Abstract: A system and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory are disclosed. An electronic device is associated with a subscriber and is in communication with a data distribution network configured to deliver data by a service provider to the subscriber. The data distribution network comprises a server in communication with the data distribution network and the server configured to deliver a stream of data over the data distribution network. The electronic device comprises a first memory communicatively connected to the server. The first memory is configured to receive and store data from the server and it is accessible by the subscriber. A second memory is also communicatively connected to the server. The second memory is configured to receive and store data from the server, though the second memory is accessible only by the service provider.

Abstract: A document is represented as a node tree in a document processing system. Edits to a node are represented in a change record that has a one-way link to the node. A text mark has a one-way link to the change record. It deletes that link when the changes represented by the change record are reflected in the text mark. A memory management system releases the memory allocated to the change record when no other object links to it.

Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; a network interface to communicatively couple to an enterprise service bus (ESB); instructions encoded within the memory to provide a data exchange layer (DXL) application programming interface (API), the DXL API to provide communication with a plurality of other DXL endpoints via a DXL broker; and instructions encoded within the memory to provide an asset management engine to: subscribe to a DXL location services topic via the DXL broker; receive a DXL location services query from a DXL endpoint via the DXL broker; and publish network location data via the DXL broker.

Abstract: The present technology provides compositions that include at least about 98 weight percent (“wt %”) n-paraffins which, among other surprising features, may be suitable for use as a diesel fuel, an aviation fuel, a jet fuel blendstock, a blendstock to reduce the cloud point of a diesel fuel, a fuel for portable heaters, and/or as a charcoal lighter fluid. The composition includes at least about 98 wt % C7-C12 n-paraffins, where at least about 10 wt % of composition includes n-decane, at least about 20 wt % of the composition includes n-dodecane, and at least about 75 wt % of the composition includes even carbon number paraffins. The composition also includes less about 0.1 wt % oxygenates and less than about 0.1 wt % aromatics. The composition may be produced by a process that includes hydrotreating a biorenewable feedstock comprising at least one of palm kernel oil, coconut oil, babassu oil, microbial oil, or algal oil.

Abstract: A system comprising: a document holder; an image sensor directed toward the document holder; a polarized filter between the image sensor and the document holder; a filter motor configured to rotate the polarized filter; one or more processors; and at least one memory having stored thereon computer program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, instructs the one or more processors to: control the filter motor to rotate the polarized filter; control the image sensors to capture a plurality of images of a document within the document holder, the plurality of images corresponding to a respective relative orientations of the polarized filter to the document; identify a feature of the document; and output, in response comparing respective visual characteristics of the feature of the document to corresponding expected visual characteristics of the first feature for the document, an indication of a verification of the document.

Abstract: Provided is a housing including a bottom wall, a front-end wall, side walls, and a mating space. Each of the side walls includes a locking protrusion configured to engage with a counterpart locking protrusion locking protrusion of a counterpart housing when the counterpart housing is inserted into the mating space. Each of the side walls also includes an auxiliary-metal-fixture mounting portion configured to be loaded with an auxiliary metal fixture having a bottom end that is to be fixed to a surface of a board. The terminal is configured to be loaded in the front-end wall, and includes a connection part having a bottom end that is to be fixed to the surface of the board.

Abstract: A profile guided optimization compiler utilizes sample profile data including a control flow representation of a program having block counts associated with each basic block of the program, and edge counts associated with each control flow edge estimated from the block counts. The sample profile data utilizes correlation data to map the address of a sampled instruction from a fully optimized binary directly into a corresponding basic block of source code control flow of the program using a relative virtual address (RVA) that is associated with each source code basic block and the sampled instruction. The correlation data is able to differentiate multiple blocks on the same source code line and handle inlining and optimizations with greater precision and efficiency. The block counts are then used to guide the optimization of the program.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a plurality of conductive terminals, a housing and a holder. The housing has a plurality of terminal receiving grooves which extend forwardly from a rear end face of the housing and receive the terminals respectively and a locking structure which is formed to a top surface of the housing. The holder is provided to the housing, the holder has a transverse frame portion which extends in a transverse direction, a plurality of positioning arms which obliquely extend downwardly and forwardly from the frame portion and are respectively inserted into the grooves, and a lock plate portion which extends forwardly from a top of the frame portion to above a top surface of the housing and has elasticity, the arms respectively position the terminals along slopes inside the grooves, the lock plate portion has a lock structure which is locked with a locking structure of the housing.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for migrating data from a first storage system to a second storage system. That data is for a process (e.g., a virtual machine, application, or some other process) operating on a computer system that is separate from the first storage system and the second storage system. That data is stored according to data subsets that are each exclusive of each other. As each data set is migrated, access to the data set by the process is precluded, but access for the remaining data sets is not affected. Once the data migration is complete, access to the data set by the process is restored.

Abstract: The present invention features Nicotiana nucleic acid sequences such as sequences encoding constitutive, or ethylene or senescence induced polypeptides, in particular cytochrome p450 enzymes, in Nicotiana plants and methods for using these nucleic acid sequences and plants to alter desirable traits, for example by using breeding protocols.

Abstract: A method for exhaust braking includes monitoring, by a controller of a vehicle, an engine speed of an internal combustion engine; comparing, by the controller, the engine speed with the a predetermined braking speed threshold to determine whether the engine speed is greater than the a predetermined braking speed threshold; and, in response to determining that the engine speed is greater than the a predetermined braking speed threshold, switching the vehicle to an exhaust braking mode.

Abstract: A storage container kit with an insulated bowl and lid. Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a storage container kit comprising a first container having insulated walls, a first lid having an insulated portion extending between an upper surface and a lower surface of the first lid and configured to establish a pressurized seal with the first container, a second container configured to be housed within an interior portion of the first container, and a second lid configured to be removably coupled to an upper circumference of the second container. In some embodiments, the first lid is configured to be selectively interfaced with the first container to create a pressurized seal between a gasket, inner side walls of the first container, and a plug being removably coupled to a pressure release aperture in the first lid.

Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping projections engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.

Abstract: Systems and methods for allocating resources are disclosed. Resources such as streams are allocated using restore credits. Credits are issued to the clients in a manner that ensure the system is operating in a safe allocation state. The credits can be used not only to allocate resources but also to throttle clients where necessary. Credits can be granted fully, partially, and in a number greater than requested. Zero or negative credits can also be issued to throttle clients. Restore credits are associated with reads and may be allocated by determining how many credits a CPU/cores can support. This maximum number may be divided amongst clients connected with the server.

Abstract: Techniques for providing metadata (and/or data) protection in a data storage system. The techniques can include storing, for a specific data page, two (2) instances of a main metadata page and one (1) instance of a corresponding alternative metadata page in a protected storage object referred to herein as the “2+1-way mirror”. For the specific data page, two (2) instances of a main metadata page can be stored on a first drive and a second drive, respectively, of the 2+1-way mirror such that the first and second drives each have a copy of the same main metadata page. Further, an instance of a corresponding alternative metadata page can be stored on a third drive of the 2+1-way mirror. The 2+1-way mirror provides protection against metadata loss due to the concurrent failure of two (2) physical drives, and further provides protection against catastrophic metadata errors and/or inconsistencies due to software failures.

Abstract: A system uses video of a vehicle or other object to detect and classify an active turn sign on the object. The system generates an image stack by scaling and shifting a set of digital image frames from the video to a fixed scale, yielding a sequence of images over a time period. The system processes the image stack with a classifier to determine a pose of the object, as well as the state and class of each visible turn signals on the object. When the system determines that a turn signal is active, the system will predict an action that the object will take based on the class of that signal.

Abstract: The technology relates to predicting that an object is going to enter into a trajectory of a vehicle. This may include receiving sensor data identifying a first location of the object in an environment of the vehicle at a first point in time and receiving sensor data identifying a second location of the object in the environment at a second point in time. In addition, a boundary of the trajectory is determined by defining at least a two-dimensional area through which the vehicle is expected to travel in the future. A first distance between the boundary and the first location and a second distance between the trajectory and the second location are determined. The first distance and the second distance are used to determine that the object is going to enter into the trajectory at a future point in time.

Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, a multimedia file that is to be used to authenticate a transaction card. The multimedia file may include data identifying a face of a user, data identifying a transaction card identifier, and data identifying an authorized action. The device may determine whether to authenticate the transaction card by executing one or more authentication procedures. The device may execute a first authentication procedure to verify that the multimedia file includes the data identifying the face of the user, the data identifying the transaction card identifier, and the data identifying the authorized action. The device may determine whether to activate the transaction card based on whether the transaction card has been authenticated. The device may provide a notification to the user device indicating whether the transaction card has been activated based on whether the transaction card has been activated.

Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time incorporation of user-produced content into a broadcast media stream are provided. A media title may be streamed to a producer computing device over a communication network. The producer computing device is associated with a channel for distributing the user-produced content in conjunction with the media title. Produced content may be captured from the producer computing device as the streamed media title is played on the producer computing device. Such captured produced content may be designated for the channel. The media title and the produced content may then be broadcast in real-time over the communication network to one or more subscriber devices subscribed to the channel. The media title and the produced content may be synchronized within the broadcast to reflect when the produced content was captured in relation to the media title as the media title was played on the producer computing device.

Abstract: Described is a system for generating simulated CT images. The system can include a CT image simulator, a phantom database, and a scanner database. The phantom database can include one or more virtual phantoms while the scanner database can include information about one or more CT scanners, including a subject CT scanner. The CT image simulator can use information about a subject patient, a virtual phantom, and scanner information about the subject CT scanner to generate a simulated CT image that closely simulates what an actual CT image would look like if performed on the subject patient using the subject CT scanner. The simulated CT image can be displayed on a display screen. Also described is a method of generating a simulated CT image and CT image simulator software that can be used to generate a simulated CT image.