Systems And Methods For Performing A Purchase Transaction Using Rewards Points
Patent No. 11562424
A system and method for performing a purchase transaction using rewards points by receiving a purchase request using a financial account with associated account information, determining based on the account information that the financial account is associated with a rewards program with rewards points, and providing the option to pay for the purchase using the financial account or at least a portion of the rewards points. The purchase may be paid for using rewards points from multiple rewards programs and/or multiple financial accounts.
Inventors: Richard Elliott (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Sextone (Richmond); Patricia Hansen (Glen Allen, Va.); Rhett Edwards (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Electronic Aerosol-generating Smoking Device
Patent No. 11559083
An electronic aerosol-generating smoking device includes a main body having a heating region for heating aerosol-forming substrate. The main body includes a front housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater in the main body and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity. At least a portion of an internal surface of the main body is at least one of a hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic surface.
Inventors: Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switz.); Fablen Duc (Neuchatel, Switz.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
High Flow Tap For Dispensing Fluids From A Container And Related Applications
Patent No. 11560300
A tap dispenser assembly for use with a fluid container including a tap body, a spring button, and a valve. The tap body includes an attachment portion, a dispensing portion, and a fluid channel with an upper wall and a lower wall. The dispensing portion includes a valve stem guide and a guide support. The guide support is above the lower wall and/or the upper wall. The valve is connected to the spring button and is slidingly inserted into the valve stem guide. The tap dispenser assembly has a closed position where the spring button is not depressed and the valve seals the dispensing portion and an open position where the spring button is depressed and the seal between the valve and dispensing portion is broken, allowing fluid to flow from the tap dispenser assembly.
Inventors: Ronald E. Kieras (Woodstock, Ill.); Loren L. Brelje (Glencoe, Minn.); Matthew Ruschmeier (Glencoe, Minn.)
Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp. (Richmond)
Jan. 24, 2023
Transaction Exchange Platform With Watchdog Microservice
Patent No. 11562367
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
Inventors: Earle Michael Lee (Moseley, Va.); Jordan May (Richmond); William Planck (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 22559638
A cartridge of an electronic vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction. The housing includes a sidewall, a transverse wall at the first end of the sidewall, and an inner tube integrally formed with the housing. The sidewall is generally cylindrical and a first end and a second end. The transverse wall includes at least one outlet therein. The inner tube extends in the longitudinal direction. The inner tube is concentrically positioned with respect to the sidewall. The inner tube communicates with the at least one outlet. The cartridge also includes a reservoir between the sidewall and the inner tube. The reservoir is configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation.
Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner (Chesterfield, Va.); Peter J. Lipowicz (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 24, 2023
Transaction Exchange Platform With Watchdog Microservice
Patent No. 11562368
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
Inventors: Earle Michael Lee (Moseley, Va.); Jordan May (Richmond); William Planck (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Compound Horizontal Filter Assembly Machine And Process
Patent No. 11559080
An apparatus and processes for producing compound cigarette filters by horizontally assembling multiple filter segments onto the horizontally oriented transverse flutes of a continuous belt. Spaced apart hoppers are serially arranged above the belt, and each hopper contains at least one of the multiple segments of the compound filter being assembled. A transfer structure between each hopper and the belt serially delivers the filter segments to the flutes on the belt, and after such assembly the various filter segments are removed as a group from each flute of the continuous belt. The filter segments are then combined as a group with wrapped tobacco rods to thereby produce filtered cigarettes.
Inventors: Michael S. Braunshteyn (Richmond); Raquel M. Olegario (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Jan. 24, 2023
High Buoyancy Composite Materials
Patent No. 11561069
Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transform a portion of the binder into raised, discontinuous patches bonded to fiber/tape surfaces, while another portion of the particulate binder remains on the fibers/tapes as unmelted particles. The presence of the unmelted binder particles maintains empty spaces within the composite materials which increases the positive buoyancy of the composites in water.
Inventors: Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond); Tyler Bartelt (Chesterfield, Va.); Henry Gerard Ardiff (Chesterfield, Va.); Gary Kratzer (Midlothian, Va.); David A. Hurst (Richmond); Lori L. Wagner (Richmond)
Assignee: Honeywell International (Charlotte, N.C.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Crafting Effective Policies For Identity And Access Management Roles
Patent No. 11562082
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for preemptively evaluating whether roles are over-privileged within an (IAM) identity and access management system. Roles may be over-privileged when they are granted permissions to perform certain actions outside the scope granted to those roles. The evaluation occurs without submitting the certain actions to the IAM system and allows roles to be evaluated on a preemptive basis so that corrective actions may be taken to prevent unauthorized access to resources. Roles may be associated with policies which may each define different permissions for accessing resources. The evaluation may involve generating an effective policy from the policies associated with a role to provide a comprehensive view of all permissions associated with the role. The specified solution operates to generate an effective permission for accessing a resource and evaluating whether that effective permission is outside of a permissible scope of access for the role.
Inventors: Matthew A. Ghiold (Glen Allen, Va.); Gavin McGrew (Henrico, Va.); Devon Powley (Reston, Va.); Dale Greene Jr. (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Content Management Using Contactless Cards
Patent No. 11563583
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, each of the transmitting and receiving devices can contain a master key. The transmitting device can generate a diversified key using the master key, protect a counter value and encrypt data prior to transmitting to the receiving device, which can generate the diversified key based on the master key and can decrypt the data and validate the protected counter value using the diversified key.
Inventors: Kaitlin Newman (Washington, D.C.); Kimberly Haynes (Reston, Va.); Charles Nathan Crank (Henrico, Va.); Andew Cogswell (Midlothian, Va.); Colin Hart (Arlington, Va.); Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Lara Mossler (Farmville, Va.); Latika Gulati (Annandale, Va.); Abdelkader Benkreira (Washington, D.C.); Sarah Jane Cunningham (Arlington, Va.); Sophie Bermudez (Washington, D.C.); Michael Mossoba (Arlington, Va.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Techniques For Excess Resource Utilization
Patent No. 11563693
Techniques to utilize excess resources in a cloud system, such as by enabling an auxiliary resource utilizer to use resources while they are not needed to support primary resource utilizers, are described herein. Some embodiments are directed to identifying and allocating excess capacity of resources in a cloud system to auxiliary resource utilizers based on one or more policies. In various embodiments, excess resources in one or more of the set of resources in the cloud system, or cloud resources, may be determined based on monitoring utilization of the cloud resources by the primary resource utilizers. In many embodiments, an auxiliary resource utilizer that is in compliance with a set of utilization policies may be identified and the excess resources may be allocated to the auxiliary resource utilizer.
Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bryan Pinos (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Method Of Making A Multilayered Elastomeric Article
Patent No. 11559090
Elastomeric articles, such as gloves, made from more than one layer, are provided. The gloves can include a first (grip side) layer in which a first colorant is compounded or integrated and a second (donning side) layer in which a second colorant is compounded or integrated. Alternatively, the gloves can include a translucent first layer and a second layer in which a colorant is compounded or integrated. Either arrangement can enable a breach of the first layer to be more easily detected, either due to the high level of contrast between the first layer and the second when a first colorant and a second colorant are utilized, or due to the translucence of the first layer as compared to the donning side layer, where the intensity of the second layer is increased upon a breach of the translucent first layer.
Inventors: Shantilal H. Modha (Milton, Ga.); Patrick H. Robert (Alpharetta, Ga.); Sopha Issara (Songkhala, Thailand); Zamsari Zakaria (Perak, Malaysia)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Non-nicotine Pod Assemblies And Non-nicotine E-vaping Devices
Patent No. 11564416
A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a non-nicotine pod assembly and a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly. The non-nicotine pod assembly is configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The through hole of the device body includes at least one sidewall that is configured to deflect during an insertion of the non-nicotine pod assembly. One or more sidewalls of the through hole may include at least one protrusion configured to engage with corresponding recesses of the non-nicotine pod assembly so as to retain the non-nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body.
Inventors: Yannick Hourmand (Richmond); Christopher Newcomb (Richmond); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 31, 2023
Electronic Smoking Article
Patent No. 11564418
An electronic smoking article or electronic vaping article includes a reservoir containing a liquid material and having an outlet, a capillary having a capillary inlet and a capillary outlet, the capillary inlet of the capillary in communication with the outlet of the reservoir, a heater operable to heat the capillary to a temperature sufficient to at least initially volatilize liquid material contained within the capillary, and a shuttle valve between the outlet of the reservoir and the capillary inlet. The shuttle valve is operable to prevent release of liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in a closed position and is operable to release liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in an open position.
Inventors: David B. Kane (Richmond); David R. Schiff (Highland Park, Va.); Tony Gatta (Philadelphia, Penn.); Chris Carrick (Newark, Del.); Jonathan D. Albert (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 31, 2023
System And Method To Compute A Pixel Sensitivity Map Of An Imaging Device
Patent No. 11565133
An image calibration method includes capturing and correcting a flood field image for background signal and effects of known image-panel features (dead/bad pixels). The corrected image is processed to separate frequencies characteristic of relative pixel sensitivities from frequencies characteristic of radiation energy fluence. The incident energy fluence has a known maximum in-field energy fluence gradient. A model that describes the incident energy fluence on a detector is generated or received. The corrected image may be modeled at frequencies at or below the maximum in-field energy fluence gradient. A pixel sensitivity matrix (PSM) is generated by adjusting the corrected image with the model of the incident energy fluence on the detector. For example, the corrected image signal may be divided by the model or the model may be subtracted from the corrected image. The PSM may be used to correct additional raw images captured by the detector.
Inventors: Jeffrey Vincent Siebers (Richmond); Mahmoud Ahmed (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Systems And Methods For Detecting Drift Between Data Used To Train A Machine Learning Model And Data Used To Execute The Machine Learning Model
Patent No. 11568167
In some embodiments, a first plurality of representations are extracted from a first data set. A first set of distributions are generated based on the first plurality of representations. A machine learning model is trained based on the first plurality of representations and the first set of distributions. A second plurality of representations are extracted from a second data set different from the first data set. The machine learning model is executed based on the second plurality of representations to produce a second set of distributions. An anomaly score is determined for each datum from the second data set to produce a set of anomaly scores. The set of anomaly scores are determined based on the first set of distributions and the second set of distributions. A notification is generated when at least one anomaly score from the set of anomaly scores is larger than a predetermined threshold.
Inventors: Keegan E. Hines (Richmond); John P. Dickerson (Washington, D.C.); Karthik Rao (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.); Rowan Cheung (New York, N.Y.); Reese M. E. Hyde (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Assignee: Arthur AI (New York, N.Y.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Direct-gap Group IV Alloy Nanocrystals With Composition-tunable Energy Gaps And Near-infrared Photoluminescence
Patent No. 11566173
Colloidal synthesis of narrowly disperse, near IR emitting Group IV alloy quantum dots with wide range of Sn compositions via reduction of precursor halides is provided, allowing for less-toxic, earth abundant, and silicon-compatible Group IV alloy quantum dots for application in a broad range of electronic and photonic technologies.
Inventors: Indika U. Arachchige (Henrico, Va.); Umit Ozgur (Richmond); Denis O. Demchenko (Richmond); Venkatesham Tallapally (Richmond); Tanner A. Nakagawara (Richmond)
Inventor: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Jan. 31, 2023
Systems And Methods For Percutaneous Access, Formation, And Maintenance Of Arteriovenous Fistulas
Patent No. 11564728
Methods for creating and maintaining an anastomosis between two adjacent blood vessels using percutaneous techniques, for use in hemodialysis procedures are disclosed and described.
Inventors: Brad M. Kellerman (Escondido, Calif.); Gene B. Reu (San Clemente, Calif.); Mark A. Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.); Jeffrey E. Hull (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Identifying Outdated Cloud Computing Services
Patent No. 11570263
A cloud tracking system may store configuration data separately for each account of multiple accounts that an entity has with a cloud computing provider and may aggregate the configuration data into a data structure that stores the configuration data together for the multiple accounts. The cloud tracking system may receive a request that includes a user identifier of a user associated with the entity and may search for the user identifier in the data structure. The cloud tracking system may identify a set of deployed cloud computing services associated with the user identifier based on searching for the user identifier in the data structure, wherein the set of deployed cloud computing services is associated with more than one account of the multiple accounts. The cloud tracking system may identify one or more deployed cloud computing services, of the set of deployed cloud computing services, that are outdated.
Inventors: Divya Mathew (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Software-defined Radio Linking Systems
Patent No. 11569848
The disclosed invention includes methods for linking individual software-defined radios (SDR) into a cohesive network of SDRs capable of recording a sample of radiofrequency (RF) signals emitted in an RF environment. Individual SDRs communicate with an IP network, and host a linking application that executes the recording. A user identifies a lead SDR from among the SDRs, and uses the lead SDR to task participating SDRs with reference to a clock source. Also disclosed is a system of SDRs configured to be linked into a cohesive network of SDRs capable of recording a sample of RF signals emitted in an RF environment. Embodiments of the disclosed invention include co-located and dispersed SDRs. Some embodiments use SDRs organized into a mesh network. Embodiments of the disclosed invention are configured to perform total band monitoring, total band capture, RF environment simulation, interference identification, interference simulation, and distributed quality of service evaluation of wireless networks.
Inventors: Joseph Payton (Fredericksburg, Va.); Nicholas E. Ortyl III (Bedford, Mass.); Stephen Hernandez (Silver Spring, Md.); Samantha S. Palmer (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Parsons Corp. (Centreville, Va.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Firearm Conversion Device
Patent No. 11566858
A device for converting a semiautomatic firearm to a non-semiautomatic firearm. The device includes a bolt stop lever pivotally attachable to a receiver of a firearm, a spring configured to be installed in contact with the bolt stop lever and a firearm receiver such that the spring exerts a force on the bolt stop lever to retain the bolt stop lever in a first position, and, a bolt release mechanism operatively coupleable to the bolt stop lever and configured to pivot the bolt stop lever against the force of the spring into a second position. The bolt release mechanism is operatively decoupled from the bolt stop lever when the bolt stop lever reaches the second position. When in the first position the bolt stop lever restricts motion of a bolt of the firearm, and when in the second position, the bolt stop lever permits motion of the firearm bolt.
Inventors: Aaron J. Carroll (Moseley, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Jan. 31, 2023
Systems And Methods For Performing A Purchase Transaction Using Rewards Points
Patent No. 11562424
A system and method for performing a purchase transaction using rewards points by receiving a purchase request using a financial account with associated account information, determining based on the account information that the financial account is associated with a rewards program with rewards points, and providing the option to pay for the purchase using the financial account or at least a portion of the rewards points. The purchase may be paid for using rewards points from multiple rewards programs and/or multiple financial accounts.
Inventors: Richard Elliott (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Sextone (Richmond); Patricia Hansen (Glen Allen, Va.); Rhett Edwards (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Electronic Aerosol-generating Smoking Device
Patent No. 11559083
An electronic aerosol-generating smoking device includes a main body having a heating region for heating aerosol-forming substrate. The main body includes a front housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater in the main body and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity. At least a portion of an internal surface of the main body is at least one of a hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic surface.
Inventors: Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switz.); Fablen Duc (Neuchatel, Switz.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
High Flow Tap For Dispensing Fluids From A Container And Related Applications
Patent No. 11560300
A tap dispenser assembly for use with a fluid container including a tap body, a spring button, and a valve. The tap body includes an attachment portion, a dispensing portion, and a fluid channel with an upper wall and a lower wall. The dispensing portion includes a valve stem guide and a guide support. The guide support is above the lower wall and/or the upper wall. The valve is connected to the spring button and is slidingly inserted into the valve stem guide. The tap dispenser assembly has a closed position where the spring button is not depressed and the valve seals the dispensing portion and an open position where the spring button is depressed and the seal between the valve and dispensing portion is broken, allowing fluid to flow from the tap dispenser assembly.
Inventors: Ronald E. Kieras (Woodstock, Ill.); Loren L. Brelje (Glencoe, Minn.); Matthew Ruschmeier (Glencoe, Minn.)
Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp. (Richmond)
Jan. 24, 2023
Transaction Exchange Platform With Watchdog Microservice
Patent No. 11562367
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
Inventors: Earle Michael Lee (Moseley, Va.); Jordan May (Richmond); William Planck (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 22559638
A cartridge of an electronic vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction. The housing includes a sidewall, a transverse wall at the first end of the sidewall, and an inner tube integrally formed with the housing. The sidewall is generally cylindrical and a first end and a second end. The transverse wall includes at least one outlet therein. The inner tube extends in the longitudinal direction. The inner tube is concentrically positioned with respect to the sidewall. The inner tube communicates with the at least one outlet. The cartridge also includes a reservoir between the sidewall and the inner tube. The reservoir is configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation.
Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner (Chesterfield, Va.); Peter J. Lipowicz (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 24, 2023
Transaction Exchange Platform With Watchdog Microservice
Patent No. 11562368
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
Inventors: Earle Michael Lee (Moseley, Va.); Jordan May (Richmond); William Planck (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Compound Horizontal Filter Assembly Machine And Process
Patent No. 11559080
An apparatus and processes for producing compound cigarette filters by horizontally assembling multiple filter segments onto the horizontally oriented transverse flutes of a continuous belt. Spaced apart hoppers are serially arranged above the belt, and each hopper contains at least one of the multiple segments of the compound filter being assembled. A transfer structure between each hopper and the belt serially delivers the filter segments to the flutes on the belt, and after such assembly the various filter segments are removed as a group from each flute of the continuous belt. The filter segments are then combined as a group with wrapped tobacco rods to thereby produce filtered cigarettes.
Inventors: Michael S. Braunshteyn (Richmond); Raquel M. Olegario (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Jan. 24, 2023
High Buoyancy Composite Materials
Patent No. 11561069
Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transform a portion of the binder into raised, discontinuous patches bonded to fiber/tape surfaces, while another portion of the particulate binder remains on the fibers/tapes as unmelted particles. The presence of the unmelted binder particles maintains empty spaces within the composite materials which increases the positive buoyancy of the composites in water.
Inventors: Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond); Tyler Bartelt (Chesterfield, Va.); Henry Gerard Ardiff (Chesterfield, Va.); Gary Kratzer (Midlothian, Va.); David A. Hurst (Richmond); Lori L. Wagner (Richmond)
Assignee: Honeywell International (Charlotte, N.C.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Crafting Effective Policies For Identity And Access Management Roles
Patent No. 11562082
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for preemptively evaluating whether roles are over-privileged within an (IAM) identity and access management system. Roles may be over-privileged when they are granted permissions to perform certain actions outside the scope granted to those roles. The evaluation occurs without submitting the certain actions to the IAM system and allows roles to be evaluated on a preemptive basis so that corrective actions may be taken to prevent unauthorized access to resources. Roles may be associated with policies which may each define different permissions for accessing resources. The evaluation may involve generating an effective policy from the policies associated with a role to provide a comprehensive view of all permissions associated with the role. The specified solution operates to generate an effective permission for accessing a resource and evaluating whether that effective permission is outside of a permissible scope of access for the role.
Inventors: Matthew A. Ghiold (Glen Allen, Va.); Gavin McGrew (Henrico, Va.); Devon Powley (Reston, Va.); Dale Greene Jr. (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Systems And Methods For Content Management Using Contactless Cards
Patent No. 11563583
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, each of the transmitting and receiving devices can contain a master key. The transmitting device can generate a diversified key using the master key, protect a counter value and encrypt data prior to transmitting to the receiving device, which can generate the diversified key based on the master key and can decrypt the data and validate the protected counter value using the diversified key.
Inventors: Kaitlin Newman (Washington, D.C.); Kimberly Haynes (Reston, Va.); Charles Nathan Crank (Henrico, Va.); Andew Cogswell (Midlothian, Va.); Colin Hart (Arlington, Va.); Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Lara Mossler (Farmville, Va.); Latika Gulati (Annandale, Va.); Abdelkader Benkreira (Washington, D.C.); Sarah Jane Cunningham (Arlington, Va.); Sophie Bermudez (Washington, D.C.); Michael Mossoba (Arlington, Va.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Techniques For Excess Resource Utilization
Patent No. 11563693
Techniques to utilize excess resources in a cloud system, such as by enabling an auxiliary resource utilizer to use resources while they are not needed to support primary resource utilizers, are described herein. Some embodiments are directed to identifying and allocating excess capacity of resources in a cloud system to auxiliary resource utilizers based on one or more policies. In various embodiments, excess resources in one or more of the set of resources in the cloud system, or cloud resources, may be determined based on monitoring utilization of the cloud resources by the primary resource utilizers. In many embodiments, an auxiliary resource utilizer that is in compliance with a set of utilization policies may be identified and the excess resources may be allocated to the auxiliary resource utilizer.
Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bryan Pinos (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Method Of Making A Multilayered Elastomeric Article
Patent No. 11559090
Elastomeric articles, such as gloves, made from more than one layer, are provided. The gloves can include a first (grip side) layer in which a first colorant is compounded or integrated and a second (donning side) layer in which a second colorant is compounded or integrated. Alternatively, the gloves can include a translucent first layer and a second layer in which a colorant is compounded or integrated. Either arrangement can enable a breach of the first layer to be more easily detected, either due to the high level of contrast between the first layer and the second when a first colorant and a second colorant are utilized, or due to the translucence of the first layer as compared to the donning side layer, where the intensity of the second layer is increased upon a breach of the translucent first layer.
Inventors: Shantilal H. Modha (Milton, Ga.); Patrick H. Robert (Alpharetta, Ga.); Sopha Issara (Songkhala, Thailand); Zamsari Zakaria (Perak, Malaysia)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Jan. 24, 2023
Non-nicotine Pod Assemblies And Non-nicotine E-vaping Devices
Patent No. 11564416
A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a non-nicotine pod assembly and a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly. The non-nicotine pod assembly is configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The through hole of the device body includes at least one sidewall that is configured to deflect during an insertion of the non-nicotine pod assembly. One or more sidewalls of the through hole may include at least one protrusion configured to engage with corresponding recesses of the non-nicotine pod assembly so as to retain the non-nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body.
Inventors: Yannick Hourmand (Richmond); Christopher Newcomb (Richmond); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 31, 2023
Electronic Smoking Article
Patent No. 11564418
An electronic smoking article or electronic vaping article includes a reservoir containing a liquid material and having an outlet, a capillary having a capillary inlet and a capillary outlet, the capillary inlet of the capillary in communication with the outlet of the reservoir, a heater operable to heat the capillary to a temperature sufficient to at least initially volatilize liquid material contained within the capillary, and a shuttle valve between the outlet of the reservoir and the capillary inlet. The shuttle valve is operable to prevent release of liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in a closed position and is operable to release liquid material from the reservoir when the shuttle valve is in an open position.
Inventors: David B. Kane (Richmond); David R. Schiff (Highland Park, Va.); Tony Gatta (Philadelphia, Penn.); Chris Carrick (Newark, Del.); Jonathan D. Albert (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 31, 2023
System And Method To Compute A Pixel Sensitivity Map Of An Imaging Device
Patent No. 11565133
An image calibration method includes capturing and correcting a flood field image for background signal and effects of known image-panel features (dead/bad pixels). The corrected image is processed to separate frequencies characteristic of relative pixel sensitivities from frequencies characteristic of radiation energy fluence. The incident energy fluence has a known maximum in-field energy fluence gradient. A model that describes the incident energy fluence on a detector is generated or received. The corrected image may be modeled at frequencies at or below the maximum in-field energy fluence gradient. A pixel sensitivity matrix (PSM) is generated by adjusting the corrected image with the model of the incident energy fluence on the detector. For example, the corrected image signal may be divided by the model or the model may be subtracted from the corrected image. The PSM may be used to correct additional raw images captured by the detector.
Inventors: Jeffrey Vincent Siebers (Richmond); Mahmoud Ahmed (Charlottesville, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Systems And Methods For Detecting Drift Between Data Used To Train A Machine Learning Model And Data Used To Execute The Machine Learning Model
Patent No. 11568167
In some embodiments, a first plurality of representations are extracted from a first data set. A first set of distributions are generated based on the first plurality of representations. A machine learning model is trained based on the first plurality of representations and the first set of distributions. A second plurality of representations are extracted from a second data set different from the first data set. The machine learning model is executed based on the second plurality of representations to produce a second set of distributions. An anomaly score is determined for each datum from the second data set to produce a set of anomaly scores. The set of anomaly scores are determined based on the first set of distributions and the second set of distributions. A notification is generated when at least one anomaly score from the set of anomaly scores is larger than a predetermined threshold.
Inventors: Keegan E. Hines (Richmond); John P. Dickerson (Washington, D.C.); Karthik Rao (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.); Rowan Cheung (New York, N.Y.); Reese M. E. Hyde (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Assignee: Arthur AI (New York, N.Y.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Direct-gap Group IV Alloy Nanocrystals With Composition-tunable Energy Gaps And Near-infrared Photoluminescence
Patent No. 11566173
Colloidal synthesis of narrowly disperse, near IR emitting Group IV alloy quantum dots with wide range of Sn compositions via reduction of precursor halides is provided, allowing for less-toxic, earth abundant, and silicon-compatible Group IV alloy quantum dots for application in a broad range of electronic and photonic technologies.
Inventors: Indika U. Arachchige (Henrico, Va.); Umit Ozgur (Richmond); Denis O. Demchenko (Richmond); Venkatesham Tallapally (Richmond); Tanner A. Nakagawara (Richmond)
Inventor: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Jan. 31, 2023
Systems And Methods For Percutaneous Access, Formation, And Maintenance Of Arteriovenous Fistulas
Patent No. 11564728
Methods for creating and maintaining an anastomosis between two adjacent blood vessels using percutaneous techniques, for use in hemodialysis procedures are disclosed and described.
Inventors: Brad M. Kellerman (Escondido, Calif.); Gene B. Reu (San Clemente, Calif.); Mark A. Ritchart (Dana Point, Calif.); Jeffrey E. Hull (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Avenu Medical (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Identifying Outdated Cloud Computing Services
Patent No. 11570263
A cloud tracking system may store configuration data separately for each account of multiple accounts that an entity has with a cloud computing provider and may aggregate the configuration data into a data structure that stores the configuration data together for the multiple accounts. The cloud tracking system may receive a request that includes a user identifier of a user associated with the entity and may search for the user identifier in the data structure. The cloud tracking system may identify a set of deployed cloud computing services associated with the user identifier based on searching for the user identifier in the data structure, wherein the set of deployed cloud computing services is associated with more than one account of the multiple accounts. The cloud tracking system may identify one or more deployed cloud computing services, of the set of deployed cloud computing services, that are outdated.
Inventors: Divya Mathew (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Software-defined Radio Linking Systems
Patent No. 11569848
The disclosed invention includes methods for linking individual software-defined radios (SDR) into a cohesive network of SDRs capable of recording a sample of radiofrequency (RF) signals emitted in an RF environment. Individual SDRs communicate with an IP network, and host a linking application that executes the recording. A user identifies a lead SDR from among the SDRs, and uses the lead SDR to task participating SDRs with reference to a clock source. Also disclosed is a system of SDRs configured to be linked into a cohesive network of SDRs capable of recording a sample of RF signals emitted in an RF environment. Embodiments of the disclosed invention include co-located and dispersed SDRs. Some embodiments use SDRs organized into a mesh network. Embodiments of the disclosed invention are configured to perform total band monitoring, total band capture, RF environment simulation, interference identification, interference simulation, and distributed quality of service evaluation of wireless networks.
Inventors: Joseph Payton (Fredericksburg, Va.); Nicholas E. Ortyl III (Bedford, Mass.); Stephen Hernandez (Silver Spring, Md.); Samantha S. Palmer (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Parsons Corp. (Centreville, Va.)
Jan. 31, 2023
Firearm Conversion Device
Patent No. 11566858
A device for converting a semiautomatic firearm to a non-semiautomatic firearm. The device includes a bolt stop lever pivotally attachable to a receiver of a firearm, a spring configured to be installed in contact with the bolt stop lever and a firearm receiver such that the spring exerts a force on the bolt stop lever to retain the bolt stop lever in a first position, and, a bolt release mechanism operatively coupleable to the bolt stop lever and configured to pivot the bolt stop lever against the force of the spring into a second position. The bolt release mechanism is operatively decoupled from the bolt stop lever when the bolt stop lever reaches the second position. When in the first position the bolt stop lever restricts motion of a bolt of the firearm, and when in the second position, the bolt stop lever permits motion of the firearm bolt.
Inventors: Aaron J. Carroll (Moseley, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Jan. 31, 2023