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Interconnect Adapter For Rj45 Interface, N/A

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Equipment, e.g., backup batteries, within a data center is connected to ethernet cables for the purposes of communication or monitoring. When equipment is installed into or removed from a rack of the data center, the ethernet cable needs to be manually connected or disconnected from its RJ45 socket. The presence of the ethernet cable, connected via RJ45 interface, makes equipment installation or removal a relatively slow, manual process. This disclosure describes two types of adapters - a springboard adapter and a flat-pack adapter - for RJ45 interfaces. The adapters enable automatic making or breaking of the ethernet connection when equipment …

Reconfigurable Power Delivery Network For Multi-Chip Packages, N/A

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A multi-chip package has a number of processor cores or integrated circuits (ICs). To optimize performance and power consumption, different ICs can be operated at different voltages and frequencies (dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, or DVFS). DVFS is enabled by the presence of independently regulated power rails supplying an IC or a group of ICs. However, distinct power rails within a multi-chip package result in a fragmented power delivery network (PDN), which in turn causes large voltage drops that compromise performance and reliability. Per the techniques of this disclosure, critical power rails, which are relatively few in number, are distributed …

Detection Of End-User Device Connectivity Via Active Requests, N/A

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Network monitoring services typically do not collect signal or data regarding the state of connectivity between end-user devices on a network segment and their serving access points. Identifying that a network device is up does not guarantee that end users have network connectivity. The practice of only monitoring infrastructure devices results in service outages being identified only through end-user reporting. This disclosure describes a network service that measures end-user connectivity via active requests and responses. Valid end-user addresses are loaded, grouped by network type and device, and sampled for connectivity at periodic intervals. If the fraction of responding end-user devices …

Time Deadline For Modem Mitigation Actions In Regards To Thermal Mitigation, Blake Kragten, Siddharth Ray

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This publication describes techniques for dynamic mitigation actions performed by a modem in response to a thermal situation. Dynamic mitigation actions can be completed by a modem after it receives a deadline time calculated by a caller (e.g., Application Programming Interface (API)) of the modem based on the thermal situation. The deadline time will represent how long the modem has to fully complete one or more mitigation action(s). The modem can decide the mitigation action timeline based off of the deadline time to allow for a better user experience. For example, if it is determined that the thermal situation is …

Critical Request For Proposals (Rfps) Requirement Insight Engine (Carrie), Hp Inc

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According to projections from IDC, 80% of worldwide data will be unstructured by 2025. For many large

companies including, its reached the critical mass already. Unstructured data, such as RFPs, creates a

unique challenge for organizations wishing to extract insight and use it to make strategic decisions [1]. We

created a stacked machine learning algorithm based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) to extract

insights from different RFP documents, we named the algorithm CaRRIE for Critical RFPs Requirement

Insight Engine. CaRRIE is able to analyze how similarly-matched an RFP is to different an organization

service offerings thus identifying gaps in it’s …

Adaptative Maintenance, Hp Inc

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In production printers, there are subsystems that require service maintenance to guarantee the full life of

the product as well as the proper performance over time.

If the service maintenances are not followed, there is risk of part failures and unexpected printer downtime.

The only way of reducing the unexpected printer interruptions is by enabling predictive service maintenance

that allow the service organization to schedule the interventions on the printer before the problem occurs.

The new Adaptative maintenance system will allow company to adapt the service maintenance plan and

the on-site interventions based on customer usage to only replace predictively …

Cut Off All Power Source Of Adapter And Battery When Open Chassis With New Screw Hole Pad Shape, Hp Inc

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When open chassis, all system power sources will be auto cut off rapidly.

This mechanism can prevent to damage MB if someone forget to remove battery or Adapter when open chassis.

Smart Power Optimizer In Peak Shift, Hp Inc

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Peak Shift is a management regarding reduce power plant loading. In Peak Shift, system enforce

to be in DC mode. System power adjustment in DC mode is reducing for battery life consideration.

Thus, users may get bad experience with system performance dropping in Peak Shift. We design

a smart power optimizer in Peak Shift, which system get better performance as closer as system

in AC mode, which system get good battery protection to avoid battery damage by system

producing power peak in better performance.

Os And Hw Independent Memory Snapshot Tool For Analyzing System State And Reverse Engineering Malware And Bugs, Hp Inc

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A method for obtaining a memory snapshot of a computer while in operation is disclosed. This method

involves using a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to read memory and write it out to a designated

output for further analysis.

Eye-Strain And Fatigue Reduction Indicator, Hp Inc

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A laptop is opened and closed multiple

times a day with little regard to the amount of

glare that is directed back towards the user’s

eyes. Often the user opens the laptop and

adjusts the display screen throughout the open

session. We can inform the user of the optimal

viewing angle immediately allowing the user to

achieve the best viewing angle at the onset of a

usage session. This decreases the effects of

glare on the user’s eyes over the use of the

device therefore reducing eye‐strain and overall

fatigue.

User Experience Improvement By Analyzing Customer Facing Paths, Hp Inc

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User‐facing applications are computer programs that typically provide a Graphical User Interface

(GUI) to render the program operational, therefore they may be thought of as a collection of

pages that are individually connected to one or more user interactions. Bound sequences of

interactions ultimately represent use cases –a list of actions or required steps to achieve a goal.

This disclosure defines a method capable of browsing an application and offering a visual

representation of the actual use cases as implemented, from a user’ perspective.

Design Of Type-C Plugin To Solve The Wiggle Issue, Hp Inc

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The USB Type‐C plugin is widely being used in mobile electric product design today, such as in application

of phone, notebook computer as a data, imagine and power supplier I/O Port. Due to the heavily usage of

plugin and unplugging, the reliability is becoming a big concern, such as Wiggle, deformation and crack.

Intuition Power Slider Change, Hp Inc

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Current Windows operating systems (OS) have provided a power slider function on

notebook (NB) systems so that a user can change their power setting immediately, without

clicking into the power options for further power plan setting. However, as a user, I found I

cannot detect that any change is happening when I change the bar on the power slider

function.

In current OS design there are four levels in DC mode from which a user may select: 1.

Best Performance, 2. Better Performance, 3. Better Battery, and 4. Best Battery. But in fact,

options 1, 2, and 3 look similar …

Automatic Private Journal, Anonymous

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This disclosure describes techniques that enable a user to automatically select activities from their day to create a journal. With user permission, signals pertaining to the user’s activities are obtained from a mobile device of the user. A user interface is provided to enable the user to select activities that are included in or excluded from the journal. Journal entries can be grouped under various categories that are by default private, but can be shared if the user so decides. Journal entries can include individual activities as well as audio or video snippets generated based on activities. Further, stories or …

Intent-Based Ad-Hoc Network Meshes Using Distributed Ledger Systems, Jeff Venable, Ralf Rantzau, Alok Nikhil, Ijsbrand Wijnands, Greg Shepherd

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Techniques described herein provide innovation directed to forming a temporary, ad hoc network. A first node can receive a request to initiate an ad hoc distributed network with at least a second node. A connection with the second node can be initiated based on a determination that the second node is an authorized member of the ad hoc distributed network in which the determination is based on fulfilling a condition within a smart contract that manages membership. Packets received at the first node that are directed to the second node can be sent from the first node to the second …

Dynamic Genesis And Cold Death Of Distributed Ledger Systems, Jeff Venable, Ralf Rantzau, Alok Nikhil

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Techniques described herein provide innovation directed to forming a temporary, ad hoc network. A first node can receive a request to initiate an ad hoc distributed network with at least a second node. A connection with the second node can be initiated based on a determination that the second node is an authorized member of the ad hoc distributed network in which the determination is based on fulfilling a condition within a smart contract that manages membership. A tunnel can be generated from the first node to the second node to send packets to the second node. Based on an …

Supply Chain Device Provenance, Jeff Venable, Ralf Rantzau, Alok Nikhil

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Techniques described herein provide innovation directed to authenticating a device. An intrinsic attribute of the device can be received. The intrinsic attribute is a unique attribute that can be measured from the device. The device can be identified by looking up the intrinsic attribute in a distributed database. A match can be determined between the intrinsic attribute and a stored intrinsic attribute in the distributed database. If there is a match, the device is confirmed as authentic. Previously available blockchain systems do not employ abilities to track products beyond mere custody information.

Hop-By-Hop Authentication Routing Using Distributed Ledger Systems, Jeff Venable, Ralf Rantzau, Alok Nikhil, Ijsbrand Wijnands, Greg Shepherd

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Techniques described herein provide innovation directed to directing traffic through a distributed network. Packets can be received at a first node that is directed to a second node at a next hop. The second node can be determined to be a member of the distributed network based on information within a distributed ledger stored locally on the first node in which the second node is a member based on fulfilling a condition within a smart contract that manages membership. A one-time session symmetric key can be generated for the packets in which the packets are encrypted based on a distributed …

Contextual Recipe Recommendations, William Li, Amit Gera

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Online services provide recipe recommendations to users on a variety of endpoint devices. When recipe recommendations are provided based on a user’s long-term preferences, such recommendations may not be best suited to the user’s current context. This disclosure describes techniques to provide context-aware recipe recommendations when users provide permission to determine the context. Context determination can include, e.g., analysis of recent user queries to a virtual assistant or a search engine to identify triggering queries that are associated with food. A machine learning model is used to map queries to user intent. Recipes associated with the determined user intent are …

Unified Management Of Media Sessions And Audio Focus, Rebecca Hughes, Mounir Lamouri

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Multiple simultaneous audio sources are typically handled by the media session and audio focus mechanisms of an operating system (OS). These mechanisms typically permit only a single audio source to output sound at any given time. Switching to another component that generates sound results in a switch from the currently playing audio to the audio of the new component which may not always provide an optimal user experience. Moreover, media session and audio focus mechanisms of the different operating systems, e.g., a guest OS running as a container or virtual machine atop a host OS may not interoperate in a …

Fire Risk Index Map Based On Satellite Imagery And Weather Data, Iain Nealie, Mathew Tizard, Tara Mckenty

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This disclosure describes techniques to determine and depict a fire risk index. Per techniques of this disclosure, historical satellite imagery data is combined with weather data to determine a fire risk index. Satellite imagery data is obtained and analyzed for regions that are historically prone to fires. The vegetation map is analyzed for vegetation data that include foliage density and the presence of live green vegetation. Weather pattern data such as wind data, rainfall data, ambient temperature, humidity, etc. are obtained. The weather data and vegetation data are used to determine a fire risk index, e.g., using machine learning techniques. …

Quick Wireless Local Area Network Rate Control, Nihar Jindal, Sriram Sundararajan

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This publication describes techniques for determining a data rate at which an electronic device on a wireless local area network should transmit to another wireless local area network device. The electronic device conducts a data rate search by transmitting multiple short packets, or probes, each at a different rate over a trial period to determine a data rate for future transmissions. The packets are transmitted one after the other to the access point and may or may not carry meaningful data. The data rate search can be further informed by a transmission history of the electronic device, smart search algorithms, …

Automatic Content Filtering In Virtual Assistants For Kids, Yuzhao Ni

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Virtual assistant responses need to be both useful and safe for kids and families. However, this is currently not always the case. For example, virtual assistant responses can sometimes unexpectedly include explicit answers or answers that are otherwise unsuitable for kids. However, restricting searches can prevent the virtual assistant from surfacing useful, family-safe responses. There is no systematic way to filter non-textual media content, e.g., music, video, etc. Per the techniques of this disclosure, a library of content classifiers is provided that filters out various categories of content inappropriate for children, e.g., explicit content, violent content, etc. A query to …

Interactive Learning Mode For Delivery Of User Interface Multimedia Guidance, Alena Fong, Nik Hanselmann

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Many users do not fully understand the functions of various user interface (UI) elements they see on their device screens. Traditional computers provide contextual information about UI elements in the form of a tooltip, e.g., that appears upon the user hovering the mouse pointer over a specific UI element. However, such a mechanism is absent in devices such as smartphones, tablets, etc. that rely on touch input screens without the use of a traditional mouse or other input mechanisms. This disclosure describes mechanisms that enable a user to seek and obtain interactive multimedia guidance about any user interface presented on …

Employing Assistive Device Audio Input To Detect And Mitigate Loud Noises, N/A

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In dense environments, such as apartments, townhomes, etc., people are often bothered by loud sounds generated by neighbors or others nearby. Currently, alerting the source of the disturbance requires walking over to the person or manually messaging them via a suitable communication mechanism. This disclosure describes the use of an assistive device with ambient sound input capabilities to detect sound disturbances from the surrounding environment, locate the source(s) of the detected disturbance(s), and generate alerts for appropriate mitigating actions. The described techniques are implemented with specific user permission.

Temperature Controlled Stacked Board Cavity, Sean Korphi, Reza Ghajar

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This publication describes techniques and apparatuses that decrease the temperature variation in a cavity created by an interposer that stacks two or more boards inside a smartphone. When operating electrical components, heat generation is inevitable. A way to minimize temperature variation is by embracing and managing a safe rise in temperature in and/or around the electrical components inside the cavity of the interposer. A safe rise in temperature may be a temperature between +25°C and +85°C (e.g., +55°C). That way, when the smartphone shifts from an idle state to normal operation, the cavity of the interposer and the electrical components …

User Interface Display On Spine Of Foldable Electronic Device, Yameng Lee Thorp

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This publication describes systems and techniques to provide a display on a spine of a foldable electronic device, such as a smartphone. While in a folded state, a foldable electronic device has an internal surface and an external surface. The external surface includes an area resembling a spine of a closed hardback book. If a display screen is incorporated at the internal surface, a user cannot see the screen while the device is closed. If a display screen is incorporated at the external surface, a user cannot discreetly view the display to see incoming notifications. To ameliorate these issues by …

Automatically Bucket Users With Traits In Common Into Their Own Chatrooms, Kurt Wilms

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A method for automatically bucketing users with traits in common into their own chatrooms is described. A processing device determines that an amount of viewers of a livestream meets a first threshold and receives user information of the viewers. The processing device determines, based on the user information, subsets of the viewers, where each of the subsets includes a corresponding amount of viewers that meets a second threshold. The processing device provides a corresponding chatroom for each of the subsets. In one implementation, the processing device receives user input of a plurality of chatrooms for a livestream, determines subsets of …

Automated Restaurant Orders Using Digital Assistant, Sriram Bhargav Karnati, Sonali Mangal

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This disclosure describes techniques that enable a user to place orders for food using a digital assistant. An order for restaurant food pickup or delivery is received from a user. The digital assistant obtains additional details of the restaurant, e.g., from the restaurant website with the use of machine learning techniques to extract text from the website or from other information sources. With user permission, a call is made by the digital assistant to the restaurant to confirm availability of requested items and to complete the order. Details such as an amount of payment to be made, estimated time of …

Wireless Traffic Analysis And Anomaly Detection Using Deep Learning, Yogesh Kondareddy, Sai Dantu, Ramadhasan Thangachamy, Santosh Kulkarni, Leela V Kiran Kumar Chirala, Rahul Singh

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Presented herein are innovative techniques for analyzing network traffic and identifying anomalous patterns using Artificial Intelligence (AI). In particular, the techniques presented herein map the network traffic into pictures and use advanced image recognition AI to detect anomalies in those pictures. The solution uses Transfer Learning from pre-trained models such as RESNET50. Since the models are pre-trained, the amount of new training data and time is reduced drastically.