Abstract: A system and method distributes work to workers using a timetable containing priority lists of requests to be performed by one worker or multiple workers.

Abstract: An alignment system transmitting a laser light at a predetermined angle. Selected embodiments can be utilized to measure distance.

Abstract: A distance measurement device includes a light emitting unit; a light receiving unit; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to an object; and a controller that controls the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit to determine whether or not there is interference from another distance measurement device, from a distance calculation result from the distance calculation unit. The controller includes a light emission and exposure period-setting unit that sets a light emission and exposure period of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit, a distance variation measurement unit that measures a variation of distance values repeatedly obtained in a predetermined duration by the distance calculation unit, and an interference determination unit that compares a distance variation value to a threshold value which is determined in advance, to determine whether or not there is interference.

Abstract: A method for supporting files names in a storage system, the method may include receiving a first protocol request for creating an object having a requested object name that comprises one or more sets of slashes, wherein the first protocol does not use the one or more sets as hierarchy separators; wherein each set of slashes comprises one or more consecutive slashes; determining a role of each set of the one or more sets in a second protocol that uses slashes as hierarchy separators; and generating a path name for accessing the object, when using either one of the first and second protocols, wherein the generating is based on the requested object name and the role of each set.

Abstract: A method for determining size information related one or more file systems stored in a storage system, the method may include (i) sampling one or more logical spaces that are associated with the one or more file systems to provide sampled file system entities (FSEs); wherein a number of samples per sampled FSE is indicative of a size of the sampled FSEs; and (ii) determining logical sizes and physical sizes of different levels of the one or more file systems based on the sampled file system entities.

Abstract: A method for determining size information related one or more snapshots related to file systems stored in a storage system, the method may include (a) sampling one or more combinations of points in time and logical spaces, the logical spaces are associated with the one or more file systems to provide sampled combinations of sampled portions of file system entities (FSEs) and sampled points in time; (b) searching for relevant snapshots that are relevant to the sampled combinations to provide relevant snapshots at the sampled points in time; and (c) determining physical sizes of the relevant snapshots at the sampled point in time; wherein a number of samples per sampled FSE is indicative of a size of the sampled FSEs

Abstract: A biological detection device includes a signal acquirer that acquires a signal including a respiration component, a filter that attenuates a frequency component other than the respiration component included in the signal and generates a post-processing signal, an analyzer that analyzes the post-processing signal to generate a spectrogram, a variation calculator that calculates variation of energy in a predetermined frequency band in energy of the frequency component indicated by the spectrogram, a first determiner that determines whether the variation is larger than a threshold, a second determiner that, if it is determined by the first determiner that the variation is not larger than the threshold, determines whether a higher harmonic wave with respect to a second peak having energy equal to or more than a predetermined ratio to a first peak where the energy is maximum is present in the predetermined frequency band, and an output unit that outputs a respiration rate based on a frequency of the first peak if

Abstract: It is proposed a technical solution to leverage the characteristics and generally speaking, the performance of DLT networks. This solution proposes building a federation of DLT networks which work together regardless of the underlying technologies to guarantee data consistency, wider consensus and enhanced trust. The proposed solution includes, among others, a distributed transport mechanism for the exchange of control data between the different networks of the federation; and the spread and storage of “proofs of history” of the network to protect and validate the connected networks integrity.

Abstract: A business data exchange system and a business data exchange method are provided. The business data exchange system includes a software as a service processor and a tenant processor. The software as a service processor is coupled to a software as a service application program. The tenant processor is coupled to the software as a service processor and an application system. When the software as a service application program calls an application program of the application system, the software as a service processor transmits call information to the tenant processor. The tenant processor receives the call information and parses the call information to call the application system and transmit the call information to the application system. The application system parses the call information and performs logical processing to generate business data, and the application system returns the business data to the software as a service application program.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a business process management system and a business process management system method. The business process management system includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores a data mining module, a path process matching module, and a process modeling optimization module. The processor executes multiple modules and obtains an enterprise system operating log. The processor executes the data mining module according to the enterprise system operation log to obtain a frequent path set including multiple event frequent paths. The processor inputs the frequent path set and multiple original business processes to the path process matching module, and executes the path process matching module to generate a matching path set matching the original business process. The processor executes the process modeling optimization module according to the frequent path set to generate a frequent path graph.

Abstract: Techniques for determining point type, equipment type, equipment instance, and equipment relationship for different points associated with pieces of equipment located at a building is described. The techniques may include obtaining data corresponding to point(s) associated with one or more pieces of equipment located at a building controlled by a building control network, and using the data and statistical model(s) to determine point type(s), equipment type(s), and/or equipment instance(s) for the point(s). The techniques may include determining operational relationships between different pieces of equipment located at the building.

Abstract: A system and a method for media streaming from multiple sources are disclosed. A content requesting client device accesses a server to receive a list of available sources that may include multiple Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and independent servers. Based on a pre-set criteria, such as the source delivery performance and cost, the client device partitions the content into parts, allocates a source to each part, and simultaneously receives media streams of the content parts from the allocated sources. The server may be a Video-on-Demand (VOD) server, and the content may be a single file of a video data, such as a movie. The delivery performance of the used sources is measured during the streaming for updating the partition or the allocation. The updated measured performance may be stored locally at the client device, or at a server for use by other clients. The client actions may be implemented as a client-side script.

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 fully connectorized optic fiber tap assembly is described that includes a first upstream connector interface configured to receive a downstream connector of a first upstream optic fiber line, and a first downstream connector interface configured to receive an upstream connector of a first downstream optic fiber line. The tap assembly further includes a set of service drop line connector interfaces. Moreover, an optic fiber tap of the assembly is configured to: receive an optical signal from the upstream connector interface, extract a portion of the optical signal, direct the extracted portion of the optical signal to the set of service drop line connector interfaces, and pass a remaining portion of the optical signal to the downstream connector interface. The fully connectorized optic fiber tap assembly is configured to be connected to the first upstream optic fiber line and the first downstream optic fiber line without splicing.

Abstract: Embodiments describe approaches to creating dynamic data views of a data set. A dynamic data views (also referred to as logical data models or logical conveyances) allows users to visualize data or otherwise interact with data from a plurality of data resources (also referred to as physical data or source data) from various datastores across a domain (e.g., an enterprise, a unit within the enterprise, a company, etc.) Multiple dynamic data views can be derived from the same set of physical data and customized to meet the specific needs of different users, without altering the source data or changing its format or storage location. These data views can be generated, stored, and accessed on demand, and may be provided by various vendors. They may be shared, purchased, rented, or otherwise obtained, and may be based on one or more metrics that can be updated as necessary.

Abstract: A method for responding to a query, the method may include (a) receiving, by a storage system compute element, a query that comprises one or more conditions related to a content of at least one data unit (DU); (b) searching, based on the one or more conditions and on a condition fulfillment information (CFI), for one or more irrelevant groups of DUs to be skipped during the responding to the query; wherein the one or more irrelevant groups of DUs belong to multiple stored groups of DUs that are stored in the storage system; wherein an irrelevant group of DU does not comprise, according to the CFI, any DU that fulfills the one or more conditions; and (c) generating a response to the query based on an outcome of the searching.

Abstract: Improved systems and methods for improved management of models for data science can facilitate seamless collaboration of data science teams and integration of data science workflows. Systems and methods provided herein can provide an open, unified platform to build, validate, deliver, and monitor models at scale. Systems and methods of the present disclosure may accelerate research, spark collaboration, increase iteration speed, and remove deployment friction to deliver impactful models. In particular, users may be allowed to visualize statistics about models and monitor models in real-time via a graphical user interface provided by the systems.

Abstract: A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The tunnel device is selected based on an attribute, such as IP Geolocation. A tunnel bank server stores a list of available tunnels that may be used, associated with values of various attribute types. The tunnel devices initiate communication with the tunnel bank server, and stays connected to it, for allowing a communication session initiated by the tunnel bank server. Upon receiving a request from a client to a content and for specific attribute types and values, a tunnel is selected by the tunnel bank server, and is used as a tunnel for retrieving the required content from the web server, using standard protocol such as SOCKS, WebSocket or HTTP Proxy. The client only communicates with a super proxy server that manages the content fetching scheme.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and system for generating an updated webpage. A computing device may retrieve a product webpage, generate a structural model of the retrieved product webpage, and determine whether the generated structural model matches a stored structural model of another webpage retrieved from the web address. The computing device may extract product information from the generated structural model based on a previously stored mapping of nodes in the stored structural model to the product fields, or generate a mapping and extract the product information from the generated structural model based on the generated mapping, based on whether the generated structural model matches the stored structural model of another webpage retrieved from the web address. The computing device may generate an updated webpage based on the extracted product information.

Abstract: A system and a method for media streaming from multiple sources are disclosed. A content requesting client device accesses a server to receive a list of available sources that may include multiple Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and independent servers. Based on a pre-set criteria, such as the source delivery performance and cost, the client device partitions the content into parts, allocates a source to each part, and simultaneously receives media streams of the content parts from the allocated sources. The server may be a Video-on-Demand (VOD) server, and the content may be a single file of a video data, such as a movie. The delivery performance of the used sources is measured during the streaming for updating the partition or the allocation. The updated measured performance may be stored locally at the client device, or at a server for use by other clients. The client actions may be implemented as a client-side script.