The R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 8.2.23

Nov 13, 2023

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Integrated Third-party Application Builder Trigger For Message FlowPatent No. 11709660A message management platform may receive, from an application operator, a configuration of a message flow. The message flow includes one or more messages associated with trigger conditions. The platform may receive, from a code snippet incorporated in an application of a user computing device, a notification that the user computing device has used the application. The platform may associate a user identifier with the user computing device. The platform may subscribe to, on behalf of the application operator, one or more API notification channels of the application builder platform. The platform may receive an API notification from the application builder platform. The platform may determine that the application builder platform’s user is associated with the user identifier used by the message management platform. The platform may determine that the event described in the payload matches the trigger condition and transmit the first message to the user computing device.Inventors: Alexander Colin Meyer (Chicago, Ill.); Gerardo Diaz De La Serna Formoso (Mexico City, Mexico); Gideon Danile VanRiette (Chicago, Ill.); James Quinlan (Richmond); Joy Taylor Kaufman (Durham, N.C.); Kameron Ahler (Colorado, Colo.); Lauren Leia Rouse (Nashville, Tenn.); Vishak Swaminathan Visvanathan (Brooklyn, N.Y.)Assignee: Stodge Inc (Scottsdale, Ariz.)July 25, 2023

Heater Assembly For An Aerosol-generating SystemPatent No. 11707585A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a perforated glass substrate and a heater element. The heater element is provided in the glass substrate, on the glass substrate, or both in and on the glass substrate. The heater element includes a plurality of parallel strips between alternating rows of the perforations.Inventors: Fabien Duc (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Alain Tabasso (Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Switzerland)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Smoking DevicePatent No. 11707089Apparatus and methods are described for use with a portion of plant material that includes at least one active ingredient. A vaporizing unit includes a heating element configured to heat the plant material, and a sensor configured to detect an indication of airflow rate through the vaporizing unit. Control circuitry is configured to receive an indication of the airflow rate through the vaporizing unit, and, in response thereto, to determine a smoking profile that is desired by the user. The control circuitry drives the heating element to vaporize the active ingredient of the plant material by heating the plant material according to the determined smoking profile. The control circuitry dynamically updates the smoking profile in response to changes in airflow rate over the course of a smoking session. Other applications are also described.Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Transaction Resolution Data PlatformPatent No. 11710121Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for the direct sharing and use of transaction data separately from transaction authorization processes. Transaction metadata associated with a transaction may be received and validated. Authorization information corresponding to the transaction may be received. The degree to which the transaction metadata is tested may be based on a predicted time of receipt of the authorization information. The transaction metadata and authorization information may be correlated. A computing device may determine whether to authorize the financial transaction based on the authorization information and the correlated transaction metadata. All or portions of the transaction metadata may be provided to one or more users after the transaction has been authorized or denied.Inventors: Wesley Perkins (Henrico, Va.); Venkata Satya Sriram Kalyan Namuduri (Glen Allen, Va.); David Ross (Richmond); Andrew Coulson (Washington, D.C.); Hunter Roberts (Henrico, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Biomarker Levels And Neuroimaging For Detecting, Monitoring And Treating Brain Injury Or TraumaPatent No. 11709168Methods, compositions and kits useful in the detection, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatment of brain injuries, especially mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion, are based upon detection of changes in levels of certain protein biomarkers in a subject undergoing testing, or upon detection of changes in levels of certain protein biomarkers in conjunction with neuroimaging analyses to detect changes in vascular or blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability in the brain, or to detect damage to fiber tracts in the brain, in which changes in biomarker levels correlate with detection of changes in BBB permeability or in brain fiber tract or white matter damage in a subject with brain injury such as mTBI or concussion.Inventors: Timothy E. Van Meter (Richmond); Nazanin Mirshahi (Richmond)Assignee: Brainbox Solutions (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Method Of Installing Mounting System With Support BracketPatent No. 11707144The method includes first connecting an upper portion of two or more vertical uprights to a first crossbar, second connecting a lower portion of the two or more vertical uprights to a second crossbar, inserting a projection of each of a pair of support brackets into a first cavity and a second cavity on respective ends of the first crossbar, the pair of support brackets each including a first engaging structure, and attaching the first engaging structure of each of the pair of support brackets to a first column and a second column of a consumer product display, respectively.Inventors: James Buck (Richmond); Mike Detenber (Grand Haven, Mich.); Dathan Zang (Richmond); Adam P. Kiteley (Richmond)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Re-sealable Cigarette PackPatent No. 11708212A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.Inventor: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Process Of Preparing Printing Solution And Making Patterned Cigarette WrapperPatent 11707082A process for making patterned cigarette wrapper includes the steps of: preparing a printing solution including the steps of: mixing at least water and a starch to form a starch mixture, heating the starch mixture to a temperature of at least about 180° F. preferably for at least about 30 minutes to release amylopectin and amylose, adding propylene glycol to the starch mixture, and mixing the starch mixture and propylene glycol to form a printing solution, wherein the solution is maintained and applied at elevated temperature (120° F. to 150° F.). The process also includes providing a base web of wrapper and applying the printing solution to the wrapper in a predetermined pattern.Inventor: Marc Rose (Mechanicsville, Va.); Timothy S. Sherwood (Midlothian, Va.); Robert N. Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Method And Apparatus For Identifying, Authenticating, Tracking And Tracing Manufactured ItemsPatent No. 11710091A method and apparatus for identifying manufactured items in containers, where each container is suitable for containing two or more units, and where the method comprises the steps of: associating each unit with a unique unit identifier, uniquely identifying each unit, allocating two or more units to be contained in each container, uniquely identifying each container, for each container, determining one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container, and storing, in a database, a container identifier for each container, each container identifier being coupled, in the database, to the one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container. There is also provided methods and apparatus for authenticating, tracking and tracing the units.Inventors: Patrick Chanez (Cheyres, Switzerland); Alain Sager (Bossonnens, Switzerland); Philippe Chatelain (Chavernay, Switzerland); Erwan Fradet (Nyon, Switzerland)Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)July 25, 2023

TCP/IP Socket Resiliency And Health ManagementPatent No. 11711282Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for account inheritance. The method performed at an application server includes receiving, via an application programming interface (API), data information received by each authorization gateway of a plurality of authorization gateways. The method includes performing calculation of an overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways based on a predetermined value of a weight assigned to each server of the plurality of servers and the value of service level corresponding to each server of the plurality of servers. The method includes balancing load of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways by routing at least one client request message to a set of one or more authorization gateways of the plurality of authorization gateways based on the calculated overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways that is above a specific threshold value.Inventors: Sheo Raj Sinha (Henrico, Va.); Senthil K. Suriyanarayanan (Glen Allen, Va.); Harold A. Sell (Glen Allen, Va.); Robert C. Stettler (Powhatan, Va.); Zachary Mcauliffe (Glen Allen,Va.); Stephanie M. King (Glen Allen, Va.); Kyle Heide (Midlothian, Va.); Chris Fanis (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Protecting User Privacy In Playback Of User SessionsPatent No. 11711223Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for protecting user privacy in the playback of user sessions are described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing, for a user session with one or more user interfaces, event data that includes interface data specifying a structure of the user interface(s), and, for each of one or more user interface elements for which content was presented by the user interface(s) during the user session, an encrypted content element including the content of the user interface element encrypted using a public key corresponding to a rule enabling recording of the content of the user interface element and data identifying the rule. Playback of the user session is generated including, for each of the interface element(s), decrypting the encrypted content element for the user interface element and presenting the decrypted content during the playback of the user session.Inventors: Joel Grayson Webber (Decatur, Ga.); Benjamin David Dean (Atlanta, Ga.); Mark Nicholas Seth Fowler (Midlothian, Va.)Assignee: FullStory (Atlanta, Ga.)July 25, 2023

Techniques For Dynamic Network StrengtheningPatent No. 11711264Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for network strengthening, such as by detecting issues with one or more network components and reconfiguring one or more upstream or downstream network components to preempt issues with the one or more upstream or downstream network components, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a tool (e.g., strengthening agent) that implements pre-scripted or dynamic hardening of up and downstream dependencies of a network component in response to an issue identified with the network component. In many embodiments, up and downstream components of a network component may be reconfigured while the issue with the network component is being addressed to preempt issues with the up and downstream components.Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bryan Pinos (Williamsburg, Va.); Lindsay Helbing (Newport News, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Refrigerated Display Case With Shelf Indexing SystemPatent No. 11709015A refrigerated display case is provided. The refrigerated display case includes a rear wall has a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end and a plurality of markings disposed between the first end and the second end. A mounting rail is coupled to the rear wall. A shelf is adjustably coupleable to the mounting rail at a plurality of positions between the first end and the second end of the rear wall. The plurality of markings are configured to indicate a distance from the first end of the rear wall to the shelf based on alignment of the shelf with at least one of the plurality of markings.Inventors: Steve Stubblefield (Mechanicsville, Va.); Kelly Sayko (Conyers, Ga.)Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)July 25, 2023

Generating Synthetic Models Or Virtual Objects For Training A Deep Learning NetworkPatent No. 11710040In some implementations, a training platform may receive data for generating synthetic models of a body part, such as a hand. The data may include information relating to a plurality of potential poses of the hand. The training platform may generate a set of synthetic models of the hand based on the information, where each synthetic model, in the set of synthetic models, representing a respective pose of the plurality of potential poses. The training platform may derive an additional set of synthetic models based on the set of synthetic models by performing one or more processing operations with respect to at least one synthetic model in the set of synthetic models, and causing the set of synthetic models and the additional set of synthetic models to be provided to a deep learning network to train the deep learning network to perform image segmentation, object recognition, or motion recognition.Inventors: Reza Farivar (Champaign, Ill.); Kenneth Taylor (Champaign, Ill.); Austin Walters (Savoy, Ill.); Joseph Ford III (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Rittika Adhikari (Westford, Mass.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Method For Preparing Modified Filler, Compositions And Articles Containing SamePatent No. 11708475Provided is a method for preparing a modified filler. The method includes in sequence providing an acidified aqueous slurry of an untreated inorganic filler which has not been previously dried; an emulsifier material; and a hydrophobating agent having the following structural formula (I):Inventors: Lucas Dos Santos Freire (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Sik Boen (Moseley, Va.); Nathan J. Silvernail (Mars, Penn.)Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio)July 25, 2023

Aerosol-generating System Comprising A Modular AssemblyPatent No. 11712062An aerosol-generating system includes a plurality of cartridges and an aerosol-generating device. At least one cartridge of the plurality of cartridges includes a first aerosol-forming substrate, the plurality of cartridges are configured for selective connection to each other to form a cartridge assembly. The aerosol-generating device includes a storage including a second aerosol-forming substrate in the storage, an electric heater configured to heat a portion of the second aerosol-forming substrate from the storage section during use of the aerosol-generating system, and a power supply housing, the power supply housing including a power supply and a controller, the controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the power supply to the electric heater, the aerosol-generating device being configured to receive the cartridge assembly at a downstream end of the aerosol-generating device.Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Virtual Environments Associated With Processed Video StreamsPatent No. 11716446In some implementations, a system may receive a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream is associated with a user of a client device, and wherein the plurality of video streams are associated with a virtual session involving the plurality of client devices. The system may process the plurality of video streams to produce a plurality of processed video streams in which backgrounds of the plurality of video streams are removed. The system may generate a virtual environment that includes a common virtual background, wherein the virtual environment is to be associated with the plurality of processed video streams. The system may transmit one or more output video streams that include the virtual environment with the common virtual background and one or more processed video streams of the plurality of processed video streams.Inventors: Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Vamsi Kavuri (Richmond); Jignesh Rangwala (Glen Allen, Va.); Mehulkumar Jayantilal Garnara (Glen Allen, Va.); Muthukumaran Vembuli (Glen Allen, Va.); Santhi Sridharan (Glen Allen, Va.); Soumyajit Ray (Glen Allen, Va.); Steven Voltz (Henrico, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)Aug. 1, 2023

Soft, Chewable And Orally Dissolvable And/or Disintegrable ProductsPatent No. 11712415A soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product includes a biopolymer-sugar based matrix and botanical powder dispersed throughout the biopolymer-sugar based matrix. The biopolymer-sugar based matrix includes at least one biopolymer, at least one sugar and optional additives. Soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product can also include flavor beads.Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond); Shengsheng Liu (Henrico, Va.); Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); William R. Sweeney (Richmond); Randall Baren (Glen Allen, Va.); Qinlin Li (Richmond); Darin Colassaco (Midlothian, Va.); Salem Chouchane (Midlothian, Va.)Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Exporting Data To A Cloud-based ServicePatent No. 11716381In some implementations, a device, using a browser extension of a browser application, may obtain the data from an application using a private endpoint of the application. The private endpoint of the application may be accessible via a private network in which the browser application is implemented and may not be accessible via a public network. The device, using the browser extension of the browser application, may transmit, to the cloud-based service, the data to cause the cloud-based service to populate a document with the data.Inventors: Anil Kumar Vallpureddy (Glen Allen, Va.); Michael Baker (Richmond); Brian Lin (Richmond); Caroline Paul (Annadale, Va.); Tyler Yandrofski (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Anikeit Chanda (East Amherst, N.Y.); Alexander McQuilkin (Richmond)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)Aug. 1, 2023

Thermoformable Multilayer Films And Blister Packs Produced TherefromPatent No. 11713171A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided.Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah (Midlothian, Va.); Ed Carmines (Midlothian, Va.); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond);Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Method Of Using Blank With Tear-off Section And Supportive PlatformPatent No. 11713156The method includes first folding a plurality of sidewall panels to form sidewalls for an assembled package, a tear-off section being defined by at least a portion a lower end of at least some of the sidewalls, second folding one or more platform panels to form a supportive platform near the lower end of the sidewalls, and third folding at least one foot panel under the supportive platform to at least partially support the supportive platform of the assembled package.Inventor: Stephen J. Bellamah (Richmond)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)Aug.1, 2023

Process Of Preparing Printing Solution And Making Patterned Cigarette WrapperPatent No. 11707082A process for making patterned cigarette wrapper includes the steps of: preparing a printing solution including the steps of: mixing at least water and a starch to form a starch mixture, heating the starch mixture to a temperature of at least about 180° F. preferably for at least about 30 minutes to release amylopectin and amylose, adding propylene glycol to the starch mixture, and mixing the starch mixture and propylene glycol to form a printing solution, wherein the solution is maintained and applied at elevated temperature (120° F. to 150° F.). The process also includes providing a base web of wrapper and applying the printing solution to the wrapper in a predetermined pattern.Inventors: Marc Rose (Mechanicsville, Va.); Timothy S. Sherwood (Midlothian, Va.); Robert N. Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Composite Scaffold For The Repair, Reconstruction, And Regeneration Of Soft TissuesPatent No. 11712332A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.Inventors: Kevin A. Rocco (New Haven, Conn.); Bhavana Mohanraj (Philadelphia, Penn.); Jeffrey Ott (New Haven, Conn.); Justin Bendigo (Reading, Penn.); Jacob Edward Komenda (New Haven, Conn.); Mark Theodore Aronson (Midlothian, Va.); Andrew James Carter (Stow, Mass.)Assignee: Biorez (New Haven, Conn.)Aug. 1, 2023

Redeploying A Baseline Virtual Machine To Update A Child Virtual Machine By Creating And Swapping A Virtual Disk Comprising A Clone Of The Baseline Virtual MachinePatent No. 11714673One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for redeploying a baseline VM (BVM) to one or more child VMs (CVMs) by merely cloning virtual drives of the BVM, instead of the entirety of the parent BVM. A temporary directory is created in a datastore that has the target CVMs that are targeted for virtual drive replacement (e.g., are to be “re-baselined”). One or more replacement virtual drives (RVDs) are created in the temporary directory, where the RVDs comprise a clone of a virtual drive of the source BVM. The one or more RVDs are moved from the temporary directory to a directory of the target CVMs, replacing existing virtual drives of the target CVMs so that the target CVMs are thus re-baselined to the state of the parent BVM.Inventors: George Costea (Durham, N.C.); Eric Forgette (Mechanicsville, Va.)Assignee: NetApp (San Jose, Calif.)Aug. 1, 2023

Disposable Absorbent Stoma Pad For GastrostomyPatent No. 11712403An absorbent stoma pad for encapsulating an external bolster of a feeding tube is provided. The stoma pad includes an upper layer, base layer, absorbent material, and cavity. The upper layer, which includes an upper surface and a lower surface, contains a centrally located opening with respect to a periphery of the upper layer, wherein the opening is configured to receive a tube portion of the feeding tube. The base layer, which includes an upper surface and a lower surface, contains a centrally located opening with respect to a periphery of the base layer, wherein the opening is also configured to receive the tube portion of the feeding tube. Meanwhile, the absorbent material is disposed adjacent the upper layer’s lower surface. Further, the cavity permits airflow between the absorbent layer and the base layer when the external bolster is encapsulated by the stoma pad and positioned within the cavity.Inventor: Donald McMichael (Roswell, Ga.)Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)Aug. 1, 2023

Integrated Third-party Application Builder Trigger For Message FlowPatent No. 11709660A message management platform may receive, from an application operator, a configuration of a message flow. The message flow includes one or more messages associated with trigger conditions. The platform may receive, from a code snippet incorporated in an application of a user computing device, a notification that the user computing device has used the application. The platform may associate a user identifier with the user computing device. The platform may subscribe to, on behalf of the application operator, one or more API notification channels of the application builder platform. The platform may receive an API notification from the application builder platform. The platform may determine that the application builder platform’s user is associated with the user identifier used by the message management platform. The platform may determine that the event described in the payload matches the trigger condition and transmit the first message to the user computing device.Inventors: Alexander Colin Meyer (Chicago, Ill.); Gerardo Diaz De La Serna Formoso (Mexico City, Mexico); Gideon Danile VanRiette (Chicago, Ill.); James Quinlan (Richmond); Joy Taylor Kaufman (Durham, N.C.); Kameron Ahler (Colorado, Colo.); Lauren Leia Rouse (Nashville, Tenn.); Vishak Swaminathan Visvanathan (Brooklyn, N.Y.)Assignee: Stodge Inc (Scottsdale, Ariz.)July 25, 2023

Heater Assembly For An Aerosol-generating SystemPatent No. 11707585A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a perforated glass substrate and a heater element. The heater element is provided in the glass substrate, on the glass substrate, or both in and on the glass substrate. The heater element includes a plurality of parallel strips between alternating rows of the perforations.Inventors: Fabien Duc (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Alain Tabasso (Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Switzerland)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Smoking DevicePatent No. 11707089Apparatus and methods are described for use with a portion of plant material that includes at least one active ingredient. A vaporizing unit includes a heating element configured to heat the plant material, and a sensor configured to detect an indication of airflow rate through the vaporizing unit. Control circuitry is configured to receive an indication of the airflow rate through the vaporizing unit, and, in response thereto, to determine a smoking profile that is desired by the user. The control circuitry drives the heating element to vaporize the active ingredient of the plant material by heating the plant material according to the determined smoking profile. The control circuitry dynamically updates the smoking profile in response to changes in airflow rate over the course of a smoking session. Other applications are also described.Inventor: Yossef Raichman (Herzliya, Israel)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Transaction Resolution Data PlatformPatent No. 11710121Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for the direct sharing and use of transaction data separately from transaction authorization processes. Transaction metadata associated with a transaction may be received and validated. Authorization information corresponding to the transaction may be received. The degree to which the transaction metadata is tested may be based on a predicted time of receipt of the authorization information. The transaction metadata and authorization information may be correlated. A computing device may determine whether to authorize the financial transaction based on the authorization information and the correlated transaction metadata. All or portions of the transaction metadata may be provided to one or more users after the transaction has been authorized or denied.Inventors: Wesley Perkins (Henrico, Va.); Venkata Satya Sriram Kalyan Namuduri (Glen Allen, Va.); David Ross (Richmond); Andrew Coulson (Washington, D.C.); Hunter Roberts (Henrico, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Biomarker Levels And Neuroimaging For Detecting, Monitoring And Treating Brain Injury Or TraumaPatent No. 11709168Methods, compositions and kits useful in the detection, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatment of brain injuries, especially mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion, are based upon detection of changes in levels of certain protein biomarkers in a subject undergoing testing, or upon detection of changes in levels of certain protein biomarkers in conjunction with neuroimaging analyses to detect changes in vascular or blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability in the brain, or to detect damage to fiber tracts in the brain, in which changes in biomarker levels correlate with detection of changes in BBB permeability or in brain fiber tract or white matter damage in a subject with brain injury such as mTBI or concussion.Inventors: Timothy E. Van Meter (Richmond); Nazanin Mirshahi (Richmond)Assignee: Brainbox Solutions (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Method Of Installing Mounting System With Support BracketPatent No. 11707144The method includes first connecting an upper portion of two or more vertical uprights to a first crossbar, second connecting a lower portion of the two or more vertical uprights to a second crossbar, inserting a projection of each of a pair of support brackets into a first cavity and a second cavity on respective ends of the first crossbar, the pair of support brackets each including a first engaging structure, and attaching the first engaging structure of each of the pair of support brackets to a first column and a second column of a consumer product display, respectively.Inventors: James Buck (Richmond); Mike Detenber (Grand Haven, Mich.); Dathan Zang (Richmond); Adam P. Kiteley (Richmond)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Re-sealable Cigarette PackPatent No. 11708212A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.Inventor: Stephen Bellamah (Richmond)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Process Of Preparing Printing Solution And Making Patterned Cigarette WrapperPatent 11707082A process for making patterned cigarette wrapper includes the steps of: preparing a printing solution including the steps of: mixing at least water and a starch to form a starch mixture, heating the starch mixture to a temperature of at least about 180° F. preferably for at least about 30 minutes to release amylopectin and amylose, adding propylene glycol to the starch mixture, and mixing the starch mixture and propylene glycol to form a printing solution, wherein the solution is maintained and applied at elevated temperature (120° F. to 150° F.). The process also includes providing a base web of wrapper and applying the printing solution to the wrapper in a predetermined pattern.Inventor: Marc Rose (Mechanicsville, Va.); Timothy S. Sherwood (Midlothian, Va.); Robert N. Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)July 25, 2023

Method And Apparatus For Identifying, Authenticating, Tracking And Tracing Manufactured ItemsPatent No. 11710091A method and apparatus for identifying manufactured items in containers, where each container is suitable for containing two or more units, and where the method comprises the steps of: associating each unit with a unique unit identifier, uniquely identifying each unit, allocating two or more units to be contained in each container, uniquely identifying each container, for each container, determining one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container, and storing, in a database, a container identifier for each container, each container identifier being coupled, in the database, to the one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container. There is also provided methods and apparatus for authenticating, tracking and tracing the units.Inventors: Patrick Chanez (Cheyres, Switzerland); Alain Sager (Bossonnens, Switzerland); Philippe Chatelain (Chavernay, Switzerland); Erwan Fradet (Nyon, Switzerland)Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)July 25, 2023

TCP/IP Socket Resiliency And Health ManagementPatent No. 11711282Disclosed herein are system, method, and apparatus for account inheritance. The method performed at an application server includes receiving, via an application programming interface (API), data information received by each authorization gateway of a plurality of authorization gateways. The method includes performing calculation of an overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways based on a predetermined value of a weight assigned to each server of the plurality of servers and the value of service level corresponding to each server of the plurality of servers. The method includes balancing load of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways by routing at least one client request message to a set of one or more authorization gateways of the plurality of authorization gateways based on the calculated overall health of each authorization gateway of the plurality of authorization gateways that is above a specific threshold value.Inventors: Sheo Raj Sinha (Henrico, Va.); Senthil K. Suriyanarayanan (Glen Allen, Va.); Harold A. Sell (Glen Allen, Va.); Robert C. Stettler (Powhatan, Va.); Zachary Mcauliffe (Glen Allen,Va.); Stephanie M. King (Glen Allen, Va.); Kyle Heide (Midlothian, Va.); Chris Fanis (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Protecting User Privacy In Playback Of User SessionsPatent No. 11711223Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for protecting user privacy in the playback of user sessions are described. In one aspect, a method includes accessing, for a user session with one or more user interfaces, event data that includes interface data specifying a structure of the user interface(s), and, for each of one or more user interface elements for which content was presented by the user interface(s) during the user session, an encrypted content element including the content of the user interface element encrypted using a public key corresponding to a rule enabling recording of the content of the user interface element and data identifying the rule. Playback of the user session is generated including, for each of the interface element(s), decrypting the encrypted content element for the user interface element and presenting the decrypted content during the playback of the user session.Inventors: Joel Grayson Webber (Decatur, Ga.); Benjamin David Dean (Atlanta, Ga.); Mark Nicholas Seth Fowler (Midlothian, Va.)Assignee: FullStory (Atlanta, Ga.)July 25, 2023

Techniques For Dynamic Network StrengtheningPatent No. 11711264Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for network strengthening, such as by detecting issues with one or more network components and reconfiguring one or more upstream or downstream network components to preempt issues with the one or more upstream or downstream network components, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a tool (e.g., strengthening agent) that implements pre-scripted or dynamic hardening of up and downstream dependencies of a network component in response to an issue identified with the network component. In many embodiments, up and downstream components of a network component may be reconfigured while the issue with the network component is being addressed to preempt issues with the up and downstream components.Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bryan Pinos (Williamsburg, Va.); Lindsay Helbing (Newport News, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Refrigerated Display Case With Shelf Indexing SystemPatent No. 11709015A refrigerated display case is provided. The refrigerated display case includes a rear wall has a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end and a plurality of markings disposed between the first end and the second end. A mounting rail is coupled to the rear wall. A shelf is adjustably coupleable to the mounting rail at a plurality of positions between the first end and the second end of the rear wall. The plurality of markings are configured to indicate a distance from the first end of the rear wall to the shelf based on alignment of the shelf with at least one of the plurality of markings.Inventors: Steve Stubblefield (Mechanicsville, Va.); Kelly Sayko (Conyers, Ga.)Assignee: Hill Phoenix (Conyers, Ga.)July 25, 2023

Generating Synthetic Models Or Virtual Objects For Training A Deep Learning NetworkPatent No. 11710040In some implementations, a training platform may receive data for generating synthetic models of a body part, such as a hand. The data may include information relating to a plurality of potential poses of the hand. The training platform may generate a set of synthetic models of the hand based on the information, where each synthetic model, in the set of synthetic models, representing a respective pose of the plurality of potential poses. The training platform may derive an additional set of synthetic models based on the set of synthetic models by performing one or more processing operations with respect to at least one synthetic model in the set of synthetic models, and causing the set of synthetic models and the additional set of synthetic models to be provided to a deep learning network to train the deep learning network to perform image segmentation, object recognition, or motion recognition.Inventors: Reza Farivar (Champaign, Ill.); Kenneth Taylor (Champaign, Ill.); Austin Walters (Savoy, Ill.); Joseph Ford III (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Rittika Adhikari (Westford, Mass.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)July 25, 2023

Method For Preparing Modified Filler, Compositions And Articles Containing SamePatent No. 11708475Provided is a method for preparing a modified filler. The method includes in sequence providing an acidified aqueous slurry of an untreated inorganic filler which has not been previously dried; an emulsifier material; and a hydrophobating agent having the following structural formula (I):Inventors: Lucas Dos Santos Freire (Pittsburgh, Penn.); Sik Boen (Moseley, Va.); Nathan J. Silvernail (Mars, Penn.)Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio)July 25, 2023

Aerosol-generating System Comprising A Modular AssemblyPatent No. 11712062An aerosol-generating system includes a plurality of cartridges and an aerosol-generating device. At least one cartridge of the plurality of cartridges includes a first aerosol-forming substrate, the plurality of cartridges are configured for selective connection to each other to form a cartridge assembly. The aerosol-generating device includes a storage including a second aerosol-forming substrate in the storage, an electric heater configured to heat a portion of the second aerosol-forming substrate from the storage section during use of the aerosol-generating system, and a power supply housing, the power supply housing including a power supply and a controller, the controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the power supply to the electric heater, the aerosol-generating device being configured to receive the cartridge assembly at a downstream end of the aerosol-generating device.Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Virtual Environments Associated With Processed Video StreamsPatent No. 11716446In some implementations, a system may receive a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream is associated with a user of a client device, and wherein the plurality of video streams are associated with a virtual session involving the plurality of client devices. The system may process the plurality of video streams to produce a plurality of processed video streams in which backgrounds of the plurality of video streams are removed. The system may generate a virtual environment that includes a common virtual background, wherein the virtual environment is to be associated with the plurality of processed video streams. The system may transmit one or more output video streams that include the virtual environment with the common virtual background and one or more processed video streams of the plurality of processed video streams.Inventors: Lee Adcock (Midlothian, Va.); Vamsi Kavuri (Richmond); Jignesh Rangwala (Glen Allen, Va.); Mehulkumar Jayantilal Garnara (Glen Allen, Va.); Muthukumaran Vembuli (Glen Allen, Va.); Santhi Sridharan (Glen Allen, Va.); Soumyajit Ray (Glen Allen, Va.); Steven Voltz (Henrico, Va.)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)Aug. 1, 2023

Soft, Chewable And Orally Dissolvable And/or Disintegrable ProductsPatent No. 11712415A soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product includes a biopolymer-sugar based matrix and botanical powder dispersed throughout the biopolymer-sugar based matrix. The biopolymer-sugar based matrix includes at least one biopolymer, at least one sugar and optional additives. Soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product can also include flavor beads.Inventors: Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.); Shalva Gedevanishvili (Richmond); Shengsheng Liu (Henrico, Va.); Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); William R. Sweeney (Richmond); Randall Baren (Glen Allen, Va.); Qinlin Li (Richmond); Darin Colassaco (Midlothian, Va.); Salem Chouchane (Midlothian, Va.)Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Exporting Data To A Cloud-based ServicePatent No. 11716381In some implementations, a device, using a browser extension of a browser application, may obtain the data from an application using a private endpoint of the application. The private endpoint of the application may be accessible via a private network in which the browser application is implemented and may not be accessible via a public network. The device, using the browser extension of the browser application, may transmit, to the cloud-based service, the data to cause the cloud-based service to populate a document with the data.Inventors: Anil Kumar Vallpureddy (Glen Allen, Va.); Michael Baker (Richmond); Brian Lin (Richmond); Caroline Paul (Annadale, Va.); Tyler Yandrofski (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Anikeit Chanda (East Amherst, N.Y.); Alexander McQuilkin (Richmond)Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)Aug. 1, 2023

Thermoformable Multilayer Films And Blister Packs Produced TherefromPatent No. 11713171A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided.Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah (Midlothian, Va.); Ed Carmines (Midlothian, Va.); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Richmond);Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Method Of Using Blank With Tear-off Section And Supportive PlatformPatent No. 11713156The method includes first folding a plurality of sidewall panels to form sidewalls for an assembled package, a tear-off section being defined by at least a portion a lower end of at least some of the sidewalls, second folding one or more platform panels to form a supportive platform near the lower end of the sidewalls, and third folding at least one foot panel under the supportive platform to at least partially support the supportive platform of the assembled package.Inventor: Stephen J. Bellamah (Richmond)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)Aug.1, 2023

Process Of Preparing Printing Solution And Making Patterned Cigarette WrapperPatent No. 11707082A process for making patterned cigarette wrapper includes the steps of: preparing a printing solution including the steps of: mixing at least water and a starch to form a starch mixture, heating the starch mixture to a temperature of at least about 180° F. preferably for at least about 30 minutes to release amylopectin and amylose, adding propylene glycol to the starch mixture, and mixing the starch mixture and propylene glycol to form a printing solution, wherein the solution is maintained and applied at elevated temperature (120° F. to 150° F.). The process also includes providing a base web of wrapper and applying the printing solution to the wrapper in a predetermined pattern.Inventors: Marc Rose (Mechanicsville, Va.); Timothy S. Sherwood (Midlothian, Va.); Robert N. Smith (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)Aug. 1, 2023

Composite Scaffold For The Repair, Reconstruction, And Regeneration Of Soft TissuesPatent No. 11712332A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.Inventors: Kevin A. Rocco (New Haven, Conn.); Bhavana Mohanraj (Philadelphia, Penn.); Jeffrey Ott (New Haven, Conn.); Justin Bendigo (Reading, Penn.); Jacob Edward Komenda (New Haven, Conn.); Mark Theodore Aronson (Midlothian, Va.); Andrew James Carter (Stow, Mass.)Assignee: Biorez (New Haven, Conn.)Aug. 1, 2023

Redeploying A Baseline Virtual Machine To Update A Child Virtual Machine By Creating And Swapping A Virtual Disk Comprising A Clone Of The Baseline Virtual MachinePatent No. 11714673One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for redeploying a baseline VM (BVM) to one or more child VMs (CVMs) by merely cloning virtual drives of the BVM, instead of the entirety of the parent BVM. A temporary directory is created in a datastore that has the target CVMs that are targeted for virtual drive replacement (e.g., are to be “re-baselined”). One or more replacement virtual drives (RVDs) are created in the temporary directory, where the RVDs comprise a clone of a virtual drive of the source BVM. The one or more RVDs are moved from the temporary directory to a directory of the target CVMs, replacing existing virtual drives of the target CVMs so that the target CVMs are thus re-baselined to the state of the parent BVM.Inventors: George Costea (Durham, N.C.); Eric Forgette (Mechanicsville, Va.)Assignee: NetApp (San Jose, Calif.)Aug. 1, 2023

Disposable Absorbent Stoma Pad For GastrostomyPatent No. 11712403An absorbent stoma pad for encapsulating an external bolster of a feeding tube is provided. The stoma pad includes an upper layer, base layer, absorbent material, and cavity. The upper layer, which includes an upper surface and a lower surface, contains a centrally located opening with respect to a periphery of the upper layer, wherein the opening is configured to receive a tube portion of the feeding tube. The base layer, which includes an upper surface and a lower surface, contains a centrally located opening with respect to a periphery of the base layer, wherein the opening is also configured to receive the tube portion of the feeding tube. Meanwhile, the absorbent material is disposed adjacent the upper layer’s lower surface. Further, the cavity permits airflow between the absorbent layer and the base layer when the external bolster is encapsulated by the stoma pad and positioned within the cavity.Inventor: Donald McMichael (Roswell, Ga.)Assignee: O&M Halyard (Mechanicsville, Va.)Aug. 1, 2023

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