Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for identifying a video segment displayed on a screen of a remote television system, and providing an option to switch to an alternative or related version of the video program that includes the video segment. For example, video segments displayed on a screen of a television system can be identified, and contextually-targeted content or contextually-related alternative content can be provided to a television system based on the identification of a video segment. The alternative or related version of the video program can include the currently displayed program in an on-demand format that can be viewed off-line and can be started over from a beginning portion of the program.

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: Systems and methods are provided for decoding watermarks in video frames. A media device may receive a video frame that includes a first predetermined region comprising a watermark and a second predetermined region having pixel values selected to reduce the perceptibility of the first predetermined region. The media device may detect the watermark in the first predetermined region of the video frame and identify one or more contiguous subsets of pixels that correspond to a first pixel value and one or more contiguous subsets of pixels that correspond to a second pixel value. The media device then assigns a first symbol to the one or more contiguous subsets of pixels that correspond to the first pixel value and second symbol the one or more contiguous subsets of pixels that correspond to the second pixel value. The media device then generates a first sequence of symbols from the assigned symbols.

Abstract: Monitoring and reporting methods and apparatus include the acquisition of detailed aircraft state and systems data, analysis of the collected data, and transmission of the collected data and/or analysis of the collected data to a destination automatically via a portable electronic device which is carried onto and off of the aircraft by the pilot or another crew member. More particularly, monitoring and reporting methods and apparatus include collecting analog or digital sensor data onboard an aircraft, analyzing the data in real-time, and automatically transmitting the data and/or analysis of the data to a destination including a portable storage device such as a portable computer, electronic flight bag (EFB), or smart phone, by means such as wireless transmission, for automatic transfer to another destination when the portable computer, electronic flight bag (EFB), or smart phone is off of the aircraft.

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 and method of optimizing cryptographic mining yields includes analyzing, by a cryptocurrency mining selection system, data associated with factors of interest for one or more cryptocurrencies using machine learning algorithms. Data that is determined to be predictive of the future value of newly mined tokens is used to determine which tokens will have the highest and lowest future values. Based on the predicted value of tokens in the future and the current value of those tokens for each cryptocurrency, the system outputs one or more instructions to buy tokens in cryptocurrencies predicted to increase in value, to sell tokens in cryptocurrencies predicted to decrease in value, and to instruct associated cryptocurrency mining hardware to switch to generating new tokens in one or more selected cryptocurrencies to maximize yields.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing videos of a living system captured with microscopic imaging. The method can include obtaining a base dataset including one or more videos captured with microscopic imaging with at least one of the one or more videos including a cellular event, and cropping out, from the base dataset, sub-videos including one or more objects of interest that may be involved in the cellular event. An artificial neural network (ANN) model can be trained using the plurality of selected sub-videos as training data, to perform unsupervised video alignment, a query sub-video can be aligned using the trained ANN model, and a determination can be made whether or not the query sub-video includes the cellular event.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for registering a mobile device for use in a mobile commerce system. According to one embodiment, a method of registering a mobile device for use in a mobile commerce system can comprise receiving at a service provider system a registration request from a user of the mobile device. A determination can be made with the service provider system whether to allow registration of the mobile device. In response to determining to allow registration of the mobile device, the registration request can be sent from the service provider system to an acquirer system.

Abstract: A method for similarity determination of a file sent to a storage system, the method may include receiving the file; calculating block hash values for blocks of the file; searching for one or more similar files that share one or more block hash values with the file; calculating an inter-similarity score between the file and each of the one or more similar files; updating a similarity database with an identifier of the file, the one inter-similarity score of the file; and updating the similarity database with the one or more block hash values, when determining to update the similarity database with the one or more block hash values.

Abstract: A method for securing a storage system, the method may include detecting, by cybersecurity engine, a suspected file that is stored in the storage system; autonomously searching for one of more files that fulfill one or more similarity criteria in relation to the suspected file; wherein the one or more similar files are stored in a storage system; finding, by the similarity engine, the one or more similar files using a similarity data structure that associates a group of files stored in the storage system with (a) inter-file similarity scores and (b) block hash values shared between files; and responding to the finding, wherein the responding comprises sending the one of more similar files to the cybersecurity engine.

Abstract: A method for managing a transaction data structure, the method may include (a) receiving, at a first point in time that corresponds to a first value of a clock signal, a request to commit a transaction, and updating a status of the transaction, within the transaction data structure, as being a commit in progress; (b) updating the status of the transaction within the transaction data structure as being committed following (i) a completion of the committing, and (ii) a change of a value of the clock signal from the first value to a second value that differs from the first value; and (c) updating, using a background process, a database segment (DS) version metadata associated with the transaction regarding the completion of the committing. The DS version metadata belongs to a DS version metadata data structure. The DS version metadata data structure and the transaction data structure are selectively accessed during transactions.

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 client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both.

Abstract: A system and a method for processing an image. The system comprises an image gateway arranged to receive an input image showing a scene composed by a combination of a plurality of image portions of the input image, wherein one or more of the plurality of image portions is associated with an exposure level deviated from an optimal exposure level; and an enhancement engine arranged to process the input image by applying an exposure/image relationship to the input image, wherein the exposure/image relationship is arranged to adjust the exposure level of each of the plurality of image portions towards the optimal exposure level; and to generate an enhanced image showing a visual representation of the scene composed by a combination of the plurality of image portions of the input image with an adjusted exposure level.

Abstract: A method for power management of a storage system unit, the method may include selecting a power reduction measure out of (a) a shutdown of at least one stateless compute node out of stateless compute nodes of the storage system unit, and (b) an other power reduction measure that does not involve the shutdown of the at least one stateless compute node, while prioritizing the shutdown of the at least one stateless compute node over the other power reduction measure; wherein the storage system unit further comprises storage nodes; wherein states related to communications with client computers (i) are maintained in the storage nodes, and (ii) are not stored on the stateless compute nodes; and applying the power reduction measure based on the selecting.

Abstract: Certain aspects are directed towards systems and techniques for identifying fracture driven interactions. One example method generally includes: accessing well data comprising a series of well data parameters of a first well corresponding to a time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured; accessing well data comprising a series of pressure values for a second well offset from the first well, the series of pressure values corresponding to the time when the first well is being hydraulically fractured; identifying a time for an event from the series of well data parameters; identifying an offset pressure increase in the series of pressure values for the second well; and generating an indication of fracture driven interaction when the offset pressure increase is within a threshold of the event.

Abstract: Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for GUI control elements and associated processing methods.

Abstract: An electronic device for detecting a business system and a detection method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a storage module, and a processing module. The communication module communicates with the business system. The storage module stores a detection engine and a detection rules corresponding to the business system. The processing module is electrically connected to the storage module and the communication module. The processing module executes the detection engine. The detection engine accesses a detection application program interface of the business system through the communication module according to the detection rule, so that the detection application program interface returns business data corresponding to the business system to the detection engine. Therefore, the electronic device of the disclosure can effectively detect the business system to obtain required relevant business data.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for data analysis comprises obtaining a plurality of first observations, each one of the plurality of first observations including one or more values of one or more first parameters, the plurality of first observations grouped into a plurality of groups; constructing a first histogram using the values of at least one of the one or more first parameters, included in the plurality of first observations; constructing, for each one of the plurality of groups, a second histogram having bins corresponding to bins of the first histogram, wherein each one of the bins of the second histogram includes a count of the first observations, among the first observations that belong to the one of the plurality of groups, having one or more values corresponding to the one of the bins for the at least one of the one or more first parameters; and outputting the second histograms.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for enhancing security of transaction requests from POS terminals by utilizing ANI-DNIS information. The header of the transaction request can include automatic source information (“ASI”), which can be extracted from the header by the line handler. The ASI information can be provided to the front end interface, which can compare the ASI information with known customer information. The comparison can provide information indicating whether the transaction is legitimate or fraudulent. If fraudulent, the transaction request can be declined. The ASI information can further be stored in a security analysis database and further queried to identify larger threats including denial of service attacks.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a dataset of synthesized data items from a dataset of original data items are disclosed herein. Some embodiments include (i) selecting an original data item from the dataset of original data items, where each original data item (a) comprises a combination of first-type codes and second-type codes, and (b) is associated with a topic in a topic model; and (ii) generating a synthesized data item based on the original data item and the topic associated with the original data item, where the synthesized data item comprises a combination of first-type codes and second-type codes that differs from the combination of first-type codes and second-type codes in the original data item by one first-type code or one second-type code.