Aggregated End-To-End Visibility And Its Application On Rapid And Automatic Outage Triage In Monitoring Microservices, Kyusoon Lee, Thomas Adamcik, Parker Roth, Jan-Jan Van Der Vyver Xiv, Mayur Kabra

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In a microservice architecture, a user request can go through a large number of servers owned by several different teams before a response is returned. The request can fail due to failure in any of the servers. Troubleshooting an outage that affects the end user experience in microservice architecture can involve multiple teams and can take a substantial amount of time. This disclosure describes techniques to rapidly locate the root cause entity of a customer-facing failure to node(s) deep within the infrastructure of the service. Per the techniques, end user product teams mark requests with metadata known as critical user …

Preference Token For Communicating User Preferences To Public Or Shared Devices, Peter Lewis, Paula Marques

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Many public domain digital information systems allow guest users to view information, access shared hardware such as printers, etc. However, such access does not take into account user preferences such as font/text size or language for information display, printing preferences, etc. This provides a suboptimal experience to users, e.g., that may not read the displayed language, may prefer larger or smaller text, etc. This disclosure describes the use of a mobile device to provide user preferences via a token that encodes the user preferences. The token is broadcast by the mobile device and the information is received by a public …

Payment Support For Hierarchy Of Third Party Sellers, Nagaraju Shiramshetti

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Third party sellers and sub-partners can provide a range of benefits to primary sellers, such as lower operating costs, specialized expertise, and access to new markets. However, payment systems may not be set up to work with such hierarchies, e.g., may not be set up to calculate commissions that are owed to multiple partners. This disclosure describes payment systems with built-in support for a hierarchy of third party sellers and sub-partners. The payment systems allow sellers in a marketplace to automate billing and invoices, including for third party sellers and sub-partners, based on an item sold in the marketplace. Payments …

Unified Payments Platform For Businesses, Nagaraju Shiramshetti, Bhanu Koppaka, Ravi Mallajosyula

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Businesses provide a variety of payment options, but this can make it difficult to streamline the payment infrastructure. This can restrict the ability of businesses to offer customized financial solutions to their customers. This disclosure describes a unified payments platform that integrates with other payment systems and is an interface to business customers to integrate it. The platform provides businesses with a unified view of customer order history and invoices, irrespective of payment services selected. It also offers features such as trial periods, discounts/ cashback, subscriptions/ loyalty programs, and cost estimates. Additionally, the platform can provide notification services with preconfigured …

Large Language Model Powered Test Case Generation For Software Applications, Victor Dantas

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Test cases for software are designed to provide code coverage as well as to test the code against real user behavior. Building such test cases can be challenging. Current tools to build test cases rely on macros (scripts) to simulate user behavior. Building such macros requires manually programming test cases and/or randomizing user actions during the test. This disclosure describes the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to learn the patterns of user behavior on a website, app, or other software to be tested. For example, a large language model (LLM) can be utilized to learn the patterns. The …

Tag Aggregation Across Public/Private Clouds, Magdy Louis

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Techniques described herein provide for using existing native private/public cloud tags' constructs across different clouds while still being able to normalize groups and rules constructs for an effective enforcement that is cloud independent, region independent, and IP address independent. Techniques described herein provide for normalizing the tags into a common format, normalizing the tags into a common address space, and propagating the tags and rules across clouds/systems for effective enforcement.

Automatic Detection Of Access Point Location Using Machine Learning And Prior Model Calibration, David Maluf, Khanh V Nguyen, Naveen Tyagi, Jerome Henry

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Knowledge of the correct location of an access point (AP) is of vital importance within a wireless ecosystem. Techniques are presented herein that support a new AP location identification method that uses prior model calibrations and machine learning (ML) techniques to detect an AP’s location using either received signal strength indicator (RSSI) data or fine time measurement (FTM) protocol data. Among other things, the new method is faster and more accurate than conventional trilateration methods.

An Interlocking Mechanism For Stacking Multiple Debit/Credit Cards, Manas Sharma

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The present disclosure provides an interlocking mechanism for organizing or arranging plurality of cards together. In the interlocking mechanism, a recess or groove is provided on one side of the card. On the other side of the same card, the recess may appear as a protrusion. To organize the cards, one or more cards may be brought together on top of each other such that the protrusion of one card may be aligned with the recess of the other card. Once aligned, the cards may be stacked together by inserting the protrusion of one card into the recess of the …

Method And System For Implementing Haptic Surfaces In Payment Cards, Madhusudan St, Manas Sharma

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The present disclosure relates to a technique for implementing haptic surfaces in the payment cards to facilitate convenient operation by visually impaired users. The technique involves embedding a suitable power source on the payment card and storing the electrical energy from the power source within the card such that whenever the power button is switched ON, the electrical energy flows from the stored source to the haptic surface enabled digits embedded on the payment card so as to bubble-out the haptic surface enabled digits. These bubbled-out digits may be easily read by the cardholder by touching the popped-up surface. When …

The Distributed Sensor Configuration That Collects Light Projections, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a light collecting configuration which collects light projections utilising 2 screens functioning as 2 sensors. The configuration consists of an angled beam splitter, a flat mirror, a concave mirror and 2 identically sized and shaped 2 screens functioning as 2 sensors which enables to capture light projections. The 2 screens functioning as the 2 light projection capturing sensors will capture light projections that will be reflected by the concave mirror, by utilising the angled beam splitter and the flat mirror.

Slider User Interface With Precise Value Selection Using Gestures, Ramprasad Sedouram, Raviteja Govindaraju, Siyan K. S, Ajay Prasad

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Sliders are user interface elements that enable users to view and select values from a predefined range along a horizontal or vertical bar. Values on a slider are usually incremented with preset multipliers. When a user wants to select a value that requires precision that is not supported by the preset multipliers, the user is not able to achieve the desired accuracy. Such limitations are due to the limited amount of physical space and/or touch sensitivity available for interactions such as tapping or swiping. This disclosure describes a slider user interface that enables users to fine tune value selection using …

Electromyography Device For User Authentication

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A method and system for user authentication. The method includes receiving input data from an electromyography (EMG) sensor included in a client device worn by a user. The method includes extracting an EMG signal from the input data received as the user performs a task. The method includes identifying features of the task based on the EMG signal. The method includes determining whether the features of the task match features of a reference task stored on the client device. The method includes determining whether the user embeddings extracted from the EMG signal match reference embeddings corresponding to the reference task. …

Transmitting View-Once Content In Messaging Platform

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A method and system for transmitted view-once (VO) documents, such as a PDF, through a messaging platform, or the like, is provided. The method includes receiving a document, wherein the document is uploaded to the messaging platform on a first user device. The method also includes determining that the document is to be transmitted as a VO message, encrypting the document, based on the determining that the document is to be transmitted as a VO message, using a unique encryption key, transmitting the encrypted document to one or more second user devices, and decrypting the transmitted document at the one …

Hardware-Assisted Secure Http Url Generation For Downloading Large Files To Edge Gateways, Nikhil Mathur, Poornima Kandhade

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Updating the software on edge Internet of things (IoT) gateways, at scale, requires enhanced levels of resiliency in the communication protocols and exchange mechanisms. Such devices may be deployed on unreliable networks with limited bandwidth. Consequently, such a device may need to complete a number of file retrieval retry operations (over, for example, the public Internet using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and a secure Uniform Resource Locator (URL)) over a long period of time to successfully download all of the different pieces of a relatively large software image. Techniques are presented herein that allow a cloud to configure a …

Method And System For Creating A Database 2 (Db2) Connector Support In A Datahub, Deepak Garg, Harsimran Singh, Jayachandra Adusumalli

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The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for creating a Database 2 (Db2) connector support for a datahub. The present disclosure suggests obtaining the input data sources from a Db2 database. Thereafter, the obtained data sources are ingested into the datahub. Subsequently, a metadata change proposal is generated based on the Db2 sources. Further, the generated metadata change proposal is sent to the datahub though the data sinks, wherein the data sinks include REST API and Kafka.

Dynamic Exposure Tuning To Reduce False Rejection Rate Of Fingerprint Scanners, N/A

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Optical under display fingerprint scanners (UDFPS) are one method to authenticate a user using their fingerprint. However, such sensors can suffer from inaccurate exposure. This may lead to high false rejection rates and user frustration. This disclosure describes techniques to dynamically tune the exposure setting of a fingerprint scanner based on the quality of fingerprint images captured in the near past. In particular, the exposure setting is dynamically changed based on the recent FRR, image quality (IQ), and average brightness of the recently acquired images. Such dynamic turning can reduce or eliminate false rejection rates.

Polar Media For Dimming Devices, Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc

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An optical device, comprising: a first set of one or more electrodes; a second set of one or more electrodes electrode distinct and separate from the first set of one or more electrodes; and medium including one or more ionic liquids, the medium located between the first set of one or more electrodes and the second set of one or more electrodes.

Techniques To Avoid Call Drop Due To Collisions Between User Equipment-Initiated And Network-Initiated Service Requests, Jis Abraham, Govardhan Yakula

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The user equipment (UE) -initiated service request procedure and the network-initiated service request procedure are the two most common procedures that occur in a Fifth Generation (5G) mobile network. Collisions between signaling for each of these procedures is common. With current Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards, such collisions often lead to the looping of these procedures and, eventually, to call drops. This submission proposes techniques to handle potential collisions involving the procedures and, thus, avoid the call loss that typically accompanies such collisions.

Context-Based Selective Content Co-Consumption Experience In A Smart Home, Ramprasad Sedouram, Puneetha Pai B. P.

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Interactive digital displays in a user’s home can be configured to showcase photos, videos, and other content from the user’s personal library. However, display of such content may be unsuitable when strangers visit the home. This disclosure describes techniques to detect the likely presence of a stranger and/or a known individual within a home and to configure smart devices accordingly to restrict display of personal information, and to generate and show content relevant to the known person. The techniques can provide a customized content consumption experience that is aware of the user’s context. The selected content can be displayed via …

Equalauth: Fair And Secure Biometrics For All Abilities, Sahil Arora

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The present disclosure relates to a behavioral biometric based authentication system. User device sends user data associated with a user to a system. The user data includes behavioral biometric data such as keystroke dynamics, mouse movements, touchscreen interactions, voice patterns, device handling and the like. The system identifies a disability based on the user data and extracts a pre-trained model associated with that specific disability from any one of: database and model repository. The model is further trained using the user data to generate and store a user profile. The user sends an authentication request during processing of a user …

System And Method For Enabling Identification (Id) Card For Transactions, Jenny Abraham, Aishwarya Chembilathel Ramachandran

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The present disclosure provides a method and system for enabling Identification (ID) card for transactions. The system of the present disclosure provides an application through which an individual login using their ID card. Upon login, income details of the individual are self-declared in the application. Further, the system of the present disclosure categorises the individual based on the income and provides options of issuers/Fintech that may service this income group category. Further, once an issuer/Fintech is identified, the ID card is linked to a bank account. In the application, an e-wallet is also configured that allows easy transfer of funds …

A Method To Classify Consumers Based On Consumer Spending Pattern, Jyothi Jayakumar

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The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for creating inferred attributes using spend bands and/or basket size of spending. The basket size range may be generated by multiplying an index and range size along each spending group, wherein the spending groups are assigned based on the amount spent by the consumers to purchase one or more items. The present disclosure suggests preparing the input data obtained from a data input device to estimate the age of the consumers. Thereafter, an inferred attribute, that is, inferred age groups are created using spend bands and/or basket size of the …

Automatic Removal Of Lens Flare Artifacts, Lun-Cheng Chu, Yichang Shih, Lucas Young, Hong Jen-Yee, Chia-Kai Liang

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A strong light source in the field of view of a camera can cause small circular artifacts, known as lens flares or ghost dots, to appear at the mirror location of the light source with respect to the image center. Lens flares occur due to internal reflections within the lenses of the camera. While lens flares can be reduced with lens coatings, it is difficult to entirely eliminate lens flares. This disclosure describes software techniques to automatically detect and remove lens flare artifacts in images. Per the techniques, the presence and position of a strong light source in the field …

Universal Remote Keyboard With Fingerprint Sensor And Router Capability, George Chuang, Yann-Cherng Chern

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Smart TVs and streaming devices can support installing and using multiple applications. However, to login or authenticate to such applications, users currently need to operate a virtual keyboard via a conventional remote control, which is cumbersome. Also, while many smart home devices support different user-specific settings, authenticating to such devices can be difficult. This disclosure describes a physical keyboard with a fingerprint sensor that can act as a TV controller. The user can simply authenticate via the fingerprint sensor to access their user profile and applications on the TV. The keyboard can also act as a router/ authentication device to …

Virtual Reality-Based Home Visualization And Interaction, Sean Zarringhalam

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The disclosure describes virtual reality (VR) techniques to create a virtual home for visualizing an appearance and functionality of a home setup. Per the techniques, a home can be visualized in virtual reality before completion or at any later time. The techniques, which can be implemented in a smart home application, enable users to preview furniture, appliances, etc. as placed within their virtual home. The user can virtually place furniture in their homes, examine different furniture placement styles and make an informed decision before making a purchase. The techniques also enable testing smart home device automation behaviors in the virtual …

Using Neural Machine Translation To Translate Between Different Sign Language Forms During A Video Conference, Anusha Kopparam, Ananthi Jairaj, Vinay Kumar Abburi, Donald M Allen, Phd

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Techniques are presented herein that support the efficient conversion of signs from one form of sign language to another while considering the cultural context (e.g., dialect, etc.) of a sign language. Aspects of the presented techniques support the conversion between different sign language forms through a neural machine translation (NMT)-based architecture. Further aspects of the techniques may encompass a contextual frame sampler (which may employ a sign language image database to filter out noise and which may sample frames from an input sign language video), an image normalizer (that may accept as input a sampled image frame and produce as …

Solid State Forms Of Apalutamide And Their Process For The Preparation Thereof, Msn Laboratories Private Limited, R&D Center

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The present disclosure relates to an amorphous solid dispersion comprising Apalutamide of formula-1 and HPMC-AS; process for the preparation thereof.

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Sheathed Optical Passive Devices For Shielding And Parasitic Mode Absorption, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to optical communication and particularly to sheathed optical passive devices for shielding and parasitic mode absorption. The present disclosure includes a new design and fabrication method to generate passive optical waveguides and devices encompassing a better control on parasitic effects, including (1) lateral absorbers which are designed at specific regions from the waveguide edge so that no interaction occurs with the signal, while suppressing parasitic modes, (2) metal vias and plates connected to Si slabs so that a thermomechanical protective shield is fabricated around passive optical devices, and (3) design and fabrication methods which are compatible …

Outside Door Handle Lock Lever Positioning Aid For Key Cylinder Installation

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Llm And Generative Ai Suggested Contextually Relevant Images In A Conversation, Daniel Biran

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Response suggestions to incoming messages is a popular feature of email and chat/messaging applications. However, while such applications support insertion of images, current response suggestion mechanisms are limited to text. Inserting a suitable image in a conversation currently requires the user to search for a suitable image and copy or download it. This disclosure describes the use of a large language model (LLM) to suggest contextually appropriate images that users can insert quickly within their conversational responses. With user permission, recent conversation history is analyzed by the LLM to identify and suggest contextually appropriate images relevant to the conversation based …