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| US10137104B2 |
Combination therapy with an anti-hyaluronan agent and therapeutic agent
Provided herein is combination cancer therapy effected by administering a polymer-conjugated hyaluronidase, and a tumor-targeted taxane, and optionally a further chemotherapeutic agent such as a nucleoside analog. The combination therapy can be used in methods of treating cancers, and in particular solid tumor cancers. |
| US10137102B2 |
Oligomeric forms of 3-hydroxybutyrate
The present invention relates to medicaments based on oligomeric forms of 3-hydroxybutyrate, particularly 3-hydroxybutyrate methyl ester dimer (1) and trimer (2), especially for use in treating, preventing and/or inhibiting development of a disorder or condition related to oxidative stress. The present invention relates also to the use of these molecules as antioxidants, and to a method for increasing proliferation and viability of plant cells in the aid of molecules 1 and 2. |
| US10137093B2 |
Milrinone controlled-release formulation
The present invention relates to oral controlled-release formulations of 5-(pyridinyl)-2(1H)-pyridinone compounds and their use in the treatment of a subject with heart failure, a stage, class or manifestation of heart failure, or at risk of developing or exhibiting symptoms of heart failure. The formulations of the invention release the compounds in the range of between 0.1 μg/kg body weight/minute and 20 μg/kg body weight/minute. |
| US10137087B2 |
Lipid-derived neutral nanoparticles
Disclosed herein are novel lipids and liposomal compositions prepared using such compounds and related methods of neutralizing or otherwise modifying such liposomal compositions. The lipids described herein are useful for example, as liposomal vehicles to facilitate the delivery of encapsulated polynucleotides to target cells and the subsequent transfection of such target cells. In certain embodiments, one or more of the compounds that comprise the liposomal delivery vehicle may be neutralized or further modified such that the properties of the liposomal delivery vehicle are modified. |
| US10137085B2 |
Nanoemulsion for transdermal delivery and method of making the same
The present invention relates to a nanoemulsion for transdermal delivery. The presently claimed invention provides chemical formulations for preparing a nanoemulsion, and the methods for preparing the nanoemulsion. The nanoemulsion has desirable particle size for efficient transdermal delivery, and doesn't involve any organic solvent which is harmful to human skin. The corresponding fabrication method is simple. |
| US10137078B2 |
Methods for intravesical drug delivery and methods and systems for loading devices with drug tablets
Systems and methods are provided for loading a drug delivery device. In one embodiment, the method includes positioning one or more solid drug units upstream of the drug delivery device; and driving the drug units into the drug delivery device with a flow of pressurized gas. The systems and methods may be used to load a drug delivery device that includes a device body, a number of solid, compressed drug tablets, and a retention frame. The device body includes a drug reservoir lumen and a retention frame lumen. The number of solid, compressed drug tablets is positioned in the drug reservoir lumen, and the retention frame is positioned in the retention frame lumen. |
| US10137077B2 |
Cosmetic use of Artemia salina extract to protect skin from thermal stress
Methods of protecting skin from damage due to cold thermal stress are disclosed. The methods include topically applying a composition that includes an Artemia salina extract from rehydrated Artemia salina cysts to skin at risk of damage from thermal stress, particularly from cold thermal stress or repeated temperature variations. The composition includes a physiologically acceptable medium for delivery of the Artemia salina extract. |
| US10137074B2 |
Cosmetic composition and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates generally to the field of cosmetics. More particularly, it concerns compositions that can be used to exfoliate, moisturize, or prepare skin for moisturization. In another aspect, the composition can be used as a cleanser to remove dirt, oil, grease, tars, etc. from surfaces. |
| US10137070B2 |
Composition including ionone or salt thereof as active ingredient and having effect of enhancing skin moisturizing, exfoliating skin, improving skin elasticity, inhibiting erythema, improving skin wrinkles, or alleviating skin photoaging
Provided herein are a cosmetic composition, a health functional food composition, a pharmaceutical composition, and a quasi-drug composition that include ionone or a salt thereof as an active ingredient and have an effect of enhancing skin moisturizing, exfoliating skin, improving skin elasticity, inhibiting erythema, improving skin wrinkles, or alleviating skin photoaging. The ionone or the salt thereof has an activity of enhancing skin moisture content, reducing skin moisture evaporation, increasing procollagen secretion, promoting collagen biosynthesis, suppressing collagen fiber damage, suppressing collagen fiber decomposition, inhibiting erythema, and suppressing the thickening of a skin epidermis layer, and thus may be usefully used as a material of functional cosmetics, health functional foods, pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, or the like that provide an effect of enhancing skin moisturizing, exfoliating skin, improving skin elasticity, inhibiting erythema, improving skin wrinkles, and/or alleviating skin photoaging. |
| US10137069B2 |
Skin cosmetic composition, antibacterial agent for skin cosmetic, and method for enhancing antibacterial effect of diol compound
The present invention provides a skin cosmetic composition including a component (A) which is either one or both of hexyl glyceryl ether and cyclohexyl glyceryl ether, a component (B) which is either one or both of 1,2-propanediol and 1,3-propanediol, and a component (C) such as citric acid, an antibacterial agent including components (A), (B) and (C) and a method for enhancing an antibacterial effect of the component (A). |
| US10137066B2 |
Controlled release active agent carrier
The present invention relates to carriers for the controlled release of active agents, comprising surface reacted natural or synthetic calcium carbonate, one or more active agents, wherein said one or more active agent is associated with said surface-reacted calcium carbonate, and wherein said surface-reacted natural or synthetic calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural or synthetic calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more acids, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the acid treatment and/or is supplied from an external source. It further relates to the preparation of loaded carriers, as well as their use in different applications. |
| US10137065B2 |
Deodorant composition and deodorant product comprising a deodorant composition
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition which is an antiperspirant and/or deodorant fluid composition to be applied to the human skin, the composition being a non-aluminum based fluid composition free from alcohols and oils, comprising sodium or potassium bicarbonate as the essential deodorizing agent. |
| US10137062B2 |
Dry wipe to decrease frizz, static and increase shine on hair and aid in prevention of reoccurance of static and frizz
The disclosure relates to methods of reducing static on hair or a cloth material, reducing hair frizz and/or increasing shine on hair by wiping the hair or cloth material with a dry wipe product. The dry wipe product comprises a flexible substrate having a first side and a second side; and either an anhydrous composition, or an aqueous composition, disposed over the first and/or second side(s) of the flexible substrate. When hair or cloth material is wiped with a side of the dry wipe product having the anhydrous composition or the aqueous composition disposed thereon, the anhydrous composition or aqueous composition is transferred from the flexible substrate of the dry wipe product to the hair or cloth material. The anhydrous compositions and aqueous compositions of the instant disclosure reduce static on hair and/or cloth, reduce hair frizz and/or increase shine on hair. The dry wipe products of the instant disclosure are particularly beneficial for hair care because they are dry, portable, disposable, may be biodegradable, and comprise compositions that are safe for personal use. |
| US10137061B2 |
Dental fillers and compositions including phosphate salts
The present application provides dental fillers, and methods of making and using dental fillers that include a treated surface that includes a phosphate salt. Dental compositions including such dental fillers can be useful for delivering ions to the oral environment. Dental compositions, and methods of using dental compositions that include a phosphate salt and a hardenable resin or a water-dispersible, polymeric film former are also provided. |
| US10137059B2 |
Nursing bottle with integrated collar and nipple flange venting structure
A vent prevents a vacuum from forming within an inverted container of liquid when the liquid is dispensed. The vent is a singular vent, formed of a vent tube, the vent tube removably secures with a nipple, and more particularly its radially extending flange, with the nipple flange having a passage therethrough to allow for venting by way of the vent tube from the interior of the container to the location between the container neck and its collar, to provide for the entrance of atmospheric air into the interior of the container during usage to prevent the generation of any vacuum therein. The container may be a nursing bottle, with its collar and nipple applied to the top, and the vent tube being secured to the bottom of the nipple flange for projecting downwardly within the bottle to perform its venting function. The bottle may be formed of fully or partially transparent material, tinted to one or more coloration, while the vent tube may be tinted to one or more different coloration, and when they are assembled, exhibits three or more colorations for the vent tube when viewed from exteriorly of the tinted nursing bottle during its application. |
| US10137049B2 |
Driving module, motion assistance apparatus including the driving module, and method of controlling the motion assistance apparatus
A driving module and a motion assistance apparatus including the same may be provided. For example, the driving module including a driving source disposed on one side of a user, and configured to provide power, a first decelerator including a first input terminal coupled to the driving source, and a first output terminal and a second output terminal configured to receive power from the first input terminal, a second decelerator including a second input terminal coupled to the first output terminal, and a third output terminal and a fourth output terminal configured to receive power from the second input terminal, and a third decelerator including a third input terminal coupled to the second output terminal, and a fifth output terminal and a sixth output terminal configured to receive power from the third input terminal may be provided. |
| US10137038B2 |
Sterile adhesive bandage containing a pocket
An adhesive bandage comprising a base portion having a gauze portion to contact a wound and an adhesive portion, and the base portion defining a pocket adapted for storing the gauze portion, and allowing inspection and replacement thereof without having to remove the entire bandage. |
| US10137035B1 |
Round posterior capsulotomy for the opacification of a posterior capsule and lens
The present invention is in the field of ophthalmology and relates to methods of performing a generally round posterior capsulotomy, preferably in a continuous manner, without disturbing an intraocular lens, and without inducing any pressure changes inside the eye. The posterior capsulotomy comprises performing a generally round circular posterior capsulotomy using a suitable ophthalmic laser device. |
| US10137029B2 |
Anti-snoring device
An anti-snoring device. The anti-snoring device includes a housing having at least one sidewall. A speaker and a microphone are disposed on the sidewall. A memory is disposed within the housing, wherein the memory can store a plurality of audio files thereon. A microprocessor is disposed within the housing, the microprocessor having a logic that can receive an audio signal detected by the microphone, determine if the audio signal matches the sound of a human snoring within a pre-defined certainty, select one of the plurality of audio files stored on the memory, and play the selected audio file through the speaker between 40-50 dB. A power source is disposed within the housing, the power source in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the memory, the speaker, and the microphone. |
| US10137027B2 |
Nasal applique and related applicator for applying applique to a nose of a wearer
A nasal applique and corresponding applicator for placing the applique on the nose of a user. The applique includes a flexible body including a first surface and an opposing second surface with at least one perforation extending from the first surface to the second surface. The first surface includes an adhesive disposed thereon to enable the first surface to be selectively attachable to the nose of the wearer. A metallic element is coupled to the flexible body and is configured to interact with the magnet when the magnet is positioned adjacent the nose of the wearer and the flexible body is attached to the nose of the wearer. The interaction between the metallic element and the magnet imparts a dilating force on the nose of the wearer, which causes the nose of the wearer to dilate. |
| US10137025B2 |
Device and method for electric stimulation of muscles involved in human physiological gait pattern and brace to support an anatomical joint with such device
A device for electrical stimulation of muscles involved in the physiological gait of a human includes an element for electrical muscle stimulation. A sensor detects information relevant to the muscle stimulation. The sensor includes a gyroscope constructed to detect information including an angular speed ω and a swing direction in an extension direction and flexion direction of an anatomical lower leg of the human. An evaluation unit, including a microprocessor, evaluates the information detected by the gyroscope, determines a defined switching time for the muscle stimulation on the basis of the angular speed ω and the swing direction, and transmits the determined switching time to a control and regulation unit that triggers muscle stimulation by the element in response to receipt of the determined switching time. |
| US10137023B2 |
Colonnade (TM) expandable intragastric food flow lumen device
This invention is an expandable intragastric device for reducing food consumption and/or absorption. In an example, this device can be embodied in a plurality of longitudinal expandable members which are arranged in a colonnade configuration to form a restrictive food lumen within a stomach. Pumping a flowable substance between the interiors of these expandable members changes the rate of food flow through the stomach, the capacity of the stomach to hold food, and/or the amount of food absorbed by the body. This offers some of the beneficial effects of gastric sleeve surgery, while also being adjustable and reversible. |
| US10137022B2 |
Implantation device with handle and method of use thereof
An instrument for deploying an implantable medical device into a body lumen is disclosed. The instrument comprises a base member having a base handle and a deployment extension, a first tubular member having a first tubular body and a first handle, and a second tubular member having a second tubular body and a second handle. The first tubular member fits over the deployment extension and is longitudinally slidable over the deployment extension, and the second tubular member fits over the first tubular member and is longitudinally slidable over the first tubular member. The distal ends of the deployment extension, the first tubular body, and the second tubular body are adapted to hold and deploy the implantable medical device. |
| US10137020B2 |
Two pronged handle
Medical device delivery systems and methods of using the same are disclosed. Some of the delivery systems may include a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sheath. A bifurcated gripping member may be disposed on the proximal end of the catheter and the bifurcated gripping member may include a first gripping prong and a second gripping prong. A deployable prosthesis may be disposed on the distal end of the catheter. |
| US10137017B2 |
Crimper device
A crimper device can facilitate sheathing of a stent frame for vascular delivery. The device can include first and second components that rotate relative to each other to drive radial movement of one or more compression members of the device. The one or more compression members can direct and balance a compressive force within an aperture of the device. In use, the stent frame can be positioned within the aperture and be compacted by actuation of the compression members. |
| US10137016B2 |
Hollow drug-filled stent and method of forming hollow drug-filled stent
A stent is formed from a wire having an outer member, a radiopaque core member disposed within a portion of the outer member, and an annular lumen between the radiopaque core member and the outer member. A substance is disposed in the annular lumen to be eluted through at least one opening disposed through the outer member. A plurality of radiopaque core members are disposed within portions of the outer member and are separated by lumens defined by the inner surface of the outer member. The lumens and annular lumens are in fluid communication with each other. In a method for making the stent, a composite wire including an outer member, an intermediate member, and a core member is shaped into a stent pattern and processed to remove the intermediate member and portions of the radiopaque core member, without damaging the outer member. |
| US10137013B2 |
Endoluminal device and method
An endoluminal device can be configured for precise positioning during deployment within a vessel. The endoluminal device can be a tack, stent, vascular implant or other type of implant. The endoluminal device can have circumferential member with an undulating configuration having multiple inward and outward apexes and struts extending therebetween. Two of the struts can be used to establish a foot for the precise positioning of the device during deployment. A method of placing the endoluminal device can include withdrawing an outer sheath such that a portion of the endoluminal device is expanded prior to the rest of the endoluminal device. |
| US10137010B2 |
Coordinating operation of multiple lower limb devices
Systems and methods for operating autonomous lower limb devices, including at least one adjustable joint and configured for at least supporting a body are provided. A method includes collecting real-time sensor information associated with the autonomous lower limb device. The method also includes receiving, over a communications link, remote data for at least one other lower limb device configured for supporting the body. The method further includes generating control data for transitioning the autonomous lower limb device from a current state in a current finite state model for operating the autonomous lower limb device to a different state in the current finite state model, where the different state is selected based on the real-time sensor information and the remote data. |
| US10137004B2 |
Insertion tools and methods for minimally invasive spinal fusion cage
An intervertebral support insertion tool includes a tube having a distal open end for insertion in a patient proximate vertebra and a proximal open end. A shaft is received in the tube proximal open end and has a distal intervertebral support interface for engaging an intervertebral support loaded into the tube. A housing supports the tube and shaft with a first drive mechanism such a linear actuator advances the shaft in the tube. A second drive mechanism such as a rotational drive rotates the shaft. In this way the shaft advances and rotates the intervertebral support to position and deploy it between adjacent vertebrae. |
| US10136997B2 |
Tibial prosthesis for tibia with varus resection
Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed including apparatuses that can be used in a total knee replacement procedure. According to one example, a tibial implant is disclosed. The tibial implant can be configured for attachment to a tibia in a knee arthroplasty and can include a baseplate having a lateral portion and a medial portion oriented relative to an anteroposterior axis and a fixation member. Each of the lateral portion and the medial portion can have a distal surface configured to interface with a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The fixation member can be coupled to and extend both distally and medially from the baseplate such that the fixation member is oriented at an acute angle relative to the distal surface of the medial portion. |
| US10136994B2 |
Composite interbody device and associated manufacturing method
A composite interbody device includes (a) a plastic core having a superior surface and an inferior surface, (b) a superior endplate and (c) an inferior endplate. Each of the superior and inferior endplates includes (i) a bone interface side for interfacing with bone and having a plurality of pores permitting bone growth therein, and (ii) a core interface side, opposite the bone interface side, having a plurality of voids that accommodate material of the plastic core to couple the endplate to a respective one of the superior and inferior surfaces, wherein the voids are isolated from the pores to prevent the material of the plastic core from entering the pores. |
| US10136993B1 |
Native valve repair devices and procedures
A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a surgical delivery instrument and a valve repair device. The surgical delivery instrument has at least one lumen. The valve repair device is configured to be delivered through the lumen of the surgical delivery instrument and to be attached to a native valve of a patient. The valve repair device includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position, and the paddles are configured to flex upon being attached to the native valve of a patient. The paddles and the gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient. |
| US10136991B2 |
Replacement heart valve implant
A replacement heart valve implant may include a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration formed from a plurality of filaments, a circumferential seal member disposed about a distal portion of the anchor member and including a reinforcing band disposed at a distal end thereof, and a plurality of valve leaflets connected to the anchor member. The reinforcing band is secured to the anchor member adjacent a distal end of the anchor member by a plurality of lashings each attached to two individual filaments. The plurality of filaments defines a body section, a proximal crown section, and a distal crown section, wherein the proximal crown section includes a first plurality of end loops and a second plurality of end loops, wherein a proximalmost extent of the first plurality of end loops and the second plurality of end loops varies. |
| US10136990B2 |
Piggyback intraocular lens that improves overall vision where there is a local loss of retinal function
Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing a piggyback lens which in combination with the cornea and an existing lens in the patient's eye redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The piggyback lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the piggyback lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the piggyback lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike surface to reduce optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location by light incident at oblique angles. |
| US10136989B2 |
Prosthetic implant devices
The present invention relates to a prosthetic capsular bag and method for inserting the same. The prosthetic capsular bag helps to maintain the volume of the natural capsular bag, thereby stabilizing the effective lens position of an IOL so that refractive outcomes may be improved with cataract surgery. The prosthetic capsular bag further provides an integrated refractive surface, providing a means for experimentally determining an effective lens position prior to inserting an IOL. |
| US10136988B2 |
Apparatus and process for delivering a silicone prosthesis into a surgical pocket
A tapered sleeve is provided that includes a lubricating coating on an inner surface. An implant (e.g., a pre-filled silicon breast implant) is introduced into a large end of the sleeve and extruded into a surgical pocket of minimal access incision size through a small-sized end of the apparatus. |
| US10136984B2 |
Systems and methods for mesh augmentation and prevention of incisional hernia
Techniques for mesh augmentation and prevention of incisional hernia, including systems and methods for affixing mesh to a fascial incision. A mesh strip can be integrated with one or more uni-directional fasteners. Each fastener can include an anchoring mechanism adapted for affixation to anterior abdominal wall fascia and a mating interface. An applicator can include tension arms adapted to interface with the mating interfaces of the fasteners to maintain a vertical tension of the mesh strip and a handle coupled with the tension arms adapted to spread the tension arms and thereby control a horizontal tension of the mesh strip. The mesh strip can be configured to be aligned over a fascial incision using the applicator and affixed under tension to anterior abdominal wall fascia by tissue penetration of the anchoring mechanisms of the one or more fasteners. |
| US10136982B2 |
Polyhydroxyalkanoate medical textiles and fibers
Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| US10136967B2 |
Dental implant abutment copings
A dental abutment coping or ring for securing a dental prosthesis to dental abutments. The coping or ring includes a body for insertion into a dental prosthesis, and a cavity or space sized to accept a head of the dental abutment. The interior surface of the cavity includes an interface region sized and shaped to accept the dental abutment in a retentive interface fit or a passive fit, depending on an angle of the interface surface. The exterior surface can have channels configured to contain a cement bonding the exterior surface to the dental prosthesis. A dental prosthesis system including the dental copings provides a retentive interference fit between the prosthesis and the dental abutments, even where the dental abutments are not parallel. A plurality of copings and abutments enables a retentive fit to varying degrees depending on the degree of interference fit in each coping and abutment. |
| US10136966B2 |
Orthodontic appliance
The appliance includes a body that snaps onto the brackets attached to teeth with latching slots and so becomes detachable for daily cleaning by the patient. Inside the body there is an integrated spring function. The fabrication of the polymeric body can be done by 3D printing, which makes it possible to print integrated spring elements connecting the latching slots with the body. |
| US10136965B2 |
Customized orthodontic bracket system
A customized orthodontic bracket system is provided. The system can include a bracket having a customized bracket bonding pad for bonding the bracket to a tooth of a patient and a bracket slot adapted to receive a customized archwire. The customized archwire is adapted to be positioned in the bracket slot to form a precise bracket slot-archwire interface. The bracket slot and the archwire when positioned in the bracket slot can be positioned substantially adjacent the tooth surface to reduce induced vertical error in tooth positioning. The bracket slot can be configured to have a bracket slot width substantially matching a cross-section of the archwire to reduce torque rotation around an axis of the archwire when positioned therein to further enhance end-of-treatment tooth positioning and reduce overall treatment time. |
| US10136959B2 |
Endolumenal object sizing
An object sizing system sizes an object positioned within a patient. The object sizing system identifies a presence of the object. The object sizing system navigates an elongate body of an instrument to a position proximal to the object within the patient. An imaging sensor coupled to the elongate body captures one or more sequential images of the object. The instrument may be further moved around within the patient to capture additional images at different positions/orientations relative to the object. The object sizing system also acquires robot data and/or EM data associated with the positions and orientations of the elongate body. The object sizing system analyzes the captured images based on the acquired robot data to estimate a size of the object. |
| US10136957B2 |
Leak resistant article
Provided, among other things is a leak-resistant elastomeric barrier comprising: an elastomeric barrier comprising elastomeric polymer, having two sides, and coated on at least a portion of a first side with a highly hydrophobic coating such that the initial contact angle with water is about 130° or more, and that contact angle does not decay by more than about 10% over 40 minutes. In embodiments the highly hydrophobic coating comprises hydrophobic silica particles are disposed on a hydrophobic coating disposed on the first side, for example with a hydrophobic coating comprises that a fluorocarbon compound, a polypropylene wax, a polyethylene wax, or a mixture thereof. |
| US10136954B2 |
Surgical tool systems and method
Devices, Systems, and Methods for controlled movement of the robot system. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The robot may include a plurality of omni-directional wheels affixed to the robot base allowing multiple-axis movement of the robot. The robot may further include sensors for detecting a desired movement of the robot base and a control system responsive to the plurality of sensors for controlling the multiple-axis movement of the robot by actuating two or more of the plurality of omni-directional wheels. |
| US10136952B2 |
Soft tissue balancing in articular surgery
Systems and methods may be used to perform robot-aided surgery. A system may include a robotic controller to monitor a position and orientation of an end effector coupled to an end of a robotic arm. The robotic controller may apply a force to a bone using the end effector, such as via a soft tissue balancing component. The robotic controller may determine soft tissue balance using information from a tracking system, such as a position of a first tracker affixed to the bone. The soft tissue balance may be output, such as to a display device. |
| US10136942B1 |
Electrosurgical system
An RF electrode can have a straight shaft to generate an RF heat lesion that is asymmetric about the central axis of the cannula through which the RF electrode is introduced into bodily tissue. For example, a system for tissue ablation can include a cannula and an electrode, the cannula including an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the cannula shaft including an electrically conductive active tip distal to an electrically insulated cannula shaft portion, the cannula shaft including a lumen extending from a proximal opening at the proximal end of the shaft to an exit opening within a distal portion of the cannula shaft, the electrode including an electrode shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the electrode shaft including an electrically conductive active tip distal to an electrically insulated electrode shaft portion. |
| US10136935B2 |
Device for the controlled removal of osseointegrated implants and improved osseodisintegratable implants
The present invention relates to a medical device for freeing an implant from the bone of a patient to which the implant adheres to and to an implant for insertion into a bone of a patient, designed such that the implant is more homogenously heatable or coolable in a controlled way. Also provided is a method of removing an implant from a bone of a patient and a computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon a database structure. |
| US10136934B2 |
Bone treatment systems and methods
Systems and methods for treating vertebral compression fractures are discussed. In an embodiment, a method includes mixing bone cement precursors thereby causing a first chemical curing reaction characterized by a first time-viscosity profile, controllably applying energy to the bone cement from an external source to modify the first time-viscosity profile to a second time-viscosity profile, and injecting the cement into bone at a substantially constant viscosity greater than about 1000 Pa·s to greater than about 5000 Pa·s over an extended working time. In another embodiment, a bone cement injector system is provided that includes a first handle component that is detachably coupled to a second sleeve component having a distal end for positioning in bone and a flow channel extending through the first and second components. The system includes first and second thermal energy emitters for delivering energy to bone cement flows in a flow channel portion in the first and second components, respectively. |
| US10136929B2 |
Flexible bone implant
Examples of devices and methods for stabilizing a fracture in a bone include a body having an elongate distal portion having an outer surface defining a screw thread and an elongate proximal portion having a non-threaded outer surface. |
| US10136928B2 |
Rod link reducer
Rod link reducer assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. The rod link reducer assembly provides a manipulator rod having a first end, a second end, and an elongate body extending along a body axis between the first end and the second end. A post extends outwardly from the rod. A rod manipulating joint comprise an elongate joint rod extending along a joint rod axis, a first coupling clamp disposed along the joint rod, the first coupling clamp releasably connectable to the post, and a second coupling clamp disposed along the joint rod adjacent to and rotatable about the joint rod relative to the first coupling clamp. The second coupling clamp is releasably connectable to a shaft. A biasing member is adapted to bias the second clamp against the first clamp. |
| US10136925B2 |
Spinal cross-connector
A spinal cross-connector comprises an elongated member, a first connector and a second connector. The first connector and the second connector are configured to receive spinal rods and adaptable to directly attach with pedicle screws. The first connector includes a first collet head, a first clamp and a first locking means. The second connector includes a second collet head, a second clamp and a second locking mans. The first locking means is configured to tighten over a first collet head and engage with the first connector. Similarly, the second locking means is configured to tighten over a second collet head and engage with the second connector. The engagement of the first locking means with the first connector and the second locking means with the second connector locks the spinal cross-connector. |
| US10136924B2 |
Polyaxial bone screw
The present invention generally provides a polyaxial fixation device having a shank with a spherical head formed on a proximal end thereof, and a receiver member having an axial passage formed therein that is adapted to polyaxially seat the spherical head of the shank. The polyaxial bone screw further includes an engagement member that is adapted to provide sufficient friction between the spherical head and the receiver member to enable the shank to be maintained in a desired angular orientation before locking the spherical head within the receiver member. |
| US10136919B2 |
External fixator assembly
External fixator assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. An external fixator system may include a plurality of fixator assemblies configured to connect a plurality of pins, for example, positioned on opposite sides of a fractured bone, with one more rods. The fixator assemblies may include a plurality of clamp assemblies which are configured to rotate relative to one another when the fixator assembly is in an unlocked position. |
| US10136918B2 |
Laparoscopic port
A laparoscopic port is disclosed which includes a tubular member comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending there between. At least one seal member provided in the lumen adapted to prevent pressurized gas flow from the distal end to the proximal end of the tubular member. The laparoscopic port further includes a shielding trigger positioned distal to the seal member in the lumen, the shielding trigger is shaped so as at least a proximal portion of the shielding trigger has a narrowing cross-section that extends towards the seal member, the proximal portion is adapted to actuate a reversibly opening and protection of the seal member upon a proximally projected pressure from a distal end of an artifact. |
| US10136905B2 |
Balloon catheter
A balloon catheter prevents detachment of a balloon from an inner shaft without using a conventional sleeve or heat-shrinkable tube. The balloon catheter includes a balloon, an inner shaft, and a tip having a proximal end portion that covers an outer periphery of a distal end of the balloon. The distal end of the balloon is sandwiched between the inner shaft and the proximal end portion of the tip, thereby joining the distal end of the balloon to the inner shaft and the tip. |
| US10136903B2 |
Tourniquet and method thereof having compliance logging and alert features, and a system thereof
A tourniquet, a method, and a system that can secure logging of compliance with an external communication apparatus and marry two segregated steps of infusing and logging. The tourniquet has a controller that monitors compliance based on signals received from various switches/sensors that indicate whether a clasp has been inserted in the buckle and thereafter whether a strap is applying pressure, and the clasp has been released within a predetermined time after the clasp has been inserted. The controller initiates communication with the external communication apparatus. Upon receiving a log successful communication from the external communication apparatus, the controller alerts the user that the logging was successful or compliance has been met. |
| US10136901B2 |
Anatomical concentric spheres THA
Devices and methods for identifying and maintaining the concentric spherical centers of a femur and acetabulum during revision or joint replacement surgery so that post surgery the anatomical spherical centers are maintained. Also disclosed are novel techniques and devices to project images onto an anatomical feature, such as exposed bone, to virtually fit trial prosthetic components, establish bone cut markings, and establishing the anatomical spherical center of a joint. |
| US10136899B2 |
Clamp for use with a cutting device
A clamp for use in a clamping and cutting device comprising a first leg (10), second leg (14) and third leg (22) which together form a cavity capable of receiving an object to be clamped when open, wherein the second leg (14) has a recessed section (20) such that the third leg (22) fits into the recessed section (20) when the clamp is closed, and a clamping and cutting device for clamping and cutting an object. |
| US10136892B2 |
Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue
A system for stapling tissue comprises a flexible endoscope and an operative head including a pair of opposed, curved tissue clamping jaws sized to pass through an esophagus, the jaws being moveable with respect to one another between an open tissue receiving configuration and a closed tissue clamping configuration, a first one of the curved jaws including a stapling mechanism and a second one of the jaws including a staple forming anvil surface, the stapling mechanism including staple slots through which staples are fired arranged in a row extending from a proximal end of the first jaw to a distal end thereof in combination with a control handle which, when the operative head is in an operative position within one of a patient's stomach and esophagus, remains outside the patient, the control handle including a first actuator for moving the jaws relative to one another and a second actuator for operating the stapling mechanism. |
| US10136888B2 |
Circular stapler and staple head assembly thereof
A circular stapler includes a staple body and an anvil assembly. The staple body includes an annular staple cartridge and an annular cutter located at a distal end thereof. The anvil assembly includes an annular anvil, an annular cutting pad and an anvil shaft. When the staple body and the anvil assembly are closed, the annular staple cartridge is associated with the annular anvil and the annular cutting pad to form at least two connected fixing spaces having height difference. The circular stapler facilitates fixing the severed staples for easily cutting. A buffer may be formed between the tissues near the new formed staples and the tissue near the severed staples in order to avoid or reduce lateral slipping, thereby reducing dragging the tissues on the end face of the anvil. |
| US10136887B2 |
Drive system decoupling arrangement for a surgical instrument
A surgical end effector is disclosed. The surgical end effector can comprise a shaft and a pair of jaws. The surgical end effector can further comprise a housing and a drive system, which can be positioned within the housing. The drive system can comprise a proximal assembly and a distal assembly, wherein the proximal assembly can be releasably coupled to the distal assembly by a pin. |
| US10136885B2 |
Three suture large bore closure device and methods
A vascular closure device includes an anchor, a suture carrying portion, and a plurality of needles. The anchor is positionable through a vessel puncture in a vessel wall and operable between expanded and contracted positions. The suture carrying portion is positioned distal of the anchor and configured to carry at least one suture. The plurality of needles are operable between an advanced position extending through the vessel wall adjacent to the vessel puncture to connect to the at least one suture, and a retracted position in which the plurality of needles position the at least one suture through the vessel wall. At least one of the plurality of needles extends through an aperture in the anchor when in the advanced position. |
| US10136883B2 |
Method of anchoring a suture
Suture anchors and associated methods are disclosed having suture locking features able to lock multiple suture ends extending from a body tissue, such as from a bone tunnel, with a single device. |
| US10136880B2 |
Assembly for augmenting hard tissue
An augmentation method is provided, wherein a thermoplastic augmentation element is subject to mechanical energy impact and mechanical pressure by a tool so that augmentation material of the augmentation element is liquefied and pressed into hard tissue to augment the hard tissue, wherein in at least one axial depth, the augmentation element is segmented as a function of the circumferential angle so that at this axial depth the circumferential wall of the initial opening in first regions is in contact with the augmentation element and in second regions is not in contact with the augmentation element. |
| US10136879B2 |
System and method for non-contact electronic articulation sensing
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The instrument includes a handle portion, a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a first longitudinal axis and an articulating tool assembly defining a second longitudinal axis and having a proximal end. The articulating tool assembly is disposed at a distal end of the body portion and is movable from a first position in which the second longitudinal axis is substantially aligned with the first longitudinal axis to at least a second position in which the second longitudinal axis is disposed at an angle with respect to the first longitudinal axis. The instrument also includes an articulation mechanism configured to articulate the articulating tool assembly, the articulation mechanism including an articulation sensor assembly configured to transmit a sensor signal to a microcontroller which is configured to determine an articulation angle of the articulation assembly. |
| US10136877B2 |
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and image processing apparatus
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a parameter setting unit, a Fly Thru image generating unit, and a controlling unit. The parameter setting unit sets a value of an image quality adjusting parameter used for generating a PVR image obtained by projecting the inside of a lumen from a predetermined viewpoint, on the basis of information about the lumen rendered in an MPR image generated by using volume data. The Fly Thru image generating unit generates the PVR image by using the value of the image quality adjusting parameter that was set. The controlling unit then causes a monitor to display the PVR image. |
| US10136867B2 |
Radiological imaging system with improved internal movement
A radiological imaging system including a bed and a load-bearing structure supporting the bed. The system also includes a gantry defining a main axis of expansion, and the gantry has a source suitable to emit radiation and a detector with a sensitive surface suitable to detect the radiation. The gantry also has an internal inner guide suitable to rotate the detector around the main axis of expansion defining an inner sliding trajectory, and an internal outer guide suitable to rotate the source around the main axis of expansion defining an outer sliding trajectory. In one embodiment, the distance from the source to the main axis of expansion is greater than the distance from the detector to the main axis of expansion. The gantry also includes a casing housing the source, the detector, the internal inner guide, and the internal outer guide. |
| US10136866B2 |
Radiation irradiation device
A radiation irradiation device includes a radiation generation unit; an arm part; a support member having one end to which the arm part is connected; a body part to which the support member is connected; and a leg part on which the body part is placed. The leg part includes first casters that are provided on a front side of the leg part and second casters that are provided on a rear side of the leg part. The diameter of wheels of the second casters and is greater than the diameter of wheels of the first casters, and the gravity center position of the entire device is closer to the second casters side than a center between the first casters and the second casters in a state where the arm part is rotationally moved until the radiation generation unit is located at a vertically lowermost position. |
| US10136862B2 |
Method of sonifying brain electrical activity
A digital processor system having one or more processors and memory obtains a time-domain signal representing brain activity, the time-domain signal having a time varying signal value. The system concurrently generates a set of acoustic parameters, including a plurality of time-varying acoustic parameters, where one or more of the plurality of time-varying acoustic parameters is modulated in accordance with at least the signal value of the time-domain signal. The system combines the concurrently generated set of acoustic parameters to produce a representation of an acoustic signal corresponding to the time-domain signal, where the acoustic signal, in audible form, manifests one or more audibly discernible variations across a plurality of stages of a brain activity event. |
| US10136861B2 |
System and method for predicting acute cardiopulmonary events and survivability of a patient
A method of producing an artificial neural network capable of predicting the survivability of a patient, including: storing in an electronic database patient health data comprising a plurality of sets of data, each set having at least one of a first parameter relating to heart rate variability data and a second parameter relating to vital sign data, each set further having a third parameter relating to patient survivability; providing a network of nodes interconnected to form an artificial neural network, the nodes comprising a plurality of artificial neurons, each artificial neuron having at least one input with an associated weight; and training the artificial neural network using the patient health data such that the associated weight of the at least one input of each artificial neuron is adjusted in response to respective first, second and third parameters of different sets of data from the patient health data. |
| US10136859B2 |
System and method for outpatient management of chronic disease
An outpatient ambulatory patient worn apparatus for managing chronic lung disease includes a plurality of sensors configured to be worn by a patient and to measure a plurality of physiological data. The plurality of sensors includes at least an oximeter, a respiratory rate sensor, and at least one activity or motion sensor. A central monitoring unit (CMU) is worn by the patient in an outpatient setting during activities of daily living. The CMU categorizes each recorded measurement of each of the plurality of sensors stored in a set of time stamped primary data by a predominate activity type to generate a set of activity type stamped data, the predominate activity types include rest, exertion, and sleep. A generate report process provides at least one or more reports. An outpatient ambulatory patient worn long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) apparatus and a method for managing chronic lung disease are also described. |
| US10136855B2 |
Automatic adjustment of helmet parameters based on a category of play
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for automatic adjustment of helmet parameters based on a category of play. Aspects include monitoring a plurality of sensors in a helmet and determining the category of play for a user of the helmet based on data received from the plurality of sensors. Aspects further include automatically adjusting one or more parameters of the helmet based on the category of play. |
| US10136854B2 |
Stretchable thermoelectric material and thermoelectric device including the same
A thermoelectric material includes a stretchable polymer, and a thermoelectric structure and an electrically conductive material that are mixed together with the stretchable polymer. The thermoelectric material may be applied to self-power generating wearable electronic apparatuses. |
| US10136851B2 |
Integrated device to measure variations in neuromuscular control when tracing defined target patterns and a system and method of using the integrated device
An integrated device that detects and stores, in digital form, the muscle movements that occur when an operator traces a defined figure or pattern with a pointing device, such as a laser beam. The movement data is stored and analyzed for monitoring and diagnosing a neuromuscular condition or neuromuscular variations. Movement disorders can be determined and progression and change analyzed over time using the stored data. |
| US10136845B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods associated with analyte monitoring devices and devices incorporating the same
Analyte monitoring systems, devices, and methods associated with analyte monitoring devices, and devices incorporating the same are provided. Various graphical user interfaces (GUI) and navigation flows are provided for performing various features, activities, functions, etc., associated with the analyte monitoring device or system. Intuitive navigation is provided to enhance the interpretation of analyte measurements. |
| US10136844B2 |
Dual electrode system for a continuous analyte sensor
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a continuous analyte sensor, such as a continuous glucose sensor. One such system utilizes first and second working electrodes to measure additional analyte or non-analyte related signal. Such measurements may provide a background and/or sensitivity measurement(s) for use in processing sensor data and may be used to trigger events such as digital filtering of data or suspending display of data. |
| US10136842B2 |
Footwear apparatus with technique feedback
A footwear apparatus includes a sensor in the footwear apparatus positioned to monitor an activity technique of the user when the footwear apparatus is joined with a foot of the user and a feedback generator is arranged to produce at least one of a haptic communication or an optical communication to the user in response to detecting a pattern in the activity technique. |
| US10136841B2 |
Multi-functional smart mobility aid devices and methods of use
Embodiments of a smart mobility aid device may have sensors to collect, monitor, analyze and represent data including but not limited to activity tracking, biometrics and safety and emergency features. The activity tracking include number of steps, miles, and activity speed, user pressure on a device, activity types and analysis. The user biometric data includes but is not limited to blood work, blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, oxygen level/rate, ECG, EMG, muscle strain, humidity, UV, body temperature. Additional features include an emergency button, fall detection, warnings, and user pattern analysis changes. The mobility aid device is connected to other smart electronic device and/or the Internet using but not limited to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and or/and SIM card. The device gives the user or/and caregiver live feedback about user health metrics and status using a data representation method. |
| US10136840B2 |
Fitness training system for merging energy expenditure calculations from multiple devices
Systems and methods for prompting a user to perform an exercise and monitoring the exercise are provided. Multiple independent sensors or sensor systems may be used to calculate energy expenditure. Various criteria may be used to manually or automatically select the independent sensor or sensor system or combination that will be used with the energy expenditure calculations. |
| US10136838B2 |
Personal spirometer
A spirometer for correlating test results with other user date to indicate a relationship, said spirometer comprising: (a) a processor; (b) memory operatively connected to said processor and configured with instruction to instruct the processor to perform the following steps: (i) recording spirometer results of a user; (ii) correlating said results with user data, said user data comprising at least one of a medication log, a medical diary, a baseline performance for said user provided by a healthcare provider, or other results from other testing devices; and (iii) indicating a relationship between said results and said user data. |
| US10136836B2 |
Immunity from magnetic disturbance for a magnetic location tracker
Apparatus, including a ferromagnetic sheet and at least one radiator, mounted in proximity to the ferromagnetic sheet and configured to radiate a magnetic field into a region in proximity thereto. The apparatus further includes a solid sheet of thermal insulation, mounted between the ferromagnetic sheet and the at least one radiator so as to prevent transfer of thermal energy from the at least one radiator to the ferromagnetic sheet. |
| US10136834B2 |
Neuronal resonance magnetic resonance imaging method
The present disclosure provides a neuronal resonance-magnetic resonance imaging (NR-MRI) method and technology for measuring a difference between a resting state and a state of providing external stimuli with respect to various frequency bands by using the NR-MRI scheme through frequency band selection filter characteristic mapping of neurons. In addition, the present disclosure provides technology for revealing a frequency selective communication mechanism between brain regions on the basis of systems biology researches for the frequency selective communication mechanism between the brain regions as well as technology useful for completing proof-of-concept and a frequency selective communication map between the entire brain regions. |
| US10136833B2 |
Implantable radio-frequency sensor
A diagnostic apparatus comprising a sealed case, a first antenna and a second antenna and processing circuitry are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the sealed case includes a biocompatible material and is configured for implantation within a body of a patient. Further, each one of the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to be implanted in the body in proximity to a target tissue, generate and transmit radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves through the target tissue to the other antenna, and output a signal in response to RF waves received from the other antenna. In addition, the processing circuitry can be contained within the case and is configured to receive and process the signal from each antenna so as to derive and output an indication of a characteristic of the target tissue. |
| US10136832B2 |
Real-time stimulation artifact suppression for simultaneous electrophysiological electrical stimulation and recording
A system and method of suppressing stimulation artifacts when performing electrophysiological electrical stimulation and recording. An artifact waveform is captured associated with a stimulus output, and then the artifact waveform calibrated during another stimulus output for accurately representing the actual artifact waveform received within each measured response to a stimulus. During actual stimulus generation and response recording, the calibrated artifact waveform is subtracted in at least one of the amplifier stages so that the artifacts are removed from the amplified response to the stimulus thus providing an accurate output without saturating the amplifiers. |
| US10136831B2 |
Sweat sensing with chronological assurance
Devices that sense sweat and are capable of providing chronological assurance are described. The device uses at least one sensor to measure sweat or its components and to determine a sweat sampling rate. The chronological assurance is determined, at least in part, using the sweat sampling rate. The sweat sampling rate may be determined, at least in part, using a sweat volume and/or a sweat generation rate, both of which may be measured or predetermined. |
| US10136827B2 |
Hand-held vital signs monitor
The invention features a vital sign monitor that includes: 1) a hardware control component featuring a microprocessor that operates as interactive, icon-driven GUI on an LCD; and, 2) a sensor component that connects to the control component through a shielded coaxial cable. The sensor features: 1) an optical component that generates a first signal; 2) a plurality electrical components (e.g. electrodes) that generate a second signal; and, 3) an acoustic component that generates a third signal. The microprocessor runs compiled computer code that operates: 1) the touch panel LCD; 2) a graphical user interface that includes multiple icons corresponding to different software operations; 3) a file-management system for storing and retrieving vital sign information; and 4) USB and short-range wireless systems for transferring data to and from the device to a PC. |
| US10136825B2 |
Long-term implantable silicon carbide neural interface device using the electrical field effect
Field effect devices, such as capacitors and field effect transistors, are used to interact with neurons. Cubic silicon carbide is biocompatible with the neuronal environment and has the chemical and physical resilience required to withstand the body environment and does not produce toxic byproducts. It is used as a basis for generating a biocompatible semiconductor field effect device that interacts with the brain for long periods of time. The device signals capacitively and receives signals using field effect transistors. These signals can be used to drive very complicated systems such as multiple degree of freedom limb prosthetics, sensory replacements, and may additionally assist in therapies for diseases like Parkinson's disease. |
| US10136822B1 |
Method and apparatus for non-invasively detecting blood volume imbalances in a mammalian subject
Noninvasive methods and apparatus for detecting blood volume imbalances in a mammalian subject are disclosed. The method includes obtaining baseline measurements of at least three physiological parameters from a subject wherein the parameters are selected from the group consisting of heart rate, electrical body impedance, skin temperature, perfusion index, peripheral blood flow and skin humidity. Measurements of electrical body impedance, skin temperature, perfusion index, peripheral blood flow and skin humidity are taken at one or more extremities of the subject such as the calf, ankle, forearm, thigh, fingers and toes. The physiological parameters for which baseline measurements were obtained are then monitored to detect changes from the baseline measurements that indicate blood volume imbalances. A preferred embodiment comprises computing a baseline blood volume index from the baseline value measurements of each parameter to be monitored and then carrying out the step of monitoring by obtaining real time (current) value measurements of these parameters which are inputted into an algorithm which computes a real time (current) blood volume index based upon the differences between the baseline and real time (current) value measurements. |
| US10136819B2 |
Short-wave infrared super-continuum lasers and similar light sources for imaging applications
An imaging device includes laser diodes (LDs) generating near-infrared wavelength light, lenses configured to deliver the light to tissue, a first receiver having one or more detectors, and a first part with at least one of the LDs capable of being pulsed. The first receiver receives light reflected from the tissue and is synchronized to the pulsed light and configured to perform a time-of-flight measurement. An infrared camera receives light reflected by the tissue from a second part of the imaging device. The camera captures light while the second part is off, and while the second part is on to generate corresponding signals, and differences the signals to generate an image. An array of LDs generates a grid of spots on the tissue, which is reflected to the camera. A coupled phone, tablet, or computer receives and processes the time-of-flight measurement, the image, and the reflected grid of spots. |
| US10136817B2 |
Body area network pairing improvements for clinical workflows
A method for establishing a connection between a first electronic computing device and a second electronic computing device includes moving the second electronic computing device so that it is proximal to the first electronic computing device. When the first electronic computing device detects the proximity of the first electronic computing device relative to the second electronic computing device, a radio on the first electronic device is set to a connectable and discoverable state. A wireless connection is automatically established between the first electronic computing device and the second electronic computing device. Data is transmitted between the first electronic computing device and the second electronic computing device. |
| US10136816B2 |
Medical devices and methods
Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a transcutaneously positioned in vivo analyte sensor automatically or upon request from a user. |
| US10136813B2 |
Systems and methods for patient cardiovascular and respiratory management
An information display and control system that enables a fast and easy understanding and management of the status of the patient's cardiovascular and ventilation systems is disclosed. The system can control administration and management of a patient's medication and fluids. The display is organized by goals related to management of patient's cardiovascular system, ventilation system, and medications and fluids administration and management. Such goals include hemodynamics, oxygenation, CO2 removal, medication status, and fluids status. |
| US10136796B2 |
Medical device positioning system
Embodiments of the invention include a medical device for accessing a patient's body portion and used for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. Embodiments of the invention may include a particular endoscopic positioning mechanism for placing an endoscope and an additional treatment device within desired body portions in order to assist in diagnosis and treatment of anatomical diseases and disorders. In particular, a medical device according to an embodiment of the invention may include an outer flexible tube and a positioning mechanism configured for rotating one portion of the flexible tube relative to another portion of the flexible tube. |
| US10136791B2 |
Convertible dishwasher
A dishwasher includes a filtration system that can be configured in a chopping or filtration only arrangement. A check valve cover attached to an accumulator is inserted into a main intake of a sump and divides the main intake into a fluid recirculation chamber in communication with a recirculation intake port, and a separate fluid draining chamber in communication with a drain port. When a drain pump is actuated, fluid is pulled from the accumulator through the drain port until pressure within the fluid draining chamber drops below the pressure of the sump and a check valve in the check valve cover is forced open, allowing fluid to be channeled out of the fluid recirculation chamber into the fluid draining chamber. Optionally, a fine filter system can replace the convertible filtration system, whereby the main intake is in fluid communication with both the recirculation intake port and the drain port. |
| US10136790B2 |
Applicator for sanitizing and/or disinfecting solution
A textile applicator for application of a sanitizing and/or disinfecting solution to a surface. The applicator incorporates a plurality of direct spun polyester microfiber yarns to define a textile surface which does not bind or inactivate quaternary ammonium compounds, chlorine-based or peracetic and/or other peroxygen based sanitizing and/or disinfecting agents. Thus, the sanitizing and/or disinfecting agent is readily released to the surface being treated without any requirement of pre-loading surface binding sites or applying a charge-modifying surface treatment. |
| US10136789B2 |
All-in-one squeezable scrubbing tool
An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense a cleaning composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the cleaning composition onto or into the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, mirrors, etc.). The device may include a squeezable container housing holding the cleaning composition in a reservoir defined therein, with a dispensing valve configured to dispense the cleaning composition from the reservoir, through the valve when a user squeezes the container housing. A sled may be provided, e.g., snap-fit to a bottom wall of the container housing, with a substrate configured as a scrubbing pad attached to the bottom of the sled. |
| US10136788B2 |
Broom
A broom (10) comprising a head (12) and a handle (14). The head (12) comprises a first portion (16) having a plurality of bristles and a second portion (17) extending outwardly from the first portion (16) at an angle thereto. A recess (28) extends from adjacent a first end of the second portion (17) to adjacent a second end of the second portion (17) and a scraper blade (30) is fixed at least partially within the recess (28) such that at least portions of longitudinal ends of the scraper blade (30) are covered. |
| US10136786B2 |
Charging stand for vacuum cleaner
A charging stand (100) for a vacuum cleaner (200) includes: a body (1); and a blade (4) vertically disposed on the body (1), in which the blade (4) extends curvedly along a length direction of the blade (4) and is configured to cut off hairs wound around a brushroll (201) of the vacuum cleaner (200). |
| US10136784B2 |
Autonomous vacuum
An autonomous vacuum cleaner includes an outer housing, a suction nozzle, and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. A fan of the fan assembly is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the suction motor and the fan assembly. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow, the cyclonic separator located within the housing and includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, a debris outlet adjacent the second end of the cylindrical wall, and a dust bin in fluid communication with the debris outlet of the cyclonic separator, where the cyclonic separator is coaxial with the motor and fan assembly. |
| US10136782B2 |
Multi-function combined brush for vacuum cleaner
Multi-function combined brush (1) for vacuum cleaner. A brush (1) for vacuum cleaner of a “combined” type, i.e. a brush (1) capable of changing the operating mode without being obliged to replace the accessory, whose main feature consists of its possibility of alternating its functions, for instance carpets, floors, and liquids, by way of a pedal (7) featuring one static position. Very advantageously, the innovative solution according to the present application makes it possible to embody a combined brush (1) capable of performing different functions in one device. |
| US10136777B2 |
Stool for use with a toilet
A stool is provided that provides a raised heel squat position to a user that engages the stool. The raised heel squatting position promotes a healthy and productive experience on a toilet. The stool may be collapsible for easier storage and transportation. The stool may be adjustable to provide custom fittings to different size users. Additionally, the stool may be intelligent and may provide a customized immersive experience to a person on a toilet. |
| US10136776B2 |
Toilet apparatus
A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a human body detector and a controlled part. The toilet apparatus is mounted to a toilet. The human body detector radiates a radio wave and detects a human body based on the signal that is obtained. The human body detector outputs a control signal based on the detection result. The controlled part is controlled based on the control signal. The human body detector has two or more establishment times from when the signal is obtained until when the detection result based on the signal is established. |
| US10136775B2 |
Toilet bowl apparatus and seal member
A toilet bowl apparatus includes: a toilet bowl main body; a functional part installed at an upper section of the toilet bowl main body; a seal member attached to at least one of the toilet bowl main body and the functional part and disposed in a gap between the toilet bowl main body and the functional part, and the seal member includes a soft seal body and an elastic body covered by the soft seal body. |
| US10136774B2 |
Cozy comfort toilet seat cover: the fleece seat
The seat cover presented herein includes multiple inner and outer flaps that extend around a toilet seat, where each inner flap secures to one of the outer flaps to secure the seat cover to the toilet seat. To provide a tight fit, the solution presented herein further includes two hinge flaps that extend around the outer rim of the toilet seat proximate the hinges of the toilet seat and between two outer flaps. The hinge flaps secure to an adjacent outer flap to more tightly secure the seat cover to the toilet seat. The solution presented herein may be used for any conventional toilet seat, e.g., round and/or oval toilet seats. |
| US10136772B2 |
Toilet seat and method of manufacturing a toilet seat
A toilet seat includes a body, a bottom plate, and a joining member. The body includes a seating part and a side wall part. The side wall part extends from each of an inner end and an outer end of the seating part. The bottom plate includes a bottom plate part and a protrusion part. The bottom plate part and the seating part face each other. The protrusion part protrudes laterally from the bottom plate part and is configured to be pressed by an end of the side wall part. The joining member joins the body and the bottom plate. The joining member is formed of a filling material poured to closely contact a side surface of the bottom plate part and a non-pressing surface other than a surface pressing the protrusion part on the end of the side wall part. |
| US10136766B2 |
Shower bench seat
A shower bench seat configured for use in a shower area is provided. The shower bench seat including an inboard assembly configured for placement within the shower area and an outboard assembly configured for placement adjacent the shower area. An intermediate assembly is configured to connect the inboard assembly to the outboard assembly. The intermediate assembly is further configured to retain a shower curtain within the shower area thereby facilitating use of the shower bench seat by a user in a seated position and simultaneously facilitating retention of water within the shower area. |
| US10136764B2 |
High-speed blending blade for a food processing appliance
A high-speed blending blade for a food-processing appliance includes two opposing upwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the upwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved downward top surface, two opposing downwardly arcuate blades, wherein each of the downwardly arcuate blades defines a continuously-curved upward top surface, a central blade portion having a central top surface, wherein the top central surface is co-planar with a portion of each downward top surface and each upward top surface and a pair of opposing top blades extending at a predetermined angle from proximate the central top surface. |
| US10136760B2 |
Rotisserie and grill cylindrical tumbler
A cooking device that allows you to BBQ and smoke different foods on a grill is disclosed. The present invention allows for use with or without a rotisserie. It has a locking lid on one end which doubles as a locking mechanism with a handle. Each end has holes to allow for most rotisseries on the market. The holes at both ends of the can are offset. This creates a tumbling effect that helps stir the ingredients when turned. |
| US10136759B2 |
Breastmilk handling apparatus particularly useful for warming of breastmilk containers such as bottles and syringes
The present invention relates to an infant feeding warming system useful to repeatedly and precisely warm breastmilk or formula for use in the NICU. The system in one form comprises a bedside unit that is attachable to an IV pole. The system may also comprise a centralized warming station with multiple chambers, wherein one chamber heats a bottle or syringe, and the remaining chambers are used for storage and/or refrigeration. The system will use a non-liquid heating system to heat feedings. A disposable liner may be used inside the chamber. The system may also contain heating algorithms that are based on a user inputting milk parameters such as volume and initial temperature. |
| US10136758B1 |
Food pan cover with indicia holder and self-closing hinges
Provided is a cover for a food container comprising a self-closing hinged lid and a first and second indicia insert. The cover comprises a cover plate, a lid, and a self-closing hinge. The cover plate secures the cover to a food container and further includes a flange for accepting a first advertising indicia. The hinged lid rests on top of the cover plate and includes a flange for accepting a second advertising indicia, a notch for accessing the container, and support ribs. The self-closing hinges secure the cover plate to the hinged lid and further include a pair of hinge stops that are angled towards the hinges to prevent the hinged lid from remaining in an open position without an external force holding the lid open. |
| US10136755B2 |
Coding insert for use in a food preparation machine
The disclosure is directed to a coding insert for associating to a food ingredient capsule adapted to be functionally inserted in the cavity of a food preparation machine, characterized in that said coding insert is a disc or a ring that comprises at least one deformable portion that is deformed when said insert is inserted into the machine cavity, and/or when said cavity is closed, so that at least one machine operational parameter is set by detection of there action force on the machine cavity by the deformed portion, so as to customize the machine brewing functional parameters to each coding insert inserted therein with the capsule it is associated with. |
| US10136752B2 |
Code translation program for precision sous vide cooker device
A method for translating cooking time and temperatures for prepackaged food products. The sous-vide program allows users to cook to a food manufacturer recommended doneness based on the size, shape and fat content of the food. The program also lets user adjust setting if the users modified the food product like cut it in half. The program can be located on the sous vide cooking device or on person computing device. |
| US10136750B2 |
Plastic container for boiling water
A plastic container for boiling water is provided. The plastic container is lightweight, inexpensive to manufacture, and safe for cooking food by boiling. The plastic container is made of food grade high density polyethylene having a melting point of at least 120 degrees Celsius. The container includes a water heater having a heating element located near the bottom of the container. The water heater is securely attached to the side wall of the container and can be plugged into a standard alternating current electrical outlet. The water heater is capable of heating water to boiling temperature. |
| US10136748B1 |
Holiday tree with central support, rope light and stand
The holiday tree kit is a decorative element suggestive of an illuminated tree which is suitable for use during holidays and special events. The holiday tree kit comprises a rope light that spirals down from the top of a support armature and widens as it descends. The holiday tree kit includes an illuminated tree top ornament that supports the rope light. The holiday tree kit provides stands that are suitable for indoor or outdoor use. |
| US10136746B2 |
Eating utensil assembly including through-opening carried pair of sticks and related methods
An eating utensil assembly may include a first eating utensil including a first handle having a through-opening therein each having a proximal end and enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end to define a first handle contour and a through-opening contour, respectively. The first handle may also include a first eating utensil head coupled to one of the proximal and distal ends of the first handle. A second eating utensil may be removably carried within the through-opening. The second eating utensil may have a proximal and an enlarged distal end to define a second eating utensil contour. The second eating utensil, first handle, and through-opening contours may match. The second eating utensil may include a pair of sticks each having a tapered shape. Breakaway tabs may removably couple the first and second eating utensils. |
| US10136744B2 |
Electrically heated foot canopy for bed top sheets, blankets, quilts, beds or sleeping bags and the like
A sleeping bag includes a top portion; and a bottom portion, with the bottom portion including a back-folded foot canopy therein configured to allow expansion when feet of a user are extended in an upward direction therewithin and providing room and maneuverability for the feet of the user. The sides of the foot canopy comprise walls formed by back folds each extending substantially across a width of the bottom portion and said walls and back folds are opposite and spaced apart from each other. |
| US10136742B1 |
Food item assembly line
A food assembly line is provided for assembling a food item according to an order. The food assembly line includes multiple work stations at which the food item may be positioned, and a display system including a display device at each of the multiple work stations. The display system is configured to display information associated with the order at the display devices. The display system is further configured to update the display devices during assembly of the food item so that each display device displays at least a portion of the information when the food item is positioned proximate the display device. |
| US10136739B2 |
Ergonomic twin baby carrier
A child carrier for carrying two children of different sizes has a first and second child carrier portions including first and second carrier pouches, respectively, each pouch attached at its bottom to a waist support, and shoulder straps. The first and second child carrier portions are configured to be secured between the shoulder straps and directly opposite one another. At least one of the child carrier pouches is configured to extend behind the shoulder straps, such that a heavy weight in the opposite child carrier pouch that presses the shoulder straps tightly against a wearer does not compress a child therein against the wearer. Each of the child carrier pouches is curved towards a wearer to prevent a child inserted therein from facing away from the wearer and is configured to hold a child in a seated straddle position. |
| US10136738B2 |
Hook-on chair
The present invention discloses a hook-on chair comprising a seat, a lower clamping arm, a height adjustment mechanism and a height fine-adjustment mechanism. The seat comprises a seat body, which is provided with an upper clamping arm and a vertical support tube. The lower clamping arm is arranged on the vertical support tube and vertically moves along the same. A lower clamping unit is arranged on the front portion of the lower clamping arm and below the upper clamping arm. The height adjustment mechanism comprises an adjustment part arranged in the vertical support tube, and a first locking device used for locking the lower clamping arm on the adjustment part. The height fine-adjustment mechanism is arranged on the lower portion of the vertical support tube, and used for driving the adjustment part to vertically move in the vertical support tube and adjust the height of the lower clamping arm. |
| US10136734B2 |
Electrically-heated wearable blanket with auto shut-off switch
An electrically-heated wearable blanket with auto shut-off switch that includes a blanket portion disposed between a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, the blanket portion having a front surface and a back surface, wherein a person wearing the electrically-heated wearable blanket with auto shut-off switch is in operational communication with a boustrophedonic heating element disposed within the blanket portion by means of a control pad disposed on a first cord in circuit with the heating element, and a second cord releasably interconnects the heating element alternately among at least three external power sources including a rechargeable battery pack. |
| US10136732B2 |
Seating apparatus and methods of using the same
In one aspect, seating apparatus are described herein. In some embodiments, a seating apparatus comprises a seating surface, two arms projecting upwardly from the seating surface, and a fastening strap. The fastening strap is operable to be adjusted between a tightened position and a loosened position. When the fastening strap is adjusted to the tightened position, it is operable to restrict motion of the seating surface relative to the chair. |
| US10136729B2 |
Folding chair
A folding chair includes a seat, a back, an interlinking device, a front leg, and a rear leg. The seat, the back, the interlinking device, the front leg, and the rear leg are interlinked. The seat includes at least one guiding portion, and the interlinking device includes at least one actuating member, which is movably coupled to the guiding portion. A user can fold or unfold the folding chair by a single-handed operation, such as pushing or pulling on the back or pulling a handle. |
| US10136728B2 |
Adjustable furniture
A chair having an adjustable backrest and control actuator disposed forward of the backrest hinge, for controlling the backrest angle. The chair has a backrest support hinged to the backrest away from the backrest/chair hinge, and coupled directly or indirectly to track runners which run along elongated support tracks. A positioner is controlled by the control actuator and coupled to the backrest support and track runners, limiting the extent to which the track runners may move along the support tracks and thus control the angle of the backrest. |
| US10136726B2 |
Modular cabinet with hidden clamping system
The present invention includes a system for quickly and simply manufacturing semi-custom cabinetry utilizing a hidden pin joining system. The hidden pin joining system allows panels of the cabinet to quickly and securely join together, with significant load bearing ability. The different joining pin designs allow for different ways of discretely joining pieces together to create custom cabinetry during installation. The specially designed drill bits allow the system to work seamlessly. Using CAD/CAM machinery, the drill bits can cut stock pieces that can be taken to installation sites, and formed into custom cabinetry for kitchen, closets, or any other desired shelving units. |
| US10136725B2 |
Outdoor convertible table-like furniture with multiple levels
A convertible outdoor patio table is provided. The table includes a metallic frame mounted on wheels, the frame surrounding a generally hollow interior, an outer body member which is coupled to and substantially surrounds side portions of the frame, the outer body member being made of a weather resistant material, a railing coupled to the frame and defining a shoulder positioned adjacent the outer body member at the generally hollow interior, a tabletop lid member which removably engages with at least one of the shoulder or the outer body member to close the generally hollow interior, and a functional/storage device which is revealed for access and use when the tabletop lid member is disengaged from the outer body member. The functional/storage device substantially covers a surface area bounded at the top end of the frame to maximize usage of space within the generally hollow interior. |
| US10136720B2 |
Cosmetic container
A cosmetic container includes a first cap that removably engages with a first end of the container main part and includes an applicator for applying the cosmetic product. The container includes a second cap that removably engages with a second end of the container main part. A finishing tool for finishing makeup is placed at a position of the container main part near the second end, a diameter of the first cap increases from a connection portion with the container main part toward a closed end of the first cap and has a maximum diameter at a position between the connection portion and the closed end. A diameter of the second increases from a connection portion with the container main part toward a closed end of the second cap and has a maximum diameter at a position between the connection portion and the closed end. |
| US10136719B2 |
Fluid applicator systems
Embodiments of the present invention provide fluid applicator systems that allow access to product located at the bottom of the bottle toward the end of the useful lifetime of the product. There is provided a platform that moves with respect to the bottle base and an applicator that moves with respect to the cap. |
| US10136718B2 |
Valve mechanism with applicator tip for cosmetic containers
An assembly having a valve mechanism with applicator tip for cosmetic containers, in particular for compressible tubes, having two separate valves, one in the actuation mechanism and one at the applicator tip, with a lid-like mounting base having an external attaching element for attachment of the base in a liquid-tight manner to the bottleneck of a suitable compressible container, and having an internal attaching element which also defines a passage for a product. The internal attaching element is also an integral part of a first valve capable of sliding upwards and downwards, with the lower end of the first valve oriented to open and close the passage, while the upper end is centered inside a sleeve, wherein the sleeve receives through its top end the base of an applicator tip into its inner portion, and the external portion of the sleeve receives an overcap that surrounds the applicator tip. |
| US10136710B2 |
Crankless cantilevered umbrella
A cantilevered umbrella comprising a mast having an elongated configuration, a cantilevered arm extending from the mast, a canopy extending from the cantilevered arm, a carriage connected to the cantilevered arm, and at least one of a constant force spring or a gas spring connected to the mast. The carriage is vertically moveable along the mast to move the canopy between an open position, wherein the canopy is extended, and a collapsed position, wherein the canopy is collapsed. The at least one of the constant force spring or the gas spring is operable with the carriage to assist with moving the canopy between the open position and the collapsed position and to counterbalance the weight of the cantilevered arm and the canopy. |
| US10136709B2 |
Cantilever umbrella
A cantilever umbrella assembly is provided that includes an upright pole, a runner, a transverse pole, and a canopy. The upright pole includes an upright guide surface. The runner is coupled with the upright pole and has a bearing coupled with the guide surface for guiding the runner along the upright pole. The cantilever umbrella assembly includes a deployable tension member with a first end disposed in the transverse pole and a second end coupled with the canopy. |
| US10136708B2 |
Light precious alloy of gold and titanium and components for timepieces or jewellery made from such a light precious alloy of gold and titanium
Light, precious gold-titanium based alloy containing, by mass, at least 750‰ of gold, characterized in that said alloy has the following composition formula: TiaAubMcTd where a, b, c, d are atomic proportions such that: a+b+c+d=1, 0.45≤a≤0.55; 0.41≤b≤0.495; 0.025≤c≤0.13; 0.001≤d≤0.025, where M represents one or more elements taken from among a first group including Nb, V, Pd, Pt, Fe, and where T represents a maximum of two elements taken from among a second group including Nb, V, Pd, Pt, Fe, Mo, Ta, W, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Ir, Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Ag, Al, B, Si, Ge, Sn, Sb, In, with the exception of said metals M comprised in said alloy. Component for timepiece or for jewellery made from such a light, precious gold-titanium based alloy. |
| US10136707B2 |
Fastener element, fastener stringer and slide fastener
A fastener element has a central land portion and first and second bulging portions bulging from the central land portion toward the tape front surface side and the tape rear surface side in the element thickness direction. The first and second bulging portions respectively have a bulging end surface facing to the element thickness direction. The bulging end surface has a quadrilateral base end surface which is long in the element length direction and a tapered protrusion end surface protruding from the base end surface in the element width direction. Thus, it is possible to make the fastener element look like a single-sided metal element and to make a slide fastener which is formed by using the fastener elements lighter than a conventional slide fastener having single-sided metal elements. |
| US10136706B2 |
Touch screen electronic device with at least one fastener member, and the kit and method for placing, holding and mounting such devices using at least one hook and one loop of fastener technology
The present invention discloses a kit for holding and mounting portable electronic devices in different places quickly and easily; comprising at least one electronic devices, at least one adhesive accessory, and at least one case, cover, or protective cover for strap; where each of these parts comprises at least one hook and loop fastening element, positioned, joined, adapted, adhered, coupled, configured, connected and adjusted to its structure; The whole kit provides a greater level of versatility, maneuverability, and practicality to the functions of the electronic device.Any of the parts of the kit, whether the case, cover, or protective cover, the accessory, and the strap; they may be joined and separated when convenient by the user, thanks to the provisions, features, and characteristics of the hook and loop fastener that each of these possess; which generates an adhesive union without the need to use tools or alternative elements and materials.Finally, the kit presentation is provided in one or more colors, shapes or special designs; including transparent designs to provide consumers with options to meet the needs of their devices. In addition, the kit appears in a variety of shapes, designs, sizes and types for any desired utility. |
| US10136704B2 |
Fabric fasteners
A coupling for securing fabric items includes a pin assembly which has a head and a shaft. The shaft passes through the fabric items. A catch is then mated with the shaft such that the fabric items are sandwiched between the head and the catch. A magnetic release member is employed when it becomes necessary to decouple the catch from the shaft. |
| US10136703B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for making custom orthotics, insoles and other footwear inserts
An apparatus to assist in making an orthotic, insole or other footwear insert that is customized to a plantar surface of an individual's foot is provided. The apparatus includes a portable housing; a heater unit to selectively heat the orthotic or a heel cap of the footwear insert to increase its pliability; at least one alignment device to assist in positioning and orientating the individual's foot prior to conforming the orthotic or the heel cap to the plantar surface of the individual's foot; and a vacuum system to selectively apply a vacuum around the individual's foot to bring the orthotic or the heel cap into conformance with the plantar surface of the individual's foot prior to setting of the orthotic or the heel cap. Related methods of making custom orthotics, insoles and other footwear inserts are also provided. |
| US10136700B2 |
Article of footwear with fluid-filled chamber lacking an inflation channel and method for making the same
An article of footwear is provided having a pressurized fluid-filled chamber in the sole structure having a continuous perimeter weld and lacking an inflation channel. The chamber may be formed from opposing polymer sheets, a continuous perimeter weld lacking a weld channel bonding the sheets and forming an interior void between the sheets, and a fluid disposed within the interior void exerting outward pressure on the sheets. A method for making the chamber can include placing a pair of polymer sheets in an opposing arrangement, pressing opposing perimeter weld portions of the sheets against each other to form an airtight seal along a perimeter region of an interior void, supplying a flow of pressurized air between the opposing sheets into the interior void, and, while maintaining a desired fluid pressure, welding the perimeter weld portions of the sheets to each other. A high-frequency welder for forming chamber is also provided. |
| US10136699B1 |
Massaging insole for footwear with mechanic and magnetic energy
An insole for footwear with a built in hydraulic system and magnet that allows for better balance to help avoid falling, better weight distribution, improved massage effect and pain relief. The insole includes a topfoil and bottomfoil which are welded together along their respective edge areas to form a fluid-tight bladder with a fore foot reservoir, flow control means and a rear foot reservoir. |
| US10136693B1 |
Protective face shield assembly
A face shield assembly for use with a hard hat to protect a user from injury caused by an arc-flash event. Ventilation slots are provided at the sides of the assembly below an apparatus used for connecting the face shield assembly to a hard hat. Alternatively, lower front ventilation slots are provided, which also improve voice communication by the user. The face shield assembly can have either side or front ventilation slots, or both. |
| US10136690B2 |
Garment fastener
A fastener for a garment, particularly suited to use in a garment such as a brassiere, comprises a female part and a male part that interlock together. The female part is connected to a first garment piece and the male part is connected to a second garment piece. The fastener is an overlapping fastener of the type in which the male piece is engaged with the female piece by inserting a connector plate of a male part into an aperture of a female part at an angle and thereafter pivoting the male part relative the female part thereby snap-fitting the connector plate in place in the aperture. The male part has a recess formed therein surrounding the connector plate which provides added stability to the male part and significantly increases its tensile strength characteristic. |
| US10136688B2 |
Glove thermal protection system
A construction for a glove or other article of clothing for use in hazardous environments is disclosed, comprising a first layer comprising a laminate that includes an inner layer comprising a woven, nonwoven, or knit material, an intermediate layer comprising a barrier to the passage therethrough of liquids that overlies the inner layer, and a thermal layer affixed to and overlying the intermediate layer in at least a portion of a bridge area. The thermal layer is approximately 0.30 mm thick. The construction also includes a second layer attached to and overlying the first layer to form an outer portion for the glove or other article of clothing. The first layer and the second layer combined provides a thermal protection performance (TPP) of at least approximately 75% greater than a reference combination of the first and the second layer that does not include the thermal layer. |
| US10136683B2 |
Three-wire wearable device
A three-wire wearable device provided by the present disclosure provides numerous functions, a diversity of uses and convenience by a specific design of a first buckle and detachable second buckles. When the second buckles are fastened to the first buckle, the first buckle mutually communicates with the second buckles by using different pulse signals or digital signals through the three-wire transmission, such that the first buckle can be integrated with function modules of all of the second buckles, such as a touch panel, a screen, a heat dissipation pad, and so forth. |
| US10136679B1 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette includes a housing, an oven positioned within the housing and adapted to heat a substance to generate a vapor from the substance, the oven comprising oven sides and an oven lid seat adjacent a surface of the housing, the oven lid seat comprising oven lid seat sides positioned at angles with respect to each other so that they are not parallel to each other, an external mouthpiece opening, a vapor channel in fluid communication with the external mouthpiece opening and the oven, and an oven lid pivotally attached to the housing and pivotable between a closed position in which sides of the oven lid align with the oven lid seat sides, and an open position. |
| US10136670B2 |
Pressurized steam pitting apparatus and process
In accordance with the teachings of the disclosure, a process is disclosed for pitting drupes. In some embodiments of a pitting process, the pitting machine uses a pitting knife that has a longitudinal passageway that extends axially through the pitting knife. The pitting machine has a steam source that provides pressurized steam to the passageway of the pitting knife. Prior to pitting the drupe, the pressurized steam flows through the passageway and onto a portion of a drupe positioned within a carrier in the pitting machine. The heat and pressure of the steam between the drupe and the cutting end of the pitting knife can soften a localized portion of the drupe so that the pitting knife can cut through the flesh of the drupe and eject the pit out of the opposite side of the drupe. |
| US10136665B2 |
Method for producing quick-cooking rice and quick-cooking rice produced by the method
Raw material rice (brown rice and partially-milled rice) is subjected to a preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process to form an alpharized layer on the surface of the raw material rice, and then a moisture adding process is performed. Since the surface of the raw material rice is alpharized to become stiff with the preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process, even rapid moisture addition does not cause a crack in the raw material rice. Therefore, water absorption can be quickly achieved to a target moisture content, thereby reducing a moisture adding time. Also, with no crack, quick-cooking rice with an excellent outer appearance of rice as a product and without a drain of nutrients in rice grains at the time of rice cooking. |
| US10136664B2 |
Popcorn popping machines and methods for different types of popcorn kernels and different popped popcorn types
A method and popping machine for popping different types of popcorn kernels is provided, where the different types of popcorn kernels include at least mushroom type popcorn and butterfly type popcorn. The method includes determining a selected one of the different types of popcorn kernels to be popped in a first popping cycle based upon a selection made by an operator, and then retrieving and using a first set of predetermined cooking temperature set points associated with cooking the selected one of the different types of popcorn kernels during performance of the first popping cycle. The cooking temperature set points determine several items which may include when to heat a kettle of the popping machine, when to signal an operator to take action such as loading kernels or dumping popped popcorn, and when to add sugar if a sweetened popped popcorn type is desired. |
| US10136663B2 |
Curcuminoid-based compound/stevioside-containing complex for the prevention and treatment of an influenza virus infection
The present invention relates to a complex comprising a compound of formula (I), or a plant extract comprising the compound or a fraction thereof; and stevioside, or a plant extract comprising the stevioside or a fraction thereof, and relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating an influenza virus infection comprising the complex as an active ingredient. Also, the present invention relates to a food composition for preventing or improving an influenza virus infection, a virucidal quasi-drug composition, a virucidal feed additive, and a feed, which comprises the complex as an active ingredient. According to the present invention, the complex comprising a compound of formula (I), or a plant extract comprising the compound or a fraction thereof; and stevioside, or a plant extract comprising the stevioside or a fraction thereof exhibits a virucidal effect and an effect of inhibiting cell degradation against an influenza virus as well as antiviral efficacy in a specific pathogen-free (SPF) chicken, and thus can be usefully used in the prevention and treatment of an influenza virus infection. |
| US10136660B2 |
Method for making ice cream
A method for making ice cream, including preparing a machine for mixing and cooling ice cream equipped: with a processing container defining a processing chamber and provided with a mixer rotating inside the processing chamber; and a thermal treatment plant, configured for being activated, selectively and alternatively, in heating or cooling mode, respectively, for heating and cooling the processing chamber. The method further includes: inserting inside the processing chamber a basic mixture; heating the basic mixture inside the processing chamber, so as to subject the basic mixture to a pasteurization treatment; cooling the basic mixture inside the processing chamber and, at the same time, rotating the rotary mixer, to incorporate air in the basic mixture and make ice cream; extracting the ice cream from the processing chamber. |
| US10136658B2 |
Liquid coffee concentrates and methods of making thereof
Methods for stabilizing liquid coffee concentrates are provided that form a coffee beverage that has a substantially consistent acidity profile. In one aspect, the methods blend a liquid coffee concentrate base with an edible alkali source in an amount effective to artificially increase a pH of the liquid coffee concentrate base. The liquid coffee concentrate base is aseptically processed and thermally treated at elevated temperatures for a time sufficient to artificially drive acid generating reactions in the liquid coffee concentrate to completion to form a stabilized liquid coffee concentrate. |
| US10136649B2 |
Methods for screening bacteria, archaea, algae, and yeast using CRISPR nucleic acids
This invention relates to the use of CRISPR nucleic acids to screen for essential and non-essential genes and expendable genomic islands in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to kill bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast, to identify the phenotype of a gene or genes, and/or to screen for reduced genome size and/or a gene deletion in bacteria, archaea, algae and/or yeast. |
| US10136648B1 |
Fish attraction composition
A composition is provided that will combine with natural proteins into a creamy, sticky substance that will slowly degrade when submersed in water within a temperature range of 45-85 ⊐F over a period of 15 to 30 minutes or longer or approximately 15-30 casts by the fisherman before replenishment is needed. The sticky aspect is measured by its ability to adhere to soft rubber, hard plastic, or metal lures. The timing of release is measured by release on first cast through the last cast, preferably gradually degrading by being a homogeneous form. The amount of release is measured by the maximum amount by % in weight that the formula will accept within desired results. |
| US10136647B2 |
Synergistic Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and chlorantraniliprole mixtures for diamondback moth, beet armyworm, sugarcane borer, soybean looper and corn earworm control
The present invention generally relates to the use of synergistic amounts of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and chlorantraniliprole for the control of Diamondback Moth, Beet Armyworm, Sugarcane Borer, Soybean Looper and Corn Earworm. Specifically, the synergistic ratio of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki to chlorantraniliprole is from about 1:0.001 to about 1:3. |
| US10136646B2 |
Agricultural endophyte-plant compositions, and methods of use
This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant or a Gycine plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal or soy seeds and/or cereal or soy seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes. |
| US10136643B2 |
Fungicidal composition and method for controlling plant diseases
To provide a fungicidal composition having stable and high fungicidal effects against cultivated crops infected with plant diseases resulting from plant diseases.A fungicidal composition containing, as active ingredients, (a) a benzoylpyridine derivative represented by the formula (I) or its salt: wherein when A is —N═, B is —CX4═; when A is —CH═, B is —N═; each of X1 and X2 which are independent of each other, is a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, a CF3 group or an alkylthio group; X3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, a CF3 group or an alkylthio group; X4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, a CF3 group or an alkylthio group; R1 is an alkyl group; R2′ is an alkoxy group; p is 0, 1 or 2; and each of R2″ and R2′″ is an alkoxy group, and (b) at least one additional fungicide. |
| US10136639B2 |
Polycationic amphiphiles as antimicrobial agents
The present disclosure provides an antimicrobial composition including a polycationic amphiphile compound, and the method of making and the method of using such a compound or composition. The compound having the formula (I) or (II) R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R10, or R11 is H or a C1-12 alkyl unsubstituted or optionally substituted with a functional group such as —OH, —OR′, —NH2, —NHR′, —NR′2, —N—C(O)R′, —N—C(O)CR′═CR′, —SH, —SR′, —O—C(O)R′, —C(O)R′, —CF3, —OCF3, halogen, benzyl, o-vinylbenzyl, m-vinylbenzyl, p-vinylbenzyl, phenyl, allyl, and substituted allyl. R7, R8 or R9 is a C1-12 alkyl unsubstituted or optionally substituted with a functional group such as —OH, —OR′, —NH2, —NHR′, —NR′2, —SH, —SR′, —O—C(O)R′, —C(O)R′, —CF3, and —OCF3. R′ is H or a C1-4 alkyl. X or Y is a halogen, m and n are integers in the range from 1 to 25. |
| US10136636B2 |
Vitrification of biological material
Microfluidic cryopreservation technology is provided and particularly, but not exclusively, devices, systems, and methods for cryopreservation of biological materials such as oocytes, zygotes, and embryos. The present microfluidic devices and related systems and methods are configured to maintain biological material in a housing chamber when subjected to a constant volumetric flow of fluid of changing fluid density. |
| US10136634B2 |
Ladder stand mobility
A kit of parts including a wheel, a bracket, an axel and an axel retainer. The axel having a central diameter, a larger first end and a second end portion adapted to receive an axel retainer. The bracket having a U-shape so that the bracket comprises a pair of spaced apart legs each of which legs comprise an axel aperture therein. The wheel having a hub comprising an axel bore there through. The central diameter of the axel is smaller than the axel aperture in each leg of the U-shaped bracket and smaller than the axel bore of the hub of the wheel. The axel has a first end diameter larger than the axel aperture in each leg of the U-shaped bracket so that the U-shaped bracket can be slipped over the rail of a ladder stand section near one end of the ladder stand section so that the second end of the axel can be inserted through the axel apertures of the U-shaped bracket so that the wheel can be slid onto the axel with the second end of the axel extending from the bracket so that the axel retainer can be attached to the second end portion of the axel to retain the wheel on the axel. |
| US10136632B2 |
Modified field incinerating arrangement
A mobile vehicle having a burner assembly for movement over a ground surface and directing flame onto the ground surface to incinerate the materials on the ground surface and growing therefrom and including a water spray for reducing air pollution associated with the incineration. |
| US10136631B2 |
Bed bug trap and monitor
A trapping device and method for capturing and monitoring the existence and behavior of crawling insects, such as bed bugs, is provided. The trapping device has a textured two-dimensional surface with one or more triangular entrance areas, where one of the triangular sections functions as a base, one or more wing sections, connected to either one the base or to another wing section by a neck; and a collecting area connected to one or more wing sections by a bridge. The trapping device can further include a support structure, and can be enclosed in a case with one or more entrances. The trapping device can also comprise a catching area that can optionally include an adhesive for immobilizing the insects. |
| US10136630B2 |
Horseshoe
In a horseshoe for the hooves of riding animals, comprising a horseshoe-shaped base body having a running side and a hoof application side, and optionally at least one upstand fixed to the base body, and two rear end parts of the horseshoe, which are movably fixed to the base body via joint connections, the base body forming the running side of the horseshoe and the movably fixed end parts forming parts of the hoof application side, the joint connections are movable relative to each other in the plane of the hoof application side of the horseshoe, and the joint connections are each overlapped on an outer side of the horseshoe by an element exerting a restoring force onto the movable end parts. |
| US10136629B1 |
Inline deep sea fishing teaser apparatus
An inline deep sea fishing teaser apparatus, having a winch assembly with at least one handle assembly and teaser line. Also having a holder assembly, a teaser assembly, and a rod holder assembly. The winch assembly has a gear assembly allowing for a free spool mode for ease in deploying a teaser secured to the teaser line, and a return mode for retrieving the teaser. The teaser assembly has a depth gauge with an indicator and at least one depth guide to approximate a depth the teaser secured to the teaser line is deployed to by measuring an angle of the teaser line. The holder assembly is inserted into a fishing rod holder positioned on a stern or gunwales of a vessel. The fishing line is approximately inline with the teaser line when both the fishing line and the teaser line are deployed while trolling the vessel. |
| US10136628B1 |
Fishing lure containment and storage apparatus
A fishing accessory in the form of a straight and rigid hollow tubular sheath for containing and storing a fully assembled umbrella fishing rig. The majority of the length of the sheath is straight and is provided with a first open tapered end and a second open flared end. A curved slit extends between the two ends and communicates with a hollow interior of the sheath. A user draws the fishing rig into the sheath by pulling the fishing line which is attached to the head of the umbrella rig through the slit from the flared end to the tapered end. Outwardly biased arms of the rig collapse as they are drawn into the sheath, and the hooks of the rig are stored extended over a flared lip at the flared end of the sheath. The outwardly biased arms hold the rig within the sheath. |
| US10136627B1 |
Fishing line deflector
A fishing line deflection pole preferably includes a pole unit and a retention plate. The pole unit includes a clamp member, at least one pole member and a biasing extension. The clamp member includes a transducer guard and a pole receiver. The pole receiver extends upward from the transducer guard. The pole receiver includes a threaded tap. The pole member includes a threaded end and a threaded tap on an opposing end thereof. The threaded end is sized to be threadably received by the thread tap of the pole receiver. Multiple pole members may be threaded into each other to extend a length of the pole unit. The biasing extension includes a resilient pipe, which is retained on the pole receiver. The retention plate includes a pole opening formed through one end and a contact pad extending from an opposing end thereof. |
| US10136626B1 |
Hook clasps for fishing lures
Spring clasps, devices, apparatus, systems and methods for easily attaching and detaching ends of fishing hooks to fishing lures. The opposite end has a hook with a spring catch for closing the hook clasp and allowing the hook clasp to attach to a loop end of a fishing hook. The spring catch can be formed from a rearward bending tip end with two legs each having bent ends attached to a base of the hook. To open the hook clasp, the rearward bent tip of the spring catch can be pushed away from the hook opening. Next, the loop end of a fishing hook can be attached, and the rearward bent tip can snap back in place. Safety clips can also be used to prevent the fishing hooks from being accidentally removed from the clasps. The clasps can be used for attaching jewelry ends of strands such as chains, bracelets, necklaces and anklets together. |
| US10136621B2 |
Method of producing infertile fish and egg-producing aquatic animals and of delivering compounds into eggs and embryos
Methods for the production of reproductively sterile fish and aquatic animals for aquaculture, the aquarium trade, and control of invasive species are described. The methods include disruption of gonadal development through the administration of compounds that lead to the failure of fertile gonadal development. Compounds may be delivered to the eggs prior to fertilization or water activation or post fertilization and water activation by contacting unfertilized or pre-water-activated fertilized eggs or fertilized eggs in an immersion medium including the compound of interest. Compounds may be conjugated with a molecular transporter compound effective for chorionic transport of the conjugate. The compounds may be antisense Morpholino oligomers that are capable of effectively suppressing the expression of the dead end gene or other essential genes for germ cell development in fish and other egg-producing aquatic animals. |
| US10136614B2 |
Cushioning device for large animals
The present invention relates to a cushion device for supporting a large animal such as a cow, a horse, a buffalo, a sheep, a goat, a pig and so forth. The cushioning device includes a top and bottom surface interconnected by a ‘drop stitch’ structure and a chamber. Contained within the chamber of the cushioning device is a filling material. The filling material includes a gaseous compound, a liquid or a mixture of a gaseous compound and a liquid. Additionally, the present invention also relates to the methods of transporting and installing the cushioning device. The device is shipped to the installation site absent the filling material. During installation a controlled mixture of dual phase fluids such as water and inert gas are disposed into the cushioning device, creating a gelatinous and gaseous filling material. |
| US10136607B1 |
Maize inbred PH432T
A novel maize variety designated PH432T and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH432T with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH432T through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH432T or a locus conversion of PH432T with another maize variety. |
| US10136604B1 |
Maize inbred PH42YN
A novel maize variety designated PH42YN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42YN with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42YN through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH42YN or a locus conversion of PH42YN with another maize variety. |
| US10136603B1 |
Soybean variety 01067535
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067535. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067535. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067535 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067535 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10136602B1 |
Soybean variety 01068087
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068087. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068087. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068087 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068087 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10136601B2 |
Wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated Y9A12-0004. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar Y9A12-0004 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10136598B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH887497
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH887497. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH887497, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH887497 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH887497. |
| US10136595B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating immunity in plants
Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed. |
| US10136593B2 |
Hydroponic roof gutter system
The present invention is an apparatus that is utilized as a hydroponic growth conduit located around the perimeter of a building roof, where the plant media growth extends over the roof providing shade and a form of insulation for the building. The system serves as a form of green roofing that does not require a soil medium to grow the plants and therefore does not require the related additional structural components or costs. Existing roofs can easily be modified to accommodate this proposed apparatus. Said apparatus retains a designed volume of water to provide a growth medium for the plant's root systems. The apparatus continues to function similarly to a traditional roof gutter, collecting, conveying and discharging accumulated rain water. |
| US10136591B2 |
Automatic levelling of a feller head
The present invention concerns a method for the lateral levelling equipment of a timber working head at a forestry machine with a hydraulic system for the driving and regulation of the functions of the forestry machine, which forestry machine comprises a chassis with a driver's cabin and an arm to which a timber working head is fixed jointed and in a manner that allows rotation, the working head comprising levelling equipment and a regulator for the control and regulation of the lateral angle of the working head relative to the vertical direction, an arrangement for the execution of the method, and a forestry machine for the use of the arrangement during the execution of the method. |
| US10136590B2 |
Tree, stump and post puller
An apparatus for extracting trees, stumps, posts and similar structures from the ground is attached to a 3-point hitch tractor accessory. The apparatus comprises a base frame and a lifting frame. The base frame includes a pair of vertical guides for confining a corresponding pair of vertical rails on the lift frame. A piston/cylinder type of linear motor is connected between the base frame and lifting frame to translate the lifting frame relative to the base frame. A pair of independently controlled gripping cylinders that are connected to respective gripping cams are mounted on the lifting frame. A tree is extracted by engaging the gripping cams against the tree and translating the lifting frame. |
| US10136588B2 |
Plant treatment material
Described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) in which longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material are stronger than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material. Also described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) having longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material of lower porosity than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material. |
| US10136585B1 |
In-ground seed starting apparatus and method
A device for promoting plant seedling growth and increasing the germination rate of planted seeds provides for a growing medium, such as potting soil, to be introduced to the device and retained therein. The seeds can then be positioned within the device which is configured to prevent loss of the seeds (due to washout) and promote the germination rate of the seeds. Once the seedlings have achieved a requisite height and root structure, the device can be removed leaving behind a portion of the device forming a labeling tab. |
| US10136582B2 |
Bale loading trailer with automatic bale movement
A bale loading trailer has a bale supporting frame mounted on wheels. A fork assembly is pivotally mounted beside a front end of the frame configured to engage a bale when in a lowered position, and to disengage the bale when in a raised position such that the bale moves onto the front end of the bale supporting frame. A hydraulic cylinder moves the fork assembly between positions. A hydraulic motor driven conveyor chain assembly extends along the bale supporting frame, and loaded bales rest on, and move along the frame in concert with, the conveyor chain. A valve circuit connects the hydraulic cylinder and the hydraulic motor drive such that as the fork assembly moves from the raised position to the lowered position, hydraulic fluid flows from the hydraulic cylinder through the hydraulic motor drive and causes the conveyor chain assembly to move a bale length rearward. |
| US10136579B2 |
Mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle
A mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle, the mower incorporating an “E” bracket including a column, a lower arm, an upper arm, and a medial arm, wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms has a proximal end fixedly attached to the column, and wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms is adapted for plant cutting; the mower further incorporating hitch arms for mounting the “E” bracket upon the rear end or front end of the agricultural vehicle; wherein each “E” bracket arm includes a downwardly opening housing within which a plurality of motor driven rotary blades are operatively mounted. |
| US10136577B2 |
Fixed-line trimmer head with improved line channel
Fixed-line trimmer heads for rotary trimmer devices and associated methods are provided. A fixed-line trimmer head for a rotary trimmer device includes a housing operatively attachable to the rotary trimmer device. The housing is rotatable when in use around a central axis of rotation and has a top surface extending outwardly from the central axis and facing upward when in use, a bottom surface extending outwardly from the central axis and facing the ground when in use, and a periphery connecting the top surface to the bottom surface. At least one line channel is defined within the housing of the trimmer head having an entrance recessed within the periphery and an exit disposed on one of the top and bottom surfaces, wherein the entrance and exit are each located an equal distance from the axis of rotation. |
| US10136576B2 |
Navigation for a robotic working tool
A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a charging station (210) and a robotic work tool (100), said robotic work tool (100) comprising a position determining device (190) for determining a current position and at least one deduced reckoning navigation sensor (195), the robotic work tool (100) being configured to determine that a reliable current position is possible to determine and in response thereto calibrate at least one of the at least one deduced reckoning navigation sensor (195). |
| US10136575B2 |
Product row banding assembly for air delivery machines
An agricultural spreader has a hopper containing a granular product and a boom arm supporting a plurality of product delivery conduits supplying a plurality of row banding assemblies configured to disperse the product. The spreader has a pneumatic supply to propel the granular product through the product delivery conduits to the row banding assemblies. Each of the plurality of row banding assemblies includes a cyclone separator having an inlet connected to the product delivery conduit, a product outlet at a bottom end of the cyclone separator, an air outlet at a top end of the cyclone separator. The row banding assembly has a product placement tube connected to the product outlet, and an air exhaust tube connected to the air outlet. The air exhaust tube extends downward and surrounds the product placement tube. |
| US10136574B2 |
Row cleaner suspension for agricultural implement
A suspension system for a row cleaner used with an agricultural row unit. A base is connectable with the agricultural row unit and a support is provided for journaling row cleaner sweeper blades. Links pivotally connect the base and the support for up and down movement of the sweeper blades towards the ground. A pair of coil springs have one end connected to the upper links and the other a free end. A series of holes in the base receive an adjustment pin to provide preselected levels of downward force towards the ground. |
| US10143114B2 |
Liquid cooled rack information handling system having leak management system
A Rack Information Handling System (RIHS) has a liquid cooling subsystem that provides cooling liquid to liquid cooled (LC) nodes received in chassis-receiving bays of a rack. Leak collection structures are positioned to receive cooling liquid that leaks from the liquid cooling subsystem. Liquid sensors detect a presence of leaked cooling liquid in the leak collection structures. A leak detection subsystem responds to a detected presence of liquid by providing a leak indication. In one or more embodiments, the liquid cooling subsystem has a liquid rail formed by more than one rack interconnections vertically aligned in a rear section of the rack that are connected by modular rail conduits for node-to-node fluid transfer. The leak collection structures include a pipe cover received over at least one modular rail conduit. A liquid cavity of each pipe cover spills over into another lower pipe cover at a rate that can be correlated to severity of the leak. |
| US10143113B2 |
Partitioned, rotating condenser units to enable servicing of submerged IT equipment positioned beneath a vapor condenser without interrupting a vaporization-condensation cycling of the remaining immersion cooling system
An immersion cooling tank includes: a tank comprised of a base wall, and perimeter walls, and having a lower tank volume in which a liquid can be maintained and heated to a boiling point to generate a rising plume of vapor; a rack structure within the tank volume that supports insertion of multiple, heat dissipating electronic devices in a side-by-side vertical configuration; and a condenser configured as a plurality of individually rotatable condenser sub-units, with each condenser sub-unit located above a vertical space that extends vertically from the lower tank volume and within which an electronic device can be inserted. Each individual condenser sub-unit can be opened independent of the other sub-units and each other condenser sub-unit can remain in a closed position while a first condenser sub-unit is opened to allow access to a first vertical space and any existing electrical device contained therein below the first condenser sub-unit. |
| US10143111B2 |
Adjustment of a pump speed based on a valve position
Examples herein disclose a coolant distribution unit (CDU) including a valve, a pump, and a controller. The valve controls a coolant through the CDU and the pump maintains a differential pressure of coolant to data center components. The controller exclusively controls the CDU to determine a position of the valve. In the response to the determined position of the valve, the CDU adjusts a speed of the pump. |
| US10143109B2 |
Passive two-phase cooling with forced cooling assist
Techniques that facilitate two-phase liquid cooling electronics are provided. In one example, a system comprises a pump and a valve. The pump circulates a coolant refrigerant through a two-phase refrigerant system associated with an electronic component. The valve controls a flow path of the coolant refrigerant that flows through the two-phase refrigerant system. Furthermore, the valve modifies the flow path of the coolant refrigerant through the two-phase refrigerant system in response to a determination that an operation of the pump satisfies a defined criterion. |
| US10143108B2 |
Heat dissipating device
In a heat dissipating device adapted to a plurality of memory modules, a base surrounds the memory modules and has two long edges parallel to the memory modules, a first short edge and a second short edge. A plurality of heat conducting members of a comb-shaped frame extends from a heat dissipating wall connected to the first short edge to the second short edge. The heat conducting members are arranged side by side to form a plurality of receiving spaces for receiving the memory modules. A cover is pivotally connected to the comb-shaped frame and can rotate with respect to a first axis parallel to the first short edge. A movable portion is fixed with the comb-shaped frame and two resilient wings of the cover push two outmost heat conducting members inwardly, such that the heat conducting members and the memory modules abut against each other tightly. |
| US10143107B1 |
Altitude-based adaptive cooling of a computing device
An apparatus comprises a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, one or more altitude sensors, one or more ambient temperature sensors, and one or more air movers. The processor implements an air mover control module configured to obtain at least one altitude reading from at least one of the one or more altitude sensors, to determine an altitude factor based on the at least one altitude reading, to obtain at least one ambient temperature reading from at least one of the one or more ambient temperature sensors, to determine target speeds for respective ones of the air movers utilizing the altitude factor and the at least one ambient temperature reading, and to control operation of the air movers based on the target speeds. |
| US10143106B2 |
Suspended electronic display and cooling assembly
An electronic display assembly for suspending an electronic display from one or more elongate members is disclosed. A closed loop of circulating fluid, such as air, may be placed within a sealed electronics compartment. An open loop channel may permit fluid, such as ambient air, to pass through the assembly via a channel defined by the space between the back pan and the electronic display. A pair of passageways preferably extend vertically along the assembly and are configured to accommodate the passage of an elongate member. Clamps may be utilized within these passageways to secure the assembly to the elongate members. |
| US10143105B1 |
Re-usable modular skid assembly for shipping electronic modules
A modular skid assembly is configured to transport a modular electrical component on a platform with removable stabilizing means. The modular skid assembly includes a plate having an upper surface configured to support the modular electrical component. A first side beam extends longitudinally along one side of the plate, and is secured to the plate. A second side beam extends longitudinally along an opposite side of the plate, and is secured to the plate. A plurality of joists extend laterally beneath the plate, extending between the first side beam and the second side beam. A first stabilizing means is configured to be releasably secured to the first side beam, and a second stabilizing means is configured to be releasably secured to the second side beam. The first and second stabilizing means are only required during hoisting, positioning, and transporting of the platform. |
| US10143103B2 |
System for controlling industrial and domestic devices
A system for controlling industrial and domestic devices includes a monitor and a cylindrical body. The monitor comprises a multitouch screen of the capacitive type and a panel that has an interface adapted to receive the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body further includes a cavity that is adapted to contain a data receiving device and is further adapted to be fixed to industrial and domestic devices. |
| US10143101B2 |
PV stax—multi-function junction MF/J system
A system to provide a multi-function connection capability to contain and provide for stacking, mounting self-registering Multi-Function Junction (MF/J) boxes that contain a multiplicity of control electronics and can be stacked, removed, replaced, and/or upgraded with a minimal of steps or connection processes in order to simplify methods and conserve on or add value, capabilities to materials and electrical/mechanical equipment. The system can be engaged or utilized by any EMS/First Responder/Service Technician, authorized personnel in any field, Contractor, manufacturer, BOS integrator and any assembler of systems that require a multiplicity of interfacing devices to be in proximity, connection or contact to each other. |
| US10143099B2 |
Semiconductor module with gripping sockets, methods for gripping, for moving and for electrically testing a semiconductor module
One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor module with an outer housing having four side walls, and a circuit carrier, which is mounted on the outer housing and has an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. A semiconductor chip is arranged on the upper side and in the outer housing. A first gripping socket, which is formed as an indentation, extends from the outer side of the outer housing into a first of the side walls. |
| US10143098B1 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a first support member and a second support member; a plurality of joint units connected to the first and second support members and coupled to be rotatable with respect to each other; a display module on the first and second support members; third and fourth support members under the first and second support members, respectively; and a hinge member respectively providing rotation axes to one side of the third support member and one side of the fourth support member facing each other. The joint units are arranged along at least one curved trajectory when the third and fourth support members rotate on the rotation axes, respectively. The at least one curved trajectory is defined as a partial curved line of a reference circle, and a central point of the reference circle is spaced apart from the first and second rotation axes. |
| US10143095B2 |
Rollable display device with separate rollers for display and display window
A rollable display device includes a display module, a window member, a housing in which the display module and the window member are configured to be rolled up and stored, the housing having a slot through which the display module and the window member are configured to move in and out, a first rotary member disposed inside the housing configured to roll up the display module, and a second rotary member disposed inside the housing, spaced from the first rotary member, and configured to roll up the window member. |
| US10143093B2 |
Modular apparatus for high voltage direct-current transmission system
The present invention relates to a modular apparatus for a high-voltage direct-current transmission system. A sub-module (10), which is a modular apparatus, comprises according to the present invention a power unit (12) in the front and a capacitor unit (13) in the rear, and on the lower end of a front surface (14′) of a power unit housing (14) forming the exterior of the power unit (12) is a sloped surface (15). The sloped surface (15) has a hexahederal shape created by removing the edge formed by the front surface (14′) and the bottom surface of the power unit housing (14) and faces the ground at an angle. A display unit (16) is provided on the sloped surface (15) so that the status of the sub-module (10) can be easily checked by a worker from the ground on which a structure stands. A front panel (18) comprising the display unit (16) is provided on the sloped surface (15), wherein the front panel (18) is provided with a panel through-hole (18′) to allow a configuration space (20) in the interior to be visible. A control board (22) is coupled to the front panel (18) by means of a connection block (23). The control board (22) is movably supported on either end thereof by support rails (26) provided on both inner side walls of the configuration space (20) so as to allow easy entry into the interior and exit to the outside of the power unit (12). |
| US10143092B2 |
Circuit substrate and method for manufacturing the same
A circuit substrate includes a core substrate having a cavity penetrating through the substrate, a metal block accommodated in the cavity of the substrate, a first build-up layer laminated on first side of the substrate and including insulating resin layers such that the first build-up layer is covering first surface of the block from the first side, and a second build-up layer laminated on second side of the substrate and including insulating resin layers such that the second build-up layer is covering second surface of the block from the second side. The first build-up layer includes an electronic component mounting structure formed on outermost portion of the first build-up layer, and the block is formed such that the first and second surfaces have roughened surfaces, respectively, and that the roughened surface of the first surface has surface roughness different from surface roughness of the roughened surface of the second surface. |
| US10143091B2 |
Methods of forming oscillator systems having annular resonant circuitry
Systems and apparatus are provided for solid-state oscillators and related resonant circuitry. An exemplary oscillator system includes an amplifier having an amplifier input and an amplifier output and resonant circuitry coupled between the amplifier output and the amplifier input. In exemplary embodiments, the resonant circuitry includes an annular resonance structure that is substantially symmetrical and includes a pair of arcuate inductive elements. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the resonant circuitry includes an additional inductive element that is capacitively coupled to the annular resonance structure via an air gap to improve the quality factor of the resonant circuitry. |
| US10143088B2 |
Method for producing wired circuit board
The method for producing a wired circuit board including an insulating layer and a conductive pattern provided on the insulating layer includes the steps of the following: a step (1), in which the insulating layer is provided; a step (2), in which a metal thin film is provided on an inclined face of the insulating layer; a step (3), in which a photoresist is provided on the metal thin film; a step (4), in which a photomask is disposed so that in the photoresist, a portion where the conductive pattern is to be provided is shielded from light, and the photoresist is exposed to light through the photomask; a step (5), in which the portion of the photoresist shielded from light by the photomask is removed to expose the metal thin film corresponding to the portion; and a step (6), in which the conductive pattern is provided on the metal thin film exposed from the photoresist. When exposing the photoresist, reflection is caused by the metal thin film positioned on the inclined face to reduce light projected to the portion. |
| US10143087B2 |
Capacitor element-mounted structure
A circuit module includes a first and second monolithic ceramic capacitors encapsulated by a mold resin layer on a wiring board. The first and second monolithic ceramic capacitors are lined up along a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the main surface of the wiring board and are electrically connected in series or in parallel through a conductive pattern provided on the wiring board. One of a pair of end surfaces of the first monolithic ceramic capacitor is opposed to one of the width-direction side surfaces as a pair of side surfaces of the second monolithic ceramic capacitor with the mold resin layer interposed. |
| US10143086B2 |
Transient electronic devices comprising inorganic or hybrid inorganic and organic substrates and encapsulates
The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants. |
| US10143066B2 |
Sensor with wireless device for controlling a light source
A sensor, such as a motion sensor and/or an occupancy sensor, can include the capability of communicating wirelessly with a user device such that sensor settings can be adjusted via an application running on the user device. The sensor settings may determine when one or more light sources (e.g., a light fixture, a light bulb, a light emitting diode (LED), etc.) turn on and/or the amount of light produced by the one or more light sources. |
| US10143065B2 |
Dimmer switch
A dimmer switch for controlling a light includes a wheel assembly, a rotational motion detector and a dimmer control. As the wheel assembly is rotated, the light is dimmed. An on/off control is responsive to a push detector for detecting whether the wheel assembly has been pushed. The on/off control controls where the light is on or off. |
| US10143064B2 |
Modular LED lighting system having emergency light function
The invention relates to a modular LED lighting unit, comprising a first module (1) to which an AC supply voltage (9) can be supplied and which comprises: a second sub-module (B), at the output of which a DC supply voltage (5) is provided which is galvanically isolated from the AC supply voltage (9), and a control unit (G), further comprising a second module (2) which comprises a further sub-module (C) supplied with the DC supply voltage (5) of the first module (1), in particular a pulsed constant current source, which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), an LED module (F) which has at least one LED range (8) and is supplied by the further sub-module (C), inn particular a constant current source, and an emergency light operating circuit which is connected to a rechargeable energy store (ES); and takes over powering the modular LED lighting unit in the event of failure of the AC supply voltage (9). |
| US10143062B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device, illumination device, and display device
An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a base material having a top surface on which a recess is provided; a reflective layer provided along at least a surface of the recess; a filling layer filled in the recess via the reflective layer, the filling layer having light transmissivity; a first electrode provided at least on an upper layer side of the filling layer, the first electrode having light transmissivity; an organic layer provided on an upper layer side of the first electrode, the organic layer including at least a light emitting layer; and a second electrode provided on an upper layer side of the organic layer, the second electrode having light transmissivity. The second electrode has a reflectance of 70% or less. |
| US10143059B1 |
Circuit of dimming and toning based on a driver on board module
The invention discloses a circuit of dimming and toning based on a driver on board module, relates to LED driving circuit technology field, which includes a silicon controlled dimming circuit module, a rectifier module, an AC constant current power supply module, a plurality of balanced architecture LED modules, and a color feedback comparison module. The AC constant current power supply module includes a plurality of AC constant current power supply sub units supplying power for the balanced architecture LED modules correspondingly. The color feedback comparison module is located between two balanced architecture LED modules to compare voltages generated thereby and no power contrast feedback between two balanced architecture LED modules is generated when the silicon controlled dimming circuit module adjusts current, so that the color feedback comparison module makes an LED bead thereof to choose road between the balanced architecture LED modules to realize color temperature adjusting. |
| US10143058B2 |
Artificial light compensation system and process
Systems and methods for compensating, controlling, mixing and saturating/desaturating colors produced by or emitted from LED artificial light sources through use of multiple channel, LED controllers to control the proportion of constituent colors each to the other, to control the intensity level of the total light output of the mixed, desaturated light during and after color mixing and/or saturation/desaturation by simultaneously increasing and decreasing power to the constituent color LEDs at the same rate, and once a desired color has been produced, changing the intensity/brightness and/or degree of saturation of the produced color without changing the hue of the produced color. |
| US10143057B2 |
Board-mounted parallel circuit structure with efficient power utilization
A board-mounted parallel circuit structure with efficient power utilization includes a first substrate, a first constant voltage layer and a second constant voltage layer. The first and second constant voltage layers are connected to a power supply respectively through two power connection points. The first constant voltage layer has at least one insulating zone. Each insulating zone has a light-emitting unit formed therein. One electrode of the light-emitting unit is connected to the first constant voltage layer, and the other electrode thereof is connected to the second constant voltage layer through a conducting wire. When the power supply outputs a low voltage to the first constant voltage layer, resistance values everywhere on the first constant voltage layer are identical. Accordingly, given any distance between a light-emitting unit and a corresponding power connection point, lighting efficiency of the light-emitting unit is not affected and effective power utilization can be ensured. |
| US10143056B2 |
Outdoor lighting system controlled using motion sensor interface
Aspects are provided for controlling outdoor lighting systems using a photocontrol interface that can be connected to a motion sensor and a luminaire driver or ballast. In some aspects, a dimming control node is electrically and communicatively coupled to a motion sensor via wired connections to a photocontrol interface. The dimming control node is also communicatively coupled to a luminaire ballast or driver. The dimming control node can provide power to the motion sensor. The dimming control node can also receive sensor data from the motion sensor via one of the wired connections. The dimming control node can determine a sensor output state of the motion sensor from the received sensor data, and can select a dim-level configuration corresponding to the determined sensor output state. The dimming control node can cause the luminaire ballast or driver to implement the selected dim-level configuration. |
| US10143055B2 |
Illuminating device for vehicles
An illuminating device for vehicles which has at least one LED branch (Z1, Z2) with at least one LED (DL11 . . . DL1n, DL21 . . . DL2n), and with a controlled LED power supply (1) and a drive (3) which provides dimming signals (SDA1, SDA2; SDD1, SDD2) for the LEDs, wherein an electronic switch (TS1, TS2) is associated to the at least one LED branch (Z1, Z2) and is supplied with a PWM dimming signal (SDD1, SDD2), and the at least one LED branch is bridged for the purpose of branching off a partial current (IN1, IN2) from a controlled auxiliary circuit (N1, N2) having a current controller with an analog controller (21, TN1, 22, TN2) which is supplied with an analog dimming signal (SDA1, SDA2). |
| US10143051B2 |
Bleeder circuit and control method thereof, and LED control circuit
The present disclosure discloses a bleeder circuit and a control method thereof, and an LED control circuit. The present disclosure is applied in an LED control circuit of TRIAC dimming, directly or indirectly detects cross-zero point of input voltage; after cross-zero point of the input voltage is delayed by a second time, the bleeder module works to generate bleeder current, and a time between turn-on time of the TRIAC and a time that a driving circuit input current achieves a predetermined value (maintaining current of TRIAC) is a first time. During the first time, the bleeder circuit generates losses; when the first time is greater than a predetermined value, the second time is prolonged; when the first time is smaller than the predetermined value, the second time is reduced, such that the first time is close to or equal to the predetermined value. By using the present disclosure, the second time, which is used as the delay time, is self-adaptively adjusted according to the first time and the predetermined value, and the bleeder power consumption is reduced and system efficiency is enhanced. |
| US10143049B2 |
Electronic operating device for light sources
In various embodiments, an electronic operating device for light sources is provided. The electronic operating device may include an input part for inputting an input voltage and an output part for outputting an output voltage and an output current for the light sources. The electronic operating device is configured to operate the output part as a voltage source for a period of time after the input voltage has been applied, and subsequently to operate the output part as a current source after this period of time. |
| US10143048B2 |
LED light with control circuit
A control circuit for a voltage converter has a switch which has a multiplicity of parallel-connected current-conducting branches with resistors with different resistance values, and a contact maker. The contact maker is configured to connect selectively in each case one of the multiplicity of parallel-connected current-conducting branches to an input contact of the switch. The control circuit also includes a detector circuit which is configured to determine a voltage drop across the resistors and to output, as a function of the determined voltage drop, an actuation signal for setting a setpoint output current of the voltage converter to the voltage converter. |
| US10143047B2 |
Lighting control system and method for generating supply currents for LED channels
A lighting control system (LCS) for generating supply currents for at least two LED channels (CH1, CH2, CHn) comprises at least two controlled current sources for generating a supply current for a corresponding LED channel based on a corresponding control signal. The system further comprises at least two signal combiners for generating the corresponding control signals based on a synchronization signal (VSYNC) that comprises periodic starting pulses and on a combination of a magnitude dimming signal and a pulse dimming signal corresponding to one of the LED channels. The signal combiners are designed such that changes of the respective control signals come into effect only with a respective time offset with respect to one of the starting pulses of the synchronization signal. |
| US10143039B2 |
Processing-path-dependent filtering of data packets received in the car2X network
A method for receiving a data packet containing at least position data in a transmission signal via a vehicular ad hoc network, including: filtering the received data packet on the basis of a first filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a processing device for processing the filtered data packet; and filtering the received data packet on the basis of a second filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a forwarding device for forwarding the filtered data packet to another subscriber of the vehicular ad hoc network. |
| US10143038B1 |
System, method and apparatus for enabling environment tracking at a monitored location
A system, method and apparatus for enabling environment tracking at a monitored location. A wireless sensor network can support a beacon that can be configured to broadcast information to devices at the monitored location. The broadcasted information can be recorded by devices to generate an environment log that can enable identification of conditions of an environment as reflected by sensor measurements at the monitored location. |
| US10143037B2 |
Millimeter wave wireless systems using licensed and unlicensed frequency spectrum
A method of wireless communication includes transmitting in a downlink direction on a licensed millimeter wave band, by a radio base station, a first millimeter wave band signal at high transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving by a communications device the first millimeter wave band signal. The method includes transmitting in an uplink direction on an unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the communications device, a second millimeter wave band signal at low transmit equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) using a multiple input multiple output transmit antenna array. The method includes receiving on the unlicensed millimeter wave band, by the radio base station, the second millimeter wave band signal at a high receive gain using a multiple input multiple output receive antenna array. |
| US10143035B2 |
Device and method of handling communication with communication device
Abase station (BS) of handling communication with a communication device comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise configuring a radio resource control (RRC) connection to the communication device; transmitting an RRCConnectionRelease message via the RRC connection to the communication device; determining that the communication device leaves a connected mode after a first duration from transmitting the RRCConnectionRelease message, when the communication device is in a coverage enhancement (CE) mode; and determining that the communication device leaves the connected mode after a second duration from transmitting the RRCConnectionRelease message, when the communication device is not in the CE mode. |
| US10143034B2 |
Method and apparatus of managing stored system information using validly timer when applying discontinuous reception mode in mobile communication system
A method for managing system information using a valid period timer includes receiving system information from a base station, checking whether information related to the management of a valid timer time regarding system information is included in the system information, and determining the valid timer time regarding the system information according to the checking result, and starting a timer by employing the determined valid timer time and managing the system in formation. A terminal a controller configured to control the transceiver to receive system information from a base station, check whether information related to management of a valid timer time regarding system information is included in the system information, determine the valid timer time regarding the system information according to the checking result, start a timer set for the determined valid timer time, and manage the system information. |
| US10143031B2 |
Detection and reporting of keepalive messages for optimization of keepalive traffic in a mobile network
Detection of network transactions or keepalives for maintaining long lived connections are disclosed. A keepalive detector can detect keepalive traffic based on keepalive parameters determined from an analysis of socket level network communication log data that record data transfer events including data sent from mobile applications or clients on a mobile device and data received by the mobile applications or clients on the mobile device, timing characteristics, protocol types, etc. Various statistical analyses can be performed on the network communication data to detect keepalives, taking into account variability in intervals of the data transfer events and sizes of data sent and received on each event. The keepalive detector can also detect keepalives from stream data on a mobile device by analyzing socket level communication messages including timing characteristics and amount of data transferred to detect keepalives and report keepalives using a data structure. |
| US10143028B1 |
Wireless communication system to implement independent wireless connections
A wireless communication system implements independent wireless connections for a data communication service. Multiple wireless communication devices establish the independent wireless connections with multiple wireless access points, and responsively monitor the independent wireless connections. The wireless communication devices receive a request for the data communication service for a User Equipment (UE), and responsively assign the UE to one or more of the independent wireless connections. The wireless communication devices detect a data communication loss on the assigned independent wireless connection(s), and responsively select one or more of the unassigned independent wireless connections and assign the UE to the selected unassigned independent wireless connections. |
| US10143021B2 |
Processing state information
A method of operating a user equipment in a communications system including at least one cell that is controlled by a radio access node. The method includes maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment, the state information including at least one state information part associated with features for which state information reporting is configured in at least one cell, at least one state information part being associable with a plurality of different values, receiving an indication from the radio access node regarding state information held by the radio access node relating to the user equipment, determining whether to report current state information relating to the radio access node on the basis of the received indication, and reporting a current value associated with at least a given state information part to the radio access node. |
| US10143017B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating buffer state report in wireless communication system supporting device to device communication
A method of supporting a buffer status report (BSR) associated with a device-to-device (D2D) communication includes: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with an evolved NodeB (eNB) and receiving configuration information associated with a D2D communication from the eNB, the configuration information including information of a resource allocation mode for a D2D data transmission and information of a timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission; determining, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link failure (RLF), the RLF being associated with a connection problem of the RRC connection; initializing a re-establishment process for the RRC connection; canceling all BSRs for a D2D data transmission in response to the determined RLF, the canceled BSRs for a D2D data transmission being associated with a D2D data transmission scheduled by the eNB; and initializing the timer associated with a BSR for a D2D data transmission. |
| US10143015B2 |
Contention-based random access in unlicensed spectrum
The disclosure provides a method and system for requesting access to resources for uplink communications in unlicensed spectrum. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may detect one or more of a first type of data or a second type of data to be transmitted to a base station (BS). The UE may then determine if a first type of physical random access channel (PRACH) resource is available for transmitting one or more of the first type of data or the second type of data to the BS. If the first type of PRACH resource is available, then the UE may transmit one or more of the first type of data or the second type of data using the first type of PRACH resource. If the first type of PRACH resource is not available, then the UE may transmit the second type of data using a second type of PRACH resource. |
| US10143012B2 |
Random access procedure in wireless device, radio base station and methods therein
Embodiments herein relate to a wireless device (10) for handling access to a radio base station (12) in a wireless communication network (1), the wireless device (10) being configured to: initiate a random access procedure in the wireless communication network (1); determine that a problem with the random access procedure has occurred when a certain condition is fulfilled; and perform at least one of the following, when determined that a problem with the random access procedure has occurred: delay a next random access preamble transmission attempt; abort from a higher layer the random access procedure immediately; and stop the random access procedure at a lower layer. |
| US10143007B2 |
Method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource
A method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource in long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. An indication of the release of a downlink (DL) persistent resource is received by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) from an evolved Node-B (eNB) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A positive acknowledgement (ACK) is transmitted by the WTRU which denotes that the indication has been received. The PDCCH or a medium access control (MAC) CE may be used by the eNB to signal the indication. At least one bit may be added to contents of the PDCCH to signal whether the PDCCH is for DL persistent or dynamic resource allocation. The DL persistent resource is then released and an indication that the DL persistent resource has been released is transmitted. |
| US10143002B2 |
System and method to facilitate centralized radio resource management in a split radio access network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating feedback information at a first remote access point (AP), wherein the feedback information is associated with one or more user equipment served by the first remote AP; determining constraints for the first remote AP at a central controller based on the feedback information received from the first remote AP and feedback information received from one or more other remote APs that neighbor the first remote AP, wherein the constraints are determined for a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and scheduling resource blocks (RBs) for the one or more user equipment served by the first remote AP for one or more of the plurality of TTIs based, at least in part, on constraints received from the central controller. |
| US10142993B2 |
Methods for exchanging operation changes between WLAN stations
A receiving station in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) implements a method to initiate a change in a receive operating mode during a current transmission opportunity (TXOP) of a transmitting station. The method sends a receive operating mode change to the transmitting station, where the receive operating mode change requests changes to at least one receive operating mode parameter associated with at least one transmission from the transmitting station to the receiving station. The method further changes the at least one receive operating mode parameter based on the receive operating mode change, where the at least one receive operating mode parameter changes from higher receiver resource usage to lower receiver resource usage. Changing the at least one receive operating mode parameter occurs only after completion of the current TXOP when the at least one receive operating mode parameter changes from higher receiver resource usage to lower receiver resource usage. |
| US10142992B2 |
Method, base station, and user terminal for using location information of user terminal
eNB 200 sets discovery resources that are radio resources used for transmission or reception of a discovery signal for performing the D2D communication. The eNB 200 controls a quantity (time length) of the discovery resources based on information on UE 100 existing in a target area that is a setting target area of the discovery resources. |
| US10142988B2 |
Base station configured for persistent resource allocation
Methods and apparatus for communicating and utilizing persistent allocation of resources are described herein. A base station may allocate persistent resources to a client station, and may associate the client station or persistent resource allocation with a particular shared NACK channel. The base station may monitor the NACK channel for a NACK indicating a map error. The base station may monitor the resource allocation to implicitly determine a map error. The base station may resend one or more persistent resource allocation information elements in response to the NACK or implicit error determination. A client station having a persistent resource allocation may monitor persistent resource allocation information elements in map messages and/or may indicate failure to receive a persistent resource allocation information element in a NACK message on a shared NACK channel. |
| US10142986B2 |
Uplink resource sharing method, base station and terminal
The present invention discloses an uplink resource sharing method, base station and terminal, wherein, the uplink resource sharing method comprises: performing the LBT on a granted subframe, allocated to a terminal by a base station, by the terminal; transmitting data if the LBT is finished on the granted subframe; and performing the LBT on another subframe if the LBT is not finished on the granted subframe. The present invention solves the problem of resource waste caused by the fact that the terminal cannot finish LBT in a frame allocated to the frame by a base station, and reduces a probability of increase of an uplink grant number caused by failing of uplink scheduling. |
| US10142980B2 |
Discovery reference signal transmission window detection and discovery reference signal measurement configuration
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may monitor a neighbor cell and report the result to a serving base station. Based on the report, the serving base station may identify an estimated discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window of the neighbor cell. In some cases, the UE may estimate and report parameters of the neighbor DRS transmission window, and in other cases, the UE may make a measurement report and the base station may infer DRS transmission window parameters. The base station may then provide the UE with a DRS measurement timing configuration (DMTC) based on the estimated parameters of the neighbor cell so that the UE may monitor the neighbor cell and the serving cell in an efficient manner. For example, the UE may conserve battery life by refraining from monitoring DRS during periods when a DRS transmission is not likely. |
| US10142975B2 |
Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, integrated circuit, and communication system
The present invention enables efficient transmission/reception of a signal including control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. To realize this, second elements are formed using resources that are obtained by dividing one physical resource block pair, each of first elements is constituted by one or more of the second elements, a control channel is constituted by an aggregation of one or more of the first elements, and there is provided a controller that associates any one of the first elements with one or a plurality of the second elements. |
| US10142974B2 |
Multi-carrier operation for wireless systems
The present disclosure generally relates to an uplink control signal design for wireless system. One example method of a subscriber station (SS) includes performing network entry in a multi-carrier wireless environment using a primary carrier, receiving timing information corresponding to the primary carrier, receiving a first control signaling via the primary carrier, the first control signaling assigning at least one secondary carrier, transmitting uplink data via the secondary carrier using an uplink transmission timing of the secondary carrier, the uplink transmission timing of the secondary carrier being assigned the same as an uplink transmission timing of the primary carrier, and determining an adjustment of the uplink transmission timing or frequency of the secondary carrier. |
| US10142973B2 |
Method and device for transmitting an uplink control signal in a wireless communication system
A method is provided for transmitting an uplink (UL) control signal in a carrier aggregation (CA) system including a plurality of UL component carriers (CCs). A user equipment (UE) determines whether a simultaneous transmission of a physical UL control channel (PUCCH) and a physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) is configured. If the simultaneous transmission of the PUCCH and the PUSCH is not configured, the UE determines whether the PUSCH is scheduled in a primary CC (PCC) or in any secondary CCs (SCCs) of the CA system. If the PUSCH is not scheduled in the PCC, but is scheduled in the any SCCs, the UE selects one SCC from the any SCCs in which the PUSCH is scheduled according to a priority which is set by higher layer signaling. The UE piggybacks and transmits a UL control information (UCI) of the PCC on the PUSCH of the selected SCC. |
| US10142970B2 |
RLC reconfiguration during cell reselection
It is provided a method, including detecting whether or not a terminal has completed a reconfiguration of a radio bearer based on a first reconfiguration message, wherein the first reconfiguration message provides a first configuration of a first radio bearer in a first cell; detecting whether or not a cell update message is received from the terminal, wherein the cell update message indicates that the terminal has performed a cell update from the first cell to a second cell different from the first cell; triggering, if the terminal has not completed the reconfiguration and the cell update message is received, providing a second reconfiguration message to the terminal, wherein the second reconfiguration message provides a second configuration of a second radio bearer in the second cell. |
| US10142965B2 |
Methods and devices for providing application services to users in communications network
In a method for providing application services to a user in a communications network, a first multi-path transport control protocol (MPTCP) flow is mapped to a first evolved packet system (EPS) bearer associated with a first serving base station for the user, and a second MPTCP flow is mapped to a second EPS bearer associated with a second serving base station for the user. The first MPTCP flow is output on the first EPS bearer for delivery to the user through the first serving base station, and the second MPTCP flow is output on the second EPS bearer for delivery to the user through the second serving base station. Each of the first and second MPTCP flows correspond to a same multipath transport control protocol MPTCP connection for an application. |
| US10142964B2 |
Method and system for signalling resource allocation information in an asymmetric multicarrier communication network
A method and system signal resource allocation information in an asymmetric multicarrier communication network. A MS communicates with a BS using asymmetric carriers consisting of at least one low frequency carrier (e.g., primary carriers) in a cellular band and at least one high frequency carrier (e.g., secondary carriers) in a millimeter Wave band. In one embodiment, the BS allocates resources for one or more transmit time intervals in at least one of DL allocation interval of a secondary DL carrier and UL allocation interval of a secondary UL carrier for the MS, where the DL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary DL carrier and the UL allocation interval spans one or more subframes of the secondary UL carrier. The BS then transmits information regarding the allocated resources to the MS in a Packet Data Control Channel region of a subframe of the primary DL carrier. |
| US10142956B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for providing assistance information for calls under isolated E-UTRAN operation for public safety (IOPS)
A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller determines whether the service network is an Isolated E-UTRAN Operation for Public Safety (IOPS) network, and transmits a first ATTACH REQUEST message including an IOPS indicator to the service network via the wireless transceiver in response to the service network being an IOPS network. Also, the controller receives a first ATTACH ACCEPT message including encrypted mapping information from the service network via the wireless transceiver, and transmits a first ATTACH COMPLETE message to the service network via the wireless transceiver. |
| US10142953B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing synchronous HARQ operation according to variable TTI allocation
Provided are a method and an apparatus for performing a synchronous hybrid automatic repeat reQuest (HARQ). When a variable transmission time allocation is allocated per HARQ process, resource allocation information including a duration field corresponding to a length of a transmission time interval (TTI) allocated to each of the HARQ processes is transmitted. After the resource allocation information is transmitted, it is determined whether an HARQ error occurs at a predetermined timing and if it is determined whether the HARQ error occurs, the HARQ error is handled. |
| US10142950B2 |
Method and device for transreceiving signals through NAN terminal in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transreceiving signals through a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a NAN synchronization beacon frame and/or a NAN discovery beacon frame; and accessing a NAN cluster which has transmitted the NAN discovery beacon frame, wherein when the NAN cluster is a coordinated NAN cluster, the NAN terminal maintains the state at the time of accessing the NAN cluster. |
| US10142948B2 |
Adjusting transmit power across a network
Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting transmit power in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes identifying a selected base station with a first coverage area for adjustment of transmit power; identifying a plurality of neighboring base stations with coverage areas nearby the first coverage area; retrieving a plurality of signal strength measurements from a plurality of mobile devices within the coverage areas of the plurality of neighboring base stations; determining, based on the plurality of measurements, an effect on the plurality of mobile devices within the coverage areas of the plurality of neighboring base stations; and sending an instruction for adjustment of transmit power to the selected base station. |
| US10142946B2 |
Method and device for transmitting D2D discovery signal by terminal in wireless communication system
A method for determining a device-to-device (D2D) symbol having orthogonality maintained (hereinafter, a position of the D2D symbol having orthogonality maintained) between single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) sub-carriers among physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)/D2D signals, a method for determining the power of the symbol having orthogonality maintained, and a method for transmitting additional information in accordance with selective power control is provided. |
| US10142945B2 |
Power control for transmission of uplink control information on two cells in carrier aggregation
Methods and apparatus are provided for a network to control a power of transmissions from a User Equipment (UE) on a first Cell Group (CG) or on a second CG depending on a communication delay between the two CGs. Methods and apparatus are also provided for a UE configured with a first CG and a second CG in Carrier Aggregation (CA) operation to determine whether or not to transmit a channel conveying control information when the UE needs to reduce a respective nominal transmission power. Methods and apparatus are additionally provided for a network to transmit and for a UE to receive a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command for transmission on a cell of a first CG or on a cell of a second CG. |
| US10142942B2 |
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for spatial reuse in a high efficiency wireless local-area network
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for generating and receiving signal fields in a high efficiency wireless local-area network (WLAN) are disclosed. A high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW) device including circuitry is disclosed. The circuitry may be configured to: receive a physical (PHY) header or media access control (MAC) header from a second HEW station, wherein the PHY header or MAC header comprises an indication of a spatial reuse opportunity and a defer duration; adjust one or more parameters to determine whether or not the wireless medium is in use; and determine whether to transmit within the spatial reuse opportunity based on the adjusted one or more parameters. The circuitry may be configured to adjust one or more parameters to determine whether or not the wireless medium is in use in where the parameters are signal detect (SD) threshold, a mid-packet detection (MPD) threshold, and an energy detection (ED) threshold. |
| US10142941B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signals in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a terminal controlling uplink power in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: configuring a first cell and a second cell; transmitting a first PUCCH signal from subframe #n in the first cell; and transmitting a second PUCCH signal from subframe #n in the second cell, wherein when the sum of transmit power of the first PUCCH signal and transmit power of the second PUCCHJ signal exceeds a predetermined maximum transmit power configured to the terminal, the transmit power of the PUCCH signal having a lower priority from among the first UCCH signal and the second PUCCH signal is reduced or the transmission is dropped. |
| US10142937B2 |
Information handling system mesh network power management
A portable information handling system includes a wireless network interface device that establishes communication with a network destination through a mesh network having plural network paths of one or more ad hoc network interfaces. A mesh network manager running on the portable information handling system retrieves network context information from nodes of the plural network paths and applies the network context information to determine energy consumption of the plural network paths. The mesh network manager selects a network path to communicate with the network destination based at least in part on the energy consumption associated with the plural network paths. |
| US10142935B2 |
Autonomous receive (RX) detector for a radio module
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for autonomous receive (RX) detection. One example method for wireless communications generally includes powering down a portion of a receive path in a first module; detecting, in a second module comprising another portion of the receive path, that a radio frequency (RF) signal has been received by the second module while the portion of the receive path in the first module is powered down; and sending a control signal to power up the portion of the receive path in the first module, based on the detection. |
| US10142934B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and communication system
A wireless terminal apparatus in a communication system shares a reference cycle with a data center. The reference cycle includes an incoming-call acceptance ready time that ranges from an incoming-call acceptance start time point to an incoming-call acceptance end time point. The incoming-call acceptance start time point corresponds to an outgoing-call generation time point of generating an outgoing-call by the data center. The outgoing-call generation end time point is set in consideration of a delay in the outgoing-call. The wireless terminal apparatus is set in an intermittent standby state that is contained in the incoming-call acceptance ready time. In the remaining time excluding the incoming-call acceptance ready time within the reference cycle, the wireless terminal apparatus is set in a sleep state in which no incoming-call is accepted. |
| US10142932B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving frame performed by station operating in power save mode in wireless local area network system and apparatus for the same
A method for a wireless local area network, the method performed by a station includes receiving a beacon frame from an access point (AP), the beacon frame including a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element indicating that the AP has a buffered frame for the station; transmitting a power save (PS)-poll frame and at least one duplicated PS-poll frame to the AP on a first 20 MHz channel and at least one second 20 MHz channel, the PS poll frame being transmitted on the first 20 MHz channel, the at least one duplicated PS poll frame being transmitted on the at least one second 20 MHz channel; and receiving the buffered frame from the AP as a response of at least one of the PS poll frame and the at least one duplicated PS poll frame. |
| US10142931B2 |
Prioritized access in awake window
Devices and methods of for wireless communication in a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) band are generally described. A device can detect a starting point of an awake window (AW). The device can encode a first announcement traffic indication message (ATIM) for directional transmission, after no more than a point coordination function (PCF) interframe space (PIFS) subsequent to the starting point, over a first beamformed link to a first station (STA). The device can encode a second ATIM for directional transmission subsequent to directional transmission of the first ATIM, within the AW and in a different direction than the directional transmission of the first ATIM, over a second beamformed link to a second STA. Other devices, systems and methods are also described. |
| US10142929B2 |
Apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state
An apparatus and method for a wireless device to receive data in an eco state is provided. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, upon determining that data is to be transmitted to the wireless device in the eco state, a network node operates to transmit a unicast notification message to the wireless device in order to inform the wireless device of the impending data transmission. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to receiving the unicast notification message, the wireless device operates to receive the data in accordance with the unicast notification message. To this end, the wireless device might for example try to receive data for a time period following the unicast notification message. Meanwhile, the wireless device may remain in the eco state. |
| US10142927B2 |
Selection of a mesh access point in a wireless mesh network
An example method of transmitting data to a destination node in a wireless communications network includes detecting, at a wireless device, a plurality of mesh nodes connected to a common communications medium used to access a wireless communications network. The method also includes calculating a score for the mesh nodes of the plurality of mesh nodes, where the score is based on a hop distance between the respective mesh node and a root access point connected to the wireless communications network, the quality of signal between the wireless device and the respective mesh node, the data bandwidth between the wireless device and the respective mesh node, and/or the current number of mesh nodes using the respective mesh node as a wireless access point to connect to the wireless communications network. The wireless device selects a mesh node to connect to as a mesh access point based on the calculated scores. |
| US10142923B2 |
Using a single packet data network for data transfers to manage network resources
Examples of the disclosure enable packet data access to be managed. In some examples, a device is coupled to a wireless network using a first access point name (APN). The wireless network includes a first packet data network (PDN) corresponding to the first APN and a second PDN. A request to couple the device to the wireless network using a second APN corresponding to the second PDN is received. When the device is configured to use a single PDN, a first instruction associated with decoupling the device from the wireless network is transmitted to the first PDN, and a second instruction associated with coupling the device to the wireless network using the second APN is transmitted to the second PDN. Aspects of the disclosure enable controlling or restricting packet data access to manage network resources. |
| US10142922B2 |
D2D peer discovery and data transmission
A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device via a wireless access interface. The method includes transmitting signals representing data in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol via a shared communication channel of the wireless access interface. The transmitting the signals includes: selecting an identifier which identifies a party and identifies a discovery communication type; transmitting a scheduling assignment message in an scheduling assignment portion of the shared communications channel, wherein the scheduling assignment message includes the selected identifier for discovery by one or more other communications devices; and transmitting the signals representing the data in a data portion of the shared communications channel in accordance with the scheduling assignment message. The method can facilitate use of discovery in device-to-device environments. |
| US10142921B2 |
Wireless network service transaction protocol
A mobile device may retrieve service information about a network prior to associating with the network. Utilizing an advertisement protocol to transmit service query messages, a mobile device may receive service query responses from a network that identify the services available prior to establishing network capability. In other words, the messaging is prior to the exchange of any authentication parameters between the device and the network as well prior to the establishment of a recognized session between the device and the network. |
| US10142920B2 |
Method and apparatus for communication in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method includes receiving a first message including configuration information from a base station, setting an establishment cause based on whether the first message includes a first indicator indicating that a use of a value indicating a voice service as the establishment cause is requested, and transmitting a second message including the establishment cause for a radio resource control (RRC) connection request. |
| US10142918B2 |
Data communication network to provide hop count data for user equipment selection of a wireless relay
A data communication network to provide hop count data for User Equipment (UE) selection of a wireless relay. The data communication network comprises a macro base station and a plurality of wireless relays that serve UEs. The wireless relays receive a hop count, and in response, increment their individual hop count and wirelessly broadcast individual relay Long Term Evolution (LTE) System Information Blocks (SIBs) indicating their individual hop counts. The wireless relays receive wireless UE attachments responsive to the relay LTE SIB broadcasts of their individual hop counts. |
| US10142917B2 |
Electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) assignment for carrier channel devices
A pool of devices is initially associated under a single product type identifier, for example, a single stock keeping unit (SKU) identifier. Each device is associated with a secure element (SE), for example, an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC). A wireless telecommunications carrier purchases a subset of the devices from the owner of the pool of devices. A policy management server receives a shipment record and associates the subset of devices with a product identifier and with a carrier-specific activation policy. The policy management server sends an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) reservation request to a policy evaluation server, which contacts an eSIM delivery server associated with the purchasing carrier. The eSIM delivery server reserves eSIMs for the purchased devices. When an end user buys one of the devices from the subset, the purchased device is provisioned by the eSIM delivery server with the eSIM reserved for that device. |
| US10142916B2 |
Methods, network node and wireless device for handling system information
A network node (600), a wireless device (602) and methods therein, for enabling access to a radio network. System signatures are associated with corresponding system information configurations that can be used for accessing the radio network in a first area. The system signatures are reused in a second area as associated with system information configurations which are different than in the first area. The network node (600) indicates (6:3) that at least one system information configuration stored in the wireless device (602) is invalid and should not be used. The wireless device (602) then makes (6:4) the at least one invalid system information configuration unusable in the wireless device, e.g. by deleting it from the wireless device (602). Thereby, the risk of using an incorrect system information configuration based on a reused system signature can be reduced or eliminated. |
| US10142915B2 |
Method and system for providing multiple service discovery in a wireless environment
A method and apparatus are provided for performing multiple service discovery in a wireless environment. The method includes generating a probe request containing a class information and a sub class information of a plurality of advertiser devices by a seeker device, transmitting the probe request for service discovery to at least one advertiser device of the plurality of advertiser devices and receiving a probe response from the at least one advertiser device. The probe response comprises at least one of the class information and the sub-class information associated with the at least one advertiser device. |
| US10142909B2 |
Artificial intelligence-augmented, ripple-diamond-chain shaped rateless routing in wireless mesh networks with multi-beam directional antennas
Disclosed herein are systems and methods directed to routing in the wireless mesh network (WMN) with multi-beam directional antennas (MBDAs). The disclosed systems and methods describe Ripple-Diamond-Chain (RDC) shaped routing, systematic link quality modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) augmented path link selection. In simulations, real-time video as well as other types of traffic types are used to validate the high-throughput, quality of service (QoS)-differentiated, multi-beam routing efficiency of the disclosed systems and methods, as well as the intelligent path determination in dynamic WMN environments. |
| US10142908B2 |
Dynamic communication routing based on consistency weighting and routing rules
Systems and methods for dynamic communication routing based on consistency weighting and routing rules are disclosed. A computing device can receive a communication including content data. The communication can be stored in a queue position of a primary queue. For example, the primary queue can include a plurality of queue positions for storing communications. The communication can be retrieved from the queue position of the primary queue and analyzed. In some instances, analyzing can include parsing the content data for a keyword. A keyword can correspond to a secondary queue. When the keyword is identified in the communication, the communication can be stored in the secondary queue that corresponds to the keyword. A terminal device associated with the secondary queue can be identified. A retrieval request to access the communication from the secondary queue can be received, and the communication can be routed to the terminal device. |
| US10142906B2 |
Cellular communication system with moving base stations and methods and apparatus useful in conjunction therewith
A mobile communication network system operative in conjunction with a core network including a core device and at least one static base station includes a plurality of base stations. The system further includes a population of mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations. The base stations include at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and includes base station functionality and a first radio manager and mobile station functionality all co-located with the base station functionality. The base station functionality has a physical back-connection to the first radio manager. The first radio manager has a physical connection with the mobile station functionality. The mobile station functionality communicates via antennae with at least one selectable static base station. The information used to determine whether to reject includes the location of the moving base station and statistics regarding measurements of link quality. |
| US10142901B2 |
Method and system for realizing function by causing elements of hardware to perform linkage operation
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system. |
| US10142899B2 |
Apparatus and method for relocating anchor gateway in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An apparatus and method for managing a connection point with a data network in a wireless communication system is provided. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a network entity, a request for a relocation of an anchor gateway for connecting with a data network; and transmitting a message requesting the relocation of the anchor gateway to the network entity at a time which is determined based on a rule instructed by the request. |
| US10142892B2 |
Base station and user terminal performing connection reestablishment processing
A base station includes a controller configured to perform connection reestablishment processing on a specific mobile station in response to reception of a connection reestablishment request signal from the specific mobile station from which a radio link failure with another base station has been detected. The controller performs processing of changing a value of a predetermined timer configured to a subordinate mobile station of the base station or the another base station based on information related to a situation of the connection reestablishment processing. The predetermined timer is a timer configured to define a maximum waiting time from transmission of the connection reestablishment request signal to reception of a connection reestablishment response signal in the mobile station. |
| US10142888B2 |
Method and apparatus for enabling near real time data analysis
A method and apparatus for enabling near real time analysis of data for a wireless communication network using dynamic allocation backend processing resources. The method comprises, at each of a plurality of distributed components of a data processing system, receiving data from at least one network element of the cellular communication network, parsing the received data to extract a subset of the received data, and forwarding the extracted subset of data to the dynamic allocation backend processing resources for analytical processing of the extracted subset of data for the wireless communication network. |
| US10142886B2 |
System and method to facilitate group reporting of user equipment congestion information in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving load information for a plurality of cells of a Radio Access Network (RAN); determining, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UE) in each cell, identification information for each UE and an Access Point Name (APN) to which each UE is connected; identifying, from a plurality of policy servers, each policy server that serves each APN to which each UE in each cell of the plurality of cells is connected; and sending, to each of a particular policy server, congestion information comprising: an identity for each cell having UE that are connected to each APN served by the particular policy server; the corresponding congestion level for each of the cells; and a per-cell UE list identifying each of a plurality of UE connected to each of APNs served by the particular policy server. |
| US10142885B2 |
Method for operating terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same
A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method are provided. The method is characterized by: receiving RAN auxiliary information related to steering traffic between a first network and a second network; receiving target information used for determining a target to which the RAN auxiliary information can be applied; and determining whether to apply the RAN auxiliary information based on the target information. |
| US10142883B2 |
Network troubleshooting method and device
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a network troubleshooting method and device, which can determine a service recovery policy according to a power saving state of user equipment after a mobility management entity is faulty, and can reduce unnecessary consumption of network resources. A specific solution is: obtaining a power saving state of user equipment; and if it is detected that a mobility management entity MME managing the user equipment is faulty, selecting a service recovery policy for the user equipment according to the power saving state, where the service recovery policy includes: not initiating service recovery or initiating service recovery. The present invention is used to process a fault of an MME. |
| US10142882B2 |
Network gateway and a method for transmitting packets of a data stream
A network gateway comprises a buffer and a transmission module that is configured to transmit packets of a data stream from a source device to a user device via a network medium. The packets of the data stream are received from the source device by an uplink connection between the source device and the gateway, the packets are temporarily stored in the buffer and the packets are transmitted from the buffer to the user device by a downlink connection between the user device and the gateway, such that the downlink connection depends on the uplink connection. Furthermore, the network gateway comprises a protection module that is configured to provide a protection of the uplink connection, wherein access to the network medium is reserved for the packets of the data stream of the uplink connection. Finally the network gateway comprises a control module that is configured to monitor the buffer and to send an instruction to the protection module to reduce the protection of the uplink connection if a buffer overflow is detected. |
| US10142878B1 |
Systems and methods for handover of a high power wireless device operating in a wireless network
Systems and methods are described for extending coverage of a wireless device. A plurality of wireless devices located in a coverage area of a first access node can be monitored for a first condition. At least one wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices that meets the first condition can be classified as a high power wireless device. Two or more indicators reported by the at least one wireless device are compared to a criteria. When the two or more indicators meet the criteria, a handoff of the at least one wireless device from the first access node to a second access node can be performed. |
| US10142875B2 |
Compressed mode for UMTS enhanced dedicated channel for circuit switched voice services
The present invention addresses methods, apparatuses and computer program products for improved compressed mode operation for enhanced dedicated channel DCH in circuit switched CS voice services/transmissions. A compressed mode of a user equipment is configured during performing a circuit switched voice service over a dedicated channel according to Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access operation upon demand for network specific measurement, whereby measurement gaps are created in the data transmission. In uplink, transmission of a voice frame to be compressed is performed using a 10 ms transmission, whereas in downlink, transmission of a voice frame to be compressed is stopped after a fixed number of slots have been transmitted, wherein the fixed number of slots is set such as to ensure a measurement gap with at least 14 slots. |
| US10142871B1 |
Device, system, and method for optimizations to camp only mode
A device, system, and method uses a camp only mode based on a connectivity status. The method is performed at a device that is configured to establish a first connection to a first network and configured to establish a second connection to a second network. The method includes determining the connectivity status of the device. When the connectivity status indicates that the device has established the first connection, the method includes utilizing a camp-only mode to monitor the second network, the camp-only mode reducing a frequency of at least one type of operation associated with the second network, the camp-only mode configured to retain a capability of determining whether an emergency message is being broadcast over the second network. |
| US10142865B2 |
Methods, systems and computer readable media for simulating per user equipment (UE) slow and fast signal fading for testing air interface devices
A network equipment test device includes per-UE uplink signal generation processing chains for generating per-UE time domain uplink signals. Per-UE signal faders simulate per-UE signal fading for the per-UE time domain uplink signals. Different phases and amplitudes are used over time to simulate different signal fading. Fourier transformation units perform Fourier transformation of each of the time domain uplink signals to produce per-UE frequency domain uplink signals with simulated per-UE signal fading. A subcarrier mapping unit performs subcarrier mapping of the per-UE frequency domain uplink signals to produce a frequency domain multi-UE uplink signal with simulated per-UE signal fading. An inverse Fourier transformation unit performs inverse Fourier transformation of the frequency domain multi-UE uplink signal to produce a multi-UE time domain uplink signal with simulated per-UE signal fading. A network interface transmits the time domain multi-UE uplink signal with simulated per-UE signal fading to the DUT. |
| US10142863B2 |
Optimization of mobile traffic directed to private networks and operator configurability thereof
Systems and methods for optimization of mobile traffic directed to private networks and operator configurability thereof are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method, which may be implemented on a system, for identifying a network accessed by mobile traffic at a mobile device, identifying an operator of the network, and/or determining whether the mobile traffic is directed towards a private or public network. In response to determining that the mobile traffic is directed towards a private network, determining whether the private network is owned by or operated by the operator. Optimization of the mobile traffic is performed based on policies set by the operator. In general, the system maintains and/or enforces different sets of policies regarding mobile traffic optimization set by different and multiple operators. |
| US10142858B2 |
Radio access networks
Among other things, a communication system comprising remote units and a controller is described. The remote units exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices. At least some of the RF signals comprise information destined for, or originating from, a mobile device. The controller comprises one or more modems and is connected to an external network. At least one of the modems is a baseband modem and is configured to pass first data corresponding to the information. The controller is separated from the remote units by an intermediate network over which second data corresponding to the information is carried in frames between the controller and the remote units. The second data comprises baseband data and at least some of the baseband data is compressed in a frequency domain. The remote units and the controller are configured to compress the baseband data for transmission over the intermediate network. |
| US10142856B2 |
Technique for triggering mobility management specific procedure to avoid registration state mismatch between user equipment and network
A method in a mobile station (MS) and an MS in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes detecting an intersystem change from an S1mode to one of an A/Gb mode and an Iu mode, detecting that a routing area update (RAU) has failed detecting that a successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed since the detected intersystem change, and triggering an MM specific procedure based on detecting that the RAU has failed and the successful generic location updating procedure has not been performed. The MM specific procedure corresponds to a location area update (LAU). |
| US10142855B2 |
Channel bonding using K-muxing and multiple-beam antenna
A user terminal for transmitting data to a plurality of access points comprises a pre-processor to pre-process at least one source data stream and a multi-beam antenna. The pre-processor comprises a segmenting device to segment the at least one source data stream into a set of N data sub streams, N being an integer greater than 1; a K-muxing unit to perform a N-to-N K-muxing transform on the N data substreams to generate N K-muxed data streams, each of the N K-muxed data streams being a linear combination of the N data substreams; and a bank of modulators to modulate the N K-muxed data streams to generate N K-muxed signal streams. The multi-beam antenna comprises beam forming networks to transform the N K-muxed signal streams into transmit beams, and an array of antenna elements to transmit the transmit beams to the access points. |
| US10142851B2 |
Spectrum processing method, base station, user equipment, and system
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies and disclose a spectrum processing method, a base station, user equipment, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a base station corresponding to a first cell, at least one subband channel quality parameter that is sent by user equipment (UE) in the first cell, where each subband channel quality parameter indicates quality of one subband channel; and determining, according to the at least one subband channel quality parameter, whether the first cell uses an overlapped spectrum, where the overlapped spectrum is a part at which a frequency band of the first cell overlaps a frequency band of a second cell, the second cell and the first cell are inter-system cells, and the second cell is neighboring to the first cell. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to a process of using a network spectrum. |
| US10142850B2 |
Method and device for using unlicensed spectrum
Embodiments provide a method and a device for using an unlicensed spectrum. In the method, a first access device receives first indication information sent by a second access device, where the first indication information is used to indicate idle time, in which the second access device does not perform data transmission, in a time segment that is reserved for the second access device to perform, by using an unlicensed spectrum, data transmission, and the first access device performs data transmission in the idle time by using the unlicensed spectrum. In a device provided, a first access device includes a receiving unit and a transmission unit. |
| US10142844B2 |
Method and apparatus for authorizing pedestrian user equipment in wireless communication system
For vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, an eNodeB (eNB) receives authorization information for a pedestrian UE which indicates whether a user equipment (UE) is authorized as the pedestrian UE. Upon receiving the authorization information for the pedestrian UE, the eNB may authorize the UE as the pedestrian UE or not according to the received authorization information, and decide a resource allocation mode for the authorized pedestrian UE. |
| US10142841B2 |
Configuration for multi-factor event authorization
An authorization device receives a message from a content server through a network based upon a first factor of authorization being completed by a playback device requesting playback of content associated with a user account. The authorization device may be a mobile device that is associated with the user. The authorization device may receive a user input indicating an approval of the requested playback. The authorization device may send a playback authorization message through the network to the content server. The content server may use at least a first factor of authorization such a login credential from a smart playback device or a registration credential from another type of playback device in addition to a second factor of authorization such as the playback authorization message to generate a user authentication that is provided to allow the playback device to playback the content. |
| US10142834B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating a user client wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network
A method and apparatus operate a user client wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network. A communication link can be established at the user client wireless communication device with a user wireless wide area network communication device. A random challenge and an authentication token can be received from a wireless wide area network. The random challenge and the authentication token can be sent to the user wireless wide area network communication device. The at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key can be received from the user wireless wide area network communication device, where the at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key is for the wireless wide area network. The user client wireless communication device can operate on the wireless wide area network using the at least one temporary wireless wide area network communication security key from the user wireless wide area network communication device independent from the user wireless wide area network communication device. |
| US10142833B2 |
Methods, systems and apparatus for recognizing genuine products
Methods, apparatus and systems are described for identifying potentially counterfeited products or goods. |
| US10142829B2 |
Method for providing network service and electronic device
An electronic device and method of providing network service are provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor configured to select a subscriber profile to be used by an external electronic device functionally connected to the electronic device from among a plurality of subscriber profiles available in the electronic device, and a communication interface configured to provide, to the external electronic device, a network service based on the subscriber profile selected. The method includes receiving a network connection request from an external electronic device functionally connected to an electronic device; selecting a subscriber profile to be used by the external electronic device from among a plurality of subscriber profiles available in the electronic device in response to the network connection request received by the electronic device; and providing, by the electronic device, a network service based on the selected subscriber profile to be used by the external electronic device. |
| US10142827B2 |
Apparatus and method for delivering short message service efficiently in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for controlling Short Message Service (SMS) delivery to a User Equipment (UE) over a Packet-Switched (PS) network without involvement of any Circuit Switched (CS) network node are provided. The method includes receiving subscriber information of a terminal from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), determining whether the MME supports short message delivery over a Packet-Switched (PS) network, and transmitting, when the MME supports the short message delivery over the PS network, a registration request message including information for routing the short message to the MME to the HSS. The SMS delivery method and apparatus is capable of delivering the SMS message to the UE over the PS network without involvement of the CS network nodes, thereby negating the necessity of CS network nodes for supporting SMS service, resulting in reduction of maintenance and management costs. |
| US10142823B2 |
Device pairing taking into account at least one condition
Some embodiments of the present invention include pairing two wireless devices by placing at least one of two devices in a pairing mode; performing at least one pairing motion event with at least one of the wireless devices to satisfy at least one pairing condition; detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition; and pairing the two wireless devices in response to detecting satisfaction of the at least one pairing condition. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10142819B2 |
Establishing machine type communications
A method for establishing a machine type communication includes receiving a connection request for a machine type communication from a device. The connection request includes an authentication credential for the device. A shared subscriber identity module (SIM) parameter for the machine type communication is obtained based on the authentication credential. |
| US10142818B2 |
Methods and apparatus to reuse wireless circuitry for multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device
Apparatus and methods to reuse wireless circuitry to communicate with multiple wireless networks to support multiple subscriber identities in a wireless communication device are disclosed. A representative method includes receiving signaling messages for a second subscriber identity from a second wireless network while connected to a first wireless network for a first subscriber identity. A portion of radio frequency wireless circuitry is reconfigured to communicate with the second wireless network to establish a signaling channel and respond to signaling messages received from the second wireless network. The portion of radio frequency wireless circuitry is reconfigured between the first and second wireless networks to maintain a connection with the first wireless network while also receiving from the second wireless network limited information that can be provided to a user. Representative information includes an indication of an originator of a mobile terminated connection request and short message service data. |
| US10142813B2 |
Architecture for signal and power distribution in wireless data network
A system comprising: a local area network (LAN) device configured to produce a local area network (LAN) signal; and a modem unit configured to produce, based on the local area network (LAN) signal produced by the local area network (LAN) device, a transport modulated format signal suitable for transmission over transport cabling. The modem unit further configured to provide power to the local area network (LAN) device. |
| US10142812B2 |
Incoming call responding method and device for multi-channel terminal
Incoming call responding method and device for a multi-channel terminal are provided. The method includes receiving a service request associated with a current subscriber identity card, and the service request comprises a called service request to a current subscriber which is identified by the current subscriber identity card, and in response to the service request, setting up a first service channel for making a call and playing a predetermined multimedia file based on an instruction of the current subscriber, and the first service channel is set up based on the current subscriber identity card. Further, the terminal may play the predetermined multimedia file to a remote terminal of the service request directly based on the first service channel, so as to make a personalized response to the service request, which may greatly improve operation experience of two subscribers of the call. |
| US10142810B2 |
Method and apparatus to manage different options of communication using one user identifier based on internet protocol
Computer-implemented systems and methods to manage electronic communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus, using at least a network-based portal based on Internet protocol, receives a message with a user identifier from a person's wireless device; receives a communication option from the person based on options provided to the person, with all the options using the user identifier, in view of the portal being based on the Internet protocol; permits the user to block the person from accessing the user; enables the message to be received by the user if the person is not blocked by the user; and determines user availability to receive the message. In the embodiment, the apparatus requires user contact information for the user to receive messages, with the user contact information not provided to the person, and with the user contact information being distinct from the user identifier. |
| US10142808B2 |
Floor control method and apparatus
A floor control apparatus and method, the method including receiving, by a media resource function entity, a first floor application message sent by UE, generating, by the media resource function entity, a second floor application message according to the first floor application message, sending, by the media resource function entity, the second floor application message to a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) server, receiving, by the media resource function entity, a first floor grant message that is in response to the second floor application message and that is sent by the MCPTT server, generating, by the media resource function entity, a second floor grant message according to the first floor grant message, and sending, by the media resource function entity, the second floor grant message to the UE. |
| US10142804B2 |
All-group calling method, system, related device and computer storage medium
An all-group calling method, system, related device and computer storage medium, the method comprising: setting an all-group calling number at a terminal; and in an emergency, the terminal jointly establishes, according to the all-group calling number, an all-group call between terminals via a base station or the base station and a core network. |
| US10142802B2 |
Systems and methods for establishing a group communication based on motion of a mobile device
Methods and systems of communication using a mobile device include communicating with other mobile devices over an initial communication channel, detecting a first motion of the mobile device moving from a first position to a second position, establishing a second communication channel with the other mobile devices in response to the detected first motion, and communicating with the other mobile devices over the second communication channel. In an example, the initial communication may be a half-duplex communication channel, and the second communication channel may be a full-duplex communication channel. In another example, the initial communication may be a full-duplex communication channel, and the second communication channel may be a half-duplex communication channel. |
| US10142796B2 |
Management device, management system, management method, and management program
In a management system which allows measurement results obtained by sensors to be collected and a management target to be managed on the basis of the collected measurement results, a management device and the like that can provide more useful information for managing the management target are provided. The management device includes: an obtainment unit configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of sensors each configured to perform measurement regarding a management target, sensor information indicating a result of the measurement and identification information of the sensor; and a group management unit configured to perform a grouping process of dividing a plurality of the sensors into a plurality of groups by using the pieces of the identification information obtained by the obtainment unit, and to perform a process of storing group information indicating a result of the grouping process. |
| US10142795B2 |
Providing digital content for multiple venues
Disclosed herein are, among other things, systems and methods for providing digital content for multiple venues to mobile devices. In some embodiments, venue location data defining a geographic boundary of each of a plurality of venues and venue content data for a plurality of different attractions associated with the venue is stored. A processing device system may be configured to determine a current location of the mobile device, and provide at least some of the venue content data based at least on an analysis of the venue location data, or attraction location data, and the current location. |
| US10142791B2 |
Method and system for context awareness of a mobile device
A method for detecting a context of a mobile device (100) equipped with sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) and a context detection module (109) in which the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) are assigned to at least two groups (110, 120, 30), each of which comprises at least one sensor (111, 121, 122, 131), and each group (110, 120, 130) is allocated a group classifier (116, 126, 136) 10 adapted to detect, in a form of a classification result, currently identified, by means of a given classifier, context of the device (100) based on indications of the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) belonging to the given group, characterized in that with a use of the context detection module, whereas the groups (110, 102, 130) of sensors are ordered hierarchically, and the device context is detected 1 by reading a classification result indicated by the classifier (116, 126, 136) of the currently active group, wherein in case of detection of an identified context in the active group, switching on power supply of the sensors and activating classification in a group (110, 120, 130) with a level higher by one level and reading the context indicated by said group's classifier, wherein based on the 20 results of the classification indicated by the higher groups' classifiers (116, 26, 136), executing adaptation of the configuration of lower groups' classifiers (116, 126, 136). |
| US10142787B1 |
Tracking large numbers of wireless terminals based on predicting when to issue location requests
An apparatus and method for tracking a large number of wireless terminals being used by wireless subscribers and for estimating the location of the terminals at each instant. Some embodiments of the present invention use a combination of cluster analysis, interpolation of information between identified clusters, and averaging of the interpolated information, in order to predict when it might be beneficial to issue a location request to a location engine, for each subscriber. |
| US10142786B2 |
System and method for multi-beacon interaction and management
A system and method for multi-beacon management including: determining occurrence of a trigger event; determining a beacon to be acted upon; determining the settings to be assigned; assigning the settings to the beacon; and operating the beacon according to the settings. |
| US10142782B2 |
Internal location address and automatic routing of intra-facility movement
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating movement within a facility by providing internal navigation instructions to a user, and/or for automatically operating various transportation mechanisms within the facility to move the user therein. Various embodiments thus comprise a computing entity configured to receive location information/data indicative of a current location of a user and destination information/data indicative of a desired destination for the user, generate a recommended route for the user, and transmit one or more signals to location devices along the recommended route to provide navigations cues to the user, or to one or more transportation mechanisms to enable the user to board the transportation mechanism at a first location, and disembark the transportation mechanism closer to the desired destination. |
| US10142777B1 |
Systems and methods for locating devices in venues
In an embodiment, the present invention is a device locationing system operable to dynamically determine the presence of keep-out zones within a venue, and thereafter adjust positional data obtained through the device based on the presence of the previously detected keep-out zones. |
| US10142775B2 |
Identifying mobile device location and corresponding support center locations to provide support services over a network
A mobile device may receive updates, support and other data from a current data center agent platform. When the mobile device travels to another location the nearest data center agent may be different from the previous agent. A changeover determination must be performed prior to determining whether the new agent should be assigned to the mobile device. One example method of operation may include receiving current location information of the mobile device and identifying a present location of the mobile device and a current service center assigned to the mobile device. The method may also provide determining whether a new service center location at a remote location from the current service center location should be assigned to the mobile device based on predefined assignment criteria. |
| US10142774B2 |
Content geofencing
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for invitational content geofencing. A system first sends, to a server location data associated with the system, the location data being calculated at the system. The system then receives a listing of places of interest within a geofence including a geographical perimeter for identifying places of interest in the listing, the geofence being based on the location data associated with the system. Next, the system selects a place of interest from the listing based on a location of the system. The system then presents a content item associated with the place of interest. |
| US10142773B2 |
System and method for automatically detecting and initiating a walk
A system, method, and apparatus for detecting the start of a walk event. The method comprises identifying the location of a wearable device; determining if the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone; confirming that a wearable device is in a walk mode if it is determined that the wearable device has exited a geo-fence zone and that the wearable device is not connected to a wireless network; enabling a GPS receiver; continuously recording the location of the wearable device received from the GPS receiver while the wearable device is in a walk mode; and transmitting the recorded location of the wearable device while the wearable device is in a walk mode. |
| US10142772B2 |
Systems and methods for emergency data communication
Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, servers, apparatus, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving by an emergency call server an indication of an emergency condition at a device, determining whether the device is to be tracked based, at least in part, on the indication of the emergency condition, and transmitting a triggering message from the emergency call server, in response to a determination that the device is to be tracked, to trigger at the device a tracking session to cause the device to periodically collect and send tracking session data to one or more servers. The tracking session, established between the device and the one or more servers, is separate from an emergency call session established between the device and the emergency call server. |
| US10142769B2 |
Method and system for establishing a secure communication between remote UE and relay UE in a device to device communication network
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method for establishing a secure communication between a UE and a relay UE is provided. The method includes deriving a ProSe traffic key (PTK) of the relay UE by using a key derivation function (KDF) of at least one of a ProSe group key (PGK) of the UE, a PTK identification (ID) and a ID of the relay UE, and transmitting a security key response message comprising at least the PTK of the relay UE, the PTK ID and PGK ID, to the relay UE. The at least the PTK of relay UE. PTK ID and PGK is used to derive a security key for the D2D group communication between the UE and relay UE. |
| US10142766B2 |
Method and system for selecting an access point for performing services corresponding to a client device
A method includes selecting a particular access point for performing service corresponding to a client device that is associating or associated with a different access point. The particular access point is selected based on historical usage pattern and/or a future scheduled event corresponding to the client device. |
| US10142764B2 |
Method and system for overlay display control
A method of providing an overlay display control performed on an electronic device, the method including: displaying a progress screen of a main service associated with an application through a first virtual layer under control of the application executed on the electronic device; displaying a user interface on a preset area of the first virtual layer, the user interface configured to receive a selection signal on a control function associated with the main service; displaying a second virtual layer for providing an additional service associated with the main service overlapping the first virtual layer in response to a progress of the main service meeting a preset condition; and processing a progress of the additional service, including: hooking a selection signal input on a partial area of the second virtual layer; and calling a control function corresponding to the partial area of the second virtual layer. |
| US10142761B2 |
Structural modeling of the head related impulse response
A method for creating a head-related impulse response (HRIR) for use in rendering audio for playback through headphones comprises receiving location parameters for a sound including azimuth, elevation, and range relative to a head of a listener, applying a spherical head model to the azimuth, elevation, and range input parameters to generate binaural HRIR values, computing a pinna model using the azimuth and elevation parameters to apply to the binaural HRIR values to pinna modeled HRIR values, computing a torso model using the azimuth and elevation parameters to apply to the pinna modeled HRIR values to generate pinna and torso modeled HRIR values, and computing a near-field model using the azimuth and range parameters to apply to the pinna and torso modeled HRIR values to generate pinna, torso and near-field modeled HRIR values. |
| US10142760B1 |
Audio processing mechanism with personalized frequency response filter and personalized head-related transfer function (HRTF)
Left and right ear channels are determined for an end user. Each channel includes a head related transfer function (HRTF) filter to localize sound tailored to the geometry of the user's head and a frequency response filter tailored to the user's measured frequency response (hearing capability). |
| US10142759B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing audio with determined trajectory
An apparatus comprising: a spatial audio analyzer configured to determine, using at least one audio signal, at least one acoustic source; a location determiner configured to determining at least one point of interest location associated with the at least one acoustic source; a trajectory determiner configured to determine a trajectory of the at least one point of interest location associated with the at least one acoustic source; and a processor configured to reproduce the at least one audio signal from at least one sound playback transducer based on the determined trajectory. |
| US10142758B2 |
System for and a method of generating sound
A system for and a method of outputting sound having a variable apparent source distance and/or width is provided. The system may be used in a vehicle and the apparent source distance may be varied depending on parameters of a driving style or a driver's behavior. |
| US10142756B2 |
Signal processing device and signal processing method
A first level converter performs level conversion for a first digital signal into a second digital signal. A second level converter performs level conversion for a third digital signal into a fourth digital signal. An arithmetic unit generates a fifth digital signal obtained by subtracting the fourth digital signal from the second digital signal, and a sixth digital signal obtained by adding the first digital signal and the fourth digital signal to each other. A first DA converter performs DA conversion for the fifth digital signal into a first analog signal. A second DA converter performs DA conversion for the sixth digital signal into a second analog signal. An adder adds the first analog signal and the second analog signal to each other to generate a third analog signal. |
| US10142755B2 |
Signal processing methods and systems for rendering audio on virtual loudspeaker arrays
Techniques of rendering audio involve applying a balanced-realization state space model to each head-related transfer function (HRTF) to reduce the order of an effective FIR or even an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter. Along these lines, each HRTF G(z) is derived from a head-related impulse response filter (HRIR) via, e.g., a z-transform. The data of the HRIR may be used to construct a first state space representation [A, B, C, D] of the HRTF via the relation G(z)=C(zI−A)−1B+D This first state space representation is not unique and so for an FIR filter, A and B may be set to simple, binary-valued arrays, while C and D contain the HRIR data. This representation leads to a simple form of a Gramian Q whose eigenvectors provide system states that maximize the system gain as measured by a Hankel norm. |
| US10142753B2 |
Electroacoustic conversion chain with selectively powered coil
This electroacoustic conversion chain comprising at least one loudspeaker, this loudspeaker comprising means for generating a magnetic field in a magnetic circuit having an air gap and a membrane secured to turns of a conducting material which may move in this air gap, is characterized in that it comprises at least one control module comprising at least one input for conveying a signal to be broadcast and at least one output connected to a turn, the control module being able to apply to said or each output an excitation signal depending on the position of at least one turn relatively to the air gap. |
| US10142752B2 |
Interaction with devices
An interaction apparatus comprises: a loudspeaker array, comprising speaker units, where each speaker unit is configured to make sound according to an input signal; an obstacle detection module, configured to detect an obstacle parameter corresponding to an obstacle inside space on a side of a sound-making surface of the loudspeaker array; and a compensation module, configured to adjust, according to the obstacle parameter, the input signal corresponding to a speaker unit of the speaker units, and compensate for a sound-making effect of the loudspeaker array influenced by the obstacle. A loudspeaker array comprising the speaker units can be disposed, an obstacle that influences a sound-making effect of the loudspeaker array can be detected, and an input signal of a corresponding speaker unit can be adjusted when the obstacle exists, thereby alleviating influence from the obstacle on the sound-making effect during use, and improving user experience. |
| US10142749B2 |
Dynamic sound adjustment
Among other things, one or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions are described. The stored instructions are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising analyzing an effect of noise in a spatial unit on sound in the spatial unit, at least part of the sound being produced by audio signals; selecting an adjustment curve among a group of adjustment curves based on one or more characteristics of the noise; and determining an amount of adjustment to be made to the audio signals based on the analyzed effect and the selected adjustment curve. |
| US10142745B2 |
Hearing device comprising an own voice detector
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted for being arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head is provided. The hearing device comprises an own voice detector comprising first and second signal strength detectors for providing signal strength estimates of first and second electric input signals. The own voice detector comprises a comparison unit operationally coupled to the first and second signal strength detectors and configured to compare the signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signals and to provide an indication of the difference between said signal strength estimates; and a control unit for providing an own voice detection signal indicative of a user's own voice being present or not present in the current sound in the environment of the user, the own voice detection signal being dependent on said signal strength comparison measure. |
| US10142739B2 |
Panel vibration type display device for generating sound
The present embodiments relates to a display panel configured to display images, a plurality of sound generating actuators in a plurality of sound output areas, the sound generating actuators configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a partition that is between each of the plurality of sound output areas and surrounds at least one of the plurality of sound output areas. |
| US10142735B2 |
Dual mode headphone and method therefor
A dual mode headphone has a band positioning the dual mode headphone on one of a head or neck of a user. A pair of first housings is provided wherein one of the first housings is formed on each end of the band. A dual mode headphone circuit is provided and has a dual-output acoustic transducer module positioned in each of the pair of first housings. The dual-output acoustic transducer module allowing for both air conduction and bone conduction of sound waves. |
| US10142734B2 |
Ring network of bluetooth speakers
A method for re-forming a complete ring network of a plurality of Bluetooth® speakers, after a speaker has left an original ring of speakers, the method including detecting that the speaker has left the ring, and reestablishing the ring without the departed speaker. The detection may include a timeout detection if the speaker left without notice, or include receiving notice that the speaker intends to leave. |
| US10142731B2 |
Dynamic suppression of non-linear distortion
Systems and methods are described for dynamically suppressing non-linear distortion for a device, such as a speakerphone. A device may receive a signal, where the device has non-linear distortion at a predetermined frequency. The received signal may be analyzed to compute a tone strength parameter and a band level. The received signal may be filtered such that a spectrum of the input signal is dynamically limited by reducing suppression of the non-linear distortion when the tone strength parameter is in a lower portion of a predetermined range and increasing suppression of the non-linear distortion when the tone strength parameter is in an upper portion of the predetermined range, the predetermined range of the tone strength parameter corresponding to a loudness range of the device. |
| US10142725B2 |
Device for transmitting sounds for intra-auricular earpiece and intra-auricular earpiece
A device for transmitting sounds for intra-auricular earpiece, comprising an entrance opening extending along an entrance axis, said entrance opening being able to receive a sound emission source, an exit opening able to be presented in an ear and a diffusion enclosure able to conduct the sound from upstream to downstream from said entrance opening to said exit opening, said diffusion enclosure comprising, opposite said entrance opening, a first vibration wall extending orthogonally to the entrance axis able to resonate following a sound emission along said entrance axis. |
| US10142724B2 |
Sound output devices
A sound output device has a sound output unit outputting sound to an exterior, a battery attachment unit to which an electric tool battery is attached, and a case supporting the sound output unit and the battery attachment unit. The case includes a first inner wall structure defining a first inner space accommodating the sound output unit, and a second inner wall structure defining a second inner space different from the first inner space. The second inner wall structure is configured to resonate the sound output of the sound output unit. |
| US10142720B1 |
Headphones with external pressure equalization path
An earphone includes a housing enclosing an acoustic transducer and having a front volume. The housing includes a nozzle that extends the front volume to at least an entrance of a wearer's ear canal, and a groove in an outer surface of the housing, extending at least along a length of the nozzle. A flexible ear tip is configured to attach to the housing. When the flexible ear tip attaches to the housing, the groove and a portion of an inner surface of the ear tip together form a port that acoustically couples the front volume with an environment external to the earphone. |
| US10142709B2 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for implementing intelligent network service functionality in a network
A system, method and computer-readable medium for simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system are provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors. Advantageously, if a carrier network does not support a trigger infrastructure that has capabilities of originating triggers and terminating triggers, or if a roaming agreement is not in place that allows transfer of triggers between carriers, the use of an intelligent network Simulator provides an alternative mechanism for providing IN service functionality without network support for intelligent network triggers. |
| US10142699B2 |
Systems and methods for providing interactive content
Interactive content may be provided by a smart television or other media device using a wireless communication protocol to detect the presence or proximity of a mobile device. When a mobile device is detected, the media device can establish a communication link with the mobile device via the wireless communication protocol. When content is displayed by the media device, additional data can be sent to the mobile device to enhance the user experience via the communication link. The user can interact with the data sent to the mobile device or with the content itself by providing feedback on the mobile device. The feedback may be provided to a content server via a second communication link, such as a cellular link or wireless link to the Internet. In some implementations, content server may modify content for display on the media device based on feedback on the mobile device. |
| US10142695B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling a user to generate a plan to access content using multiple content services
A system for facilitating access to items of content presents recommendations to a user. Items of content may include movies and television shows. Recommendations may include access plans specifying a plurality of digital media services, where each specified digital media service provides availability to items of content included in a user defined set. Further, recommendations may be based on one or more use defined constraints. User defined constraints may include a user budget for accessing items of content during a specific time period. |
| US10142694B2 |
Method and apparatus for sharing media content
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of operating commands for controlling a first presentation of media content by a first media processor device at a first display device to generate a first viewing experience and transmitting the playback file to a second media processor device via a first network, where a second presentation of the media content by the second media processor device at a second display device according to the plurality of operating commands of the playback file recreates the first viewing experience at the second display device and where the first and second media processor devices are members of the first network based upon common membership in a social media network by a first subscriber associated with the first media processor device and a second subscriber associated with the second media processor device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10142693B2 |
Video distribution control
A biststream of encoded video data captured by a camera of a user device is received and decoded into a stream of decoded video frames. A light pattern representing a VLC signal captured by the camera is identified in at least one decoded video frame and decoded into a DRM identifier. Distribution of the bitstream is controlled based on a comparison of the DRM identifier and a defined DRM identifier. Hence, VCL is used to add watermarks to recorded video data and where such watermarks can be used to control distribution of copyright or digital rights protected video content. |
| US10142689B2 |
Server, terminal, information processing method, information processing program, and computer-readable recording medium storing information processing programs
A delay is suppressed that occurs in a period of time from the actual inputting of operation information into a terminal by a user to the forming of image information corresponding to this operation information in a server and the displaying of this image information on the terminal. Provided is a server having: operation information acquisition means configured to sequentially acquire each piece of operation information sequentially transmitted from a terminal through a network; execution means configured to execute an application by executing processing corresponding to the each piece of operation information in accordance with a timing with which the operation information acquisition means acquired the each piece of operation information; execution control means configured, if a first predetermined interval has passed from a moment when the execution means started processing corresponding to first operation information of the each piece of operation information without acquiring second operation information acquired after the first input information, to make the execution means execute processing in accordance with the first input information again; and transmission means configured to transmit image information based on the execution of the application by the execution block to the terminal. |
| US10142683B2 |
Method of access to multimedia content protected by a terminal
A method for accessing protected multimedia includes receiving an encrypted fragment of the multimedia content and receiving a key for decrypting it, using the key to decrypt the fragment, thereby obtaining an unscrambled fragment, replacing original bits of the unscrambled fragment with different substituted bits to obtain a modified fragment, and reconstructing the modified fragment is reconstructed by replacing substituted bits of the extracted modified fragment with the original bits. The resulting reconstructed fragment is then decoded and the resulting decoded fragment is sent to a multimedia appliance to be enjoyed by a human viewer. |
| US10142680B2 |
Dynamic video overlays
A client device accesses a video input stream from an intermediate device for display. The client device analyzes the video input stream to determine that the video input stream matches a template indicating a change of speed. In some example embodiments, the analysis is performed while the client device is generating a video output stream that replaces video content received from a content source via the intermediate device. Based on the video input stream matching the template, the client device modifies the video output stream to show the change of speed. For example, commercials transmitted from a national content provider to a smart TV via a set-top box may be replaced with targeted commercials. During the replacement, fast-forwarding of the commercial may be detected by matching a template with the video input stream. While the video input stream is being fast-forwarded, the smart TV fast-forwards the targeted commercial. |
| US10142677B2 |
Entry device for a CATV network
An entry device for a cable television (CATV) network includes an input port configured to receive CATV signals from the CATV network, a first splitter electrically connected to the input port, an active signal path electrically connected to the first splitter, a passive signal path electrically connected to the first splitter, a second splitter electrically connected to the active signal path, and active ports electrically connected to the second splitter. The active ports are configured to communicate with one another via the second splitter. The entry device also includes a passive port electrically connected to the passive signal path and configured to communicate with the input port via the passive signal path, a filter configured to block multimedia over coaxial alliance (MoCA) signals from proceeding to the input port, and a signal bypass path configured to transmit the MoCA signals between the active ports and the passive port. |
| US10142676B2 |
Residential gateway making at least one private memory space available
A residential gateway (110) has a memory space (132), with at least one private memory space (130), made available to at least one device (111; 112) connected to a local area network (120). The residential gateway has a table (140) managing rights of access to the private memory space or spaces; a device for receiving commands for access to the memory space and administrator commands for updating the access rights management table; a device for updating the table, on receipt of an administrator command coming from a predetermined device implementing an administrator module, and for ignoring any administrator command coming from another device; and a device (150) for ignoring any command for access to the private memory space or spaces, when the command is received coming from a device not identified in the table. |
| US10142672B2 |
Receiver device
There is provided a receiver device including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first distribution circuit, a second distribution circuit, a first high-frequency processing unit, and a second high-frequency processing unit. |
| US10142671B2 |
User interface apparatus for vehicles and vehicle having the same
Disclosed herein is a user interface apparatus for vehicles including light sources, a touch sensor to sense touch, light guides to transfer light generated by the light sources, and a top cover to cover the light sources, the touch sensor and the light guides and to transmit light emitted from the light guides to the interior of a vehicle. The light sources includes a first light source and at least one second light sources, the light guides includes first and second light guides to receive light generated by the first light source and to transfer the light to first and second regions and at least one third light guide configured to receive light generated by the at least one second light source and to transfer the light to a third region, and light generated by the first light source is dispersed and provided to the first and second light guides. |
| US10142668B1 |
Pairing wireless set-top box with a wired set-top box
A system and method for pairing a wireless set-top box with a wired set-top box is provided. The system and method provide a user with the ability to move the wireless set-top box to different locations, within the same authorized subscriber's household or use location, while allowing the service provider to monitor and prohibit unauthorized use of the wireless set-top box from outside of the authorized subscriber's household or use location. |
| US10142665B2 |
System, device and method for transrating file based assets
A video transrater, and a transrater system and method. The transrater system and method may select an optimal bit rate from among a plurality of available bit rates in order to obtain a particular video quality and/or format. |
| US10142664B2 |
Method and device for determining properties of a graphical overlay for a video stream
The present invention relates generally to video communication systems, and more specifically to a method and device for adjusting properties of a graphical overlay for a video stream, the adjusted properties being at least one of a position, a degree of animation and a color composition of the graphical overlay and the adjustment is based on a scene depicted by the time period of the video stream. The adjustment is performed if an estimated bitrate for transmitting an encoded bitstream comprising the time period of the video stream and the graphical overlay exceeds a predetermined upper threshold bitrate for transmitting an encoded single bitstream comprising the time period of the video stream and the graphical overlay. |
| US10142659B2 |
Deblocking filtering
Blocking artifacts at a block boundary between a block and a neighboring block in a video frame are reduced by calculating an offset based on pixel values of pixels in a line of pixels in the block and based on pixel values of pixels in a corresponding line of pixels in the neighboring block. The offset is added to the pixel value of the pixel closest to the block boundary in the line of pixels and is subtracted from the pixel value of the pixel closest to the block boundary in the corresponding line of pixels. The resulting deblocking filter has good low-pass characteristics and is efficient for reducing blocking artifact. |
| US10142654B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding video by oblong intra prediction
A video encoding method is provided in the invention. In such method, after a current encoding frame among a sequence of input frames is received, each coding unit in the current encoding frame may be optionally split into two oblong prediction units, and each of the prediction units may be optionally split into a plurality of sub-blocks so as to thereby improve the matching accuracy for a matching reference block from a reference frame. A video decoding method corresponding to the aforesaid video encoding method is also provided. |
| US10142653B2 |
Image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, and coded data transformation apparatus
A hierarchical image decoding apparatus, a hierarchical image coding apparatus, and a hierarchical coded data transformation apparatus where the hierarchical image decoding apparatus includes a parameter set decoder that decodes scale adjustment information, and a predictive image generator that generates a predictive image on the basis of the scale adjustment information, and the hierarchical image coding apparatus includes a parameter set encoder that encodes scale adjustment information, and the hierarchical coded data transformation apparatus includes a parameter set adjustor that transforms input hierarchically coded data based on inputted information of interest region, and adjusts scale adjustment information such that inter-layer scales derived from the hierarchically coded data before and after transformation coincide with each other. |
| US10142645B2 |
System and method for improved video operations
A method of video operations includes generating derivative byproducts related to encoded video captured of a scene, initializing a first operation based on the encoded video, and initializing a second operation different from the first operation based on the derivative byproducts. |
| US10142643B2 |
Marker generating method, marker decoding method, and marker reading device
According to one embodiment, a marker generating method is provided. In the marker generating method, a value in a bit string is replaced with a signal pattern to generate a first signal pattern arrangement. The first signal pattern arrangement is divided into a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The first partial signal having a pattern cycle extended to a pattern cycle of the second partial signal is added to the second partial signal to generate a second signal pattern arrangement. A gradation of shading which indicates a signal of the second signal pattern arrangement is set. |
| US10142641B2 |
System and method for parallel image processing and routing
Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for simultaneously switching input image streams to output devices, while providing optional image processing functions on the image streams. Certain embodiments may enable multiple users/viewers to collaboratively control such systems and methods. Additionally, some embodiments may enable control by a set of computer input devices (e.g., keyboard and mouse) to switch between multiple computer systems, possibly by following the movement of a computer input device cursor, between virtual displays, as the cursor is controlled by the set of computer input devices. |
| US10142638B2 |
Method for encoding/decoding image and device using same
A method of decoding a bitstream comprising a plurality of layers according to the present invention includes setting parameters for decoding the bitstream from a random access point when random access occurs, and decoding a decoding target picture, wherein the setting of the parameters includes setting an initialization flag indicating whether the decoding target picture, that is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, is output by correctly decoding all reference layers of a target layer including the decoding target picture when the random access occurs; setting a flag variable (NoRaslOutputFlag) indicating whether the decoding target picture is used as a random access point; and resetting the initialization flag when the decoding target picture is an IRAP picture and the flag variable is 1. |
| US10142637B2 |
Method and apparatus for parallelizing context selection in video processing
A method and apparatus for parallel processing of at least two bins relating to at least one of a video and an image. The method includes determining scan type of at least a portion of the at least one of video and an image, analyzing neighboring position of a bin, removing dependencies of context selection based on the scan type and position of location being encoded in a transform, and performing parallel processing of that least two bins. |
| US10142635B2 |
Adaptive binarizer selection for image and video coding
Methods and devices for image and video coding using arithmetic coding. The binarization of symbols in an encoder and decoder is adaptive based on changes to the probability distribution as symbols are encoded/decoded. A binarizer may be generated based upon a probability distribution, used to binarize a symbol, and then the probability distribution is updated based on the symbol. Updates to the binarizer may be made after each symbol, after a threshold number of symbols, or once the updated probability distribution differs by more than a threshold amount from the probability distribution used in generating the current binarizer. The probability distributions may be context-specific. |
| US10142628B1 |
Hybrid transform in video codecs
Decoding an encoded video stream may include identifying an encoded block identifying an intra prediction mode for decoding the encoded block from the encoded video stream, identifying a transform mode from a plurality of transform modes for decoding the encoded block based on the intra prediction mode, identifying a probability model from a plurality of probability models for decoding the encoded block based on the transform mode, identifying a scan mode for decoding the encoded block based on the transform mode, generating a decoded block by decoding the encoded block using the scan mode, the probability model, the transform mode, and the intra prediction mode, and outputting or storing the decoded block. |
| US10142625B2 |
Neighbor management for use in entropy encoding and methods for use therewith
An entropy coding module is provided for use in a video encoder that encodes a video input signal based on a plurality of macroblocks derived from the video input signal. The entropy coding module includes an entropy coder that generates entropy encoded data from discrete transformed coefficients for the plurality of macroblocks. A neighbor management module stores neighbor data for at least one macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks for retrieval by the entropy encoder, when operating on at least one neighboring macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks. |
| US10142624B2 |
Image coding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding method, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus
The image coding method for coding an input image includes: converting, into a bin string, an offset value used in an offset process to be applied to a pixel value of a reconstructed image corresponding to the input image; and performing bypass arithmetic coding on the bin string using a fixed probability. |
| US10142623B2 |
Image encoding method using a skip mode, and a device using the method
Disclosed are an image encoding method using a skip mode and a device using the method. The image encoding method may comprise the steps of: judging whether there is residual block data of a prediction target block on the basis of predetermined data indicating whether residual block data has been encoded; and, if there is residual block data, restoring the prediction target block on the basis of the residual block data and an intra-screen predictive value of the prediction target block. Consequently, encoding and decoding efficiency can be increased by carrying out the encoding and decoding of screen residual data only for prediction target blocks where there is a need for a residual data block in accordance with screen similarity. |
| US10142622B2 |
Apparatus and methods thereof for video processing
A method to be performed by a receiving apparatus for decoding an encoded bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream is provided. In the method, capabilities relating to level of decoding parallelism for the decoder are identified, a parameter indicative of the decoder's capabilities relating to level of decoding parallelism is kept, and for a set of levels of decoding parallelism, information relating to HEVC profile and HEVC level that the decoder is capable of decoding is kept.A method for encoding a bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream is also provided. In the method, a parameter is received from a transmitting apparatus that should decode the encoded bitstream. |
| US10142618B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method
Provided is an imaging apparatus including: an imaging unit; a display unit, through which at least a part of an imaging region of the imaging unit can be seen in a see-through manner and which is configured to display a stereoscopic image formed of a left eye image and a right eye image; a focal distance adjustment unit configured to adjust a focal distance of the imaging unit; and a display controller configured to generate the left eye image and the right eye image such that a display object indicating the focal distance is seen at a depth position corresponding to the focal distance and cause the display unit to display the left eye image and the right eye image. |
| US10142614B2 |
Omnidirectional three-dimensional scanner
An omnidirectional three-dimensional scanner includes a first image capturing module, a second image capturing module, a third image capturing module, a fourth image capturing module, and a fifth image capturing module. The first image capturing module, the second image capturing module, the third image capturing module, the fourth image capturing module, and the fifth image capturing module capture three-dimensional images of an object. The first image capturing module has a first image capturing surface. The second image capturing module has a second image capturing surface. The third image capturing module has a third image capturing surface. The fourth image capturing module has a fourth image capturing surface. The fifth image capturing module has a fifth image capturing surface. The first image capturing surface, the second image capturing surface, the third image capturing surface, the fourth image capturing surface, and the fifth image capturing surface form a virtual triangle column. |
| US10142613B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method
An image processing apparatus includes: a first cost calculating section configured to calculate similarity degrees between a first pixel in a first image and plural second pixels located in a horizontal-direction first range in a second image, and extract a second pixel with a highest similarity degree; a second cost calculating section configured to calculate a similarity degree between plural third pixels in a vertical-direction second range including the extracted second pixel and the first pixel and extract a third pixel with a highest similarity degree; an amount-of-difference buffer recording difference between a vertical-position of the extracted third pixel and the first pixel as an amount of difference; and a second position setting section configured to determine positions of the second pixels for which a similarity degree to the first pixel for which a disparity is calculated next is calculated. |
| US10142610B2 |
Method for sub-range based coding a depth lookup table
The invention relates to a method (200) for sub-range based coding a depth lookup table (300), the depth lookup table comprising depth values of a 3D video sequence, the depth values being constrained within a range (301), the method comprising: partitioning (201) the range (301) into a plurality of sub-ranges, a first sub-range (303) comprising a first set of the depth values and a second sub-range (305) comprising a second set of the depth values; and coding (203) the depth values of each of the sub-ranges of the depth lookup table (300) separately according to a predetermined coding rule. |
| US10142609B2 |
Dynamically adjustable situational awareness interface for control of unmanned vehicles
An apparatus includes an image collection module that monitors at least one parameter to dynamically regulate an amount of data and resolution to be allocated to at least one object in a scene collected from an image data set. A situational awareness interface (SAI) renders a 3-D video of the scene to an operator based on the amount of data and resolution allocated from the image data set by the image collection module and receives operator commands for an unmanned vehicle (UV) that interacts with the scene. |
| US10142602B2 |
Fabrication method of a polarizing grating
A fabrication method of a polarization grating is provided. The method includes providing a polarization-sensitive material; and causing two orthogonally polarized lights to scan the polarization-sensitive material and to meet on the polarization-sensitive material. |
| US10142593B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, client device, server device, and information processing system
There is provided an information processing device including a video quality control unit configured to control, on the basis of a degree of importance of a user based on whether or not the user of a client device makes utterance, a quality of a video of the user transmitted from the client device to a server device. |
| US10142591B1 |
Location based device grouping with voice control
This disclosure is directed to facilitating voice and video communication between users independent of a location or a device. A communication request can specify users, who may be identified and located in their respective environments. For example, users can be identified and located using facial recognition imaging techniques and/or by monitoring a radio frequency (RF) signal associated with a device that is carried or worn by a user. After determining a location of a user, individual devices can be configured as a functionally grouped device to allow the users to communicate. For example, capabilities of a television, microphone, speaker, and imaging device can be combined to allow a video communication between users. Further, as a user moves around his or her environment, the location of the user can be tracked and additional functionally grouped devices can be provided for seamless communication. |
| US10142588B2 |
Information-processing device, communication system, storage medium, and communication method
An example information-processing device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires a captured image of a first user captured by an image capture unit; a determining unit that determines a character image corresponding to the acquired captured image; and a display control unit that controls display of an image locally and remotely at a corresponding communicating information-processing device used by a second user, either as a captured image or a as a character image. |
| US10142585B2 |
Methods and systems for synching supplemental audio content to video content
System and methods for synchronizing supplemental media content to media content being provided by a different content source. The systems and methods may identify media content from user input, and determine a plurality of associated supplementary media. By monitoring and interpreting a data stream containing information about the primary media content, the systems and methods may interpret indicia of content ceasing and resuming and similarly cease and resume playback of the supplemental media in response, preserving the synchronicity of the multiple content sources. |
| US10142584B2 |
Use of location lulls to facilitate identifying and recording video capture location
A method and system to facilitate identifying and recording capture location of recorded video. A computing system determines multiple locations where a video camera has been substantially stationary over time, such as by tracking location of the video camera itself or by evaluating where supplemental device carried with the video camera has been substantially stationary over time. The computing system then outputs, for presentation to the videographer or another user, a location-selection prompt that specifies the multiple determined locations as candidate capture-locations for a video that was captured by the video camera. Further, the computing system receives, in response to the location-selection prompt, data that represents a user selection of one of the specified locations. The computing system then records the selected location as capture-location metadata for the video, such as capture-location data integrated with the video or in a database relationship with the video. |
| US10142581B2 |
Display device and control method thereof
The present invention relates to a display device in which, when a pointer reaches an area change detection zone in which a screen is divided into a first area and a second area, a first device receives a control command from a second device so that a first device and a second device having different Oss installed therein can be controlled by one input device such as a display device, a keyboard, and a mouse, and data can be transmitted or received between the first device and the second device. |
| US10142580B2 |
Capturing device, capturing system and capturing method
A capturing device includes an image sensor that generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion for light from a subject, a control unit that generates a setting value for setting a range where an image resulting from the image signal is cut, based on a first instruction input from a user, a setting value storage unit that stores the setting value generated by the control unit, an image conversion unit that reads the setting value from the setting value storage unit, and cuts a specific region specified by the setting value from the image and enlarges the cut region, when there is a second instruction input from the user, and an output unit that converts a signal of the image cut and enlarged by the image conversion unit into an image signal of a predetermined format and outputs the converted image signal. |
| US10142578B2 |
Method and system for communication
Providing communication includes receiving, via a set-top box of a first communication device, a call request message via a network from a second communication device, sending, via the set-top box, a notification message to a remote control device of the first communication device while a television set is turned off, providing, via the remote control device, a user prompt in response to the sending of the notification message, and establishing, via the remote control device, a communication connection through the set-top box with the second communication device after receiving a call response, the remote control device being wirelessly connected to the set-top box. |
| US10142577B1 |
Combination remote control and telephone
A handheld combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus, comprising: a microprocessor; an infrared remote control transceiver; a wireless telephone transceiver; a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth transceiver; microphone, loud speaker, power source, and housing; a combination television remote control and telephone alphanumeric keypad and/or touch screen display communicating with the microprocessor to direct the handheld combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus to communicate with a remote television, remote set top box, wireless telephone system provider, wireless network, Bluetooth device, and base station combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus and: switch the handheld combination television remote control and wireless telephone apparatus from television mode to telephone mode and vice versa; control the remote television and/or remote set top box; control remote television and/or remote set top box settings and retrieve information therefrom; originate and/or receive telephone calls; transmit and/or receive internet information via the wireless network. |
| US10142574B2 |
Imaging device, imaging system, and moving object
An image device. While holding electric charges generated at a photoelectric conversion portion in a first period, a first charge holding portion holds electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion portion in a second period which is a period that does not succeed the first period and which is different in length from the first period, and a second charge holding portion holds electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion portion in a third period which is a period that does not overlap the first period and the second period. |
| US10142572B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method for capturing imaging data via a pixel array
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus. The imaging apparatus comprises a pixel array. The pixel array comprises a first pixel comprising a first radiation-sensitive region and at least one associated charge storage region for collecting electrical charges from the first radiation-sensitive region. The pixel array also comprises a second pixel comprising a second radiation-sensitive region and at least one associated charge storage region for collecting electrical charges from the second radiation-sensitive region. Furthermore, the imaging apparatus comprises control circuitry configured to generate a common compensation signal being common to the first and second pixels. The common compensation signal mitigates a saturation of the respective charge storage regions of the first and second pixels. |
| US10142571B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, method for controlling the same, image processing apparatus, and image processing method
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions for each of a plurality of microlenses, performs readout control using one of a first readout method of reading out a plurality of image signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions corresponding to each of the microlenses, and a second readout method of reading out an added image signal from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions corresponding to each of the microlenses, determines whether an image signal is read out using the first readout method or the second readout method, adds the plurality of image signals read out using the first readout method, and adjusts the added image signal obtained through the addition by an increased amount of the black level that has increased due to the addition as an adjustment value. |
| US10142568B2 |
Methods and apparatus for vignette and out-of-focus correction
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for vignette and out-of-focus correction. The method and apparatus may be configured to reposition an adjustable lens during a series of image captures to direct light to the center and the outer edges and/or corners of the image sensor to focus various areas of an object and/or scene. The method and apparatus may further substitute image data from a first image capture with image data from subsequent image captures. |
| US10142567B2 |
Methods and apparatus for true high dynamic range (THDR) time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) imaging
In time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) imaging, a charge-couple device (CCD) integrates and transfers charge across its columns. Unfortunately, the limited well depth of the CCD limits the dynamic range of the resulting image. Fortunately, TDI imaging can be implemented with a digital focal plane array (DFPA) that includes a detector, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and counter in each pixel and transfer circuitry connected adjacent pixels. During each integration period in the TDI scan, each detector in the DFPA generates a photocurrent that the corresponding ADC turns into digital pulses, which the corresponding counter counts. Between integration periods, the DFPA transfers the counts from one column to the next, just like in a TDI CCD. The DFPA also non-destructively transfers some or all of the counts to a separate memory. A processor uses these counts to estimate photon flux and correct any rollovers caused by “saturation” of the counters. |
| US10142565B2 |
Flash thermography borescope
A flash thermography device for generating an infrared image of each of a plurality of rotating turbine components located inside a turbine. The device includes an infrared sensor for detecting thermal energy radiated by each component. The device also includes a borescope having a viewing end located on a longitudinal axis of the borescope. The borescope is positioned in an inspection port to locate the viewing end inside the turbine such that at least one component is within a field of view of the viewing end. In addition, the device includes a flash source that generates a plurality of light pulses corresponding to the number of components that rotate during a single rotation of the rotor, wherein the light pulses are oriented substantially transverse to the longitudinal. Thermal energy radiated from each component is transmitted through the borescope to the infrared sensor to enable generation infrared images. |
| US10142564B2 |
Capturing an image of a scene using a sequence of portions of the scene captured by a sensor
An imaging device for capturing an image of a scene, comprising: an image sensor; an optical arrangement operable to focus light from a portion of the scene onto the image sensor while preventing light from other portions of the scene from being focused onto the sensor; a controller configured to cause the optical arrangement to focus light from a sequence of portions of the scene onto the sensor so that the sensor captures the said sequence of portions of the scene; and a processor configured to use the captured portions of the scene to construct an image of the scene. |
| US10142555B2 |
Camera flash light direction management
Systems and method for controlling camera flash direction are provided. A system includes: a computing device including a processor; an image sensor operatively connected to the processor; a flash lighting system including at least one light emitting element; and a flash direction system including a fluidics system that is controllable to selectively adjust a position of the at least one light emitting element. |
| US10142553B2 |
Camera and light source synchronization for object tracking
Technologies for camera and light source synchronization include an imaging device to detect a current location of an object in a captured image generated by the imaging device. The imaging device predicts a next location of the object in a next captured image, generated by the imaging device, based on the current location of the object. The imaging device determines an illumination interval defining a period of time during which a camera of the imaging device is to expose a set of sensor lines during the capturing of the next captured image and activates a light source of the imaging device to illuminate the object during the determined illumination interval. The set of sensor lines corresponds with the predicted next location of the object. |
| US10142551B2 |
Method and apparatus for recognizing information in an image
A method and apparatus for recognizing information included in an image, e.g., a license plate number of a vehicle image. The method includes: detecting an ambient illuminance and determining a speed of a moving object; capturing, by an image capturer, image frames of the moving object according to at least one of a shutter opening time of the image capturer and an illuminance of an illuminator to illuminate the moving object which are set based on the detected ambient illuminance and the determined speed of the moving object; and extracting information of the moving object from the captured image frames. |
| US10142550B2 |
Extending a focus search range in an imaging system including a high speed variable focal length lens
A method for controlling an imaging system comprising a variable focal length (VFL) lens having first and second operating resonant frequencies, a lens controller, and a camera is disclosed. The first frequency provides a larger optical power variation and large focus range, at the expense of aberration in the imaging system. The second frequency provides a smaller optical power variation and small focus range, but provides low aberration in the imaging system. The method comprises: providing an extended focus range demand to the lens controller and, in response, configuring the lens controller to operate the VFL lens at the first resonant frequency (e.g., to provide a large autofocus search range). The method further comprises: providing an accurate image demand signal to the lens controller and, in response, configuring the lens controller to operate the VFL lens at the second resonant frequency (e.g., to provide low aberration images). |
| US10142547B2 |
Electronic device and driving method thereof
To provide an electronic device capable of a variety of display. To provide an electronic device capable of being operated in a variety of ways. An electronic device includes a display device and first to third surfaces. The first surface includes a region in contact with the second surface, the second surface includes a region in contact with the third surface, and the first surface includes a region opposite to the third surface. The display device includes first to third display regions. The first display region includes a region overlapping with the first surface, the second display region includes a region overlapping with the second surface, and the third display region includes a region overlapping with the third surface. The first display region has a larger area than the third display region. |
| US10142544B1 |
Real time wide angle video camera system with distortion correction
A wide angle video camera system which eliminates barrel distortion and increases the field of view by combining multiple images. Image distortion may be corrected through use of a jig to determine the field of view and distortion parameters of a camera lens. From these measurements, one may calculate the amount of adjustment needed at various points in the image. Once the image correction parameters are determined for a particular camera lens, the real time image obtained from the camera may be corrected immediately, without the need for post image processing to correct for distortion. As multiple overlapping images may be immediately corrected, they may also be instantaneously aligned and combined into a single image. |
| US10142540B1 |
Panoramic video cameras, camera systems, and methods that provide data stream management for control and image streams in multi-camera environment with object tracking
A first panoramic video camera of the multi-camera imaging system captures images to produce captured panoramic images. At least some panoramic images include images of an object being tracked by the multi-camera imaging system. The first panoramic video camera generates a set of digital image files based on the captured panoramic images. Each digital image file of the set of digital image files is time sequenced to reflect a time at which a panoramic image was captured. The first panoramic video camera receives over a, first wireless communication network, a control message relating to tracking the object. Responsive to the control message, the first panoramic video camera transmits at least a portion of the set of digital image files over a second wireless communication network, which supports higher data rate transmission than does the first wireless communication network. |
| US10142536B2 |
Camera using preview image to select exposure
A digital camera comprises an image sensor for providing initial sensor image data and final sensor image data; a lens for exposing the image of a scene onto the image sensor; an exposure control system for adjusting an exposure level of a final image on the image sensor in response to a scene type; and a processor for processing the initial sensor image data to select one of a plurality of scene types, and to process the final sensor image data in response to the scene type. |
| US10142534B2 |
Image-capturing and image-distributing system for automatically or manually capturing image of user carrying mobile communication terminal
A system and a method in which image-capturing is effected automatically or manually. When a user-carried mobile terminal receives a near field wireless signal from a near field wireless signal transmitting station installed in an image-capturing field area, it is determined that a user is present within the image-capturing field of the externally installed image-capturing device and the user-carried communication terminal transmits automatically or manually an image-capturing request to the externally installed image-capturing device. In response, the externally installed image-capturing device effects image-capturing and then transmits the obtained image to an image server. After transmission of the image-capturing request, the user-carried mobile communication terminal makes a downloading request to the image server and effects downloading via a network and the downloaded data is automatically stored within the user-carried mobile communication terminal. |
| US10142526B2 |
Self-aligning multi-part camera system
A multi-part electronic device has a mode with at least two overlapped device parts comprising a first camera part mounted on a first device part and a second camera part mounted on a second device part. At least one of the first and second camera parts is resiliently mounted such that contact between the first and second camera parts when the first device part and the second device part are overlapped with each other aligns the first camera part and the second camera part within a selected angular deviation between the camera parts' respective optical axes. A camera part having a body and a flexible mount and a method of reducing tilt error are also described. |
| US10142524B2 |
Camera assembly and electronic device
A camera assembly and an electronic device are provided. The camera assembly includes a housing having a first sliding groove; a camera component provided inside the housing and slidable along the first sliding groove, wherein the camera component is configured to switch between a first state and a second state by the guide of the PUSH-PUSH component when receiving a press operation; and a press-type PUSH-PUSH component provided inside the housing, wherein both ends of the PUSH-PUSH component are connected to the housing and the camera component, respectively. |
| US10142522B2 |
User feedback for real-time checking and improving quality of scanned image
A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Reflections and shadows may be detected and removed. Further, optical character recognition may be applied. As the scan progresses, a direction for capturing subsequent image frames is provided to a user as a real-time feedback. |
| US10142519B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method for correcting read signal
An image forming apparatus, including: a first reading section which emits visible light to a sheet having an image formed thereon, receives light from the sheet and outputs a read signal having an intensity corresponding to an amount of the received light; a second reading section which emits light including at least ultraviolet light to a ground region of the sheet, receives light from the sheet and outputs a read signal having an intensity corresponding to an amount of the received light; and a correction section which corrects the read signal output from the first reading section by using the read signal output from the second reading section so that a color reproduced by the read signal output from the first reading section is consistent with a color observed by a user. |
| US10142517B2 |
Image forming apparatus, print system, method for controlling image forming apparatus, method for controlling print system, and storage medium storing program
An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with an external device which manages print data includes an operating unit and a controller. The operating unit receives a user operation of an operating user. The controller includes circuitry or a processor to execute instructions stored in a memory to acquire unacquired print data from the external device based on a receiving process performed first after start-up of the image forming apparatus among a plurality of receiving processes including a first receiving process for receiving a notification which encourages acquisition of print data and a second receiving process for receiving the user operation by the operating unit. |
| US10142515B2 |
Image forming apparatus and abnormality determination method
An image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material based on the input image data, a reading unit configured to read the image formed on the recording material, and a control unit configured to, based on the input image data and the image read by the reading unit, acquire a plurality of change amounts from the read image, and determine a type of an abnormal image based on a plurality of the acquired change amounts. |
| US10142509B2 |
Scanning device providing even sets of data for typesetting and outputting and image forming system using such scanning device
A scanning device comprises a scan assembly, a control processor and an output interface. The scan assembly comprises two scanner modules for scanning front and reverse sides of a data medium to obtain front side analog data and reverse side analog data. The control processor electrically connected to the scan assembly controls the scan assembly, and executes an analog-to-digital converting process to convert the front side analog data and the reverse side analog data into front side digital data and reverse side digital data. The output interface electrically connected to the control processor outputs even sets of digital data, comprising the front side digital data and the reverse side digital data, to an image forming apparatus, so that the image forming apparatus performs even-set data typesetting and outputting after the even sets of digital data are completely outputted. An image forming system using the scanning device is also disclosed. |
| US10142508B2 |
Battery-powered printer, POS system, and method for printing with battery-powered printer
A battery-powered printer includes a printing head that has a plurality of heat generating elements arranged along a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of a recording medium and is configured to print on the recording medium, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature within the printer, and a processor configured to determine whether the temperature measured by the temperature sensor is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold, determine a constant printing speed at the time of printing under a condition where the temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold, and control the printing head and a transporting speed of the recording medium so as to cause each line of the print data to be printed on the recording medium at the constant printing speed. |
| US10142507B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
An information processing apparatus includes: a management system that detects a user operation and acquires information input by the operation as data to be supplied to an electronic apparatus; and a setting system that supplies a first sub-module to the electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including one or more electronic apparatuses, the first sub-module being to be installed in each of the one or more electronic apparatuses to allow each of the one or more electronic apparatuses to execute a particular function, and executes a second sub-module to cause the management system to acquire setting data, the setting data being necessary for each of the one or more electronic apparatuses to execute the first sub-module, and to supply the setting data acquired by the management system to the one or more electronic apparatuses. |
| US10142505B2 |
Multi-function printer
A multi-function printer comprises: a printer engine unit having a function of switching the mode of the multi-function printer from a print mode to a power-saving mode based on predetermined conditions; a first to a third microphone arranged at intervals on the same plane; and a control section configured to determine the position of a sound source according to the difference between the moments sound sources are captured by the first to the third microphone and switch the mode of the multi-function printer from the power-saving mode to the print mode. |
| US10142501B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
A multifunction peripheral (MFP) acquires a display setting of an operation unit in the MFP, which is associated with a user at a client terminal, when accessed from the client terminal. The MFP performs control so that display of an operation screen of the MFP in the client terminal becomes display according to the acquired display setting of the operation unit. |
| US10142498B2 |
Image forming system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method
An image forming system includes one or more image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus connected to the one or more image forming apparatuses through a network. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry that registers an image forming job that is received from one of the image forming apparatuses in association with information on a user who has authority to execute the image forming job, acquires information on a location of the user, determines whether or not the user is located at a first area based on the information on the location of the first user to generate a first determination result, and determines an operation to be performed on the image forming job based on the first determination result. |
| US10142495B2 |
Method and apparatus for simplified device data collection
A system and method for managed device data collection includes a data collector controller for control of monitoring activity of networked multifunction peripherals. A user interface includes a display rendering a plurality of processor rendered interactive user configuration screens. Displayed configuration screens solicit and receive corresponding user input. The configuring screens facilitate setting device user interaction including setting a network address, network connectivity testing, modification of device certificates, changing network settings, and a testing discovery, registration or data transfer mechanism for multifunction peripheral device data collection. A data storage stores user selection data received via rendered configuration screens and the processor outputs stored user selection data as configuration data for data collection from the multifunction peripherals. |
| US10142493B2 |
Online charging system (OCS) controlled media policy
A method of communication comprising the steps of: requesting at least one service having a plurality of parts; determining if said at least one service can be provided taking into account credit information relating to a user; and if not providing only one or some of said plurality of parts of said at least one service. |
| US10142489B2 |
Digital subscriber line profile selection method and apparatus
An Initial Profile Application Apparatus (IPAA) is operable to apply an initial profile to a modem pair connection system, the modem pair connection system comprising a first modem, a corresponding second modem and a metallic wire connection, wherein the first and second modems are operable to establish a data connection between themselves over the metallic wire connection. The IPAA comprises: a receiver; an evaluator; a line database; a comparator; a determiner; and an applicator. |
| US10142486B1 |
Transparent contact transfer system
A centralized system is provided for managing customer contacts in a customer service center and transferring those contacts between agents in a transparent manner. When an agent determines that a different representative is more likely or capable of resolving an issue associated with a customer contact, the system facilitates the transfer of the contact to another agent. The transfer can be transparent to both the sending agent and receiving agent so that both agents are informed in real time, via a dynamic user interface, regarding the status of the transfer of the current contact. In some embodiments, the transfer may not be limited to only transferring actual communication with the customer to the receiving agent, but may be an integrated process that includes the transfer of records, assignments, and other data-driven associations from the sending agent to the receiving agent. |
| US10142483B2 |
Technologies for dynamic audio communication adjustment
Technologies for adaptive audio communications include a telecommunications device configured to collect session data of a communication session that includes an audio stream between a user of the telecommunications device and at least one other user of a remote telecommunications device. The telecommunications device is further configured to determine a session context of the communication session based on the collected session data, determine whether the session data includes an anomaly, and adjust, in response to a determination that the anomaly was detected, at least one of a portion of the audio stream of the communication session and a setting of the telecommunications device based on the anomaly. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10142482B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event. |
| US10142481B2 |
Voicemail transmission utilizing signals associated with radio band frequencies
A method for transferring information indicative of a voicemail to a recipient includes receiving a message via a voicemail system transmitted from a remote device. The method also includes storing the message in a memory associated with the voicemail system. The method further includes transmitting a voicemail notification indicator to a recipient via a designated radio frequency band for receipt by a recipient having access to a radio receiver. |
| US10142479B2 |
Call mapping systems and methods using variance algorithm (VA) and/or distribution compensation
Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions. |
| US10142478B2 |
Techniques for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system
Techniques for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system comprising determining an ordering of a plurality of agents, determining an ordering of a plurality of contact types; analyzing, historical contact-agent outcome data according to the orderings of the pluralities of agents and contact types to construct a pairing model; and determining an expected performance of the contact center system using the pairing model. |
| US10142477B2 |
System and method for social message classification based on influence
A method for prioritizing processing of interactions at a contact center, the method including: identifying an interaction to be prioritized for processing; identifying a person associated with the interaction; identifying an influence level of the person associated with the interaction; and prioritizing the interaction for processing based on the influence level of the person associated with the interaction. |
| US10142465B2 |
Providing sender identification information
An apparatus for providing sender identification information of the communication event on a display is described. In an embodiment the apparatus receives a communication event, for example, a call or a message. The mobile apparatus is caused to output a temporary indication of the communication event and the sender identification information relating to the communication event is not shown on the display. When a user of the mobile apparatus is detected with at least one sensor, the display is arranged to display the sender identification information on the display replacing the temporary indication in response to detecting the user with the at least one sensor. |
| US10142464B1 |
Systems and methods for authenticating a caller
Methods and systems described in this disclosure receive a call from a caller, generate a first session through a first channel associated with the caller when the call is received and then send a request for authentication credentials to a device associated with the caller. In some embodiments, sending the request for authentication credentials generates a second session through a second channel associated with the caller. The caller can be authenticated to the first session using communication received during the second session through the second channel. |
| US10142463B2 |
Method and apparatus for threat identification through analysis of communications signaling, events, and participants
Aspects of the invention determining a threat score of a call traversing a telecommunications network by leveraging the signaling used to originate, propagate and terminate the call. Outer-edge data utilized to originate the call may be analyzed against historical, or third party real-time data to determine the propensity of calls originating from those facilities to be categorized as a threat. Storing the outer edge data before the call is sent over the communications network permits such data to be preserved and not subjected to manipulations during traversal of the communications network. This allows identification of threat attempts based on the outer edge data from origination facilities, thereby allowing isolation of a compromised network facility that may or may not be known to be compromised by its respective network owner. Other aspects utilize inner edge data from an intermediate node of the communications network which may be analyzed against other inner edge data from other intermediate nodes and/or outer edge data. |
| US10142462B2 |
Controlled-environment facility resident communication detection
Systems and methods insert a modulated signal into audio of a controlled-environment facility resident's side of a call, such as by a controlled-environment communication apparatus, or the like. The same or a different controlled-environment communication apparatus, or the like, may detect the same and/or another modulated signal inserted into the audio of the same and/or another controlled-environment facility resident's side of the call in the audio of an other party's side of the call. The same or a different controlled-environment communication apparatus, or the like, may determine if more than one modulated signal is present in the other call party's side of the call and alert an authority that more than one controlled-environment facility resident is taking part in the call. |
| US10142460B1 |
Systems and methods for managing power for a mobile device
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing power for a mobile device. In one embodiment, an example mobile device may include at least one memory, at least one processor, a first rechargeable battery, a second rechargeable battery, and one or more solid state relays. The at least one memory may store computer-executable instructions, and the at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions. The first rechargeable battery may be configured to power the at least one processor, and the second rechargeable battery may be configured to power the at least one processor. The one or more solid state relays may be electrically coupled to the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery and configured to transition between a first state in which the one or more solid state relays form a series connection between the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery and a second state in which the one or more solid state relays form a parallel connection between the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery. |
| US10142459B2 |
Method and system for managing multimedia accessiblity
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determine a first impairment associated with a first user of a first end user device, receive user input captured at a second end user device during a communication session between the first and second end user devices, store instructions for executing a group of adjustment techniques for modifying the user input where the group of adjustment techniques includes amplifying selective frequencies and translating the user input into sign language images, select an adjustment technique from among the group of adjustment techniques, adjust the user input according to the adjustment technique to generate adjusted user input, and provide the adjusted user input to the first end user device during the communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10142458B1 |
Device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle
The device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle is configured for use with one or more personal data devices. The device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle partially inhibits the operation of a personal data device selected from the one or more personal data devices. By inhibiting the operation of the selected personal device is meant that the selected personal data device is only capable of hands free operation. The device for jamming a cellular phone within a vehicle comprises a safety device, an automobile, an application for the personal data device, and a blocked device. |
| US10142456B2 |
User equipment to personalize use of service and operating method thereof
An operating method of user equipment configured to personalize use of service is provided. The user equipment includes a storage that stores personalization management information including pieces of personalization information and pieces of service operator information corresponding to each of the pieces of personalization information. The operating method includes accessing the storage to read the personalization management information and, from the personalization management information, detecting personalization information and service operator information matched to reference information registered in the user equipment, and determining whether a user is able to use the service, by using user information that is received from the outside and a result of the detection. |
| US10142454B2 |
Method for providing a customized user interface for group communication at a communication device
A method for providing a customized user interface for group communication at a communication device is provided. An electronic processor determines a list of communication groups with which a user identifier of the communication device is registered and identifies a communication group type for each communication group in the list based on service capabilities of the respective communication group. The electronic processor assigns a set of communication group types for the user identifier and determines a type of group communication application to be configured at the communication device. The electronic processor then generates user interface elements as a function of the set of communication group types and the type of group communication application and configures the group communication application including the user interface elements at the communication device for supporting group communication. |
| US10142453B2 |
User interface for a computing device
There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising: (a) a touch sensitive display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) an operating system computer program stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for detecting a swipe gesture, and, in response to the detected swipe gesture, displaying a search bar. |
| US10142452B1 |
Mobile terminal unlock method
A mobile terminal unlock method is provided. The method includes: obtaining a trigger signal for unlock, and generating a first password according to the trigger signal; generating a corresponding unlock signal according to a preset correspondence between the unlock signal and the first password and with reference to the first password, and sending the corresponding unlock signal; obtaining an unlock password that is obtained by means of parsing by a user according to the unlock signal; matching the unlock password with the first password; determining whether the unlock password is consistent with the first password; and if a determining result is yes, unlocking a password lock; or if a determining result is no, obtaining a trigger signal for unlock again. |
| US10142451B2 |
Method and apparatus pertaining to depicting a plurality of contact addresses
A control circuit provides a list of contacts on a touch-screen display and then, in response to detecting a touch-based selection of a particular contact, responsively depicts a plurality of contact addresses as correspond to that particular contact. A most frequently utilized contact address is placed at a location on the touch-screen display that corresponds to the touch-based selection of the particular contact. So configured, the user need likely not move their touching finger to locate the desired contact address. The most frequently utilized contact address can comprise a most frequently called telephone number since any new telephone number was last added to the plurality of telephone numbers for this particular contact. |
| US10142450B1 |
Custom mobile telecommunication device configuration management
A method of managing a custom configuration manifest, comprising: collecting by an application configuration selections about a user equipment (UE) that are dynamically configured to create the custom configuration manifest; processing by a server the configuration selections and dynamically configuring the configuration selections to create the manifest; transmitting by the server the manifest to both the UE and a database with a plurality of custom configuration manifests; receiving by a custom configuration manifest handling application authorization through one or more authorization options, but not authentication credentials, to allow the manifest handling application to install preferred applications on the UE; installing by the manifest handling application the preferred applications on the UE without providing the authentication credentials; and customizing by the manifest handling application the UE based on the manifest. |
| US10142449B2 |
Electronic device with rotatable battery cover
An electronic device includes a casing defining a receiving space in a back surface thereof. A receiving space is defined in an edge portion of the back surface. The receiving space is configured for receiving a battery therein. A cover is rotationally secured in the receiving space. The cover in a closed state is fully received in the receiving space. The cover in an open state is not fully received in the receiving space. The cover is rotatable between the closed state and the open state. |
| US10142448B2 |
Separable mobile device having a control module and a docking station module
The technology provides a mobile communication device having separable components, including a control module configured for only short-range wireless communication and a docking station module configured for both long-range wireless communication and short-range wireless communication. The control module includes a touch-sensitive display, a short-range wireless transceiver and a processor that electrically couples the touch-sensitive display and the short-range wireless transceiver. The docking station module includes a docking area that receives the control module, a docking short-range wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the control module, a long-range wireless transceiver that is configured to communicate with a long-range network and a docking processor that electrically couples the docking short-range wireless transceiver and the long-range wireless transceiver. The technology provides a sleek light-weight control module having full functionality of the docking station module. |
| US10142447B2 |
System having a protocol independent configuration environment
A system and approach that may provide a protocol independent environment to configure an ASC (application specific control) device in, for example, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. By using this system and approach, a user may reuse a device configuration already done for a device of one protocol in a device of another protocol without being required to reconfigure the latter device from scratch. This way may help a user to reduce the total setup time required to fully configure a device. The reduction may be done by simply exporting the configuration information from the first device and then importing the configuration information into the second device, where the internal protocol specific details can be handled internally by a tool. Thus, a user need not bother with the details that are in the background of the moving a configuration among devices of different protocols. |
| US10142445B2 |
Creation, publication and display of content on a social media network
A publication tool, and methods of use thereof, for publishing user created content as well as republishing content created by others to a social media network. The publication tool incorporates and uses analytic data from a plurality of data sources to identify and evaluate relationships between the user of the social media network and members of social media networks who subscribe to view the content published by the user on the social media network. The publication tool predicts the likelihood that a subscriber of the social media network will publish or share the same content as the user and if the publication tool predicts that the same content will be published by the user and the subscriber, the publication tool will publish the content on the social media network as a joint publication which can be viewed by all common subscribers shared between the user and the subscriber. |
| US10142443B1 |
System and method for automatically integrating a device in a networked system
The invention relates to automatically integrating a device in a networked system so that a user does not have to set-up or configure the new device. A basic idea of the invention is to provide an automatic copying procedure of the functionality of a device of a networked system to a new device, which is integrated in the networked system. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for copying the functionality of a device of a networked system to a new device, comprising the automatically performed steps of detecting a new device to be integrated in the networked system, determining a reference device of the networked system, and copying the functionality of the reference device to the new device. |
| US10142442B2 |
Methods, systems and computer readable media for enabling a downloadable service to access components in a mobile device
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for enabling a downloadable service to access components in a mobile device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system comprises a mobile device that includes a mobile wallet application configured to determine at least one hardware component or software component provisioned on the mobile device and to generate a capabilities object containing information identifying the at least one hardware or software component. The system further includes a network server supporting a downloadable service configured to receive the capabilities object from the mobile device, to generate personalized downloadable service content based on the information in the received capabilities object, to provide the personalized web page content to the mobile device, wherein the personalized downloadable service content is configured to access the at least one hardware component or software component on the mobile device. |
| US10142439B2 |
Generation of application control blocks for an IMS database using a cache memory
A method includes performing, by a processor of a database server: intercepting an operating system supervisor call involving a request for information associated with an information Management System (IMS) database from a secondary storage device, the IMS database being embodied in the secondary storage device; determining whether the information that was requested is stored in a cache memory embodied in a primary storage device; retrieving the information that was requested responsive to determining that the information that was requested is stored in the cache memory; executing the operating system supervisor call to perform a read of the secondary storage device to obtain the information that was requested responsive to determining that the information that was requested is not stored in the cache memory; and storing the information that was requested in the cache memory responsive to executing the operating system supervisor call to obtain the information that was requested. |
| US10142428B1 |
Observation-based user profiling and profile matching
Observation-based user profiling and profile matching are provided. The network behavior of users of a computer-implemented social network are observed and used for user profiling. By observing network behavior instead of necessarily relying on user self-reported data, accurate and objective user profiles can be formed; user profiling is accomplished based on the observed network behaviors with or without the knowledge of the user being profiled. The observed network behaviors can include the customization of a visual graphic, a media preference, a communication preference, or a selection of words from a word list. The user profiles can be with respect to a domain and two or more users can be matched based on their profiles with respect to the same domain. User ratings and profile updating based on the ratings are also provided. |
| US10142426B2 |
System and method for identifying communication session participants based on traffic patterns
A monitoring system monitors traffic flows that are exchanged over a communication network. The system characterizes the flows in terms of their temporal traffic features, and uses this characterization to identify communication devices that participate in the same communication session. By identifying the communication devices that serve as endpoints in the same session, the system establishes correlations between the users of these communication devices. The monitoring system characterizes the flows using traffic features such as flow start time, flow end time, inter-burst time and burst size, and/or statistical properties of such features. The system typically generates compressed-form representations (“signatures”) for the traffic flows based on the temporal traffic features, and finds matching flows by finding similarities between signatures. |
| US10142422B2 |
Clustering websocket communications with configurable master-slave servers
Embodiments provide clustering of websocket communications with configurable master-slave servers. A centralized document service accessible to each server functions as a repository for cluster server information, cluster master server IP address, and security information. Upon receiving a first input, a server references the document service to create a first websocket handler as the master (e.g., utilizing a flag). Upon receiving a second input, a different server references the document service to create a slave websocket handler. Using master server IP address information from the document service, the slave websocket handler establishes a websocket cluster channel with the master websocket handler. Additional websocket channels with the master websocket hander may be established as further inputs are received and slave websocket handlers created. Allowing configuration as masters or slaves on a per-cluster basis, allows servers to function in dual roles, avoiding the bottleneck of requiring a same master server for all clusters. |
| US10142418B2 |
Storage management device, storage management method, and computer-readable recording medium
A monitoring unit acquires load information on a Tier pool that includes therein a plurality of volumes. A maximum performance calculating unit calculates an entire bandwidth of the Tier pool on the basis of the load information on the Tier pool acquired by the monitoring unit. A bandwidth management unit calculates each individual bandwidth such that the sum of the individual bandwidths allocated to each of the volumes corresponds to the entire bandwidth calculated by the maximum performance calculating unit and allocates each of the calculated individual bandwidths to each of the volumes. |
| US10142416B2 |
Methods for facilitating planned data container transitions and devices thereof
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and source storage server computing device that mirrors dirty data to a destination storage server. The dirty data corresponds to storage operations not yet committed to one or more data storage devices of an aggregate to be transitioned. Ownership of the data storage devices is released. Teardown processing for the aggregate is performed subsequent to releasing ownership of the data storage devices. With this technology, the flushing or committing of dirty data to data storage devices is performed by a destination storage server after a data container is transitioned to the destination storage server. Additionally, non-critical teardown processing is also performed after a data container or aggregate is transitioned to the destination storage server. Accordingly, the duration of planned data container transitions can advantageously be reduced and aggregates can be brought online by a destination storage server for data access by applications more quickly. |
| US10142412B2 |
Multi-thread processing of search responses
Multi-thread processing of search responses is disclosed. An example method may include transmitting, by a computer system, a search request to a plurality of search peers of a data aggregation and analysis system; receiving a plurality of data packets from the plurality of search peers; parsing, by a first processing thread of the computer system, one or more data packets of the plurality of data packets, to produce a partial response to the search request; and processing, by a second processing thread of the computer system, the partial response to produce a memory data structure representing an aggregated response to the search request. |
| US10142410B2 |
Multi-mode remote collaboration
Generally discussed herein are systems and apparatuses for multi-mode collaboration between entities in different jurisdictions. According to an example a technique can include determining a location of a remote communication device by at least one of a global positioning system (GPS), low frequency (LF) atomic time radio, earth magnetic signature, internet protocol (IP) address, and cell phone tower triangulation, determine regulations regarding communication from an internal network to the remote device based on the determined location, and configure the remote device to transmit and receive communications in a manner compliant with the determined regulations including one of voice over internet protocol (VOIP) communication, hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communication, text communication, voice communication, video communication, and augmented reality communication. |
| US10142409B2 |
System and method for implementing PNRP locality
A method is provided for a host node in a computer network to determine its coordinates in a d-dimensional network space, comprising discovering an address of a peer node in the network, measuring network latency between the host node and the peer node, determining whether network latency has been measured for at least d+1 peer nodes, where, if network latency has not been measured for at least d+1 peer nodes, estimating the network coordinates of the host node, and where, if network latency has been measured for at least d+1 peer nodes, calculating the network coordinates of the host node using d+1 measured latencies. |
| US10142407B2 |
Centralized load balancer with weighted hash function
A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for balancing loads among a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) from a central dispatcher, wherein the dispatcher receives data packets and maps the data packets to VMs selected from the plurality of VMs, using a weighted hash function, having an associated weighting for each VM and forwarding each packet to a VM accordingly, wherein a load balancer decrements a weighting for a VM, responsive to an indication of the load on the VM exceeding a first load threshold. Weightings can correspond to a number of bins associated with each VM. Weightings are adjusted in response to receiving invite and disinvite messages from the VMs, representing their respective loads. |
| US10142404B2 |
Inter-platform management of computing resources
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a primary computing platform, identifying one or more secondary computing platforms, and identifying a requesting virtual server. The requesting virtual server resides on the primary computing platform and is associated with one or more requesting clients. One or more donating virtual servers are identified. The donating virtual servers reside on the primary computing platform and are associated with one or more donating clients. One or more external virtual servers are identified. The external virtual servers reside on the secondary computing platforms. A resource donation scenario is determined. The resource donation scenario includes one or more resource exchanges between the requesting virtual server and the donating virtual servers. A resource adjustment scenario is determined. The resource adjustment scenario includes one or more resource exchanges between the external virtual servers. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed. |
| US10142403B1 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating parallel distributed computing
Embodiments of the present invention facilitate parallel distributed computing. During operation, embodiments of the present invention receive from a requesting node an operator o1 and unevaluated expressions representing arguments for that operator. Next, embodiments of the invention evaluate the arguments and then determine another unevaluated expression based on that operator and the evaluated arguments. Subsequently, embodiments of the invention send the another evaluated expression to other nodes for evaluation and receive the resulting evaluated expression, which is then returned to the requesting node. |
| US10142400B2 |
Context-sensitive information retrieval
A help system includes receives a request from the application running on an end-user device over a data communication network. The request may be transmitted in response to a command by a user to receive help related to the application. The server receives context information associated with the request from the application. According to one embodiment, the context information includes information gathered by the application as the user interacts with the application. The server selects information to be output based on the received context information, and transmits the selected information to the application. |
| US10142398B2 |
Method and system for file transfer over a messaging infrastructure
A method and system for file transfer over a messaging infrastructure are provided. The method includes dividing a file into multiple portions. The method includes generating for a current portion of a file, except for the first portion in a file, a first hash summarizing the state of the file up to, but not including, the current portion and a second hash summarizing the state of the file up to and including the current portion. The method includes sending the first and second hashes with the file portion. The second hash may be used at a target for comparing to a first hash of a subsequent file portion, for example, by recreating the second hash from the current state of the received file on the target. |
| US10142396B2 |
Computerized system and method for determining and communicating media content to a user based on a physical location of the user
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically determine media content to communicate to a user based on the user's location. The disclosed systems and methods enable novel media content distribution to a user based on 1) the location of the user (i.e., physical location or geo-location), 2) other users' classified relationships to the location; and 3) user generated media content by the classified other users. |
| US10142395B2 |
Accessing hardware devices using web server abstractions
In the new architecture, a client that desires access to a piece of hardware sends HTTP requests to a device server. The server receives a HTTP requests, accesses a device on behalf of the client, and send the device's response back to the client in the form of an HTTP response. This architecture has three primary advantages. First, it offers a clean interface for clients where all devices are accessed as if they are web servers. Second, it helps make devices more secure whereby clients can be prevented from accessing hardware directly, and all device access is forced through the narrow HTTP access protocol and checked for compliance with a desired security policy. Third, since HTTP allows local and remote servers to be contacted, the proposed architecture makes it easy for clients to communicate with devices that are not physically co-resident with the client but which are accessible via a network connection. |
| US10142394B2 |
Generating risk profile using data of home monitoring and security system
Methods and systems for premises management are described. An example system may comprise a premises management device and a touchscreen device. The touchscreen device may output a plurality of interfaces that enable control of the premises management device. The example system may comprise a premises management server that receives behavioral data associated with the premises management device and the touchscreen device. The premises management server may generate and output a risk score based on the behavioral data. |
| US10142393B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium
A communication apparatus includes a first acquisition unit and a determination unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a number of messages to be transmitted to another communication apparatus. The determination unit determines, based on the number of messages acquired by the first acquisition unit, a communication protocol to be used for a communication with the another communication apparatus from a plurality of communication protocols. |
| US10142387B2 |
Distributed coordination of network elements for packet encapsulation
In one embodiment, an encapsulator device receives a source stream of encoded packets in a first transport format and converts the source stream to packets of an output stream in a second transport format for communication over a data network. The encapsulator device generates a mapping stream with information indicating which packets in the source stream are used to generate the output stream. The output stream of the encapsulator device is coordinated with the output stream of other encapsulator devices by sending the mapping stream to the other encapsulator devices in the network. The other encapsulator devices use the mapping stream to generate identical output streams. |
| US10142383B2 |
Method for delivering music content to a smart phone
A method of distributing media content using mobile communication devices including providing media access cards which promote selected media content to users of such devices whereby a user may access a web server associated with the media access cards and download application software enabling access to selected media content via a mobile device, the media access cards including a machine readable identification number code that identifies media content associated with the card whereby the application software facilitates reading and transmitting the code to a web server via the mobile device, receiving the identification number with the web server and using the identification number to locate a table value in a database wherein a plurality of media access cards identification numbers are associated with a media content table value, using the table value to identify media codes associated with the selected content server which transmits media to the mobile device. |
| US10142381B2 |
System and method for scalable cloud services
The invention is based, in part, on a system for allowing at least one client to real-time monitor and, or playback at least one real-world recognized event via at least one processor-controlled video camera, said system comprising: a processor; a non-transitory storage medium coupled to the processor; encoded instructions stored in the non-transitory storage medium, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: detect a threshold-grade event from audio-video data of a real-world environment captured from a processor-controlled video camera by an event detection module within an event management system applying event detection parameters; analyze the threshold-grade event for categorization into any one of a recognized event by an event recognition module within the event management system applying event recognition parameters; transmit at least any one of a single stream of the recognized event and, or a single stream of a audio-video sequence succeeding and, or preceding the recognized event to a client device; and facilitate at least any one of a user defined playback of the single stream of the recognized event, user defined monitoring of the audio-video sequence preceding and, or succeeding the recognized event, and, or remote provisioning of the processor-controlled video camera, whereby the playback and, or provisioning is facilitated via a client device user interface. |
| US10142380B2 |
Joining executable component to online conference
Online conferencing involving video and audio in which automatic actions such as recording and broadcasting is performed by adding a visualized representation of the action into the online conference area of a user interface. The action appears as a visualization in the contacts portion of the user interface, some of which contacts may represent individuals that may be joined into a conference. Recording or broadcasting the action may thus be efficiently performed in a consistent manner as how individuals are added into an online conference, thereby taking advantage of muscle memory of the participant. |
| US10142377B2 |
Relevancy improvement through targeting of information based on data gathered from a networked device associated with a security sandbox of a client device
A system includes a client device capable of being associated with a number of networked devices through a computer network to: process an embedded object, constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox, and execute a sandboxed application in the executable environment. The embedded object is processed through the sandboxed application. The system also includes a relevancy-matching server to: receive primary data generated from fingerprint data of each of the number of networked devices, match the primary data with targeted data based on a relevancy factor, search a storage for the targeted data, and cause rendering of the targeted data through the embedded object processed through the sandboxed application of the client device. The primary data is any one of a content identification data and a content identification history. |
| US10142371B2 |
Authorization policy customization and authorization policy lockdown
Application customization enables many different types of customers, from small companies to large multinational enterprises, to use various applications provided by a cloud service provider. To accommodate these customizations, previous systems generally require manual human intervention to identify custom, customized, and cloud service provider authorization policies (also referred to herein as “seed” authorization policies) and to decide how each type of authorization policy should be upgraded. When applications are customized, artifacts that represent those customizations can be created. In some embodiments, the customizations can include new resources or entitlements, and grants to new roles. In addition to new resources, entitlements, and grants, existing resources, entitlements, and grants can be modified and artifacts corresponding to those modifications can be generated. Embodiments of the present invention provide improved techniques for tracking and managing customizations to simplify and automate upgrade processes. |
| US10142369B2 |
Method and system for processing a stream of information from a computer network using node based reputation characteristics
A method for processing information from a variety of submitters, e.g., forensic sources. The method includes receiving information about one or more nodes from a submitter from a plurality of submitters numbered from 1 through N. In a specific embodiment, the one or more nodes are associated respectively with one or more IP addresses on a world-wide network of computers. The method includes identifying a submitter reputation of the submitter from a knowledge base and associating a node reputation of the node based upon at least the reputation of the submitter and submitted information from the submitter. The method also transfers the node reputation. |
| US10142368B2 |
Facilitating remote access of devices in a secure environment
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating remote access of customer computing entities in a secure environment. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising providing, by a first user computer entity and through a first window displaying a first webpage in a browser, a request for instruction for a particular device, the instructions being in a native command language of the particular device, wherein the request is provided over a first secure encrypted connection using a first protocol, receiving, the instructions over the first secure encrypted connection using the first protocol, initiating a bridge webpage, the bridge webpage being initiated in a second window in the browser, wherein the first window and the second window are in communication, and wherein the first page belongs to a first domain different from a second domain to which the second page belongs. |
| US10142366B2 |
Methods, systems and devices to mitigate the effects of side effect URLs in legitimate and phishing electronic messages
A computer-implemented method may comprise receiving an electronic message (such as a legitimate email or malicious phishing email, for example) over a computer network, the electronic message containing a uniform resource locator (URL). The URL in the received electronic message may be parsed and one or more original parameter may be identified therein. The type of the identified original parameter(s) may be determined. The identified original parameter(s) may then be transformed according to a parameter transformation rules, selected according to the determined type. to generate transformed parameter(s). The URL may then be reassembled by substituting the transformed parameter(s) for the original parameter(s). The website pointed to by the reassembled URL may then be accessed, over the computer network, using the transformed parameter(s) only if the reassembled URL meets a predetermined minimum criterion. |
| US10142365B2 |
System and methods for responding to cybersecurity threats
A cyber-security monitoring (CSM) computer device for responding to cybersecurity threats is provided. The CSM computer device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to monitor a virtual network including plurality of virtual machines, detect a cybersecurity threat to a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines, generate a second virtual machine based on the first virtual machine, adjust the second virtual machine based on the cybersecurity threat, disconnect the first virtual machine from the virtual network to prevent communication between the first virtual machine and the plurality of virtual machines included in the virtual network, and connect the second virtual machine to the virtual network. |
| US10142364B2 |
Network isolation by policy compliance evaluation
An internal network can include a plurality of linked internal nodes, each internal node being configured to communicate with other internal nodes or with one or more external servers over an external network. The internal network can analyze the configuration of the internal nodes and the network traffic between internal nodes of the internal network and external servers. Based on the analysis, a network vulnerability score measuring the vulnerability of the internal network to attack can be determined. If the vulnerability score is below a threshold, the internal network can be isolated from the external network, for example by preventing internal nodes from communicating with or over the external network. |
| US10142360B2 |
System and method for iteratively updating network attack mitigation countermeasures
A system and computer-implemented method for mitigating a malicious network attack. The method includes receiving an attack alert that a network attack has been detected, saving a sample of captured network traffic in response to the attack alert, playing back the sample while applying a playback countermeasure to the captured network traffic to block sample segments from the sample, analyzing at least one of the blocked sample segments and throughput sample segments that are not blocked, and adjusting the playback countermeasure in response to a result of the analyzing. |
| US10142356B2 |
Channel data encapsulation system and method for use with client-server data channels
Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to network security to monitor and report threats in network traffic of a datacenter. For example, one embodiment discloses a method of receiving, by a first security microservice, a first channel data encapsulation packet encapsulating a first encapsulation context and a first encapsulated data, performing a security service on the first encapsulated data using the first encapsulation context, transmitting by the first security microservice a second channel data encapsulation packet to a second security microservice, wherein the second channel encapsulation packet comprises a request for security services, receiving by the first security microservice a response from the second security microservice comprising a second security microservice context, a second security microservice timestamp, and a second security microservice load. The first security microservice further generates a timestamp and a load included in a response to the first channel data encapsulation packet. |
| US10142355B2 |
Protection of telecommunications networks
A protection system for a telecommunications network includes an evaluation engine that receives information about threats from user devices using the network and determines a threat level to the network. Threats to the network are mitigated based on the determined threat level. |
| US10142348B2 |
Enhanced data interface for contactless communications
Embodiments of the invention are directed at an enhanced data interface (EDI) for contactless communications between a mobile application operating on a mobile device and an access device (e.g., contactless reader) that allows for enhanced verification between the mobile device and access device. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method. The method comprises a mobile device receiving a request for available applets from an access device and providing a list of available applets including trusted applet identifiers and untrusted applet identifiers to the access device. The method further comprises receiving a selection of an untrusted applet identifier from the list and an entity identifier associated with the access device, validating that the access device is authorized to access credentials associated with the selected untrusted applet identifier using the entity identifier, and providing the credentials associated with the selected untrusted applet identifier to the access device. |
| US10142346B2 |
Extension of a private cloud end-point group to a public cloud
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable storage medium for extending a private cloud to a public cloud. The private cloud can be extended to the public cloud by establishing a virtual private network between a private cloud and a public cloud, receiving one or more access control lists provisioned by the private cloud, determining contracts between an end point group of the private cloud and an end point group of the public cloud based on the one or more access control lists, and extending the end point group of the private cloud to the end point group of the public cloud across the virtual private network. |
| US10142344B2 |
Credential management system
System, method and media for managing user credentials by securely caching credentials to access shared, secure resources for subsequent reuse. When a user accesses a shared, secure resource for the first time, the system determines credentials for the user, which are then stored in a file readable only by that user but in a location hidden from that user. On subsequent attempts to access the resource, a system process running on behalf of the user accesses the hidden file to prepopulate the user's credentials so that they need not be re-entered. In this way, stored processes can access the resource with the correct user's credentials without requiring that they be entered every time. |
| US10142338B2 |
Systems and methods for online third-party authentication of credentials
Systems and methods are disclosed for online authentication of online attributes. One method includes receiving an authentication request from a rely party, the authentication request including identity information to be authenticated and credential information to be authenticated; determining whether a user account is associated with the received identity information by accessing an internal database; accessing user data of the user account determined to be associated with received identity information; determining authentication data to obtained from a user associated with the user account based on the user data of the user account and the credential information to be authenticated; transmitting a request for authentication data; receiving authentication data associated with the user; transmitting authentication data associated with the user; and receiving an authentication result from the verification data source server for the user associated with authentication data. |
| US10142331B2 |
Authentication for application
The present disclosure provides a method, terminal, and system for authentication with respect to an application. The present techniques may be applicable at a terminal with near-field communication function. When a particular operation of the application is triggered, a near-field device within a certain distance of a terminal is detected. An identification of the near-field device is obtained. The identification is sent to a server to request the server to determine whether the near-field device is a particular near-field device corresponding to the particular operation. A result of authentication performed by the server according to the identification is obtained. A following processing is applied to the particular operation according to the result of authentication. The present techniques ensure safety of operations of the application operated at the terminal. |
| US10142324B2 |
Method for reading attributes from an ID token
The invention relates to a method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token, wherein the ID token is assigned to a user, comprising the following steps: authenticating the user with respect to the ID token, authenticating a first computer system with respect to the ID token, after successful authentication of the user and the first computer system with respect to the ID token, read-access by the first computer system to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token for transfer of the at least one attribute to a second computer system. |
| US10142320B2 |
System and method for establishing and monetizing trusted identities in cyberspace with personal data service and user console
A system and method for establishing and monetizing trusted identities in cyberspace relying upon user opt in. Users request to attain secure IDs for accessing parties that will rely on secure IDs to complete a transaction, for example merchants and service providers (relying parties). The relying parties (RPs) communicate with identity service providers and attribute providers via an Attribute Exchange Network (AXN) in order to obtain verified attributes associated with an entity (end user or user) that wishes to conduct business with the relying party. The relying party makes requests for verified attributes that are important to consummating business transactions for the relying party. Users are informed of requests for attributes on behalf of relying parties and users have the option to verify attributes, and add new attributes that may be useful or required for conducting business with relying parties. |
| US10142316B2 |
Computerized method and system for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative exchange environment
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing an email input facility in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein a secure email input facility for accepting non-secure email from outside the exchange into the secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, wherein the non-secure email is received and the non-secure email and/or the content delivered thereby is stored as secure content in a location of the secure exchange server related to at least one of the sender of the email, the subject line of the non-secure email, the destination address of the email within the exchange, and the content of the email. |
| US10142315B2 |
Method and apparatus of providing messaging service and callback feature to mobile stations
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing automated administrative operations on a mobile device. One example method may include determining via a hosted server that an action needs to be performed by a mobile device under management. The method may further include generating a message via the hosted server, the message includes the action, and transmitting the message to the mobile device under management, and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted message, the result message indicating that the action has been satisfied. |
| US10142311B2 |
Communication system and communication device
Devices between which packets are transmitted and received include mutually corresponding packet counters. The same random number value is given to the packet counters as their initial values and the packet counters are updated with packet transmission/reception. The transmission-side device generates a MAC value, draws out part thereof on the basis of a counted value of its own packet counter, sets it as a divided MAC value, generates a packet by adding the value to a message and transmits the packet onto a network. The reception-side device generates a MAC value on the basis of the message in the received packet, draws out part thereof on the basis of a counted value of its own packet counter, compares the part with the divided MAC value in the received packet and thereby performs message authentication. |
| US10142310B2 |
Method and cloud server for managing device
A method of managing a device is provided. The method includes registering execution authorization information regarding a function provided by a first device, receiving a request for determining whether a second device that requests execution of a function provided by the cloud server has authorization to perform the function provided by the first device from the first device, authenticating whether the second device has authorization for performing a function provided by the first device, and transmitting a result of the authentication to the first device. |
| US10142309B2 |
No password user account access
Various embodiments of the present technology enable users to sign in to an account without a password. For example, when receiving a request to register a device with an account, a user can be prompted to enter their email address. In response, two tokens are generated. A first token is sent to a client application on the device and the second token is sent to the user's email. The user can then only login to their account with the device if the device has both tokens. Thus, if someone intercepts the email, they will be unable to login from another device since they don't have the first token. If the client token and email token cannot be automatically joined on the same device, a web page showing a code can be displayed on a first device, which can be entered on the second device to finish login process. |
| US10142300B1 |
Decentralized authoritative messaging
A secure chat client is described that allows users to exchange encrypted communications via secure chat rooms, as well as one-to-one communications. In particular, the secure chat client allows users to create, configure, and manage secure chat rooms. Furthermore, the secure chat client provides users with the ability to recover secure messages when they obtain a new device or otherwise lose communications. |
| US10142294B2 |
Remote access to local network
Multiple protocol tunnels (e.g., IPsec tunnels) are deployed to enable an access terminal that is connected to a network to access a local network associated with a femto access point. A first protocol tunnel is established between a security gateway and the femto access point. A second protocol tunnel is then established in either of two ways. In some implementations the second protocol tunnel is established between the access terminal and the security gateway. In other implementations the second protocol tunnel is established between the access terminal and the femto access point, whereby a portion of the tunnel is routed through the first tunnel. |
| US10142291B2 |
System for providing DNS-based policies for devices
A device control system is associated with individual devices connected through a network control point to a gateway and thereby to the Internet. The gateway inserts an EDNS0 pseudo resource record into an additional data section in each DNS query initiated by an individual device, the EDNS0 pseudo resource record identifying the initiating device. A dynamic policy enforcement engine in front of the DNS engine intercepts the DNS query, identifies the initiating device, and selects a policy that applies to the device. The dynamic policy enforcement engine may provide parental control and security service to the individual device by blocking the DNS query or passing it to the DNS engine according to the policy. A component that intercepts DNS queries may provide several additional types of services to the individual devices, including advertising, messaging, mobile device tracking, individual device application control, and delivery of individualized content. |
| US10142289B1 |
Secure interface for a mobile communications device
A secure interface for a mobile communications device has output communications circuitry operable to communicate with an external network, private network communications circuitry operable to communicate with a mobile communications device, and an input/output filter connected between the output communications circuitry and the private network communications circuitry. The input/output filter separately filters, based on programmed stored criteria, externally-received information packets from the external network via the output communications circuitry and internally-received information packets from the mobile communications device via the private network communications circuitry. The input/output filter passes the filtered externally-received information packets to an internal connection of the private network communications circuitry for transmission to the mobile communications device and passes the filtered internally-received information packets to an internal connection of the output communications circuitry for transmission to the external network. |
| US10142288B1 |
Machine application interface to influence virtual environment
A method and system for influencing a virtual environment establishes a machine application interface which utilizes an application interaction layer to allow multitasking of applications within a single virtual environment, the method and system also allow for the use of two-dimensional legacy applications within the virtual environment. The method and system receives requests from outside applications and mediates control of spaces within the virtual environment depending on the user's security preferences. |
| US10142281B2 |
Mobile ad hoc networking
In one embodiment, a method comprising by one or more computing devices, transmitting, from a first mobile device, a first message that includes a first user identifier corresponding to a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the first user identifier corresponds to a user account of the first user in a social-networking system, receiving, at the first mobile device, one or more second messages that includes a second user identifier corresponding to a second mobile device within a direct radio connectivity of the first mobile device, wherein the second user identifier corresponds to a respective user account of a second user in the social-networking system, and storing, at the first mobile device, information received in the second message for access by one or more applications hosted on the first mobile device. |
| US10142278B2 |
Automatic anomaly alerts for scheduled posts
Techniques are disclosed for automatically detecting anomalies in the content of a scheduled social media post, alerting a user to the presence of such anomalies before the content is posted and recommending a course of action when an anomaly is detected. A set of keywords is extracted from a scheduled post using an ontological classification technique. At predetermined time intervals, the keywords are compared with information obtained from one or more data sources to determine if an anomaly is present. If an anomaly is detected, the scheduled post is classified into one of at least three categories: supporting the post, neutral, or opposing the post. Once the anomaly is detected and the scheduled post is classified, the author of the post is alerted to the anomaly along with the categorization. Subsequently, the author may reschedule the post to an earlier or later time, delete the post, or change the post. |
| US10142273B2 |
Handling various scenarios where an email recipient is not available
A method for sending a plurality of alternate contact information associated with an online communication system. The method may include receiving an electronic message associated with the online communication system, wherein the electronic message is addressed to a recipient from a sender. The method may also include identifying a recipient inbox using a plurality of directory information associated with the received electronic message. The method may further include determining the identified recipient inbox satisfies at least one of a plurality of alternate contact criteria. The method may also include transmitting a plurality of alternate recipient contact information within a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) response to the sender based on the plurality of determined alternate contact criteria being satisfied. |
| US10142269B1 |
Methods and systems for communications processing
Communication systems and methods are described. In an illustrative embodiment, embeddable code is provided to a user to embed on a user web page. A communication request is received from a visitor via a user interface displayed on the user web page, the user interface including an address field configured to receive from the visitor an address associated with the visitor, and a text entry field configured to receive a text message from the visitor, wherein the user interface is generated at least in part by the code. If the visitor enters a phone address into the address field, a determination is made as to whether the phone address is valid at least partly in response to a first action by the visitor. If the visitor enters text into the text entry field, the text is transmitted to the user at least partly in response to a second action by the visitor. |
| US10142265B2 |
Server, method, and computer-readable storage medium storing a program for providing video chat
A setup that allows special communication between the user and the specific user is provided. The server in an embodiment includes an information storage unit, an event reservation management unit, a virtual space management unit, and a video chat control unit. The virtual space management unit causes a standby screen to be displayed, the standby screen being a screen for standing by for the video chat with the specific user and including user information of a plurality of users standing by for the video chat. The video chat control unit specifies, in accordance with a predetermined rule, one user from the plurality of users standing by for video chat, and causes the communication for video chat to be performed between the terminal of the specified user and the terminal of the specific user. |
| US10142263B2 |
Packet deduplication for network packet monitoring in virtual processing environments
Systems and methods are disclosed for packet deduplication for network packet monitoring in virtual processing environments. Tap agents are installed and run with respect to network applications operating with virtual processing environments. These tap agents capture packet traffic associated within these network applications, and deduplication rules are applied so that duplicate packet capture is avoided at the tap agents themselves. In particular, deduplication rules are applied to tap agents where two network applications for which packets are being captured are talking to each other so that one of the tap agents is set to the designated agent for packet capture. Without this designation, packets captured at by the two associated packet agents would represent the same packet flow from both ends thereby leading to duplicate packet capture. |
| US10142259B2 |
Conflict detection and resolution in an ABR network
A scheme for managing conflict resolution in an ABR streaming environment with respect to a bandwidth pipe serving a customer premises. In one aspect, when a session request is received from a new ABR client launched in the customer premises that includes one or more existing ABR clients having corresponding streaming sessions, a bandwidth forecasting module is configured to forecast bandwidth requirements with respect to the corresponding ABR streaming sessions after accounting for a bandwidth requirement for the new ABR client's session request. A conflict may be detected if any of forecasted bandwidth requirements violates a bitrate threshold policy relative to the corresponding ABR streaming sessions and/or the new session being requested. If there is a conflict, a conflict notification message to the new ABR client is provided and the session request from the new ABR client is rejected. |
| US10142255B1 |
Allocating dynamic resources to service clusters
Techniques for efficiently managing resources are described. In an example, a computer system may access a forecast for demand associated with utilizing a service during a time period, where the service is available from service sources grouped in clusters. The computer system may identify resources scheduled to facilitate the service. Based on a scheduled start time for utilizing a resource, the forecast, and an allocation of remaining resources to the clusters, the computer system may allocate the resource to a first cluster and may provide a notification about the allocation to an associated client device. At a subsequent time during the time period, the computer system may re-allocate the resource to a second cluster based on a current utilization of the resource, an update to the forecast, and the allocation of the remaining resources. A respective notification may be provided to the client device. |
| US10142251B2 |
Control of maximum transmission unit size discovery using AT commands
A method of control Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) reporting and discovery using AT commands is proposed. In communications networks, the MTU of a communication protocol of a layer is the size (in bytes or octets) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards. In an IP network, IP packets may be fragmented if the supported MTU size is smaller than the packet length. In accordance with one novel aspect, the packet data protocol (PDP) context of a packet data network (PDN) connection comprises MTU information. By introducing MTU information to the PDP contexts, TE can use AT commands to query MTU parameters from the network and thereby avoid fragmentation. TE can also use AT command to set MTU parameters and thereby control MTU discovery. |
| US10142247B2 |
Communication device, communication system, communication method, and storage medium storing program transferring data using a plurality of lines
[Problem] To provide a communication device that can suppress imbalances in the amount of data transmitted by each communication line in cases where data is transferred using a plurality of communication lines. [Solution] A splitting unit (81) splits a frame that has been input. A distributing unit (82) distributes the split frame in accordance with the output band of each of a plurality of lines. A transmission unit (83) transmits the distributed frame. The distributing unit (82) distributes the frame to a line having the largest remaining output weight, which indicates the ratio of the remaining amount of data that can be output per predetermined period by each line to the amount of data that can be output in a unit time which is set as the output band for each line. The transmission unit (83) transmits a dummy frame equivalent to the remaining amount of data upon the lapse of the predetermined period. |
| US10142244B2 |
Modifying a priority for at least one flow class of an application on a software defined networking controller
Modifying a priority for at least one flow class of an application includes registering flow classes for an application with a SDN controller, determining, with the SDN controller, a priority for each of the flow classes based on other installed applications and network services on the SDN controller, modifying, based on an event, the priority for at least one of the flow classes of the application by mapping a priority key associated with the priority to a new priority value, receiving, from the application, at least one flow modification rule using a priority key as the priority, and validating the at least one flow modification rule against registered parameters of at least one of the flow classes of the application to determine a flow of traffic based on the priority. |
| US10142239B2 |
Synchronizing multicast state between multi-homed routers in an Ethernet virtual private network
Techniques are disclosed for handling withdrawals of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) join synch routes used to synchronize multicast group join requests. In one example, a first provider edge (PE) router of a plurality of PE routers on an Ethernet segment of an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) receives, from a second PE router, a withdrawal of a BGP join synch route. In response, the first PE router determines whether a disruption event or a multicast state timeout event at the second PE router caused the withdrawal. If the disruption event caused the withdrawal, the first PE router retains a multicast state for the multicast group and forwards multicast traffic for the multicast group to a customer edge (CE) router multi-homed to the plurality of the PE routers. If the multicast state timeout event caused the withdrawal, the first PE router deletes the multicast state and stops forwarding the multicast traffic. |
| US10142235B2 |
Increasingly minimal bias routing
A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB). |
| US10142231B2 |
Technologies for network I/O access
Technologies for accelerating non-uniform network input/output accesses include a multi-home network interface controller (NIC) of a network computing device communicatively coupled to a plurality of non-uniform memory access (NUMA) nodes, each of which include an allocated number of processor cores of a physical processor package and an allocated portion of a main memory directly linked to the physical processor package. The multi-home NIC includes a logical switch communicatively coupled to a plurality of logical NICs, each of which is communicatively coupled to a corresponding NUMA node. The multi-home NIC is configured to facilitate the ingress and egress of network packets by determining a logical path for each network packet received at the multi-home NIC based on a relationship between one of the NUMA nodes and/or a logical NIC (e.g., to forward the network packet from the multi-home NIC) coupled to the one of the NUMA nodes. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10142223B2 |
Symmetric intersubnet traffic load balancing in multihomed networks
A device may receive a network address associated with a destination device. The network address may identify the destination device based on layer 3 of the Open Systems Interconnection model. The device may store next-hop information identifying a next hop associated with the destination device based on the network address. The device may generate an auto-discovery route including a layer 3 label. The layer 3 label may permit network traffic to be routed to the destination device based on multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), and may identify a lookup table based on which to obtain the next-hop information. The device may provide the auto-discovery route including the layer 3 label. |
| US10142222B1 |
Customized communications for network systems
A network system customizes communications and communication channels for delivery to candidate providers registering with the network system. Candidate providers progress through steps of a network registration process by providing input data at the various steps. The network system provides communications to request the input data and facilitate the candidate providers' progress. The network system can use a machine learning model to predict particular types of communications and communication channels (e.g., online messages, phone calls, physical mail, etc.) that are likely to be well-received by candidate providers. Thus, the network system is able to increase the expected number of candidate providers that successfully register to provide services to other users of the network system. |
| US10142221B2 |
Network address translation in networks using multiple NAT devices
Systems, methods, and network topology for network address translation (NAT) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a cluster of NAT devices shares at least one backup NAT device configured to back up all or some of the NAT devices in the cluster. Each NAT device, including the backup NAT device, advertises its status at a regular interval to a router. If the router determines that an active NAT device is no longer advertising its status, the router can send data to the backup NAT. In some embodiments, the router routes traffic to active and backup devices based on networking protocols such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and/or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). The router can also route data to NAT devices using a round-robin algorithm. |
| US10142213B1 |
Techniques for providing event driven notifications
Techniques for providing event driven notifications are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for providing event driven notifications comprising monitoring an electronic media feed for an event associated with a specified criteria, identifying, using at least one computer processor, a plurality of events in the electronic media feed, filtering the plurality of events, identifying an event of the plurality of events matching a specified location, and providing a notification associated with the identified event. |
| US10142212B2 |
On demand packet traffic monitoring for network packet communications within virtual processing environments
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide on demand packet traffic monitoring for packet communications within virtual packet processing environments. Virtual TAPs (test access ports) within virtualization layers for VM (virtual machine) host hardware systems are controlled by external controllers to configure watch filters for VM platforms operating within the virtualization layer based upon trigger events determined within packet flow data and/or based upon other external trigger events. The virtual TAP controller then periodically receives watch filter packet data updates from the virtual TAP and further controls the virtual TAP to configure more detailed focus filters for the VM platforms based upon watch filter trigger events. The virtual TAP controller can further communicate one or more VM action commands (e.g., stop VM, stop application, etc.) to the virtual TAP for application to the VM platforms based upon trigger events associated with this more detailed focus filter data. |
| US10142210B2 |
In-line tool performance monitoring and adaptive packet routing
Embodiments are disclosed for monitoring the performance of an in-line tool without adding data to network traffic routed through the in-line tool. In some embodiments, performance of the in-line tool is based on a measured latency introduced by the processing of packets through the in-line tool. In some embodiments, network traffic is adaptively routed based on the measured latency at the in-line tool. |
| US10142208B1 |
Auto selection of applications based on resource capacity
Usage and performance data from a plurality of installed appliances is received via a network, a different corresponding subset of said appliances being associated with each of a plurality of customers. A set of one or more appliance resources required to support a virtualized application workload is determined based at least in part on usage and performance data from the plurality of installed appliances. An amount of unutilized capacity available with respect to said one or more appliance resources is determined based at least in part on appliance usage and performance data received from a given customer. A determination is made, based at least in part on said amount of unutilized capacity available with respect to said one or more appliance resources for the given customer and said set of one or more appliance resources required to support said virtualized application workload, as to whether the given customer's currently available resources are sufficient to support said virtualized application workload. |