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Foldable Display Hinge Structure, Hp Inc

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This invention is to develop foldable linkage torque solution by 2‐layer gears linkage

synchronization in connection with display housing bracket and case housing bracket, and the 2‐

layers gears linkage can force the hinge structure to provide the retractable and torque function,

which the fixed flexible display panel can be adjusted by the display displacement to achieve 2‐

layer gears through extending linkage torque engine synchronization and resolve the display

broken issue as the display panel is rotated at 0~180 degrees.

Hardware-Controlled Bootable Drive Switching For Segregated Computing Experiences, Hp Inc

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Computing devices are frequently used for multiple applications – a user might share a device for work

and personal computing. This sharing creates a wealth of data security vulnerabilities; the actions

performed on a device when used for personal computing may compromise sensitive corporate data.

Complete separation and isolation of the data location will eliminate any vulnerability of this data. A

computing device with two physical drives and a hardware toggle switch will promote more separation

between business and personal use by isolating data, while sharing the same hardware. This toggle switch

will allow the user to switch between bootable …

Unmute Key Word For Conference Call Derived From Attendee List, Personal Greeting Or Training, Hp Inc

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A method for training a voice‐activated “nmute”for an audio call is disclosed. The method involves

identifying the names of participants on the call, such that when those names are uttered the intention

of the speaker to be heard on the call is clear and the microphone of the person speaking is unmuted.

Foldable Pc Embedded With Flexible Display And Keyboard, Hp Inc

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The Foldable PC is with foldable display and foldable keyboard so that these two parts can be

collapsed to as a cylinder.

Storing Message Records In A Block Chain Ledger For High Throughput Traffic, Lionel Florit, Justin Muller

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Techniques are provided herein for recording every message transaction of a network inside a block chain in a scalable manner. The authenticity of a message may be verified independently without transferring any data during the verification process.

Automatically Resizing Spreadsheet Cells To Accommodate Text, Rahul Patel

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One or more cells of a spreadsheet may be resized to accommodate text, at least a portion of which can be wrapped therein. Such cell(s) may be selected by a user (e.g., via designation of an active cell, and/or the like). A height (e.g., row height, and/or the like) of such cell(s) can be adjusted to accommodate text within the cell(s) (e.g., text within cells in the row, text within the active cell, and/or the like). Additionally or alternatively, a width (e.g., column width, and/or the like) of such cell(s) can be adjusted to accommodate text within the cell(s) (e.g., …

Stylus With A Buzzer Design To Notice A User On Its Own, Hp Inc

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The Stylus buzzer design installs a buzzer in the capacitive pen. The pen makes a sound

when it is away from a tablet for a while. This function helps a user to find his or her pen

back. The sound will stop if the button on the pen is clicked. This invention provides the

benefit helping users to find their pen no matter where it is, and manage the risk the pen may go missing

Biometric Enabled Proximity-Based User Authentication, Varun S. Rao, Teng Song

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Today, if a user wants to access a device such as kiosks, public computers, and other shared devices, e.g., smart speakers, etc. for transient or periodic user, the user still has to sign into the device, often entering their username and password. The login process can be cumbersome and poses a security risk to the user’s account. This disclosure describes user authentication of host devices based on a combination of user biometrics and user proximity. Upon detection of the presence of a host device by a user’s mobile device, an unauthenticated connection, over channels such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, is …

Emotion-Suffused Messaging, Emmanuel Arriaga

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One well-recognized problem with messaging is the lack of emotional context. In face-to-face or audio/video communication, nuance is communicated via body language, syllable stress, etc. There are currently no provisions for such expression in messaging. This can lead to confusion or disconnects between participants in a messaging conversation. Some of this disconnect is ameliorated by the use of emojis or other expressive elements. However, such elements have to be deliberately inserted by a participant in their messages.

This disclosure presents techniques that detect, with user permission and consent, the emotional context of a message sender. When the context is reliably …

Wi-Fi Rate Selection Using Machine Learning Models, Jerome Poichet

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When a Wi-Fi device tries to connect to access points, it picks a channel, rate, and a particular access point (AP) out of a potentially large number of selections. Different selections result in different quality of user experiences, e.g., as measured by throughput and latency.

In many circumstances, the device has a past history of connecting to various access points in or near its current location. With user permission, this disclosure uses trained machinelearning models and the past history to select an optimal channel, rate, and access point. The selections made using this technique can result in superior throughput, latency, …

Automatic Loading Of Document Content, N/A

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Web pages can use dynamic content loading technology to facilitate viewing on mobile devices. This disclosure describes techniques in which a computer system can automatically initiate loading of additional document content that is not served as part of the initial loading of a document. The computer system can identify and activate controls in the document, such as a “show more” button, that cause additional content to be requested and inserted into the document, initiate scrolling operations that trigger loading of additional content into the document, etc. Described techniques allow a device to automatically and efficiently obtain a more complete version …

Bi-Directional Floating Belt Tensioner, Hp Inc

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A low cost, bi‐directional, compact, low tension belt tensioner was needed for a material supply station.

This design allows for maximum pulley wrap angle that is consistent between clockwise and counter

clockwise operation. This design is compact and low cost. It allows for maximum torque transmission

from the drive motor to the belt while adding minimal tension to the drive belt above the load that is

being rotated. This allows for the key advantages of a smaller drive motor and least wear and tear on

the system.

Integrating Slice Vesa Wall Mount With Monitor Quick Release Bracket Kit, Hp Inc

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Disclosed is a solution for integrating Slice VESA Wall Mount with Monitor Quick Release Bracket Kit.

This solution enables new PC products to be compatible with existing HW solutions. Customers would

then only need to update their PCs while continuing to use their current monitors.

Also, no modification to current Quick Release Kit and Slice VESA Wall mount physical parts is required

for this solution. It minimizes the impact to product design and maximizes customer usage benefit.

Context-Dependent Multi-Mode Chat, Sandro Feuz, Yannick Stucki, Jorim Jaggi, Adrian Roos

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Chat applications often support several communication modes, e.g., texting, voice messaging, voice/video calling, sending memes/GIFs/images, sending video messages, etc. In a group chat, a given participant may not be disposed to use every chat modality. For example, one participant may be in a quiet space and constrained to use only text messaging, another participant may be in a position to receive video but not turn on their own camera, and so on.

With user permission, this disclosure applies machine-learning techniques to detect the user’s context. Based on the context, the user-preferred input and output modes for a group chat are …

Personalized Suggestion System, Benjamin Azose

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This disclosure describes techniques to generate personalized suggestions. The personalized suggestions can be utilized and displayed in different applications. With user permission and consent, past user queries are analyzed to generate personalized suggestions for the user. Failed user queries are analyzed to generate query refinements that would provide a successful response. The personalized suggestions are based on user interests and utilize a prediction of possible future queries from the user. When users activate the feature, the personalized suggestions are suitably presented to the user.

Automated Marketplace For Sponsored Content, N/A

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Alongside traditional media channels, a new influencer marketing channel has emerged over the past several years. This channel comprises individual personalities and content providers that provide standalone or integrated sponsored content as part of their overall online presence. This sponsored content can be on online video-sharing, podcast, messaging, and other platforms. Advertising purchases for such online content providers are typically executed as direct deals, in which an advertiser or agency reaches out to the content provider to arrange the sponsored content. Given the proliferation of influencer marketing globally, such reliance on direct deals causes inefficient spend across providers. This disclosure …

Displaying Advertisements In Video Clips, Catherine Cardinal, Cliff Chin Ngai Sze

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On video-sharing platforms, users access some video clips primarily for audio rather than video content. In such video clips, the display is idle or otherwise possibly uninteresting to the viewer. The techniques of this disclosure apply machine learning to detect if the visual portion of a video clip is likely not of interest to the user. If the visual portion detected to not be of interest to the user, permission is sought from the user to insert a visual ad into the clip while audio continues playing unchanged. If user permission is obtained, ads are inserted in portions of video …

Building Information Modeling (Bim) For Operational Management Of Facilities, Roshan Mehdizadeh Corsiglia, Marie Hunter

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The design and construction of a building involves the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create building models for various purposes, such as structure, plumbing, mechanical, etc. coordination. Once construction is completed, these models are no longer utilized during the operational use of the building. The techniques of this disclosure enable the construction and use of BIM that support building operations and maintenance by intelligently and proactively identifying issues that need to be addressed, thus saving costs and increasing service efficiency.

Crowdsourced Mapping Of Ambient Noise Levels, N/A

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Speech recognition, transcription, or translation tools work best when ambient noise levels are low. For users of such tools, e.g., hearing-challenged individuals, it is often a chore to find a quiet spot so as to have a clear conversation. This disclosure proposes the use of mobile device microphones as ambient noise sensors with user permission. Ambient noise levels are measured and reported to an online map service along with time and location of measurement. The online map displays the received real-time ambient noise levels. The crowdsourced real-time ambient noise levels are made available to users of the online map service. …

Spare Fusing Lamp Ready To Work While Printing, Hp Inc

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The idea shown below for a 3D printing with fusing lamps, is placing an extra lamp in fusing module, but

not an extra power controller to reduce cost of the system, which will start working when any of the

lamps is blown while working.

Efficiently Allocating Radio Resources In The Downlink Direction To Meet Quality Of Service Requirements Of 5g Wireless Networks, Akram Sheriff, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Santosh Patil

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Slice Differentiator (SD) machine learning techniques are provided herein to efficiently allocate resources to meet Quality of Service (QoS) requirements in 5G wireless networks. This enables adaptive training based optimization of QoS weights for different services.

Consistent Database Backups Using Virtual Machine Clone Operations, Ian Gulliver, Hsiu-Fan Wang

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Abstract

Consistent database backups may be created by cloning a virtual machine, gracefully stopping processes on the clone, and taking a snapshot of the clone in a consistent, clean state.

Iot Device Policy Management Framework In 5g/4g Cellular Networks, Santosh Patil, Mark Grayson, Byju Pularikkal, Swami Anantha, Sourav Chakraborty

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The embodiments presented herein relate to a framework for sharing Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) in 5G/4G cellular networks, and mechanisms to apply policies based on MUD profiles for Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to a 5G/4G cellular network. The proposal uses Protocol Configuration Options (PCO) parameters within 4G/5G cellular signaling to share MUD URIs from devices to cellular core network elements, which can apply additional policies for IoT devices. This proposal enables MUD integration into 5G/4G Core network with 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-defined PCO Industrial Ethernet (IE) and provides a framework for uniform IoT …

Heterogeneous Wireless: Throughput Guidance In A Multi-Path Environment, Mark Grayson, Santosh Patil, Byju Pularikkal, Swami Anantha

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Embodiments presented herein relate to throughput guidance within a multipath environment. In a proxy deployment, the proxy function may be responsible for combining the plurality of throughput guidances received over individual paths. For example, an approach to combining throughput guidances using functions such as SUM ( ), MAX ( ), or AVG ( ) may be employed according to a proxy policy definition.

Applications On Top Of Dna Center: Network Security Score By Network Application Segments, Swami Anantha, Santosh Patil, Byju Pularikkal, Sourav Chakraborty

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Techniques are provided to quantify the security impact of network vulnerabilities (e.g., hardware, software, configuration, etc.) on network applications running in the network and vice versa. The security impact quantification may be calculated by combining the vulnerability reach index (i.e. how far in the network does the impact of a vulnerability extend) with the security breach probability (i.e. the probability of accessing the network elements belonging to one network application from another network application).

Heterogeneous Wireless: Dual Lora-Nb-Iot Redundant Connectivity, Patrick Wetterwalk, Pascal Thubert, Eric Levy-Abegnoli

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LoRa refers to a digital wireless data communication technology that enables very-long-range transmissions with low power consumption. Narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) refers to a lower power standard focusing on indoor coverage. By combining LoRa and NB-IoT technologies, a low-energy device may receive the benefit of NB-IoT throughput, while consuming an amount of power similar to LoRa. The embodiments presented herein emulate a LoRa device over a NB-IoT network using a virtual gateway.

Power usage of a device can be reduced by using LoRa and waking up NB-IoT on demand. A device may use LoRa as long as LoRa meets expected delivery …

Thin Profile And Waterproof Usb-C Connector, Michael Webb, David Rosen

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In the currently available form, integrating a Universal Serial Bus Type C (USB-C) receptacle into a device affects the device thickness and forces the device to have large display borders. This disclosure enables provision of a USB-C receptacle in a thin profile device underneath a display stack. The techniques, as disclosed herein, eliminate the outer shell of the USB-C receptacle and use the primary enclosure of a connected device, e.g., a phone, as the outer shell. An O-ring, attached to a ground shield/shell of the USB-C receptacle, interfaces with the primary enclosure of the connected device to maintain a waterproof …

Resource Allocation In 802.11ax Networks, Mukesh Taneja, Bibek Sahu, Ramachandra Murthy, Balamurugan Ramachandran, Ankush Sharma, Prantik Howlader

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Methods of selection of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video and other users to meet quality of service (QoS) goals and optimize overall performance in 802.11ax networks are provided. These methods allow policy based decisions such as controlling the number of video, VoIP or other users or sub-channel sizes for video (or other) users or deciding data rate (or associated modulation and coding scheme) for each user in each scheduling interval (SI), and allow dynamic decisions for the value of the SI.

Multi-Port Electromagnetic Interference Improvement Using Heterogeneous Ports, Xiaoxia Zhou, Hailong Zhang, Jianquan Lou, Bruce Zhao, Jinghan Yu, Alpesh Bhobe

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Techniques are provided herein for using different profiles on different ports for different radiation directions in multi-port projects. Because the superposition effect is weakened, the maximum radiation of a project is about 3dB smaller than those with uniform ports.

Quasi-Optimal Software Recommendation Analytics System (Opera) For Network Devices, Gyana Dash, Antonio Nucci, Jasmin Guliani, Cedric Van Labeke, Sam Grimee, Chris Dexter

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The Quasi-OPtimal SoftwarE Recommendation Analytics system (OPERA) is configured to scan a customer network on a 24/7 basis. OPERA is also configured to proactively notify the customer if a software upgrade is necessary, as well as notify the customer which device or group of devices should be upgraded to the exact needed software versions. The software recommendations are tailored on a per-customer basis and have improved accuracy by using reinforcement learning, constrained based optimization, and an Integer Linear Programming model. OPERA may also presents customers with a composite risk score for the current network and recommend upgrades which will minimize …