associated with imitation networks. The present invention is configured to retrieve information associated with unauthorized access attempts associated with an imitation dataset; generate penetration test scenarios based on at least the types of unauthorized access attempts; initiate the penetration test scenarios on real datasets stored in data repositories within a network environment; determine automated network security responses to the penetration test scenarios; determine the unauthorized access attempts that were not successfully blocked and/or reported; determine actions to be executed in response to the unauthorized access attempts that were not successfully blocked and/or reported; and update the network security features with the actions.

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

Method and system for onboarding client devices to a key management server
Patent No. 11824972

Inventor(s): Bharatram Setti (Plano, TX), Madhusudan Pai (Frisco, TX), Rajendra Anthony (Richardson, TX), Ramu Kandula (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17450891 on 10/14/2021 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and process for onboarding client devices to a key management server. In operation, a device generates an asymmetric key pair including a public key and a private key. The device obtains an access token from an identity management server after successfully authenticating with the identity management server. The device transmits a request including the access token and the public key to the key management server to onboard the client device. The device receives a response including encrypted bootstrap information from the key management server. The bootstrap information included in the response is encrypted using the public key of the asymmetric key pair. The device decrypts the encrypted bootstrap information using the private key of the asymmetric key pair to obtain the bootstrap information and then uses the bootstrap information for encrypting communications transmitted to the key management server or for decrypting communications received from the key management server.

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

Validating and securing caller identification to prevent identity spoofing
Patent No. 11824994

Inventor(s): Lulia Ann Barakat (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302772 on 05/12/2021 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device receives call information associated with a call from a first user device to a second user device, where the first user device is associated with a first network, and the second user device is associated with a second network separate from the first network. The call information includes a caller identification and is received via an originating network device of the first network. The device determines whether the caller identification is verified, and adds authentication information to the call information when the caller identification is verified. The device receives the call information and the authentication information from a terminating network device of the first network, and removes the authentication information from the call information. The device adds a cryptographic signature to the call information, and causes the call information and the cryptographic signature to be provided to the second network for routing to the second user device.

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

Managing outbound calling
Patent No. 11825024

Inventor(s): Christopher Spahis (Plano, TX), Hao Liu (Allen, TX), Krista Rister (McKinney, TX), Ryan Hennigan (Aubrey, TX), Sangame Krishnamani (Plano, TX), Shiju Madathil Samuel (Frisco, TX), Sunilkumar Kothi Reddy (Little Elm, TX, U
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813126 on 07/18/2022 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may identify, based on an account status of an account, one or more phone numbers associated with the account. The system may determine a confidence score of each phone number, based on historical call data and one or more phone number attributes, a rank of the phone number(s) based on corresponding confidence scores, and a quality score for each phone number based on a relative comparison of confidence scores of phone numbers of at least a subset of a plurality of users. The system may determine a daily call schedule, which may include a total frequency to call the user, based on the account status, a phone number frequency to call each phone number, based on one or more conditions related to corresponding quality scores, and a call order in which to call each phone number, based on the rank of the phone number(s).

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

Prompt detection by dividing waveform snippets into smaller snipplet portions
Patent No. 11825025

Inventor(s): Sarah Lynn Hagan (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Intrado Corporation (Omaha, NE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17542995 on 12/06/2021 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: Prompt snippets (typically 800 ms long) that are used to detect voice prompts within a call waveform may be divided into smaller sniplet portions (approx. 100 ms) long. The presence of a prompt in a call waveform may be detected by detecting the sniplets and determining if a sufficient number of the sniplets of a snippet were detected in sequence and within allowable time constraints. The use of sniplets improves accuracy of prompt detection in call waveforms in lower quality transmissions.

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

Luma-based chroma intra-prediction for video coding
Patent No. 11825078

Inventor(s): Akira Osamoto (Plano, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17875278 on 07/27/2022 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for luma-based chroma intra-prediction in a video encoder or a video decoder is provided that includes down sampling a first reconstructed luma block of a largest coding unit (LCU), computing parameters and of a linear model using immediate top neighboring reconstructed luma samples and left neighboring reconstructed luma samples of the first reconstructed luma block and reconstructed neighboring chroma samples of a chroma block corresponding to the first reconstructed luma block, wherein the linear model is Pred[subscript]C[/subscript][x,y]=Rec[subscript]L[/subscript][x,y]+, wherein x and y are sample coordinates, Pred[subscript]C [/subscript]is predicted chroma samples, and Rec[subscript]L[/subscript] is samples of the down sampled first reconstructed luma block, and wherein the immediate top neighboring reconstructed luma samples are the only top neighboring reconstructed luma samples used, and computing samples of a first predicted chroma block from corresponding samples of the down sampled first reconstructed luma block using the linear model and the parameters.

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

Reducing context coded and bypass coded bins to improve context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) throughput
Patent No. 11825093

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17824414 on 05/25/2022 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) coding with a reduced number of context coded and/or bypass coded bins are provided. Rather than using only truncated unary binarization for the syntax element representing the delta quantization parameter and context coding all of the resulting bins as in the prior art, a different binarization is used and only part of the resulting bins are context coded, thus reducing the worst case number of context coded bins for this syntax element. Further, binarization techniques for the syntax element representing the remaining actual value of a transform coefficient are provided that restrict the maximum codeword length of this syntax element to 32 bits or less, thus reducing the number of bypass coded bins for this syntax element over the prior art.

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

Thermostat, system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment
Patent No. 11825132

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17230274 on 04/14/2021 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of thermostats is provided and each thermostat includes an identification corresponding to a room in which the thermostat is placed. Each thermostat includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon signal that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of thermostat identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. A location of the proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets.

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

Thermostat, system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment
Patent No. 11825133

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

Robust estimation of sound source localization
Patent No. 11825279

Inventor(s): Jacek Piotr Stachurski (Dallas, TX), Lorin Paul Netsch (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17195718 on 03/09/2021 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for sound source localization in a digital system having at least two audio capture devices is provided that includes receiving audio signals from the two audio capture devices, computing a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands in a processing frame of the audio signals, determining a frequency band weight for each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands based on the SNR computed for the frequency band, computing an estimated time delay of arrival (TDOA) of sound for the processing frame using the frequency band weights, and converting the estimated TDOA to an angle representing sound direction.

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

Provider proxy for controlling network slice access by user equipment
Patent No. 11825309

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17511938 on 10/27/2021 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein enforce access controls for network slices via proxy in a secure enclave of a user equipment (UE) device. A UE device executes, in a rich execution environment (REE), a function or application designated for using one or more secure network slices of a telecommunications network. The UE device executes, in a trusted execution environment (TEE), a slice admission control proxy (SACP) to perform admission control for the one or more secure network slices, and forces network traffic for the function or application through the SACP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for monitoring performance in distributed edge computing networks
Patent No. 11825319

Inventor(s): Anil K. Guntupalli (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16686802 on 11/18/2019 (1464 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to provide a test configuration to a plurality of multi-access edge computing (MEC) devices; collect test results associated with the provided test configuration from the plurality of MEC devices; and obtain capability information associated with particular ones of the plurality of MEC devices. The computer device may be further configured to generate a test report that relates one or more parameters included in the test results and the obtained capability information to particular ones of the plurality of MEC devices; and use the generated test report to select a MEC device from the plurality of MEC devices for a user equipment (UE) device requesting an application session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatus, system and method for testing radio equipment
Patent No. 11825320

Inventor(s): Kari Vierimaa (Kempele, , FI)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17283162 on 10/10/2019 (1503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of testing radio equipment is disclosed herein. The method includes: receiving, by way of a radio channel test apparatus, a baseband signal representing I/Q data of one or more radio channels; processing, by way of the radio channel test apparatus, the baseband signal representing I/Q data according to one or more radio channel models; and transmitting, by way of the radio channel test apparatus, the processed baseband data representing I/Q data to a radio equipment under test.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic indication for channel state information feedback
Patent No. 11825325

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Christopher Weisberg, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16483578 on 02/06/2018 (2114 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, base stations and wireless devices for dynamic indication of channel state information (CSI) resources are provided. According to one aspect, a method for a wireless device for determining a channel state information reference symbol, CSI-RS, resource set indicated by a base station is provided. The method includes determining a CSI-RS resource set based on an indication of a CSI report setting. The CSI report setting has a one-to-one correspondence to a CSI-RS resource set.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Power saving medium access in congested network environments
Patent No. 11825328

Inventor(s): Oran Naftali (Petah Tikva, , IL), Oren Shani (Kfar Saba, , IL), Uri Weinrib (Iod, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17502337 on 10/15/2021 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Wi-Fi device in a WLAN network includes a processor and a transceiver adapted to be coupled to an antenna, and a power saving medium access in congested network environments algorithm that is activated after a Wi-Fi connection is established with its access point (AP). A Traffic Indication Map (TIM) bitmap in a TIM information element received in a beacon frame from the AP is analyzed to determine whether more than a predetermined number of bits (X) are set to indicate the AP has 1 buffered frame for ones of the Wi-Fi devices to conclude whether the WLAN is in a congested environment. When in a congested environment, transmissions responsive to the beacon are postponed by entering a sleep mode for a random period of time (P). After P expires, the sleep mode is exited and a poll frame is transmitted to the AP to try to gain medium access.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Always-on packet data unit session indication
Patent No. 11825335

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17543077 on 12/06/2021 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) receives, from a wireless device, an indication that an always-on packet data unit (PDU) session is requested. The SMF determines to establish the PDU session as an always-on PDU session based on: the indication that the always-on PDU session is requested; and the PDU session being for an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service. The SMF sends, to the wireless device, an indication that the PDU session is to be established as the always-on PDU session.

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

Integrated Wi-Fi location
Patent No. 11825381

Inventor(s): Ian James Sherlock (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17371433 on 07/09/2021 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an integrated circuit that includes a microprocessor and a microcontroller unit circuit (MCU) coupled to the microprocessor. The MCU includes a central processing unit (CPU) core and a network processor that implements a wireless interface. The MCU is configured to execute a location application that facilitates a determination of a physical location of the apparatus. The MCU may also be configured to support one or more management functions. The microprocessor sends data to the MCU for wireless transmission by the MCU”s wireless interface.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for network based dynamic network slice selection control and federation
Patent No. 11825396

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: 18065893 on 12/14/2022 (342 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a network device may receive an identifier associated with an application server. The network device may associate the identifier with a service profile associated with a network slice based on a quality of service associated with the network slice. The network device may provide, to a device associated with the application server, information indicating that the identifier is associated with the service profile. The network device may receive address information associated with the application server. The network device may associate the address information with the service profile. The network device may provide service profile information to a security device included in a core network to cause the security device to forward traffic transmitted by the application server toward a destination via the network slice. The service profile information may include an identifier associated with the service profile, the identifier, and the address information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multi-wireless access systems and methods for efficient link selection and aggregation
Patent No. 11825408

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17663927 on 05/18/2022 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for controlling link selection and aggregation across multiple wireless networks based on a location of a mobile device. A location of a mobile device in a physical environment can be identified. At least portions of the physical environment can be in wireless range of a first wireless network and a second wireless network. Whether to access network services through either or both the first wireless network and the second wireless network can be determined based on the location of the mobile device in the physical environment. Further, a first interface at the mobile device to the first wireless network and a second interface at the mobile device to the second wireless network can be selectively toggled according to whether it is determined to access the network services through either or both the first wireless network and the second wireless network based on the location.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for S-SSB transmission
Patent No. 11825431

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066942 on 12/15/2022 (341 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method and apparatus comprise: receiving a set of higher layer parameters including configuration information for sidelink synchronization signals and physical sidelink broadcast channel (S-SS/PSBCH) block; determining, based on the configuration information for the S-SS/PSBCH block, a number of transmitted S-SS/PSBCH blocks (N[subscript]SSB[/subscript]), an offset for transmitted S-SS/PSBCH blocks (O[subscript]SSB[/subscript]), and an interval for transmitted S-SS/PSBCH blocks (D[subscript]SSB[/subscript]); and determining a set of slots containing the transmitted S-SS/PSBCH blocks within a period for a transmission of the S-SS/PSBCH block, wherein an index of a slot in the set of slots is determined based on O[subscript]SSB[/subscript]+I[subscript]SSB[/subscript]*D[subscript]SSB[/subscript], where I[subscript]SSB [/subscript]is an index of the S-SS/PSBCH block with 0I[subscript]SSB[/subscript]N[subscript]SSB[/subscript]1.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for selecting a network interface based on a motion state of a vehicle
Patent No. 11825527

Inventor(s): Shingo Sugimoto (Frisco, TX), Walter Accessor (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219005 on 03/31/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit selects determines a current motion state of a vehicle of a mesh network. The electronic control unit may calculates radio metric scores for network interfaces. The radio metric scores are weighted based on the current motion. The electronic control unit selects a desired network interface for communications between the vehicles based on the radio metric scores.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Bellows for immersion cooling
Patent No. 11825631

Inventor(s): Jimil Shah (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): MTS IP Holdings Ltd (George Town, , KY)
Law Firm: Smith Baluch LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18318888 on 05/17/2023 (188 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bellows assembly and related methods are described. The bellows assembly can be used in a two-phase immersion cooling system to regulate pressure in a tank”s airspace above a coolant liquid. The bellows assembly can include a flexible container and pressure-release valves located to reduce emissions of coolant liquid vapor into an ambient environment.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

Climate control system
Patent No. 11825638

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: 17107655 on 11/30/2020 (1086 days app to issue)

Abstract: A climate control system may include an electronic equipment room including one or more interior partitions dividing the chamber into two or more subchambers. The system may further include a cooling system configured to provide the subchambers with different levels of cooling, wherein at least one partition is movable from a first position defining a first subchamber to a second position defining a second subchamber in a different area of the room than the first subchamber. The system may also include a controller including instructions for controlling operation of the movable partition based on cooling requirements of the electronic equipment in the room; a first heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit and a second HVAC unit, each configured to provide cooling to a different subchamber of the electronic equipment room; and a third HVAC unit configured to provide backup for the first HVAC unit and/or the second HVAC unit.

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Hinge assembly for container
Patent No. D004974

Inventor(s): Larry Ray Buck (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29784454 on 05/19/2021 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Slide hammer
Patent No. D005079

Inventor(s): Paul Allen Wolfe (Bridgeport, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Patent 360 (Local + 459 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29828898 on 03/01/2022 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle tire
Patent No. D005222

Inventor(s): Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829238 on 03/03/2022 (628 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Speaker enclosure
Patent No. D005257

Inventor(s): Gerald Kirkland (Kaufman, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: William Lovin Associates LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29750945 on 09/17/2020 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Combine harvester concave threshing bar
Patent No. D005347

Inventor(s): Brian G. Robertson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29696475 on 06/27/2019 (1608 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Eyeglass clip
Patent No. D005380

Inventor(s): Chalmer McWilliams (Fort Worth, TX), Huy Nguyen (Alpine, UT), Karen Lopez McWilliams (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): CKMC ENTERPRISES, LTD. (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29699193 on 07/23/2019 (1582 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle platform base
Patent No. D005403

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, CA), Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagl
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29815706 on 11/16/2021 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Flagpole mounted lighting device
Patent No. D005545

Inventor(s): Howard Lee (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): ACDC LLC (Lewes, DE)
Law Firm: Tarter Krinsky Drogin LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29741705 on 07/15/2020 (1224 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D005616

Inventor(s): Jill Jackson (Fort Worth, TX), Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX), Ron Bagley (Dallas, TX), Sunil Pinto (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772072 on 02/26/2021 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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