Electrically Heated Smoking System With Internal Or External Heater
Patent No. 11717030
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element. The electrically heated smoking system and the heating element are arranged such that, when the aerosol forming substrate is received in the electrically heated smoking system, the heating element extends a distance only partially along the length of the aerosol forming-substrate, and the heating element is positioned towards the downstream end of the aerosol forming substrate.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Olivier Greim (Villars-Burquin, Switzerland); Julien Plojoux (Geneva, Switzerland); Dani Ruscio (Cressier, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Smoking Device
Patent No. 11717027
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a portion of plant material that includes at least one active ingredient. A vaporizing unit includes a heating element configured to heat the plant material, and a sensor configured to detect an indication of airflow rate through the vaporizing unit. Control circuitry is configured to receive an indication of the airflow rate through the vaporizing unit, and, in response thereto, to determine a smoking profile that is desired by the user. The control circuitry drives the heating element to vaporize the active ingredient of the plant material by heating the plant material according to the determined smoking profile. The control circuitry dynamically updates the smoking profile in response to changes in airflow rate over the course of a smoking session. Other applications are also described.
Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Vaping Device And Method For Aerosol-generation
Patent No. 11717845
A smoking device for aerosol-generation may comprise a device housing, a surface acoustic wave-atomizer (SAW-atomizer), a supply element, and a control system. The device housing may include a storage portion for an aerosol-forming substrate. The SAW-atomizer may include an atomization region, a first transducer, and/or a second transducer. The first transducer is configured to generate first surface acoustic waves that propagate along a surface of the SAW-atomizer. The supply element is arranged to supply the aerosol-forming substrate from the storage portion to the atomization region of the SAW-atomizer. The control system is configured to operate the SAW-atomizer to atomize the aerosol-forming substrate in the atomization region to generate an aerosol. A cartridge for such a smoking device and a method for generating an aerosol in a smoking system are also provided.
Inventors: Jerome Christian Courbat (Colombier, Switzerland); Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Systems And Methods For Updating Automatic Teller Machines
Patent 11720339
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for deploying and/or rolling back automatic teller machine (ATM) updates. Such methods can store a back-up system image of a client operating system on a virtual hard drive. When an update is deployed from a host operating system to the client operating system, the system update may fail to install properly, and the ATM may shut down. In response, the host operating system can execute instructions to the client operating system to boot from a bootable image on the virtual hard drive. Then, the virtual hard drive can emulate, by a boot loader on the back-up system image, the client operating system on the ATM from the virtual hard drive without loading the client operating system. Then, the virtual hard drive can install a rolled-back operating system on the ATM. The rolled-back operating system can comprise the back-up system image.
Inventor: Robert Reasor (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Shear Stable Lamination Adhesive With Spray Applied Activator
Patent No. 11717847
An adhesive application apparatus is provided. The apparatus uses a rolled on adhesive applied to a substrate. After roll application, an adhesive activator is sprayed onto the substrate. By spraying an activator onto the substrate after the adhesive is applied, the adhesive may be made tacky for adhesion, but the adhesive used for rolling may be highly stable and slow to dry/cure without said activator, which enhances rolled application effectiveness.
Inventors: Steven E. Adams (Richmond); Andrew T. Sinclair (Richmond); Robert J. Rose (Richmond); Ian L. Churcher (Richmond)
Assignee: Worthen Industries (Nashua, N.H.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Piston For A Reservoir Of A Dispenser Of A Fluid Product Without Air Intake
Patent No. 11718465
A piston for a reservoir of a dispenser of a fluid product without air intake, and presenting a central axis X includes both sealing means and also guiding means. The sealing means extend in a plane orthogonal to the axis X and define a single external sealing line in a closed loop, distal from the axis X, capable of coming into contact with an inner wall of the reservoir 10. The guiding means include a base from which extends one or more tabs with free ends defining external guide points, distal from the axis X, capable of coming into contact with the inner wall of the reservoir.
Inventors: Eric Rossignol (Chalon sur Saone, France); Emir Ezzina (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France); Etienne Briere (Paris, France)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Le Treport S.A.S. (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Apparatuses And Methods For Tamping The Contents Of A Container
Patent No. 11718429
Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container are disclosed. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a tamp head for tamping the contents of the container; and a container support assembly structured and arranged to temporarily support the bottom surface of the container during tamping, the container support assembly comprising a support element having a protrusion extending upward from a substantially flat and horizontal upper surface, wherein the protrusion is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the bottom surface of the container.
Inventors: James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Herbert Clay Longest (Midlothian, Va.); Tamika A. Murrell (Richmond); Robert V. Powell Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Jarrod Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Vaporizing Devices And Methods For Delivering A Compound Using The Same
Patent No. 11717028
A method of treating disorders in a human or animal subject may include heating a material containing a compound to a first temperature to form a heated volume of the material. The method may additionally include heating the heated volume to a higher second temperature to form a dose of vapor including the compound. The method may also include administering the dose of vapor to the subject to treat disorders such as pain. The method may further include pre-heating the material to a preliminary temperature prior to the heating to the first temperature. The heating and pre-heating may be performed with a capsule including two covering layers, each including an electrically conductive material, configured to hold the material therebetween and to generate heat by resistive heating.
Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)
Aug. 8, 2023
Systems And Methods For Post-acquisition Assessment Matching
Patent No. 11720948
A computer-implemented method for post-acquisition assessment matching may include: receiving interaction information associated with a completed interaction involving an item acquired for a first assessment, the interaction information including an item identifier associated with the acquired item and the first assessment; in response to receiving the interaction information, determining whether the item is available for a second assessment based on the item identifier; in response to determining the second assessment for the item, comparing the first assessment with the second assessment; and in response to determining that the first assessment is higher than the second assessment based on the comparison: adjusting the first assessment based on the second assessment; determining a finalized amount for the interaction based on the adjusted first assessment for the item; and causing completion of the interaction based on the finalized amount.
Inventors: Anthony Reynolds (Richmond); Amitav Parida (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Daniel Kelly (Chicago, Ill.); Jason Samuels (Ladera Ranch, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Location-based Messaging
Patent No. 11722836
In some implementations, a system may receive exchange data that includes a credential for an exchange and an indication of an entity associated with the exchange. The system may determine that an entity location is within a threshold distance of a target location included in a set of target locations. The system may determine a baseline location associated with a user. The system may determine that the baseline location is outside of a threshold proximity of all target locations included in the set of target locations. The system may transmit, to a mobile device associated with the user, a message that includes an indication of the target location based on determining that the entity location is within the threshold distance of the target location and based on determining that the baseline location is outside of the threshold proximity of all target locations included in the set of target locations.
Assignee: Kevin M. Lowe (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Predictive Modeling For Anti-malware Solutions
Patent No. 11722517
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. A profile for a device is determined based on at least one characteristic identified from a successful attempt by the device to access a network. An expected characteristic for a next access attempt by the device to access the network is determined based on the profile. The characteristic of the next access attempt is matched to the expected characteristic. In response to determining that at least one characteristic of the next access attempt matches the expected characteristic, the next access attempt by the device to the network is automatically granted.
Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin (Charlotte, N.C.); Lawrence T. Belton Jr. (Charlotte, N.C.); Christopher Houser (Mt. Holly, N.C.); Peter A. Makohon (Huntersville, N.C.); Timothy Morris (Lexington, N.C.); Omar S. Bracey (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Vehicle Recognition Based On Sound During Operation
Patent No. 11721143
Methods and systems are described herein for generating vehicle profiles for detected vehicles based on engine sound recordings. Based on those vehicle profiles, an enterprise is enabled to generate a user profile for customers. To generate the vehicle profile, a vehicle profiling system may be used. The vehicle profiling system may receive sound data with range information. The vehicle profiling system may input the sound data into a trained machine learning model and receive vehicle model information for the sound data. Based on the output, the profiling system may retrieve metadata associated with the vehicle model and generate a profile based on the metadata.
Inventors: Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.); Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Systems And Methods For Tiered Authentication Including Position-based Credentials
Patent No. 11722480
In certain embodiments, a distance threshold may be adjusted, and authentication may be performed based on the adjusted distance threshold. In some embodiments, an authentication request from a first user device associated with a user may be received. First location information of the first user device and second location information of a second user device may be obtained. A distance between the first and second user devices may be determined based on the first and second location information. A distance threshold may be adjusted based on whether such location information is obtained over the same wireless network, whether such information is obtained over a public wireless network, whether an IP address from which such location information is obtained matches a stored IP address, or other criteria. The user may be authenticated based on a comparison of the distance to the adjusted distance threshold.
Inventors: Paul Y. Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.); Ryan Fox (Lebanon, Ohio); Matthew Thompson (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Serivices (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Automated, History-based Correction Of Electronic Remittances For Programmatic Reconciliation Of Electronic Receivables
Patent No. 11720867
In an embodiment, a computing system receives a first electronic remittance corresponding to a first electronic payment to a payee. The system determines that the first remittance is in a first, unrecognized format, and responsively presents, to the payee, a user interface for matching electronic remittances to electronic payments. The system receives, via the user interface, field-mapping information between the first format and a second, recognized format. The system receives a second electronic remittance corresponding to a second electronic payment directed to the payee, determines that the second remittance is in the first format, and responsively uses the field-mapping information to convert the second remittance to the second format. The system matches the converted remittance to the second payment, and provides, to the payee, a payment file that indicates a match between the second remittance and the second payment.
Inventors: Seth M. Blacher (San Francisco, Calif.); Raymond Francis Gatland (Winston-Salem, N.C.); Irvin J. Cooper (Columbia Heights, Minn.); Karin L. Farnsworth (Glen Allen, Va.); Kellie L. Thomas (St. Johns, Fla.); Derek D. Mohr (Cornelius, N.C.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Controlled Release Mentholated Tobacco Beads
Patent No. 11723395
Encapsulated tobacco beads and processes of making the encapsulated tobacco beads are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a process of making encapsulated tobacco beads comprises mixing tobacco particles and menthol in an aqueous solution to form a wet mass; extruding the wet mass to form extrudates; spheronizing the extrudates to form tobacco beads; drying the tobacco beads; contacting the beads with a solution comprising a cation; and introducing the contacted tobacco beads into a solution of coating material in a concentration effective to induce ionic gelation of the coating material around the beads, to form encapsulated tobacco beads having gel coatings. According to another embodiment, an encapsulated tobacco bead comprises a core comprising tobacco particles and encapsulated menthol, an inner coating layer comprising hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or pectin, and an outer coating layer comprising an ionically-crosslinked gel.
Inventors: Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Shuzhong Zhuang (Richmond); Yi Zeng (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
System And Method For Updating CRM Data
Patent No. 11727033
Systems and methods for presenting CRM data. Users may configure what to display on a custom report and how to arrange and display the content (e.g., size, color, theme), so that they can visualize the CRM data the way they want. A data visualization interface may be used to generate the custom report, and may use HTML to specify the CRM data to be displayed and their location on the custom report according to user configuration. The data visualization interface may use JavaScript for specifying the objects and fields users want to query to obtain the CRM data to fill up the custom report. An API may communicate with the JavaScript in the data visualization interface and then query data and objects in the CRM to get a result set. The API may be a unified API which may work across multiple platforms and query various types of database, e.g., iOS, Windows, and the browser for Salesforce online. Users may edit the CRM data displayed in the custom report.
Inventors: Benjamin Steven Thomas (Richmond); Povilas Petkevicius (Barcelona, Spain); Ryan Andrew Brennan (Glenmoore, Penn.)
Assignee: Veeva Systems (Pleasanton, Calif.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Systems And Methods For Generating And Processing Electronic Forms
Patent No. 11727189
A computer-implemented method of generating and processing electronic forms may include: generating and storing a plurality of prompts; receiving a first form request from a first user device; generating a first form including a first set of prompt instances; causing the first form to be displayed on the first user device; receiving a first set of user inputs, each of the first set of user inputs being associated with one or more of the first set of prompt instances; and storing the first set of prompt instances and the first set of user inputs while maintaining the plurality of prompts.
Inventors: Robert Denison (Richmond); William Cardinale (Massapequa Park, N.Y.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Vapor-generating Systems
Patent No. 11724046
A vapor-generating system includes a cartridge, a vapor-generating device and a piercing element. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing configured to hold a solid vapor-forming substrate within the cartridge housing interior, a liquid storage housing configured to hold a liquid vapor-forming substrate within the liquid storage housing interior, and a frangible seal on the liquid storage housing. The vapor-generating device includes a device housing at least partially defining a cavity, an electric heater, and a power supply. The piercing element is configured to pierce the frangible seal of the cartridge to expose the liquid storage housing interior to be in fluid communication with the electric heater based on the vapor-generating device coupling with the cartridge such that the device housing at least partially receives the cartridge into the cavity. The electric heater is located externally from the piercing element.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Method Of Packaging Including Covering An Opening Of A Chute Using A Lid
Patent No. 11724839
The method includes covering a first opening of at least one first chute using a lid, delivering air from a pressurized air source into the at least one first chute, and advancing at least one first plunger through a first end of the at least one first chute to transfer a product through a second end of the at least one first chute and into a first open side of at least one first box.
Inventors: Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.); Steven R. Rinehart (Chesterfield, Va.); Danielle R. Crawford (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Aerosol-generating System Having A Cartridge With A Side Aperture
Patent No. 11724048
An aerosol-generating system includes a cartridge and an aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing and a cartridge aerosol-forming substrate within the cartridge housing. The cartridge housing has a first end, a second end, a first side between the first end and the second end, and at least one aperture on the first side. The aerosol-generating device includes a device housing, a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an electric heater, a power supply, and a controller. The device housing defines a cavity, a cavity air inlet, and a cavity air outlet. The cavity is configured to receive the cartridge such that an airflow from the cavity air inlet to the cavity outlet flows through the cartridge via the at least one aperture during an operation of the aerosol-generating system.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Article Including Identification Information For Use In An Electrically Heated Smoking System
Patent No. 11724290
A smoking article includes identification information encoded on the smoking article. The smoking article can be used with an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the smoking article and distinguishing the smoking article from other articles based on the identification information. A cleaning article includes identification information encoded on the cleaning article. The cleaning article cleans an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the cleaning article and distinguishing the cleaning article from other articles based on the identification information. An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an article configured for use with the smoking system includes: a cavity for receiving the article having identification information encoded thereon, a heating element, a power supply, electrical hardware, and a detector capable of detecting the presence of the article in the cavity and distinguishing the article from other articles based on the identification information.
Inventors: Felix Fernando (Berkshire, Great Britain); Jean-Pierre Cordey (Cheseaux, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Method And System For Authorizing Card Account Transactions By Geographic Region
Patent No. 11727411
A method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region by providing data for a user interface displaying geographic regions and merchant locations each corresponding to the location of a merchant where a transaction using a card account may be initiated, receiving a user interface selection representing a request to authorize or restrict card account transactions, receiving authorization requests for desired transactions, and authorizing or restricting the transactions in accordance with the request.
Inventor: Michele D. Matthews (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Nicotine Lozenge
Patent No. 11723904
A nicotine lozenge includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. A nicotine lozenge may include at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge may include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. The ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Fiber-wrapped Smokeless Tobacco Product
Patent No. 11723394
A fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a plurality of polymeric fibers surrounding the smokeless tobacco. The polymeric fibers can have a basis weight of 5 gsm or less and a diameter of less than 100 microns. In some cases, the polymeric fibers are melt-blown polymeric fibers. In some cases, the polymeric fibers are centrifugal force spun polymeric fibers. A method of preparing a fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product includes melt-blowing or centrifugal force spinning a plurality of polymeric fibers to create an polymer deposition zone and passing a body comprising smokeless tobacco through the polymer deposition zone. In some cases, an electrostatic charge can be applied to the plurality of polymeric fibers, the body, or a combination thereof. In some cases, a spin is applied to the body when passing through the polymer deposition zone.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Stabilization Of Slit Absorbent Fabric Edges
Patent No. 11725321
Disclosed are the cut edges of an absorbent fabric comprising at least 45% and less than about 90% cellulosic or natural fibers, and a fusible component being stabilized by fusing the fusible component with an arrangement of spaced lines or spaced areas extending from the cut edges, and optionally over the entire absorbent fabric.
Inventors: Dimitri Zafiroglu (Centreville, Del.); Jason Billups (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Xymid (Midlothian, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Systems And Methods For Cryptographic Authentication Of Contactless Cards
Patent No. 11728994
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between contactless card and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, the contactless card may be configured to create a cryptogram based on a plurality of keys and a counter. The cryptogram may be transmitted to the receiving device. The contactless card may be configured to transmit a one-time password to the client device. The counter value may be adjusted each time the one-time password is generated, and the counter may be configured to increment in a non-monotonic sequence, the sequence associated with one or more cryptographic algorithms.
Inventors: James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); William Duane (Westford, Mass.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Methods And Systems For Transition-coded Media, Measuring Engagement Of Transition-coded Media, And Distribution Of Components Of Transition-coded Media
Patent No. 11729464
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for transition-coded media, measuring engagement of transition-coded media, and distribution of components of transition-coded media. For instance, the method may include: obtaining a media file; determining whether the media file includes transition-coded media; in response to determining the media file includes the transition-coded media, setting up a dynamic media environment; detecting whether a user is interacting with the transition-coded media; and in response to detecting the user is interacting with the transition-coded media, executing the transition-coded media with the dynamic media environment.
Inventor: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Electrically Heated Smoking System With Internal Or External Heater
Patent No. 11717030
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element. The electrically heated smoking system and the heating element are arranged such that, when the aerosol forming substrate is received in the electrically heated smoking system, the heating element extends a distance only partially along the length of the aerosol forming-substrate, and the heating element is positioned towards the downstream end of the aerosol forming substrate.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Olivier Greim (Villars-Burquin, Switzerland); Julien Plojoux (Geneva, Switzerland); Dani Ruscio (Cressier, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Smoking Device
Patent No. 11717027
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a portion of plant material that includes at least one active ingredient. A vaporizing unit includes a heating element configured to heat the plant material, and a sensor configured to detect an indication of airflow rate through the vaporizing unit. Control circuitry is configured to receive an indication of the airflow rate through the vaporizing unit, and, in response thereto, to determine a smoking profile that is desired by the user. The control circuitry drives the heating element to vaporize the active ingredient of the plant material by heating the plant material according to the determined smoking profile. The control circuitry dynamically updates the smoking profile in response to changes in airflow rate over the course of a smoking session. Other applications are also described.
Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Vaping Device And Method For Aerosol-generation
Patent No. 11717845
A smoking device for aerosol-generation may comprise a device housing, a surface acoustic wave-atomizer (SAW-atomizer), a supply element, and a control system. The device housing may include a storage portion for an aerosol-forming substrate. The SAW-atomizer may include an atomization region, a first transducer, and/or a second transducer. The first transducer is configured to generate first surface acoustic waves that propagate along a surface of the SAW-atomizer. The supply element is arranged to supply the aerosol-forming substrate from the storage portion to the atomization region of the SAW-atomizer. The control system is configured to operate the SAW-atomizer to atomize the aerosol-forming substrate in the atomization region to generate an aerosol. A cartridge for such a smoking device and a method for generating an aerosol in a smoking system are also provided.
Inventors: Jerome Christian Courbat (Colombier, Switzerland); Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Systems And Methods For Updating Automatic Teller Machines
Patent 11720339
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for deploying and/or rolling back automatic teller machine (ATM) updates. Such methods can store a back-up system image of a client operating system on a virtual hard drive. When an update is deployed from a host operating system to the client operating system, the system update may fail to install properly, and the ATM may shut down. In response, the host operating system can execute instructions to the client operating system to boot from a bootable image on the virtual hard drive. Then, the virtual hard drive can emulate, by a boot loader on the back-up system image, the client operating system on the ATM from the virtual hard drive without loading the client operating system. Then, the virtual hard drive can install a rolled-back operating system on the ATM. The rolled-back operating system can comprise the back-up system image.
Inventor: Robert Reasor (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Shear Stable Lamination Adhesive With Spray Applied Activator
Patent No. 11717847
An adhesive application apparatus is provided. The apparatus uses a rolled on adhesive applied to a substrate. After roll application, an adhesive activator is sprayed onto the substrate. By spraying an activator onto the substrate after the adhesive is applied, the adhesive may be made tacky for adhesion, but the adhesive used for rolling may be highly stable and slow to dry/cure without said activator, which enhances rolled application effectiveness.
Inventors: Steven E. Adams (Richmond); Andrew T. Sinclair (Richmond); Robert J. Rose (Richmond); Ian L. Churcher (Richmond)
Assignee: Worthen Industries (Nashua, N.H.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Piston For A Reservoir Of A Dispenser Of A Fluid Product Without Air Intake
Patent No. 11718465
A piston for a reservoir of a dispenser of a fluid product without air intake, and presenting a central axis X includes both sealing means and also guiding means. The sealing means extend in a plane orthogonal to the axis X and define a single external sealing line in a closed loop, distal from the axis X, capable of coming into contact with an inner wall of the reservoir 10. The guiding means include a base from which extends one or more tabs with free ends defining external guide points, distal from the axis X, capable of coming into contact with the inner wall of the reservoir.
Inventors: Eric Rossignol (Chalon sur Saone, France); Emir Ezzina (Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France); Etienne Briere (Paris, France)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Le Treport S.A.S. (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Apparatuses And Methods For Tamping The Contents Of A Container
Patent No. 11718429
Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container are disclosed. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a tamp head for tamping the contents of the container; and a container support assembly structured and arranged to temporarily support the bottom surface of the container during tamping, the container support assembly comprising a support element having a protrusion extending upward from a substantially flat and horizontal upper surface, wherein the protrusion is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the bottom surface of the container.
Inventors: James D. Evans (Chesterfield, Va.); Herbert Clay Longest (Midlothian, Va.); Tamika A. Murrell (Richmond); Robert V. Powell Jr. (Midlothian, Va.); Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Jarrod Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 8, 2023
Vaporizing Devices And Methods For Delivering A Compound Using The Same
Patent No. 11717028
A method of treating disorders in a human or animal subject may include heating a material containing a compound to a first temperature to form a heated volume of the material. The method may additionally include heating the heated volume to a higher second temperature to form a dose of vapor including the compound. The method may also include administering the dose of vapor to the subject to treat disorders such as pain. The method may further include pre-heating the material to a preliminary temperature prior to the heating to the first temperature. The heating and pre-heating may be performed with a capsule including two covering layers, each including an electrically conductive material, configured to hold the material therebetween and to generate heat by resistive heating.
Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)
Aug. 8, 2023
Systems And Methods For Post-acquisition Assessment Matching
Patent No. 11720948
A computer-implemented method for post-acquisition assessment matching may include: receiving interaction information associated with a completed interaction involving an item acquired for a first assessment, the interaction information including an item identifier associated with the acquired item and the first assessment; in response to receiving the interaction information, determining whether the item is available for a second assessment based on the item identifier; in response to determining the second assessment for the item, comparing the first assessment with the second assessment; and in response to determining that the first assessment is higher than the second assessment based on the comparison: adjusting the first assessment based on the second assessment; determining a finalized amount for the interaction based on the adjusted first assessment for the item; and causing completion of the interaction based on the finalized amount.
Inventors: Anthony Reynolds (Richmond); Amitav Parida (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Daniel Kelly (Chicago, Ill.); Jason Samuels (Ladera Ranch, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Location-based Messaging
Patent No. 11722836
In some implementations, a system may receive exchange data that includes a credential for an exchange and an indication of an entity associated with the exchange. The system may determine that an entity location is within a threshold distance of a target location included in a set of target locations. The system may determine a baseline location associated with a user. The system may determine that the baseline location is outside of a threshold proximity of all target locations included in the set of target locations. The system may transmit, to a mobile device associated with the user, a message that includes an indication of the target location based on determining that the entity location is within the threshold distance of the target location and based on determining that the baseline location is outside of the threshold proximity of all target locations included in the set of target locations.
Assignee: Kevin M. Lowe (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Predictive Modeling For Anti-malware Solutions
Patent No. 11722517
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. A profile for a device is determined based on at least one characteristic identified from a successful attempt by the device to access a network. An expected characteristic for a next access attempt by the device to access the network is determined based on the profile. The characteristic of the next access attempt is matched to the expected characteristic. In response to determining that at least one characteristic of the next access attempt matches the expected characteristic, the next access attempt by the device to the network is automatically granted.
Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin (Charlotte, N.C.); Lawrence T. Belton Jr. (Charlotte, N.C.); Christopher Houser (Mt. Holly, N.C.); Peter A. Makohon (Huntersville, N.C.); Timothy Morris (Lexington, N.C.); Omar S. Bracey (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Vehicle Recognition Based On Sound During Operation
Patent No. 11721143
Methods and systems are described herein for generating vehicle profiles for detected vehicles based on engine sound recordings. Based on those vehicle profiles, an enterprise is enabled to generate a user profile for customers. To generate the vehicle profile, a vehicle profiling system may be used. The vehicle profiling system may receive sound data with range information. The vehicle profiling system may input the sound data into a trained machine learning model and receive vehicle model information for the sound data. Based on the output, the profiling system may retrieve metadata associated with the vehicle model and generate a profile based on the metadata.
Inventors: Michael Anthony Young Jr. (Henrico, Va.); Christopher McDaniel (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Louis Nowak (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Systems And Methods For Tiered Authentication Including Position-based Credentials
Patent No. 11722480
In certain embodiments, a distance threshold may be adjusted, and authentication may be performed based on the adjusted distance threshold. In some embodiments, an authentication request from a first user device associated with a user may be received. First location information of the first user device and second location information of a second user device may be obtained. A distance between the first and second user devices may be determined based on the first and second location information. A distance threshold may be adjusted based on whether such location information is obtained over the same wireless network, whether such information is obtained over a public wireless network, whether an IP address from which such location information is obtained matches a stored IP address, or other criteria. The user may be authenticated based on a comparison of the distance to the adjusted distance threshold.
Inventors: Paul Y. Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.); Ryan Fox (Lebanon, Ohio); Matthew Thompson (Alexandria, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Serivices (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Automated, History-based Correction Of Electronic Remittances For Programmatic Reconciliation Of Electronic Receivables
Patent No. 11720867
In an embodiment, a computing system receives a first electronic remittance corresponding to a first electronic payment to a payee. The system determines that the first remittance is in a first, unrecognized format, and responsively presents, to the payee, a user interface for matching electronic remittances to electronic payments. The system receives, via the user interface, field-mapping information between the first format and a second, recognized format. The system receives a second electronic remittance corresponding to a second electronic payment directed to the payee, determines that the second remittance is in the first format, and responsively uses the field-mapping information to convert the second remittance to the second format. The system matches the converted remittance to the second payment, and provides, to the payee, a payment file that indicates a match between the second remittance and the second payment.
Inventors: Seth M. Blacher (San Francisco, Calif.); Raymond Francis Gatland (Winston-Salem, N.C.); Irvin J. Cooper (Columbia Heights, Minn.); Karin L. Farnsworth (Glen Allen, Va.); Kellie L. Thomas (St. Johns, Fla.); Derek D. Mohr (Cornelius, N.C.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Aug. 8, 2023
Controlled Release Mentholated Tobacco Beads
Patent No. 11723395
Encapsulated tobacco beads and processes of making the encapsulated tobacco beads are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a process of making encapsulated tobacco beads comprises mixing tobacco particles and menthol in an aqueous solution to form a wet mass; extruding the wet mass to form extrudates; spheronizing the extrudates to form tobacco beads; drying the tobacco beads; contacting the beads with a solution comprising a cation; and introducing the contacted tobacco beads into a solution of coating material in a concentration effective to induce ionic gelation of the coating material around the beads, to form encapsulated tobacco beads having gel coatings. According to another embodiment, an encapsulated tobacco bead comprises a core comprising tobacco particles and encapsulated menthol, an inner coating layer comprising hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or pectin, and an outer coating layer comprising an ionically-crosslinked gel.
Inventors: Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Shuzhong Zhuang (Richmond); Yi Zeng (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
System And Method For Updating CRM Data
Patent No. 11727033
Systems and methods for presenting CRM data. Users may configure what to display on a custom report and how to arrange and display the content (e.g., size, color, theme), so that they can visualize the CRM data the way they want. A data visualization interface may be used to generate the custom report, and may use HTML to specify the CRM data to be displayed and their location on the custom report according to user configuration. The data visualization interface may use JavaScript for specifying the objects and fields users want to query to obtain the CRM data to fill up the custom report. An API may communicate with the JavaScript in the data visualization interface and then query data and objects in the CRM to get a result set. The API may be a unified API which may work across multiple platforms and query various types of database, e.g., iOS, Windows, and the browser for Salesforce online. Users may edit the CRM data displayed in the custom report.
Inventors: Benjamin Steven Thomas (Richmond); Povilas Petkevicius (Barcelona, Spain); Ryan Andrew Brennan (Glenmoore, Penn.)
Assignee: Veeva Systems (Pleasanton, Calif.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Systems And Methods For Generating And Processing Electronic Forms
Patent No. 11727189
A computer-implemented method of generating and processing electronic forms may include: generating and storing a plurality of prompts; receiving a first form request from a first user device; generating a first form including a first set of prompt instances; causing the first form to be displayed on the first user device; receiving a first set of user inputs, each of the first set of user inputs being associated with one or more of the first set of prompt instances; and storing the first set of prompt instances and the first set of user inputs while maintaining the plurality of prompts.
Inventors: Robert Denison (Richmond); William Cardinale (Massapequa Park, N.Y.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Vapor-generating Systems
Patent No. 11724046
A vapor-generating system includes a cartridge, a vapor-generating device and a piercing element. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing configured to hold a solid vapor-forming substrate within the cartridge housing interior, a liquid storage housing configured to hold a liquid vapor-forming substrate within the liquid storage housing interior, and a frangible seal on the liquid storage housing. The vapor-generating device includes a device housing at least partially defining a cavity, an electric heater, and a power supply. The piercing element is configured to pierce the frangible seal of the cartridge to expose the liquid storage housing interior to be in fluid communication with the electric heater based on the vapor-generating device coupling with the cartridge such that the device housing at least partially receives the cartridge into the cavity. The electric heater is located externally from the piercing element.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Method Of Packaging Including Covering An Opening Of A Chute Using A Lid
Patent No. 11724839
The method includes covering a first opening of at least one first chute using a lid, delivering air from a pressurized air source into the at least one first chute, and advancing at least one first plunger through a first end of the at least one first chute to transfer a product through a second end of the at least one first chute and into a first open side of at least one first box.
Inventors: Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.); Steven R. Rinehart (Chesterfield, Va.); Danielle R. Crawford (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Aerosol-generating System Having A Cartridge With A Side Aperture
Patent No. 11724048
An aerosol-generating system includes a cartridge and an aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing and a cartridge aerosol-forming substrate within the cartridge housing. The cartridge housing has a first end, a second end, a first side between the first end and the second end, and at least one aperture on the first side. The aerosol-generating device includes a device housing, a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an electric heater, a power supply, and a controller. The device housing defines a cavity, a cavity air inlet, and a cavity air outlet. The cavity is configured to receive the cartridge such that an airflow from the cavity air inlet to the cavity outlet flows through the cartridge via the at least one aperture during an operation of the aerosol-generating system.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Article Including Identification Information For Use In An Electrically Heated Smoking System
Patent No. 11724290
A smoking article includes identification information encoded on the smoking article. The smoking article can be used with an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the smoking article and distinguishing the smoking article from other articles based on the identification information. A cleaning article includes identification information encoded on the cleaning article. The cleaning article cleans an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the cleaning article and distinguishing the cleaning article from other articles based on the identification information. An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an article configured for use with the smoking system includes: a cavity for receiving the article having identification information encoded thereon, a heating element, a power supply, electrical hardware, and a detector capable of detecting the presence of the article in the cavity and distinguishing the article from other articles based on the identification information.
Inventors: Felix Fernando (Berkshire, Great Britain); Jean-Pierre Cordey (Cheseaux, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Method And System For Authorizing Card Account Transactions By Geographic Region
Patent No. 11727411
A method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region by providing data for a user interface displaying geographic regions and merchant locations each corresponding to the location of a merchant where a transaction using a card account may be initiated, receiving a user interface selection representing a request to authorize or restrict card account transactions, receiving authorization requests for desired transactions, and authorizing or restricting the transactions in accordance with the request.
Inventor: Michele D. Matthews (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Nicotine Lozenge
Patent No. 11723904
A nicotine lozenge includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. A nicotine lozenge may include at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge may include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. The ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Fiber-wrapped Smokeless Tobacco Product
Patent No. 11723394
A fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a plurality of polymeric fibers surrounding the smokeless tobacco. The polymeric fibers can have a basis weight of 5 gsm or less and a diameter of less than 100 microns. In some cases, the polymeric fibers are melt-blown polymeric fibers. In some cases, the polymeric fibers are centrifugal force spun polymeric fibers. A method of preparing a fiber-wrapped smokeless tobacco product includes melt-blowing or centrifugal force spinning a plurality of polymeric fibers to create an polymer deposition zone and passing a body comprising smokeless tobacco through the polymer deposition zone. In some cases, an electrostatic charge can be applied to the plurality of polymeric fibers, the body, or a combination thereof. In some cases, a spin is applied to the body when passing through the polymer deposition zone.
Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.); Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond); Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.); William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 15, 2023
Stabilization Of Slit Absorbent Fabric Edges
Patent No. 11725321
Disclosed are the cut edges of an absorbent fabric comprising at least 45% and less than about 90% cellulosic or natural fibers, and a fusible component being stabilized by fusing the fusible component with an arrangement of spaced lines or spaced areas extending from the cut edges, and optionally over the entire absorbent fabric.
Inventors: Dimitri Zafiroglu (Centreville, Del.); Jason Billups (Chesterfield, Va.)
Assignee: Xymid (Midlothian, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Systems And Methods For Cryptographic Authentication Of Contactless Cards
Patent No. 11728994
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between contactless card and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, the contactless card may be configured to create a cryptogram based on a plurality of keys and a counter. The cryptogram may be transmitted to the receiving device. The contactless card may be configured to transmit a one-time password to the client device. The counter value may be adjusted each time the one-time password is generated, and the counter may be configured to increment in a non-monotonic sequence, the sequence associated with one or more cryptographic algorithms.
Inventors: James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); William Duane (Westford, Mass.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023
Methods And Systems For Transition-coded Media, Measuring Engagement Of Transition-coded Media, And Distribution Of Components Of Transition-coded Media
Patent No. 11729464
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for transition-coded media, measuring engagement of transition-coded media, and distribution of components of transition-coded media. For instance, the method may include: obtaining a media file; determining whether the media file includes transition-coded media; in response to determining the media file includes the transition-coded media, setting up a dynamic media environment; detecting whether a user is interacting with the transition-coded media; and in response to detecting the user is interacting with the transition-coded media, executing the transition-coded media with the dynamic media environment.
Inventor: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 15, 2023