Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and non-transitory program storage devices for identifying demographic information in an input data file even in the face of known errors that would otherwise prevent the method from operating. When a fault condition is detected, a fault handler may attempt to fix the faulty data, remove the faulty data from the input data file being processed, or provide the faulty data at a user interface so a human user can intervene. The method and storage devices may continue processing the data regardless of whether human input has been received because the system can bypass or remove the data, thereby keeping the method fault tolerant.

Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).

Abstract: A method for managing access to a shared file system entity (FSE), the method includes (i) managing access requests for reading and writing accessed parts of the FSE, by a current point of access storage system (POASS), the current POASS currently acts as a point of access (POA) for the access requests; wherein stored parts of the FSE are stored at multiple POASSs, the multiple POASSs comprise the current POASS and former POASSs; (ii) determining, by the current POASS and while managing the access requests, to store the stored parts of the FSE at a fewer number of the former POASSs; and (iii) reducing, by two or more of the former POASSs, the number of former POASSs that store the stored parts of the FSE.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for detecting inconsistency of single cells in vehicle battery, and a medium. The method includes obtaining current battery data for a vehicle under test, determining whether the current battery data corresponds to a charging or discharging condition, and separately evaluating the presence of inconsistency in cells under each condition. This enables distinct detection for charging and discharging conditions, thereby enhancing detection accuracy.

Abstract: A system, method, device, and platform for monetizing user data. One or more data elements associated with user data of a user are received from one of a number of sources. One or more tokens are created based on the user data. The user data is stored in a secure location. The user data is vended to one of a number of parties utilizing the one or more tokens. The user data is accessible from the secure location utilizing an indicator included in the one or more tokens. The user is compensated for vending the user data.

Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).

Abstract: A secure programming system and method for provisioning and programming a target payload into a programmable device mounted in a programmer. The programmable devices are provisioned with a job package created by a user on a host system and deployed on a device programmer. The secure programming system supports a hardware security module on the host system that can be accessed remotely from the device programmer using coordinated sets of template and mechanism dictionaries linked to a security API coupled to the hardware security module.

Abstract: A computing system can be configured to perform operations in a define phase including receiving a component specification including a transformation function; inputting the component specification into a define function; receiving, as an output of the define function, the factory function; and receive data describing a second software component that satisfies the component specification of the first software component. In an assembly phase after the define phase, the computing system can input, into the factory function, the first software component and the second software component; and receiving, as an output of the factory function, the assembled software system including the first software component connected with the second software component according to the component specification of the first software component.

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-program products are described herein for providing dynamic content serving. The dynamic content serving technology can identify, in real-time, programming arriving at a client device, identify the specific segment being received, and determine which pre-stored video segment may be used to replace the identified segment. A dynamic content controller component can also identify what devices, in addition to the client device, may also be served with supplemental information either related or unrelated to the program currently displayed on the client device.

Abstract: A data-based workflow generation device and method thereof are provided. The data-based workflow generation device includes a storage device and a processor. The processor is coupled to the storage device. The processor receives a data set. The processor takes the data set as an input data set, and searches a data map according to the input data set to obtain a best task path. The processor executes the best task path to obtain an output data set. The processor takes the output data set as the input data set, and repeatedly searches the data map according to the input data set, and executes a corresponding best task path until the output data set is the same as a target data set.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods for producing an overlay of previous dialysis administration locations and access point events. The present disclosure includes a method of graphically producing the overlay with markers indicating one or more dialysis access points, where each of the markers conveys a location and a time of access. The overlay can include an image of the dialysis access location on which the access points are located.

Abstract: A method for storing time series data is provided, the method includes: caching time series data containing at least one record to a memory in a row-based storage manner; when the time series data needs to be written to a disk, determining a sum of number of records according to the to-be-written-to-disk time series data and time series data in a LAST file of the disk; if the sum is less than a pre-set number N, writing the to-be-written-to-disk time series data to the LAST file of the disk; if the sum is greater than or equal to the pre-set number N, merging the to-be-written-to-disk time series data and the time series data in the LAST file of the disk, and writing merged time series data to a DATA file for permanently saving data of the disk in a column-based storage manner.

Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).

Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).

Abstract: A method for determining a progress of an execution of a task, the method may include accessing only a portion of a shared task status data structure that (a) is associated with the task, wherein the task is executed by a first plurality of compute elements, and (b) comprises multiple hierarchical levels; wherein an entry of a certain hierarchical level represents an aggregate progress associated with multiple entries of the another hierarchical level; the certain hierarchical level is higher than the other hierarchical level; and determining the progress of the execution of the task based on a content of the portion.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for detecting and mitigating fraudulent transactions conducted over a network. This method can access one or more data values associated with an online transaction between a first party and a second party. The first party can initiate the online transaction. The data values can characterize an identity of the first party and the second party. A score representing a likelihood that the online transaction is fraudulent can be generated. The generation of the score can be based on one or more models for detecting fraud using the data values. The score can be compared to one or more threshold scores. The online transaction can be authorized or rejected based on the comparing. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of conducting wireless transaction includes receiving, using an antenna of a point of sale device, one or more electromagnetic signals from a mobile device of a customer. The electromagnetic signals are interpreted using a communications module of the point of sale device to determine information related to a financial account of the customer. Using a network interface of the point of sale device, a connection with an acquirer system is initiated. Using the network interface a packet of data including an authorization request is transmitted over the connection to the acquirer system. The packet of data includes the information related to the financial account, a merchant identifier, a date, and a transaction amount. An authorization code is received from the acquirer system using the network interface. An electronic receipt is transmitted to the mobile device using the network interface.

Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling animal pests comprises a housing having a passage extending into the housing from an entrance, an impacting member movable across the passage and a planar sensor spaced apart from the kill bar by a predetermined distance along the passage towards the entrance, the planar sensor configured to sense the presence of the animal pest across a sensing plane across the passage wherein the impacting member is operable to be released to rapidly move across the passage when the planar sensor indicates the presence of the animal pest as passed through the sensing plane.

Abstract: A data combination device and a data combination method are provided. The data combination device includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device is configured to store component instances. The processor is coupled to the storage device and is configured to receive a combining instruction. The processor parses a component description and data type in the combining instruction. The processor obtains a plurality of matching instances corresponding to the component description from the plurality of component instances. The processor packages the plurality of matching instances into package data.