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Method And System For Initiating Payment Transacttion Using Dedicated Pay Button, Syam Sasidharan Nair, Francois Jean Bernard Hribovsek

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The present disclosure relates to initiating a payment transaction using a dedicated pay button. The pay button is associated with the a computer hardware. The pay button includes a button, or a pad physically or digitally located on the computing hardware. The method includes receiving a link request generated from a computer hardware of a user. Further, the method includes configuring the pay button on the computer hardware to be linked with an electronic wallet of the user based on the received link request. Finally, the method includes initiating a payment transaction triggered with the Pay button of the computer …

Using Visual Context To Improve Accuracy Of Automated Speech Transcription, N/A

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Machine generated speech transcriptions are a feature of several products such as videoconferencing software, mobile operating systems, etc. However, automatic transcribers are poor at accurately understanding some types of real world user speech. Spoken terms that are phonetically similar but have different meanings can cause errors in machine generated transcription. Although automatic transcribers evaluate various probable phrases as the spoken phrase, the analysis of sound alone is not enough to accurately recognize speech.

Per the techniques of this disclosure, a machine transcription model evaluates probable options for spoken language and evaluates the options based in part on using user-permitted available …

Automatic Device Wake And Authentication Based On Ultrasound, N/A

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Wireless communication between devices requires the devices to be active at the same time. Wireless pairing and authenticating of devices (e.g., via Bluetooth) currently requires each device to be in a sharing mode or to be connected to the same network, which can consume device battery and requires specific user action. This disclosure describes techniques that, with user permission, automatically wake a device to communicate with another device based on ultrasound signals received from the other device. The received signal can also be interpreted as an intent for an action, if permitted by the user. The described techniques are suitable …

Access Point Name (Apn)/Data Network Name (Dnn) Based Auto-Anchoring Of Fifth Generation/Next Generation Traffic In Wi-Fi, Vinay Saini, Rajesh I. V

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Private Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation/next Generation (5G/nG) network environments will have a mix of access technologies, such as Wi-Fi6 and 5G/nG Radio Access Network (RAN) technologies. Techniques presented herein provide for the capability to transport and intelligently anchor 5G/nG data using a Wi-Fi system, which may allow for private 5G/nG onboarding utilizing the Wi-Fi system.

Media Optimizations For Cloud Endpoints Using A Local Gateway (Lgw), Naveen Rajasekaran, Krishna Kumar Rai, Prasadaraju Yarakaraju

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Presented herein are techniques that provide efficient media anchoring in hosted cloud collaboration deployments. A media path optimization may be achieved by utilizing a local gateway (LGW) that intelligently detects media loops and avoids sending such media to the cloud. The media path optimization may provide a bandwidth savings and may improve user experience by providing a better call quality.

Automatic Grouping And Categorization Of Objects In Drawing Or Inking Apps, Claire Tauziet, Robert Mickle, Thomas Buckley

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Drawing, note-taking, or inking apps that operate on electronic canvases do not differentiate between the various types of objects, e.g., paragraphs, lists, sketches, tables, doodles, etc., that an author can create on a screen. Consequently, it is difficult in electronic canvases for an author to perform operations commonly available in word processors, e.g., insert a sketch, move a block of text up or down, merge or separate sketches, etc. This disclosure describes techniques that automatically organize and group strokes drawn by a user on an electronic canvas into blocks of content, e.g., objects such as text-blocks, lists, sketches, tables, doodles, …

Consumer Nf Authentication And Service Authorization Using An Scp For An Esba Based 5g Core Network, Ravi Shekhar, Dishant Parikh, Suyog Belsare

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For a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) core (5GC) enhanced Service Based Architecture (eSBA) network, 3GPP Specifications identify a number of communication models. For example, the 3GPP specification 23.501 defines four communication models, encompassing direct and indirect modes, between a Consumer Network Function (NF) and a Producer NF. Within the indirect modes, a Service Communication Proxy (SCP) performs a range of important activities including among other things load balancing and load distribution of signaling traffic between for example different NF instances of a NF Set or different NF Services of a NF Service set. As a network …

Mechanism To Enable Policy Driven Route Selection In 5gc And Epc, Dishant Parikh, Sanjeev Panem Jaya

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In a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) core (5GC) network or in a Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS)-based Fourth Generation (4G) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network, the control and data planes are separate. This allows for the user plane function to be deployed at the centralized datacenter (e.g., co-located with a Session Management Function (SMF) and/or a control plane System Architecture Evolution Gateway (SAEGW), at a remote datacenter (e.g., for a Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) implementation), or at customer premises (e.g., for an enterprise use-case). Such network implementations can increase network complexity as a network operator …

Customized Service Announcements On 4g And 5g Without Compromising Location Privacy, Ravi Saxena, Geeta Ganapayya Patgar

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A method and system that will allow the subscribers to manage their own announcements for various subscription or network services like busy or out of network or switched off or even not reachable in the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) over 4G and 5G network without revealing any kind of location information.

Holographic Detection And Reduction Of Wind Noise, Anonymous

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Many devices that include built-in microphone(s) are used in windy situations. Wind noise degrades the quality of audio detected by the microphone(s), causes microphone signal saturation at high wind speeds, causes nonlinear acoustic echo, and reduces the performance of acoustic echo cancellation (AEC). Applications such as voice‐trigger, automatic speech recognition (ASR), and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communication are negatively impacted by such degradation.

This disclosure describes cost‐effective and robust techniques to detect and reduce wind noise. The described techniques deliver optimum removal and detection results by processing the audio signal in a holographic way by dealing with all related …

Method Of Screening And Securing Voting Machines Using Internet Of Things, Ravi Saxena

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An intelligent method that will enable voting machines or similar equipment’s used for elections to improve overall election procedure by having real-time monitoring, screening and security by adopting latest communication technologies

Proxy Edge Function For Cloud Based 5g Core, Anal Srivastava, Sri Gundavelli, Vimal Srivastava, Oliver Bull

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For deployments where the 5G control (5GC) plane function is in the cloud and the user plane function (UPF) is on-prem, there are number issues that may be result of unstable wide area network (WAN) link connection. This solution addresses these issues by introducing an proxy edge function on-premises and a corresponding proxy peer in the cloud.

Dynamic Physical Resource Block (Prb) Adaptation Techniques For Multi-Protocol Access Points, Fred Anderson, Matt Silverman, Clark Carty, Shailender Potharaju

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Presented herein are techniques that provide for the ability to modify Physical Resource Block (PRB) allocation for a multi-protocol access point (AP) when encountering a limited fronthaul environment and/or when encountering thermal and/or power constraints.

Real-Time Automatic Text Correction Using Artificial Intelligence, Christopher Farrar

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Since the act of typing requires the human brain to serve as the producer and editor of ideas at the same time, identifying and fixing errors on the fly as one is typing disrupts the flow of idea generation and consequently leads to wasted time and effort. This disclosure describes techniques that utilize artificial intelligence models to automatically edit text in real time as a user types on the keyboard. The real-time automatic editing fixes the user’s typing errors to produce the intended output without the need for the user to detect and correct the errors manually. Further, the AI …

Bandwidth-Efficient Video Conferencing, N/A

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Video conferencing (VC) typically requires a high bandwidth connection, which may not be available to users in certain situations or locations. There is also sometimes an expectation, not always met, that all participants in a VC switch on their video feed so as to participate equally. This disclosure describes the use of machine-learning techniques to reduce video-conferencing bandwidth by enabling participants to display synthesized videos of themselves to other participants. Since the bulk of the task of generating a participant's video is performed on the remote device, the videoconference can be carried out with bandwidth utilization comparable to that required …

Automatically Generating Notifications Of Emergency Medical Events, N/A

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This disclosure describes techniques that enable rapid response to medical events or emergencies by automatically notifying, with user and recipient permission, those nearby with medical knowledge (e.g., family members, neighbors, etc.) of a medical emergency. Nearby medical professionals can immediately initiate assistance procedures, or otherwise alleviate the medical condition, until emergency personnel can arrive. With user permission, the techniques can also leverage nearby devices, e.g., neighboring devices, devices not on the user’s person, etc., to detect medical events (e.g., a fall), via passive detection. The techniques make advantageous and coordinated use of the array of sensors available via wearable devices, …

Recommending Food For Immediate Consumption Based On User Preferences And Context, Krishna Chytanya Ayyagari

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Search results for food are often unsuitable to satisfy a user’s need for selecting food to consume in the immediate future. Moreover, the food suggestions presented in search results are based on collective recommendations rather than individual and contextual factors that are specific to the user. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with user permission, to provide food options geared toward immediate consumption. The suggested food choices can be determined by taking into account user preferences and relevant contextual and local information.

Folders In Group Chat, Mous Anony

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While communicating in a group chat, whether on a computer, smartphone, or any other digital device, it is sometimes hard to find data, such as images, links, files, etc., that was sent a long time ago in the conversation thread by one of the participants of the group chat. In such a case, it is usually necessary to scroll back through the conversation thread and analyze all the data appearing in the thread so as to find the required information. This approach can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and often ineffective. As an alternative, a user can try to remember key words …

Improving Object Recognition Using Post-Recognition Actions, Jared M. Zimmerman, Mai Tran

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This disclosure describes techniques that, with user permission, utilize user actions as implicit feedback for image recognition. With user permission and express consent, post-recognition user actions are utilized to adjust image recognition model(s). An image recognition request and one or more image(s) are received. Image recognition techniques are applied to the received image(s) and results are provided to the user. Based on actions performed by the user post-recognition, various factors are inferred and utilized to train image recognition model(s) to improve the performance of the model for future searches. With permission, user affinity model(s) are trained that can provide customization …

Automatically Pausing Caller Video When The Caller’S Face Is Out-Of-Frame, Garrett Frederick Berg, Zac Livingston

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Many video communication applications offer a picture-in-picture mode that shows the caller’s video feed that usually includes the caller’s face in addition to that of others that participate in the call. The impulse to check one’s own image as provided in the user interface can distract callers from focusing on the other participants. Further, if the caller moves, the camera may capture and provide a video feed that includes unexpected content, e.g., the room background. This disclosure describes the use of face detection at the caller end of a video call that ensures that the caller’s camera feed includes a …

Automatically Augmenting Video Conference With Related Content Overlays, Peter Lewis, Stephen Lewis, Andrew Lewis

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During a video conference (VC), users often want to share information with other participants in the VC. For example, a user may refer verbally to concepts or show objects to the other participants. For example, a teacher in a video conference may hold up a book and request students to turn to a particular page. Currently, such actions interrupt the flow of presentation, since the presenting user is required to provide information such as URLs for the students to access. This disclosure describes techniques to automatically share within a video conference (VC) expanded information about concepts or objects referenced by …

Optimized Upload Of Telemetry Data, Robert Bruce Bahnsen, Yan Mayster

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Modern telemetry entails the gathering of data (per location or time interval) in such large quantities that the data often exceeds the capacity of the communication channels to a server (or cloud). An example of such telemetry is the gathering of street-level imagery and video where, even when the data-collecting vehicle has a wireless 4G connection, a very large amount of data is gathered so quickly that it is written on storage media such as solid state, optical, magnetic storage, etc. and physically mailed to a processing center. Besides the delay attributable to physical mailing, manual processing of the storage …

Smf Assisted Faster And Efficient Upf Redundancy Model, Filipe Rodrigues, Rajaneesh Shetty, Om Prakash Suthar, Raghavendra Suryanarayanarao

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A solution is presented for a cost-effective way of providing redundancy for a user equipment (UE) session while utilizing resources of an active and a standby user plane function (UPF). UPFs are used efficiently by creating redundancy for each other with support from a session management function (SMF). The solution further enhances N:M redundancy. This model is fully applicable for edge UPF deployments where resources are limited. The solution can be used for providing ultra-reliable low latency communication services, enterprise services based applications supported using 5G core in which there is higher service level agreement (SLA) bearing and transport path …

Link Capacity Estimation For Devices In Idle State, Sooraj Sasindran, Jibing Wang, Shivank Nayak, Jayachandran Chinnakkannu

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In order to estimate throughput between a user device and a radio access network (RAN), a modem of the user device may estimate the link capacity of the link between the user device and the RAN. When the user device is in a connected state, the modem can determine link capacity estimation (LCE) values directly, based on signal strength parameter values measured by the modem from signals received by the user device from a given RAN. In order to estimate the link capacity for a user device that is in an idle mode, the modem of the user device may …

Emergency-Only And Voice-Only Modes For Thermal Mitigation Of Mobile Devices, Mahesh Telang, Qin Zhang, Siddharth Ray, Shivank Nayak, Blake Kragten, Xiantao Sun, Sooraj Sasindran

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A mobile device experiencing excessive temperatures can be placed in an emergency-only mode in which on-going calls are ended, new incoming calls are rejected, and new outgoing calls are ended by the device as thermal mitigation measures to prevent additional heat generation by the device. Optionally, when the device is being used in hands-free mode, a user is provided with the choice to override the emergency mode to make and receive calls. Alternatively, less restrictive thermal mitigation measures may be taken to prevent damage to the mobile device, such as restricting the device to certain voice-only services and restricting data …

Optimized Data Switching For Opportunistic Data Dsds Devices, Shivank Nayak, Sooraj Sadindran, Jayachandran Chinnakkannu

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Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) wireless devices are configured with a primary subscriber identity module (SIM) card providing both voice and data connections on a primary network and a secondary SIM card for providing data-only access on a secondary network. The utilization of wireless network resources by a DSDS wireless device can be enhanced by accounting for congestion on each of the associated networks and data usage of the device to determine whether a switch between networks would be beneficial for device performance.

Methods And Systems For Controlling And Determining Size And Quality Of Weld Nuggets, Joerg Simon, Zeqin Liang, Viktor Hibert, Mathilde Guerin

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Described herein are systems and techniques for joining two or more aluminum alloy products by spot welding and for non-destructively determining the size and quality of a weld nugget created during joining of two or more aluminum alloy products. The systems and techniques described herein may evaluate and/or monitor the welding discharge, which may correspond to a flow of electricity (i.e., electric current) between electrodes and the products to be joined, to determine and/or control a total amount of energy applied for generation of a spot welded joint. For example, the amount of current applied and the voltage at which …

System And Method For Providing Preference Based Payment Transaction Between Buyer And Supplier, David Henstock, Archie Payne, Anne Marie Louie, Spencer Wilson

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A method comprising receiving supplier data from an issuer server and comparing supplier data to primary merchants that accept a first payment type. Based on the comparison, the method includes determining qualifying suppliers matching primary merchants and non-qualifying suppliers without a match of primary merchants. The method includes comparing the non-qualifying suppliers with secondary merchants accepting a second payment type from a payment service provider that accepts the first payment type. Based on the comparison, the method includes determining BPSP recipients matching secondary merchants.

Optimize Cbrs Geofence Switching By Merging Nearby Cbsd Cells, Jack Nudelman, Sooraj Sasindran

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To reduce the processing, memory, and data transfer overhead for a user equipment (UE) related to maintaining, monitoring, and receiving updates for a record of a large number of Citizens Broadband Radio Systems (CBRS) geofences (i.e., a CBRS geofence record) corresponding to individual Citizens Broadband Service Device (CBSD) coverage areas, a system redefines the coverage area of multiple nearby CBSDs into a single cluster and then updates the CBRS geofence record stored at a UE based on the coverage areas of such CBSD clusters rather than individual CBSD coverage areas. Each time the system receives an update to a carrier’s …

System, Method, And Computer Program Product For Recommending A Set Of Items To A User, Maryam Moosaei, Hao Yang, Yusan Lin

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Systems, methods, and computer program products obtain training data and train a neural network based on the training data by concatenating a user identifier to each item of a first set of multiple items in a first set of fused embeddings, concatenating the user identifier to each item of a second set of multiple items in a second set of fused embeddings, determining a first score associated with the first set of multiple items based on the first set of fused embeddings, determining a second score associated with the second set of multiple items based on the second set of …