Abstract: This disclosure relates to restricting access in a social network. The social network stores profile information for each of a plurality of users of the social network in a database. The social network receives, from a first user of the social network, a request to invite a second user to establish a connection with the first user. The social network transmits, to the first user, one or more questions pertaining to the profile information of the second user. The social network receives, from the first user, one or more answers responsive to the one or more questions. The social network determines whether each of the answers is correct based on the stored profile information of the second user. The social network transmits, to the second user, an invitation to establish the connection with the first user when at least a number of the answers are correct.

Abstract: A processor may receive an image and identify a plurality of characters in the image using a machine learning (ML) model. The processor may generate at least one word-level bounding box indicating one or more words including at least a subset of the plurality of characters and/or may generate at least one field-level bounding box indicating at least one field including at least a subset of the one or more words. The processor may overlay the at least one word-level bounding box and the at least one field-level bounding box on the image to form a masked image including a plurality of optically-recognized characters and one or more predicted fields for at least a subset of the plurality of optically-recognized characters.

Abstract: A method for classifying organizations involves obtaining, for an unknown organization, transactional data representing a multitude of transactions. The transactional data comprises a descriptive text for each of the multitude of transactions. The method further involves processing the descriptive text for each of the multitude of transactions to obtain one vector representing the unknown organization, categorizing the unknown organization using a classifier applied to the vector, and identifying a software service for the unknown organization, according to the categorization.

Abstract: A method includes executing a Optical Character Recognition (OCR) preprocessor on training images to obtain OCR preprocessor output, executing an OCR engine on the OCR preprocessor output to obtain OCR engine output, and executing an approximator on the OCR preprocessor output to obtain approximator output. The method further includes iteratively adjusting the approximator to simulate the OCR engine using the OCR engine output and the approximator output, and generating OCR preprocessor losses using the approximator output and target labels. The method further includes iteratively adjusting the OCR preprocessor using the OCR preprocessor losses to obtain a customized OCR preprocessor.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for FAQ retrieval. Embodiments include receiving, via a user interface of a computing application, a query related to a subject. Embodiments include generating a first multi-dimensional representation of the query. Embodiments include obtaining a plurality of question and answer pairs related to the subject and, for a given question and answer pair comprising a given question and a given answer, generating a second multi-dimensional representation of the given question and a third multi-dimensional representation of the given answer. Embodiments include providing input to a model based on the first multi-dimensional representation, the second multi-dimensional representation, and the third multi-dimensional representation and determining a match score for the query and the given question and answer pair based on an output of the model.

Abstract: A computing system identifies an incoming voice call from a user device to an agent device associated with the computing system. The computing system generates a transcription of the incoming voice call using one or more natural language processing techniques. The computing system extracts a problem description from the transcription. The problem description indicates a topic for the incoming voice call. A first machine learning model estimates a situation vector from the problem description. A second machine learning model identifies a pre-existing situation vector that closely matches the estimated situation vector. The computing system retrieves a situation description that corresponds to the identified pre-existing situation vector.

Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring potential actions are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a system and include training a machine learning model based at least in part on a sequential database and retention data, identifying an action subsequence executed by a user, generating, for each of a plurality of potential actions, using the machine learning model, a first value indicating a probability that the user will execute the potential action immediately after executing the action subsequence, a second value indicating a probability that the user will continue to use the system if the user executes the potential action immediately after executing the action subsequence, and a confidence score indicating a likelihood that recommending the potential action to the user will result in the user continuing to use the system, the confidence score generated based on the first value and the second value.

Abstract: Systems and methods of optimizing cash flow are disclosed. A system obtains bill information regarding a plurality of bills and invoice information regarding a plurality of invoices, and the system pairs one or more bills to one or more invoices. Pairing the one or more bills includes, for each bill, generating one or more potential pairs of the bill to an invoice. For each potential pair, the system calculates a matching score associated with the potential pair based on the bill information of the bill and the invoice information of the invoice, identifies a subset of potential pairs of the one or more potential pairs associated with a threshold matching score, and selects a pair of a paired invoice to the bill from the subset of potential pairs. The system generates instructions to automatically pay the one or more bills, with payment scheduled based on the pairings.

Abstract: A processor may receive an image and determine a number of foreground pixels in the image. The processor may obtain a result of optical character recognition (OCR) processing performed on the image. The processor may identify at least one bounding box surrounding at least one portion of text in the result and overlay the at least one bounding box on the image to form a masked image. The processor may determine a number of foreground pixels in the masked image and a decrease in the number of foreground pixels in the masked image relative to the number of foreground pixels in the image. Based on the decrease, the processor may modify an aspect of the OCR processing for subsequent image processing.

Abstract: A method including receiving, at an embedded browser embedded in an application, a request to access data designated by a uniform resource locator (URL) specified by the request. The method also includes intercepting, by a method interceptor, an application programming interface (API) call to access the data designated by the URL. Intercepting is performed prior to execution of the API call. The API call is performable by an API of the embedded browser. The method also includes comparing, by the method interceptor, a domain specified by the URL to an list of allowed domains. The method also includes blocking, by the method interceptor and responsive to the domain failing to be a member of the list of allowed domains, the API call. Blocking is performed by the method interceptor preventing the API call from passing to the API.

Abstract: A unified graph query system provides an abstraction layer that increases the interoperability of different graph technologies by exposing graphs stored in graph databases using a unified query language. The abstraction layer generates graph models for each of the available graph databases and extracts a graph component and other source data used to identify the source of the data requested by a query. The unified graph query system executes the query across the multiple graphs included in different graph databases by using the graph models to locate the graph component in each of the multiple graphs and extract the feature data associated with the graph component. The feature data is used to generate features that are used by a machine learning service to train machine learning models and is also used to make predictions in real time.

Abstract: A document extraction system executed by a processor, may process documents using manual and automated systems. The document extraction system may efficiently route tasks to the manual and automated systems based on a predicted probability that the results generated by the automated system meet some baseline level of accuracy. To increase document processing speed, documents having a high likelihood of accurate automated processing may be routed to an automated system. To ensure a baseline level of accuracy, documents having a smaller likelihood of accurate automated processing may be routed to a manual system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite machine learning system for a transaction labeling service. A transaction labeling service receives at least one descriptive string describing a transaction associated with a user. The service identifies a preliminary grouping from a generalized scheme. The service extracts a set of N-grams from the descriptive string and converts the N-grams and the preliminary grouping into a set of features. A machine learning model determines a label from a labeling scheme for the transaction based on the features. User input related to the label includes an accuracy indicator and a reliability indicator. If the reliability indicator satisfies a reliability condition, a set of training data for the machine learning model is updated based on the descriptive string and the label. The machine learning model is then trained against the updated set of training data.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to widget integration. Embodiments include receiving a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, the shell comprising a runtime environment, the one or more widgets comprising at least a first cross-platform widget. Embodiments include instantiating the runtime environment for the first cross-platform widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface for facilitating communications between each widget in the one or more widgets and the given application. Embodiments include loading the first cross-platform widget into the runtime environment. Embodiments include processing, through the bridge interface, a communication from the first cross-platform widget running within the shell, wherein the communication comprises a result of executing a function.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for extracting structural information using machine learning. One example method includes receiving electronic data indicating one or more pages, constructing, for each page of the one or more pages, a tree based on the page, wherein each level of the tree includes one or more nodes corresponding to elements in a level of elements in the page, encoding, for each page of the one or more pages, a value of each node of the tree for the page into a vector using a first machine learning model, sampling a plurality of pairs of vectors from the one or more trees for the one or more pages, wherein a given pair of vectors corresponds to values of nodes in a same tree, training a second machine learning model using the plurality of pairs, and combining each vector with weights of the second machine learning model.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to predict experience degradation in a microservice-based application comprising a plurality of microservices. Quality of service metrics are derived for each node from the historical event log data of nodes forming a plurality of directed acyclic graph (DAG) paths in the multiple-layer nodes. A clustering model clusters the plurality of quality of service metrics according to multiple levels of quality of experience and determines respective value ranges of each quality of service metric for the multiple levels of quality of experience. Each quality of service metric is labeled with one of the multiple levels of quality of service according to the respective value ranges. A support vector machine model predicts various experience degradation events which are expected to occur during the operation of the microservice-based application.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for automated data classification error correction through machine learning. Embodiments include receiving a set of predicted labels corresponding to a set of consecutive text strings that appear in a particular order in a document, including: a first text string corresponding to a first predicted label; a second text string that follows the first text string in the particular order and corresponds to a second predicted label; and a third text string that follows the second text string in the particular order and corresponds to a third predicted label. Embodiments include providing inputs to a machine learning model based on: the third text string; the second text string; the second predicted label; and the first predicted label. Embodiments include determining a corrected third label for the third text string based on an output provided by the machine learning model in response to the inputs.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a trustworthy data exchange. Embodiments include receiving, from a device, a query, wherein the query comprises a question. Embodiments include identifying particular information related to the query. Embodiments include receiving credentials from a user for retrieving the particular information related to the query. Embodiments include retrieving, using the credentials, the particular information related to the query from one or more data repositories that are part of a distributed database comprising an immutable data store that maintains a verifiable history of changes to information stored in the distributed database. Embodiments include determining, based on the particular information related to the query, an answer to the query. Embodiments include providing the answer to the device.

Abstract: An ensemble of machine learning models used for real-time prediction of text for an electronic chat with an expert user. A global machine learning model, e.g., a transformer model, trained with domain specific knowledge makes a domain specific generalized prediction. Another machine learning model, e.g., an n-gram model, learns the specific style of the expert user as the expert user types to generate more natural, more expert user specific text. If specific words cannot be predicted with a desired probability level, another word level machine learning model, e.g., a word completion model, completes the words as the characters are being typed. The ensemble therefore produces real-time, natural, and accurate text that is provided to the expert user. Continuous feedback of the acceptance/rejection of predictions by the expert is used to fine tune one or more machine learning models of the ensemble in real time.