Detecting attacks using passive network monitoring
US Patent 10,243,978
March 26, 2019
Embodiments are directed to detecting one or more attacks in a network. One or more network flows may be monitored using one or more network monitoring computers (NMCs). If one or more file write operations are detected based on information included in one or more packets of the one or more network flows, one or more detection rules may be executed to analyze one or more portions of the one or more packets to identify file information that is associated with the one or more file write operations. One or more metrics may be provided based on the one or more detection rules and one or more of the file information, the one or more file write operations, or the like. If one or more metrics exceed one or more threshold values, one or more reports of one or more attacks may be provided.
Displaying system for displaying digital breast tomosynthesis data
US Patent 10,242,490
March 26, 2019
The invention relates to a displaying system for displaying digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) data. First and second DBT volume images of the left breast of a woman and first and second DBT volume images of the right breast of the woman are provided by an image providing unit. Moreover, for each DBT volume image a two-dimensional navigation image is provided by a navigation image providing unit, wherein a user is allowed to indicate a location in the navigation image by using a user interface, whereafter a CAD marker associated with the location is determined in a DBT volume image of a breast and a corresponding CAD marker, if present, is determined in another DBT volume image of the breast. Slices of these DBT volume images, which are associated with the CAD markers, are presented on a display.
Machine assisted learning of entities
US Patent 10,242,320
March 26, 2019
A data model is traversed to determine concept characteristics associated with concepts that may be associated with entities. Associated documents may be evaluated to identify document characteristics associated with the entities. Entity models may be trained based on the concept characteristics and the document characteristics with each entity model being associated with a confidence value. Results for one or more queries based on the documents and the entity models may be provided. The results may reference the documents that may be associated with the entities. Some entity models may produce results that have a confidence value below a threshold value. Accordingly, the entity models that provide low confidence results may be re-trained.
Off-highway recreational vehicle
US Patent 10,239,571
March 26, 2019
A vehicle configuration wherein the center of mass of the vehicle is approximately superimposed upon the passenger and driver centers of mass when seated within the vehicle. An occupant's center of mass can be approximated using a standard center of mass position approximation, or a combination of any number of standard center of mass position approximations. The vehicle's center of mass can be approximately superimposed upon the occupant's center of mass in at least the longitudinal and vertical directions.
Burr hole plugs for electrical stimulation systems and methods of making and using
US Patent 10,232,169
March 19, 2019
A burr hole plug includes a first plug base defining a burr hole aperture and including first grooves; a second plug base to be disposed around the first plug base and including second grooves to receive a portion of an electrical stimulation lead; a cover to be disposed on the second plug base; a cap to be disposed over the burr hole aperture and coupled to the first plug base; and an extension coupled to, and extending away from, the cover. The extension includes conductors and the second plug base and the cover include conductive elements to electrically couple the terminals of the electrical stimulation lead, when disposed in the second grooves, to the conductors of the extension. An alternative burr hole plug includes a lead connector disposed on the cap and having a connector aperture to receive the proximal end of the electrical stimulation lead.
Systems and methods for making and using a lead introducer with a seal for an electrical stimulation system
US Patent 10,226,616
March 12, 2019
One embodiment is a lead introducer including an outer needle, an inner needle, a splittable member, and an annular seal member. The outer needle, inner needle, and splittable member each include a body and hub. The splittable member fits over the outer needle body and the inner needle body and can be separated longitudinally. The splittable member hub receives at least portions of both the inner needle hub and the outer needle hub within the splittable member hub. The annular seal member is formed by either a) the inner needle hub or b) a combination of the inner needle hub and outer needle hub. The annular seal member forms a fluid-resisting seal with the interior surface of the splittable member hub when the portions of the inner needle hub and outer needle hub are received within the splittable member hub.
USPTO Revises Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
March 7, 2019
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On January 7, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released the “2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance” to assist USPTO personnel in evaluating subject matter eligibility. (84 FR 50, Jan. 7, 2019, “Guidance.”) The Guidance revises the procedures for determining whether or not a patent claim or patent application claim is directed to one of the judicially created exceptions to 35 U.S.C. § 101: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas.
The new guidelines revise the procedures under what is known as the Alice/Mayo test for determining patent subject matter eligibility. Under prior examination procedure Step 2A, the examiner first determines whether a claim is “directed to” a patent-ineligible concept (laws of nature, natural phenomena, abstract idea) and if not, the inquiry ends there, as the claim is patent eligible. Otherwise, the examiner determines under Step 2B whether the balance of the claim adds “significantly more” to the judicial exception. This analysis is performed by considering the elements of the claim both individually and as an ordered combination. A portion of this analysis involves determining whether the additional elements transform the nature of the claim into a patent-eligible application, such as by reciting aspects that are not “well-understood, routine, conventional activity.”
Under the revised procedure, Step 2A is divided into two separate prongs to elucidate the “directed to” inquiry. Under Prong 1, the examiner first evaluates whether the claim recites a judicial exception. For an “abstract idea,” the examiner performs this evaluation by a) identifying the specific limitation(s) in the claim that individually or in combination recites the judicial exception and b) determining whether the identified limitation(s) fall within one of the subject matter groups enumerated in the Guidance, namely mathematical concepts, certain methods of organizing human activity, and mental processes. Examples from the caselaw are cited in support of each of these groups. If the examiner concludes that the identified limitations do fall within one or these groups, then the analysis proceeds to Prong 2. If not, the claim is subject matter eligible. Under Prong 2, which applies to all three types of judicial exceptions, the examiner evaluates whether the identified judicial exception is integrated into a practical application. For example, if the claim applies, relies on, or uses the identified judicial exception in a manner that “imposes a meaningful limit on the judicial exception, such that the claim is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the judicial exception,” then the claim is patent subject matter eligible. Otherwise, analysis proceeds to Step 2B, which remains unchanged.
With these revised guidelines, the USPTO appears to be attempting to increase the predictability and consistency of the examination process. Of particular note, USPTO personnel is no longer permitted to use the USPTO’s “Eligibility Quick Reference Sheet Identifying Abstract Ideas.” Also, the revised guidelines insist that the examiner must consider the claim as a whole when evaluating whether the judicial exception is “integrated into a practical application.” The guidelines further note that a claim that includes conventional elements may still be patent subject matter eligible by integrating a judicial exception into a practical application.
Employing correlation measurements to remotely evaluate beam forming antennas
US Patent 10,225,760
March 5, 2019
A system for evaluating the performance of beam forming antennas based on correlations of signal to noise measurements of individual scattering elements in the antennas. An RF source provides a radio frequency (RF) signal having a first frequency to an input of the antenna. Each of the antenna's scattering elements are individually selectable to emit the RF signal. A bias signal sequentially turns off and on each scattering element while emitting the RF signal. Also, a characteristic of the RF signal emitted by each scattering element is separately measured and each difference between the characteristics are identified and compared to one or more threshold values. A report regarding the differences that exceed the threshold value is provided to a user.
Dynamic content analysis and engagement system for shared displays
US Patent 10,223,998
March 5, 2019
Methods, systems, and techniques for analyzing the level of engagement of viewers of shared digital displays and enhancing that engagement by dynamically modifying the content of the display and incorporating personalized content created by viewers are provided. One example embodiment is the Dynamic Content Analysis and Engagement System (DCAES), which enables the operator of the system to analyze engagement, generate metrics, manage owner and viewer generated content, and dynamically modify the content on the shared display to increase the engagement of the viewer. In one example embodiment, the DCAES comprises an attention sensor module, an analysis module, a content management module, and a display control module.
Illuminated bottle sleeve and mating bottle
US Patent 10,215,396
February 26, 2019
A sleeve for use with a mating bottle forms a tubular shape having a top end and a bottom end and an interior space within the tubular shape formed by the sleeve. A light source is carried on the sleeve, the light source being oriented to direct the majority of the light emitted from the light source toward the interior space. One or more holes formed in the sleeve, preferably as a pattern, such that light emitted from the light source and directed toward the interior space is allowed to pass through the one or more holes when the sleeve is attached around the bottle.
