Tango Networks' Automatic Driver Identification Based on Driving Behavior and More North Texas Inventive Activity » Dallas Innovates

Beyond Frisco-based Tango Networks, other companies with notable patents granted this week include:

Airbus DS Government Solutions’ container for shipping a satellite terminal
ARKH’s smart ring
Dell Products’ data center monitoring and management operation including a data tag management operation
Elbit Systems’ image-intensified and color sensor camera
FPT USA’s anomalous sound detection
Frontier Communications Holdings’ method for identifying and highlighting available fibers in a fiber distribution hub
Lockheed Martin’s additive manufacture of complex intermetallic and ceramic structures
Microsoft’s peer virtual machine monitoring and auto-healing system
Raytheon’s additively manufactured thermal energy storage units
swipejobs’ employment-related browsing and matching application, method and system
T-Mobile USA’s user plane function configured to prioritize using a preferred internet protocol to establish a connection between user device and host server
Verily Life Sciences’ continuous detection and monitoring of heart arrhythmia using both wearable sensors and cloud-resident analyses
XGS Energy’s high thermal coefficient grout compositions

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 indicate 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).

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 7
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 3
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 1
E: Fixed Constructions 5
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 4
G: Physics 40
H: Electricity 30

DESIGN: 13

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15
Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock) 4
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. (Plano) 2
Citibank N.A. (New York) 2
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 2
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) 2

Unassigned 4

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Kelli L. Biegger (Fort Worth) 3
Andrew Silver (Frisco) 2
Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving) 2
Clifton Forlines (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) 2
Daniel Funken (Irving) 2
Daniel Wigdor (Toronto, Canada) 2
Steven Leonard Sanders (New York) 2
Timothy David Anderson (University Park) 2
Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Removeable helmet cover and methods of manufacture
Patent No. 12453390

Inventor(s): Conner Alan Preston (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh Lindquist, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18061527 on 12/05/2022 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to injection molded articles as well as methods of manufacture of the same. The injection molded article is a helmet cover for a protective helmet, and more particularly a replaceable helmet cover for enhancing the aesthetic outer appearance of a helmet used in military, construction, manufacturing, and/or contact sports such as American football, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, equestrian, skiing, snowboarding, and the like.

[A42C] MANUFACTURING OR TRIMMING HATS OR OTHER HEAD COVERINGS

Continuous detection and monitoring of heart arrhythmia using both wearable sensors and cloud-resident analyses
Patent No. 12453471

Inventor(s): Mark Murphy (Mountain View, CA), Nikhil Bikhchandani (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Christensen O”Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18306407 on 04/25/2023 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for continuously monitoring a user to determine when cardiovascular events are likely occurring and to responsively provide a prompt to a user to engage in additional physiological assessment of the putative cardiovascular event. Additional assessment can include the user engaging an additional sensor to provide signals that are more accurate, lower noise, or otherwise improved relative to a continuously-monitoring sensor used to initially detect the cardiovascular event. Detection of cardiovascular events includes using a cardiovascular classifier to determine, based on the output of such a continuously-monitoring sensor, whether the event is likely occurring. Such a classifier can be received from a cloud computing service or other remote system based on sensor outputs sent to such a system. Use of such a classifier can facilitate reduced false-positive detection of cardiovascular events based on the continuously-monitoring sensor, and thus reduce extraneous prompts to the user.

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

Tensionable and lockable soft suture anchors and anchor arrays for anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone
Patent No. 12453545

Inventor(s): Howard W. Harris (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. (Maple Plain, MN)
Law Firm: Seager, Tufte Wickhem LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17679934 on 02/24/2022 (1342 days app to issue)

Abstract: Soft suture anchors are disclosed that can be formed into a pre-strung array with a common working suture. Each anchor includes the common working suture and a soft anchor member that is expandable when implanted. This allows first locking an individual anchor into a bone hole followed by tensioning the suture and independently locking the suture at the anchor. A first anchor is implanted through the tendon and the suture is locked. A second anchor is implanted a selected close distance from the first anchor, the working suture is tensioned between the first and second anchors, and the working suture is locked at the second anchor to create a single suture tensioned and locked stitch between the first and second anchor. This process is repeated for each anchor in the array.

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

Methods for manufacturing an oral appliance
Patent No. 12453622

Inventor(s): Charles F. Collins (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AirWay Technologies, LLC (Farmers Branch, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16756055 on 10/05/2018 (2580 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes forming a first layer of a disk, the first layer comprising a first material and forming a second layer of the disk by depositing a second material on the first layer. The method further includes irradiating at least the second layer of the disk to cross-link the second material. The first material has a higher melting point than the second material, and the dual-layer disk is configured to be thermoformed into an oral appliance.

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

Helmet mount with accessories
Patent No. 12453794

Inventor(s): Haitham Bilal (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Innovative Creations, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19222939 on 05/29/2025 (152 days app to issue)

Abstract: A helmet mount including a curved arm with a first end with a sanitizer assembly disposed at the first end, the sanitizer assembly including a fan and an ultraviolet (UV) light source, a timer in communication with the fan and the UV light source, at least one heat sink disposed within the sanitizer assembly, and in thermal communication with a printed circuit board (PCB) that is used to control the UV light source, where the timer is configured to control operation of the fan and the UV light source.

[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]

Targeted building sanitation
Patent No. 12453796

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866220 on 07/15/2022 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically performing a cleaning operation for a portion of a building are described herein. In one example, cleaning data specifying human activity in the portion of the building and/or one or more current infection rates for one or more pathogens can be received from one or more data sources. Based on the cleaning data, a probability of the one or more pathogens being present in the portion of the building can be determined. One or more cleaning operations for the portion of the building can be determined based on the received cleaning data, a determined probability of the one or more pathogens being present, and a risk tolerance condition. In response to detecting a trigger for at least one cleaning operation, a command can be generated to perform the at least one cleaning operation, and the command can be transmitted to a cleaning device.

Systems and methods for providing digital health services
Patent No. 12453862

Inventor(s): Binesh Balasingh (Prosper, TX), Douglas Alfred Lautner (Frisco, TX), Mary Khun Hor-Lao (Prosper, TX), Scott DeBates (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17891080 on 08/18/2022 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing digital health services. In some embodiments, systems and methods for conducting virtual or remote sessions between patients and clinicians are disclosed. During the sessions, media content (e.g., images, video content, audio content, etc.) may be captured as the patient performs one or more tasks. The media content may be presented to the clinician and used to evaluate a condition of the patient or a state of the condition, adjust treatment parameters, provide therapy, or other operations to treat the patient. The analysis of the media content may be aided by one or more machine learning/artificial intelligence models that analyze various aspects of the media content, augment the media content, or other functionality to aid in the treatment of the patient.

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

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

Additive manufacture of complex intermetallic and ceramic structures
Patent No. 12454075

Inventor(s): David Glen Findley (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18545453 on 12/19/2023 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system includes a three-dimensional (3D) printer, a hydraulic press, and a kiln. The three-dimensional printer includes a print bed, a first printhead, and a second printhead. The first printhead is configured to deposit a layer of a first powder on the print bed. The second printhead is configured to deposit a layer of a second powder on the print bed. The hydraulic press is configured to compress a greenware to form a compressed greenware. The kiln is configured to heat the compressed greenware to a reaction temperature to form an object. The object is surrounded by an excess of the first powder. The kiln is also configured to heat the object surrounded by the excess of the first powder to a melting temperature. The melting temperature is at least the melting point of the first powder and less than the melting point of the object.

[B33Y] ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING [2015.01]

Container apparatus
Patent No. 12454386

Inventor(s): Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BUZZBALLZ, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18771084 on 07/12/2024 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and method(s) according to which a first container lid is sealingly engaged against a container body. Once so sealingly engaged, a first portion of the first container lid is detachable from, and re-attachable to, the container body. A security band remains attached to a neck of the container body when the first portion of the container lid is detached from the container body. In one or more embodiments, when detached from the container body, the first portion of the container lid remains connected to the security band via a tether. The tether is formed substantially within security band. The container body is adapted to be stacked onto a second container lid so that a first three-dimensional profile of the second container lid matingly receives a second three-dimensional profile of the container body. In one or more embodiments, the second container lid is identical to the first container lid.

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

Control systems for operation of loading dock equipment, and associated methods of manufacture and use
Patent No. 12454426

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX), Stephen Kosek (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18433152 on 02/05/2024 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are described herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a sequence of operations. The sequence of operations can include different sub-sequences based on loading dock conditions. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of control elements that enable operation of the loading dock equipment. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment. Some functionality of the control panel can be enabled or disabled based on a current level of authorization.

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

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

High thermal coefficient grout compositions and methods therefor
Patent No. 12454482

Inventor(s): Poodipeddi V. Suryanarayana (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): XGS Energy Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Umberg Zipser LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18784599 on 07/25/2024 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high-thermal conductivity grout composition is provided. The composition includes a grout mixture including a cementitious material, a retarder, and a high-thermal k material that advantageously can form a pumpable slurry upon admixture with water. The retarder is present in an amount effective that delays setting of the grout mixture at a target location having a geostatic target temperature of at least 300 F. for at least two hours. The high-thermal k material is present in an amount effective such that the grout mixture has, upon setting at the target location, a thermal conductivity of at least 1 W/m K.

[C04B] LIME; MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C 10/00); REFRACTORIES (alloys based on refractory metals C22C); TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE [4]

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

Adherable and weldable roofing accessories and related methods
Patent No. 12454828

Inventor(s): Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, NJ), Norman Chin (Somerville, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18346996 on 07/05/2023 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a roofing accessory. The roofing accessory comprises a protruding member extending from a base member. The base member surrounds at least a portion of an outer edge of a bottom end of the protruding member. The base member has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and an outer edge. The bottom surface of the base member has a weldable portion and an adherable portion between the weldable portion and the outer edge of the bottom end of the protruding member. The roofing accessory comprises an adhesive disposed on the adherable portion of the bottom surface of the base member. The adhesive is not disposed on the weldable portion of the bottom surface of the base member.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Integrated wellsite processing system and wellsite monitoring system and method of using same
Patent No. 12454867

Inventor(s): Andres C Villareal (Duncanville, TX)
Assignee(s): GR Energy Services Management, LP (Sugar Land, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18271444 on 01/09/2022 (1388 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated tool processing system and a wellsite monitoring system for a wellsite. The integrated tool processing system includes a tool assembler, a tool lift, and a tool transporter. The tool assembler includes a tool conveyor and a gun builder. The tool lift is connected by a tool stager to the tool assembler. The tool lift includes a lift base to receive the downhole tool and a lift arm to lift the downhole tool. The tool transporter includes a vehicle and a boom for connection to the downhole tool. The vehicle and the boom carry the downhole tool into position for delivery at the wellsite. The wellsite monitoring system includes wellsite sensors to collect wellsite data, wellsite monitors to receive and analyze the wellsite data, and a central station to collect and further analyze the wellsite data and to operate the tool processing system based on the combined wellsite data.

[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]

Drill pipe tally system
Patent No. 12454868

Inventor(s): Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MAGNETIC VARIATION SERVICES LLC (Denver, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18662159 on 05/13/2024 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for pipe tallying in well drilling operations and methods for using the same are described. The pipe tallying systems determine a number of pipe joints that pass through an inlet based on the diameter of the pipe joint when compared against a drill pipe diameter. The pipe tally system maintains a tally of drill pipes in a borehole and the pipe tally system can produce a borehole depth measurement based on the length of pipe in the borehole.

High flow insert safety valve that is well pressure insensitive
Patent No. 12454873

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Carrollton, TX), Matthew Gassen (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18924704 on 10/23/2024 (370 days app to issue)

Abstract: An insert valve configured to be installed, at least partially, in a safety valve in a borehole that includes a flow port disposed on an exterior of the insert valve, a poppet configured to control a fluid flow through the flow port, an upper piston rod, disposed uphole from the poppet, configured to move the poppet past at least part of the flow port, and a chamber, disposed downhole from the poppet that includes a chamber pressure, and a lower piston rod coupled to the poppet, where the lower piston rod is configured to exert a chamber piston force on the poppet.

Perforating gun and method of using same
Patent No. 12454879

Inventor(s): Chris Payson (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel Tollefson (Fort Worth, TX), Jerred Smith (Fort Worth, TX), John P. Roach (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Reach Wireline, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: AVEK IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18746027 on 06/17/2024 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perforating gun includes a charge tube, a switch carrier body, and a pin contact spacer. The switch carrier body houses an addressable switch, a spring tube which holds a spring, a detonation block, a removable interrupter, and a pin contact spacer supporting a pin contact assembly. The spring biases a switch contact terminal towards an outer surface of the switch carrier body, and the switch contact terminal is electrically connected to the addressable switch. The interrupter includes first and second portions, and is temporarily adhered to the switch carrier body such that the first portion covers the switch contact terminal and the second portion extends between a detonation cord and an instantaneous detonator in the detonation block. A first end of the charge tube is positioned around the switch carrier body, and a second end of the charge tube is secured to the pin contact space.

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

Fire pit system
Patent No. 12455079

Inventor(s): Jeffrey H. Jan (Keller, TX), Spencer H. Jan (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18925684 on 10/24/2024 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a plurality of openings, wherein a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

Combustion oven
Patent No. 12455080

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18651550 on 04/30/2024 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: An oven is provided, which includes a domed ceiling, a baking stone located below the domed ceiling, a cooking chamber between the domed ceiling and the baking stone, a front opening that provides access to the cooking chamber for food and utensils, a combustion chamber adjacent to, and at least partially below, the cooking chamber, and a rear opening that provides access to the combustion chamber.

[F24C] OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (radiator stoves of the fluid-circulating type F24H)

Additively manufactured thermal energy storage units
Patent No. 12455121

Inventor(s): Katherine P. Carpenter (Plano, TX), Nicholas I. Maniscalco (Plano, TX), Travis L. Mayberry (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17481741 on 09/22/2021 (1497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a thermal energy storage unit for a surface to be cooled or heated includes using an additive manufacturing process to form a plurality of non-rectilinear structures having a plurality of thermally conductive substructures, the substructures defining a plurality of interior cavities within the substructures and a plurality of exterior fluid channels that cross over or under the plurality of interior cavities, arranging the plurality of non-rectilinear structures in a plurality of housings, wherein each of the plurality of non-rectilinear structures is arranged in a corresponding one of the plurality of housings, and connecting the plurality of housings to each other to build up the thermal energy storage unit whereby the thermal energy storage unit is modular.

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

Shaped charge with reactive material
Patent No. 12455149

Inventor(s): Jason Paul Metzger (Alvarado, TX), Joseph Todd MacGillivray (Alvarado, TX), Stuart Michael Wood (Alvarado, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18590346 on 02/28/2024 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some implementations include an apparatus comprising an explosive material configured to detonate; a liner in contact with the explosive material, the liner configured to, after detonation of the explosive material, form jets to perforate a tubular disposed in a subsurface borehole; a reactive material configured to release energy in response to detonation of the explosive material; and a case in contact with a portion of the reactive material and configured to surround the explosive material, the liner, and the reactive material.

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

P H Y S I C S

Systems and methods for anomalous sound detection
Patent No. 12455214

Inventor(s): Hong Van Thi Nguyen (San Diego, CA), Phong Xuan Nguyen (Ha Noi, , VN), Truong Van Hoang (Dong Nai, , VN)
Assignee(s): FPT USA Corp. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19250564 on 06/26/2025 (124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for training an anomaly detection neural network system comprising an encoder and a decoder is described. The method includes receiving training data comprising a plurality of training examples, each training example including a training audio waveform and a machine identity (ID); processing the training audio waveform to extract training audio features; receiving an environmental noise audio waveform; processing the environmental noise audio waveform to extract noise features; generating augmented features by combining the extracted training audio features and the noise features; processing, using the encoder, the augmented features to generate latent embeddings; processing, using the decoder, the latent embeddings to generate reconstructed audio features; processing, using a convolutional neural network, the augmented features to generate a predicted machine ID probability distribution; and adjusting, through backpropagation, the current values of the parameters of the encoder and the decoder to minimize an objective function.

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

Pressure sensing probe
Patent No. 12455294

Inventor(s): Brian J. Dumont (Royal Oak, MI), Corey D. Wills (Berryton, KS), Corey T. Pasta (Topeka, KS), Dennis W. Morgart (Topeka, KS), James Paul (Carmel, CA), Matthew Fleming (Ypsilanti, MI), Paul Harris (Canton, MI), Paul K.
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18497111 on 10/30/2023 (729 days app to issue)

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

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

Estimating and compensating for crystal oscillator differences in a multi-crystal-oscillator radar
Patent No. 12455349

Inventor(s): Karthik Ramasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Rao (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18476965 on 09/28/2023 (761 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving, at a first device, a radar signal transmitted by a second device at a transmission frequency offset from a local oscillator (LO) frequency of the first device by a target offset and reflected off a target. The method also includes determining an intermediate frequency (IF) of the radar signal based on the transmission frequency and the LO frequency. The method also includes determining a parts per million (ppm) offset between the first device and the second device based on the intermediate frequency and the target offset.

[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

Duplex fiber optic assembly with repositionable latch housing for polarity reversal, and related methods
Patent No. 12455418

Inventor(s): Diana Rodriguez (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): CORNING RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18303999 on 04/20/2023 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: A duplex fiber optic connector assembly suitable for polarity reversal includes first and second fiber optic connector subassemblies received by a primary housing that in turn is received by a latch housing. The primary housing is configured to be releasably engaged with the latch housing in either an upwardly-facing or downwardly-facing configuration (e.g., the latch housing is repositionable) for polarity reversal, and the primary housing may be removed from the latch housing by movement of the primary housing in a rearward direction. A manually actuatable engagement feature of the primary housing is configured to be received by a receiving feature of the latch housing. A manually actuatable latch mechanism of the latch housing is configured to permit releasable engagement with a fiber optic adapter housing separate from the duplex fiber optic connector assembly.

[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]

Rapid fiber optic alignment techniques for optical switching
Patent No. 12455421

Inventor(s): Adam Joseph Fruehling (Garland, TX), Argyrios Dellis (Culver City, CA), James Norman Hall (Parker, TX), Patrick Ian Oden (McKinney, TX), Terry Alan Bartlett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731606 on 04/28/2022 (1279 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of aligning optical signals in a fiber optic switching device with one or two phase light modulators (PLMs) includes configuring the phase elements of the PLMs with first initial settings, to direct an optical signal from an input fiber to an output fiber. An initial position displacement of a center of the signal image from a center of the output fiber is estimated. Corrected settings for the phase elements are calculated so that when the corrected settings are applied to the phase elements, a corrected signal image of the optical signal has a corrected position displacement from the center of the output fiber that is less than the initial position displacement. A fiber optic switching device has processing circuitry and a memory component configured to execute steps of the method of aligning the optical signals.

Managing a postprocessor for machining with a machine tool method, computer system, and machine tool
Patent No. 12455547

Inventor(s): Sophie Oudot (Paris, , FR), Thomas Jenensch (Chorin, , DE)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18124561 on 03/21/2023 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: For an improved management of a postprocessor, for machining with a machine tool, a computer-implemented method includes providing toolpath data for machining a workpiece with a tool along a corresponding toolpath. The tool is comprised by a machine tool that is numerically controlled by a control device. Sample machine code is provided. Atrial postprocessor software component for determining machine code using toolpath data is provided. Trial machine code is determined using the trial postprocessor software component and the toolpath data. A sample code architecture of the sample machine code and a trial code architecture of the trial machine code are determined. Characteristics of the sample machine code are determined by comparing the sample code architecture with the trial code architecture, and a new postprocessor software component is determined by incorporating the characteristics into the trial postprocessor software component.

[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)

Utilizing graphical user interface to generate process automation alarms for distributed control nodes
Patent No. 12455561

Inventor(s): David Emerson (Coppell, TX), Patrick Clay (Frisco, TX), Vien Nguyen (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Gray Ice Higdon (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090342 on 12/28/2022 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations relate to providing an alarm configuration GUI via which a user can interact in defining corresponding alarms for corresponding function block identifiers of a process automation system. For example, a user can interact with the alarm configuration GUI in selecting a function block identifier and in defining parameter(s) for an alarm configuration file to be assigned to the function block identifier. Some implementations additionally or alternatively relate to transmitting the alarm configuration file to a DCN, for local utilization by the DCN in alarm monitoring based on a function block having the function block identifier. The transmitting can be responsive to determining that the DCN implements local alarm monitoring based on the function block, and the alarm configuration file being assigned to the function block identifier.

USB power delivery management
Patent No. 12455604

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Howard Enoch (Melissa, TX), John Mitchell Perry (Mckinney, TX), Pasupathy Visuvanadan (Murphy, TX), Yoon Jae Lee (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18477835 on 09/29/2023 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a method includes receiving, by a power delivery (PD) controller, a first sensed voltage, while the PD controller is producing a first control signal and in response to determining that the first sensed voltage passes a threshold voltage, starting, by the PD controller, a timer, where the threshold voltage is a first threshold, a second threshold, or a third threshold. The method also includes during a time period of the timer, producing, by the PD controller, the first control signal and during the time period of the timer, receiving, by the PD controller, a second sensed voltage. Additionally, the method includes after expiration of the timer, producing, by the PD controller, a second control signal based on the second sensed voltage.

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

Smart ring
Patent No. 12455622

Inventor(s): Landon Nickerson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ARKH, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18347384 on 07/05/2023 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a method includes obtaining, using a smart ring worn on a finger of a user and while the smart ring is controlled to be in an active operational state, position data of the smart ring. The position data comprises a position of the smart ring and any changes in the position of the ring. The method also includes sending the position data to another device. The method also includes ignoring, while the smart ring is controlled to be in a standby operational state, changes in the position of the ring.

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

Dynamic assignment of possible channels in a touch sensor
Patent No. 12455658

Inventor(s): Clifton Forlines (Cape Elizabeth, ME), Daniel Wigdor (Toronto, , CA), Darren Leigh (Leesburg, VA), Steven Leonard Sanders (New York, NY)
Assignee(s): Tactual Labs IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813078 on 07/18/2022 (1198 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for dynamic assignment of possible channels in a touch sensitive device having rows and columns. In an embodiment, a method determines a first signal space in which to generate signals for use in the touch sensor. Signals are then generated in the first signal space on separate ones of the rows and a column signal is sensed on a column. The first signal space is replaced with a second signal space, and a second plurality of signals is generated for use in the touch sensor in the second frequency space. The second plurality of signals is sensed to identify a touch event in the touch sensitive device.

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

Hybrid systems and methods for low-latency user input processing and feedback
Patent No. 12455677

Inventor(s): Clifton Forlines (Cape Elizabeth, ME), Daniel Wigdor (Toronto, , CA), Ricardo Jorge Jota Costa (Toronto, , CA), Steven Leonard Sanders (New York, NY)
Assignee(s): Tactual Labs IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17469109 on 09/08/2021 (1511 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for processing user input includes an input device, an input processing unit, a high-latency subsystem, a low-latency subsystem, input processing unit software for generating signals in response to user inputs, and an output device. The low-latency subsystem processes signals corresponding to at least some events and generates corresponding programmable low-latency output, the programmable output being based, at least in part, on state information being maintained by the high-latency subsystem. The high-latency subsystem processes signals corresponding to at least some events, and generates corresponding output, the output of the high-latency subsystem being higher latency than the output of the low-latency subsystem with respect to a given event.

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

Predictive model for copy-paste operations
Patent No. 12455678

Inventor(s): William Sniffen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18234141 on 08/15/2023 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for automating copy-paste operations are provided. The methods and systems generate for display a first graphical user interface (GUI) comprising one or more fields and receive user input associated with the first GUI. The methods and systems, in response to receiving the user input, analyze the one or more fields of the first GUI using a machine learning model to generate one or more copy-paste operations. The methods and systems, in response to receiving the user input, present a prompt on the first GUI comprising the one or more copy-paste operations and automatically copy data displayed in the one or more fields to one or more fields of a database.

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

System and method to control the number of active vector lanes in a processor
Patent No. 12455740

Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18625645 on 04/03/2024 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit includes a data path including at least a first lane of a first width and a second lane of a second, larger, width; an execution unit to execute a first instruction on data of the first width or less using the first lane, and to execute a second instruction on data greater than the first width and less than or equal to the second width using the second lane; and a control register that stores a value indicating which of the first and second lanes to be used in instruction execution by the execution unit. The circuit is configured to, based on the value stored in the control register, power off the first lane when the execution unit executes the second instruction but not the first instruction, and power off the second lane when the execution unit executes the first instruction but not the second instruction.

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

Processor subroutine cache
Patent No. 12455745

Inventor(s): Christian Wiencke (Garching, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16987895 on 08/07/2020 (1908 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor includes an execution unit and a subroutine cache. The execution unit is configured to execute instructions. The subroutine cache us configured to provide instructions of a subroutine to the execution unit for execution. The subroutine cache includes subroutine instruction storage, a subroutine address register, and subroutine cache control logic. The subroutine control logic is configured to: identify a subroutine call instruction provided to the execution unit; determine whether an instruction of a subroutine invoked by the subroutine call instruction is stored in the subroutine instruction storage by evaluating a subroutine validity indicator that indicates whether at least a portion of the subroutine is stored in the subroutine instruction storage; and provide the instruction of the subroutine to the execution unit based on the subroutine validity indicator indicating that at least a portion of the subroutine is stored in the subroutine instruction storage.

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

Peer virtual machine monitoring and auto-healing system
Patent No. 12455759

Inventor(s): Eric Phillip Rodriguez (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Newport IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17950298 on 09/22/2022 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring health of virtual machines (VMs) include determining a leader virtual machine (VM) count for a group of VM nodes hosted on a plurality of computing devices; selecting a number of the VM nodes of the group to serve as leader VMs for the group, the number of the VM nodes selected corresponding to the leader VM count; and periodically performing a peer VM monitoring process. The peer VM monitoring process includes periodically storing health information for each of the VM nodes of the group in a data store; periodically accessing the health information of each of the VM nodes to identify sick VMs using each of the leader VMs, respectively; and automatically performing a healing process on the sick VMs to improve a performance of the sick VMs.

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

Data reconciliation architecture for improved fault tolerance
Patent No. 12455780

Inventor(s): Arpan Agrawal (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18377973 on 10/09/2023 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: In conventional networked computing systems, stream-processing software is utilized to handle real-time data feeds. For example, a stream-processing software may sort incoming data feeds into data logs, which are then consumed by various application servers within the computing system. However, this consumption process is susceptible to failure as application servers often fail to consume a full payload of data comprising a particular message. As such, a need exists for a streaming architecture with improved fault tolerance. The system provided herein solves the problem via a reliable streaming process, which regularly generates partitions within a series of data lakes. As streaming data is received, the payloads are synced into the different data lakes based on metadata associated with the streaming data. The system can then perform individual quality checks on each partition of data, enabling the system to continuously monitor data quality over time.

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

Distributed error detection and correction with hamming code handoff
Patent No. 12455784

Inventor(s): Daniel Wu (Plano, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17749921 on 05/20/2022 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a data path, a first interface connected to the data path and configured to receive a request from a processor package to write a data value to a memory address, and a controller connected to the data path and configured to receive the request to write the data value to the memory address and to calculate a Hamming code of the data value. The controller is configured to transmit the data value and the Hamming code on the data path. The device includes an external memory interleave connected to the data path. The external memory interleave is configured to receive the data value and calculate a test Hamming code of the data value and to determine whether to send the data value to an external memory interface to be written to the memory address based on a comparison of the Hamming code and the test Hamming code.

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

Victim cache that supports draining write-miss entries
Patent No. 12455836

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18639013 on 04/18/2024 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache and a second sub-cache in parallel with the first sub-cache, wherein the second sub-cache includes a set of cache lines, line type bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the set of cache lines is configured to store write-miss data, and an eviction controller configured to flush stored write-miss data based on the line type bits.

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

USB suspend mode in isolated USB repeater
Patent No. 12455846

Inventor(s): Anant Shankar Kamath (Bangalore, , IN), Christopher Joseph Rodrigues (Bangalore, , IN), Mark Edward Wentroble (Plano, TX), Prajwala Puttappa (Bengaluru, , IN), Rakesh Hariharan (Bangalore, , IN), Tarunvir Singh (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732391 on 04/28/2022 (1279 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a method of operating a repeater having an isolation barrier to isolate a host side of the repeater from a peripheral side of the repeater, the repeater operable to be coupled to a universal serial bus (USB), includes causing the host side to enter into a suspend mode. The method also includes, responsive to entering the suspend mode, disabling a host isolation transceiver at the host side. The method includes periodically enabling the host isolation transceiver to transmit a data signal from the host side to the peripheral side. The method includes exiting the suspend mode. The method also includes enabling the host isolation transceiver.

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

Data center monitoring and management operation including a data tag management operation
Patent No. 12455864

Inventor(s): Nandhini Sridaran (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Terrile, Cannatti Chambers, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18241030 on 08/31/2023 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: generating a tag for an object within a data center asset, the tag for the object associating a contextual meaning with the object; registering the tag when the tag is generated; storing the tag within a tag storage repository when the tag is registered; and, managing an aspect of the tag via a data tag management operation.

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

Scaling by dynamic discovery for data processing
Patent No. 12455890

Inventor(s): Fredrick Allen Crable (Allen, TX), Raghavendra Dharmavaram (Little Elm, TX), Rajesh Ranjan Sinha (McKinney, TX), Siddharth Srinivasan (Little Elm, TX), Vipin Dwivedi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18746704 on 06/18/2024 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to methods, systems, and apparatuses that partitions searchable content and distributes the segments across a plurality of processing nodes, which in turn further sub-partitions the partitions for processing by local search actor in order to increase the speed with which a search request from a user is processed. Processing nodes available to receive partitioned searchable content are registered with an external storage device. The external storage device also maintains a global results collector that compiles results from the partitions of searchable content. Respective local collector actors receive compiled results from local search actors for a processing node and the compiled results are sent to the global results collector for compiling for the plurality of processing nodes. Results of the user search request are then provided to the user.

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

Crawling electronic (web) documents
Patent No. 12455930

Inventor(s): Rachel Gabrielle Mazzini (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: McDermott Will Schulte LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18647208 on 04/26/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: Crawling electronic documents, including: for each electronic document of a plurality of electronic documents: obtaining the electronic document including obtaining an entirety of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) of the electronic document; analyzing the electronic document to identify a plurality of elements of the electronic document, each element of the plurality of elements including HTML tags, text associated with the HTML tags, and HTML attributes; creating a plurality of clusters of texts based on a similarity of the HTML tags, the text associated with the HTML tags, and the HTML attributes of each of the plurality of elements; labeling, for each cluster of the plurality of clusters, the cluster based on the text associated with the HTML tags of one element of the cluster; and updating, for each cluster of the plurality of clusters, an electronic document crawling model with data indicating the label of the cluster.

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

Determining caching strategy for search results
Patent No. 12455935

Inventor(s): David Gillam (The Colony, TX), Fnu Phaneendra Sridhara (Plano, TX), Gurucharan Manadavadi Prakash (Plano, TX), Maitreya Kundurthy (Plano, TX), Nag Prajval Bindumalyam Chandrashekar (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18045693 on 10/11/2022 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, an edge device may receive a request from a client application indicating one or more search parameters associated with one or more search queries. The edge device may determine an identity of the client application and a type of the request based on the one or more search parameters. The edge device may selectively either cache metadata associated with search results for the one or more search queries or cache the search results, based on the identity of the client application and the type of the request. Accordingly, the edge device may deliver the cached metadata or at least a portion of the cached search results to the client application.

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

Methods and apparatus for enhancing security in the orchestration platform
Patent No. 12455958

Inventor(s): Puneeth Chowdary Kosaraju (Melissa, TX), Shashank Holakkal (Justin, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18647280 on 04/26/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing operation of infrastructure are disclosed. The operation of the infrastructure may be managed by limiting activity that may be performed by the infrastructure. The activity may be limited by restricting tasks that may be added to queues of tasks that the infrastructure is authorized to perform. The content of the queues may be limited during workflow selection, task identified for workflows, and service registration for servicing the queues. The content may be limited using a combination of registration requirements, role based restrictions, and token requirements.

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

Automatic generation of flexible load design
Patent No. 12455990

Inventor(s): Jamie Lee Hamilton (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): WALMART APOLLO, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18634266 on 04/12/2024 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: receiving a load design for loading a trailer to deliver orders; generating an initial grouping comprising stacks of pallets that are configured to be loaded interchangeably among respective floor spot assignments on the trailer; iteratively adjusting at least one of the stacks of pallets within the initial grouping to satisfy at least a center-of-gravity constraint in a final load design for the trailer; and outputting the final load design comprising the initial grouping to cause the stacks of pallets of the initial grouping to be loaded into the trailer according to the final load design. Other embodiments are described.

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

Scriptlets
Patent No. 12456003

Inventor(s): Eric R. Meyer (Allen, TX), George Clopp (Plano, TX), Thamer Hummadi (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): RMG Networks Holding Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Miller Johnson (Local + 48 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18751856 on 06/24/2024 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are related to a method that can include displaying first content on a media display, receiving first data generated from or determined by an Internet of Things (IoT) device, and displaying second content in response to receiving the first data from the IoT device.

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

Citation and policy based document classification
Patent No. 12456086

Inventor(s): Brian Fromknecht (Richardson, TX), Chris Demchalk (Frisco, TX), Lokesh Vijay Kumar (Frisco, TX), Ryan M. Parker (Dallas, 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: 18584600 on 02/22/2024 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for rapid identification and access to relevant regulatory documents. A data model relating regulatory mandates and requirements to citations appearing within an enforcement document is used to rapidly access specific citations within an enforcement document. In the case of image-based enforcement documents, the originality of these documents is preserved while allowing a user to see where the relevant citations appear in the document images. The relevant citations are further compared to business policies to identify potential impacts of regulatory mandates and requirements.

[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]

Delivery system
Patent No. 12456094

Inventor(s): Hari Durga Tatineni (Irving, TX), Jason Crawford Miller (Bedford, TX), Kalpana Mahesh (Frisco, TX), Rahul Agarwal (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Rehrig Pacific Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Law Firm: Carlson, Gaskey Olds, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17729475 on 04/26/2022 (1281 days app to issue)

Abstract: A delivery system generates a pick sheet containing a plurality of SKUs based upon an order. A loaded pallet is imaged to identify the SKUs on the loaded pallet, which are compared to the order prior to the loaded pallet leaving the distribution center. The loaded pallet may be imaged while being wrapped with stretch wrap. At the point of delivery, the loaded pallet may be imaged again and analyzed to compare with the pick sheet.

Employment related browsing and matching application, method and system
Patent No. 12456100

Inventor(s): Katrina Lee-Anne Leslie (New South Wales, , AU)
Assignee(s): swipejobs, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18598400 on 03/07/2024 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for enabling a job seeker to browse a plurality of job classifieds or a job provider to browse a plurality of job seeker profiles. The method includes generating and storing a job seeker profile for the job seeker based upon job seeker information a location of the job seeker; identifying a plurality of job classifieds stored in the data store which are relevant to the job seeker based upon the job seeker profile; serving the plurality of job classifieds to the mobile device for presentation to the job seeker; receiving job seeker feedback data indicative of whether each job classified was relevant or not relevant; analyzing the job seeker feedback data; and updating the job seeker profile stored in the data store in accordance with the analysis of the job seeker feedback data.

Systems and methods for managing combinations of verification data and transaction data
Patent No. 12456120

Inventor(s): Bradford James Kupka (Richardson, TX), Brett Andrew Walker (Plano, TX), Jennifer Anne Scamardo (Frisco, TX), Kabita Bhandari (Frisco, TX), Patrick Emmanuel Gaston (Frisco, TX), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas, 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: 17810078 on 06/30/2022 (1216 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique for managing verification data, such identity information, membership information, and personal information, and the like, is provided. The verification data management system may receive an indication of a transaction and select a combination of a transaction card, such as a credit card, debit card, and the like, and/or multiple types of verification information for executing the transaction. Further, the verification data management system may generate a transaction output, which may include causing a display to display a graphical user interface that informs the user of the selected combination.

Refining communication and information flow in an observation platform
Patent No. 12456134

Inventor(s): Guy R. VanBuskirk (Greenville, SC), Steven Paul Russell (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): THEATRO LABS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18655909 on 05/06/2024 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method of determining and sharing proximity of device users within an environment of an observation platform, the observation platform determines that a first communication device associated with a first user is in the environment of the observation platform. The observation platform detects that the first communication device is in proximity to a second communication device associated with a second user. Responsive to the detection, the observation platform generates proximity information for the first user and the second user. The observation platform relays the proximity information to a second observation platform via a computer network, wherein a second environment of the second observation platform is separate from the environment of the observation platform.

Personalizing an interaction between a mobile device associated with a user and an application or a website associated with a wireless telecommunication network
Patent No. 12456137

Inventor(s): Vigneshwaran Ganesan (Fort Worth, TX), Vipul M. Sagare (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18191706 on 03/28/2023 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed system obtains data entries associated with a user including segmentation, preferences, behavior elements, contextual events, and trust expectations. The system obtains data entries associated with the wireless telecommunication network including available products, available promotions, and selling channels. The system receives an indication to initiate an interaction between the user and a channel associated with the wireless telecommunication network, where the interaction is aimed at completing a task. Based on the indication to initiate the interaction, the data entries associated with the user, and the data entries associated with the wireless telecommunication network, the system generates a first question to present to the user. The system receives a response to the question from the user. Based on the response, the system generates a second question to present to the user, where the second question furthers completion of the task.

System and method for labeling an image
Patent No. 12456293

Inventor(s): Brandon Val Zuniga (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): INNOVATION EXCHANGE LLC (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17796670 on 02/26/2021 (1705 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for adding at least one label to at least one image. The system can comprise a computer and a user interface comprising an image display and at least one input device configured to permit a user to communicate with the computer. The system is configured to perform a method for adding a label to an image comprising at least one element. In a second aspect, the method comprises several steps including: displaying an image to a user on an image display of a user interface; receiving a positional indication from the user identifying a selected location on the image; and adding a label to the image at a location corresponding to the positional indication. The label comprises a symbolic designation identifying an element of the image, the symbolic designation generated by a system comprising the user interface and without the user fully specifying the symbolic designation.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12456322

Inventor(s): Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving, TX), Daniel Funken (Irving, TX), Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19218062 on 05/23/2025 (158 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing as may be performed by computing devices associated with an end user. A method may include obtaining video data comprising a plurality of frames including a document of a document type. The method may include executing an object recognition engine of a machine-learning architecture using image data of the plurality of frames, the object recognition engine trained to detect edges of documents. The method may include identifying, based on the edge detection, a plurality of boundaries for the document. The method may include validating, based on the plurality of boundaries, the document as the document type. The method may include transmitting via one or more networks, to a computer remote from the computing device, responsive to the validation of the type of document, the image data for the plurality of frames depicting the document.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12456323

Inventor(s): Anurag Bhakoo (Irving, TX), Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving, TX), Daniel Funken (Irving, TX), Sakthivel Palanivel (Irving, TX), Toan Pham (Irving, TX), Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving, TX), Vicky Kapadia (Irving, T
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19217461 on 05/23/2025 (158 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing. A mobile application for client-side image processing and validation, which interacts with and leverages native image processing software of the client device, where the image processing software and the mobile application include any number of machine-learning models for identifying a document and attributes of the document for recognition and validation. This mobile application uses the image processing software from a client operating system to control the camera. The image processing software generates various types of information about a video frame and the document, and the mobile application invokes APIs or software libraries of the image processing software to access the information and validate the frame and document.

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

Traffic management after an initial conflict event
Patent No. 12456371

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA)
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: 18436458 on 02/08/2024 (628 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for programmatically determining traffic management operations in response to conflicts on a roadway. For example, the systems and methods may determine a first traffic management instruction for a first vehicle for a first conflict on a roadway; access characteristics of the first vehicle associated with the first management instruction in response to the first conflict; determine a second conflict occurring after and connected to the first conflict; using the characteristics of the first vehicle, determine a second traffic management instruction for the first vehicle for the second conflict; and provide the second traffic management instruction to the first vehicle.

[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]

System and method to integrate microservices in interactive voice response (IVR) operations
Patent No. 12456463

Inventor(s): Amiya R Sahoo (Frisco, TX), Anand Daniel (Little Elm, TX), Dinesh Kumar Agrawal (Forney, TX), Ruma Balse (Plano, TX), Sivakumar P Nagarajan (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18475747 on 09/27/2023 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a memory communicatively coupled to a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a request to perform multiple data processing operations and determine multiple sub-dialogues corresponding to the request. The sub-dialogues are part of a plurality of IVR operations. The processor may be further configured to route the request to a microservice of the microservices based at least in part upon the sub-dialogues. The microservice may be configured to fulfill the request. The processor may generate a response to the request associated with the microservice, update publishing commands in accordance with one or more rules and policies in response to generating the response, and publish the first microservice. The publishing commands associated with the microservice may be updated in isolation from the rest of the microservices.

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

Authenticated user voice signatures using validated input
Patent No. 12456468

Inventor(s): Courtney St. Martin (Forney, 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: 17851598 on 06/28/2022 (1218 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to generating voice signatures using validated input from an authenticated user. The voice signature can represent a user”s endorsement in relation to one or more electronic document(s). For example, the user can view the electronic document(s) at a client device and provide audio input in relation to the one or more document(s). Implementations of a signature manager can receive the user”s audio input, authenticate the user identity, validate the input against one or more validation rules, and generate a voice signature in relation to the electronic document(s). The generated voice signature can then be stored in combination with the electronic document(s), for example in a manner that satisfies an authenticity audit of the electronic document(s).

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

Zero touch policy provisioning in workload protection solutions
Patent No. 12457263

Inventor(s): Gabriel J. Fontenot (Richardson, TX), Troy Michael Traina (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Rutan Tucker, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18523514 on 11/29/2023 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and processes for automatically generating, at least in part, a segmentation strategy. Users of workload protection solutions can initiate a process to deploy various agents onto a network with one or more operating systems. The initial scope may be defined via one or more best practices to generate a scope tree. Associated labels may be defined based on the scope design and any subnets learned from the installed agent interface subnets. Common services can also be defined based on well known ports and/or protocols. Agent-based host names can also be evaluated to define potential application groupings. A generated application dependency mapping can be applied to understand potential application boundaries and potential policy recommendations. These steps can help a user to begin their segmentation strategy when deploying a workload protection solution.

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

Systems and methods for migration of distributed ledger node environments
Patent No. 12457264

Inventor(s): Abdul Raheem (Irving, TX), Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321112 on 05/22/2023 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may receive ledger information based on contents of a distributed ledger maintained by a first set of nodes, receive communication information associated with the first set of nodes, and establish a second set of nodes. Establishing the second set of nodes may includes providing the ledger information to the second set of nodes, providing the communication information, associated with the first set of nodes, to the second set of nodes, and maintaining information that the second set of nodes are in a first state. After establishing the second set of nodes, the system may obtain sync information from the first set of nodes, provide the sync information to the second set of nodes, and based on providing the sync information to the second set of nodes, maintain information that the second set of nodes are in a second state.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Systems and methods for cooling an electric aircraft
Patent No. 12454376

Inventor(s): Danny Lohan (Northville, MI), Shailesh Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18490998 on 10/20/2023 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling an electric aircraft. The system comprises an electronic device, a casing, at least one fin, and at least one PHP. The electronic device can generate heat. The electronic device can be housed within the casing. The fin can be attached to the outer wall of the casing. The PHP can be embedded within the fin, such that an evaporator section of the PHP is closest to the heat source and the condenser section of the PHP is furthest from the heat source. The PHP can also be placed within the casing. In some embodiments, the casing can have a plurality of slots. The fin can be shaped such that a single fin may slide into a pair of slots and come to rest adjacent to the casing, wherein a PHP can be embedded within the fin.

[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)

Stacked clip design for GaN half bridge IPM
Patent No. 12456707

Inventor(s): Kwang-Soo Kim (Sunnyvale, CA), Makoto Shibuya (Tokyo, , JP), Vivek Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17960871 on 10/06/2022 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate having first and second conductive traces, a semiconductor die having a transistor with a first terminal and a second terminal, and first and second metal clips. The first metal clip has a first end portion coupled to the first terminal of the transistor, and a second end portion coupled to the first conductive trace of the substrate. The second metal clip has a first end portion coupled to the second terminal of the transistor and a second end portion coupled to the second conductive trace of the substrate, and a middle portion of the second metal clip is spaced apart from and at least partially overlying a portion of the first metal clip.

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

Container for shipping a satellite terminal
Patent No. 12456801

Inventor(s): Elijah Burley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Airbus DS Government Solutions, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Fox Rothschild LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17003943 on 08/26/2020 (1889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A container for shipping a satellite terminal includes one or more compartments that are configured to partition an internal space of the container and securely receive one or more parts of the satellite terminal. The container further includes one or more devices that are configured to secure the parts and prevent them from being moved or damaged. The container, the compartments and the devices are of high-strength materials that bear a weight of the parts and external shocks.

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

Motor system for remote electronic tilt antennas and methods for controlling same
Patent No. 12456805

Inventor(s): Chih Lin Lin Chou (Allen, TX), Deepali A. Limaye (Frisco, TX), Edward Strehle (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: MYERS BIGEL, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18315248 on 05/10/2023 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to motor system for a multi-RET actuator system. The motor system includes a rotor configured to rotate within an interior cavity of a stator, a drive shaft coupled to the rotor and to a drive assembly of the multi-RET actuator system, an annular disc surrounding the stator, the annular disc is coupled to the rotor such that rotation of the rotor causes simultaneous rotation of the annular disc, a plurality of spaced apart magnets embedded within the annular disc, a HALL effect sensor, and a motor speed controller in communication with the rotor and the HALL effect sensor. Methods for controlling the position and speed of a motor system are also described herein.

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

Hybrid power fiber enclosure
Patent No. 12456852

Inventor(s): Walter Mark Hendrix (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17591169 on 02/02/2022 (1364 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid enclosure embodies a hybrid power fiber enclosure. The hybrid enclosure includes a power distribution area, within the hybrid enclosure, configured to distribute one or more power cables. The hybrid enclosure further includes a fiber tray with a fiber access area configured to distribute one or more optical cables. The fiber tray, when in a closed position within the hybrid enclosure, prevents access to at least a portion of the power distribution area.

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

Method for wireless charging and communication via clamping pulses
Patent No. 12456887

Inventor(s): Hongxuan Zhang (Austin, TX), Li Sun (Plano, TX), Luis Ortiz Hernandez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17353768 on 06/21/2021 (1590 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operation of a wireless charger device includes transmitting a wireless charging signal to a receiver device. The method further includes receiving a clamping pulse from the receiver device based on the wireless charging signal. The clamping pulse indicates a first value associated with a falling edge of the clamping pulse and further indicates a second value associated with a rising edge of the clamping pulse. The clamping pulse is detected based on a comparison of a first threshold with the first value and further based on a comparison of a second threshold with the second value, and the second threshold is different than the first threshold. The method further includes determining a charging state of the receiver device based on the clamping pulse.

[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)

Switch circuit control
Patent No. 12456976

Inventor(s): Sean Patrick McEnroe (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18175300 on 02/27/2023 (974 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes a switch circuit, a charge circuit, and a shutoff circuit. The switch circuit is configured to control passage of a data signal having a frequency of less than about 10 kilohertz (kHz) from an input terminal to an output terminal, the switch circuit having a control terminal. The charge circuit is coupled to a voltage supply and the switch circuit, wherein the charge circuit is configured to harvest a portion of current flowing through the switch circuit between the input terminal and the output terminal to maintain a charge at the control terminal greater than a programmed amount in a first state of operation and prevent charge from leaking from the control terminal. The shutoff circuit is coupled to the switch circuit and configured to discharge the charge at the control terminal in a second state of operation.

[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]

Sterile handle control mechanism
Patent No. 12456978

Inventor(s): James K. Alexanderson (Coppell, TX), Wojciech K. Timoszyk (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18636186 on 04/15/2024 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling characteristics of light emitted from a surgical light includes remotely configuring a surgical light, using a remote computing system communicatively connected to the surgical light, by selecting which of a plurality of characteristics of light emitted from the surgical light are adjustable by operation of a handle assembly of the surgical light. The method includes adjusting, using the handle assembly, at least one characteristic of the plurality of characteristics of the light emitted from the surgical light according to the selection of which of the plurality of characteristics of light emitted from the surgical light are adjustable by operation of the handle assembly.

Dithering techniques for analog-to-digital converters
Patent No. 12456988

Inventor(s): Himanshu Varshney (Bangalore, , IN), Mishab I (Malappuram, , IN), Nagarajan Viswanathan (Bangalore, , IN), Parth Sameer Kalgaonkar (Bangalore, , IN), Sai Aditya Nurani (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Mandy Barsilai Fernandez (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18397352 on 12/27/2023 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes first ADC circuitry, second ADC circuitry, and dither circuitry. The dither circuitry of the example ADC is to generate a first dither signal to produce a first dithered input signal at a first output coupled to an input of the first ADC circuitry, generate a second dither signal to produce a second dithered input signal at a second output coupled to an input of the second ADC circuitry, the first dither signal and the second dither signal to have opposite signs, and produce an output signal at a third output based on the first output of the first ADC circuitry and the second output of the second ADC circuitry.

[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]

Hybrid joint transmission for multiple antenna coordinated multipoint systems
Patent No. 12457018

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX), R A Nadisanka Perera Rupasinghe (Allen, TX), Thuy Van Nguyen (Plano, TX), Yang Li (Plano, TX), Yeqing Hu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18484293 on 10/10/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network entity includes a memory and a processor operable coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine a hybrid joint transmission (Hybrid-JT) signal for transmission from a wireless network associated with the network entity to a user equipment (UE). The Hybrid-JT signal includes a diversity joint transmission (Div-JT) component and a multiplexing joint transmission (Mux-JT) component. The processor is further configured to instruct the wireless network to transmit the Hybrid-JT signal to the UE.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method for identifying and highlighting available fibers in a fiber distribution hub
Patent No. 12457035

Inventor(s): Carlo Nino Alba (Dallas, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX), Vincenzo Gaccetta (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19022289 on 01/15/2025 (286 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking fiber port availability in a fiber distribution hub are presented. An exemplary method may include: determining that a connected termination unit associated with a fiber distribution hub uses more than a predetermined threshold value of bandwidth, the connected termination unit having an association with a port of a plurality of candidate ports included in the fiber distribution hub; responsive to the determining, transmitting an indication to transfer the connected termination unit to another port of the plurality of candidate ports; and updating a fiber distribution record representative of port availability in the fiber distribution hub to indicate an updated association between the connected termination unit and the another port.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Data integrity validation via degenerate keys
Patent No. 12457115

Inventor(s): Michael John Line (University Park, MD)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18625414 on 04/03/2024 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for developing a novel public/private key pair having unique properties are disclosed, whereby standard data security operations in existing data security infrastructures return a data integrity validation resultbut do not provide the intended data security of such infrastructures. These novel keys are referred to as degenerate keys and may be used to replace the public and private keys in existing public/private key cryptosystems. Because degenerate key data integrity validation may leverage existing data security infrastructures that are already widely-implemented, such examples may be applied immediately and configured to seamlessly transition from integrity only modes back to secure modes. In some instances, the degenerate key examples described herein may be employed during a software testing and/or factory validation stage of product development to allow for data integrity validation before burning in a developer”s active (i.e., non-degenerate) key to the product, thereby pairing the software to the hardware.

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

Packet header field extraction
Patent No. 12457172

Inventor(s): Patrick Bosshart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Barefoot Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Essential Patents Group, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18734862 on 06/05/2024 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for processing a packet for a pipeline of a hardware switch. The pipeline, in some embodiments, includes several different stages that match against packet header fields and modify packet header fields. The method receives a packet that includes a set of packet headers. The method then populates, for each packet header in the set of packet headers, (i) a first set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are used in the pipeline, and (ii) a second set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are not used in the pipeline.

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

User plane function configured to prioritize using a preferred internet protocol to establish a connection between user device and host server
Patent No. 12457191

Inventor(s): Cesare Natale (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18179292 on 03/06/2023 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user plane function (UPF) of a telecommunications network configured to prioritize IPv6 addresses over IPv4 addresses for transmitting content over the telecommunications network from a content server to a user device. The UPF can receive a content request at including a uniform resource locator (URL) pointing to a resource on a host server. The UPF can also receive DNS queries including an AAAA and A record request. The UPF can forward the AAAA record and A record to a DNS server and receive an IPv6 and IPv4 address in response. The UPF can either delay A record transmission to the user device or transmit an x-header to the user device to facilitate an IPv6 client-server connection. The UPF can generate a data packet with the resource from the host server and transmit it to the user device using the IPv6 client-server connection.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Controlling access to secure systems based on virtual private network detection
Patent No. 12457198

Inventor(s): Nicholas O”Reilly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18582884 on 02/21/2024 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for controlling access to secure resources when a VPN is detected. In some examples, a request to access an enterprise organization resource may be received by a computing platform and from a user computing device. The computing platform may determine whether a VPN is detected in the request. If not, the computing platform may enable a connection between the user computing device and the requested resource. If a VPN is detected, data may be extracted from the request. The data may include identification of a user, a type of VPN and/or a type of user computing device. The extracted data may be input to an AI/ML model and the model may be executed to generate a customized notification. The notification may indicate that use of a VPN has been detected and may provide customized instructions to disable the type of VPN detected.

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

Systems and methods for correlating decrypted TLS messages with network data in real time
Patent No. 12457243

Inventor(s): John Curtin (Richardson, TX), Tarun M. Tiwari (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NetScout Systems, Inc. (Westford, MA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18598974 on 03/07/2024 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes identifying, via a kernel application executing in a kernel of a server hosting an application, a handshake operation for a communication session between a client device and the server; retrieving, via the kernel application, a session identifier for the communication session from one or more handshaking messages of the handshake operation for the communication session; storing, via the kernel application, the session identifier in a cache within the kernel; retrieving, via the kernel application, one or more data transfer messages of the communication session after the communication session has been established; correlating, via the kernel application, the one or more data transfer messages of the communication session based on the one or more data transfer messages containing the session identifier; and generating, via the kernel application, a record comprising the one or more correlated data transfer messages.

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

System and method for managing communication through seamless transitions between synchronous and asynchronous communications
Patent No. 12457255

Inventor(s): Alan W. McCord (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): ICA AI, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL)
Law Firm: Marin Patents LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19224748 on 05/31/2025 (150 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for managing communication transitions between synchronous and asynchronous communication channels across diverse communication interfaces is disclosed. The system comprises a communication management server implementing an AI orchestration framework that coordinates bidirectional transitions across multiple communication channels while maintaining contextual integrity and communication privacy. When a primary communication device is unavailable to attend to an incoming communication, an AI communication agent may initiate a synchronous communication channel with the initial communication source. Upon detecting a mode switch opportunity, a communication mode orchestrator generates an asynchronous communication channel using an optimal transducer interface between the AI communication agent and the secondary communication device. The communication mode orchestrator enables transitions between the asynchronous and synchronous communication channels to relay selective information. A conversation state manager preserves distinct context boundaries between the communication channels, allowing for sophisticated multi-modal communication routing and management.

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

Reduced complexity coefficient transmission for adaptive loop filtering (ALF)
Patent No. 12457346

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18659605 on 05/09/2024 (537 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for adaptive loop filtering is provided that includes determining a coefficient value for each coefficient position of an adaptive loop filter, applying the adaptive loop filter to at least a portion of a reconstructed picture using the coefficient values, and entropy encoding coefficient values into a compressed bit stream using predetermined short binary codes, wherein the short binary code used depends on the coefficient position of the coefficient value.

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

Image intensified and color sensor camera
Patent No. 12457393

Inventor(s): John Barnett Hammond (Roanoke, VA)
Assignee(s): Elbit Systems of America, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18223904 on 07/19/2023 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A camera system includes a first imaging sensor, a second imaging sensor, and a controllable mirror system. The mirror system includes a mirror disposed at a fixed position to the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor, and a controller to control a signal applied to the mirror. The mirror system transmits a first portion of incident light through the mirror to the first imaging sensor, and reflects a second portion of the light to the second imaging sensor. A method of producing color images includes receiving incident light on a surface of the mirror, controlling the mirror to direct a first portion of the light to a first imaging sensor and a second portion of the light to a second imaging sensor, receiving first imaging sensor data from the first imaging sensor, and receiving second imaging sensor data from the second imaging sensor.

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

Self calibrating barrier modulation pixel
Patent No. 12457433

Inventor(s): Adi Xhakoni (Kessel Lo, , BE), Denver Lloyd (Boise, ID), Scott Johnson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): ams Sensors USA Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18681721 on 08/10/2022 (1175 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment a method for operating a pixel arrangement includes, during an exposure period, accumulating, by a photodetector, in a first integration period, charge carriers, pulsing, at an end of the first integration period, a transfer transistor to a first voltage level for transferring a portion of the accumulated charge carriers to a diffusion node, wherein the portion is configured to be drained to a supply voltage, continuing, by the photodetector, to accumulate, in a second integration period, charge carriers, after the second integration period, pulsing the transfer transistor to a respective further voltage level with at least one additional pulse, wherein, with each additional pulse, an additional portion of the accumulated charge carriers is configured to be drained to the supply voltage, and wherein each additional pulse is followed by an additional continued accumulation of charge carriers in a respective additional integration period with the photodetector.

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

Automatic identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior
Patent No. 12457479

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Lathan Lewis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18672075 on 05/23/2024 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination.

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

System and method for providing mobile services via virtual roaming
Patent No. 12457483

Inventor(s): Andrew George Bale (Watford, , GB), Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), John Michael Murray (Selby, , GB), Probal Mukherjee (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18401443 on 12/30/2023 (668 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of transmitting, via a virtual network, a message to a home network informing the home network that a home network subscriber device is roaming on the virtual network, activating, via the virtual network, a mobile subscription for the home network subscriber device on the virtual network, receiving, via the virtual network, a call for the home network subscriber device that is routed from the home network, routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device with the activated mobile subscription, wherein the routing further comprises executing, via the virtual network, value added services while routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device, generating, via the virtual network, a record of the executed value added services, and submitting, via the virtual network, the generated record to the home network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

On-demand subscription concealed identifier (SUCI) deconcealment for select applications
Patent No. 12457490

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17748459 on 05/19/2022 (1258 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device executing a Network Exposure Function (NEF) receives, from a requestor, an on-demand Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) deconcealment request associated with a mobile network subscriber. The NEF sends a second SUCI deconcealment request to a network function (NF) in the mobile network, where the second SUCI deconcealment request includes a SUCI associated with the mobile network subscriber. The NEF receives, from the NF, a SUCI deconcealment response that includes a Subscription Permanent Identifier (SUPI), associated with the mobile network subscriber, decrypted from the SUCI by the NF, and forwards the SUCI deconcealment response to the requestor.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Normalizing and securely transmitting telematics data
Patent No. 12457491

Inventor(s): Mahmoud Haidar (Dallas, TX), Matthew Himelfarb (Dallas, TX), Shawn Casey (Dallas, TX), Shayne O”Sullivan (Dallas, TX), Stephen Sheaffer (Dallas, TX), Vann Walke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): VINLI, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MYERS BIGEL, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17881361 on 08/04/2022 (1181 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for securely transmitting information are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a user identification token from a mobile device associated with a first user; verify an identity of the first user utilizing the user identification token; provide a positive response token to the mobile device associated with the first user indicating the identity of the first user has been verified; based on providing the positive response token, receive telematics data, the user identification token, and a timestamp from the mobile device associated with the first user; normalize the received telematics data; based on privacy settings derived from the mobile device associated with the first user, receive permission, from the first user, to share the normalized telematics data; and based on receiving permission, from the first user, to share the normalized telematics data, transmitting at least a portion of the normalized telematics data to a second user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Managing operation of a data processing system for shared wireless connection
Patent No. 12457493

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18649206 on 04/29/2024 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a data processing system for shared wireless connection operation are disclosed. The method may include establishing wireless connection profiles for use in wireless communications by hardware resources of the data processing system. The wireless connection profiles may be securely synchronized with a cache hosted by a management controller of the data processing system. To do so, wireless connection profiles may be securely transmitted by an operating system agent to the management controller using a key pair controlled by the management controller. The wireless connection profiles may also be securely synchronized with a second data processing system to utilize a shared wireless connection profile with the first data processing system in operation.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods, base station and terminal device for two-step random access procedure
Patent No. 12457636

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: 17419673 on 08/16/2019 (2265 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, a base station, and a terminal device for a two-step random access procedure are disclosed. The base station transmits a first message indicating a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) which is to be used for a second message in the two-step random access procedure, through an air interface. The SCS of the PUSCH is same as an SCS used for message 3 in a four-step random access procedure. The base station receives the second message based on the SCS of the PUSCH through the air interface in the two-step random access procedure.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for automatic X2-U/Xn-U link selection
Patent No. 12457651

Inventor(s): Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen (Acton, MA), Purnima Venkata Kompella (Bangalore, , IN), Shanthakumar Ramakrishnan (Westford, MA), Vagish Srinivasamurthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18184313 on 03/15/2023 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic X2-U/Xn-U link selection are provided herein. In one example, a method includes determining whether a local communication link between a first base station (FBS) and a second base station (SBS) is possible. In response to determining that the local communication link is possible, the method includes sending a request, including a local IP address for a FBS BBU, to the SBS for an address suitable for establishing a communication link. The method includes determining whether to include a local IP address for an SBS BBU in a response to the request. In response to determining to include the local IP address for the SBS, the method includes sending the response, including the local IP address for the SBS BBU to the FBS. The method includes establishing the local communication link between the FBS and SBS using the local IP addresses without using a security gateway.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

3D printed semiconductor package
Patent No. 12457756

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Daniel Lee Revier (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18404496 on 01/04/2024 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, an integrated circuit comprises: a substrate; a semiconductor die on the substrate; and a device on the substrate and electrically coupled to the semiconductor die, the device including a polymer structure coated with a metal.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Power MOSFET with gate-source ESD diode structure
Patent No. 12457775

Inventor(s): Chia-Wei Hu (New Taipei, , TW), Ta-Chuan Kuo (New Taipei, , TW), Wan-Yu Kai (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18762567 on 07/02/2024 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a drain and a source on opposing sides of an epitaxial layer, a body region and a plurality of gates formed in the epitaxial layer, an interlayer dielectric layer over the epitaxial layer, a gate-source electrostatic discharge (ESD) diode in the interlayer dielectric layer, a source contact connected to the source and a first terminal of the gate-source ESD diode structure, a gate contact connected to the plurality of gates and a second terminal of the gate-source ESD diode structure, a drain contact on opposing sides of the epitaxial layer of the source contact, a breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure formed underneath the gate-source ESD diode structure, wherein the breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure comprises a body ring structure.

Photon detector array assembly
Patent No. 12457808

Inventor(s): Eduardo Bartolome (Dallas, TX), Rakul Viswanath (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18312948 on 05/05/2023 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a photon detector array with a first signal output pad coupled to a photon detector array pixel; a die carrier comprising a readout integrated circuit (ROIC) die and a conductor layer having conductors that couple a first signal input pad on the conductor layer to an input signal lead of the ROIC die; and the first signal output pad coupled to the first signal input pad.

Human-shaped tray
Patent No. D1099637

Inventor(s): Ricardo Pagan (DeSoto, TX)
Assignee(s): Zion Custom Woodworking, LLC (DeSoto, TX)
Law Firm: Streets Law Firm, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29945218 on 05/31/2024 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Two-tier drawer organizing tray for eating and cooking utensils
Patent No. D1099648

Inventor(s): Jimmy Seifert (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Hubbard Law, PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29766549 on 01/15/2021 (1747 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Proximal flow sensor
Patent No. D1099729

Inventor(s): Rahul Avasthi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29941583 on 05/10/2024 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Proximal flow sensor
Patent No. D1099730

Inventor(s): Rahul Avasthi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29954647 on 07/29/2024 (456 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle air dam
Patent No. D1099793

Inventor(s): Quentin Vanderlaan (Prosper, TX), Victor Garcia (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29959795 on 08/27/2024 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D1099920

Inventor(s): Kelli L. Biegger (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29904648 on 10/10/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D1099921

Inventor(s): Kelli L. Biegger (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29904665 on 10/10/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D1099922

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle body mount
Patent No. D1100066

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29938911 on 04/24/2024 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bathtub
Patent No. D1100148

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ), Jean-Jacques L”Henaff (New Canaan, CT)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29902590 on 09/14/2023 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Combined smoking article and hand-held holder
Patent No. D1100320

Inventor(s): Brian K. Reaux (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29793590 on 06/16/2023 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D1100381

Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29831703 on 03/22/2022 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Edible pet chew
Patent No. D1100382

Inventor(s): Jun Hao (Plano, TX), Sheng Chieh Kao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NATURAL POLYMER INTERNATIONAL (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch Birch, LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29942180 on 05/14/2024 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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