Abstract: A method, computer-readable medium, and system for provisioning computing resources across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers are disclosed. A graphical user interface is used to select a plurality of computing resources and at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center for providing the plurality of computing resources. Scripts associated with the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center are accessed, where each script is capable of automatically setting up a computing resource on an associated cloud provider or associated data center. The scripts are then used to automatically allocate and/or configure the computing resources on the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center. As such, computing resources can be automatically provisioned using a generic graphical user interface and without a user having skills or credentials specific to each cloud provider and/or data center.

Abstract: An electronic certificate system facilitates the secure application of certificates against wireless data transfers with a distributer system by a device user. A certificate enabled device carried by the user stores electronic certificates in memory. When the distributer system detects a certificate enabled device within a proximity radio frequency field, the distributer system queries and obtains applicable certificates for the user from the certificate enabled device carried by the user, applies the certificates to a data transfer, and securely communicates the resulting data transfer metadata back to the certificate enabled device.

Abstract: A device may identify a ticket associated with an issue, a user associated with resolving the issue, and a particular business process including a particular business process step associated with the issue. The device may present information regarding a particular business process workflow, corresponding to the particular business process, associated with a business process steps. The device may identify the particular business process step from the business process steps, and may identify a particular technical solution corresponding to the particular business process step. The device may present information regarding a particular technical solution workflow, corresponding to the particular technical solution, associated with technical solution steps. The device may identify a particular technical solution step, from the technical solution steps, associated with resolving the issue.

Abstract: Privacy is defined in the context of a guessing game based on the so-called guessing inequality. The privacy of a sanitized record, i.e., guessing anonymity, is defined by the number of guesses an attacker needs to correctly guess an original record used to generate a sanitized record. Using this definition, optimization problems are formulated that optimize a second anonymization parameter (privacy or data distortion) given constraints on a first anonymization parameter (data distortion or privacy, respectively). Optimization is performed across a spectrum of possible values for at least one noise parameter within a noise model. Noise is then generated based on the noise parameter value(s) and applied to the data, which may comprise real and/or categorical data. Prior to anonymization, the data may have identifiers suppressed, whereas outlier data values in the noise perturbed data may be likewise modified to further ensure privacy.

Abstract: A system may comprise one or more processors. The one or more processors may store data, associated with a plurality of documents, as stored data and may receive documents from a plurality of client devices. The documents may include a plurality of different types of data. The one or more processors may assign the documents to one or more groups based on the plurality of different types of data and may identify a group of documents of the one or more groups. The one or more processors may compare data, within documents in the group of documents, to the stored data and may transmit, to one or more devices, a result of comparing the data to the stored data.

Abstract: Summarizing, the application relates to a machine-learning system for adaptively changing a matching threshold of a biometric system. The machine-learning system comprises a batch aggregator device operable to receive input data from the biometric system via a communication interface and to aggregate a batch of at least some of the received input data. The machine-learning system further comprises a learning expert device operable to compute a new suggestion for a matching threshold value of the biometric system based on the aggregated batch. Finally, the machine-learning system comprises an output device operable to output the computed new suggestion for the matching threshold of the biometric system via the communication interface.

Abstract: A method for processing an order for components includes receiving, at a server, an order that specifies one or more components for procurement and constraints for procuring the one or more components. A processor determines one or more sources capable of providing one or more of the components within the received constraints. At least one of the sources corresponds to a 3D printing facility that prints components via a 3D printing process. The processor communicates one or more orders for procuring the one or more components to the determined one or more sources.

Abstract: An electronic document system, for example, includes a network portal that connects to end user devices via a network and generates graphical user interfaces on the end user devices. A database server stores data extracted by data capture entities (DCEs) associated with submitted electronic documents and approval routes for each DCE. An approval route includes steps identifying users and approval actions to be performed by the users. An application server determines an approval route from the stored approval routes for each submitted electronic document, and generates notifications for the users on the approval routes to execute the approval actions, and generates a visual representation of the approval routes in status pages via the network portal. Visual representations in the status pages are updated in real-time to indicate status information for the submitted electronic documents as the submitted electronic documents traverse respective approval routes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system having: a virtual assistant interactivity platform (102) including: a processing device; a memory device storing data identifying a plurality of virtual assistants, and one or more topics associated with each virtual assistant; a communication interface configured to receive an input query from a user device (104); and a memory coupled to the processing device and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to: assess the input query to identify a subset of at least one of the virtual assistants based on a comparison between at least one topic of the query and the one or more topics associated with each virtual assistant; transmit a query based on the input query to each of the virtual assistants of the subset; evaluate answers to the input query received from the virtual assistants of the subset in order to generate a response comprising one or more of the answers; and transmit the response to the user device.

Abstract: Wi-Fi access point performance management may include receiving a session analytic record related to a plurality of wireless access points, and analyzing the session analytic record related to the plurality of wireless access points to determine a root cause of at least one malfunctioning node related to at least one of the plurality of wireless access points, and predict failure of the at least one of the plurality of wireless access points. Further, a graphical user interface display or a report may be generated. The graphical user interface display or the report may be related to the determination of the root cause of the at least one malfunctioning node related to the at least one of the plurality of wireless access points, and prediction of the failure of the at least one of the plurality of wireless access points.

Abstract: A system maintains, generates, and manages infrastructure layouts. The infrastructure layouts include structural relationships for the handling of received sensor data. The infrastructure layouts may be traversed to determine datastore options for the sensor data and contextual information that may be used to enrich the received sensor data.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to devices, systems, and computer-implemented methods for simulating one or more inventories in a distribution network. Specifically, methods are described that comprise the operations of receiving inventory data for one or more inventories to be simulated, wherein the inventory data includes lead time data and demand data; determining, based on the inventory data, probability distributions for each of lead time and demand for the one or more inventories to be simulated; determining a lead time demand probability distribution of the one or more inventories to be simulated based on the determined probability distributions for the lead time and the demand; determining a predictive state of the one or more inventories to be simulated based on the lead time demand probability distribution; and outputting one or more evaluation parameters associated with the predictive state of the one or more inventories to be simulated.

Abstract: Multi-data analysis based proactive defect detection and resolution may include analyzing operational data for an application to determine whether a functionality related to the application is below a predetermined threshold associated with the functionality related to the application, and based on the analysis, generating an indication to perform defect analysis related to the functionality related to the application. A sentiment analysis may be performed on consumer data related to the application to determine a sentiment of the consumer data related to the application, and a natural language processing (NLP) analysis may be performed on the consumer data related to the application to determine a function associated with a negative sentiment. Application code and process data related to the application may be analyzed to determine a defect associated with the application. Further, a code of the application may be modified to correct the defect associated with the application.

Abstract: Condition detection using image processing may include receiving telemetry data related to movement of a vehicle along a vehicle path. Condition detection using image processing may further include receiving images captured by the vehicle, and generating, based on the telemetry data and the images, an altitude map for the images, and world coordinates alignment data for the images. Condition detection using image processing may further include detecting the entities in the images, and locations of the entities detected in the images, consolidating the locations of the entities detected in the images to determine a consolidated location for the entities detected in the images, generating, based on the consolidated location, a mask related to the vehicle path and the entities detected in the images, and reconstructing three-dimensional entities model for certain types of entities, based on the entities masks and world coordinates alignment data for the images.

Abstract: A system for anonymizing and aggregating protected information (PI) from a plurality of data sources includes a master index server coupled to a data repository. The master index server receives an anonymized records associated with an individual from a plurality of data hashing appliances. The system includes a cluster matching engine that applies a plurality of rules to hashed data elements of the received record for comparing hashed data elements of the record with hashed data elements of a plurality of clusters of anonymized records associated with different individuals stored in the data repository to determine whether the individual associated with the received record corresponds to an individual associated with one of the clusters of anonymized records. When a match is found, the cluster matching engine adds the received record to the cluster of anonymized records associated with that individual.

Abstract: A system is configured to determine a conversion rate associated with a loyalty program offered by a merchant. The conversion rate may specify a monetary value allotted to a loyalty point in the loyalty program. The conversion rate, associated with the loyalty program, may change over time. The conversion rate may be determined without user input specifying the conversion rate. The system is configured to receive an instruction to lock the conversion rate for a period of time; lock the conversion rate as a locked conversion rate for the period of time based on the instruction; and permit the locked conversion rate to be used to apply a discount to a purchase during the period of time. The locked conversion rate at a time of the purchase may be different from the conversion rate offered by the loyalty program at the time of the purchase.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system, method and apparatuses for determining parameter settings for a power generation system and a tangible computer readable medium therefor. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one memory and the computer executable instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to: divide historical power related data of the power generation system into a plurality of power load segments based on typical power load values and the number of the historical power related data; identify feasible parameter ranges for each of the plurality of power load segments; and determine optimal parameter settings for each of the plurality of power load segments, based on the identified feasible parameters ranges and correlations between system energy efficiency and relative parameters of each of the plurality of power load segments.

Abstract: A social collaboration workflow system embeds social collaboration functionality into the workflow process. The system identifies a location of a user device, and identifying a current activity associated with the user device based on the identified location. The system displays instructions for performing the current activity to a user interface on the user device, and displays an activity feed comprising a set of previously submitted activity feed posts that are related to the current activity to the user interface. The system determines whether the current activity has changed to a new current activity. If the current activity has changed, the system displays instructions for performing the new current activity to the user interface, and displays a new set of previously submitted activity feed posts that are related to the new current activity to the user interface.

Abstract: A method and system optimizes investments for each marketing channel of a multichannel marketing campaign. Past optimal investments are compared to current sales or profits for each marketing channel, and a new optimal investment is estimated for each marketing channel, which may be used as a marketing budget. A marketing dashboard is used to determine the new optimal investments for the marketing channels, and the new optimal investments are stored in a marketing database.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reconciliation data.