Abstract: This invention involves, in part, a system for automatically selecting a credential among a plurality of credentials on a portable communication device based on a geo-location of the portable communication device and based on a user preference, for use in an electronic wallet transaction. The system includes a geo-location device configured to detect the geo-location of the portable communication device; a location identification service unit configured to be activated by a pre-determined user input, and configured to determine a merchant where the portable communication device is most likely to be located based on said geo-location; means for storing preferences corresponding to the plurality of credentials; and means for automatically determining which of the plurality of credentials to use for the electronic wallet transaction based on the preferences.

Abstract: A method for building wizard-style user interfaces (UIs) for a business task is disclosed. The method includes receiving metadata at a computer system, where the metadata comprises information regarding the business task, generating an analysis by analyzing the metadata, generating user guidance information, and executing flow and business logic of the business task. The user guidance information is with regard to the business task, and the user guidance information is based on the analysis.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of systems and methods for variation-tolerant, self-repairing displays are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a display panel may include one or more defective pixels and a compensation circuit may be configured to extend a charging time of each of the one or more defective pixels. In another illustrative embodiment, a method may include detecting one or more defective pixels in a pixel array and extending a charging time of each of the one or more defective pixels.

Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for secure near field communication (NFC) of a non-secure memory element payload. The method includes receiving, at an NFC enabled mobile device and from a content provider, a payload. The method also includes storing the received payload in a non-secure memory element of the NFC enabled mobile device. The method further includes transferring the stored payload from the non-secure memory element of the NFC enabled mobile device to a secure memory element of the NFC enabled mobile device, wherein transferring the stored payload includes loading the stored payload into a secure reloadable payload instance. The method further includes establishing a NFC link between the NFC enabled mobile device and an NFC reader. The method further includes communicating, via the NFC link, the transferred payload from the secure reloadable payload instance to the NFC reader.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting customer presence to initiate the ordering and purchase of goods and services are disclosed. In one example, a system includes a detection server configured to detect the presence of a mobile device in a designated area associated with a merchant location and for initiating a menu selection application in the mobile device for placing an order for at least one product. The system further includes a merchant server configured to receive, from the mobile device, purchase order data associated with the order for the at least one product, a customer identifier associated with the mobile device, and a location identifier associated with the designated area, and for utilizing the customer identifier to send a notification message that indicates that the at least one product is available to the mobile device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for registering in a merchant sponsored program using a near field communication (NFC) device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes interfacing an NFC enabled mobile device with a smart poster associated with a merchant sponsored program to obtain a merchant sponsored program identifier from the smart poster, and receiving, at a merchant backend server, a request message for merchant sponsored program registration information from the NFC enabled mobile device, wherein the request message from the NFC enabled device includes the merchant sponsored program identifier. The method further includes obtaining merchant sponsored program registration information associated with the merchant sponsored program using the merchant sponsored program identifier and providing the merchant sponsored program registration information to the NFC enabled mobile device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing a consumer opt-in management system are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes interfacing a near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile device with a touch point associated with an electronic marketing program to obtain touch point identification information from the touch point and receiving, at a trigger management server (TMS), an opt-in request message from the NFC enabled mobile device, wherein the opt-in request message includes a subscriber identifier associated with the NFC enabled mobile device and the touch point identification information.

Abstract: A method for detecting an approaching seizure is disclosed. The method includes receiving an analog neurosignal from an electrode, comparing the analog neurosignal with a predetermined amplitude threshold to generate a plurality of digital transitions corresponding to the analog neurosignal transitioning from a first level below the predetermined amplitude threshold to a second level above the predetermined amplitude threshold, generating a plurality of comparator signals, each comparator signal of the plurality of comparator signals corresponding to a comparison of a length of time between a pair of digital transitions of the plurality of digital transitions and a predetermined temporal threshold, and generating a seizure detection signal if at least two of the comparator signals of the plurality of comparator signals are enabled. A seizure detection system for detecting an approaching seizure is also disclosed.

Abstract: A power converter is provided for an energy harvesting system of a micro-scale electronic device. The power converter is configured to transfer electrical energy from an energy transducer to an energy storage device. The power converter illustratively includes a tree topology charge pump.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugate having a high density of quantum dots (QDs) on its surface. This method involves providing a plurality of semiconductor quantum dots and providing a thiol-functionalized carbon nanotube having a plurality of terminal thiol groups on its surface. The plurality of semiconductor quantum dots are attached to the surface of the carbon nanotube under conditions effective to yield a carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugate having a high density of quantum dots on its surface. The present invention also relates to a carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugate having a high density of quantum dots on its surface. The present invention further relates to a photodetector device. This device includes a substrate and a nanocomposite layer. The nanocomposite layer includes a plurality of the carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugates previously described.

Abstract: A bit-cell may include a pair of cross-coupled inverters, a left bit-line, a right bit-line, a word-line and a write-line. The left bit-line may be coupled to a left inverter of the cross-coupled inverters via a left word-line transistor and a left write-line transistor. The right bit-line may be coupled to a right inverter of the cross-coupled inverters via a right word-line transistor and a right write-line transistor. The word-line may be coupled to the gates of the left and right word-line transistors and the write-line may be coupled to the gates of the left and right write-line transistors. A memory device may include a controller, an array of such bit-cells and a differential sensing buffers. Further, a computing device may include a processor and a memory device having the above bit-cells.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for building wizard-style user interfaces (UIs) for a business task includes identifying a collection of metadata associated with the business task, and processing the collection of metadata to provide a set of wizard-style UIs pertaining to the business task.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for building wizard-style user interfaces (UIs) for a business task includes identifying a collection of metadata associated with the business task, and processing the collection of metadata to provide a set of wizard-style UIs pertaining to the business task.

Abstract: A Schmitt Trigger (ST) based, fully differential, 10-transistor (10T) SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) bitcell suitable for sub-threshold operation. The Schmitt trigger based bitcell achieves 1.56× higher read static noise margin (SNM) (VDD=400 mV) compared to a conventional 6T cell. The robust Schmitt trigger based memory cell exhibits built-in process variation tolerance that gives tight SNM distribution across the process corners. It utilizes fully differential operation and hence does not require any architectural changes from the present 6T architecture. The 10T bitcell has two cross-coupled Schmitt trigger inverters which each consist of four transistors, including a PMOS transistor and two NMOS transistors in series, and an NMOS feedback transistor which is connected between the inverter output and the junction between the series-connected NMOS transistors. Each inverter has one associated NMOS access transistor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugate having a high density of quantum dots (QDs) on its surface. This method involves providing a plurality of semiconductor quantum dots and providing a thiol-functionalized carbon nanotube having a plurality of terminal thiol groups on its surface. The plurality of semiconductor quantum dots are attached to the surface of the carbon nanotube under conditions effective to yield a carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugate having a high density of quantum dots on its surface. The present invention also relates to a carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugate having a high density of quantum dots on its surface. The present invention further relates to a photodetector device. This device includes a substrate and a nanocomposite layer. The nanocomposite layer includes a plurality of the carbon nanotube-quantum dot conjugates previously described.

Abstract: A bit-cell may include a pair of cross-coupled inverters, a left bit-line, a right bit-line, a word-line and a write-line. The left bit-line may be coupled to a left inverter of the cross-coupled inverters via a left word-line transistor and a left write-line transistor. The right bit-line may be coupled to a right inverter of the cross-coupled inverters via a right word-line transistor and a right write-line transistor. The word-line may be coupled to the gates of the left and right word-line transistors and the write-line may be coupled to the gates of the left and right write-line transistors. A memory device may include a controller, an array of such bit-cells and a differential sensing buffers. Further, a computing device may include a processor and a memory device having the above bit-cells.