Systems And Methods For Generating A 360-degree Viewing Experience
Patent No. 12056327
A system for generating a 360-degree viewing experience may receive a plurality of images of an object from an image capture device, wherein each of the plurality of images corresponds to a different rotational orientation of the object relative to the image capture device. The system may detect, using a first machine learning model, the object in each of the plurality of images. The system may detect, using a second machine learning model, regions associated with identifiable object features in one or more images of the plurality of images. The system may assign feature metadata to the one or more images, the features metadata associated with one or more detected regions of the detected regions of the object in the one or more images. The system may publish, with an application programming interface, the plurality of images and the feature metadata for the 360-degree viewing experience.
Inventors: Omar Ahmed Ansari (Richmond); Clark Barrett Jennings (Richmond)
Assignee: Carmax Enterprise Services (Richmond)
8/6/2024
Antiwear System For Improved Copper Corrosion
Patent No. 12054688
An oil-soluble phosphorus antiwear additive and a lubricating composition including the ashless antiwear additive having improved copper corrosion performance obtained by reacting an organic hydroxy compound with phosphorus pentasulfide to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product and recovering a condensate, and reacting the condensate with an unsaturated ester of a carboxylic acid to form an oil-soluble phosphorus antiwear additive.
Inventors: Brandon Knouse (Moseley, Va.); David Edwards (Richmond); Magdalena Makowska (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Capsules With Integrated Mouthpieces, Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices, And Methods Of Generating An Aerosol
Patent No. 12053022
A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a base portion, a first cover, a second cover, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The base portion includes an engagement assembly configured to couple with the first cover and the second cover. The first cover defines a first recess, and the second cover defines a second recess. When assembled, the first cover is aligned with the second cover such that the first recess and the second recess collectively form a chamber. The aerosol-forming substrate is within the chamber. The heater is configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The heater extends through the base portion such that the intermediate section is in the chamber, while the first end section and the second end section are external segments.
Inventor: Zack W. Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug.6, 2024
E-vapor Devices Including Pre-sealed Cartridges
Patent No. 12053020
An e-vapor device may include a cartridge configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein. The e-vapor device may additionally include a dispensing body including a ratchet assembly and configured to receive a vaporizer to interact with the ratchet assembly. The vaporizer is configured to access the pre-vapor formulation in the cartridge via a coupling action and to heat the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. The ratchet assembly is configured to undergo a mechanical incrementation with each coupling action to facilitate a simultaneous removal of the cartridge with the vaporizer coupled thereto after a designated number of coupling actions. Accordingly, the overuse of the vaporizer and the adverse sensory effects associated therewith can be reduced or prevented.
Inventors: Eric Hawes (Richmond); Raymond Lau (Richmond); Ben Sharp (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Method Establishing First Airflow And Second Airflow In E-vaping Cartridge
Patent No. 12053032
The method including first establishing a first airflow in a first passage of an e-vaping cartridge, the first passage including a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, a first air inlet in communication with the first portion, a heater in communication with the second portion, the second portion being between the first portion and the third portion, and second establishing a second airflow in a second passage of the e-vaping cartridge, the second passage being in communication with the third portion.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Raymond Lau (Richmond); Robert Arents (Richmond); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Scientific System And Method For Optimizing Television Advertising
Patent No. 12057926
A scientific system and methods are disclosed for optimizing television (e.g., “CTV” and “OTT”) advertising and related expenditure to maximize efficiency and return on investment (“ROI’) for advertisers. The scientific system comprises an initial-feedback engine that develops and refines creatives or outcomes by creating and using an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine that creates an initial feedback loop from social media platforms and subsequently uses an intelligent advertisement-selection engine that takes the highest performing advertising on the social media platforms and directs or imports them for connected television or over-the-top advertising. The system includes a performance engine that optimizes performance of the connected television and over-the-top advertising and then moves the winning combination of a creative or outcome resulting from the application inventory, the audience segment, the part of day, the frequency or the like to linear television purchase actions.
Inventors: Jason Fairchild (Pasadena, Calif.); David Koye (Richmond)
Assignee: tvScientific (Pasadena, Calif.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Moist Tobacco Product And Method Of Making
Patent No. 12053014
A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed. The super-hydrated membrane coating is formed by ionic cross-linking using two polymers. The soluble component of the super-hydrated membrane coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component maintains the tobacco within the coating for the duration of the use of the product. The moist tobacco product is soft and flexible so as to fit comfortably in an oral cavity when placed therein.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Richmond); William R. Sweeney (Richmond); Shensheng Liu (Richmond); Kenneth A. Newman (Prince George, Va.); Steven J. Hovjacky (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Aerosol-generating System Comprising A Modular Assembly
Patent No. 12053021
An aerosol-generating system includes a plurality of cartridges and an aerosol-generating device. At least one cartridge of the plurality of cartridges includes a first aerosol-forming substrate, the plurality of cartridges are configured for selective connection to each other to form a cartridge assembly. The aerosol-generating device includes a storage including a second aerosol-forming substrate in the storage, an electric heater configured to heat a portion of the second aerosol-forming substrate from the storage section during use of the aerosol-generating system, and a power supply housing, the power supply housing including a power supply and a controller, the controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the power supply to the electric heater, the aerosol-generating device being configured to receive the cartridge assembly at a downstream end of the aerosol-generating device.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Systems And Methods For Virtual Certification
Patent No. 12056717
Systems and methods for triggering a virtual certification number (VCN) generation for use at a source include receiving a VCN generation request from an external entity, the VCN generation request comprising an external request code, external risk signals, and one or more source data for the source, verifying a registration authentication of an account associated with the external request code by comparing the external request code to a database entry, identifying a certification mechanism reference identifier associated with the external request code based on verifying the registration authentication, generating a risk authentication based on a risk analysis conducted using the external risk signals and the external request code, identifying a source identifier based on the one or more source data, and generating the VCN based on the certification mechanism reference identifier and the source identifier.
Inventors: Kelly Jo Brown (Rockville, Md.); Jesse Emery (Arlington, Va.); Jonathan Blocksom (Reston, Va.); Swapna Mandala (Glen Allen, Va.); Todd Safford (Bethesda, Md.); Victoria Yang (Fairfax, Va.); Brian Glowniak (McLean, Va.); Edward Husa (McLean, Va.); Calvin Sun (McLean, Va.); Audrey Zhang (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Using On-demand Applications To Process Encrypted Data From A Contactless Card
Patent No. 12056685
A device may receive a uniform resource locator (URL) and encrypted data. The device may download a first application from an application server based on the URL. The device may download and execute the first application. The first application may receive the encrypted data.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Computer-based Systems Configured For Dynamic Performance Scoring Of Software Agents And Methods Of Use Thereof
Patent No. 12056011
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplary method that may include steps of identifying at least one computing specification image within a plurality of computing specification images; monitoring each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents for a predetermined period of time to establish a data agent usage baseline associated with each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents; utilizing a chaos engineering algorithm to dynamically perturb each data agent; calculating a usage test score for each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents; calculating an overall data agent-specific usage score associated with each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents based on the plurality of data agent-specific usage test scores; and rejecting at least one data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents from being utilized to launch the instance of the software application.
Inventors: Emannuel Obogbaimhe (Fairfax, Va.); Kadhiresan Kanniyappan (Ashburn, Va.); Krystan R. Franzen (Mechanicsville, Va.); Yasawy Rajendraprasad Ravala (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Zheng (Morrisville, N.C.); Matthew Blake Ackard (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform With A Validation Microservice For Validating Transactions Before Being Processed
Patent No. 12056713
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. As the transactions are received, the transactions may be analyzed to detect duplicate transactions and/or errors in the transactions. The transaction exchange platform may take steps to remediate transactions that are recognized as duplicates or predicted to generate one or more errors. Similarly, the transaction exchange platform may take steps to remediate transactions that are rejected by a clearinghouse.
Inventors: Nishant Srivastava (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Suressh Chander Ramaraj (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Smith (Henrico, Va.); Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.); Kumari Bhawprita (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Systems And Methods For Contactless Card Applet Communication
Patent No. 12056560
Example embodiments of systems and methods for contactless card verification include a contactless card including a substrate, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory contains a first applet and a second applet, and a recipient device in data communication with the contactless card, wherein the second applet is configured to retrieve one or more parameters from the first applet via an interface; and wherein the second applet is configured to transmit the one or more parameters to the recipient device for verification.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); Srinivasa Chigurupati (Long Grove, Ill.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Training An Artificial Intelligence Engine For Real-time Monitoring To Eliminate False Positives
Patent No. 12056231
A system and method for training an artificial intelligence engine for real-time monitoring to eliminate false positives is disclosed. The system includes at least one processor, a communication interface coupled to the processor, and a memory device storing executable code. Executing the executable code causes the processor to receive data from an AI security model, receive data from a false positive database, and correlate both sets of data. The correlated data is used to generate a training dataset and a test dataset used to train a false positive identification model. After evaluating the false positive identification model, an AI engine is applied to user registration. The AI engine includes an AI security model and the false positive identification model. Additionally, a system for evaluating the security of user registration utilizing the false positive identification model is disclosed.
Inventors: David Wright (Roswell, Ga.); David Pham (Acworth, Ga.); Adam Thomas Lewis (Mechanicsville, Va.); Kenneth William Cluff (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Plectin-1 Binding Antibodies And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 12053530
Aspects of the disclosure provide compositions and methods for treating cancer characterized by surface expression of plectin-1. The disclosure relates, in part, to combinations of therapeutic agents (e.g., anti-plectin-1 antibodies and certain small molecules) that function together (e.g., synergistically) to inhibit cancer cell growth. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to anti-plectin-1 antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs).
Inventor: Kimberly A. Kelly (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: ZielBio (Charlottesville, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Cartridge For Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 12059522
A cartridge for an e-vaping device enables separate vapors to be formed proximate to separate, respective ends of the cartridge. The cartridge includes multiple reservoirs and separate vaporizer assemblies coupled to separate reservoirs on opposite ends of the reservoirs. The separate reservoirs may hold separate pre-vapor formulations. The separate vaporizer assemblies may draw separate pre-vapor formulations from separate reservoirs towards opposite ends of the cartridge and vaporize the separate pre-vapor formulations via operation of separate heaters proximate to the separate ends. The separate heaters may be independently controlled to independently control vapor formation at the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to independently control vapor formation rates proximate to the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to form separate vapors at least one of simultaneously, concurrently, and at different times.
Inventors: Ali Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); David Kane (Richmond); Peter Lipowicz (Midlothian, Va.); Georgios Karles (Richmond); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.); Yezdi Pithawalla (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Aerosol-generating Systems With Usage Determination
Patent No. 12059040
An electrically operated aerosol generating system may include a storage portion configured to store an aerosol forming substrate, at least one heating element configured to heat the aerosol forming substrate, a sensor configured to detect an activation of the system, a clock, and electric circuitry connected to the sensor. A usage parameter associated with operation of the system may be measured and compared, to a threshold value. A usage profile of the system may be determined based on the comparison. Such operations may be repeated at different times of day. An operating mode of the system may be selectively executed based on the determined usage profile associated with the current time of day. A monitoring procedure may be ended when the measured usage parameter exceeds a threshold value, and the duration of the monitoring procedure may be compared to a threshold duration to determine the usage profile.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Unmanned Aerial System And Method For Contact Inspection And Other Wise Performing Work On Power Line Components
Patent No. 12060151
A system for performing work on electrical power lines and/or splices on electrical power lines comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a power line tool adapted to perch on an electrical power line and/or a splice on an electrical power line, a support frame selectively releasably attached to the UAV, and a plurality of flexible dielectric support lines attaching the power line tool to the support frame. Each of the support lines are attached to a corresponding attachment point on the support frame and a corresponding attachment point on the power line tool.
Inventors: Michael Kenneth Beiro (Richmond); Alvin Leroy Corbin III (Dillwyn, Va.); Chase Hamilton Coble (Chesterfield, Va.); David Carson Schul (Richmond)
Assignee: Beirobotics (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices With Compression Assembly
Patent No. 12059035
An aerosol-generating device includes a heating chamber structure, a heater coupled to the heating chamber structure, and a compression assembly. The heating chamber structure defines a fixed-volume enclosure and is configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate within a first region of the enclosure. The heater is proximate to a first surface that at least partly defines the first region and is configured to generate heat that is transmitted into the first region to cause the aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol without any combustion. The compression assembly includes a compression plate and a compression actuator. The compression plate and the first surface define opposing boundaries of the first region. The compression actuator moves the compression plate through the enclosure to adjustably compress the aerosol-forming substrate in the first region against the first surface.
Inventor: Jason Flora (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Smoking System Having A Liquid Storage Portion
Patent No. 12059524
A smoking system includes a capillary wick for holding liquid, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet and the chamber are arranged so as to define an air flow route from the air inlet to the air outlet via the capillary wick so as to convey aerosol formed from the liquid to the air outlet. The smoking system further includes at least one guide for channeling the air flow in the air flow route, so as to control particle size in the aerosol. The smoking system optionally includes at least one heater for heating the liquid in at least a portion of the capillary wick to form the aerosol.
Inventors: Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland); Jean-Marc Flick (Pomy, Switzerland); Olivier Yves Cochand (Dombresson, Switzerland); Flavien Dubief (Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
System And Method For Watermarking A Machine Learning Model
Patent No. 12061678
Exemplary systems and methods are directed to embedding data into a machine learning model. A processing device executes program code for running a machine learning model, which has a plurality of parameter values. The processing device receives a message to be embedded into the machine learning model. The message is encrypted according to a set of keys of a cryptographic algorithm. The encrypted message is converted to a corresponding binary representation. The binary representation of the encrypted message is embedded into at least one of the one or more parameters of the machine learning model. The embedding operation modifies the at least one parameter value of the machine learning model.
Inventors: Clayton Davis (Collierville, Tenn.); Saumil Dave (San Diego, Calif.); Baruch Gutow (Baltimore, Md.); Gabriella Melki (Richmond)
Assignee: Booz Allen Hamilton (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Recording Video Quality
Patent No. 12063394
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting a video quality. One of the methods includes: determining, for a repeating time range of a video with a first video quality, a frequency with which one or more portions of the video were accessed, each portion for a corresponding one of one or more past instances of the repeating time range; selecting, for the repeating time range and using the frequency with which the portion of the video for the repeating time range was accessed, a second video quality from two or more video qualities that includes the first video quality; and storing, in memory, one or more additional portions of the video i) captured by a camera during future instances of the repeating time range ii) at the second video quality.
Inventor: Yang Yang Zheng (Richmond)
Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Tysons, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Aerosol Generating Device Comprising Semiconductor Heaters
Patent No. 12059523
An aerosol-generating device includes an electrical power supply, a cavity structure configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, and a plurality of semiconductor heaters within the cavity structure. Each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters includes a substrate layer and a heating layer on the substrate layer. The heating layer is a continuous layer. The aerosol-generating device includes a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply to each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters.
Inventor: Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Re-sealable Cigarette Pack
Patent No. 12060217
A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.
Inventor: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Apparatuses And Methods For Loading Containers With Products
Patent No. 12060183
At least one example embodiment relates to a system for filling a plurality of containers with oral products. The system comprises a container station and a shuttle assembly. The container station is configured to provide a plurality of containers. The shuttle assembly is configured to move between a first shuttle position to receive a plurality of oral products and a second shuttle position to deposit the oral products into the containers. At least one example embodiment relates to a method of filling a plurality of containers with oral products.
Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner (Midothian, Va.); Tamika Murrell (Richmond); Ahmet Ercelebi (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
Aug. 13, 2024
Blood-brain Barrier Disruption Using Reversible Or Irreversible Electroporation
Patent No. 12059197
The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for in vivo treatment of cell proliferative disorders. Included is a method of treating tissue with electrical energy, the method comprising: delivering electrical energy to tissue using one or more electroporation devices comprising one or more electrodes; and cooling the tissue, surrounding tissue, one or more of the electrodes, or one or more of the electroporation devices to minimize heating. In embodiments, the invention can be used to treat solid tumors, such as brain tumors, and in some embodiments, exemplary methods rely on non-thermal irreversible electroporation (IRE) to cause cell death in treated tumors.
Inventors: Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.); Paulo A. Garcia (Cambridge, Mass.); John L. Robertson (Floyd, Va.); John H. Rossmeisl (Blacksburg, Va.); Robert E. Neal II (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
System And Method To Perform Digital Authentication Using Multiple Channels Of Communication
Patent No. 12061682
Embodiments are generally directed to techniques and devices to communicate a first communication to a mobile device, the first communication including first data to cause the mobile device to download a mobile application, communicate a second communication to the mobile device, the second communication comprising second data comprising a task identifier, the second data to cause the mobile application to perform an authentication task associated with the task identifier, determine the user is authenticated by the authentication task, and enable the mobile device to perform sensitive actions.
Inventors: Justin Anthony Bowers (St. Cloud, Minn.); James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); Melissa Yoemans Heng (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Security Group Differencing Utility To Assess Changes And Adoption Risks
Patent No. 12063255
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps for providing security group differencing for applications stored in a cloud-based computing environment. The computing system receives a request to update an application stored in a cloud-based computing environment from a first version of the application to a second version of the application. The computing system identifies a first set of security group rules for the first version of the application and a second set of security group rules for the second version of the application. The computing system determines security group differencing data based on the first set of security group rules and the second set of security group rules. Subsequently, the computing system determines a security score based on the security group differencing data and provisions an adoption rule based on a comparison between the security score and a predetermined security score threshold.
Inventors: Joseph T. Paulchell (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mashour Rahman (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Apertured Extrusion Coated Nonwoven Web For Absorbent Articles And Absorbent Articles Including Same
Patent No. 12059333
An apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web for use as a topsheet in an absorbent article includes a nonwoven material having a user-facing side and a garment-facing side opposite the user-facing side. The nonwoven material includes a plurality of fibers. The apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web also includes a polymer coating on the garment-facing side of the nonwoven material, the polymer coating having a basis weight of about 2 gsm to about 6 gsm, and a plurality of three-dimensional apertures that extend through the nonwoven material and the polymer coating. Each of the plurality of three-dimensional apertures includes a continuous sidewall extending from a garment-facing side of the polymer coating. The apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web has an open area of greater than 5% when subjected to a pressure of 0.6 psi.
Inventors: Andrew D. Maschino (Paris, Ill.); Brian C. Loomis (Terre Haute, Ind.); Todd R. Skochdopole (Moseley, Va.); Paul Eugene Thomas (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Assignee: Fitesa Film Products (Simpsonville, S.C.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Systems And Methods For Generating A 360-degree Viewing Experience
Patent No. 12056327
A system for generating a 360-degree viewing experience may receive a plurality of images of an object from an image capture device, wherein each of the plurality of images corresponds to a different rotational orientation of the object relative to the image capture device. The system may detect, using a first machine learning model, the object in each of the plurality of images. The system may detect, using a second machine learning model, regions associated with identifiable object features in one or more images of the plurality of images. The system may assign feature metadata to the one or more images, the features metadata associated with one or more detected regions of the detected regions of the object in the one or more images. The system may publish, with an application programming interface, the plurality of images and the feature metadata for the 360-degree viewing experience.
Inventors: Omar Ahmed Ansari (Richmond); Clark Barrett Jennings (Richmond)
Assignee: Carmax Enterprise Services (Richmond)
8/6/2024
Antiwear System For Improved Copper Corrosion
Patent No. 12054688
An oil-soluble phosphorus antiwear additive and a lubricating composition including the ashless antiwear additive having improved copper corrosion performance obtained by reacting an organic hydroxy compound with phosphorus pentasulfide to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product and recovering a condensate, and reacting the condensate with an unsaturated ester of a carboxylic acid to form an oil-soluble phosphorus antiwear additive.
Inventors: Brandon Knouse (Moseley, Va.); David Edwards (Richmond); Magdalena Makowska (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Capsules With Integrated Mouthpieces, Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices, And Methods Of Generating An Aerosol
Patent No. 12053022
A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a base portion, a first cover, a second cover, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The base portion includes an engagement assembly configured to couple with the first cover and the second cover. The first cover defines a first recess, and the second cover defines a second recess. When assembled, the first cover is aligned with the second cover such that the first recess and the second recess collectively form a chamber. The aerosol-forming substrate is within the chamber. The heater is configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The heater extends through the base portion such that the intermediate section is in the chamber, while the first end section and the second end section are external segments.
Inventor: Zack W. Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug.6, 2024
E-vapor Devices Including Pre-sealed Cartridges
Patent No. 12053020
An e-vapor device may include a cartridge configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein. The e-vapor device may additionally include a dispensing body including a ratchet assembly and configured to receive a vaporizer to interact with the ratchet assembly. The vaporizer is configured to access the pre-vapor formulation in the cartridge via a coupling action and to heat the pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor. The ratchet assembly is configured to undergo a mechanical incrementation with each coupling action to facilitate a simultaneous removal of the cartridge with the vaporizer coupled thereto after a designated number of coupling actions. Accordingly, the overuse of the vaporizer and the adverse sensory effects associated therewith can be reduced or prevented.
Inventors: Eric Hawes (Richmond); Raymond Lau (Richmond); Ben Sharp (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Method Establishing First Airflow And Second Airflow In E-vaping Cartridge
Patent No. 12053032
The method including first establishing a first airflow in a first passage of an e-vaping cartridge, the first passage including a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, a first air inlet in communication with the first portion, a heater in communication with the second portion, the second portion being between the first portion and the third portion, and second establishing a second airflow in a second passage of the e-vaping cartridge, the second passage being in communication with the third portion.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian, Va.); Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.); Raymond Lau (Richmond); Robert Arents (Richmond); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Scientific System And Method For Optimizing Television Advertising
Patent No. 12057926
A scientific system and methods are disclosed for optimizing television (e.g., “CTV” and “OTT”) advertising and related expenditure to maximize efficiency and return on investment (“ROI’) for advertisers. The scientific system comprises an initial-feedback engine that develops and refines creatives or outcomes by creating and using an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine that creates an initial feedback loop from social media platforms and subsequently uses an intelligent advertisement-selection engine that takes the highest performing advertising on the social media platforms and directs or imports them for connected television or over-the-top advertising. The system includes a performance engine that optimizes performance of the connected television and over-the-top advertising and then moves the winning combination of a creative or outcome resulting from the application inventory, the audience segment, the part of day, the frequency or the like to linear television purchase actions.
Inventors: Jason Fairchild (Pasadena, Calif.); David Koye (Richmond)
Assignee: tvScientific (Pasadena, Calif.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Moist Tobacco Product And Method Of Making
Patent No. 12053014
A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed. The super-hydrated membrane coating is formed by ionic cross-linking using two polymers. The soluble component of the super-hydrated membrane coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component maintains the tobacco within the coating for the duration of the use of the product. The moist tobacco product is soft and flexible so as to fit comfortably in an oral cavity when placed therein.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Richmond); William R. Sweeney (Richmond); Shensheng Liu (Richmond); Kenneth A. Newman (Prince George, Va.); Steven J. Hovjacky (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Aerosol-generating System Comprising A Modular Assembly
Patent No. 12053021
An aerosol-generating system includes a plurality of cartridges and an aerosol-generating device. At least one cartridge of the plurality of cartridges includes a first aerosol-forming substrate, the plurality of cartridges are configured for selective connection to each other to form a cartridge assembly. The aerosol-generating device includes a storage including a second aerosol-forming substrate in the storage, an electric heater configured to heat a portion of the second aerosol-forming substrate from the storage section during use of the aerosol-generating system, and a power supply housing, the power supply housing including a power supply and a controller, the controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the power supply to the electric heater, the aerosol-generating device being configured to receive the cartridge assembly at a downstream end of the aerosol-generating device.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 6, 2024
Systems And Methods For Virtual Certification
Patent No. 12056717
Systems and methods for triggering a virtual certification number (VCN) generation for use at a source include receiving a VCN generation request from an external entity, the VCN generation request comprising an external request code, external risk signals, and one or more source data for the source, verifying a registration authentication of an account associated with the external request code by comparing the external request code to a database entry, identifying a certification mechanism reference identifier associated with the external request code based on verifying the registration authentication, generating a risk authentication based on a risk analysis conducted using the external risk signals and the external request code, identifying a source identifier based on the one or more source data, and generating the VCN based on the certification mechanism reference identifier and the source identifier.
Inventors: Kelly Jo Brown (Rockville, Md.); Jesse Emery (Arlington, Va.); Jonathan Blocksom (Reston, Va.); Swapna Mandala (Glen Allen, Va.); Todd Safford (Bethesda, Md.); Victoria Yang (Fairfax, Va.); Brian Glowniak (McLean, Va.); Edward Husa (McLean, Va.); Calvin Sun (McLean, Va.); Audrey Zhang (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Using On-demand Applications To Process Encrypted Data From A Contactless Card
Patent No. 12056685
A device may receive a uniform resource locator (URL) and encrypted data. The device may download a first application from an application server based on the URL. The device may download and execute the first application. The first application may receive the encrypted data.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); Wayne Lutz (Fort Washington, Md.); Paul Moreton (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Computer-based Systems Configured For Dynamic Performance Scoring Of Software Agents And Methods Of Use Thereof
Patent No. 12056011
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplary method that may include steps of identifying at least one computing specification image within a plurality of computing specification images; monitoring each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents for a predetermined period of time to establish a data agent usage baseline associated with each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents; utilizing a chaos engineering algorithm to dynamically perturb each data agent; calculating a usage test score for each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents; calculating an overall data agent-specific usage score associated with each data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents based on the plurality of data agent-specific usage test scores; and rejecting at least one data agent within the plurality of preinstalled data agents from being utilized to launch the instance of the software application.
Inventors: Emannuel Obogbaimhe (Fairfax, Va.); Kadhiresan Kanniyappan (Ashburn, Va.); Krystan R. Franzen (Mechanicsville, Va.); Yasawy Rajendraprasad Ravala (Glen Allen, Va.); Matthew Zheng (Morrisville, N.C.); Matthew Blake Ackard (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform With A Validation Microservice For Validating Transactions Before Being Processed
Patent No. 12056713
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. As the transactions are received, the transactions may be analyzed to detect duplicate transactions and/or errors in the transactions. The transaction exchange platform may take steps to remediate transactions that are recognized as duplicates or predicted to generate one or more errors. Similarly, the transaction exchange platform may take steps to remediate transactions that are rejected by a clearinghouse.
Inventors: Nishant Srivastava (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Suressh Chander Ramaraj (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Smith (Henrico, Va.); Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.); Kumari Bhawprita (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Systems And Methods For Contactless Card Applet Communication
Patent No. 12056560
Example embodiments of systems and methods for contactless card verification include a contactless card including a substrate, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory contains a first applet and a second applet, and a recipient device in data communication with the contactless card, wherein the second applet is configured to retrieve one or more parameters from the first applet via an interface; and wherein the second applet is configured to transmit the one or more parameters to the recipient device for verification.
Inventors: Jeffrey Rule (Chevy Chase, Md.); James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); Srinivasa Chigurupati (Long Grove, Ill.); Kevin Osborn (Newton Highlands, Mass.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Training An Artificial Intelligence Engine For Real-time Monitoring To Eliminate False Positives
Patent No. 12056231
A system and method for training an artificial intelligence engine for real-time monitoring to eliminate false positives is disclosed. The system includes at least one processor, a communication interface coupled to the processor, and a memory device storing executable code. Executing the executable code causes the processor to receive data from an AI security model, receive data from a false positive database, and correlate both sets of data. The correlated data is used to generate a training dataset and a test dataset used to train a false positive identification model. After evaluating the false positive identification model, an AI engine is applied to user registration. The AI engine includes an AI security model and the false positive identification model. Additionally, a system for evaluating the security of user registration utilizing the false positive identification model is disclosed.
Inventors: David Wright (Roswell, Ga.); David Pham (Acworth, Ga.); Adam Thomas Lewis (Mechanicsville, Va.); Kenneth William Cluff (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Truist Bank (Charlotte, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Plectin-1 Binding Antibodies And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 12053530
Aspects of the disclosure provide compositions and methods for treating cancer characterized by surface expression of plectin-1. The disclosure relates, in part, to combinations of therapeutic agents (e.g., anti-plectin-1 antibodies and certain small molecules) that function together (e.g., synergistically) to inhibit cancer cell growth. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to anti-plectin-1 antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs).
Inventor: Kimberly A. Kelly (Goochland, Va.)
Assignee: ZielBio (Charlottesville, Va.)
Aug. 6, 2024
Cartridge For Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 12059522
A cartridge for an e-vaping device enables separate vapors to be formed proximate to separate, respective ends of the cartridge. The cartridge includes multiple reservoirs and separate vaporizer assemblies coupled to separate reservoirs on opposite ends of the reservoirs. The separate reservoirs may hold separate pre-vapor formulations. The separate vaporizer assemblies may draw separate pre-vapor formulations from separate reservoirs towards opposite ends of the cartridge and vaporize the separate pre-vapor formulations via operation of separate heaters proximate to the separate ends. The separate heaters may be independently controlled to independently control vapor formation at the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to independently control vapor formation rates proximate to the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to form separate vapors at least one of simultaneously, concurrently, and at different times.
Inventors: Ali Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.); Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); David Kane (Richmond); Peter Lipowicz (Midlothian, Va.); Georgios Karles (Richmond); Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.); Yezdi Pithawalla (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Aerosol-generating Systems With Usage Determination
Patent No. 12059040
An electrically operated aerosol generating system may include a storage portion configured to store an aerosol forming substrate, at least one heating element configured to heat the aerosol forming substrate, a sensor configured to detect an activation of the system, a clock, and electric circuitry connected to the sensor. A usage parameter associated with operation of the system may be measured and compared, to a threshold value. A usage profile of the system may be determined based on the comparison. Such operations may be repeated at different times of day. An operating mode of the system may be selectively executed based on the determined usage profile associated with the current time of day. A monitoring procedure may be ended when the measured usage parameter exceeds a threshold value, and the duration of the monitoring procedure may be compared to a threshold duration to determine the usage profile.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Unmanned Aerial System And Method For Contact Inspection And Other Wise Performing Work On Power Line Components
Patent No. 12060151
A system for performing work on electrical power lines and/or splices on electrical power lines comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a power line tool adapted to perch on an electrical power line and/or a splice on an electrical power line, a support frame selectively releasably attached to the UAV, and a plurality of flexible dielectric support lines attaching the power line tool to the support frame. Each of the support lines are attached to a corresponding attachment point on the support frame and a corresponding attachment point on the power line tool.
Inventors: Michael Kenneth Beiro (Richmond); Alvin Leroy Corbin III (Dillwyn, Va.); Chase Hamilton Coble (Chesterfield, Va.); David Carson Schul (Richmond)
Assignee: Beirobotics (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices With Compression Assembly
Patent No. 12059035
An aerosol-generating device includes a heating chamber structure, a heater coupled to the heating chamber structure, and a compression assembly. The heating chamber structure defines a fixed-volume enclosure and is configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate within a first region of the enclosure. The heater is proximate to a first surface that at least partly defines the first region and is configured to generate heat that is transmitted into the first region to cause the aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol without any combustion. The compression assembly includes a compression plate and a compression actuator. The compression plate and the first surface define opposing boundaries of the first region. The compression actuator moves the compression plate through the enclosure to adjustably compress the aerosol-forming substrate in the first region against the first surface.
Inventor: Jason Flora (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Smoking System Having A Liquid Storage Portion
Patent No. 12059524
A smoking system includes a capillary wick for holding liquid, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet and the chamber are arranged so as to define an air flow route from the air inlet to the air outlet via the capillary wick so as to convey aerosol formed from the liquid to the air outlet. The smoking system further includes at least one guide for channeling the air flow in the air flow route, so as to control particle size in the aerosol. The smoking system optionally includes at least one heater for heating the liquid in at least a portion of the capillary wick to form the aerosol.
Inventors: Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland); Jean-Marc Flick (Pomy, Switzerland); Olivier Yves Cochand (Dombresson, Switzerland); Flavien Dubief (Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
System And Method For Watermarking A Machine Learning Model
Patent No. 12061678
Exemplary systems and methods are directed to embedding data into a machine learning model. A processing device executes program code for running a machine learning model, which has a plurality of parameter values. The processing device receives a message to be embedded into the machine learning model. The message is encrypted according to a set of keys of a cryptographic algorithm. The encrypted message is converted to a corresponding binary representation. The binary representation of the encrypted message is embedded into at least one of the one or more parameters of the machine learning model. The embedding operation modifies the at least one parameter value of the machine learning model.
Inventors: Clayton Davis (Collierville, Tenn.); Saumil Dave (San Diego, Calif.); Baruch Gutow (Baltimore, Md.); Gabriella Melki (Richmond)
Assignee: Booz Allen Hamilton (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Recording Video Quality
Patent No. 12063394
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting a video quality. One of the methods includes: determining, for a repeating time range of a video with a first video quality, a frequency with which one or more portions of the video were accessed, each portion for a corresponding one of one or more past instances of the repeating time range; selecting, for the repeating time range and using the frequency with which the portion of the video for the repeating time range was accessed, a second video quality from two or more video qualities that includes the first video quality; and storing, in memory, one or more additional portions of the video i) captured by a camera during future instances of the repeating time range ii) at the second video quality.
Inventor: Yang Yang Zheng (Richmond)
Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Tysons, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Aerosol Generating Device Comprising Semiconductor Heaters
Patent No. 12059523
An aerosol-generating device includes an electrical power supply, a cavity structure configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, and a plurality of semiconductor heaters within the cavity structure. Each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters includes a substrate layer and a heating layer on the substrate layer. The heating layer is a continuous layer. The aerosol-generating device includes a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply to each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters.
Inventor: Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Re-sealable Cigarette Pack
Patent No. 12060217
A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.
Inventor: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Aug. 13, 2024
Apparatuses And Methods For Loading Containers With Products
Patent No. 12060183
At least one example embodiment relates to a system for filling a plurality of containers with oral products. The system comprises a container station and a shuttle assembly. The container station is configured to provide a plurality of containers. The shuttle assembly is configured to move between a first shuttle position to receive a plurality of oral products and a second shuttle position to deposit the oral products into the containers. At least one example embodiment relates to a method of filling a plurality of containers with oral products.
Inventors: Travis Martin Garthaffner (Midothian, Va.); Tamika Murrell (Richmond); Ahmet Ercelebi (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services
Aug. 13, 2024
Blood-brain Barrier Disruption Using Reversible Or Irreversible Electroporation
Patent No. 12059197
The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for in vivo treatment of cell proliferative disorders. Included is a method of treating tissue with electrical energy, the method comprising: delivering electrical energy to tissue using one or more electroporation devices comprising one or more electrodes; and cooling the tissue, surrounding tissue, one or more of the electrodes, or one or more of the electroporation devices to minimize heating. In embodiments, the invention can be used to treat solid tumors, such as brain tumors, and in some embodiments, exemplary methods rely on non-thermal irreversible electroporation (IRE) to cause cell death in treated tumors.
Inventors: Rafael V. Davalos (Blacksburg, Va.); Paulo A. Garcia (Cambridge, Mass.); John L. Robertson (Floyd, Va.); John H. Rossmeisl (Blacksburg, Va.); Robert E. Neal II (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (Blacksburg, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
System And Method To Perform Digital Authentication Using Multiple Channels Of Communication
Patent No. 12061682
Embodiments are generally directed to techniques and devices to communicate a first communication to a mobile device, the first communication including first data to cause the mobile device to download a mobile application, communicate a second communication to the mobile device, the second communication comprising second data comprising a task identifier, the second data to cause the mobile application to perform an authentication task associated with the task identifier, determine the user is authenticated by the authentication task, and enable the mobile device to perform sensitive actions.
Inventors: Justin Anthony Bowers (St. Cloud, Minn.); James Ashfield (Midlothian, Va.); Melissa Yoemans Heng (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Security Group Differencing Utility To Assess Changes And Adoption Risks
Patent No. 12063255
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps for providing security group differencing for applications stored in a cloud-based computing environment. The computing system receives a request to update an application stored in a cloud-based computing environment from a first version of the application to a second version of the application. The computing system identifies a first set of security group rules for the first version of the application and a second set of security group rules for the second version of the application. The computing system determines security group differencing data based on the first set of security group rules and the second set of security group rules. Subsequently, the computing system determines a security score based on the security group differencing data and provisions an adoption rule based on a comparison between the security score and a predetermined security score threshold.
Inventors: Joseph T. Paulchell (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mashour Rahman (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 13, 2024
Apertured Extrusion Coated Nonwoven Web For Absorbent Articles And Absorbent Articles Including Same
Patent No. 12059333
An apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web for use as a topsheet in an absorbent article includes a nonwoven material having a user-facing side and a garment-facing side opposite the user-facing side. The nonwoven material includes a plurality of fibers. The apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web also includes a polymer coating on the garment-facing side of the nonwoven material, the polymer coating having a basis weight of about 2 gsm to about 6 gsm, and a plurality of three-dimensional apertures that extend through the nonwoven material and the polymer coating. Each of the plurality of three-dimensional apertures includes a continuous sidewall extending from a garment-facing side of the polymer coating. The apertured extrusion coated nonwoven web has an open area of greater than 5% when subjected to a pressure of 0.6 psi.
Inventors: Andrew D. Maschino (Paris, Ill.); Brian C. Loomis (Terre Haute, Ind.); Todd R. Skochdopole (Moseley, Va.); Paul Eugene Thomas (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Assignee: Fitesa Film Products (Simpsonville, S.C.)
Aug. 13, 2024