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Automated Smart Meeting Scheduling, Mohsin Alam, Sneha Singhi
Automated Smart Meeting Scheduling, Mohsin Alam, Sneha Singhi
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Scheduling meetings requires hosts to manually check invitee calendars to find available time slots. Further, it requires invitees to manually accept invites or reject/propose new times. Meeting scheduling currently does not take into account historical user behavior or user preferences that may not be explicitly indicated. This disclosure describes the use of machine learning techniques to automate and simplify meeting scheduling. The techniques are implemented with specific user permission to access the user’s calendar and other data. User data are accessed specifically for the purposes of meeting scheduling and in accordance with user preferences. Trained machine learning models can automatically …
Capture Shortcuts For Smart Glasses Using Electromyography, Meta, Inc.
Capture Shortcuts For Smart Glasses Using Electromyography, Meta, Inc.
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Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to capture shortcuts on smart glasses using electromyography (EMG). Some implementations can detect certain gestures using a wearable EMG, such as an EMG band or other smart device incorporating an EMG sensor. Some implementations can map these gestures to content captured on the smart glasses, such as image capture or video capture. For example, a user can make a clicking (i.e., "air tap") motion with his fingers to take a picture using the smart glasses. In some implementations, the user can perform different actions for different types of capture, such as finger snapping …
Rolling Availability Of Payment Card Credit Limit To Prevent Fraudulent Card Transactions, Alok Roy
Rolling Availability Of Payment Card Credit Limit To Prevent Fraudulent Card Transactions, Alok Roy
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The present disclosure relates to a method of preventing unauthorized high value purchases by fraudsters when payment card credentials are compromised. This is performed by controlling an available credit limit or balance of the payment card of a cardholder through a rolling window. The method includes adding a feature to a card issuing bank or institution’s net banking account that may allow the cardholder to set a fixed available rolling credit limit or balance window for the cardholder’s payment card transactions. Further, the method may allow the cardholder to set the rolling availability of credit limit feature to an ON …
Group-Based Policies For Micro-Segmentation With Standard Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (Vxlan) Overlay, Radha Krishnaiah Pusapati, Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Muru Panchalingam, Muralidhar Annabatula, Ayan Banerjee
Group-Based Policies For Micro-Segmentation With Standard Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (Vxlan) Overlay, Radha Krishnaiah Pusapati, Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Muru Panchalingam, Muralidhar Annabatula, Ayan Banerjee
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Standard Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) headers do not provide the space to carry policy information from ingress Network Virtual Ethernet (NVE) devices to egress NVE devices. The option to provide the bits/bytes to carry this information is provided with different header formats, however, some bases are unable to parse these other frame formats. According to techniques described herein, group-based policies may be implemented over standard VXLAN overlays, thereby eliminating the cost of implementing custom protocol modifications and helping data center customers by remaining with their existing fabrics without costly upgrades.
Adjusting Bandwidth In A Video Conference, Stefan Lindmark
Adjusting Bandwidth In A Video Conference, Stefan Lindmark
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A technique is proposed for optimizing the bandwidth usage of a video conferencing system. The video quality requested and received by a client device for specific video streams associated with a client device user-interface (UI) can be lowered based on user engagement, thereby lowering total bandwidth usage. An eye-tracking module can be used to identify the specific area of visual focus of a user. A ranking module can then generate rankings for every visual element (and any associated video streams) of the UI. Video quality adjustments can then be made based on such rankings. A quality adjustment could include lowering …
Emphatic Mute: Introducing A New Mute State For Use During A Video Conference, Stefan Lindmark
Emphatic Mute: Introducing A New Mute State For Use During A Video Conference, Stefan Lindmark
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A technique is proposed for an emphatic mute feature for a participant within a video conference. The emphatic mute state can be a state a given user enables that is more emphatic than simply muting. The emphatic mute state can indicate that user is in agreement, that a user has finished providing communications, or that the user has made the decision not to speak for significant amount of time. A technique for activating the emphatic mute state can be presented to the user via a video conference UI. In some cases, an emphatic mute state activation feature such as a …
Browser No Trail Mode For Logged-In Private Browsing, Hakan Uysal, Gamze Ergin Uysal
Browser No Trail Mode For Logged-In Private Browsing, Hakan Uysal, Gamze Ergin Uysal
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Many web browsers offer a private browsing feature that allows users to browse without a record of search history, page history, cookies, or other temporary data being stored. Websites also allow users to browse privately without storing user activity data to avoid such activity from affecting personalization features such as recommendations. However, during a private session, the user is not authenticated at the website they visit and therefore, cannot reap benefits such as access to premium content, no advertising, etc. This disclosure describes an additional web browser mode, referred to as no trail mode, that offers users the benefits of …
Smart Array, Xueying Shen, Alexander Filatov, Okko Grippando
Smart Array, Xueying Shen, Alexander Filatov, Okko Grippando
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Devices, systems, and methods for generating arrays are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method for generating an array includes calculating a true metric for a peer set. The peer set includes peer values and weight percentages corresponding to each of the peer values. The method further includes determining that the peer set does not comply with at least one privacy policy rule. The method further includes generating the array based on determining that the peer set does not comply with the at least one privacy policy rule. The array represents the true metric and is generated by (i) calculating …
Multimodal Sensing For Subvocal Speech Recognition For Silent Speech Interfaces In Future Ar Glasses, Melinda Anderson, Thomas Lunner, Ananta Narayanan Balaji, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi
Multimodal Sensing For Subvocal Speech Recognition For Silent Speech Interfaces In Future Ar Glasses, Melinda Anderson, Thomas Lunner, Ananta Narayanan Balaji, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi
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Subvocal speech occurs while someone reads a book or talks to oneself or murmurs. Unlike whispering where closer ones can hear speech, such voices cannot be heard by others nearby. Subvocal speech recognition is usually done with electromyograms (EMG) that are unique for each speaker. EMG electrodes are placed on the neck and facial muscles to record muscle activations while making subvocal speech. In addition, EEG electrodes can also be placed on the head to capture electrical signals generated by the brain when subvocal speech has been made. These electrical signals can then be interpreted using signal processing techniques for …
Self-Adaptive Capacitor For Micro-Display Sub-Pixels, Qianqian Wang, Jacob Choi, Gang Chen
Self-Adaptive Capacitor For Micro-Display Sub-Pixels, Qianqian Wang, Jacob Choi, Gang Chen
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A display device has pixels that compensate a threshold voltage of a driving transistor through decreasing the discharge time of a capacitor coupled to the driving transistor. The capacitor may be embodied as a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor. The capacitor may include a non-uniform channel region having a capacitance that increases with a decrease of a gate-source voltage applied to the capacitor and decrease with an increase of the gate-source voltage applied to the capacitor.
Remote Device Printing Job Queue Management, Hp Inc
Remote Device Printing Job Queue Management, Hp Inc
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This disclosure relates to the field of computer managed digital print production. Production managers want to monitor and act on production while away of the production site. This happens because, among other reasons, last minute production priority changes or devices availability (for example, device stops working/failure or not properly calibrated). Additionally, there might not be operators on the production site (for example, disattended printing or overnight printing) to perform required checks or actions on devices or production upon production manager request. Unless inbound connections are open to local networked hosted solutions and/or devices, current cloud-based applications (webapps) allow to monitor …
Using Micro-Recirculation To Recover Poor Printhead Nozzle Health, Hp Inc
Using Micro-Recirculation To Recover Poor Printhead Nozzle Health, Hp Inc
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This disclosure relates to the field of industrial printing where downtimes may be indeterministic (due to manufacturing downtimes and/or shift changes) and printheads are typically sitting out in free space without service stations or servicing systems but the printing system is expected to start up and print without issue with no human intervention.
Cardless Payment Transaction Device And Method, Bharat Kumar Patel, Vahinidevi Jaganath, Siseko Peter
Cardless Payment Transaction Device And Method, Bharat Kumar Patel, Vahinidevi Jaganath, Siseko Peter
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The present disclosure discloses a method and system for a cardless issuance system, which makes use of feature phones and runs by making use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) or Short Message Service (SMS) to send messages. The method comprises of an account holder requesting for pre-authorization for merchant purchases via issuer banking application and receiving a time-bound dynamically generated passcode through USSD/SMS. The method further comprises of the account holder, entering the time-bound dynamically generated passcode (provided by issuer) at the POS along with the Primary Account Number (PAN), and one or more other details. The method finally …
Dynamically Updated Location-Based User Groups For Context-Specific Communication, Daniel D. Walker, Sergio Rico, Masumi Matsumoto, Kevin Lu, Huayue Wu, Erika Palmer, Adam Nathan
Dynamically Updated Location-Based User Groups For Context-Specific Communication, Daniel D. Walker, Sergio Rico, Masumi Matsumoto, Kevin Lu, Huayue Wu, Erika Palmer, Adam Nathan
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Groups on social networking and messaging platforms enable users to communicate with others in a compartmentalized and targeted manner. However, curating such groups requires manual effort and does not support scenarios in which users wish to communicate with context-specific groups that are dynamic and transient. This disclosure describes techniques that enable dynamically creation and update of user groups based on user location. A messaging backend can enable users to communicate with others in the dynamic location-based groups connected to specific locations. The techniques enable seamless formation and update of context-specific groups without manual effort.
Machine Learning Based Virtual Concierge For Planning Group Activities, Cliff Chin Ngai Sze, Russell Goldenbroit, Elisabeth Jeremko
Machine Learning Based Virtual Concierge For Planning Group Activities, Cliff Chin Ngai Sze, Russell Goldenbroit, Elisabeth Jeremko
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When a group of individuals attempt to plan a group activity such as a joint trip to a common destination, the presence of conflicting constraints makes it difficult to arrive at a plan that is agreeable to all. This disclosure describes a virtual concierge that accepts as input multiple, potentially conflicting constraints from multiple individuals planning collective travel (or other group activity) and outputs optimized recommendations tailored for the individuals in the group. The virtual concierge application can leverage large language models (LLM) for language understanding and for natural user interactions. The virtual concierge can generate prompts for an LLM …
Searching Personal Photo Collections Via Similar Visual Searches, Duc-Hieu Tran
Searching Personal Photo Collections Via Similar Visual Searches, Duc-Hieu Tran
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While personal photo collections can be searched based on image labels assigned to images in the collection, such searches can fail when the user specifies a search query for rare images or specifies concepts that do not have matching labels, e.g., in a language different from the language of the image labels. This disclosure describes techniques to search a personal collection of photos based on visual similarity with images obtained from a public image search. Machine learning techniques are used to generate representation vectors from the personal images. A public image search is performed based on the user's natural language …
Item Identification Via Ultrawideband Trilateration For In-Store Self-Checkout, D Shin
Item Identification Via Ultrawideband Trilateration For In-Store Self-Checkout, D Shin
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In-store shopping can involve lengthy wait times due to long checkout lines. While self-checkout counters can be useful, these require customers to manually scan items they want to purchase. This disclosure describes the use of ultrawideband trilateration to automate identification of items that a customer intends to purchase. A store performs a calibration exercise to map physical spaces (e.g., aisles and shelves) to different items for sale. A customer carrying an ultrawideband-capable device can initiate purchase by suitable action, e.g., via a UI element on their device. Ultrawideband trilateration is performed to determine the location of the customer device and …
Garage Door Event Detection Using Acoustics And Vibrations, Kofi Whitney, David Cybulski, Cynthia Xiyuan Mahoney, Akshaya Madhavan
Garage Door Event Detection Using Acoustics And Vibrations, Kofi Whitney, David Cybulski, Cynthia Xiyuan Mahoney, Akshaya Madhavan
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Home security can benefit from monitoring the state of a garage door. Many garage door openers lack smart functionalities that enable checking the current state of the garage door and receiving notifications when the door is opened or closed. While some security cameras may support garage door state detection, in practice, security cameras in a home may not have a view of the garage door or such view may be occluded. This disclosure describes the use of vibration data captured with a vibration sensor in the garage door assembly and/or sound data captured with a microphone to detect when a …
Bluetooth-Based Home Intrusion Detection Using Smart Home Devices, Sean Zarringhalam
Bluetooth-Based Home Intrusion Detection Using Smart Home Devices, Sean Zarringhalam
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Security cameras and motion detectors used for home security can be expensive and may not cover the entirety of a home or property. Also, even when an intruder is detected by the camera, there is not much that can be done after the intruder leaves. This disclosure describes the use of in-home smart devices to detect unrecognized devices via Bluetooth and automatically detect an intrusion based on such detection. The described techniques can detect intruders and can also help locate the intruders after they leave the home. The techniques can improve home security without requiring additional hardware.
Registration And Control Of Smart Home Devices Via Augmented Reality, Sean Zarringhalam
Registration And Control Of Smart Home Devices Via Augmented Reality, Sean Zarringhalam
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Smart home devices can be controlled via a smartphone or other device. However, when a user has several smart home devices in their home, identifying a particular device and accessing its controls can be cumbersome. This disclosure describes the use of augmented reality (AR) to detect and register smart home devices, and to automatically surface device control user interface for devices within a user’s view. Per the techniques, object recognition is used to detect the make and model of devices within a user’s camera view to enable the user to easily configure the device. Mesh network protocols are used to …
Pop-Up Display Of Browser Tab Summary Generated By A Large Language Model, D Shin
Pop-Up Display Of Browser Tab Summary Generated By A Large Language Model, D Shin
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Users may lose context about the content of the individual browser tabs when they have multiple tabs open. Navigation between tabs can be cumbersome. This disclosure describes an interface that provides a short AI-generated summary of the contents of a browser tab when a user hovers the cursor over the tab. A large language model (LLM) is utilized to generate a summary (e.g., one sentence) that is displayed in a suitable manner, e.g., a pop-up that is shown when the user hovers over a tab. The quick preview feature allows the user to navigate through multiple tabs open on their …
Method And System For Migrating A Code From A First Format To A Second Format, Raghuram Viswanadha, Justin George, Suresh Pulikara, Susheel Vadlamudi, Harish Raghavendra, Giri Kesavan, Pranay Vyas, Sowmya Mothekani, Manish Kaushik, Paresh Goswami
Method And System For Migrating A Code From A First Format To A Second Format, Raghuram Viswanadha, Justin George, Suresh Pulikara, Susheel Vadlamudi, Harish Raghavendra, Giri Kesavan, Pranay Vyas, Sowmya Mothekani, Manish Kaushik, Paresh Goswami
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The present disclosure relates to a migration tool to convert a code in a first format to a code in a second format. The source code received can be from a user (108) or from a database (106). The input code is said to be in the first format. An Abstract Syntax tree (AST) of the code in the first format is generated by a system (104) by parsing the code. A modified AST is generated based on the AST of the code in the first format. A code in the second format is generated from the modified AST.
Context Aware Emoji Suggestions Using Emoji Embeddings And Usage Pattern, Fuxiao Xin
Context Aware Emoji Suggestions Using Emoji Embeddings And Usage Pattern, Fuxiao Xin
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Emojis are a popular way to communicate emotions and gestures. As a type of visual art, the meaning of emojis is subject to individual perception and interpretation. The meaning and usage of emojis evolves over time. New emojis are introduced periodically. Discovering appropriate emojis can thus be difficult. This disclosure describes the use of machine learning techniques to automatically suggest emojis based on text input by a user. A machine learning model is trained over emoji annotations as well as usage patterns in a manner that adapts to changing meaning and usage of an emoji. Text entered by a user …
Visual Debugger For Internet-Of-Things (Iot) Ecosystem, Sean Zarringhalam
Visual Debugger For Internet-Of-Things (Iot) Ecosystem, Sean Zarringhalam
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When a smart home device does not work as expected, the device vendor has to investigate many interacting parts in the ecosystem in order to determine a root cause for the issue. With a high number of interacting parts involved in debugging, the debugging process can be time-consuming and tedious. This disclosure describes a visual debugger that is optimized for IoT ecosystems. The visual debugger unifies logs generated by IoT devices to display the evolution of device states with time. Network requests and responses are indicated visually by clickable arrows indicating the directions of network traffic. An event on a …
Innovating To Decrease Radio Units’ (Rus’) Total Cost Of Ownership
Innovating To Decrease Radio Units’ (Rus’) Total Cost Of Ownership
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A system for facilitating a collaborative effort to develop open RAN components and drive solutions with vendor-neutral hardware and software based on open interfaces and community-defined standards is provided. The aim is to accelerate the adoption of open RAN through simplified, flexible and efficient RAN technologies. The system may deliver innovative radio products and may lower the total cost of ownership for operators.
Colorimeter With Gray Scale Camera
Colorimeter With Gray Scale Camera
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Methods and systems for using a monochrome camera in colorimeter systems to perform image quality testing are provided during the manufacturing (e.g., benchmarking) process. The system may include a target image displayed on a device for directing light to the system. The system (e.g., colorimeter system) may include a spectrometer system and a camera system. The spectrometer system may receive light from the target image and may perform functions such as determining the spectrum, calculating the chromaticity, and identifying the spectral shape associated with the light from the display being tested. The camera system may receive the light from the …
Drum Based 3d Printed Optics
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Methods, systems, and apparatuses for creating optics for virtual reality or augmented reality. A 3D printing device may include a drum base (e.g., comprising a lateral surface about a horizontal axis bounded by two base surfaces), a fixture attached to the lateral surface of the drum base, and a print head substantially perpendicular to the lateral surface of the drum base. A processor may effectuate operations that include determining a rotation speed of the drum base around the horizontal axis of the drum base and determining delivery, by the print head to the fixture, of a first substrate forming a …
Better Text Compression Using A Large Language Model, D Shin
Better Text Compression Using A Large Language Model, D Shin
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Conventional compression techniques for text are based on typical frequencies of individual letters within the text, independent of higher-level semantics. This disclosure describes a compression scheme for text data in which a conventional coder/decoder (codec) is augmented with an additional semantic codec to achieve greater compression and throughput. The additional semantic codec can be implemented with a pre-trained large language model (LLM). Text data is first input to a semantic coder for semantic-based compression. Codes within the codebook are reranked based on selective erasure by the encoder LLM. Once the codebook is established, portions within the text that can be …
Methods And Apparatuses For On-Head Detection Of A Head-Mounted Display
Methods And Apparatuses For On-Head Detection Of A Head-Mounted Display
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The present application describes a computer-implemented method including a step of detecting, via a first sensor positioned on a HMD, an indication of an angular distance between a temple arm and an inner surface of the HMD. The method may also include a step of detecting, via a second sensor positioned on the HMD, an indication of contact between the HMD and skin of a user. The method may further include a step of detecting, via a third sensor positioned on the HMD, an indication of any one or more of motion of the HMD or a position of the …
Histogram-Based Local Tone Mapping Algorithm For A Data Processing Unit, Tai-Yuan Hsu
Histogram-Based Local Tone Mapping Algorithm For A Data Processing Unit, Tai-Yuan Hsu
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This publication describes a histogram-based local tone mapping (LTM) algorithm for a data processing unit (DPU) of an enhanced local tone mapping (LTM) platform that provides better visibility for display systems. The LTM platform may include a high‑frequency (HF) addback feature to recover the high-frequency details, a flatness‑based tone curve control to mitigate halo artifacts, and a hardware (HW) temporal smoothing process to reduce software (SW) computation loading. The described LTM platform can also reduce the non‑smooth change between anchor points.