Doser Assemblies, Apparatuses Including A Doser Assembly, Methods Of Making The Same, And/or Methods Of Operating The Same
Patent No. 11662241
A doser assembly includes a hopper assembly configured to receive filler material, a vibration transmission assembly coupled to the hopper assembly, and a paddle in a hopper opening that extends through the hopper assembly. The vibration transmission assembly includes a shaft that is configured to rotate around a central rotation axis, an eccentric that is fixed to the shaft and has a center that is radially offset from the central rotation axis, a connecting rod that is pivotably connected to the center of the eccentric, and a bracket that is pivotably connected to the connecting rod. A first end of the paddle is pivotably coupled to the hopper assembly at a paddle pivot joint. The paddle is fixed to the bracket of the vibration transmission assembly separately from the hopper assembly. The vibration transmission assembly is configured to cause the paddle to reciprocatingly pivot around the paddle pivot joint.
Inventors: Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); Robert Powell (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher R. Newcomb (Powhatan, Va.); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Isaac J. McGill (Richmond); James David Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Patrick McElhinney (Chesterfield)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 30, 2023
Composite Polymer Films
Patent No. 11660844
A composite film includes a) a self-supporting layer of a polymer film (such as a polyester), b) an optional primer layer on the polymer film layer, wherein the primer layer includes a PVdX (X being halo), acrylic or vinyl resin; and c) a layer of heat seal composition on the primer layer, wherein the heat seal composition includes a polyolefin plastomer (POP) resin and a tackifier that constitutes at least 20 wt % of the heat seal composition. The composite film may be formed by applying a coating composition including the heat seal composition in a solvent to a primer layer on the polymer film or directly on the polymer film in absence of the optional primer layer, and then evaporating the solvent. The composite film may be heat-sealed to a surface of a container or a self-supporting film.
Inventors: Shengsheng Liu (Glen Allen, Va.); Fenghua Deng (Richmond); Julian Neal Robinson (North Yorkshire, Great Britain); Moira Tayler (Redcar, Great Britain)
Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. (Wilmington, Del.)
May 30, 2023
Near-IR Activatable Fluorescent Small Molecules With Dual Modes Of Cytotoxicity
Patent No. 11661433
Near-infrared activatable fluorescent small molecules for the photodynamic treatment of cancer are provided. Methods of treatment include contacting a plurality of cells of the cancer with a near-infrared activatable fluorescent small molecule and directing a near-IR light to the molecule for an amount of time sufficient to induce release of the active platinum species and a reactive oxygen species.
Inventors: Matthew Hartman (Richmond); Koushambi Mitra (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
May 30, 2023
Fall Protection System
Patent No. 11660477
A fall protection system includes an elevation mechanism including a base end and an elevated end, and that is configured to permit a user to scale the elevation mechanism. The first channel is disposed at a first side of the elevation mechanism and extends between the base end and the elevated end, and is configured to anchor a first shuttle to the elevation mechanism and permit the first shuttle to transition between the base end and the elevated end of the elevation mechanism. The second channel is disposed at a second side of the elevation mechanism and extends between the base end and the elevated end, and is configured to anchor a second shuttle to the elevation mechanism and permit the second shuttle to transition between the base end and the elevated end of the elevation mechanism.
Inventors: John Whitty (Richmond); Alan Shamblin (Oakton, Va.)
Assignee: Beacon Roofing Supply (Herndon, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Device Requirement And Configuration Analysis
Patent No. 11663611
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for determining compliance with a plurality of restrictions associated with one or more devices in an organization. First text indicating restrictions may be received, and second text indicating a current configuration of one or more devices may be received. Both sets of text may be processed by, e.g., removing a portion of the text based on a predetermined list of terms and simplifying the text using a lemmatization algorithm. A first vector and second vector may be generated based on the processed sets of text, and each vector may be weighted based on an inverse frequency of words in their respective text. Each vector may be normalized based on semantic analysis. The two vectors may be compared. Based on the comparison, third text corresponding to a portion of the second vector may be generated and transmitted to a third computing device.
Inventors: David Spencer Warren (Richmond); Daniel Lantz (Richmond); Ricky Su (Richmond); Shannon Hsu (Richmond); Scott Anderson (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Apparatus, Method, And Computer-readable Medium For Generating Musical Pieces
Patent No. 11663998
An apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium that generate a harmonized musical piece. The method includes receiving a chord selection including a musical key and a scale selection, generating, within a digital audio work session, a chord progression sequence based on the received chord selection, in response to a detected chord selection change, modifying the chord progression sequence to include a chord progression corresponding to the chord selection change, setting the chord progression sequence as a master sequence, in response to detecting a second progression sequence within the digital audio work session, transmitting an identifier to the second progression sequence setting it as a slave sequence, and establishing a synchronized communication link between the master and the slave sequences such that changes made in the master sequence are automatically effectuated in the slave sequence, and combining the master sequence and the slave sequence to form a composed musical piece.
Inventors: Yakov Vorobyev (Miami, Fla.); Louis Ng (Alhambra, Calif.); Michael Cupino (Miami, Fla.); Matthew Donner (Davis, Calif.); John Batka (Richmond)
Assignee: Mixed In Key LLC (Miami, Fla.)
May 30, 2023
Token Identity Devices
Patent No. 11663585
Disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to provide wearable devices storing tokens associated with digital versions of physical documents/cards. The wearable devices may further transfer tokens securely to interested parties without Bluetooth® or other network connectivity beyond NFC radio. In some embodiments, a token vault operator system may receive a request to establish a token vault account for a user, authenticate an identity of the user based at least on the received request, and generating a token vault ID associated with the user. The token vault operator system may further configure access to data sets generated for and associated with the token vault ID, generate tokens associated with the token vault ID, each token corresponding to one of the one or more data sets, and provide the generated plurality of tokens associated with the token vault ID to at least one user device.
Inventors: Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Va.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Utilizing Machine Learning To Reduce Cloud Instances In A Cloud Computing Environment
Patent No. 11665064
A device receives, from a cloud computing environment, cloud instance information associated with cloud instances in the cloud computing environment, and processes the cloud instance information, with a machine learning model, to determine containers for one or more of the cloud instances and whether cloud instances should be removed from the cloud computing environment. The device causes a first subset of the cloud instances to be removed from the cloud computing environment, based on determining which of the cloud instances should be removed, and causes the containers to be created for a second subset of the cloud instances based on determining the containers. The device receives, from the cloud computing environment, cloud container information associated with the containers created in the cloud computing environment, and causes one or more of the containers to be scaled based on the cloud container information.
Inventors: Sunil Narang (Glen Allen, Va.); Abhishek Kumar Singh (Glen Allen, Va.); Nazia Sarang (Henrico, Va.); Vikas Vijay (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Dependency Analyzer In Application Dependency Discovery, Reporting, And Management Tool
Patent No. 11663055
Techniques for monitoring operating statuses of an application and its dependencies are provided. A monitoring application may collect and report the operating status of the monitored application and each dependency. Through use of existing monitoring interfaces, the monitoring application can collect operating status without requiring modification of the underlying monitored application or dependencies. The monitoring application may determine a problem service that is a root cause of an unhealthy state of the monitored application. Dependency analyzer and discovery crawler techniques may automatically configure and update the monitoring application. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine patterns of performance based on system state information associated with performance events and provide health reports relative to a baseline status of the monitored application. Also provided are techniques for testing a response of the monitored application through modifications to API calls. Such tests may be used to train the machine learning model.
Inventors: Muralidharan Balasubramanian (Gaithersburg, Md.); Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Julie Dallen (Vienna, Va.); David Watson (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Interception Of Digital Interaction To Drive Desired Outcomes
Patent No. 11663653
Method, system and computer program product for transaction evaluation based on a potential impact of the potential transaction on defined plans. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving at a financial analysis computer system specified interactions intercepted when a person uses a client computing device to identify a potential transaction, and the analysis computer system processing these interactions for determining a potential impact of said transaction on one or more defined goals of the person. Before the person commits to the transaction, the analysis computer system generates a client guidance signal based on this determining, and sends the client guidance signal to the client computing device to instruct that device to convey guidance to the specified about the transaction. The specified interactions received at the financial analysis computer system data may identify a transaction context and activity of the person.
Inventors: K. Anne-Rivers Forcke (Henrico, Va.); Dimitri Kanevsky (Ossining, N.Y.); Walter S. Kuhnel (Round Rock, Texas); Elizabeth V. Woodward (Cedar Park, Texas); Shunguo Yan (Austin, Texas)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.)
May 30, 2023
Blockchain Systems And Methods For User Authentication
Patent No. 11665147
Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for blockchain-mediated user authentication. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, authentication may comprise operations including receiving, from a user system, an authentication request for a user. The operations may also include determining a root system for the user using a blockchain, and redirecting the user system to the root system. The operations may include receiving, following redirection, a verification message indicating that the root system successfully authenticated the user, and including an authorization code for receiving, from the root system, a root system secret. The operations may include receiving from a database, identification data using the root system secret. Determining the root system may comprise identifying, using the authentication request and index information stored in the blockchain, a block of the blockchain storing root system information for the user. Receiving the identification data may comprise retrieving identification data from the database.
Inventors: Jonathan Weimer (Henrico, Va.); Ryan Fox (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Cartridge Including A Liquid Storage Portion With A Flexible Wall
Patent No. 11672052
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The liquid storage portion includes one or more flexible walls and is configured to change at least one of the shape and the size of the liquid storage portion upon a change of the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The cartridge includes a sensor configured to detect data of a physical property. The data relates to at least one of a corresponding shape and a corresponding size of the liquid storage portion so that the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion is determinable from the measured data.
Inventors: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Nicotine Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 11666100
A nicotine e-vaping device includes a heater, a power control circuit, and a memory module. The heater element is configured to heat nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The power control circuit is coupled to the heater element through a wire. The power control circuit is configured to apply a pulse width modulated power signal to the heater element through the wire, and to receive information over the wire. The memory module is configured to detect a plurality of pulses in the pulse width modulated power signal, record information based on the detected plurality of pulses, and output the recorded information to the power control circuit via the wire.
Inventors: Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Richmond); Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong, China)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Reseal Label For Box In A Box Re-sealable Pack
Patent No. 11667449
A container includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond); James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Heat-not-burn Device And Flavor Carrier
Patent No. 11666089
A flavor carrier for an aerosol-generating device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner housing extending in the longitudinal direction, and a flavor chamber between the outer housing and the inner housing. The outer housing includes at least one outer housing perforation defined in a wall of the outer housing. The inner housing includes at least one inner housing perforation defined in a wall of the inner housing. The flavor chamber is configured to contain a flavoring material.
Inventors: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Dmitriy S. Kirzhner (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Yezdi Pithawalla (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
June 6, 2023
Perovskite Manganese Oxides With Strong Magnetocaloric Effect And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11670441
In various aspects, methods of making perovskite manganese oxide particles are provided as well as perovskite manganese oxide particles made therefrom. The perovskite manganese oxide particles exhibit a strong magnetocaloric effect, making them well suited for applications in power generation and magnetic refrigeration, especially at or near room temperature. The methods can include forming an aqueous mixture of (i) a low-molecular-weight polymeric polyalcohol gel precursor, (ii) a stoichiometric amount of metal salts or hydrates thereof, wherein the metal salts or hydrates thereof comprise at least a Manganese (Mn), and (iii) a polybasic carboxylic acid; polymerizing the aqueous mixture to form a gel containing perovskite manganese oxide nanoparticles entrapped therein; and calcining the gel to remove at least a portion of organic material in the gel and form the perovskite manganese oxide particles. Method and systems are also provided for power generation and magnetic refrigeration using the perovskite manganese oxide particles.
Inventors: Everett E. Carpenter (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Three Dimensional Printed Mold For Electrochemical Sensor Fabrication, Method And Related System And Devices Thereof
Patent No. 11666263
A method for preparing microsensors (e.g., microelectrodes) suitable for use in electrophysiology and electrochemistry studies in vitro and in vivo is described. The method can involve preparing a polymeric resin-insulated electron conducting fiber using a 3D printed mold comprising one or more channels, wherein each of the channels includes a tapered section. An electron conducting fiber partially enclosed within a metal or glass support can be laid in a channel; and a polymeric resin can be poured into the channel and cured, providing a polymer-insulated electron conducting fiber having a tapered section in proximity to a polymer-free electroactive tip area. For example, the method can be used to provide a polyimide-insulated carbon fiber microsensor. The mold can be used for the batch fabrication of the microsensors. The microsensors themselves, the molds for making the microsensors, and methods of using the microsensors are also described.
Inventors: Cheng Yang (Charlottesville, Va.); B. Jill Venton (Charlottesville, Va.); Elefterios Trikantzopoulos (Richmond)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Dynamic Transmission Metadata Validation Adjustment Based On Network Conditions
Patent No. 11669838
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for the direct sharing and use of transaction data separately from transaction authorization processes. Transaction metadata associated with a transaction may be received and validated. Authorization information corresponding to the transaction may be received. The degree to which the transaction metadata is tested may be based on a predicted time of receipt of the authorization information. The transaction metadata and authorization information may be correlated. A computing device may determine whether to authorize the financial transaction based on the authorization information and the correlated transaction metadata. All or portions of the transaction metadata may be provided to one or more users after the transaction has been authorized or denied.
Inventors: Wesley Perkins (Henrico, Va.); Venkata Satya Sriram Kalyan Namuduri (Glen Allen, Va.); David Ross (Richmond); Andrew Coulson (Washington, D.C.); Hunter Roberts (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee:Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Heating Engine Control Circuits And Non-nicotine Electronic Vaping Devices Including The Same
Patent No. 11666101
The heating engine control circuit includes a rail converter circuit and a gate driver circuit. The rail converter circuit is configured to convert a power supply voltage into a power signal based on a vaping enable signal, the vaping enable signal being a pulse width modulated signal. The gate driver circuit includes an integrated gate driver. The integrated gate driver is configured to control application of power to a heater of the non-nicotine electronic vaping device based on the power signal, a first enable signal and a second enable signal.
Inventors: Niall Gallagher (Richmond); Terrance Bache (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Amtimicrobial Silicones
Patent No. 11666686
A composition, comprising: a physiologically-acceptable polydimethylsiloxane having a surface; and one or more normal C.sub.6-C.sub.20NR.sub.1R.sub.2 saturated amine, salt thereof, or combination thereof, in contact with the polydimethylsiloxane, the surface, or both, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be same or different and independently selected from H, —CH.sub.3, —CH.sub.2CH.sub.3, —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.3, or combination thereof.
Inventors: Kenneth J. Wynne (Midlothian, Va.); Olga Zolotarskaya (Richmond); Rebecca Jarrell (Williamsburg, Va.); Kennard Brunson (Richmond); Chenyu Wang (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: WynnVision LLC (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Phosphorous Containing Compounds And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11667866
The invention relates to phosphorous-containing compounds useful as antiwear additive components, lubricant additive compositions and lubricant compositions each comprising such compounds, methods for making and using the same, including methods of lubricating machines and machine parts and methods of extending the useful life of elastomeric seal components of such machines.
Inventors: David Edwards (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Systems And Methods For Determining Risk Ratings Of Roles On Cloud Computing Platform
Patent No. 11671462
A system is provided including a database and a server. The database stores a plurality of cloud computing service accounts created on a cloud computing platform, a plurality of roles associated with each cloud computing service account, and a plurality of policies associated with each role. The server is in data communication with the database and containing a role risk rating engine. The role risk rating engine is configured to: select a first role of the plurality of roles from the database; retrieve the plurality of policies associated with the first role; determine a risk rating for the first role based on the plurality of policies associated with the first role; store the risk rating of the first role in the database; receive a query requesting the risk rating of the first role; and in response to the query, transmit the risk rating of the first role.
Inventors: Stephen Cirelli (Chesterfield, Va.); Daniel Girard (McLean, Va.); Ellis Hammer (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Dynamic Query Allocation To Virtual Warehouses
Patent No. 11669529
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for managing and selecting virtual warehouses for execution of queries on one or more data warehouses are described herein. A request to execute a query may be received. An execution plan, for the query, may be identified. A processing complexity for the query may be predicted based on the query and the execution plan. A plurality of virtual warehouses may be identified. An operating status and processing capabilities of the plurality of virtual warehouses may be determined. A subset of the plurality of virtual warehouses may be selected based on the processing complexity, the operating status of the plurality of virtual warehouses, and the processing capabilities of the plurality of virtual warehouses. The query may be executed on one of the subset of the plurality of virtual warehouses.
Inventors: Praveen Kandukuri (Ashburn, Va.); Syed Salim (North Potomac, Md.); Karamchandradatt Hardatt (Glen Allen, Va.); Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Bharathan (Henrico, Va.); Yudhish Batra (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
System And Apparatus For Automated Evaluation Of Compatibility Of Data Structures And User Devices Based On Explicit User Feedback
Patent No. 11669424
Embodiments are disclosed for automated evaluation of compatibility of a data structure with a user device. An example method includes receiving, by communications circuitry, a set of user device characteristics regarding the user device, and retrieving, by the personalization circuitry, a set of data structure characteristics regarding the data structure. The example method further includes calculating, by the personalization circuitry, a set of characteristic-level compatibility scores, and generating, by the personalization circuitry and based on the set of characteristic-level compatibility scores, a compatibility score for the data structure and the user device. Subsequently, the example method includes generating, by an aggregator and using the generated compatibility score, an indication of relative compatibility of the data structure for the user device, and causing transmission, by communications circuitry, of a control signal to the user device based on the indication of relative compatibility. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan (Santa Clara, Calif.); Vinay K. Deolalikar (Cupertino, Calif.); Matthew M. Heitz (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Groupon (Chicago, Ill.)
June 6, 2023
System For Meniscal Repair Using Suture Implant Cinch Construct
Patent No. 11666319
A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.
Inventors: David C. Koogle Jr. (Bonita Springs, Fla.); Ricardo Albertorio (Naples, Fla.); Jacob A. Jolly (Naples, Fla.); Vipool K. Goradia (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Arthrex (Naples, Fla.)
June 6, 2023
Low Friction Glove For Easy Double Gloving
Patent No. 11666106
An elastomeric article includes a first surface and a second surface which is treated with a friction treatment. The elastomeric article can be a glove in which the first surface is an inner donning surface and the second surface is an outer grip surface. The friction treatment reduces friction on the grip surface of the gloves in order to make it easier to don a second glove on top of the grip surface of the gloves of the present invention. The gloves of the present invention may be used as a first pair of gloves in a double-gloving configuration to conform with safety protocols.
Inventors: Patrick H. Robert (Alpharetta, Ga.); Shantilal Hirjibhai Modha (Milton, Ga.); Sopha Issara (Songkhala, Thailand); Ryan S. Solan (Atlanta, Ga.); Mary Rachel Henderson (Decatur, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Apparatus, Systems, And Methods For Sealing An Interface
Patent No. 11666107
A protective guard is provided for sealing an interface. The protective guard includes a body having a fluid impervious material and proximal and distal segments that may comprise a superabsorbent or a non-superabsorbent material. The proximal and distal segments are positioned on first and second sides, respectively, of the interface. The protective guard extends about the interface to create a fluid barrier. In some embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be an elastic material, such as an elastic band, and in particular embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be nitrile. In further embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be an expandable material that expands upon contact or interaction with a fluid.
Inventors: Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.); Christena K. Nash (Alpharetta, Ga.); Dennis Joseph (Milton, Ga.); Brian E. Lin (Cumming, Ga.); Namita A. Mithani (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
June 6, 2023
System For Monitoring And Classifying Vehicle Operator Behavior
Patent No. 11667299
System for monitoring and classifying driving behavior of an operator of a motor vehicle includes at least one personal monitoring device having mechanism(s) for wearing the device by and/or attaching the device to the operator, and hardware including local memory, battery, and sensors. The device provides at least GPS and communication functions, and monitors and communicates information about driving behavior, including driving data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors and/or calculated or derived from data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors. Application software on the device interfaces with device hardware for monitoring and communicating, being activated and deactivated based on trigger events. At least one control system includes an information processor receiving and communicating information about driving behavior, aggregating information, and communicating at least some of the aggregated information. At least one algorithm classifies driving behavior from at least a portion of information gathered by the device.
Inventors: Shalini Memani (Mumbai, India); Bhavna S. Depura (Henrico, Va.); Jamna Lal Depura (Kolkata, India)
Assignee: Depura Partners (Henrico, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Distance Points Interactive Interface And Related Methods
Patent No. 11669853
A computer-implemented method includes determining a number of distance points connected to a person at a point in time, scraping a plurality of indexes corresponding to a respective plurality of journey hosts to identify a plurality of journey possibilities for each journey host of the plurality of journey hosts, generating a plurality of reachable locations based on the number of distance points and the journey possibilities, the plurality of reachable locations comprising at least a subset of the plurality of journey possibilities correlated to the number of distance points, receiving location signals generated via a location sensor of a device associated with the person, identifying one or more previous locations of the device based on the location signals, identifying a subset of the reachable locations based on the previous locations of the device, and generating a graphical interface to visually display the subset of the reachable locations on a map.
Inventors: Siddharth Mangalik (Stony Brook, N.Y.); Brian Lin (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Techniques For Monitoring Power Device Alarms
Patent No. 11669140
Techniques and apparatus for providing power monitoring processes are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one storage device and logic coupled to the at least one storage device. The logic may be configured to poll a power device comprising a plurality of power elements via an alarm status identifier operative to cause the power device to return an alarm status string comprising a plurality of alarm status bits, each of the plurality of alarm status bits indicating an active alarm state of one of the plurality of power elements, and determine each of the plurality of power elements in the active alarm state based on the alarm status string. Other embodiments are described.
Inventors: Dennis Gibson (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Doser Assemblies, Apparatuses Including A Doser Assembly, Methods Of Making The Same, And/or Methods Of Operating The Same
Patent No. 11662241
A doser assembly includes a hopper assembly configured to receive filler material, a vibration transmission assembly coupled to the hopper assembly, and a paddle in a hopper opening that extends through the hopper assembly. The vibration transmission assembly includes a shaft that is configured to rotate around a central rotation axis, an eccentric that is fixed to the shaft and has a center that is radially offset from the central rotation axis, a connecting rod that is pivotably connected to the center of the eccentric, and a bracket that is pivotably connected to the connecting rod. A first end of the paddle is pivotably coupled to the hopper assembly at a paddle pivot joint. The paddle is fixed to the bracket of the vibration transmission assembly separately from the hopper assembly. The vibration transmission assembly is configured to cause the paddle to reciprocatingly pivot around the paddle pivot joint.
Inventors: Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.); Robert Powell (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher R. Newcomb (Powhatan, Va.); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Isaac J. McGill (Richmond); James David Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Patrick McElhinney (Chesterfield)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
May 30, 2023
Composite Polymer Films
Patent No. 11660844
A composite film includes a) a self-supporting layer of a polymer film (such as a polyester), b) an optional primer layer on the polymer film layer, wherein the primer layer includes a PVdX (X being halo), acrylic or vinyl resin; and c) a layer of heat seal composition on the primer layer, wherein the heat seal composition includes a polyolefin plastomer (POP) resin and a tackifier that constitutes at least 20 wt % of the heat seal composition. The composite film may be formed by applying a coating composition including the heat seal composition in a solvent to a primer layer on the polymer film or directly on the polymer film in absence of the optional primer layer, and then evaporating the solvent. The composite film may be heat-sealed to a surface of a container or a self-supporting film.
Inventors: Shengsheng Liu (Glen Allen, Va.); Fenghua Deng (Richmond); Julian Neal Robinson (North Yorkshire, Great Britain); Moira Tayler (Redcar, Great Britain)
Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. (Wilmington, Del.)
May 30, 2023
Near-IR Activatable Fluorescent Small Molecules With Dual Modes Of Cytotoxicity
Patent No. 11661433
Near-infrared activatable fluorescent small molecules for the photodynamic treatment of cancer are provided. Methods of treatment include contacting a plurality of cells of the cancer with a near-infrared activatable fluorescent small molecule and directing a near-IR light to the molecule for an amount of time sufficient to induce release of the active platinum species and a reactive oxygen species.
Inventors: Matthew Hartman (Richmond); Koushambi Mitra (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
May 30, 2023
Fall Protection System
Patent No. 11660477
A fall protection system includes an elevation mechanism including a base end and an elevated end, and that is configured to permit a user to scale the elevation mechanism. The first channel is disposed at a first side of the elevation mechanism and extends between the base end and the elevated end, and is configured to anchor a first shuttle to the elevation mechanism and permit the first shuttle to transition between the base end and the elevated end of the elevation mechanism. The second channel is disposed at a second side of the elevation mechanism and extends between the base end and the elevated end, and is configured to anchor a second shuttle to the elevation mechanism and permit the second shuttle to transition between the base end and the elevated end of the elevation mechanism.
Inventors: John Whitty (Richmond); Alan Shamblin (Oakton, Va.)
Assignee: Beacon Roofing Supply (Herndon, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Device Requirement And Configuration Analysis
Patent No. 11663611
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for determining compliance with a plurality of restrictions associated with one or more devices in an organization. First text indicating restrictions may be received, and second text indicating a current configuration of one or more devices may be received. Both sets of text may be processed by, e.g., removing a portion of the text based on a predetermined list of terms and simplifying the text using a lemmatization algorithm. A first vector and second vector may be generated based on the processed sets of text, and each vector may be weighted based on an inverse frequency of words in their respective text. Each vector may be normalized based on semantic analysis. The two vectors may be compared. Based on the comparison, third text corresponding to a portion of the second vector may be generated and transmitted to a third computing device.
Inventors: David Spencer Warren (Richmond); Daniel Lantz (Richmond); Ricky Su (Richmond); Shannon Hsu (Richmond); Scott Anderson (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Apparatus, Method, And Computer-readable Medium For Generating Musical Pieces
Patent No. 11663998
An apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium that generate a harmonized musical piece. The method includes receiving a chord selection including a musical key and a scale selection, generating, within a digital audio work session, a chord progression sequence based on the received chord selection, in response to a detected chord selection change, modifying the chord progression sequence to include a chord progression corresponding to the chord selection change, setting the chord progression sequence as a master sequence, in response to detecting a second progression sequence within the digital audio work session, transmitting an identifier to the second progression sequence setting it as a slave sequence, and establishing a synchronized communication link between the master and the slave sequences such that changes made in the master sequence are automatically effectuated in the slave sequence, and combining the master sequence and the slave sequence to form a composed musical piece.
Inventors: Yakov Vorobyev (Miami, Fla.); Louis Ng (Alhambra, Calif.); Michael Cupino (Miami, Fla.); Matthew Donner (Davis, Calif.); John Batka (Richmond)
Assignee: Mixed In Key LLC (Miami, Fla.)
May 30, 2023
Token Identity Devices
Patent No. 11663585
Disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to provide wearable devices storing tokens associated with digital versions of physical documents/cards. The wearable devices may further transfer tokens securely to interested parties without Bluetooth® or other network connectivity beyond NFC radio. In some embodiments, a token vault operator system may receive a request to establish a token vault account for a user, authenticate an identity of the user based at least on the received request, and generating a token vault ID associated with the user. The token vault operator system may further configure access to data sets generated for and associated with the token vault ID, generate tokens associated with the token vault ID, each token corresponding to one of the one or more data sets, and provide the generated plurality of tokens associated with the token vault ID to at least one user device.
Inventors: Lawrence Douglas (McLean, Va.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Utilizing Machine Learning To Reduce Cloud Instances In A Cloud Computing Environment
Patent No. 11665064
A device receives, from a cloud computing environment, cloud instance information associated with cloud instances in the cloud computing environment, and processes the cloud instance information, with a machine learning model, to determine containers for one or more of the cloud instances and whether cloud instances should be removed from the cloud computing environment. The device causes a first subset of the cloud instances to be removed from the cloud computing environment, based on determining which of the cloud instances should be removed, and causes the containers to be created for a second subset of the cloud instances based on determining the containers. The device receives, from the cloud computing environment, cloud container information associated with the containers created in the cloud computing environment, and causes one or more of the containers to be scaled based on the cloud container information.
Inventors: Sunil Narang (Glen Allen, Va.); Abhishek Kumar Singh (Glen Allen, Va.); Nazia Sarang (Henrico, Va.); Vikas Vijay (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Dependency Analyzer In Application Dependency Discovery, Reporting, And Management Tool
Patent No. 11663055
Techniques for monitoring operating statuses of an application and its dependencies are provided. A monitoring application may collect and report the operating status of the monitored application and each dependency. Through use of existing monitoring interfaces, the monitoring application can collect operating status without requiring modification of the underlying monitored application or dependencies. The monitoring application may determine a problem service that is a root cause of an unhealthy state of the monitored application. Dependency analyzer and discovery crawler techniques may automatically configure and update the monitoring application. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine patterns of performance based on system state information associated with performance events and provide health reports relative to a baseline status of the monitored application. Also provided are techniques for testing a response of the monitored application through modifications to API calls. Such tests may be used to train the machine learning model.
Inventors: Muralidharan Balasubramanian (Gaithersburg, Md.); Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Julie Dallen (Vienna, Va.); David Watson (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Interception Of Digital Interaction To Drive Desired Outcomes
Patent No. 11663653
Method, system and computer program product for transaction evaluation based on a potential impact of the potential transaction on defined plans. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving at a financial analysis computer system specified interactions intercepted when a person uses a client computing device to identify a potential transaction, and the analysis computer system processing these interactions for determining a potential impact of said transaction on one or more defined goals of the person. Before the person commits to the transaction, the analysis computer system generates a client guidance signal based on this determining, and sends the client guidance signal to the client computing device to instruct that device to convey guidance to the specified about the transaction. The specified interactions received at the financial analysis computer system data may identify a transaction context and activity of the person.
Inventors: K. Anne-Rivers Forcke (Henrico, Va.); Dimitri Kanevsky (Ossining, N.Y.); Walter S. Kuhnel (Round Rock, Texas); Elizabeth V. Woodward (Cedar Park, Texas); Shunguo Yan (Austin, Texas)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.)
May 30, 2023
Blockchain Systems And Methods For User Authentication
Patent No. 11665147
Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for blockchain-mediated user authentication. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, authentication may comprise operations including receiving, from a user system, an authentication request for a user. The operations may also include determining a root system for the user using a blockchain, and redirecting the user system to the root system. The operations may include receiving, following redirection, a verification message indicating that the root system successfully authenticated the user, and including an authorization code for receiving, from the root system, a root system secret. The operations may include receiving from a database, identification data using the root system secret. Determining the root system may comprise identifying, using the authentication request and index information stored in the blockchain, a block of the blockchain storing root system information for the user. Receiving the identification data may comprise retrieving identification data from the database.
Inventors: Jonathan Weimer (Henrico, Va.); Ryan Fox (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
May 30, 2023
Cartridge Including A Liquid Storage Portion With A Flexible Wall
Patent No. 11672052
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The liquid storage portion includes one or more flexible walls and is configured to change at least one of the shape and the size of the liquid storage portion upon a change of the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The cartridge includes a sensor configured to detect data of a physical property. The data relates to at least one of a corresponding shape and a corresponding size of the liquid storage portion so that the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion is determinable from the measured data.
Inventors: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Nicotine Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 11666100
A nicotine e-vaping device includes a heater, a power control circuit, and a memory module. The heater element is configured to heat nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The power control circuit is coupled to the heater element through a wire. The power control circuit is configured to apply a pulse width modulated power signal to the heater element through the wire, and to receive information over the wire. The memory module is configured to detect a plurality of pulses in the pulse width modulated power signal, record information based on the detected plurality of pulses, and output the recorded information to the power control circuit via the wire.
Inventors: Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Richmond); Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong, China)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Reseal Label For Box In A Box Re-sealable Pack
Patent No. 11667449
A container includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond); James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Heat-not-burn Device And Flavor Carrier
Patent No. 11666089
A flavor carrier for an aerosol-generating device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner housing extending in the longitudinal direction, and a flavor chamber between the outer housing and the inner housing. The outer housing includes at least one outer housing perforation defined in a wall of the outer housing. The inner housing includes at least one inner housing perforation defined in a wall of the inner housing. The flavor chamber is configured to contain a flavoring material.
Inventors: Ali A. Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Dmitriy S. Kirzhner (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Yezdi Pithawalla (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
June 6, 2023
Perovskite Manganese Oxides With Strong Magnetocaloric Effect And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11670441
In various aspects, methods of making perovskite manganese oxide particles are provided as well as perovskite manganese oxide particles made therefrom. The perovskite manganese oxide particles exhibit a strong magnetocaloric effect, making them well suited for applications in power generation and magnetic refrigeration, especially at or near room temperature. The methods can include forming an aqueous mixture of (i) a low-molecular-weight polymeric polyalcohol gel precursor, (ii) a stoichiometric amount of metal salts or hydrates thereof, wherein the metal salts or hydrates thereof comprise at least a Manganese (Mn), and (iii) a polybasic carboxylic acid; polymerizing the aqueous mixture to form a gel containing perovskite manganese oxide nanoparticles entrapped therein; and calcining the gel to remove at least a portion of organic material in the gel and form the perovskite manganese oxide particles. Method and systems are also provided for power generation and magnetic refrigeration using the perovskite manganese oxide particles.
Inventors: Everett E. Carpenter (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Three Dimensional Printed Mold For Electrochemical Sensor Fabrication, Method And Related System And Devices Thereof
Patent No. 11666263
A method for preparing microsensors (e.g., microelectrodes) suitable for use in electrophysiology and electrochemistry studies in vitro and in vivo is described. The method can involve preparing a polymeric resin-insulated electron conducting fiber using a 3D printed mold comprising one or more channels, wherein each of the channels includes a tapered section. An electron conducting fiber partially enclosed within a metal or glass support can be laid in a channel; and a polymeric resin can be poured into the channel and cured, providing a polymer-insulated electron conducting fiber having a tapered section in proximity to a polymer-free electroactive tip area. For example, the method can be used to provide a polyimide-insulated carbon fiber microsensor. The mold can be used for the batch fabrication of the microsensors. The microsensors themselves, the molds for making the microsensors, and methods of using the microsensors are also described.
Inventors: Cheng Yang (Charlottesville, Va.); B. Jill Venton (Charlottesville, Va.); Elefterios Trikantzopoulos (Richmond)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Dynamic Transmission Metadata Validation Adjustment Based On Network Conditions
Patent No. 11669838
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for the direct sharing and use of transaction data separately from transaction authorization processes. Transaction metadata associated with a transaction may be received and validated. Authorization information corresponding to the transaction may be received. The degree to which the transaction metadata is tested may be based on a predicted time of receipt of the authorization information. The transaction metadata and authorization information may be correlated. A computing device may determine whether to authorize the financial transaction based on the authorization information and the correlated transaction metadata. All or portions of the transaction metadata may be provided to one or more users after the transaction has been authorized or denied.
Inventors: Wesley Perkins (Henrico, Va.); Venkata Satya Sriram Kalyan Namuduri (Glen Allen, Va.); David Ross (Richmond); Andrew Coulson (Washington, D.C.); Hunter Roberts (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee:Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Heating Engine Control Circuits And Non-nicotine Electronic Vaping Devices Including The Same
Patent No. 11666101
The heating engine control circuit includes a rail converter circuit and a gate driver circuit. The rail converter circuit is configured to convert a power supply voltage into a power signal based on a vaping enable signal, the vaping enable signal being a pulse width modulated signal. The gate driver circuit includes an integrated gate driver. The integrated gate driver is configured to control application of power to a heater of the non-nicotine electronic vaping device based on the power signal, a first enable signal and a second enable signal.
Inventors: Niall Gallagher (Richmond); Terrance Bache (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Amtimicrobial Silicones
Patent No. 11666686
A composition, comprising: a physiologically-acceptable polydimethylsiloxane having a surface; and one or more normal C.sub.6-C.sub.20NR.sub.1R.sub.2 saturated amine, salt thereof, or combination thereof, in contact with the polydimethylsiloxane, the surface, or both, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be same or different and independently selected from H, —CH.sub.3, —CH.sub.2CH.sub.3, —CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.3, or combination thereof.
Inventors: Kenneth J. Wynne (Midlothian, Va.); Olga Zolotarskaya (Richmond); Rebecca Jarrell (Williamsburg, Va.); Kennard Brunson (Richmond); Chenyu Wang (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: WynnVision LLC (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Phosphorous Containing Compounds And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11667866
The invention relates to phosphorous-containing compounds useful as antiwear additive components, lubricant additive compositions and lubricant compositions each comprising such compounds, methods for making and using the same, including methods of lubricating machines and machine parts and methods of extending the useful life of elastomeric seal components of such machines.
Inventors: David Edwards (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
June 6, 2023
Systems And Methods For Determining Risk Ratings Of Roles On Cloud Computing Platform
Patent No. 11671462
A system is provided including a database and a server. The database stores a plurality of cloud computing service accounts created on a cloud computing platform, a plurality of roles associated with each cloud computing service account, and a plurality of policies associated with each role. The server is in data communication with the database and containing a role risk rating engine. The role risk rating engine is configured to: select a first role of the plurality of roles from the database; retrieve the plurality of policies associated with the first role; determine a risk rating for the first role based on the plurality of policies associated with the first role; store the risk rating of the first role in the database; receive a query requesting the risk rating of the first role; and in response to the query, transmit the risk rating of the first role.
Inventors: Stephen Cirelli (Chesterfield, Va.); Daniel Girard (McLean, Va.); Ellis Hammer (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Dynamic Query Allocation To Virtual Warehouses
Patent No. 11669529
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for managing and selecting virtual warehouses for execution of queries on one or more data warehouses are described herein. A request to execute a query may be received. An execution plan, for the query, may be identified. A processing complexity for the query may be predicted based on the query and the execution plan. A plurality of virtual warehouses may be identified. An operating status and processing capabilities of the plurality of virtual warehouses may be determined. A subset of the plurality of virtual warehouses may be selected based on the processing complexity, the operating status of the plurality of virtual warehouses, and the processing capabilities of the plurality of virtual warehouses. The query may be executed on one of the subset of the plurality of virtual warehouses.
Inventors: Praveen Kandukuri (Ashburn, Va.); Syed Salim (North Potomac, Md.); Karamchandradatt Hardatt (Glen Allen, Va.); Nagender Gurram (Glen Allen, Va.); Ganesh Bharathan (Henrico, Va.); Yudhish Batra (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
System And Apparatus For Automated Evaluation Of Compatibility Of Data Structures And User Devices Based On Explicit User Feedback
Patent No. 11669424
Embodiments are disclosed for automated evaluation of compatibility of a data structure with a user device. An example method includes receiving, by communications circuitry, a set of user device characteristics regarding the user device, and retrieving, by the personalization circuitry, a set of data structure characteristics regarding the data structure. The example method further includes calculating, by the personalization circuitry, a set of characteristic-level compatibility scores, and generating, by the personalization circuitry and based on the set of characteristic-level compatibility scores, a compatibility score for the data structure and the user device. Subsequently, the example method includes generating, by an aggregator and using the generated compatibility score, an indication of relative compatibility of the data structure for the user device, and causing transmission, by communications circuitry, of a control signal to the user device based on the indication of relative compatibility. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan (Santa Clara, Calif.); Vinay K. Deolalikar (Cupertino, Calif.); Matthew M. Heitz (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Groupon (Chicago, Ill.)
June 6, 2023
System For Meniscal Repair Using Suture Implant Cinch Construct
Patent No. 11666319
A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.
Inventors: David C. Koogle Jr. (Bonita Springs, Fla.); Ricardo Albertorio (Naples, Fla.); Jacob A. Jolly (Naples, Fla.); Vipool K. Goradia (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Arthrex (Naples, Fla.)
June 6, 2023
Low Friction Glove For Easy Double Gloving
Patent No. 11666106
An elastomeric article includes a first surface and a second surface which is treated with a friction treatment. The elastomeric article can be a glove in which the first surface is an inner donning surface and the second surface is an outer grip surface. The friction treatment reduces friction on the grip surface of the gloves in order to make it easier to don a second glove on top of the grip surface of the gloves of the present invention. The gloves of the present invention may be used as a first pair of gloves in a double-gloving configuration to conform with safety protocols.
Inventors: Patrick H. Robert (Alpharetta, Ga.); Shantilal Hirjibhai Modha (Milton, Ga.); Sopha Issara (Songkhala, Thailand); Ryan S. Solan (Atlanta, Ga.); Mary Rachel Henderson (Decatur, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Apparatus, Systems, And Methods For Sealing An Interface
Patent No. 11666107
A protective guard is provided for sealing an interface. The protective guard includes a body having a fluid impervious material and proximal and distal segments that may comprise a superabsorbent or a non-superabsorbent material. The proximal and distal segments are positioned on first and second sides, respectively, of the interface. The protective guard extends about the interface to create a fluid barrier. In some embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be an elastic material, such as an elastic band, and in particular embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be nitrile. In further embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be an expandable material that expands upon contact or interaction with a fluid.
Inventors: Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.); Christena K. Nash (Alpharetta, Ga.); Dennis Joseph (Milton, Ga.); Brian E. Lin (Cumming, Ga.); Namita A. Mithani (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
June 6, 2023
System For Monitoring And Classifying Vehicle Operator Behavior
Patent No. 11667299
System for monitoring and classifying driving behavior of an operator of a motor vehicle includes at least one personal monitoring device having mechanism(s) for wearing the device by and/or attaching the device to the operator, and hardware including local memory, battery, and sensors. The device provides at least GPS and communication functions, and monitors and communicates information about driving behavior, including driving data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors and/or calculated or derived from data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors. Application software on the device interfaces with device hardware for monitoring and communicating, being activated and deactivated based on trigger events. At least one control system includes an information processor receiving and communicating information about driving behavior, aggregating information, and communicating at least some of the aggregated information. At least one algorithm classifies driving behavior from at least a portion of information gathered by the device.
Inventors: Shalini Memani (Mumbai, India); Bhavna S. Depura (Henrico, Va.); Jamna Lal Depura (Kolkata, India)
Assignee: Depura Partners (Henrico, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Distance Points Interactive Interface And Related Methods
Patent No. 11669853
A computer-implemented method includes determining a number of distance points connected to a person at a point in time, scraping a plurality of indexes corresponding to a respective plurality of journey hosts to identify a plurality of journey possibilities for each journey host of the plurality of journey hosts, generating a plurality of reachable locations based on the number of distance points and the journey possibilities, the plurality of reachable locations comprising at least a subset of the plurality of journey possibilities correlated to the number of distance points, receiving location signals generated via a location sensor of a device associated with the person, identifying one or more previous locations of the device based on the location signals, identifying a subset of the reachable locations based on the previous locations of the device, and generating a graphical interface to visually display the subset of the reachable locations on a map.
Inventors: Siddharth Mangalik (Stony Brook, N.Y.); Brian Lin (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023
Techniques For Monitoring Power Device Alarms
Patent No. 11669140
Techniques and apparatus for providing power monitoring processes are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one storage device and logic coupled to the at least one storage device. The logic may be configured to poll a power device comprising a plurality of power elements via an alarm status identifier operative to cause the power device to return an alarm status string comprising a plurality of alarm status bits, each of the plurality of alarm status bits indicating an active alarm state of one of the plurality of power elements, and determine each of the plurality of power elements in the active alarm state based on the alarm status string. Other embodiments are described.
Inventors: Dennis Gibson (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
June 6, 2023