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Q+A: PepsiCo Foods North America’s Joan Cetera on Frito-Lay’s Local Community Efforts
by Dave Moore | Jul 16, 2020
Through Southern Dallas Thrives and Frito-Lay's collaboration with Volunteers of America, the Plano-based company continues to support causes in the Dallas region and beyond.
by Alex Edwards |
Jun 8, 2020
We spoke with the VP of Transform & Innovation for Frito-Lay North America on why she thinks supporting female entrepreneurs is more important now than ever.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2019
The funding backs the expansion of Southern Dallas Thrives, which provides healthy meals, quality childcare, career opportunities, and college preparation.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 14, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's dynamic employee security risk scoring, Dolby Laboratories' optical system for image projectors, Freeflight Acquisitions' autonomous anonymity system, IBM's video sentiment analysis tool for video messaging,Peloton Therapeutics' methods of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, Siemens Healthcare's image-based tumor phenotyping with machine learning from synthetic data, and STMicroelectronics' zero standby power for powerline communication devices
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of April 23
by Quincy Preston | May 1, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Hammond Development's system for enabling a communication device to remotely execute an application, Amazon's technology for job processing using a public service network, University of Arkansas' new white wine grape plant named "Opportunity," Textron Innovations' takeoff/landing touchdown protection management system, Tuesday Morning's cookware lid with basting projections, Olaeris' battery status and failure detector, 3i AVI's computerized exchange network, and an unassigned patent for hair-cutting techniques for an automated hair-cutting system.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 24, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's augmented reality visual Wi-Fi signal, Bank of America's autonomous software containers, Genband's method for blocking notification messages during screen sharing, Linear Labs' brushless electric motor/generator, Sabre's tokenized data security, Phazr's window-installed wireless communications device, Conduent's method for video-based detection of drive-offs and walk-offs
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 17, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 10, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Velos Media's device for decoding a video bitstream; Apple's cylindrical compact computing system; State Farm's detection of anomalous computer behavior; Texas Instruments' estimation of time to collision in a computer vision system; USAA's monitoring systems and methods for personal safety; Toyota's smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing; and Watchguard's system for peer-to-peer operation of multiple recording devices
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Dallas Invents: 87 Patents Granted for Week of March 19
by Quincy Preston | Mar 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
Capital One's asset tracking systems
US Concrete's concrete with a reduced surface drying time
Toyota's integrated truck bed washing system
MoneyGram's promotion generation engine for a money transfer system
McAfee's system for calculating an object's trust level
Dr Pepper/Seven Up's sweet taste improving compositions
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Futurewei Technologies' foldable mobile device
• IBM's cognitive geofencing
• Lockheed Martin's aircraft laser detector
• Uniloc's pedestrian traffic monitoring and analysis
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Toyota's vehicle bumper damage indication
• Bell's aircraft with manned and unmanned flight modes
• University of Texas' methods for light-dependent gene regulation
• Conduent Business Services' system for optimizing passenger pick up
• Amazon's system for impairment issues of distributed hosts
• Paccar's platooning light fence system for trucks
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Avaya's method for securing account access by verifying account with email provider
• Asphalt Sciences' method of dissolving tire rubber
• Bell's aircraft with autonomous and remote flight control capabilities
• IBM's intelligent driving recommendation system
• Toyota's systems for locally aligning map data
• Verizon's wireless infrastructure with distributed fiber networks
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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 12
by Quincy Preston | Feb 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Groupchatter's wireless group alerting or messaging
• Match Group's profile matching
• Toyota's methods for adjusting vehicle parameters according to merging lanes
• Verizon and Redbox's system for a media-on-demand-based programming channel
• TXU Energy's analyzed energy usage and home automation
• An unassigned patent for an alarm that could prevent a passenger from being left in a vehicle
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Medhab's fall detection system
• Qantu Therapeutics' vaccine formula to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's
• Sirius XM's vehicle telematics
• Skycam's method of classifying and transmitting data from an event
• Tango Network's control of mobile device calls, text messages and data usage while operating a motor vehicle
• UT and UNTHSC's iron garnet nanoparticles for cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Sensogram Technologies’ finger tip scanner
• Phazr’s 5G radio system
• Rain Bird’s volumetric budget-based irrigation control
• Samsung’s video editing using contextual data and content discovery using clusters
• V-Moda’s method of identifying authentic vs. counterfeit products
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 30, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:
• Textron Innovations' apparatus for reconfiguring flight control of an aircraft during a failure while the aircraft is flying
• USAA's display screen with a financial workbench graphic user interface
• Verizon's device for increased bandwidth
• TI's feedforward cancellation of power supply noise
• Monument Peak Ventures' system for locating nearby picture hotspots
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