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The Cyclically Configured Concave Mirror Based Composite Light Capturing Configuration Where The Light Reflecting Beam Splitter Is Positioned At A Distance Greater Than Half The Focal Length Of The Concave Mirror, Away From The Concave Mirror Section., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a cyclically configured concave mirror based composite light capturing configuration where the light reflecting beam splitter is positioned at a distance greater than half the focal length of the concave mirror, away from the concave mirror section. The composite light capturing configuration consists of 4 cyclically arranged light capturing configurations. Each light capturing configuration will contain a beam splitter, a concave mirror part and a sensor. The composite light capturing configuration, utilizing the 4 cyclically arranged light capturing configurations it contains, will have the capability to capture the light rays coming from the scene in front of …

Automatic Route Adjustment To Avoid Stop-Start Driving, Paul Mccartney, Daniel V. Klein

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Stop-start driving impedes traffic flow and wastes energy and time. This disclosure describes techniques for improving traffic flow efficiency and energy consumption by reducing stop-and-go vehicle driving. The techniques leverage a combination of available data sources, e.g., traffic light timing history, crowdsourced traffic observations, traffic light observations from in-vehicle cameras, digital maps data, velocity information, locations of synchronized traffic lights, etc., to predict the traffic light timing along a route and suggest routes that optimize the number of stops along the route. The techniques create a smooth, more efficient traffic flow using a data–driven approach, while prioritizing safety and accounting …

A Method And A System Of Providing Offers For Payment Performed Via A User Device, Yashaswini Shetty, Shashank Parmar, Thrapthi K. Shetty, Swati Bhardwaj, Vijaya Lakshmi Bandi

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The present disclosure provides a method and a system for providing offers for a payment via a user device. In the present disclosure, a user selects an offer or discount from multiple offers provided by a merchant. Then, the user calls IVR and initiate payment by tapping user device on a merchant device upon which merchant device starts playing music. Music played by merchant device may be encoded by IVR system over call. Then, the IVR system transmits the music to a server. Server decodes music and transmits to system for identifying offers and corresponding merchant. Upon identifying offer details …

Fast Playback Of Burst Audio Packets, Avinash Malipatil

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A jitter buffer manager (JBM) is a module in a live-stream audio receiver that attempts to keep up with the live stream when the reception of packets is bursty. JBMs typically work by dropping late-arrival packets, which can lead to gaps during audio playback. This disclosure describes techniques to reduce or eliminate audio breakages due to bursty packets by queuing packets dropped by the jitter buffer manager into a dropped-packets queue and by playing dropped-and-recovered audio frames faster, such that audio is not lost. The playback speed is based on the present length of the dropped-packets queue. The techniques advantageously …

On-Device Log Summarization Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Crash Analysis, Sergey Grizan, Selim Gurun

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The large volume of logs generated by devices are collected in a ring buffer to limit their storage footprint. Such a mechanism results in the potential loss of valuable diagnostic data due to buffer overwrites. This disclosure describes the use of on-device artificial intelligence (AI) models to automatically determine relevant entries in a ring-buffer crash log, remove irrelevant entries, and identify patterns within the relevant entries that correlate to crashes. The models generate and store summaries that are usable for crash analysis and debugging. The described integration of AI models can improve the precision of crash analysis, help identify recurring …

Built-In Vehicle Safety Navigation Assistance, Nivedhitha Muralikrishnan, Devadas Murukadas, Sivakumar Palani, Sakthi Bhargavi Kalyanasundaram, Gowri Jegatheesh Manikandan

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For current vehicle/navigation systems, an optimized/best route can be suggested for a desired user destination based on many criteria, such as distance, traffic, etc. However, such routing often does not consider real time factors that may be present for streets, such as the presence of streetlights and their working or operating conditions. In order to address such issues, proposed herein are techniques through which vehicle navigation systems may be enhanced to determine an optimal route for a given destination based on one or more safety features, such as streetlight availability and streetlight operating conditions, for night driving scenarios.

Integrated Visualization Of Alternate Network Paths With Tomographic Device Performance Overlay, Peter Clayton-Luce, Steve Holl, Jay Kuhne

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Conventional digital experience monitoring and synthetic testing methods can only monitor and test one active network path, which limits their effectiveness in generating a robust network solution. For example, conventional methods do not leverage information about potential alternate paths formed by standby devices, thus leading to lost opportunities to proactively prevent and/or respond to device degradation. In order to address such issues, proposed herein are techniques that generate an integrated visualization that dynamically overlays device status and performance data on network paths involving redundant devices. The integrated visualization provides a tomographic view of device performance for all potential paths in …

Open Telemetry Line Protocol (Otlp) Ingestion Of Proprietary Metric, Log, And Tracing Sources Using And Interim Common Export Format (Csv), Ted Hulick, Thomas Szigeti, David Zacks

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Techniques are provided for a seamless and straight-forward method to export dissimilar network monitoring related metrics, events, logs, and traces from proprietary formats to a receivers operating in accordance with an industry standard format, such as an Open Telemetry format, receivers by converting such data to a native protocol format. OTLP is the de-facto protocol for sending OTEL MELT (Metrics Events Logs Traces) from an Agent or Collector to a backend OTEL receiver. Currently there are hundreds of proprietary protocols out there. There is a desire to convert such network monitoring related data to OTLP to take advantage of OTLP …

Web Token Based (Jwt) Distribution Of Application Component Software Bill Of Materials (Sboms), Ted Hulick, Thomas Szigeti, David Zacks

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Techniques are provided for the integration of JSON Web Token (JWT) technology already present in most web applications to distribute SBOMs representing their web service downstream to other transaction components so they can be evaluated, reviewed, etc. for security and compliance assessment.

System For Geometric Modifications, Hp Inc

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Three-dimensional print systems are designed to physically reproduce user defined 3D geometries. For additive systems these part geometries are often accumulated in a progressive fashion, such as layer by layer. For many materials, such as plastic polyamides, great care is taken to define part geometries and the printer likewise is engineered to achieve a specific geometric fidelity. Printing or re-printing is generally the focal process to achieve a desired geometry. For aesthetic purposes, 3D printed plastic parts may be dyed to achieve a desired visual appearance. The effectiveness of these liquid dye baths may benefit from heat. We propose that …

Improved Process For The Preparation Of Ethyl 5-(2-Fluorophenyl)-1h-Pyrrole-3-Carboxylate, Msn Laboratories Private Limited, R&D Centre; Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan; Sajja Eswaraiah; Vijayavitthal T. Mathad; Revu Satyanarayana; Jakku Malleswara Reddy.

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An improved process for the preparation of ethyl 5-(2-fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate which is represented by the following structural formula-4.

Formula-4

Deriving Human-Interpretable Insights From Tabular Data, Karthik Vijayakumar, Sukalyan Bhakat

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This disclosure describes techniques that enable group-level actions to be performed on entities identified as belonging to a group. First, the common characteristics of a given group of entities are automatically identified. The unique characteristics of a group that differentiate the group from the general population are then identified. An identified group of entities is expanded into the general population of entities. The described techniques find application in domains such as trend identification, and can be used for advertising, route planning, e-commerce, social media, policy enforcement in user-generated content (UGC), administering UGC appeals, etc. The techniques enable fast understanding of …

Large Language Model (Llm) Generated Personalized Mnemonics, Heidi Wong, Elissa Wolf

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Mnemonic devices aid information retention and retrieval of information from long-term memory. The peculiarity of mnemonic devices makes them memorable. An example of a mnemonic device is "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies" that is helpful to remember the order of the planets in the solar system by distance from the sun. However, currently there are no automated ways of generating mnemonics, or to generate associated images that help remember the mnemonics. This disclosure leverages the capabilities of a large language model (LLM) and image generation model(s) to automatically generate mnemonics that can aid memory. A user …

Enhancing Heat Dissipation For Devices Placed On A Charging Speaker Dock, Gordon Dix, Olen Rasp, Farzam Sajed, Arun Raghupathy, Hsieh Duen Hsing

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Handheld devices such as smartphones, tablets, etc. can be placed on a charger/speaker dock that provides battery charging and also enables enhanced audio output via speakers integrated into the dock. A device docked on the charging/speaker dock generates heat, which can trigger the slowdown or halting of charging and capping of the audio gain of the speaker. This disclosure describes techniques to improve heat dissipation and prevent overheating of a docked device by optimizing the geometry of the charger/speaker dock; optimizing the placement of heatsinks; optimizing the relative positions of the speaker, the printed circuit board, and the faceplate of …

Automatic Video Classification For Custom User Libraries Using A Language Model, D Shin

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Many video streaming platforms enable users to save videos into user-defined libraries for easy navigation, access, and future viewing. However, in current video streaming platforms, assigning a video to a library or playlist is a manual and time-consuming task. This disclosure describes the use of a language model and visual encoding techniques to automatically assign videos to custom user-defined libraries. The techniques leverage a visual language model and few-shot instruction tuning for video-to-library assignment. When a user initiates addition of a video to their account, metadata about the video are token-concatenate with per-library names or topics from the user’s video …

Bitrate Optimization For Video Content Delivery, Anonymous

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This disclosure describes techniques to optimize system performance and/or user experiences of video content delivery systems during transmission of video content to client devices. An adaptive bitrate (ABR) is selected based on current network conditions and estimated bandwidth associated with a client device that seeks video content. With user permission and express consent, user context associated with the viewing is determined. The determined user context is utilized to further adjust the adaptive bitrate of the video content. The content delivery system includes modules for user context determination, rules-based classification and/or model-based classification, and bitrate adjustment. User context determination can include …

The Composite Projection Configuration That Have The Capability To Simultaneously Project 4 Projections With 4 Unique Brightness Levels Which Contains 4 Projection Configurations That Utilize A Common Convex Lens Stack., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a composite projection configuration that have the capability to simultaneously project 4 projections with 4 unique brightness levels which contains 4 identical projection configurations that utilize a common convex lens stack. The composite projection configuration will consists of a commonly utilized convex lens stack, 4 cyclically arranged identical projection configurations and a light blocking part. Each identical projection configuration will contain a reflecting surface and a configuration that is capable of displaying pixel patterns that is associated with a high brightness light source. The 4 identical projection configurations will have the capability to collectively and simultaneously project …

Efficient Active Illumination Receiver With Improved Out-Of-Band Rejection

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Embodiments of efficient active illumination receiver with improved out-of-band rejection are described herein.

The Resolution Combining Composite Projection Configuration Which Consists Of 4 Projection Configurations Arranged In 2 Dimensional Array Configuration., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a resolution combining composite projection configuration which consists of 4 projection configurations arranged in 2 dimensional array configuration. The composite projection configuration consists of 4 projection configurations. Each projection configuration will contain a convex lens stack, an enclosure and a system of 4 configurations that are capable of displaying pixel patterns that are associated with 4 high brightness light sources. Each projection configuration will have the capability to project a distributed projection. The composite projection configuration, utilizing the 4 projection configurations that are arranged in 2 dimensional array configuration, will have the capability to collectively and simultaneously …

One-Touch Speed Dial Configuration Using Nfc Technology, Yikai Lin, Fans Qiu, Java Jiang

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Internet Protocol (IP) phones contain line keys that can be used to configure speed dialing for one or more contacts. Currently, to configure a line key, a user manually enters a contact’s information to configure a speed dial by using the keypad on the IP phone, which can be a time-consuming and arduous task. Moreover, manual entry increases the likelihood of inaccurate information being input by the user. In order to address such issues, proposed herein are techniques for leveraging near-field communication (NFC) technology on IP phones and mobile devices to efficiently and securely transmit contact information data from a …

Method And System For Emv Quantum Computing Mitigation Without Post-Quantum Cryptography, Kim Wagner, Brian Sullivan, Christian Aabye, Dinah Sloan, Hao Ngo

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The aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method 300 for mitigating the risk of quantum computing in EMV offline chip payments, The method 300 comprises creating 301, by a certificate authority 107, the lifespan of issuer and payment system 103 keys of a predetermined time period and creating 303, by a payment system 103, Integrated Circuit Card (ICC) certificate and issuer certificate The method 300 also includes generating 305, by a payment system 103 for each issuer, a periodic personalization file for each card to be issued for the predetermined time period and transmitting 307, by the ICC, …

Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Rimegepant, Ravi Kumar Nithiyanandam; Dr. Mahesh N. Padamwar; Dr. Sabyasachi Swain; Msn Laboratories Private Limited, R&D Center, Hyderabad & India

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The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising rimegepant or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and process for preparation which is simple, economic, cost-effective, and industrially amenable to scale up. Further, the said invention is used for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults and preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults

User-Driven Data Privacy Protection In An Iot Environment, Nivetha B, Frank Michaud, Rahul Kata, Pranetha Priya R, Ganesh Paramasivan

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Techniques are presented herein that enhance user data privacy in an Internet of things (IoT) environment. Aspects of the techniques introduce a third actor into such an environment – apart from a user and an IoT device – whose sole purpose is to empower a user to protect their own data. Such a data Custodian or Sanitizer may collect inputs from a user through a software as a service (SaaS) solution and then leverage the capabilities of the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) to apply those inputs to an IoT device.

Generative Artificial Intelligence Based Content Quality Check, Palak Jain

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Media content providers can provide media content of different varieties to a television (TV) application that then presents the media content for viewing by a user. For example, the user may watch and/or listen to the media content on a mobile computing device such as a laptop computer, tablet computer, or smartphone. The user may also watch and/or listen to the media content on a TV set (e.g., a smart television). In some implementations, a provider of the TV application may analyze and evaluate each media content item provided by the media content providers before allowing the TV application to …

Real Time Data Replication For Data Centers, Shailendra Rathore, Ranjan Kumar, Rajiv Jain, Kumar Manindra

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This disclosure describes techniques to perform real time replication of software application data across multiple data centers. Updates to application data recorded at each data center are transmitted to a publish–subscribe (pub/sub) service. The pub/sub service receives updates from all connected data centers and transmits the updates as a message via outbound message queues. The received messages are processed and application data updates are ingested into suitable data structures that support the software application. When an update to application data is received, a document is prepared based on the update. The document is published to a pub/sub queue. The document …

Automatic And Consistent Api Generation, Richard Frankel

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This disclosure describes techniques to automate the generation of application programming interfaces (APIs) within a cloud environment to support API compliance with API design patterns such as the API Improvement Proposals (AIPs) is maintained. Developers define APIs in a higher level, semantic language in terms of constructs defined in the ordinary prose of the AIPs. The configuration file is processed to generate API contracts (including standard boilerplate), documentation, remote procedure call (RPC) server code, client libraries, SDKs, authorization scopes, etc. Compared to traditional techniques of API creation, the described techniques result in compact, less redundant, more efficient specifications. The techniques …

Webrtc Animation Transport Proposal, Paul Kerr

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Video chat in a virtual environment can include avatars that are animated to track the facial expressions of a speaker. While most chat interfaces have the capability of transporting video streams captured at a client device, most do not support transporting animation data related to animating a user’s avatar in the virtual chat. In these scenarios, conventional chat technologies may transport the entire video to enable a client device to extract data for animation, e.g., facial coordinates. This is wasteful of network bandwidth and client device battery life, and unsuitable for client devices with low computational capacity. Techniques are described …

Advancements In Sequence Generation Through Gan-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning

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This paper expands on the framework of SeqGAN to explore enhancements within sequence generation using reinforcement learning and GANs. SeqGAN, designed for generating discrete token sequences predominantly used in natural language processing, operates by modeling the data generator as a stochastic policy. By utilizing reinforcement learning techniques, it avoids the differentiation problems typically faced by generators, directly performing gradient policy updates. Notably, the reward signal originates from a GAN discriminator based on a complete sequence assessment, integrating feedback through Monte Carlo search to intermediate state-action steps. We explore further enhancements with WGAN, utilizing Earth Mover’s distance to potentially refine guidance …

Enhancing Sequence Modeling: Leveraging Gans With Reinforcement Learning

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This paper builds upon the SeqGAN framework, aiming to explore and implement strategic enhancements. SeqGAN facilitates the generation of discrete token sequences, a common requirement in NLP applications, by employing a stochastic policy in reinforcement learning (RL). This approach effectively circumvents the differentiation challenges typically faced by generators by directly applying gradient policy updates. The RL reward mechanism is driven by a GAN discriminator that evaluates complete sequences, facilitating backward integration of feedback to earlier state-action pairs through Monte Carlo search. Key improvements considered include the adoption of WGAN, which employs Earth Mover's distance instead of KL divergence, offering potentially …

Efficiency Improvements In Mdp Solutions Using Enhanced Subspace Methods

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In the realm of finite Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), we explore a sophisticated approach utilizing enhanced subspace methods to solve the Bellman equation efficiently. Recent advancements have shifted the focus from traditional matrix splitting techniques, as delineated in Puterman’s seminal work, to the application of the Enhanced Subspace Method (ESM). This method, notable for its dynamism and non-stationarity, has been proven to vastly outperform conventional iterative solutions, achieving significant efficiency gains during policy evaluations. This paper delves into the motivations, underlying principles, and the practical utility of ESM in the context of reinforcement learning, comparing its effectiveness against other established …