Comparing Code Repositories
Patent No. 12164867
In some implementations, a device may obtain a first document set associated with a first code repository. The device may generate a first embedding set of one or more embeddings for respective documents included in the first document set. The device may obtain a second embedding set of one or more embeddings for respective documents included in a second document set associated with a second code repository. The device may compare the first embedding set to the second embedding set. The device may generate a code repository similarity score that indicates a similarity between the first code repository and the second code repository. The device may perform, based on the code repository similarity score satisfying a threshold, an action associated with the first code repository and/or the second code repository.
Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.); Galen Rafferty (Mahomet, Ill.); Samuel Sharpe (Cambridge, Mass.); Brian Barr (Schenectady, N.Y.); Taylor Turner (Richmond); Kenny Bean (Herndon, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Vapor-generating Systems
Patent No. 12161161
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)
Dec. 10, 2024
Carton And Carton Blank
Patent No. 12162661
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton (90; 190) for packaging one or more articles and a blank (10; 110) for forming the carton (90; 190). The carton (90;190) comprises a wall having an outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120) and an inner panel (22A, 22B, 26A, 26B; 126A, 126B, 130A, 130B) at least partially overlapping the outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120). The inner panel (22A, 22B, 26A, 26B; 126A, 126B, 130A, 130B) comprises a cutaway (R; A2) defining at least in part a passage between the outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120) and an article B. The package comprises an adhesive bond between the outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120) and the article B, the adhesive bond extends through the passage.
Inventors: Jean-Michel Garnier (Issoudon, France); Lauren N. Chesnet (Henrico, Va.); Casey P. Grey (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Systems And Methods For User Verification Via Short-range Transceiver
Patent No. 12165149
Systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums for user verification through the interaction of a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, with a client device are presented. User verification may be provided in the context of reading two types of data from the short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, using a client device, sending the data to a server, obtaining identifiers from each data type and comparing with stored user identifier data. Matching stored user identifier data to two forms of identification data obtained from a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, provides an enhanced ability to verify that the short-range transceiver is being used by an authorized user.
Inventors: Samuel Patrick Edwards (Richmond); Lesley Newton (Richmond); Clayton Johnson (Edgewood, Md.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Product Package, Carrier, And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 12162662
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a product carrier, and a blank for forming the product carrier. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a display card and an article disposed therein. The display card comprises a front panel and a rear panel. At least one first opening is provided in the front panel. A first portion of an article is received in the at least one first opening. At least one second opening is provided in the rear panel. A second portion of the article is received in the at least one second opening.
Inventor: Cullen B. Rosenbrien (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Apparatuses And Methods For Dosing Loose Material
Patent No. 12163818
At least one example embodiment relates to an apparatus including a dosing tube and a plate. The dosing tube is configured to receive an auger. The dosing tube includes a cylindrical sidewall extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end. The dosing tube defines an opening in the cylindrical sidewall. The plate is coupled to the second end of the dosing tube. The dosing tube is configured to rotate with respect to the plate. In at least one example embodiment, the apparatus further includes an auger configured to rotate and move a material from the second end to the first end of the dosing tube.
Inventor: Dwight David Williams (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 10, 2024
Landing Pad For A Vehicle Support
Patent No. 12162733
A landing pad that mounts to a foot of a vehicle support. The landing pad includes a bottom with an opening. A side wall extends upward from the bottom with the side wall positioned around a perimeter of the bottom. A top shelf extends radially inward towards the opening from the side wall with the top shelf extending over and being spaced away from the bottom. One or more slots extend from the top shelf to the opening. Each of the one or more slots includes a first section that extends into a lower surface of the top shelf and a second section that extends into a top surface of the bottom with the first section and the second section of each of the one or more slots being aligned to direct water to the opening.
Inventors: Bruce Seymour Ferris (Richmond); Christopher Scott Murray (Richmond); Jonathan Randall Kyte (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: ETN Capital (Sanford, N.C.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Methods And Systems For Federated Learning Utilizing Customer Synthetic Data Models
Patent No. 12164677
Methods and systems are described for novel uses and/or improvements to federated learning. As one example, methods and systems are described for improving the applicability of federated learning across various applications and increasing the efficiency of training a global model through federated learning. As another example, methods and systems are described for ensuring comprehensive training data is available to models assigned by the federated learning server. Additionally, methods and systems are described for improving the rate of training a global model through federated learning.
Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.); Michael Davis (Arlington, Va.); Taylor Turner (Richmond); Kenny Bean (Herndon, Va.); Tyler Faman (San Diego, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Lid Retaining Pendulum
Patent No. 12162437
An armrest assembly for use on a vehicle seat and a method of manufacturing an armrest assembly that includes a co-extruded pendulum having a rigid core and at least one soft bumper. The pendulum operatively engages armrest components to selectively restrict opening of a lid on the armrest assembly.
Inventors: Mark Allen Karges (Macomb, Mich.); Patrick Michael Mackowiak (Chesterfield, Va.); Nizar Freijy (Oxford, Mich.)
Assignee: Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform For Handling Returned Transactions
Patent No. 12165156
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.); Suresh 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.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Non-nicotine Pod Assemblies And Non-nicotine E-vaping Devices
Patent No. 12161158
A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a non-nicotine pod assembly and a device body. The non-nicotine pod assembly has upstream and downstream ends and is configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The upstream end may define at least one upstream recess, and the downstream end may define at least one downstream recess. The device body defines a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly. The through hole includes an upstream sidewall and a downstream sidewall. The upstream sidewall may include at least one upstream protrusion, and the downstream sidewall may include at least one downstream protrusion. The at least one upstream protrusion and the at least one downstream protrusion may be configured to engage with the at least one upstream recess and the at least one downstream recess, respectively, so as to retain the non-nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body.
Inventors: Dean Twite (London, G.B.); Yannick Hourmand (Haslingfield, G.B.); Charles Dendy (Richmond); Bipin Patil (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher Newcomb (Richmond); Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, G.B.); Raymond W. Lau (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 10, 2024
Automated Deployment Of Changes To Applications On A Cloud Computing Platform
Patent No. 12164898
In some implementations, a system may receive code for a package to be deployed on a cloud computing platform. The system may cause the cloud computing platform to build the package from the code. The system may install the package on the cloud computing platform in a first non-production environment, wherein the first non-production environment is a development environment. The system may automatically test the package in the first non-production environment based on first testing information for the first non-production environment in a configuration file associated with the code. The system may deploy the package on the cloud computing platform in a production environment. The system may automatically test the package in the production environment based on second testing information for the production environment in the configuration file.
Inventors: Shawn Wallis (Midlothian, Va.); Robert Wright (Henrico, Va.); Giovanni Torres (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Vulnerability Dashboard And Automated Remediation
Patent No. 12164645
In some aspects, a system may receive security vulnerability indicators associated with one or more cloud-based applications and/or properties associated with one or more cloud-based images used to create cloud instances. The system may determine, for each indicator and/or property, a corresponding remediation recommendation. The system may generate a graphical user interface that provides the indicators and/or properties with the corresponding remediation recommendations. The system may transmit, based on a user setting, a corresponding message for each indicator and/or property. The system may trigger, based on at least one of the indicators and/or properties, an automated remediation script that instructs a cloud environment to perform an action for a cloud-based application and/or image associated with the at least one indicator and/or property. The system may transmit one or more status indicators associated with the automated remediation script. Numerous other aspects are described.
Inventors: Krystan R. Franzen (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Oral Product
Patent No. 12167743
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Frank Scott Atchley (Tarpon Springs, Fla.); Gregory James Griscik (Midlothian, Va.); Chistopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Va.); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Jason Flora (Richmond); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 17, 2024
Box Blank
Patent No. 12168565
A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer comprising paperboard, a second layer comprising a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer, wherein the foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond); James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 17, 2024
Methods Of Identifying A Hydrocarbon Fuel
Patent No. 12169192
The present disclosure provides methods for identifying a hydrocarbon fuel, such as the presence and/or amounts of marker compounds having a fluorescence intensity and, through correlation, the presence and/or amounts of additive package(s) within the hydrocarbon fuel. The methods include obtaining a sample of a hydrocarbon fuel including a marker compound having fluorescence, combining the hydrocarbon fuel with water, and subjecting a water phase thereof to light for observing fluorescence.
Inventors: Scott D. Schwab (Richmond); Dana Anderson (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Dec. 17, 2024
Product Packaging, Packaged Product And Method Of Packaging
Patent No. 12168559
Product packaging includes a blister configured to capture a cap and a portion of a neck of a product container such that a container body of the product container is exterior to the blister and a card coupled to the blister.
Inventor: Cullen B. Rosenbrien (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Shared Services (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Deployable Restraints With Tensioning Mechanisms
Patent No. 12168415
A deployable restraint system includes an inflatable structure and a tether. The inflatable structure comprises a main chamber and a pair of auxiliary chambers coupled to the main chamber and sealed with respect to the main chamber. The tether is coupled to the inflatable structure via an anchor and configured to guide the anchor.
Inventors: Adam J. Golman (Glen Allen, Va.); Jesse T. Buehler (Portola Valley, Calif.); Nathaniel J. Dennis (Saratoga, Calif.)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Deployable Structure With Reaction Features
Patent No. 12168413
A device includes a body structure, a seat assembly that is connected to the body structure, and an inflatable structure. The inflatable structure includes one or more surfaces that are configured to react forces by engaging with a first feature to control motion of a second feature.
Inventors: Adam J. Golman (Glen Allen, Va.); Arturo Llamazares Domper (San Jose, Calif.); Nicholas A. White (Sunnyvalle, Calif.); Jesse T. Buehler (Portola Valley, Calif.)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform Using Blockchain And Data Integrity Microservices To Validate Transaction Object Integrity
Patent No. 12169835
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions in accordance with corresponding workflows. The transaction exchange platform may generate configuration transaction objects to reconfigure microservices with salt values and time periods of salt value validity. Further, the microservices may retrieve transaction objects from a streaming data platform and generate hash signatures as part of determining the validity of the transaction objects. Furthermore, in some aspects the microservices may retrieve salt values for transaction objects that cannot be verified due to the absence of a hash signature. The salt values may be retrieved from a blockchain associated with the streaming data platform and may be used to update the microservice to include the salt value.
Inventors: Brian T. Burnett (Mechanicsville, Va.); Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Higher Strength Calcium Carbonate Filled Fiber Spunbond And SMS Nonwoven Material
Patent No. 12168843
A nonwoven web material is formed from fibers including a first polymer, a second polymer and a filler. The first polymer and second polymer may be olefin homopolymers and the filler may be calcium carbonate. The second polymer may have a lower melt flow rate than the first polymer. The fibers are formed in a monocomponent, i.e., monofilament, or multicomponent, e.g., sheath-core bicomponent, arrangement. The nonwoven web material may be used to form an article such as a medical product, a surgical product, a personal protective product, and/or an industrial garment.
Inventors: Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.); Jeffrey L. McManus (Canton, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Asset Tracking System And Method
Patent No. 12169755
A method and system provides for determining position information for tracking tags relative to a plurality of tracking stations. The method and system includes initiating a wake cycle at a first time including pausing for a first time period and thereafter emitting a blast of light in a light sweep. The method and system includes the tracking tags waking at the first time and activating a photoreceptor embedded therein. The tracking tags detecting the blast of light and initiating a tracking timer therein. From there, the method and system includes the tracking stations emitting a vertical laser in a circular rotation at a rotational speed. Whereby, the tracking tags detect the vertical laser at a timestamp and detect an angle between the tracking tag tracking stations based thereon.
Inventor: Robert C. Newton (Moseley, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Dec. 17, 2024
Comparing Code Repositories
Patent No. 12164867
In some implementations, a device may obtain a first document set associated with a first code repository. The device may generate a first embedding set of one or more embeddings for respective documents included in the first document set. The device may obtain a second embedding set of one or more embeddings for respective documents included in a second document set associated with a second code repository. The device may compare the first embedding set to the second embedding set. The device may generate a code repository similarity score that indicates a similarity between the first code repository and the second code repository. The device may perform, based on the code repository similarity score satisfying a threshold, an action associated with the first code repository and/or the second code repository.
Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.); Galen Rafferty (Mahomet, Ill.); Samuel Sharpe (Cambridge, Mass.); Brian Barr (Schenectady, N.Y.); Taylor Turner (Richmond); Kenny Bean (Herndon, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Vapor-generating Systems
Patent No. 12161161
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)
Dec. 10, 2024
Carton And Carton Blank
Patent No. 12162661
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton (90; 190) for packaging one or more articles and a blank (10; 110) for forming the carton (90; 190). The carton (90;190) comprises a wall having an outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120) and an inner panel (22A, 22B, 26A, 26B; 126A, 126B, 130A, 130B) at least partially overlapping the outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120). The inner panel (22A, 22B, 26A, 26B; 126A, 126B, 130A, 130B) comprises a cutaway (R; A2) defining at least in part a passage between the outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120) and an article B. The package comprises an adhesive bond between the outer panel (24A, 24B; 118, 120) and the article B, the adhesive bond extends through the passage.
Inventors: Jean-Michel Garnier (Issoudon, France); Lauren N. Chesnet (Henrico, Va.); Casey P. Grey (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Systems And Methods For User Verification Via Short-range Transceiver
Patent No. 12165149
Systems, methods, and computer-accessible mediums for user verification through the interaction of a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, with a client device are presented. User verification may be provided in the context of reading two types of data from the short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, using a client device, sending the data to a server, obtaining identifiers from each data type and comparing with stored user identifier data. Matching stored user identifier data to two forms of identification data obtained from a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, provides an enhanced ability to verify that the short-range transceiver is being used by an authorized user.
Inventors: Samuel Patrick Edwards (Richmond); Lesley Newton (Richmond); Clayton Johnson (Edgewood, Md.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Product Package, Carrier, And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 12162662
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a product carrier, and a blank for forming the product carrier. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a display card and an article disposed therein. The display card comprises a front panel and a rear panel. At least one first opening is provided in the front panel. A first portion of an article is received in the at least one first opening. At least one second opening is provided in the rear panel. A second portion of the article is received in the at least one second opening.
Inventor: Cullen B. Rosenbrien (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Apparatuses And Methods For Dosing Loose Material
Patent No. 12163818
At least one example embodiment relates to an apparatus including a dosing tube and a plate. The dosing tube is configured to receive an auger. The dosing tube includes a cylindrical sidewall extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end. The dosing tube defines an opening in the cylindrical sidewall. The plate is coupled to the second end of the dosing tube. The dosing tube is configured to rotate with respect to the plate. In at least one example embodiment, the apparatus further includes an auger configured to rotate and move a material from the second end to the first end of the dosing tube.
Inventor: Dwight David Williams (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 10, 2024
Landing Pad For A Vehicle Support
Patent No. 12162733
A landing pad that mounts to a foot of a vehicle support. The landing pad includes a bottom with an opening. A side wall extends upward from the bottom with the side wall positioned around a perimeter of the bottom. A top shelf extends radially inward towards the opening from the side wall with the top shelf extending over and being spaced away from the bottom. One or more slots extend from the top shelf to the opening. Each of the one or more slots includes a first section that extends into a lower surface of the top shelf and a second section that extends into a top surface of the bottom with the first section and the second section of each of the one or more slots being aligned to direct water to the opening.
Inventors: Bruce Seymour Ferris (Richmond); Christopher Scott Murray (Richmond); Jonathan Randall Kyte (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: ETN Capital (Sanford, N.C.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Methods And Systems For Federated Learning Utilizing Customer Synthetic Data Models
Patent No. 12164677
Methods and systems are described for novel uses and/or improvements to federated learning. As one example, methods and systems are described for improving the applicability of federated learning across various applications and increasing the efficiency of training a global model through federated learning. As another example, methods and systems are described for ensuring comprehensive training data is available to models assigned by the federated learning server. Additionally, methods and systems are described for improving the rate of training a global model through federated learning.
Inventors: Jeremy Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.); Michael Davis (Arlington, Va.); Taylor Turner (Richmond); Kenny Bean (Herndon, Va.); Tyler Faman (San Diego, Calif.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Lid Retaining Pendulum
Patent No. 12162437
An armrest assembly for use on a vehicle seat and a method of manufacturing an armrest assembly that includes a co-extruded pendulum having a rigid core and at least one soft bumper. The pendulum operatively engages armrest components to selectively restrict opening of a lid on the armrest assembly.
Inventors: Mark Allen Karges (Macomb, Mich.); Patrick Michael Mackowiak (Chesterfield, Va.); Nizar Freijy (Oxford, Mich.)
Assignee: Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform For Handling Returned Transactions
Patent No. 12165156
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.); Suresh 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.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Non-nicotine Pod Assemblies And Non-nicotine E-vaping Devices
Patent No. 12161158
A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a non-nicotine pod assembly and a device body. The non-nicotine pod assembly has upstream and downstream ends and is configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The upstream end may define at least one upstream recess, and the downstream end may define at least one downstream recess. The device body defines a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly. The through hole includes an upstream sidewall and a downstream sidewall. The upstream sidewall may include at least one upstream protrusion, and the downstream sidewall may include at least one downstream protrusion. The at least one upstream protrusion and the at least one downstream protrusion may be configured to engage with the at least one upstream recess and the at least one downstream recess, respectively, so as to retain the non-nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body.
Inventors: Dean Twite (London, G.B.); Yannick Hourmand (Haslingfield, G.B.); Charles Dendy (Richmond); Bipin Patil (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Christopher Newcomb (Richmond); Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, G.B.); Raymond W. Lau (Glen Allen, Va.); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 10, 2024
Automated Deployment Of Changes To Applications On A Cloud Computing Platform
Patent No. 12164898
In some implementations, a system may receive code for a package to be deployed on a cloud computing platform. The system may cause the cloud computing platform to build the package from the code. The system may install the package on the cloud computing platform in a first non-production environment, wherein the first non-production environment is a development environment. The system may automatically test the package in the first non-production environment based on first testing information for the first non-production environment in a configuration file associated with the code. The system may deploy the package on the cloud computing platform in a production environment. The system may automatically test the package in the production environment based on second testing information for the production environment in the configuration file.
Inventors: Shawn Wallis (Midlothian, Va.); Robert Wright (Henrico, Va.); Giovanni Torres (Arlington, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Vulnerability Dashboard And Automated Remediation
Patent No. 12164645
In some aspects, a system may receive security vulnerability indicators associated with one or more cloud-based applications and/or properties associated with one or more cloud-based images used to create cloud instances. The system may determine, for each indicator and/or property, a corresponding remediation recommendation. The system may generate a graphical user interface that provides the indicators and/or properties with the corresponding remediation recommendations. The system may transmit, based on a user setting, a corresponding message for each indicator and/or property. The system may trigger, based on at least one of the indicators and/or properties, an automated remediation script that instructs a cloud environment to perform an action for a cloud-based application and/or image associated with the at least one indicator and/or property. The system may transmit one or more status indicators associated with the automated remediation script. Numerous other aspects are described.
Inventors: Krystan R. Franzen (Mechanicsville, Va.); Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, Texas)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 10, 2024
Oral Product
Patent No. 12167743
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.
Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Frank Scott Atchley (Tarpon Springs, Fla.); Gregory James Griscik (Midlothian, Va.); Chistopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Va.); Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.); Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.); Jason Flora (Richmond); Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 17, 2024
Box Blank
Patent No. 12168565
A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer comprising paperboard, a second layer comprising a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer, wherein the foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
Inventors: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond); James S. Bigelow (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Dec. 17, 2024
Methods Of Identifying A Hydrocarbon Fuel
Patent No. 12169192
The present disclosure provides methods for identifying a hydrocarbon fuel, such as the presence and/or amounts of marker compounds having a fluorescence intensity and, through correlation, the presence and/or amounts of additive package(s) within the hydrocarbon fuel. The methods include obtaining a sample of a hydrocarbon fuel including a marker compound having fluorescence, combining the hydrocarbon fuel with water, and subjecting a water phase thereof to light for observing fluorescence.
Inventors: Scott D. Schwab (Richmond); Dana Anderson (Williamsburg, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Dec. 17, 2024
Product Packaging, Packaged Product And Method Of Packaging
Patent No. 12168559
Product packaging includes a blister configured to capture a cap and a portion of a neck of a product container such that a container body of the product container is exterior to the blister and a card coupled to the blister.
Inventor: Cullen B. Rosenbrien (Richmond)
Assignee: WestRock Shared Services (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Deployable Restraints With Tensioning Mechanisms
Patent No. 12168415
A deployable restraint system includes an inflatable structure and a tether. The inflatable structure comprises a main chamber and a pair of auxiliary chambers coupled to the main chamber and sealed with respect to the main chamber. The tether is coupled to the inflatable structure via an anchor and configured to guide the anchor.
Inventors: Adam J. Golman (Glen Allen, Va.); Jesse T. Buehler (Portola Valley, Calif.); Nathaniel J. Dennis (Saratoga, Calif.)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Deployable Structure With Reaction Features
Patent No. 12168413
A device includes a body structure, a seat assembly that is connected to the body structure, and an inflatable structure. The inflatable structure includes one or more surfaces that are configured to react forces by engaging with a first feature to control motion of a second feature.
Inventors: Adam J. Golman (Glen Allen, Va.); Arturo Llamazares Domper (San Jose, Calif.); Nicholas A. White (Sunnyvalle, Calif.); Jesse T. Buehler (Portola Valley, Calif.)
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Transaction Exchange Platform Using Blockchain And Data Integrity Microservices To Validate Transaction Object Integrity
Patent No. 12169835
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions in accordance with corresponding workflows. The transaction exchange platform may generate configuration transaction objects to reconfigure microservices with salt values and time periods of salt value validity. Further, the microservices may retrieve transaction objects from a streaming data platform and generate hash signatures as part of determining the validity of the transaction objects. Furthermore, in some aspects the microservices may retrieve salt values for transaction objects that cannot be verified due to the absence of a hash signature. The salt values may be retrieved from a blockchain associated with the streaming data platform and may be used to update the microservice to include the salt value.
Inventors: Brian T. Burnett (Mechanicsville, Va.); Earle Michael Lee (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Higher Strength Calcium Carbonate Filled Fiber Spunbond And SMS Nonwoven Material
Patent No. 12168843
A nonwoven web material is formed from fibers including a first polymer, a second polymer and a filler. The first polymer and second polymer may be olefin homopolymers and the filler may be calcium carbonate. The second polymer may have a lower melt flow rate than the first polymer. The fibers are formed in a monocomponent, i.e., monofilament, or multicomponent, e.g., sheath-core bicomponent, arrangement. The nonwoven web material may be used to form an article such as a medical product, a surgical product, a personal protective product, and/or an industrial garment.
Inventors: Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.); Jeffrey L. McManus (Canton, Ga.)
Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Dec. 17, 2024
Asset Tracking System And Method
Patent No. 12169755
A method and system provides for determining position information for tracking tags relative to a plurality of tracking stations. The method and system includes initiating a wake cycle at a first time including pausing for a first time period and thereafter emitting a blast of light in a light sweep. The method and system includes the tracking tags waking at the first time and activating a photoreceptor embedded therein. The tracking tags detecting the blast of light and initiating a tracking timer therein. From there, the method and system includes the tracking stations emitting a vertical laser in a circular rotation at a rotational speed. Whereby, the tracking tags detect the vertical laser at a timestamp and detect an angle between the tracking tag tracking stations based thereon.
Inventor: Robert C. Newton (Moseley, Va.)
Assignee: N/A
Dec. 17, 2024