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Generating A Software Defined Segmentation Policy From Static/Dynamic Access Control Lists And Active Directory Integration, Mnason Pattan, Ankush Arora, Manasi Jain

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With multiple customers looking to migrate from traditional campus networks into software defined access (SDA) architectures, it is of paramount importance to enable such transitions in a simplified and automated fashion while still maintaining the current level of segmentation. To address these types of challenges, techniques are presented herein that addresses an important part of such a transition by defining a method of generating a software defined segmentation policy by integrating with an active directory (AD) and referencing the current access policies along with other known methods.

Proactive Real-Time Weather Information, Xin Li, Pengfei Wu

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A computing device (e.g., a cellular phone, a smartphone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a portable gaming device, a watch, etc.) may provide navigation and weather information to assist a user of the computing device in selecting a route to a destination. The computing device may execute an application that provides both navigation functionality and periodic weather updates. A user of the computing device may input a destination into the application, and the application may output a route to the destination as well as weather information for locations along that route. As the user moves along …

Visual Audio Messages, Akshay Kannan, Adrien Olczak, Shumin Zhai, Xu Liu

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Computing devices (e.g., a cellular phone, a smartphone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a portable gaming device, a watch, etc.). may enable users to exchange electronic communication including both a recorded message, such as an audio recording, a video recording, etc., as well as a transcript of the recorded message. In some examples, a first computing device may record audio from a first user and perform speech-to-text to generate a transcript of the recorded audio. The first computing device may then send the recorded message and the transcript of the recorded message in a single electronic …

Multiple Information Exchanging System, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a method to increase the amount of information transmitted by using multiple transmitting units. The information transmission process happens between two entities namely entity A and entity B. Both the entities are equipped with a set of information transmitting equipment and information receiving equipment. The information transmission-receiving process is performed by utilizing highly directional radio waves. Each entity has four information transmission units and four information receiving units. Each information transmission unit and each information receiving unit are identified as a unique information transmission stream and a unique information receiving stream respectively. By transmitting and receiving multiple …

Fiber Routing Optimization In Data Centers, N/A

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Locations of server racks in a data center are constrained by space and power limitations. Connecting pairs of racks optimally (e.g., the shortest-path with sufficient diversity) using fibers involves substantial computation, modeling, and path-walking. This disclosure describes techniques to achieve N-fold diversity with the shortest-path between racks in a data center interconnected by fibers (housed within cable trays) such that the multiple diversity paths are optimally short and have few or no overlapping cable-tray segments.

Virtual Leds For Real-Time Monitoring And Debugging In Electronic Hardware, N/A

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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are ubiquitous in electronic hardware, where they serve to indicate device state and/or provide debug information, e.g., during product development. If indicator LEDs are retained in production hardware, equipment owners incur substantial capital and operating costs. This disclosure describes the virtual LED (vLED), a technique that leverages connectivity through an on-board controller such as a baseboard management controller (BMC) to transmit real-time information equivalent to the state of the physical indicator-LED to a log file communicated through a browser or other tool. The vLED provides the equivalent functionalities as a physical LED while costing nearly nothing and …

Molded Bridge Die Packages With Redistribution Layer Bridge, N/A

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This disclosure describes a molded copper (Cu) based vertically interconnected redistribution layer (RDL) bridge die package. Copper posts embedded within a mold compound substrate are utilized to provide vertical interconnections for an embedded die package. RDL bridges are then fabricated on the mold using an RDL process. The RDL bridge provides better signal and power integrity for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) applications, while also providing added manufacturing flexibility and reduced costs by eliminating a need for through silicon vias (TSV). The molded bridge die packages can be configured for different use cases and can include embedded active or passive devices.

Utilizing Web Data To Detect Harmful Application Software, Badthody Anil Shenoy

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This publication describes techniques that enable a developer of an operating system (OS) to protect a user(s) and/or an electronic device(s) (e.g., a smartphone) by detecting, disabling, and/or removing a third-party application(s) that may be a potentially harmful application (PHA). The PHA may cause signature symptoms on the smartphone of the user. The signature symptoms may be related to a performance of the smartphone (e.g., the smartphone crashes), billing fraud, unwanted applications, a battery of the smartphone, a temperature of the smartphone, and so forth. Using a search engine, the user may submit a search query regarding the signature symptoms …

Customized Gesture Interactions To Issue Virtual Assistant Commands On Wearables, Naveen Kalla, Victor Lin, Davey Weissberg, Max Ohlendorf

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Wearable devices recognize a limited set of gestures due to the small size of the device. The actions associated with a given gesture are typically pre-configured and non-editable, thus limiting the functions that the user can perform. This disclosure describes techniques that enable wearable device users to map gestures available via a wearable device to specific tasks, e.g., performed by a virtual assistant. Once configured, input of the gesture results in the associated command being passed to a virtual assistant, provided by the wearable device or a separate paired device, as if it were spoken by the user at the …

Improving Remote Customer Interaction Experiences Using Machine Learning, Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Shiblee Hasan, Dustin Abramson, Joseph Edwin Johnson Jr.

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A common problem in contact centers is high employee turnover. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that have been introduced to smoothen interaction and improve the customer’s experience can have opposite effects, e.g., by requiring the customer to navigate complex menu options. This disclosure describes AI-based techniques applied to agent training and customer calls. The techniques can reduce turnover at contact centers and improve the experience of end users who interact with customer service agents. Per the techniques, suitable AI techniques are implemented to train human customer agents, and human feedback is in turn used to train AI techniques. Human-AI augmentation can …

Applying Deep Learning In User Equipment Measurable Kpis To Avoid Unnecessary Nr Rach Procedures, Gordon Kuo

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A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network uses a deep learning network model to infer whether a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) random-access channel (RACH) failure is likely to occur at a given network location given current Fourth Generation (4G) or 5G measurable key performance indicators (KPIs) at its modem. The KPIs are recorded by the UE as training features during daily usage when NR RACH failure or NR RACH success is detected. The deep learning model is trained based on the recorded features and labels using, for example, supervised learning. The UE implements the trained deep …

On-Device And System-Wide Audio Live Captioning With Language Translation, Brian Kemler, Danielle Cohen, Nadav Bar, Yoni Tsafir, Benny Schlesinger, Anna Belozovsky, Michelle Tadmor Ramanovich, Bingying Xia, Simon Tickner, Brandon Charles Barbello, Trystan Upstill, Hen Fitoussi, Eric Laurent, Jonathan D. Wilson

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This publication describes techniques and apparatuses that enable an electronic device (e.g., a smartphone) to provide on-device (e.g., offline), system-level (e.g., operating system), live captioning with language translation in a language that a user can choose (select). Therefore, the smartphone enables the user to read live captioning in the language of their choice without relying on an internet connection, cellular data, or any wired and/or wireless communication with a remote server. Also, the smartphone enables the user to read live captioning in the language of their choice on any medium with audio content supported by the smartphone.

Estimating Probability Of Stable Service For A Successful Voice Call Origination, Mahesh Telang, Rukun Mao, Qin Zhang, Shivank Nayak

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A user of a device is provided with a notification indicating an estimate of a probability of success of a call on a cellular network prior to originating the call. With this notification the user may be aware that the device is in an area where the call may not be successfully connected, or the call may be disconnected due to the signaling conditions. The user then may elect to either continue attempting to establish the call, or to delay the call until the user is in a location more likely to lead to successful call origination.

Methods Of Creating Local Relative Geofences For Ultra-Wide Band Enabled Devices, Steven Liu, Ning Zhang

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This publication describes methods of creating local relative geofences for Ultra-Wide Band-enabled (UWB-enabled) computing devices that facilitate the position of such UWB-enabled devices to be determined relative to a defined boundary (e.g., geofence). In aspects, a first UWB-enabled computing device (primary device) receives information defining a geofence from a user, utilizes UWB to determine the location of a second UWB-enabled device (secondary device), determines if the secondary device is located within the geofence, and generates a notification for the user responsive to determining that the second device has moved to a position outside of the geofence.

An Enhanced Connectivity Solution For Usb Type-C Interface, Hp Inc

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Customers always face USB type C related problems in products generation after generation,

like, TBT/USB node drop(device missing in device manager, no yellow ban),YB, no display,…etc.,

Especially when USB type C today can‐do DP Alt mode. These issues are very often since our

computer is new design, but the USB peripherals are already in the market for a while, it is

difficult to get all the device and test it completely. Besides, for some kinds of issue, there is no

error in OS layer sometimes, user just do not know what’s happen .The thing they often to do

are trying …

System And Method For Rapid Resource Provider Support, Elizabeth Rich, Helen Jing Jing Wang, Joy Guerra, Keith Foy, Alex Hoye, Julia Hinger, Sonie Botta, Swapnil Baware, Moorthi Nataraj, Mimie Wu, Catherine Dillon, Rahul Deou

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The present disclosure relates a method and system (100) for promoting businesses during or after emergency events. Data is received and the received data is related to businesses associated with a specific geographic area where emergency event had occurred. The transactions are occurring at one or more merchants within the specific geographic area are determined. A display of information regarding the one or more merchants is provided on a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is configured to allow a user to perform operations such as filtering businesses, picking from a list of predicted business categories, pick business names, …

Automated Frequency Coordination Guided Radio Assignment For Wi-Fi 6e Access Points, Vishal Desai, Santosh Kulkarni, Pooya Monajemi, Young Il Choi

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Within a wireless local area network (WLAN) involving many Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 access points (APs) in a high-density network, radio operating mode assignments for dual band (2.4 Gigahertz (GHz)/5GHz) or tri-band (2.4GHz/5GHz/6Ghz) capable radios can be provided using various radio assignment techniques in order to optimize radio coverage and reduce interference, which can improve user experience in such a high-density network. Presented herein is technique that re-architects traditional coverage-based radio assignments to adhere with 6GHz standards, high efficiency (HE) station load requirements, and Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) regulations when determining optimal radio role transformations for …

Ovc Mac’S Bus – Eol Test Method_Id-05655, Christian Mohr

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A cooking appliance with a circuit board assembly is provided. The cooking appliance can be an electric cooking range or a gas cooking range, which includes an oven. The circuit board assembly is assembled to the frame structure of the appliance, thereby providing easy access for testing equipment to electrically connect to power and control electronics on the circuit board assembly. The assembly comprises a support bracket, a frame, and a PCB with a test terminal. A standardized positioning of the terminal among the appliance variants provides optimum conditions to efficiently test the electronics in an automatized manner.

Mechanism To Enable Participants To End Virtual Meetings Early, Daniel Keysers

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Virtual meetings sometimes stretch to the time initially allocated to them even though many or all participants would prefer to end the meeting early. However, due to social convention, no participant may be in a position to indicate that they would prefer to end the meeting earlier than scheduled. This disclosure describes a mechanism that can be included in virtual meeting software that enables meeting participants to indicate, during an ongoing meeting, that they would prefer to end the meeting early, e.g., any time starting from the provision of the indication. Upon receipt of such indications from a threshold number …

Mechanism For Cross Process Communication With Anr Checking And Automatic Object Serialization, Rafael Lima, Roberto Perez, Jorge Pereira, David Notario

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A host and a client may perform inter-process communication (IPC) with automatic object serialization and deserialization and with application not responding (ANR) checking. A sender (e.g., a host process, host application, host device, a client process, client application, client device, etc.) may automatically serialize an object by using reflection (e.g., the ability of a process to examine, introspect, and modify its own structure and behavior) to recursively obtain all fields and corresponding key-value pairs from each layer of the object (as well as any parent object with inheritance). The sender may bundle the fields and key-value pairs and transmit the …

Context-Based Contact Suggestions For Content Sharing, Eusebius Lai

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When a user selects content to share, some operating systems present a user interface in which the user is shown a shortcut to share the content with particular contacts and/or via particular applications. However, such suggestions often do not match the user’s intent and are therefore inaccurate and accordingly, have low click-through rates. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with user permission, to assign an affinity signal to a given piece of content, such that the suggestion interface offers the most relevant contacts to share the content with. The affinity signal is based on the content as well as the context, …

Cloud-Native Ipv4 Over A Native Ipv6 Cloud, Pascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald, Jerome Tollet, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Ali Sajassi

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Techniques presented herein provide a variation of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request For Comments (RFC) 8505 to register stub prefixes to a fabric, and also of RFC 6877 to combine Network Address Translation (NATing) and Internet Protocol (IP) version 4 (v4) to v6 and also v6 to v4 translation. The new operation provides for the ability to transport IPv4 cloud-native application flows between applications and services over an IPv6-only fabric without a change in the containers running the applications and services. The techniques further provide for the ability to load-balance services over the Internet, using a variation of RFC …

Presence Validation Using Secured Internet Protocol (Ip) Address, Patrick Wetterwald, Eric Levy- Abegnoli, Pascal Thubert, Jonas Zaddach

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Various presence-based validation technologies exist that provide for the ability add identity and presence validation to a laptop-based system. However, these technologies are primarily limited to computers (e.g., desktops and laptops) and do not include location validation. There is a need to extend these capabilities to other devices connected to a network and also to eliminate the need for a hardware-assisted solution. There is also a need to offer network location to avoid any type of attack from devices that are not connected to a local area network (LAN) or even to the same port. This proposal provides a technique …

Multicast Virtual Private Network Per-Flow Monitoring For An Aggregated Tunnel In A Multiprotocol Label Switching Core, Mankamana Mishra, Ashok Kumar, Sridhar Santhanam, Rajiv Asati, Nitin Kumar

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Typically, when a service provider carries customer multicast traffic over a core network, it is often carried over a tunnel, which are often aggregated. There are many reasons for aggregated tunnel use, such as issues of scale and/or hardware limitations. While aggregated tunnels can be useful for carrying multicast traffic, it can be difficult to monitor network health when tunnels are aggregated. Techniques of this proposal provide for the ability to monitor network health by supporting per-flow counters for aggregated tunnels for both Internet Protocol (IP) version 4 and version 6 (IPv4/IPv6) traffic in a manner that is scalable and …

Password-Less Trust Based Access Authorization For Remote Internet-Of-Things (Iot) Devices, Shweta Palande, Shivani Suri, Madhuri Dewangan, Vinay Saini

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The industry is moving away from password-based authorizations as they are often difficult to manage and are associated with various risks. Techniques herein solve an important issue with regard to remote Internet of Things (IoT) gateway access by utilizing a password-less trust-based authentication mechanism through which dynamic trust-based authorizations can be provided for devices utilizing a combination of a user trust score and a device risk profile in a unique manner. Such an approach will improve IoT security and will also help to solve an important security issue within the IoT/industrial world.

Auto-Suggest Query Refinement Using N-Best Alternative Homophones, Brett Barros, Theo Goguely

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Automatic speech recognizer software (ASR), e.g., as implemented in voice-activated virtual assistants or other applications, is prone to conflating words that sound similar (homophones). Keyboard-style corrections, e.g., based on the edit-distance of transcribed words, are suboptimal in the presence of such transcription errors. This disclosure describes techniques that predict the N-best speech-to-text transcription alternatives for a given word, wherein the suggested replacements are based on homophones or words with similar sounds. The techniques can be used in any context where automatic speech recognition is used, e.g., to enable correction of commands provided to a virtual assistant, to modify transcribed speech, …

Spatially Diverse, Smart Sound Generation Using A Multi-Speaker Device Topology, D Shin

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Many users have multiple devices, e.g., smart TVs, smart speakers, smart displays, smartphones, etc. in their homes. Currently, most such devices generally act independent of each other. For the user, this can feel like a scattered experience, especially if the user interacts with multiple devices in the home frequently. This disclosure describes techniques that enable multiple, independent audio devices at a single location to act in unison to generate context-driven, spatially coherent sounds. Example applications include playback of speech or music, ambient audio, burglar deterrence, etc.

Predictive Pre-Answering Based On Speech Roots, N/A

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The latency of response from a virtual assistant to a user query is an important performance parameter. However, often it is the perception of latency that drives the user’s experience and thereby, adoption/use of a virtual assistant. Skeleton screens can be used for pre-answering a query, e.g., working out a partial answer based on a partial query. This disclosure describes techniques to predict the collection of intents associated with a partial user query and automatically rendering an appropriate skeleton screen substantially earlier during the user interaction with a virtual assistant or other user interface.

Control Element Light Module Integrated Panorama Glass, Axel Unger

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No abstract provided.

System To Enable Contract-Less/Agreement-Less Roaming Across Mobile Operators, Nitin Maheshwari, Praveen Joseph

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Mobile roaming is a service that allows mobile users to continue to use their mobile phones or other mobile devices to make and receive voice calls and text messages, browse the internet, and send and receive emails while visiting another geography where a home network connection does not exist. However, issues may arise for scenarios in which a visited network may not have a roaming agreement with a user's home network in a given country and/or an agreement may be cost prohibitive for the user to utilize. Presented herein are techniques to facilitate agreement-free or contract-less roaming across network operators …