Weekly Patent Insights: Samsung is granted 166 patents; Uber gains new patent on Autonomous Vehicles

November 6, 2018

Parola Top Patents

We also looked at the notable patents that were granted in the week of October 24–30:

Technical diagram showing a labeled mechanical device with various numbered components, viewed from the front, enhanced by artificial intelligence for advanced analysis and visualization.

10111806 | Device for delivering mist to the human face | Philips
Your t-zones are well-covered by Philips’ latest patent. The invention is a facial mister having a plurality of nozzles aimed at different portions of the face. The temperature of each nozzle may also vary for optimal treatment of specific zones of the face.

Block diagram showing interconnected stations, servers, and devices—including AV equipment, computers, IBM modules, and network components—illustrating a system architecture and communication flow enhanced by artificial intelligence.

10115482 | Reflexive education: a method for automated delivery of educational material linked to objective or subjective data | Philips
Health management through proper education is the goal of this invention by Philips. Educational content to achieve a health management goal is provided to a patient based on patient profile and patient input.

Diagram of a wireless cellular network illustrating how AI-powered macro, relay, and pico base stations connect cell phones within a macro cell coverage area.

10117139 | Techniques and apparatuses for improved neighbor selection in 5G cellular systems | Qualcomm
The race to implement fully-functional 5G systems is on. Qualcomm’s latest patent dabbles in improving neighbor selection in 5G systems. Measurement gap (a time window that the UE is not transmitting or receiving data via the cellular network) is determined based on neighbor cells of the UE.

Diagram showing a car with AI sensor ranges detecting pedestrians and vehicles at a crosswalk, with traffic signals and labeled points of interest such as "Pose" and "Path.

10112623 | Sensory stimulation system for an autonomous vehicle | Uber Technologies, Inc.
Feeling carsick? This patent from Uber mitigates the risk of experiencing car sickness in autonomous vehicles (AV). The AV provides visual stimulation outputs to the passenger corresponding to the respective maneuver of the AV.

Block diagram of a computer system showing connections between input device, output device, memory components, processor, bus, storage device, and communication interface—key elements in AI and artificial intelligence computing environments.

10114818 | System and method for locating bilingual web sites | AT&T
AT&T’s patent crawls the World Wide Web to accurately locate bilingual websites. The system performs a bidirectional web crawl to identify bilingual web sites. The bidirectional web crawl can consider back links and forward links and can further be based on a bipartite graph representing the back links and the forward links.

Diagram displaying three interface screens—Video Library, Video Catalog, and Video Content—each with navigation buttons and partitioned by dashed lines, illustrating how AI enhances user navigation and content organization.

10115433 | Section identification in video content | A9.com
Searching for your favorite scene and favorite quote from a video became easier with this invention from A9.COM. User interaction with the video content can be used to identify portions of the video content such as quotes, shots, scenes, etc.

Network diagram illustrating two hosts on separate local networks—one labeled e-Gov network and the other Local Network—communicating via routers and an external network, enhanced by IBM artificial intelligence technologies.

10116621 | Method and system for messaging security | Axway Inc.
E-mail security is of utmost importance due to the sensitivity of information carried in the messages. Axway’s invention relates to a firewall specifically for messaging that cooperates with a remote publicly accessible security server to securely transmit e-mail messages.