Abstract: An embodiment of a digital content distribution system for a delivery of digital materials through digital mailbox systems is described. The digital content distribution system features a virtual processor and a plurality of digital mailbox systems. Each digital mailbox system is configured to operate as a data store addressable by a digital mailbox address that is uniquely associated with a physical address and is assigned to one or more registered users associated with a property identified by the physical address. For instance, a first digital mailbox system is configured to transmit digital materials to and receive digital materials from a second digital mailbox system different than the first digital mailbox system and one or more registered users are provided access to the digital materials received by the first digital mailbox system upon authentication.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and product for providing cognitive state-based seamless stimuli. The method comprising: obtaining a cognitive state of a human subject; determining a target cognitive state for the human subject; determining, based on the cognitive state and the target cognitive state, a saliency level for a stimuli, wherein the saliency level is configured to cause the human subject to direct spatial attention to the stimuli, wherein the saliency level is configured to cause the stimuli to be seamless for the human subject given the cognitive state; and outputting the stimuli at the saliency level to be perceived by the human subject.

Abstract: An information providing system includes a content association database storing external information, in which content is divided in a chunk structure, and chunk reference information, in which reference information having a different attribute than the content is divided in a chunk structure, in association with each other. An external information similarity calculation database is built on machine learning using the external information. A processor acquires specific external information, and compares the external information with the acquired specific external information. The processor looks up the external information similarity calculation database, and calculates a similarity between the external information and the specific external information, when the external information does not match with the acquired specific external information.

Abstract: A matching position output system includes: a shooting means configured to shoot an image of an object; a generating means configured to generate information identifying the object from the shot image of the object; and an output means configured to, based on the generated information identifying the object, acquire information of a matching position of the object from a recording means configured to associate and record the information identifying the object and the information of the matching position of the object, and output the information of the matching position of the object.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power on an electric power grid including a server for communicating IP-based messages over a network with distributed power consuming devices and/or power supplying devices, the IP-based messages including information relating to activities by the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices; and wherein the information is transformed by the system into settlement grade data corresponding to the activities of the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for identification of connection areas in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing connection type and a collection of network sites including the connection type is generated from the customer set. An overlay of customer sites without the connection type may be applied to the collection of network sites to generate an intersection of non-connected customer sites within the collection of network sites including the connection type. The intersection provides an indication of underserviced sites connection to the telecommunication network for potential network growth.

Abstract: In variants, the method for property condition analysis can include: determining a measurement, optionally determining a set of property attributes, determining a condition score, optionally providing the condition score, and optionally training a condition scoring model.

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking and searching the usage, flow or communication of assets are disclosed. Embodiments as disclosed herein may create and update a graph representing the assets in an enterprise, where the objects and relationships in the graph represent the assets, communications, users or relationship. The graph may be queried to discover a wide variety of information regarding these assets, communications, users or relationships.

Abstract: Techniques for providing a cash flow tool that analyzes financial transaction data for a customer to address any determined inefficient activities of the customer are provided. Financial transaction for the customer can be received. The financial transaction data can include payables transaction data and receivables transaction data. A first inefficient activity of the customer can be determined based on the payables transaction data. A second inefficient activity of the customer can be determined based on the receivables transaction data. A first recommendation to address the first inefficient activity and a second recommendation to address the second inefficient activity can be determined based on services or products available to the customer. The first and second recommendations can be displayed to the customer in a simplified and user-friendly manner to facilitate efficient review and discussion with a representative.

Abstract: An inverse recommender system for detecting out-of-pattern payment transactions includes a memory device and a processor programmed to receive transaction data. The transaction data corresponds to historical payment transactions between account holders and merchants. The processor is programmed to generate a merchant correspondence matrix including the merchants and counters indicating the number of historical payment transactions between merchant pairs of the merchants and the account holders. The processor is programmed to store the merchant correspondence matrix in a memory device linking the merchant pairs to each account holder. The processor receives additional transaction data associated with a new payment transaction between an account holder and a merchant, and to generate an inverse recommender score for the new payment transaction based on the account holder's historical payment transaction data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power on an electric power grid including a server for communicating IP-based messages over a network with distributed power consuming devices and/or power supplying devices, the IP-based messages including information relating to activities by the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices; and wherein the information is transformed by the system into settlement grade data corresponding to the activities of the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for dynamic network resiliency, such as by monitoring and controlling the configuration of one or more network components to ensure proper endpoint alignment, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a tool (e.g., resiliency agent) that can automatically recognize symptoms of issues with a network component, such as autoscaling, latency, traffic spikes, resource utilization spikes, etcetera, and respond appropriately to ensure continued and optimized operation of the network component. In many embodiments, the tool may dynamically reroute endpoint traffic, perform traffic balancing, and/or drive autoscaling to optimize operation of the network component in response to recognizing symptoms.

Abstract: A server system comprising: a respective storage area for each of a plurality of respective parties including a first party and a second party, and a manager function for managing the storage. Each of at least some of the storage areas stores a primary instance of one or more data resources of the respective party. The manager function is configured so as, in response to the second party forming a relationship with one of the resources of the first party, to establish a secondary copy of that one of the resources of the first party in the respective storage area of the second party. In the secondary copy, the manager function also includes personal metadata describing one or more attributes of the relationship between the second party and the resource.

Abstract: A method and system of managing a new client record for a client record management system, including creating a new client record, comparing the new client record against at least an existing client record in a database, generating a table with a picklist, with the picklist presenting a suggested record, which is selected from an existing client record in the database, displaying the table and presenting the picklist for a confirmation by a user, and merging the new client record with the existing client record based on the confirmation by the user, where the picklist presents the suggested record based on a criterion, the criterion being a match in a field between the new client record and the suggested record.

Abstract: A computer system may access an attributization rule and convert, based on the attributization rule, profile data into attributes for a robust recipient profile. The system may identify, based on tag logic, tags that are associated with the attributes. The tag logic may include instructions to compare the attributes with predetermined attributes associated with the tags. The system may map the identified tags to the recipient identifier. The system may perform communication with a mobile device based on the robust recipient profile and a real-time location of the mobile device. To perform the communication, the system may monitor the plurality of data channels for data comprising real-time location information for the mobile device. The system may determine the mobile device is proximate to a physical object that is associated with the tag and the system may transmit offer information to the mobile device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhanced alert generation based on real-time manipulation of datasets. An example method includes accessing datasets including a plurality of rows each indicating a plurality of values. Occurrences of alert definitions are monitored via applying the alert definitions to the datasets, the alert definitions specifying expressions utilizing one or more of the values, with an occurrence of an alert definition indicating satisfaction of the specified expression and causing an associated alert to be generated for evaluation. Presentation of an interactive user interface associated with customizing alert definitions is caused. The interactive user interface presents a first visual portion, the first visual portion enabling specification of an expression for a customized alert definition.

Abstract: Traditionally, when a feature is updated or a new feature is released, the feature undergoes internal testing and validation before external distribution. However, some features may receive proportionately less internal usage than customer usage reflected externally. Low internal usage of features can lead to weak telemetry data, which can allow code regressions (e.g., bugs) to go undetected until the features are released to customers. Accordingly, accelerated internal feature usage is provided to mirror external customer usage. Highly used features are dynamically identified and, any deficiencies in internal feature usage are identified. Tenant sites estimated to generate at least a portion of the deficiency in feature usage are identified. These sites may be migrated or replicated to internal validation rings to generate additional internal feature usage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for an on-demand connection of a client with a legal professional. The system receives a request to connect a client with a legal professional for a particular legal event. The system also determines a type of type of legal professional corresponding to the legal event and select a legal professional capable of handling the particular legal event. The legal professional is selected amongst multiple candidate legal professionals. The system also establishes a real-time two-way communication between the client and the selected legal professional where the client has not having previously communicated with the selected legal professional.

Abstract: Example systems and methods for displaying an edit tracker of form-based entries on a graphical user interface are described herein. Form based data items including a name and a data entry box are displayed in an area of the graphical user interface. As edits are made to the data items (e.g., changed or new data values are added to the data entry boxes), an edit tracker entry for each changed data item is displayed. The edit tracker entries can include the item name of the data item, the item value of the data item, and the changed item value of the data item. As various modifications are made, some of which may be made within nested or other tabs of the graphical user interface, the edit tracker can include the entries, allowing the user to quickly identify changes, quickly navigate to the changes, and/or undo individual changes.

Abstract: A computing device trains a machine state predictive model. A generative adversarial network with an autoencoder is trained using a first plurality of observation vectors. Each observation vector of the first plurality of observation vectors includes state variable values for state variables and an action variable value for an action variable. The state variables define a machine state, wherein the action variable defines a next action taken in response to the machine state. The first plurality of observation vectors successively defines sequential machine states to manufacture a product. A second plurality of observation vectors is generated using the trained generative adversarial network with the autoencoder. A machine state machine learning model is trained to predict a subsequent machine state using the first plurality of observation vectors and the generated second plurality of observation vectors. A description of the machine state machine learning model is output.

Abstract: A system for automatically automatic workflow triggering using real-time analytics, comprising an analytics server that receives and analyzes interaction information and a workflow server that produces workflow events based on the analysis, sends workflow events to handlers for processing, retrieves workflow-related data, and produces workflow reports for review, and a method for automatically automatic workflow triggering using real-time analytics.

Abstract: A Mobile Lawyer system includes a 360 degree HD video camera configured for mounting on a vehicle; a display screen configured for mounting inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle; and a Mobile Lawyer App downloaded and installed on a mobile telephone in communication with the video camera and display screen, configured, upon command from a user, to notify an attorney located remotely via a cellular and/or computer network, and to display a video image of the remote attorney on the display screen (or the screen of the mobile telephone), and to live-stream a 360 degree video captured by the video camera to the Internet for viewing by the remote attorney and for cloud storage. The introduction of a lawyer on-demand into a police encounter can help to defuse and de-escalate the situation. The lawyer can serve as a live observer, witness, and intermediary who can provide live legal guidance to the user.

Abstract: Computer-based systems and methods provide location, information and call tracking, and the reporting, evaluation and transmission of required information in event of emergencies or violations to students, which systems and methods are monitored and controlled by a centralized authority.

Abstract: A disclosed digital media device operational at user premises to receive media signals from a media source for presentation via endpoint devices such as a television display. The digital media device can include gateway and digital media management functionality and can be referred to as a gateway and digital media device. The device offers application services obtained over a wide area network and a user premises network. The digital media device may form a composite signal from the media signal and application service information, for example, for a composite audio and/or video signal for television type presentation to the user. The digital media device may receive a selection signal based on the presentation, for transmission to the application service provider device or to the media source. The media device also offers a GUI presenting a moveable arrangement of icons for selectively accessing application services.

Abstract: A processor stores a first data item in a first entry of a data structure in association with a first key. The processor stores a second data item in a second entry of the data structure in association with the second key. The processor causes the second entry of the data structure to reference the first entry of the data structure. The processor stores the second key in a third entry of the data structure in association with a business key. The business key is employed to identify a plurality of entries of the data structure comprising the first entry and the second entry.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for identification of connection areas in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing connection type and a collection of network sites including the connection type is generated from the customer set. An overlay of customer sites without the connection type may be applied to the collection of network sites to generate an intersection of non-connected customer sites within the collection of network sites including the connection type. The intersection provides an indication of underserviced sites connection to the telecommunication network for potential network growth.

Abstract: (A) Conditional vectors are defined. (B) Latent observation vectors are generated using a predefined noise distribution function. (C) A forward propagation of a generator model is executed with the conditional vectors and the latent observation vectors as input to generate an output vector. (D) A forward propagation of a decoder model of a trained autoencoder model is executed with the generated output vector as input to generate a plurality of decoded vectors. (E) Transformed observation vectors are selected from transformed data based on the defined plurality of conditional vectors. (F) A forward propagation of a discriminator model is executed with the transformed observation vectors, the conditional vectors, and the decoded vectors as input to predict whether each transformed observation vector and each decoded vector is real or fake. (G) The discriminator and generator models are updated and (A) through (G) are repeated until training is complete.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detection, characterization, and prediction of real-time events having approximate periodicity include detection of events from raw data that are approximately periodic. The detection includes analyzing raw data to determine approximately periodic chains of events. The raw data can be related to network management systems, financial monitoring systems, medical monitoring, seismic activity monitoring, or any system that performs some management or monitoring of an underlying system or network having time lasting events. The detected approximately periodic events could be characterized and presented in natural language as well as used for prediction of future events via supervised machine learning.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally to systems and methods for allowing a website publisher to integrate a website's paywall system with the website's supplemental content server system. The system and methods of the disclosure allow a publisher to offer subscriptions to customers that result in the display of fewer or no supplemental content items to paying customers while the supplemental content retrieving code remains in place for all website visitors. Additionally, the system allows website analytics to be calculated for all visitors to the website.

Abstract: User navigation in a target portal with at least two portal pages. At least one query is created that includes uniform resource locators (URLs) of selected portal pages as search terms in a first search level; repeating until a certain abort criterion is reached: Receiving and analyzing search results of the at least one query including external websites containing search terms as part of their content; selecting a set of uniform resource locators from the received search results; creating a node in a graph-like-model for each selected URL if not already contained in the graph-like-model and associating the node with the selected uniform resource locator; creating and issuing a further search query including selected uniform resource locators of external websites in an additional search level; and in case the certain abort criterion is reached, performing a number of actions.

Abstract: Provided are a communication terminal, communication system, information sharing method and information sharing program, which are capable of reducing the control load when detecting duplicate held content among a plurality of communication terminals. A communication terminal comprises: a communication unit which communicates with another terminal; a content retention unit which retains content; a content list transmission and receiving unit which transmits and receives a content list relating to the retained content; and a transmission timing determination unit which determines the timing at which to transmit the content list on the basis of the number of held content items.

Abstract: A disclosed digital media device operational at user premises to receive media signals from a media source for presentation via endpoint devices such as a television display. The digital media device can include gateway and digital media management functionality and can be referred to as a gateway and digital media device. The device offers application services obtained over a wide area network and a user premises network. The digital media device may form a composite signal from the media signal and application service information, for example, for a composite audio and/or video signal for television type presentation to the user. The digital media device may receive a selection signal based on the presentation, for transmission to the application service provider device or to the media source. The media device also offers a GUI presenting a moveable arrangement of icons for selectively accessing application services.

Abstract: A method for capturing documentation information is provided. The method includes: receiving an input that relates to a regulatory body; identifying at least one jurisdiction that applies regulations in connection with the regulatory body; extracting, from a source database, at least one publication that includes information that relates to the regulations; formatting the regulations-related information from the extracted publications into a predetermined format; and outputting the formatted information to a computer display.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing an electronic document storage (EDS) system enabling companies or customers to upload electronic documents to be distributed online. These electronic documents may be made available to one or more specified customers, recipients of the documents, by authenticating login credentials provided by the customers. Metadata used to identify the recipients may be extracted from the electronic files or comprise separate electronic files. The EDS system may ensure that companies cannot access documents uploaded by other companies or customers for other companies, and that customers access only documents that the customers are authorized to access. To provide additional security, the EDS system may accept encrypted electronic documents and decrypt the electronic documents to allow customer access.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a server, a first content item and a second content item from a content source. The first content item is distinct from the second content item. The method includes generating, at the server, a modified content item by combining a first portion of the first content item and a second portion of the second content item. The method includes initiating transmission of the modified content from the server to a first device. The method also includes, after a first portion of the modified content item is transmitted, initiating transmission of a second portion of the modified content item from the server to a second device distinct from the first device. The second portion is subsequent to the first portion in a playback order of the modified content item.

Abstract: A server system comprising: a respective storage area for each of a plurality of respective parties including a first party and a second party, and a manager function for managing the storage. Each of at least some of the storage areas stores a primary instance of one or more data resources of the respective party. The manager function is configured so as, in response to the second party forming a relationship with one of the resources of the first party, to establish a secondary copy of that one of the resources of the first party in the respective storage area of the second party. In the secondary copy, the manager function also includes personal metadata describing one or more attributes of the relationship between the second party and the resource.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for using a server to generate per-user manifest files for providing unique viewing experiences and proxy modules local to video players receiving the manifest files for measuring video playback events with frame accuracy is disclosed. In one aspect, a server may be used to generate a manifest file for directing a video player to play requested video content in a video stream with advertising or other alternative content which may be desired. A proxy module local to the video player may parse the video stream to inject triggers at frame accurate locations which may be desired for measuring, such as at a precise frame in which the alternative content starts, stops, and/or reaches a midpoint with respect to the requested video content.

Abstract: A method, performed by a server, for determining token scope information so that a client can obtain a scoped token for a cloud service is disclosed. The method comprises requesting and receiving data of a cloud service from another server, receiving a token scope information request for an operation of the cloud service from a client and deriving token scope information based on the data for said operation. The method further comprises sending token scope information to the client so that the client can request a scoped token with capabilities enabling them to access the operation of the cloud service.

Abstract: One embodiment of an existing customer lead generation system comprises a vendor customer information database, a vendor criteria database, a web server, a matching engine, and a transmission component. The vendor customer information database identifies vendor's existing customers. The vendor criteria database determines which leads each vendor wants to receive. Separate criteria may be specified for consumers that are existing customers and consumers that are not existing customers. The web server receives characteristics of a consumer and a product or service. The matching engine compares the consumer characteristics with the vendor customer information database to identify vendors for which the consumer is an existing customer. The matching engine applies existing, customer criteria to match the consumer with existing vendors. The matching engine applies non-existing customer criteria to match the consumer with other vendors.

Abstract: A method of generating additional information to be provided in a browser application of a client device comprising: receiving a request for displaying a first resource in the browser application, the request causing the client device to display the first resource in the browsing application, receiving an indication of a user interaction with the browsing application, responsive to the indication and prior to the user navigating away from the first resource: parsing the request to obtain at least one keyword, searching and retrieving, based on the at least one keyword, at least one entry of structured information based on the at least one keyword and being potentially relevant to the first resource, generating snippet information based on the at least one retrieved entry of structured information, transmitting and causing the client device the a to display a start page including the snippet information.

Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for providing video content to a display of a user, wherein the providing of the video content comprises generating a mobile media streaming server log using a real-time streaming protocol, determining that a portion of the video content has been viewed by the user resulting in a viewed portion, and identifying a first advertisement and media content within the viewed portion. The first advertisement is identified from among a group of advertisements of the video content. A settlement agreement is identified regarding viewing of the first advertisement and media content of the viewed portion, and financial account is settled according to the settlement agreement according to the mobile media streaming server log.

Abstract: One embodiment of an existing customer lead generation system comprises a vendor customer information database, a vendor criteria database, a web server, a matching engine, and a transmission component. The vendor customer information database identifies vendor's existing customers. The vendor criteria database determines which leads each vendor wants to receive. Separate criteria may be specified for consumers that are existing customers and consumers that are not existing customers. The web server receives characteristics of a consumer and a product or service. The matching engine compares the consumer characteristics with the vendor customer information database to identify vendors for which the consumer is an existing customer. The matching engine applies existing customer criteria to match the consumer with existing vendors. The matching engine applies non-existing customer criteria to match the consumer with other vendors.

Abstract: A method of determining matching between at least a first sample comprising a sequence of tokens A and a second sample comprising a sequence of tokens B may include, for monotonically decreasing values of n, performing operations including recording a subset SA of n-grams of A in a hash table LA, such that a value of each n-gram determines an index in LA and a location of each respective n-gram in A is recorded as the value in LA, recording a subset SB of n-grams of B in a hash table LB, such that a value of each n-gram determines an index in LB and a location of each respective n-gram in B is recorded as the value in LB, for each location L that is occupied in both LA and LB, examining a region in A centered on LA(L) and a region in B centered on LB(L), and reporting a largest matching region aligning LA(L) with LB(L) that does not include already-matched tokens in A or B and marking the largest matching region as matched.

Abstract: User navigation in a target portal with at least two portal pages. At least one query is created that includes uniform resource locators (URLs) of selected portal pages as search terms in a first search level; repeating until a certain abort criterion is reached: Receiving and analyzing search results of the at least one query including external websites containing search terms as part of their content; selecting a set of uniform resource locators from the received search results; creating a node in a graph-like-model for each selected URL if not already contained in the graph-like-model and associating the node with the selected uniform resource locator; creating and issuing a further search query including selected uniform resource locators of external websites in an additional search level; and in case the certain abort criterion is reached, performing a number of actions.

Abstract: A system operates to manage accessibility of media content items based on a user's performance of a repetitive motion activity. The system can generate rule data based on a rule designed to permit access to certain media content items. The rule data can include information about various conditions to be satisfied to make the media content items accessible for playback. Such conditions can be associated with a user's performance or status of a repetitive motion activity.

Abstract: A first user of a presentation machine may be a recruiter that initiates an action in reference to a first user profile. The first user profile may describe a first candidate for a job. The presentation machine may identify the first user profile and determine a similarity score that indicates a degree of similarity between the first user profile and a second user profile that describes a second candidate for the job. The presentation machine may also access a volatility score that indicates a likelihood that the second candidate is receptive to a proposal that the second candidate be employed by an employer. Based on the similarity score and on the volatility score, the presentation machine may determine a rank of the second user profile. Based on the determined rank, the presentation machine may present the second user profile to the first user.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for transforming a knowledge base into a machine readable format for an automated system are disclosed. For example, the method includes clustering two or more documents of a plurality of documents in the knowledge base that are similar based upon a domain specific shingling function, identifying a pattern from each document of the plurality of documents that are clustered, wherein the pattern comprises a sequence of steps, aggregating the pattern of the each document of the plurality of documents that are clustered into a trie data-structure that is machine readable, receiving a request and applying the trie data-structure to provide a solution to the request.

Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for mobile media event mediation, normalizing mobile media event information from a plurality of sources, wherein at least some of the information is represented differently in each of the plurality of sources, producing a mobile media data record from the normalized information, analyzing the mobile media data record to determine a settlement arrangement, providing at least some of the participants represented in the mobile media record with relevant information from the settlement agreement.

Abstract: A disclosed digital media device operational at user premises to receive media signals from a media source for presentation via endpoint devices such as a television display. The digital media device can include gateway and digital media management functionality and can be referred to as a gateway and digital media device. The device offers application services obtained over a wide area network and a user premises network. The digital media device may form a composite signal from the media signal and application service information, for example, for a composite audio and/or video signal for television type presentation to the user. The digital media device may receive a selection signal based on the presentation, for transmission to the application service provider device or to the media source. The media device also offers a GUI presenting a moveable arrangement of icons for selectively accessing application services.

Abstract: A system gathers information on important and influential people and uses an ontology to build a social graph. The information is organized based on this social graph and provided to users as a service. The system uses ontology models to identify connectivity between entities (e.g., people, organizations, events, and things) in the social graph. Through its ontology, the system can determine, interpret, and represent the relationships of people that occur in the real world.