Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a user device may detect, via pattern recognition by a user application, a pattern (indicative of a given code type) presented on a physical object. The user device may cause, via the user application, a code scanning application to be launched based on the detection to scan the pattern. The user device may obtain, via the user application, a code (associated with a biller entity) of the given code type from the code scanning application based on the code scanning application's scan. The user device may cause, via the user application, the code or information derived from the code to be provided over the Internet to a computer system hosting accounts of a user of the user application. The code or the derived information may be used by the computer system to complete transactions between the biller entity and at least one of the accounts.

Abstract: An item or object is exposed to electromagnetic light using a plurality of electromagnetic light emitters that are arranged throughout an enclosed structure. A plurality of images of the item or object is captured by a plurality of image sensors that are arranged throughout the enclosed structure. A first pattern in at least one image is recognized. The first pattern includes encoded information associated with the item and the first pattern is visible in response to the exposure of the item to the electromagnetic light. The encoded information is decoded and the item is identified based on the decoded information.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, resource allocation related to records may be facilitated by generating and using modified instances of such records. In some embodiments, a set of records associated with a user may be stored in a memory area, where each such record includes a record identifier. In response to obtaining one or more commands related to a resource transfer from a user device associated with the user, a new set of records associated with the user may be generated such that each record of the new set is (i) a modified instance of a corresponding record of the record set and (ii) includes a record identifier different from the record identifier of the corresponding record. In one use case, the new records and its data may then be utilized to perform operations related to the user commands. In another use case, the new records may replace its older corresponding records.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a user device may detect, via pattern recognition by a user application, a pattern (indicative of a given code type) presented on a physical object. The user device may cause, via the user application, a code scanning application to be launched based on the detection to scan the pattern. The user device may obtain, via the user application, a code (associated with a biller entity) of the given code type from the code scanning application based on the code scanning application's scan. The user device may cause, via the user application, the code or information derived from the code to be provided over the Internet to a computer system hosting accounts of a user of the user application. The code or the derived information may be used by the computer system to complete transactions between the biller entity and at least one of the accounts.

Abstract: Systems and methods that enable a payer to perform a secure electronic financial payment transaction to a point of sale biller without the need to transmit certain sensitive information to the point of sale biller are described herein. For example, systems and methods for improving the security of computer systems used for financial payment transactions are described herein. In some embodiments, a secure pass-through server is configured to receive biller data from an authorized user payment interface device to facilitate a bill payment to a biller without requiring sensitive payment information from the authorized user payment interface device or the biller during the transaction.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows highly compressed data files to be expanded in a standalone decoder having an output at least 80 times larger than the compressed input. In one embodiment, a universally available interface is used to transport encoded media from a host PC to a decoder external to the PC for expansion and presentation as a HD display image. In one embodiment, a USB port of the user's PC (or other storage device) is used to transport data at a rate of between 0.3 Mbit/sec and 5 Mbits/sec for expansion into a robust HD signal of up to about 3Gbits/sec or higher. In other embodiments, provision is made for reducing the decompressed expanded data file to below 480 Mbits/sec so as to accommodate retransport of the decompressed file back to the PC or storage device for temporary storage or display.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for constructing a backup route from a source node around an adjacent component. The source node derives a first set of nodes reachable from it without traversing the adjacent component and a second set of nodes from which a neighbor node of adjacent components is reachable without traversing the adjacent component. The source node then constructs a backup route via an intermediate node in the intersection of the first and second sets.