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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Real-Time Compression Of Software Traces, Clinton Grant
Real-Time Compression Of Software Traces, Clinton Grant
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Techniques are presented herein that support the compression of software-generated traces as a stream, in real time, with reduced central processing unit (CPU) overhead. Such an approach may reduce cloud hosting bandwidth charges and is relevant when moving troubleshooting information from a device into the cloud for analysis. Additionally, such an approach eliminates the bursty nature of file-based compression that is typically achieved using legacy compression utilities. As a result, the presented techniques are more amenable to small CPU footprints such as, for example, a cloud-based router having just a single CPU. Aspects of the presented techniques have a broad …
Self-Calibration Of 3d Sensors Installed In A Known Environment, Anonymous
Self-Calibration Of 3d Sensors Installed In A Known Environment, Anonymous
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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 …
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 …
Shopping Engine, Mathe Nanthagopal
Shopping Engine, Mathe Nanthagopal
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The technology described herein relates to a shopping engine for a mapping application that provides users with discounts and promotions (“offers”) from establishments in close proximity to the user. For example, in instances where the user consents to provide location data to the shopping engine, the shopping engine may use the user’s location to determine nearby establishments, such as stores or restaurants. The shopping engine may generate a list of offers being made by the nearby establishments. The shopping engine may provide the list of offers and the corresponding establishments to the user’s computing device. In some instances, the shopping …
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.
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. …
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 …
Method For Adaptive Labels On Content Based On The Accessibility Persona Or Domain Expertise Of The User, Andy Lavery, Zack Goldberg, Mitch Zelmanovich, Eli Daiches
Method For Adaptive Labels On Content Based On The Accessibility Persona Or Domain Expertise Of The User, Andy Lavery, Zack Goldberg, Mitch Zelmanovich, Eli Daiches
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The present disclosure describes computer-implemented systems and methods for providing adaptable accessibility labels to web content and web applications by selecting labels that are targeted to different cohorts of users based on the user’s skill level and disability. Accessibility labels that are targeted to the user’s skill level and disability are selected from multiple variants of labels and provided to the user to help the user understand the application better than with the general labels that apply to all users regardless of skill level or disability.
Container Patching Automation, Balasaheb Raosaheb Dengale, Dilshad T, Charan Ramireddy, Panneer Perumal
Container Patching Automation, Balasaheb Raosaheb Dengale, Dilshad T, Charan Ramireddy, Panneer Perumal
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The present disclosure relates to a method and an automation system for automatically patching a software container. In an embodiment, the present disclosure discloses the aspect of performing pre-validations from Operating System (OS) perspective, and pre-validating cluster/node from Kubernetes perspective and a drain node. Further, the present disclosure discloses patching the node and rebooting the node and performing post-validation from the OS perspective. Additionally, the present disclosure discloses the aspect of post-validating the cluster/node and re-establishing the cluster.
A System And Method For Api Based File Processing, Prakhar Gangwar, Shivam Mohan, Alok Roy, Neeraj Neeraj, Satyam Raj, Ravi Shanker Kumar Sinha, Shankar Rc, Kandikatla Varshini, Prajna Shetty, Prithwish Banerjee
A System And Method For Api Based File Processing, Prakhar Gangwar, Shivam Mohan, Alok Roy, Neeraj Neeraj, Satyam Raj, Ravi Shanker Kumar Sinha, Shankar Rc, Kandikatla Varshini, Prajna Shetty, Prithwish Banerjee
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Various embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for defining, implementing, and / or executing batch processing of API transaction services and products. The system is configured to receive a plurality of file processing requests associated with API traffic from one or more clients and batch, one or more jobs associated with the plurality of file processing requests for the API traffic. Further, the system is configured to pick and initiate the process of executing the API call associated with the API transitions. Furthermore, it splits the input file into plurality of chunks and invokes the API …
Merchant To Merchant Lending, Harish Murali
Merchant To Merchant Lending, Harish Murali
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The present disclosure relates to a method and system for establishing a merchant-to-merchant lending network to process lending and/or borrowing of money between merchants. The present disclosure suggests collecting various data related to the merchants, and ranking the merchants based on their net POS sales value. Thereafter, a merchant is allowed to borrow the money from another merchant based on the ranking of the merchants. Subsequently, the lending money requests and borrowing money requests are matched to facilitate the lending/borrowing of the money. The borrowing merchant is allowed to repay the borrowed money on a periodical repayment schedule based on …
Automatic Composition Recommendations For Portrait Photography, Wei-Sheng Lai, Yifan Zhuang, Yichang Shih, Shih-Han Chou
Automatic Composition Recommendations For Portrait Photography, Wei-Sheng Lai, Yifan Zhuang, Yichang Shih, Shih-Han Chou
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A user with no training in photography that takes pictures using a smartphone or other camera is often not able to capture attractive portrait photographs. This disclosure describes techniques to automatically determine optimal camera view-angles and frame elements, and to generate instructions to guide users to capture better composed photographs. An ultra-wide (UW) image is obtained via a stream parallel to a wide (W) image stream that the user previews during the capture of a photograph. The UW image is used as a guide to determine an optimal field of view (FoV) for the W-image, e.g., to determine an optimal …
Rapid Detection Of Network Threats By Analyzing Network Logs, Assaf Namer, Tracy Jiang
Rapid Detection Of Network Threats By Analyzing Network Logs, Assaf Namer, Tracy Jiang
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Currently, there is no easy way to view and inspect network data surrounding a suspicious network event. Typically, analysts correlate findings across multiple services to capture network data indicative of security threats which is a time-consuming task that can delay response. This disclosure describes techniques that enable rapid response to network threats by mirror-capturing a real-time window of network traffic; by using in-line or out-of-band analysis to detect network events; and, once an event is detected, by generating a packet-capture (pcap) file from the mirrored data to enable correlating between network events and the pcap file. Visibility into the captured …
Quick Multi Device App Installation Using A Prediction Engine, D Shin
Quick Multi Device App Installation Using A Prediction Engine, D Shin
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When users have multiple devices, one of the devices can act as a host device where an app is downloaded. Upon pairing with a target device, the app is transferred to the target device from the host device. This enables a user to use their preferred device to search for and obtain apps, while also providing the apps on the user’s other devices. However, this protocol is impeded by the wait to establish connectivity between the devices and by the time needed for app transfer. This disclosure describes techniques that, with user permission, use predictive signals to generate a dictionary …
3d Adversarial Face Targets, Visa
3d Adversarial Face Targets, Visa
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The present disclosure relates to adversarial face targets that may be used to test performance of a face recognition system. As such, a plurality of images are received by a system. The plurality of images are processed to detect faces and a set of 3D target faces are synthesized. Further, a set of 2D viewpoint configurations corresponding to each 3D target face of the set of 3D target faces are captured based on a projection function. Adversarial perturbations are generated in relation to each 2D viewpoint configuration of the set of 2D viewpoint configurations. Thereafter, a set of 3D digital …
Method And System For Managing Merchant Tickets, Way Zheng Calven Lim, Aditi Rungta, Edwin Kai Cong Tay, Lutong Zhao, Jozua Heng
Method And System For Managing Merchant Tickets, Way Zheng Calven Lim, Aditi Rungta, Edwin Kai Cong Tay, Lutong Zhao, Jozua Heng
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The present disclosure provides a method and a system for managing the merchant tickets. The present disclosure provides a centralized platform that stores and manages the merchant tickets offered and sold by the merchant. The present disclosure discloses associating the merchant tickets of a user with a digital wallet of the user. The merchant tickets are managed and stored by a merchant system associated with the merchant and a service provider system. The user can view, manage, and redeem the merchant tickets from the digital wallet.
Utilizing Haptics Vibrations To Determine Spatial Context, D Shin
Utilizing Haptics Vibrations To Determine Spatial Context, D Shin
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This publication describes techniques and systems for utilizing haptics vibrations to determine a spatial context for a computing device. In an aspect, a system of determining a spatial context utilizes haptics vibrations that are measured by an on-board inertial measurement unit (IMU). The measured haptics sensor data are input into a machine-learned (ML) model (e.g., an embedding model). The embedding model utilizes gravity removal, matched filtering, envelope filtering, and convolutional embedding to generate a spatial context prediction.
Securing Data Payloads Sent From A Client Machine With Minimal User Or Administrator Interaction, Jen Bammel, David Matteson, Kyle Mills, Claire Gower, Todd Chapman, Adam Goodman
Securing Data Payloads Sent From A Client Machine With Minimal User Or Administrator Interaction, Jen Bammel, David Matteson, Kyle Mills, Claire Gower, Todd Chapman, Adam Goodman
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Techniques are described herein for providing an extra layer of security for a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) application (e.g., a device health application) installed on a user’s machine to ensure that the data payload being sent to authentication servers came from the authenticating user’s machine. The application may be enrolled with a cryptographic keypair stored in the hardware of the user’s machine. The key may be used to sign health data payloads sent to the MFA servers.
Personalized Document Template Recommendations Using Machine Learning, D Shin
Personalized Document Template Recommendations Using Machine Learning, D Shin
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When creating a new document, a user typically starts from a blank document in the default template and must manually apply the desired formatting for the type of document. The types of documents and the frequency with which each type of document is created varies across users. However, word processors do not currently include a mechanism to select a document template based on the formatting of the frequent document types created by a user. This disclosure describes techniques to present personalized recommendations for suitable templates based on the documents and templates a user constructs frequently, thus saving the user the …
Recommending Restaurants Serving Authentic Iconic Cuisine, Jaunani Sriramachandran
Recommending Restaurants Serving Authentic Iconic Cuisine, Jaunani Sriramachandran
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While many travelers enjoy trying unfamiliar local cuisines, it is not straightforward to find a restaurant that serves popular and unique local cuisine in the authentic original form. Moreover, determining whether a given iconic dish or drink meets dietary constraints and preferences is difficult. This disclosure describes techniques to aggregate relevant data from various available information sources and offer personalized suggestions for restaurants that serve authentic iconic local cuisine that satisfies dietary constraints and preferences. With user permission, cuisine and restaurant suggestions can be shown proactively based on the user’s upcoming travel plans and schedule. Features are provided to enable …
Using A Camera To Capture Handwritten Notes In Digital Form In Real-Time, Duc-Hieu Tran
Using A Camera To Capture Handwritten Notes In Digital Form In Real-Time, Duc-Hieu Tran
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Converting a handwritten note to a digital format requires a user to obtain an image of the note via a camera or scanner and use suitable techniques to convert the content within the captured image to a user-manipulable digital form. Editing the handwritten note after capture requires a repeat of the process to update the digital version. This is cumbersome and time consuming. This disclosure describes techniques that use a digital camera to automatically capture handwritten notes. The camera is positioned such that the entire notetaking surface is within the field of view. As the user writes, the camera captures …
Converged Rack Architecture (Cra) For Data Center, Anant Thakar, Rakesh Bhatia
Converged Rack Architecture (Cra) For Data Center, Anant Thakar, Rakesh Bhatia
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The data center hardware (HW) infrastructure in public and private clouds is going through a paradigm shift due to the demands of a heterogenous computing model. The lower-cost economics of a private cloud need to be augmented with the operational simplicity of a public cloud. The Open Compute Project (OCP) started with the goal of simplifying the compute aspect and they did succeed to some extent, but enterprise adoption has been slow due to the HW complexity of various elements and version compatibility. Since the evolution of OCP, a number of technology changes have occurred, and a new infrastructure standard …
Participant-Targeted Spatial Audio Generation Using Gaze Matching Over A Multi-Grid Video Conferencing Setup, D. Shin
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The present disclosure is generally directed towards systems and methods to provide a more immersive video conferencing experience. More particularly, aspects of the present disclosure include a computer-implemented method for immersive video conferencing. The method can include displaying a plurality of display elements corresponding to a plurality of listening participants on a display device. The method can also include obtaining information indicative of a speaking participant’s gaze. The method can further include determining which of the plurality of display elements the speaking participant is focused on based on the speaking participant’s gaze. Additionally, the method can provide information indicating which …