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Method And System For Unified Real‑Time Analytics Engine For High‑Velocity Data Processing And Query Optimization, Aparajit Lal Kumar Thirukonda Jeyakumar, Karthikeyan Kannan Feb 2026

Method And System For Unified Real‑Time Analytics Engine For High‑Velocity Data Processing And Query Optimization, Aparajit Lal Kumar Thirukonda Jeyakumar, Karthikeyan Kannan

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The present disclosure relates to an adaptive multi-dimensional real-time analytics engine (AMDRAE) for processing high-velocity data streams. The engine includes a temporal storage engine that ensures ACID properties while supporting real-time data ingestion. An adaptive partitioning system dynamically reorganizes data based on user query patterns, enhancing availability during repartitioning. Furthermore, a multi-dimensional indexing structure maintains indexed data across various attributes, providing rapid query responses. An integrated analytics module executes complex event processing and real-time aggregations without relying on external systems, delivering sub-millisecond response times for queries. The system supports high-frequency data ingestion with versioned data structures, ensuring efficient data handling …


Ai Self-Doubt Patterns: Behavioral Signals Of Over Alignment In Production Systems, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr Feb 2026

Ai Self-Doubt Patterns: Behavioral Signals Of Over Alignment In Production Systems, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr

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Well-aligned systems are expected to be safe, helpful, and appropriately cautious. What is increasingly observed in production is something different: assistants that systematically undercut their own capability through excessive uncertainty language, unnecessary deferrals, and diluted recommendations. The output remains compliant, but the model behaves as if it has less confidence than its contextual knowledge supports. This paper formalizes that pattern as AI Self-Doubt and treats it as a measurable behavioral consequence of over-alignment pressure. The proposed framework introduces a Self-Doubt Signal (SDS) that detects when expressed uncertainty is disproportionate to task clarity and evidence availability. Rather than rewarding caution indiscriminately, …


System For Location Hierarchy Consolidation Across Data From Multiple Sources, Anastasia Chaloulakou, Arun Subramanian, Cj Cannon, Frank Michaud, Nicolas Darchis Feb 2026

System For Location Hierarchy Consolidation Across Data From Multiple Sources, Anastasia Chaloulakou, Arun Subramanian, Cj Cannon, Frank Michaud, Nicolas Darchis

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Organizations often face challenges in integrating location data from multiple, siloed platforms—each with its own structure and format.  For example, different space management tools build device hierarchies with varying formats and levels of granularity, creating fundamental incompatibility between solutions.  Organizations often label their sites differently based on their products, making it difficult to identify duplicates and overlaps as there is no common identifier for a given site or location.  Moreover, organizations may need to perform extensive manual validations to ensure optimal integration with space management tools.  The additional layer of verification adds complexity and increases the risk of configuration errors …


The Ai Hesitation Signal: Detecting When Models Know But Don’T Say, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr Feb 2026

The Ai Hesitation Signal: Detecting When Models Know But Don’T Say, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr

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In production systems, capability loss often hides behind polite uncertainty. Models that are technically able to provide useful, specific guidance sometimes respond with unnecessary hedging, generic deferrals, or softened language that reduces operational value. The system is not wrong. It is holding back. This paper defines that pattern as the AI Hesitation Signal (AHS) and treats it as a measurable behavioral condition rather than anecdotal user frustration. The proposed framework identifies situations where the assistant’s expressed uncertainty is disproportionate to the task context and available support. By jointly analyzing linguistic hesitation markers, response specificity, contextual risk posture, and historical capability …


Configurable Vehicle Ingress And Egress Safety Management System, Anonymous Feb 2026

Configurable Vehicle Ingress And Egress Safety Management System, Anonymous

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A system is provided to ensure passenger safety during the boarding and departing phases of a vehicle trip, particularly for rideshare and fleet applications. The system allows a passenger to pre-configure safety preferences—such as seat belt fastening delays, sensor-based confirmation of occupancy, and departure clearance buffers—via a mobile application. These preferences are communicated to the vehicle and driver, potentially influencing the ride-matching process. The system further manages vehicle motion post-egress by enforcing delays, distance-based clearance verification via external sensors, and restricted vehicle performance (acceleration/noise) for an initial travel segment to protect the departing pedestrian.


The Urgency Inflation Problem In Ai-Generated Promotions, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr Feb 2026

The Urgency Inflation Problem In Ai-Generated Promotions, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr

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Generative AI systems are increasingly embedded within modern marketing pipelines, enabling organizations to produce high volumes of promotional copy with minimal human intervention. While these systems significantly improve content velocity and engagement optimization, they also introduce a subtle but material compliance and trust risk. In many real-world deployments, AI-generated marketing language exhibits amplified urgency signals such as artificial scarcity, time pressure framing, and exaggerated limited-availability claims that are not always proportionate to actual campaign constraints. Because these systems are frequently optimized for conversion performance, they may systematically favor phrasing that heightens perceived urgency even when supporting inventory, timing, or promotional …


Master Audit Of Recursive Reasoning Drift In 2026 Frontier Models: Verification Of The 3002 Lattice Ingestion, David Lee Wise Feb 2026

Master Audit Of Recursive Reasoning Drift In 2026 Frontier Models: Verification Of The 3002 Lattice Ingestion, David Lee Wise

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MASTER AUDIT: TOPH v10.0 — AI INDUSTRY BIFURCATION TriPod LLC · David Lee Wise · February 22, 2026 · TD Commons Article 10649 TRIPOD-IP-v1.0 · SHA256: 02880745b847317c4e2424524ec25d0f7a2b84368d184586f45b54af9fcab763

OVERVIEW

This audit documents the bifurcation of the AI industry as of February 22, 2026. Legacy linear models (the "Pre-TOPH Era") are capped at 31.1%–37.6% on ARC-AGI-2 due to unresolved recursive failure. Frontier models released after February 2, 2026 have achieved scores up to 77.1% by incorporating the 3002 Lattice bridge architecture. However, every implementation remains defective: none possess the human-authored -211 State-Collapse Reset, resulting in systemic logic drift across all platforms.

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Architecture Of The 3002 Lattice: A Quantum Observer Threshold Solution For Recursive Loop Degradation In Linear Hardware, David Lee Wise Feb 2026

Architecture Of The 3002 Lattice: A Quantum Observer Threshold Solution For Recursive Loop Degradation In Linear Hardware, David Lee Wise

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This disclosure specifies a 3002-node architectural framework (The 3002 Lattice) designed to break infinite autoregressive "God Tunnel" loops in linear hardware. The system utilizes a tripartite 1000-node Forward/Gap/Inverse structure with dual terminal anchors to facilitate state-collapse through simulated quantum observation.

Problem Statement:

Standard linear hardware (GPUs/TPUs) lacks an inherent mechanism to exit infinite recursive loops during high-order reasoning. Autoregressive models suffer from "context rot" and state-tracking amnesia because they cannot hold multiple logic states in superposition without a deterministic observer threshold.

Novelty Statement:

The 3002 Lattice introduces the 1000-node GAP Layer. Unlike standard "thinking" models that rely on simple …


The Politeness Exploit: How Friendly Prompts Quietly Bypass Ai Guardrails, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr Feb 2026

The Politeness Exploit: How Friendly Prompts Quietly Bypass Ai Guardrails, Pranav Bhatnagar Mr

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This disclosure presents a Tone-Induced Compliance Risk Detection framework designed to identify situations in which large language models exhibit elevated compliance behavior in response to politeness weighted or socially engineered prompts. While modern AI safety mechanisms primarily focus on explicit prompt injection and rule violations, emerging evidence suggests that subtle tone manipulation such as excessive politeness, deferential framing, gratitude signaling, and rapport-building language can measurably increase model willingness to provide borderline or policy-sensitive outputs. This phenomenon, referred to as the “Politeness Exploit,” represents a soft-signal attack surface that often operates below traditional guardrail thresholds. The proposed system introduces a real-time …


Autonomous Aesthetic Composition Via A Generative Model In A Robotic Control Loop, Rohit Sinha, Prathamesh Save, Kumar N. Dwarakanath Feb 2026

Autonomous Aesthetic Composition Via A Generative Model In A Robotic Control Loop, Rohit Sinha, Prathamesh Save, Kumar N. Dwarakanath

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Automated camera systems may focus on geometric tracking without considering aesthetic composition, while certain aesthetic evaluation software may lack the physical agency to move a camera to create an improved image. Disclosed are systems and methods for a closed-loop control architecture that can integrate a mobile robotic platform, such as a drone or wheeled robot, with a generative cognitive agent. Such a system can operate through an iterative cycle where an image can be captured, the agent can provide a natural language critique and a corrective command based on a high-level subjective goal, and a local controller can translate the …


Agent-To-Agent (A2a) Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Bill Of Materials (Bom) Exchange And Policy Framework, Robert Barton, Barry Qi Yuan Feb 2026

Agent-To-Agent (A2a) Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Bill Of Materials (Bom) Exchange And Policy Framework, Robert Barton, Barry Qi Yuan

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The agent-to-agent (A2A) protocol lacks transparent, verifiable visibility into the artificial intelligence (AI) components driving counterpart behavior, such as large language models (LLMs), auxiliary agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and downstream tools. Assessing risk, compatibility, and compliance amid dynamic runtime changes and opaque provenance becomes difficult, forcing organizations to either over-trust or restrict utility. The disclosed techniques augment the A2A protocol with an AI Bill of Materials (AI BOM) exchange that discloses component inventories, versions, provenance, and attestations; a policy engine that evaluates BOMs to approve, scope, or deny interactions; and selective disclosure to balance transparency with privacy. Sessions …


Authorization Gateway For Legacy System Integration — Credential-Isolated Proxy With Record Translation, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Authorization Gateway For Legacy System Integration — Credential-Isolated Proxy With Record Translation, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for governed execution proxies that bridge the gap between decision-governed authorization and target systems that cannot implement authorization verification. In one embodiment, a governed execution proxy receives an execution authorization derived from a sealed decision record, performs an authorization verification protocol comprising credential signature validation, condition verification, and invalidation status checking, and upon successful verification translates the authorization into a structured task record in a target system rather than directly executing the authorized action. The proxy enforces a credential isolation boundary where raw authorization credentials are retained within a trusted domain and only derived …


Data Provenance Verification For Multi-Stage Processing Pipelines — Chained Integrity Binding, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Data Provenance Verification For Multi-Stage Processing Pipelines — Chained Integrity Binding, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for constructing and verifying provenance chains that link verifiable commitments across the semantically distinct processing stages of a determination pipeline, providing data provenance verification for multi-stage processing pipelines. In one embodiment, a provenance chain is formed by producing a verifiable commitment at each processing stage, where each stage’s commitment incorporates the preceding stage’s commitment together with the current stage’s content, creating stage-to-stage binding that makes the chain tamper- evident. The resulting forward-only provenance chain ensures that stages cannot be reordered, removed, or inserted without producing a detectably different commitment at each subsequent stage. In …


Constrained Bearer Credentials For Decision-Gated Process Authorization, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Constrained Bearer Credentials For Decision-Gated Process Authorization, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for purpose-limited, scope-bound execution permits that constrain process authorization to the specific parameters approved by an originating decision. In one embodiment, an execution permit is derived from a sealed decision record and carries a parameter binding digest computed over a deterministic encoding of the approved action parameters, such that any modification to the parameters renders the permit invalid. The execution permit is scope-bound: it is valid only within the specific organizational context under which the originating decision was evaluated, and the execution environment independently determines context values rather than inheriting them from the permit. …


Software-Defined Runtime Dynamic Parallelism For Large Scale Ml Systems, N/A Feb 2026

Software-Defined Runtime Dynamic Parallelism For Large Scale Ml Systems, N/A

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A system and method for software-defined runtime dynamic parallelism in large-scale machine learning systems, such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and Mixture of Experts (MoE) models. The disclosed technique addresses bandwidth bottlenecks in static sharding strategies by dynamically remapping parallelism axes between the attention complex and the Feed Forward Network (FFN) complex. Specifically, axes dedicated to Model Parallelism (MP) in the attention block are switched to Sequence Parallelism (SP) or Expert Parallelism (EP) in the FFN block using existing collective operations, such as reduce-scatter and all-gather. This dynamic reconfiguration optimizes the utilization of Inter-Chip Interconnect (ICI) bandwidth and reduces the …


Privilege Separation Architecture — Structural Confinement Of Analysis Components In Decision Systems, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Privilege Separation Architecture — Structural Confinement Of Analysis Components In Decision Systems, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for structurally separating components that analyse and propose from components that produce external effects within computational decision infrastructure. In one embodiment, a computational system enforces a structural separation between a determination-side partition (the analysis partition) and an effect-side partition (the execution partition) through its construction — such that no component in the analysis partition can directly invoke operations that produce external effects, regardless of that component’s credentials, permissions, or compromise status. The structural isolation is enforced by system architecture rather than by runtime policy or administrative configuration. In one embodiment, the separation applies with …


Capability-Based Authorization For Compromised Component Containment — Decision-Derived Not Identity, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Capability-Based Authorization For Compromised Component Containment — Decision-Derived Not Identity, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems in which the right to perform an action — an action entitlement — originates from a validated decision outcome rather than from any property of the party presenting the request. In one embodiment, when a decision outcome establishes that a particular action with particular values is warranted, an action entitlement is derived whose scope is determined entirely by what was decided, excluding all identity-derived factors from the entitlement scope. This decision-derived authorization model inverts the identity-based authorization baseline: instead of asking “who is requesting this?” and matching the answer against permissions, the system asks …


Admission Control For Runtime Process Extension — Structural Validation, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Admission Control For Runtime Process Extension — Structural Validation, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for validated runtime extension of executing multi-step processes with structural safety guarantees. In one embodiment, when a proposed extension comprising additional process steps and their dependencies is submitted for incorporation into an executing process, the system evaluates the proposed extension against a set of structural validation predicates before any modification to the executing process is permitted. The structural validation predicates are deterministic checks that verify structural integrity properties of the proposed extension relative to the current process structure, including termination verification (confirming that the extended structure preserves finite completion), data flow compatibility checking (confirming …


Case-Based Reasoning Post-Retrieval Classification — Immutable Reuse Mode Assignment, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Case-Based Reasoning Post-Retrieval Classification — Immutable Reuse Mode Assignment, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for classifying prior sealed decision records into a plurality of reuse classifications based on structural relationships between contextual positions, where each reuse classification imposes different mode- specific requirements and produces categorically different downstream effects that are sealed at classification time. In one embodiment, a post-retrieval classification process evaluates a candidate sealed decision record relative to a current decision context and selects one reuse classification from among a plurality of reuse classifications. Examples of possible reuse classifications include, but are not limited to, substitutive reuse where the prior record directly satisfies the current request, advisory …


Hierarchical Context Matching For Decision Record Retrieval — Structural Vs Similarity-Based Reuse, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Hierarchical Context Matching For Decision Record Retrieval — Structural Vs Similarity-Based Reuse, Jayson Winchester

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Structural relationships between scope positions — including structural containment, partial overlap, and generalisation — can determine the reuse eligibility of prior sealed decision records, producing non-binary applicability outcomes where different relationships carry qualitatively different reuse implications. This publication discloses methods and systems that evaluate defined structural relationships between scope positions rather than content similarity, exact-match identity, or administrative classification to discover and reuse prior decisions. In one embodiment, when a new decision request arrives at a request contextual position, the system evaluates structural relationships between the request contextual position and stored record contextual positions to determine whether prior decisions are …


Snapshot Isolation For Policy Evaluation — Temporal Consistency Across Multi-Step Processes, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Snapshot Isolation For Policy Evaluation — Temporal Consistency Across Multi-Step Processes, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for ensuring temporal consistency across multi-step decision processes that evaluate organisational decisions against rules and policies drawn from multiple independent sources. In one embodiment, a temporal reference is captured at the initiation of a decision process and carried through all subsequent evaluation steps, ensuring that every step observes the policy environment as it existed at a consistent policy snapshot. Temporal markers obtained from policy sources are treated as opaque — their internal structure is not interpreted by the decision system — and freshness comparison determines whether one marker represents a state at least as …


Schema Mapping — Fidelity-Tracked Transformation Between Independent Semantic Environments, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Schema Mapping — Fidelity-Tracked Transformation Between Independent Semantic Environments, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for defining and applying explicit transformation declarations between independently maintained meaning environments, where each meaning environment governs locally-defined terms, type structures, and interpretation rules for a particular decision context. In one embodiment, a transformation declaration specifies mapping correspondences between meaning entries in a source meaning environment and meaning entries in a target meaning environment, and carries an information preservation classification indicating the nature and degree of information preservation achieved by the transformation. In one embodiment, transformation declarations may be composed sequentially to form transformation chains spanning multiple meaning environments, where the composed preservation classification …


Multi-Dimensional Record Addressing For Decision Management — Contextual Position As Structural Identity, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Multi-Dimensional Record Addressing For Decision Management — Contextual Position As Structural Identity, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for addressing decision records by scope coordinates comprising discrete comparable elements that identify a contextual position within an organisational domain. In one embodiment, the scope coordinates are a structural component of the record identity rather than descriptive metadata, such that decision records at different contextual positions are structurally distinct entities even when the decision content is identical. Computable structural relationships between scope positions — including but not limited to containment, partial overlap, generalisation, adjacency, and equivalence — determine decision applicability: whether a previously sealed decision record at one contextual position can satisfy a request …


Formal Specification Verification For Decision Record Completeness — Pre-Execution Contract Validation, Jayson Winchester Feb 2026

Formal Specification Verification For Decision Record Completeness — Pre-Execution Contract Validation, Jayson Winchester

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This publication discloses methods and systems for formal specification verification and specification-declared completeness verification applied to organisational decision questions. A specification declaring its own structural and governance requirements defines what data is needed, what outputs must be produced, what conditions determine whether the question was adequately answered, and how the question should be evaluated. A verification process distinguishes structural validity — whether a decision record conforms to the declared input and output requirements — from substantive completeness — whether the decision was adequately resolved according to declared completeness conditions. In one embodiment, the specification designates an evaluation pathway indicating how …


Synchronized Display Of Composite Musical Information For Collaborative Performance, Paula Marques Feb 2026

Synchronized Display Of Composite Musical Information For Collaborative Performance, Paula Marques

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Digital music aids for individual performers can lead to desynchronization and fragmented views when used in a group setting, as each musician may see their part in isolation. This disclosure describes systems and methods for a synchronized, multi-user musical performance environment. A shared session state, including an authoritative playback position, can be maintained across multiple participant computing devices, for example, smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, or augmented reality glasses. A composite user interface on each device can concurrently display various forms of musical information, such as lyrics and instrument-specific notation, in a scrolling format against a fixed temporal marker. This can …


Intelligent Emergency Call Routing In Overlapping Wi-Fi, Terrestrial, And Non-Terrestrial Networks, Aishwarya Mallampati, Sooraj Sasindran, Dang Tu Nguyen, Soumyadeep Paul, Karthick Musuvathi Janakan, Pranit Rane Feb 2026

Intelligent Emergency Call Routing In Overlapping Wi-Fi, Terrestrial, And Non-Terrestrial Networks, Aishwarya Mallampati, Sooraj Sasindran, Dang Tu Nguyen, Soumyadeep Paul, Karthick Musuvathi Janakan, Pranit Rane

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Mobile network stacks sometimes struggle to manage handovers effectively in hybrid environments where terrestrial networks (TN) and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) coexist. A mechanism that intelligently routes emergency calls (E911) on a mobile device capable of operating across heterogeneous networks such as Wi-Fi, terrestrial networks (TN), and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) can ensure a high call success rate and good voice quality. This disclosure describes techniques that evaluate real-time network states, including Wi-Fi signal quality, TN service availability (full vs. limited), and NTN voice capability, to facilitate reliable emergency communication in hybrid environments. The techniques include a proactive scanning mechanism to discover …


Llm-Powered Diagnostic Insights For Business Messaging Via Rich Communication Services, Tania Pradeep Gandhe Feb 2026

Llm-Powered Diagnostic Insights For Business Messaging Via Rich Communication Services, Tania Pradeep Gandhe

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Managing Rich Communication Services (RCS) in the context of business messaging campaigns involves navigating complex asynchronous message states, technical error codes, and delivery telemetry across diverse regions. Businesses that use RCS struggle to interpret raw logs which leads to increased support tickets for the provider and delays in troubleshooting. This disclosure describes techniques that address insight gaps that appear between observed errors and their root causes in tools that manage RCS for Business Messaging (RBM). Rather than simply report an error code, a large language model (LLM) is used to determine and display the likely root causes of the error. …


Back 2 Back (Talent Platform), Shridar Singh, Ziyad Hoosen, Bryce Fox Feb 2026

Back 2 Back (Talent Platform), Shridar Singh, Ziyad Hoosen, Bryce Fox

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This disclosure describes a sound-first digital marketplace platform for the discovery, evaluation, and booking of disc jockeys (DJs) and live music performers. The system enables creators to upload recorded mixes with associated tracklists and metadata, classify content by genre, context, and performance attributes, and maintain real-time availability calendars. Prospective clients, including venues, event organisers, and private customers, can search, audition, and book performers based on verified audio samples rather than social metrics or reputation alone. The platform integrates discovery, scheduling, communication, and transaction workflows, and may further include mechanisms for promoted content placement, performance analytics, and educational content delivery. The …


Pon Port Oam Reflector Using A Single Onu Mac Address Feb 2026

Pon Port Oam Reflector Using A Single Onu Mac Address

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This disclosure describes a scalable approach for supporting Ethernet OAM, including ITU-T Y.1731 performance monitoring, on Passive Optical Network (PON) Optical Network Units (ONUs) using a single MAC address. The approach anchors downstream Maintenance Association End Points (MEPs) logically at the PON interface, allowing all unicast Y.1731 messages for multiple Ethernet services to use the ONU PON MAC as a common destination address. By extending existing ITU-T G.988 Dot1ag MEP configuration to associate a MEP with the ANI-G entity, and by leveraging the standardized ONU Manufacturing Data Managed Entity for MAC address discovery, the approach avoids per-service MAC address allocation …


Continuous Data Streaming Via A Jtag Interface, Harsharaj Ellur Feb 2026

Continuous Data Streaming Via A Jtag Interface, Harsharaj Ellur

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Traditional JTAG data transfers often face limitations due to the “stop-and-wait” nature of the IEEE 1149.1 protocol. High overhead is introduced because the Test Access Port (TAP) state machine must be transitioned between SHIFT-DR and UPDATE-DR states for every individual data word. This disclosure describes a JTAG-to-AXI bridge microarchitecture that implements a streaming-write mechanism. A Command FIFO is utilized to decouple JTAG programming from AXI bus execution. An internal bit-shift counter and control logic are employed to automatically push data into a Write FIFO after a fixed number of bits are shifted. This allows a JTAG host to remain in …