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Privacy-Friendly Personalization Of Llm Responses Using Hashed Entity Injection, Keun Soo Yim
Privacy-Friendly Personalization Of Llm Responses Using Hashed Entity Injection, Keun Soo Yim
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This disclosure describes techniques that enable a server-side large language model to provide personalized responses to user queries while protecting user personal data that is used in a request sent to the LLM from a user device. With user permission, entities from personal data stored locally on a user device are retrieved and hashed using a hash function at the local device. The hashed values are injected in a request sent to the LLM that is located in the cloud or other network location distinct from the local device. The LLM generates a response including one or more hashed values …
Universal App For Receiving Payment Notifications From Digital Payment Providers, Ankit Aggarwal
Universal App For Receiving Payment Notifications From Digital Payment Providers, Ankit Aggarwal
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Merchants that receive digital payment notifications on a smartphone that is additionally used for other tasks may miss the incoming notification, may not have time to look at the notifications, or may not be able to verify payment receipt when the payment app is turned off or the smartphone loses connectivity. While dedicated speaker devices that provide audible notifications are available, these are proprietary, expensive, difficult to upgrade, and limited to a specific merchant account provider. This disclosure describes techniques that use a lightweight messaging protocol such as Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) to provide enhanced digital payment notifications. A …
Converting Analog Objects Into Speakers Using Intelligent Hrtf Aware Panning, D Shin
Converting Analog Objects Into Speakers Using Intelligent Hrtf Aware Panning, D Shin
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While multiple smart devices may be present in a home environment and respond to spoken commands from a user, in current configurations, users can interact with only one smart device at a time. Based on detecting a spoken command from a user, a smart device that is close to the user’s current location within the home. generates and provides a response. This disclosure describes techniques that enable a user to provide a spoken command while facing or being near any object (an analog object or a non-smart device) in their surroundings, not necessarily a smart device, and to receive an …
The Method To Discover The Requirements Of The Users Of The Client Computers Utilizing Broadcasting, Punarjeewa Abeysekera
The Method To Discover The Requirements Of The Users Of The Client Computers Utilizing Broadcasting, Punarjeewa Abeysekera
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This paper describes a method to discover the requirements of the users’ of the client computers utilizing broadcasting. The method incorporates a collection of client computers whose users will have requirements for information, goods and services, a collection of requirement discovering servers and a collection of proxy servers which are allocated for the collection of requirement discovering servers. The collection of the requirement discovering servers will collect the requirements of the users of the client computers utilizing the collection of proxy servers which are allocated for the collection of the requirement discovering servers and by utilizing broadcast methodology.
Improved Eye Tracking With Hardware-Generated Multi-Polarized Images, Jamyuen Ko, Gordon Wan
Improved Eye Tracking With Hardware-Generated Multi-Polarized Images, Jamyuen Ko, Gordon Wan
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Eye tracking is performed in augmented reality, virtual reality, or extended reality (AR/VR/XR) applications to determine the gaze direction of the user. However, eye tracking based on a captured image of the eye can be inaccurate when the image contains saturated pixels due to high reflection from the user’s eye. This disclosure describes techniques to generate multi-polarized images (images with different polarization angles) simultaneously. A metalens is provided in the imaging apparatus to generate multiple images with different polarization. The images are partitioned on the same sensor. The image that is relatively free of saturation can be used to perform …
Generating Inpainting For Gridlines For Immersive Image Viewing Experience, D Shin
Generating Inpainting For Gridlines For Immersive Image Viewing Experience, D Shin
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Image grids, e.g., of photo thumbnails in a user interface, typically include unicolor (e.g., white or gray) gridlines for visually separating each thumbnail from its neighbors. This disclosure describes techniques to use image inpainting techniques to provide photo browsing user interfaces that provide an immersive, holistic viewing experience. The gridlines are inpainted by the application of generative artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. The entire N x M grid of thumbnails is divided into K local spaces. Generative inpainting of gridlines can be performed by considering the set of images within a given local space together with the previously inpainted edge of …
Personalized Mixed Reality Audio Using Audio Classification Using Machine Learning, Quinn Thuy Tran, Joseph Johnson Jr.
Personalized Mixed Reality Audio Using Audio Classification Using Machine Learning, Quinn Thuy Tran, Joseph Johnson Jr.
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Traditional audio devices such as over-the-ear or in-ear headphones are limited in their ability to provide a personalized and engaging listening experience. When using such audio devices in a noisy environment, it can be difficult for a user to focus on the audio that is most important. This disclosure describes the use of mixed reality audio to enhance the listening experience via headphones, earbuds, or other audio devices during normal use. Machine learning techniques are used to modify the audio per user preferences, e.g., to focus the audio on a single person talking while the user is in a group, …
Service Id Management System And Method Thereof, Sahil Arora
Service Id Management System And Method Thereof, Sahil Arora
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The method (300) outlines a systematic approach for the efficient deployment and management of a Hadoop environment. The method emphasizes the use of a script to generate unique Service IDs, incorporating a buffer to preemptively generate IDs and mitigate the risk of system downtime during high demand. The integration of Service IDs with the Name Node avoids locking or blocking essential Hadoop operations and implementing batch processes strategically. Continuous monitoring of both the Service ID and the Hadoop cluster is done for immediate alerts related to discrepancies, failures, or performance issues. Version management is underscored to ensure atomic changes and …
A System For Multi-Level, Multi-Variate Embedding Framework For Risk Scoring, Hao Xu, Anurag Tangri, Chiranjeet Chetia
A System For Multi-Level, Multi-Variate Embedding Framework For Risk Scoring, Hao Xu, Anurag Tangri, Chiranjeet Chetia
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The present disclosure provides a novel system for multi-level multi-variate embedding framework for risk scoring. In the present disclosure, risk factors within each category are aggregated as one score using Level-1 embedding, while a global risk score is obtained using Level-2 embedding. The framework models different scores considering the interactive effects among different factors and scores. Also, any auxiliary variables that are important for global risk scoring can be easily integrated. The coefficients in multi-level embedding can be determined within one process based on historical data of user interested activities. A penalized loss is used to optimize the model structure …
Automatically Highlighting Browser Tabs Related To Current Tab, Karthik Srinivas, Ajay Prasad, Ramprasad Sedouram
Automatically Highlighting Browser Tabs Related To Current Tab, Karthik Srinivas, Ajay Prasad, Ramprasad Sedouram
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Users that have a large number of open browser tabs can struggle to identify tabs that are relevant to their current task. While tab search functionality is available in some browsers, such functionality does not automatically identify relevant tabs. This disclosure describes a web browser that, with user permission, determines the user’s current context based on the currently active browser tab and automatically highlights other relevant tabs that are currently open. The content and metadata of browser tabs are analyzed, e.g., using on-device machine learning techniques, to identify the relevant tabs. The relevant tabs can be highlighted with different colors …
Identifying Aggregators Systematically Using Transactional Attributes (Card Acceptor Id Or Caid), Basudeb Ghosh Visa, Prithwiraj Mitra Visa
Identifying Aggregators Systematically Using Transactional Attributes (Card Acceptor Id Or Caid), Basudeb Ghosh Visa, Prithwiraj Mitra Visa
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A method, system, and computer program product are provided for identifying aggregators using transaction data. The system may include at least one processor programmed or configured to receive transaction data comprising a card acceptor identifier (CAID) and a card acceptor name. The at least one processor may identify a plurality of CAIDs included in the transaction data and for each CAID, determine a number of distinct card acceptor names corresponding to the CAID. The at least one processor may then identify a first CAID having a plurality of distinct card acceptor names corresponding to the first CAID. The at least …
Voice-Activated Selfie
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The subject disclosure provides for an extended reality (XR) wearable device that may capture a mixed reality self-portrait and share the self-portrait to a social media platform. The disclosure concerns the problem of conveniently capturing and sharing digital self-portraits. The disclosed solution addresses the problem by configuring a set of XR smart glasses to, based on a voice command of a user, capture raw real, virtual, or mixed images; process the raw images into a self-portrait that includes real, virtual, or mixed elements; and share the self-portrait to a social media platform.
Method And System For Secure Credential Generation, Rhidian John
Method And System For Secure Credential Generation, Rhidian John
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One embodiment includes a method performed by an authentication provider. The method includes receiving a sensitive information from a user. For example, the sensitive information may include payment data or a healthcare data of the user. The method includes transmitting the sensitive information to a processing server and receiving a long living token associated with the sensitive information from the processing server. The authentication provider stores the long living token. The method further includes the authentication provider receiving, from a resource provider, a request for a subset of the sensitive information. The method includes transmitting the subset of the sensitive …
Generative Ai Driven Content Quality Enhancement For User-Generated Content, Jaunani Sriramachandran, Ramprasad Sedouram
Generative Ai Driven Content Quality Enhancement For User-Generated Content, Jaunani Sriramachandran, Ramprasad Sedouram
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Online content posted by amateur content creators may not be of sufficient quality to drive engagement. For example, such content may have audio or video glitches. Viewer feedback can indicate the problems with user-generated content. This disclosure describes techniques that analyze viewer comments and/or the user-generated content to generate prompts for a generative AI model. With permission from content creators, the capability of generative artificial intelligence models to execute audio-enhancement tasks such as volume equalization, noise reduction, audio filtering, etc. and video-related tasks such as video smoothing, video stabilization, etc.is utilized via the generated prompts to automatically improve their content. …
Improving Online Presentations Based On Audience Usage Of Conversational Assistant, Dharma Teja, Ramprasad Sedouram
Improving Online Presentations Based On Audience Usage Of Conversational Assistant, Dharma Teja, Ramprasad Sedouram
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During a presentation made via video conference, attendees may use a conversational assistant within the video conference to seek clarifications for terms or concepts that they don’t understand. Speakers that are unaware of such audience activity cannot adjust their presentation to clarify presentation content. This disclosure describes techniques that enable a presenter to receive live feedback regarding content of their presentation that may not be understood (or may be misunderstood) by the audience and provide clarifications in real time. During the presentation, a presenter's interface is augmented with indications that a portion of the audience is having difficulty understanding certain …
Providing An Eco Mode Feature For Optical Modules, Antonio Carugati
Providing An Eco Mode Feature For Optical Modules, Antonio Carugati
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Techniques are presented herein that leverage the reality that many optical link installations could safely operate even with a reduced transmission optical power level. Aspects of the presented techniques offer a new optical transceiver feature (which may be referred to herein as an 'Eco Mode') in which a module may be set to work with a lower transmission power level. Under such an approach, at least one extra power level is allowed beyond (i.e., in addition to) an existing nominal power level. Through an Eco Mode option, a 100 gigabits per second (G) transceiver that is deployed in a Quad …
Aligning Map Patches To Estimate Lane Marker Geometry, Daniel J. Lingenfelter, Stephen P. Russell, Simon Desai, Jonathan T. Barron, Daniel Sievers
Aligning Map Patches To Estimate Lane Marker Geometry, Daniel J. Lingenfelter, Stephen P. Russell, Simon Desai, Jonathan T. Barron, Daniel Sievers
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Accurate lane marker geometry is important for autonomous vehicles to navigate roads safely and efficiently. Map patches provide valuable data for estimating lane marker geometry but need to be aligned before they can be used to estimate the lane marker geometry. Traditional feature-based approaches for aligning map patches are unsuitable for map patches that include only lane markers, which typically lack distinctive features. This disclosure describes techniques for aligning map patches, specifically aligning lane markers on road geometries. Per the technique, correspondence between lane markers is determined, focusing on smooth curves without distinct features. Map patch alignment technique combines sensor …
Robust Anti-Deepfake Measures For Audio Using Blockchain And Machine Learning, Stephane Belmon, Roshan Rammohan
Robust Anti-Deepfake Measures For Audio Using Blockchain And Machine Learning, Stephane Belmon, Roshan Rammohan
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Deepfake audio is fake audio where the content, while sounding like it is in the voice of a particular speaker, is not actually spoken by the person. With the advent of deepfakes, verifying audio as being provided by a particular person, e.g., a public figure or other party of interest, and at a particular time and location is important to promote trust within a society. This disclosure describes techniques that enable the listener of a particular piece of audio to verify that the audio was indeed created by the person associated with the voice. A recorder that is certified as …
Occupancy-Based Environment Control For Physical Spaces, Jaime Guajardo, Dmitrii Boiarshinov, Gabriella Lanning
Occupancy-Based Environment Control For Physical Spaces, Jaime Guajardo, Dmitrii Boiarshinov, Gabriella Lanning
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Optimizing environmental factors such as air ventilation flow, temperature, lighting levels, etc. with time-based fixed settings or presence detection by motion sensors can waste energy and provide less than optimal conditions for users. This disclosure describes techniques that use information obtained (with user permission) from multiple available sensors to optimize the settings for various environmental factors such as light intensity, temperature, air ventilation, etc. within public or private spaces. Sensor observations from smart home devices/ smart appliances within the physical space, as well as from mobile/ wearable devices such as smartwatches, smartphones, etc. are combined to detect human presence within …
A Method And System For Authorizing User Information Using A Passport Wallet Service, Salvador Ricardo, Jenny Ramirez, Cristina Villarroel, Liset Iturriaga Chevez, Alfredo Iglesias, Maikel Zuniga
A Method And System For Authorizing User Information Using A Passport Wallet Service, Salvador Ricardo, Jenny Ramirez, Cristina Villarroel, Liset Iturriaga Chevez, Alfredo Iglesias, Maikel Zuniga
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The present disclosure relates to a method and system for authorizing user information using a passport wallet service. In an embodiment, the present disclosure suggests registering user information and user passports in a passport wallet service via a merchant device/mobile application. After successful registration, the mobile application transmits a request to a VPVP token provisioning service to generate a secure token associated with the user registration in the passport wallet service. Thereafter, the VPVP processes the request and transmits a unique token to the mobile application. The user reviews the list of the available tokens in the mobile application and …
Spend Smart, Palakh Shangle Visa
Spend Smart, Palakh Shangle Visa
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The present disclosure relates a Digital Receipts Platform system to transform the way users manage their transactions. The Digital Receipts Platform system allows users to store, organize, and analyse all their purchase receipts in a unified, digital platform. By integrating with various points of purchase, such as online stores, physical retailers, and app-based services, the platform may automatically retrieve and store digital receipts. The platform provides the users with a comprehensive view of their spending habits and make managing expenses more efficient. It may help users to understand their financial behaviour better and provide useful insights to improve their financial …
Suspicious Call Detection And Mitigation Using Conversational Ai, Kolati Mallikarjuna Rao, Bhavikkumar Patel
Suspicious Call Detection And Mitigation Using Conversational Ai, Kolati Mallikarjuna Rao, Bhavikkumar Patel
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Spam or scam calls and messages are an annoyance, pose security risks, and can harm users that fall prey to calls that request money transfer or other action. Detection of such calls is difficult as scammers evade detection through tactics such as changing numbers they call from, modifying the call script, etc. While some smartphone applications can detect such calls or text based on caller ID, call origination, etc., such techniques cannot easily adapt to new scams. This disclosure describes the use of a conversational AI model to detect suspicious calls. The conversational AI model is trained on a dataset …
Visa Rtp Cards, Rajkumar Baskaran Visa
Visa Rtp Cards, Rajkumar Baskaran Visa
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The techniques of the present disclosure utilize the soundbox or any embedded device (e.g., a POS machine) to facilitate RTP in the UPI payments system using contactless cards. In the present disclosure, the consumers are provided with the contactless cards by issuer banks just like normal payments cards (e.g., debit/credit cards). The consumers may apply for the contactless cards via 3rd party payment applications or directly from banks. In the present disclosure, a contactless card reader and a number pad is attached with the soundbox or the embedded device, where the merchant enters the payment amount for static QR …
Usage-Based App Ordering In Application Switching User Interface, Alex Chen, Ankit Mohan, Yuan Li
Usage-Based App Ordering In Application Switching User Interface, Alex Chen, Ankit Mohan, Yuan Li
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Switching between applications is a frequent activity. Currently, the list of applications available to switch to is sorted based on recency of use, requiring the user to perform complex navigation actions to locate and switch to a target application. Further, the list excludes apps that are not currently running. When a large number of apps are running, such a recency-based display of apps is inconvenient, especially if the user intends to switch to an app that was not used recently. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with user permission, to personalize the sort order of apps that are displayed when a …
Smart Alarm Updates Based On Updates To Calendar, Alex Chen
Smart Alarm Updates Based On Updates To Calendar, Alex Chen
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Alarm features provided via a smartphone or other device enable a user to set a wake-up time of their choice. However, when a user’s calendar is updated overnight, the alarm time may cause the user to miss a newly added event or wake up early unnecessarily even when an early event has been canceled. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with user permission, to automatically adjust the time of the wake-up alarm based on changes in the user’s calendar. The user’s calendar is examined periodically to determine if adjustments to the alarm wake-up time are necessary and make such adjustments automatically. …
Automatically Updating Video Presentations Containing Dynamic Content Whenever The Content Changes, Alan Gatzke, Anuj Shah, Brian Christopher Powell, Ty Thorsen
Automatically Updating Video Presentations Containing Dynamic Content Whenever The Content Changes, Alan Gatzke, Anuj Shah, Brian Christopher Powell, Ty Thorsen
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Techniques are presented herein that support automatically updating the spoken words in a video presentation (using a custom text to speech (TTS) model that is tuned to the video creator’s own voice) that contains dynamic content whenever that content changes. Aspects of the presented techniques employ a cataloging mechanism, an image-to-text machine learning module, and a natural language processing (NLP) data labeling mechanism. Further aspects of the presented techniques offer an end-user interface that allows a user to select and verify which portions of the dynamic content should be automatically updated whenever a change is detected.
Search And Ranking Of High-Rise Apartments Based On Residential Quality Index, Royce Korah Thomas
Search And Ranking Of High-Rise Apartments Based On Residential Quality Index, Royce Korah Thomas
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Increasing urbanization has prompted urban residents to look for solutions to alleviate urban environmental issues such as air and noise pollution. High-rise buildings have become a preferred choice for those looking for cleaner air and a quieter living environment. This disclosure describes techniques to crowdsource floor information from residents of high-rise apartments and to use such information to prioritize search results based on a herein-defined residential quality index (RQI). The techniques address limitations of current map or search applications by providing accurate floor and environmental quality information for high-rise apartments.
An Estimation System For Encouraging Timely Repayment Of Credit Card Bills And Method Thereof, Alok Roy
An Estimation System For Encouraging Timely Repayment Of Credit Card Bills And Method Thereof, Alok Roy
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The present disclosure relates to estimating the interest liability when the total due amount is not repaid by the cardholder. The present disclosure describes calculating an interest amount applicable on the associated credit card of the user if they do not clear off the total due amount but instead repays only a fraction of it. The calculated interest may then be displayed on the user device to make them aware of the financial implication of not repaying the entire amount when it is due, enabling them to take informed financial decisions. This may also ensure enhanced transparency in the working …
Wearable Device With Distance Sensing And Haptic Feedback For Visually Impaired Users, Gabriella Lanning, Jaime Guajardo, Dmitrii Boiarshinov
Wearable Device With Distance Sensing And Haptic Feedback For Visually Impaired Users, Gabriella Lanning, Jaime Guajardo, Dmitrii Boiarshinov
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A blind walking cane (white cane) enables visually impaired users to navigate their surroundings. Through movement and touch of the white cane, such users can detect obstacles and/or change in terrain. However, in crowded environments, environments with a lot of moving objects, weather conditions such as rain or snow, or in environments where objects are at a distance longer than the cane itself, use of a white cane may be ineffective or impractical. In such situations, the cane may not provide essential feedback in time to avoid obstacles. This disclosure describes a wearable device that uses a distance sensor such …
E-Vehicles Emergency Volumetric Flow Pump With Wheel Speed/E-Machine Speed For Towing Function, Konrad Hirschbeck
E-Vehicles Emergency Volumetric Flow Pump With Wheel Speed/E-Machine Speed For Towing Function, Konrad Hirschbeck
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