Abstract: There may be provided a computer-implemented method. The computer-implemented method includes: i) broadcasting a transaction, by a node in a blockchain network, to a congress pool to join a congress formed of a group of nodes; ii) after the congress has accepted a request from a requester to activate a script, preparing, by the node, a blockchain transaction cryptographically locked with a public key associated with the congress; iii) cooperatively generating, by the node in cooperating with other nodes of the group, a valid cryptographic signature for the transaction to spend the transaction; iv) after the blockchain transaction has been unlocked, receiving data from the plurality of information providing systems; v) determining a centre point for the data received from the plurality of information providing systems; and vi) activating, by the node in cooperation with other nodes of the congress, the script based on the centre point.

Abstract: An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based network control system includes an AI system configured to obtain data from a network having a plurality of network elements and to determine actions for network control through one or more Machine Learning (ML) algorithms; a controller configured to cause the actions in the network; and a safeguard module between the AI system and the controller, wherein the safeguard module is configured to one of allow, block, and modify the actions from the AI system.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for automatically synthesizing programs that include one or more functions in a spreadsheet programming language. A method includes: receiving a first example including input provided in a first cell in a spreadsheet; automatically synthesizing a plurality of candidate programs including a first set of candidate programs consistent with the first example, wherein each candidate program in the first set of candidate programs comprises at least one function in a spreadsheet programming language and, when the candidate program is executed, the candidate program generates output that matches the first example; ranking the plurality of candidate programs; and storing a highest-ranked program of the plurality of candidate programs in association with the first cell in the spreadsheet.

Abstract: Systems and methods for collection, management, and distribution of data with a crowdsourced knowledge data base are disclosed. The systems and methods may be configured for: storing information in a standardized format in one or more network-based databases having a collection of records stored thereon; providing remote access to users over a network so any one of the users can update the information about a record in the collection of records in real time through a graphical user interface, wherein the one of the users provides the updated information in a non-standardized format; converting the updated information into the standardized format; storing the standardized updated information in the database in the standardized format; generating a message containing the updated information whenever one has been stored; and transmitting the message to all of the users over the network in real time, so that each user has immediate access to up-to-date information.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first message from a client device, determining a set of values based on the first message, where first and second subsets of values of the set of values is associated with a first and second navigation screens, respectively. The method also includes generating a second message including the set of values and sending the second message to the client device. The method also includes updating a navigation stack stored on the client device based on the set of values by inserting a value of the first subset before a value of the second subset in a sequence of the navigation stack. The method also includes displaying the second navigation screen based on the second subset, where an interaction with a user interface element of the client device causes the client device to display the first navigation screen.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for implementing dynamic codeless logging in an integration platform system. An integration platform may provide a declaratively-configurable asset pre-configured to implement a logging functionality associated with a log point, package the declaratively-configurable asset within an integration application, and receive a selection of the log point associated with the declaratively-configurable asset. In addition, the integration application may generate log information corresponding to the log point based on the selection of the log point and the logging functionality. Further, the integration platform may present the log information within a graphical user interface.

Abstract: An abstract data graph may be constructed at a server. The abstract data graph may include nodes and links between nodes and may represent computer programming instructions for generating a graphical user interface at a client machine. At least some of the links may represent dependency relationships between portions of the graphical user interface. The abstract data graph may be resolved at the client machine to identify data items, which may be retrieved from the server and used to render the graphical user interface.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing semi-structured data. One of the methods includes maintaining a plurality of schemas; receiving a first semi-structured data item; determining that the first semi-structured data item does not match any of the schemas in the plurality of schemas; and in response to determining that the first semi-structured data item does not match any of the schemas in the plurality of schemas: generating a new schema, encoding the first semi-structured data item in the first data format to generate the first new encoded data item in accordance with the new schema, storing the first new encoded data item in the data item repository, and associating the first new encoded data item with the new schema.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for providing digital guidance in an underlying computer application. In one exemplary implementation, a method includes setting a rule or rules, in a computing device, in advance of digital guidance content creation, for detecting, upon later playback of the content, page elements of the underlying computer application that are associated with the content. The exemplary method further includes recording, in the computing device, steps of the digital guidance content as the steps are created by a content author, and automatically applying, in the computing device, the previously set rule or rules for detecting page elements, and thereby assigning strong attributes to the page elements. The method further includes saving, in the computing device, the content steps along with the strong attributes of the page elements associated with the content steps.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing data in a grid. In one example approach, a method comprises importing data from a data source to a range of cells in a grid, where the range of cells is specified by a notation input associated with the grid, and where the notation input includes a key specifying the data source and security information associated with the data source.

Abstract: A system for providing security mechanisms for secure execution of program code is described. The system may be configured to maintain a plurality of virtual machine instances. The system may be further configured to receive a request to execute a program code and allocate computing resources for executing the program code on one of the virtual machine instances. One mechanism involves executing program code according to a user-specified security policy. Another mechanism involves executing program code that may be configured to communicate or interface with an auxiliary service. Another mechanism involves splitting and executing program code in a plurality of portions, where some portions of the program code are executed in association with a first level of trust and some portions of the program code are executed with different levels of trust.

Abstract: A data processing method includes implementing data transfer between a website having a data processing permission and a website having no data processing permission by using the website having the data processing permission and in a cross-domain manner of a double-layered inline frame when the website having no data processing permission is accessed and data processing is performed in a page of the website; and calling a data processing interface of the website having the data processing permission to perform the data processing.

Abstract: Document collaboration methods and systems that allow multiple users to create and edit a document are described. Such methods and systems can support devices that receive and process edits to one or more documents while the devices are off-line relative to a document collaboration service. These methods and systems can use a network based storage system (e.g., a “cloud storage platform”) to store a document (e.g., “cloud storage document”) that represents a recent collaboration state of the document based upon edits received from users who are (or have been) using the document collaboration service while one or more other users are off-line.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for providing content.

Abstract: A solution for formatting document objects by visual suggestions is proposed. For a document including multiple editing units each of which contains multiple objects, a first editing rule is generated, the first editing rule indicating an edit performed on a first object in a document. Then, an editing suggestion is generated based on the first editing rule, the editing suggestion describing a candidate edit to be performed on a second object within a suggestion scope. The editing suggestion is then presented in a visual form to a user for selection.

Abstract: A model updating method and apparatus, and a system, to resolve a problem of network performance deterioration due to model performance deterioration are described. A first function entity sends a model update policy to a second function entity. The model update policy includes an update condition of a model of a first network element, and the model of the first network element indicates to adjust a parameter of the first network element. When receiving an update request, the first function entity performs a procedure of updating the model of the first network element, where the update request is triggered by the second function entity in accordance with determining, by the second function entity, the model meets the update condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for handling multiple URLs generated or obtained upon scanning multiple documents to one or more cloud locations. The one or more cloud locations may be different or may be the same. The method includes receiving multiple URLs generated for multiple scanned documents stored at the one or more cloud locations. Upon receiving, each URL is analyzed to identify a keyword relevant for each URL. Based on the identified keywords, a new single URL is created to access multiple scanned documents placed at the one or more cloud locations. The new single URL is created such that the new single URL when accessed by the user allows the user to access multiple scanned documents at the same time without needing the user to access multiple URLs. This way, the user can access multiple scanned documents through a single URL i.e., the new single URL.

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for the dynamic construction of configuration profiles using settings common across different operating systems. A computing environment having a management service can determine variable names for inclusion in configuration profiles based on operating systems. The computing environment can dynamically generate configuration profiles using the appropriate variable names such that the value provided by an administrator is a value or parameter of the variable name for deployment to a client device having an operating system capable of interpreting the value using the variable name.

Abstract: System and methods are provided for providing a web application to a computing device. The method involves operating a system processor to: receive, from the computing device, an application request including an application identifier associated with the web application; retrieve, from a data storage, an application template corresponding to the application identifier; build an application structure based at least on the retrieved application template and the application identifier; and transmit the application structure and a structure resolver to the computing device, the receipt of the structure resolver at the computing device triggers a device processor to resolve each dynamic content component defined within the application structure by: determining, from the application structure, a layout definition of the dynamic content component, constructing the dynamic content component based on the layout definition, and retrieving a content data for the dynamic content component from the data storage.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for the management and coordination of patent infringement-related analyses, such as freedom-to-operate, patent clearance, and enforcement, are provided. Patent claim information is extracted and presented to users along with purpose-specific workflows that facilitate the capture and presentation of work product on both a claim-by-claim level as well as on a document level. Integrated data management facilitates access to historical work product by interconnecting the various record entities of the system including product information, patent document information, review information, and work product information.

Abstract: A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing automated intelligence in a support session. In one example, a method includes generating a set of tokens based on a text-based query posted by a support agent to a live chat thread; generating a set of vectors based on the set of tokens; extracting a set of features based on the set of tokens; generating a query vector based on the set of vectors and the set of features; determining a predicted intent of the text-based query based on the query vector, wherein the predicted intent is one of a plurality of predefined intents; determining a predicted answer to the text-based query based on: the query vector; and the predicted intent; and providing the predicted answer to the text-based query in the live chat thread.

Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for supporting web components associated with a document object model (DOM) corresponding to a data file in a web testing environment. A user interaction, relative to a web page or web application from which the DOM is rendered, is monitored in the web testing environment. The monitoring identifies a target element selected by the user that is referenced in a shadow DOM associated with the DOM. One or more parent shadow host elements of the DOM are identified relative to the target element. The one or more shadow host elements define a reduced path, with respect to a tree data structure representing the DOM and the shadow DOM, for linking a document object of the DOM to the target element. Indicia identifying the one or more shadow host elements as linking the document object of the DOM to the target element are recorded.

Abstract: A ladder display system includes: a first controller having a first ladder program; and a second controller having a second ladder program that performs input/output processing with the first ladder program. An input/output signal table generating unit generates an input/output signal table relating an input/output signal of the first ladder program to an input/output signal of the second ladder program. An external reference execution unit specifies a signal of the second ladder program and requests transmission of at least a part of the first ladder program. A ladder program output unit transmits at least a part of the first ladder program including a signal corresponding to the specified signal to the second controller. A ladder program display unit displays at least the part of the first ladder program output by the ladder program output unit on the second controller.

Abstract: A system and method for analyzing in-page behavior. A method includes recording sessions of users browsing a website, wherein a session is time-ordered collection of a user's interactions with one or more webpages belonging to the website; analyzing recorded sessions to generate session insights, wherein the session insights are based in part on user experience factors, wherein each user experience factor relates to behavior of a user within each webpage visited during a session; and reporting the generated experience insights.

Abstract: In some implementations, a method for remediating issues on webpages through client-side fixes that are performed without modifying underlying webpage code includes receiving, at a remediation server system, a request for remediation code, the request for remediation code originating from a client computing device that has accessed a webpage that has a statement requiring the remediation code, the webpage being part of a website that is hosted by a third party server system, the request identifying the webpage that is requesting the remediation code. The method can further include identifying one or more specific remediations for remediating issues on the website; accessing one or more specific remediation code portions; and accessing a client-side remediation code engine. The method can further include transmitting the client-side remediation code engine and the one or more specific remediation code portions to the client computing device.

Abstract: Systems and methods data structures queries to manage loading time of multimedia content are provided. A system receives an input audio signal from a computing device and identifies a request. The system identifies a quantized day value and a quantized time value. The system retrieves, via a lookup in a multi-dimensional matrix data structure with the quantized day value and quantized time value, signals for the quantized day value and the quantized time value. The system generates a query with the signals, and applies the query to a multimedia content data structure to identify a plurality of multimedia content items that match the plurality of signals. The system provides an indication of the plurality of multimedia content items that match the signals for the quantized day value and the quantized time value retrieved from the multi-dimensional matrix data structure.

Abstract: An operations integration processor generating tag names from an array of objects in a language-independent data format different than a tag format for integration with a tag-based control and data acquisition system. The operations integration processor receives a response from a web service and parses the response to identify one or more objects and corresponding values in the array contained in the response. The response includes an array of objects and is in a language-independent data format different than a tag format. The processor configures a selected object of the array to act as a unique index for the array of objects and generates one or more tag names from the parsed response. The tag names each represent a tag having at least one of an object and a value associated with it based on the information provided in the response. The generated tag names include the selected object in an array index part thereof.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of providing visual cues for private virtual objects is provided. In response to determining that presentation of a protected characteristic of a virtual object is not permitted by an augmented reality system, the augmented reality system presents a placeholder object. In some embodiments, a method of protecting a location from undesirable virtual objects is provided. In response to determining that a location for a virtual object is associated with a protected location, a low-invasiveness version of a mesh of the virtual object is presented. In some embodiments, a method of decoupling a virtual object from a static physical location is provided.

Abstract: By allowing a person to customize an otherwise common media prior to delivery of the media to a recipient on a regular basis it is possible to deliver professionally created media in a personalized manner. In one embodiment, a magazine subscription is delivered monthly to a recipient and the cover (centerfold, back page) contains content provided by the initiator. In another embodiment, video media delivered to the recipient is created by a professional as a universal offering but content, such as photos, videos, text, is added by the initiator prior to delivery.

Abstract: An interactive demonstration application can be used to test and experience the use of overlay elements (e.g., application add-ons, such as an interactive chat overlay) on a graphical interface (e.g., of a website or a computer application) before fully integrating the overlay elements into the graphical interface. The interactive demonstration application can also be used to demonstrate and update the live settings of a live overlay element used on a live webpage.

Abstract: Network requests are made to download a data object for a display page with different time delays. Page load outcomes of the display page are determined. A criticality of downloading the data object with respect to the display page is determined using page load outcomes. Criticalities of data objects of the display page are used to generate a specific data object download order that prioritizes critical and/or blocking objects of the display page.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a content placement system selects and allocates content objects for a display region in a user interface based on content priorities of the content objects and location priorities of virtual locations in the display region. The content placement system receives a request for content objects to be presented in the display region. The content placement system determines a layout for dividing the display region into multiple virtual locations. Each of the virtual locations contains spots each configured for displaying a content object. The content placement system determines content objects and allocation of the content objects for each of the virtual locations based on content priorities associated with the content objects and location priorities of the virtual locations. The content placement system transmits the content objects according to the allocation to an online platform for display in the user interface.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a method and a system for extraction of key-terms and synonyms for the key-terms. The method discloses to extract the key-terms and further determine a set of relevant synonyms for the extracted key-terms, wherein the key-terms is a collection of small sub-set of words and phrases which are individually meaningful and collectively provide a generic context of a given input text. The method discloses techniques for extraction of key-terms that is independent of any specific supervised training, does not require a huge amount of training data and computationally less intensive. The key-terms are determined in several stages using frequency based techniques based on a relevancy scoring of the key-terms. Further a set of synonyms are determined for the identified key-terms based on a language-based approach or domain specific approach.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for creating and providing reminders that involve an activity states of an application on a device. An activity state can correspond to a particular view within an application, e.g., a view that was reached after several inputs from a user. A user can provide a specification of an activity state in a variety of ways, e.g., providing a reminder command while the application is executing in the foreground with the desired activity state or by voice commands that specify the activity state. A user can provide one or more trigger criteria. Once the reminder is triggered, the specified activity state can be provided to the user.

Abstract: A text-on-path graphic is automatically created from entered text and a drawn shape having a complex path. Shape boundary curves are identified from the shape. A set of overlapping boundary curves is determined from the shape boundary curves. The set of overlapping boundary curves is combined into a combined curve. The combined curve and the shape boundary curves outside the set are assigned to segments of the complex path. A cost for each ordered path through the segments is determined, where the cost of each ordered path is based on a distance to a next segment and a length of the next segment. The text-on-path graphic is then created from the text and the ordered path having the lowest cost.

Abstract: A method for identification and distribution of a personalized image. As disclosed, the method involves a processing server receiving an image request from a web server. The image request includes at least a device identifier and an originating address. The processing server electronically transmits a data request to a computing device associated with the device identifier, and receives a data file from the computing device. The data file includes one or more data values associated with an electronic wallet. The processing server executes a query to identify an image file based on the data values included in the received data file. Additionally, the processing server electronically transmits the identified image file to the web server in response to the received image request.

Abstract: A tag manager system provides access to a domain in a container in the tag manager system. A tag user navigates to elements in the domain (such as site pages, text elements, graphic elements, or video elements) and selects elements for tagging from within the container. The user selects tag options from within the tag manager system. The tag manager system uses the selected tag options to generate the corresponding tag codes for insertion in the domain HTML code. The tag manager saves previously defined tag codes and the tag user updates stored tag options in the tag manager system. The tag manager system provides pointer codes to insert in the HTML code so the user can update stored tag codes without updating the HTML code. The tag manager further highlights elements of the domain in the container for suggested tagging, and automatically selects option based on the element type.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating digital channel content based on a predictive suggestion may include (1) identifying content stored in a digital container corresponding to a channel maintained by a social networking platform, where the digital container is configured to store social media posts added to the channel by a user linked to the channel, (2) providing the user with a digital prompt suggesting that the user add the content to an additional channel maintained by the social networking platform, (3) receiving user input accepting the suggestion, and (4) in response to receiving the user input, adding the content to the additional channel. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A customer in a computing resource service provider environment provisions a virtual machine instance configured with access to sensitive data in a secure storage facility. The virtual machine instance is provisioned specifically to generate reports using a subset of the sensitive data to satisfy different reporting requirements associated with governing entities and agencies. After generating the reports, the virtual machine instance is then removed from the computing resource service environment such that the sensitive data is inaccessible.

Abstract: A computerized method is disclosed. The method comprises detecting a change in a first webpage, constructing a search query based on the changed detected in the first webpage, determining a second webpage is associated with the first webpage, and synchronizing at least a portion of the second webpage with the first webpage based on the search query. The method may comprise updating a display of the first webpage based on the detected change. In certain embodiments of the method, detecting the change includes detecting input indicating one or more search parameters and the search query may be a text string including one or more alphanumeric characters. Additionally, the search query may comprise a pipelined command language. The synchronization of webpages displayed in separate tabs or windows of a web browser may use a browser extension to maintain state, as well as track and coordinate changes between the tabs or windows.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: selecting a web page from plural web pages being opened in a web browser; finding a similar page having similar content to the selected web page from the plural web pages; and closing the similar page in response to an operation by a user.

Abstract: A method to monitor integrity of webpages. The method may include obtaining a destination of outgoing network traffic resulting from rendered code of a webpage. The rendered code may be generated using source code of the webpage that is obtained in response to a request to a webserver that hosts the webpage. The method may also include obtaining a previous destination of previous outgoing network traffic resulting from previous rendered code of the webpage. The previous rendered code may be generated before the request is sent to the webserver for the source code used to generate the rendered code. The method may also include comparing the destination and the previous destination to determine a change in integrity of security of the webpage. In response to the change in the integrity of security of the webpage, an alert regarding the integrity of security of the webpage may be generated.

Abstract: A method for identifying a group of users from a number of users includes receiving, for each user of the number of users, response data including motion data characterizing motion of the user during a prescribed time period occurring after issuance of a challenge to the number of users, processing the motion data of the number of users to identify a first subset of the number of users with substantially matching motion data, and forming the group of users to include the first subset of the number of users.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for creating a website and response actions via a website creation system. The systems and methods provide a plurality of website types for selection, and in response to receiving a selection of a website type, provide a plurality website templates specific to the selected website type. Each website type may include a series of directional webpages designed and intended to entice a particular user interaction with the website. Additionally, the systems and methods receiving a selection of a type of response action, a selection of at least one rule of a triggering condition, and an operand for the at least one rule of the triggering condition. Moreover, in response to the event of the triggering condition, the systems and method perform the response action.

Abstract: A system and method for data entries deduplication are provided. The method includes indexing an input data set, wherein the input data set is in a tabular formant and the indexing includes providing a unique Row identifier (RowID), wherein rows are the data entries; computing attribute similarity for each column across each pair of rows; computing, for each pair of rows, row-to-row similarity as a weighted sum of attribute similarities; clustering pairs of rows based on their row-to-row similarities; and providing an output data set including at least the clustered pairs of rows.

Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive document data representing a document in a case of registering definition data which defines classification of the document, the document data being data for creating the definition data; and output a warning in a case where the document data is similar to another document data of another definition data already registered.

Abstract: Provided is a method including obtaining a first text of a natural language text document displayed by the application, detecting a definitional statement in the first text, and parsing a defined term and a definition of the defined term from the definitional statement. The method also includes storing the defined term and the definition in an entry in a dictionary data structure and associating the entry with a location in the text document. The method also includes detecting the defined term being used in another location in the document and, in response, causing a visual indication to be presented in a first region in association with the defined term being used in the other location. The method may include causing the definitional statement or definition thereof to be displayed in a second region concurrently with displaying the defined term and the visual indication in the first region.

Abstract: A system and method of providing sequential video and contextual based content to an end user viewing video content in a video player on an end user computing device is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing a plurality of videos in a memory, storing a plurality of advertisements in a memory, receiving a plurality of requests from a plurality of different clients and wherein each request includes information identifying a first video and each of the plurality of clients initiates its request from one of a plurality of web pages and wherein the plurality of web pages form part of a plurality of different web sites. In addition, the plurality of web pages may include program code configured to cause a video to be presented in the video player.