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Remote Desktop Sharing With Multiple Users With High Quality Video And Audio Throughputs, Hp Inc
Remote Desktop Sharing With Multiple Users With High Quality Video And Audio Throughputs, Hp Inc
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A system that enables multiple remote users to simultaneously connect to a desktop is disclosed. The desktop can be hosted on a remote physical or virtual machine. Audio and video content from the remote desktop is securely transferred over the network to all connected users. The audio and video qualities are adjusted dynamically based on the network performance of all the connections.
Photos View In A Relative Timeline Based On Subject Age, Gabriel Diniz De Faria
Photos View In A Relative Timeline Based On Subject Age, Gabriel Diniz De Faria
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Many users have photo libraries that include photos taken over a long period of time, e.g., over several years. Photo library applications can index such photos and enable viewing a timeline of photos of particular persons or pets. However, there is no easy way to see a comparison, e.g., a side-by-side view of two different entities at the same age. This disclosure describes techniques to provide such a view. With user permission, age information for various individuals in their photo library is obtained, e.g., by seeking user input via a user interface. When a user requests a comparison view, such …
User-Controlled Selective Metadata Removal Prior To Content Sharing, Benjamin Azose, Molly Clancy
User-Controlled Selective Metadata Removal Prior To Content Sharing, Benjamin Azose, Molly Clancy
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Image and video files include embedded metadata with information such as date and time of capture, location, camera type and settings, etc. When sharing such content with other users, e.g., via messaging, social media, etc. users sometimes prefer to remove some or all of the metadata. Current mechanisms for metadata removal are cumbersome and coarse, e.g., do not provide fine control to remove certain metadata while retaining other metadata. This disclosure describes flexible and seamless mechanisms for users to share content with others, with selective inclusion of metadata. The techniques provide a user interface that enables the user to choose …
Reclaiming Storage Space By Removal Of Unnecessary Frames From Multi-Frame Photos, Benjamin Azose, Molly Clancy
Reclaiming Storage Space By Removal Of Unnecessary Frames From Multi-Frame Photos, Benjamin Azose, Molly Clancy
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Smartphones and other digital cameras enable users to capture photos that include several frames, including some prior to the instant of the user selecting the capture button and some after. This allows motion within the scene to be captured as well as for post-capture selection of a suitable still image, e.g., an image where the subjects are in the correct pose and/or are looking at the camera. However, this is wasteful of storage space when the captured image is of a still object. This disclosure describes techniques to automatically detect such multi-frame photos and enable users to remove excess frames …
Generating Personalized Recommendations Via Large Language Models (Llms), Hakim Sidahmed, Sameer Ahuja, Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Generating Personalized Recommendations Via Large Language Models (Llms), Hakim Sidahmed, Sameer Ahuja, Manoj Kumar Tiwari
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Personalized recommendations used in many applications and websites are generated using techniques such as collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, reinforcement learning, etc. These are task-specific approaches. Large language models (LLMs) can generate predictions based on priming with specific input without the need for task-specific model tuning. However, LLMs have not been applied for making personalized recommendations because their maximum input size is smaller than the typical size of user histories used to personalize recommendations. This disclosure describes techniques to obtain personalized recommendations via LLMs by automatically augmenting a user command or query with relevant text phrases about the user. The set …
Method And System For Processing Queries With Query Filters On A Server, Mohankumar Ramachandran
Method And System For Processing Queries With Query Filters On A Server, Mohankumar Ramachandran
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The present disclosure provides a method and a system for processing queries with query filter on a server. The method includes receiving a query to be executed. The method analyses the received query and query filter. The method includes performing a search across metadata of Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs) associated with one or more files to identify whether the query filter is within a threshold of a given RDD. The method further identifies at least one RDD satisfying the query filter based on the search. Finally, the method includes executing the query to read the content from one or more …
A Method And User Equipment For Providing Vibration Based Communication Of Sensitive Information For Visually Impaired Users, Santosh Kumar Kvs, Madhusmita Mohapatra, Rakesh Ramamurthy, Avi Bomb, Amrendra Narayan Jha
A Method And User Equipment For Providing Vibration Based Communication Of Sensitive Information For Visually Impaired Users, Santosh Kumar Kvs, Madhusmita Mohapatra, Rakesh Ramamurthy, Avi Bomb, Amrendra Narayan Jha
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The present disclosure relates to a method and user equipment (UE) (102) for providing vibration-based communication of sensitive information for visually impaired users (101). In the present disclosure, initially the UE (102) may receive a request from the visually impaired user (101) to access information present on a virtual card. The UE (102) detects whether the information requested corresponds to be sensitive information. Further, the UE (102) encodes the information into a vibration pattern on confirming it to be sensitive information. Finally, the UE (102) generates the encoded vibration patterns for the visually impaired users (101) to complete the transaction, …
Solar Smart Hat For Augmented Reality Wearables, Jian Guo, D Shin
Solar Smart Hat For Augmented Reality Wearables, Jian Guo, D Shin
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Some augmented reality (AR) wearables such as glasses include powerful features such as live transcription. However, such features are constrained by the relatively low processing power and limited battery capacity of AR wearables. , necessitated by the small size and limited space availability. AR wearables need to be taken off for charging since there is no convenient way to charge the device during use. This disclosure describes a smart hat, a head-worn accessory that includes a solar panel and battery. The smart hat can be connected to an AR wearable via an interface and can charge the AR wearable. The …
System And Method For Role Automation For Data Virtualization, Sudeshna Biswas, Vinay Kumar Mishra
System And Method For Role Automation For Data Virtualization, Sudeshna Biswas, Vinay Kumar Mishra
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The present disclosure provides a method and automation system for role automation for data virtualization. When user modifies/builds views, the automation system defines available security role master, row-level security rules, column-level security rules and view-specific security rules. The automation system then creates base view for master and obtains existing permission from metadata. The automation system compares results of base review and existing permission to find if there is any change in security rule. The automation system creates generic framework to generate security scripts in VQL to modify roles and store results into database as table. The automation system creates procedures …
Two-Party Webauthn Token Activation, Richard Barnes, Adam Goodman, Carson Hoffman
Two-Party Webauthn Token Activation, Richard Barnes, Adam Goodman, Carson Hoffman
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In order to prevent attacks such as phishing, an enterprise needs their users to log in using a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Authentication (WebAuthn)-based authenticator. Current WebAuthn authenticator devices present a number of problems for an enterprise. For example, outsourcing authentication device distribution logistics to a device vendor brings great operational benefits to an enterprise, however this traditionally requires that a large amount of trust be placed in the vendor. Techniques are presented herein that split an authenticator's secret between the two parties (i.e., an enterprise and a vendor), requiring active collaboration by the parties to issue an …
Selecting Content Using Second Screen Devices, Jason Robertson, Siddhartha Gudipati
Selecting Content Using Second Screen Devices, Jason Robertson, Siddhartha Gudipati
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Disclosed herein is an improved mechanism for selecting content using second screen devices. The system can pair a second screen mobile device with a media presentation device, where the system can begin presenting a first media content item on the media presentation device using a first media content service. The system can then present, on the second screen mobile device, a user interface that indicates a group of available media content services and corresponding available media content items. The system can receive, at the second screen mobile device, a selection of a second media content item associated with a second …
Infrared Fallback Mechanism For Remote Control Devices, Madhava Srinivasan, Sid Parmar, Matt Crowley, Sergej Salnikov
Infrared Fallback Mechanism For Remote Control Devices, Madhava Srinivasan, Sid Parmar, Matt Crowley, Sergej Salnikov
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Disclosed herein is an infrared fallback mechanism for remote control devices based on the HDMI-CEC capabilities of a target device. When HDMI-CEC is enabled on the target device, such as a display device or any other suitable HDMI sink device, and when a feature is an HDMI-CEC compatible feature, the remote control device can transmit instructions to the target device by transmitting a Bluetooth radio signal (e.g., a Bluetooth Low Energy signal) to a streaming media device, which, in turn, can transmit an instruction to the target device via an HDMI-CEC channel between the streaming media device and the target …
Secure And Trustworthy System And Method Of Providing Charitable Contributions Using Cryptocurrencies, Ila Malde, Devina Arvind, Raj Patel, Akshat Agarwal, Manasa Balaji
Secure And Trustworthy System And Method Of Providing Charitable Contributions Using Cryptocurrencies, Ila Malde, Devina Arvind, Raj Patel, Akshat Agarwal, Manasa Balaji
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The present disclosure provides a secure and trustworthy system and method of providing charitable contributions using cryptocurrencies. Initially, a registration request may be received from a donor. The request may be received by a node in a private consortium blockchain. Also, a registration request from the recipient family may be received by a node in the private consortium blockchain. The registration request may include sensitive information of the recipient family which is verified by one or more members operating in the private consortium blockchain as being a legitimate recipient family of a charitable donation for a cause. Further, the node …
Unique Benchmarking Tool To Measure Relative Cardholder Carbon Footprint Compared To In-Market And Global Peers, Nuri Vinod Purswani Ramchandani, Shikhar Swarup, Manasa Sitaram, Richa Arora, Namita Shah
Unique Benchmarking Tool To Measure Relative Cardholder Carbon Footprint Compared To In-Market And Global Peers, Nuri Vinod Purswani Ramchandani, Shikhar Swarup, Manasa Sitaram, Richa Arora, Namita Shah
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The present disclosure relates to a method and system for calculating Carbon (CO2) emission scores from customer purchase data and creating a score-based numerical representation to represent the carbon footprint with respect to the cardholder’s green-score benchmark. The present disclosure suggests mapping the MCCs to purchased item-level information to obtain CO2 intensity multipliers. Thereafter, the net carbon emission value is calculated based on the transaction data associated with the purchased items. Further, a visual representation of the numerical scale score is created to represent the user green score/carbon footprint.
Adjustable Power Supply With Smart Battery Interface, Paul Fagerburg, Jonathan S. Bruneau
Adjustable Power Supply With Smart Battery Interface, Paul Fagerburg, Jonathan S. Bruneau
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This disclosure describes a programmable smart battery emulator that is usable to test laptops or other computing devices during a design phase. The smart battery emulator is operable from a user terminal that can be utilized to adjust various parameters associated with battery parameter emulation as well for emulation of communication protocols between a computing device under test (DUT) and a smart battery. The smart battery emulator includes a microcontroller that enables communication with the DUT and to regulate the output of the bench supply to a specified voltage. A software application transmits commands to the smart battery emulator. The …
Iterative Image Generation Via Voice Interaction With An Image Generation Model, Sarvjeet Singh, Bertrand Damiba
Iterative Image Generation Via Voice Interaction With An Image Generation Model, Sarvjeet Singh, Bertrand Damiba
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Image generation models enable users to generate images by providing instructions. However, such models cannot be invoked with voice commands and are also unable to update a prior image based on the user instruction. This disclosure describes techniques that enable users to obtain and refine images by iteratively interacting with an image generation model in real time, e.g., via voice commands to a virtual assistant. Implementation of the techniques can enable users to use their voice and imagination for artistic visual expression. The techniques can be provided via a virtual assistant available via a smart speaker, smartphone, or other device. …
Named Entities In Conversation Fingerprinting For Knowledge Dissemination Detection, Sébastien Warichet, Emmanuel Helbert, Nadir Debbagh
Named Entities In Conversation Fingerprinting For Knowledge Dissemination Detection, Sébastien Warichet, Emmanuel Helbert, Nadir Debbagh
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The overall context is about how to evaluate the interactions between employees in an organization and their ability to disseminate the knowledge throughout the different departments and teams. This is highly relevant for Human Resources Department in order to identify the skills in the organization, the bottleneck in communication between teams and the optimization of resources in the case of the same skill or knowledge appear in different places in the organization.
Device And Method For Accepting Central Bank Digital Currency(Cbdc) In Payment Networks, Pamela Ghosh, Vanesa Meyer, Wanyun Gu
Device And Method For Accepting Central Bank Digital Currency(Cbdc) In Payment Networks, Pamela Ghosh, Vanesa Meyer, Wanyun Gu
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The present disclosure relates to a device and method for accepting CBDC in payment networks. Initially an authorizing entity communicates with an interaction module to complete onboarding process. Further, the user also communicates with interaction module via the authorizing entity to perform the onboarding process. The interaction module transmits the onboard request to the blockchain network. Further the blockchain network provides a wallet identifier and the private key for the authorizing entity and the user. The interaction module stores the wallet identifier and the private key of the authoring entity and the user in a secure vault. Upon the onboarding, …
Bump To Initiate Authentication Based Token On A Moving Device, Wilson Thampi, Tony Kollamparambil
Bump To Initiate Authentication Based Token On A Moving Device, Wilson Thampi, Tony Kollamparambil
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The present invention aims to employ the second device for propagating to the loyalty model to allow a user to access a temporary card token without disclosing primary account number (PAN) information. A first device (101) is pre-registered with the software development kit (SDK) of the user's payment network provider for authorization tokens without disclosing card information. In addition, if a token is bumped on the dashboard of the first device, a token of low value might be sent to the second device based on the consolidated loyalty score of the devices. A silent push message sent by the payment …
Leveraging Wi-Fi Infrastructure For Increased Power Savings In Iot Devices, Santosh Kulkarni, Vishal Desai, Pooya Monajemi
Leveraging Wi-Fi Infrastructure For Increased Power Savings In Iot Devices, Santosh Kulkarni, Vishal Desai, Pooya Monajemi
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Mining is one of the oldest industries known to man, and it continues to remain essential for the prosperity of modern civilization. Compared to surface mining, a large number of disasters are likely to occur during underground mining. To ensure the safety and security of an underground working environment, it is critical for underground mining operations to employ a robust and efficient monitoring infrastructure. To address that need, techniques are presented herein that support an increase in power savings in Internet of things (IoT) devices by leveraging a Wi-Fi infrastructure to determine when, and how frequently, such devices should wake …
Adding New Racks And Recabling Without Network Disruption And Facilitating Mis-Cabling Detection, Chakradhar Kar, Avinash Reddy Yeddula, Vikas Balakrishna Dharwadkar, Sri Goli
Adding New Racks And Recabling Without Network Disruption And Facilitating Mis-Cabling Detection, Chakradhar Kar, Avinash Reddy Yeddula, Vikas Balakrishna Dharwadkar, Sri Goli
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As network fabric deployments continue to grow larger and more immense, there are challenges involving the management cabling arrangements and debugging mis-cabling issues for large-scale full mesh leaf-spine networks. Additionally, the need for the automatic discovery of every component of a large fabric, which can be expanded dynamically, becomes a challenging task. Accordingly, techniques are presented herein that aid in the automatic detection of mis-cabling issues, the automatic discovery of a rack’s location within a large-scale data center, and the automatic detection of the addition of a new rack to a data center, all without disrupting network traffic within a …
A Method And A Connecting Device For Associating Users And Philanthropic Entities, Malay Ghosh, Papak Mondal, Hui Min Chua, Kelvin Wong, Tan Su Yee, Imaan Rowter
A Method And A Connecting Device For Associating Users And Philanthropic Entities, Malay Ghosh, Papak Mondal, Hui Min Chua, Kelvin Wong, Tan Su Yee, Imaan Rowter
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The present disclosure relates to a method and a connecting device for associating users and philanthropic entities to help in community movement. In the present disclosure, initially a connecting device 103 may receive a request from an authorization entity to connect to a philanthropic entity 105. The authorization entity may send the request to the connecting device 103 when the user device 101 initiates a transaction with a merchant. The authorization entity may determine if the user device 101 is enrolled in the charity program. Further, the connecting device 103 may send a request to retrieve the event data …
Monitoring And Alerting System For Business Intelligence (Bi) Tools And A Method Thereof, Latha Raj Nagaraj
Monitoring And Alerting System For Business Intelligence (Bi) Tools And A Method Thereof, Latha Raj Nagaraj
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The present disclosure relates to a monitoring and alerting system for BI tools. In the present disclosure, initially the Server Monitoring and Alerting System (SMAS) gathers the status of one or more servers through server optimizer. Further, the SMAS may monitor the status of the one more servers and initiates a trigger to start a session to provide an alert to indicate the potential issues in one or more servers. Once the trigger is provided, an application runs a shell script in the one or more servers to check the status of the one or more servers and restarts the …
Enabling Virtual Acoustic Background For Video And Audio Conferencing, Michelle Mao, Ivana Balic, Samir Ouelha, Pengfei Sun
Enabling Virtual Acoustic Background For Video And Audio Conferencing, Michelle Mao, Ivana Balic, Samir Ouelha, Pengfei Sun
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Virtual background is an emerging feature of collaboration services such as conference calling applications and platforms. It enables users to choose a picture or video as their background to avoid distractions and protect privacy. In this article, we propose to enable virtual acoustic background for video/audio conferencing system. Such a feature can improve speech clarity and intelligibility for conference participants by making the collaboration more efficient and professional.
View-Table Update Report, Rohini Ramesh
View-Table Update Report, Rohini Ramesh
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The present disclosure relates to a method and system for updating a view-table and generating a report for users. The present disclosure suggests updating details of a new column in the view table and comparing the updated column details with the metadata of a previous view-table. Further, the present disclosure suggests generating a view table report based on the comparison and notifying the view table report to the users. The generated view table report helps users in accessing updated view table data and maintaining a track of all the table updates.
Embedding Invisible Fingerprints In Displayed Content To Facilitate Seamless Sharing, D Shin
Embedding Invisible Fingerprints In Displayed Content To Facilitate Seamless Sharing, D Shin
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Participants in a physical meeting are often interested in accessing content that is presented on a display during the meeting. However, to enable participant access, the presenter needs to obtain their contact information and share a link to the contact to all participants. This manual approach is cumbersome, inefficient, and error prone. This disclosure describes techniques for seamless and dynamic sharing of content by augmenting the user interface (UI) of presented content by embedding spatial and/or temporal fingerprints. The fingerprints are invisible to the human eye, but detectable by device cameras of participants. Meeting participants can capture a photo of …
Selecting Dining Establishments Fitting The Requirements Of A Group Of Users, Tushaar Sethi
Selecting Dining Establishments Fitting The Requirements Of A Group Of Users, Tushaar Sethi
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When dining out in a group, it is difficult to find and choose an establishment that satisfies the preferences and requirements of everyone in the group. This disclosure describes techniques that make it easier and more efficient to choose dining establishments by applying a selection algorithm to dietary preferences and requirements aggregated across individuals in a group. With permissions from individual members of the group, respective dietary preferences are obtained and aggregate criteria for the group are defined. Dining establishments that match the aggregated criteria are identified using one or more suitable approaches such as majority selection, constraint-based filtering, etc. …
Fuzz-Testing Stateful Libraries By Shadowing And Comparing, Christopher Jonathan Phoenix
Fuzz-Testing Stateful Libraries By Shadowing And Comparing, Christopher Jonathan Phoenix
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Complex software libraries, especially those that store internal states, can be difficult to test. Fuzz testing is an automated testing technique that provides random test inputs to a software module to reveal software defects and vulnerabilities. Traditional fuzz testing doesn't aim to validate the correctness of the output; rather, it attempts to uncover exceptional behavior such as crashes. This disclosure describes techniques to fuzz-test a software library, module, or product in a manner that also tests for correctness of output. A shadow, canonical library is written from the same specification as the production library. The shadow library, simpler and clearer …
3d High Bandwidth Memory With Optical Connectivity Stacking, N/A
3d High Bandwidth Memory With Optical Connectivity Stacking, N/A
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This disclosure describes techniques for thermal management of 3D stacked high bandwidth memory (HBM) with optical interfaces. Per techniques of this disclosure, the HBM thermal (heat) load is configured to be in a separate package from the ASIC package, thereby enabling optimized cooling of both components. The HBM package includes multiple HBM DRAM dies and a DRAM base die. A DRAM interface light bundle provides optical connectivity to the HBM package, and is coupled to an optical connector.A cold plate or other thermal management solution can be deployed at an upper surface of the HBM package via direct contact to …
Default Search Location Based On Historical User Queries, Peter Lewis, Maciej Kuzniar, Oliver Voggenreiter
Default Search Location Based On Historical User Queries, Peter Lewis, Maciej Kuzniar, Oliver Voggenreiter
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This disclosure describes techniques to enable users to consistently obtain search results relevant to their location of interest. Based on recent user queries that indicate location intent, a default location is suggested for the purposes of searching and related features. The setting of the default location is straightforward, simple to use, and easy to understand. It is clear to users when a default location is set and being used. Setting and modifying the default location can be done without leaving the core search experience. The quality of search results is maintained even as the explainability of the location associated with …