Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating payment service-based guest checkout with a merchant are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for facilitating payment service-based guest checkout with a merchant may include: (1) receiving, from a merchant's application or website, a redirect of an online interaction between the merchant and a customer; (2) retrieving, from an issuer payment service, wallet information comprising a plurality of payment options for the customer; (3) receiving a selection of one of the payment options; (4) communicating the selection of the payment option to the payment service for the issuer. The issuer payment service provides a session identifier to the merchant application website, the merchant application or website provides transaction information and the session identifier to a merchant payment host, the merchant payment host retrieves the selected payment option from the issuer payment service and conducts the transaction using the selected payment option.

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for dynamically restoring a state of an application are disclosed. The system may include a processor; and a memory operatively connected to the processor via a communication interface, the memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed, causes the processor to: receive a service bind request by a service framework from an application to bind to a service provided by a service provider among a plurality of service providers; transmit the received service bind request with callback uniform resource locator to an open service broker; cause the open service broker to transmit the service bind request to the service; register, by the service, the callback uniform resource locator; and dynamically bind, in response to registering, the application to the service.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for delivering sensory stimulation to a subject for facilitating sleep onset. The system comprises one or more sensors for generating output signals indicating one or more physiological parameters of a subject; a sensory stimulator for delivering sensory stimulation to the subject; and one or more physical processors configured to: determine an initial state of the subject based on the output signals from the sensor, the initial state corresponding to at least one physiological parameter of the subject; determine one or more stimulation parameters of sensory stimulation to be delivered to the subject by the sensory stimulator based on the initial state of the subject; and cause the sensory stimulator to deliver the sensory stimulation to the subject based on the determined one or more stimulation parameters.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for leveraging group signature technology to allow a group manager to set up rules that govern what requires consensus between members of the group. Consensus may require a plurality or a majority of signers using their individual private keys to use a group public key associated with the group. Group membership with group signatures allow for one group public key and a plurality of private keys, where each private key is associated with a group member.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements for designing user-specific interfaces using machine learning models. When a request to display certain data by an application is received, an application token and a user token may be retrieved and input into a machine learning model to obtain a prediction of a pre-defined user-application interface configuration. A user interface token for the application may then be generated. The user interface token may indicate user interface settings/configuration desired/preferred by a user. The user interface token may then be sent to the application to cause the application to display the data using user interface configurations within the user interface token.

Abstract: A method of generating a trusted chain code (“TCC”) message, comprising: receiving a smart contract whose execution causes a transfer of value in response to at least one of an occurrence of an event or a fulfillment of a condition, wherein the smart contract is digitally signed by a first entity private key and a second entity private key; generating a chain code comprising a hash of a chain code of the smart contract, the chain code corresponding to at least one of an occurrence of an event or a fulfillment of a condition of the smart contract; and posting the TCC message to a distributed ledger, wherein an execution of a portion of the chain code in response to at least one of the occurrence of the event or the fulfillment of the condition is validated against corresponding chain code in the chain code manifest.

Abstract: The invention relates a system for assisting in planning a radiation therapy treatment provided using a treatment plan comprising irradiation parameters for controlling a delivery of radiation. The system is configured to (i) receive a first dose distribution, (ii) obtain a first objective function, which depends upon at least one parameter and a dose distribution, (iii) determine a first value of the parameter such that the first objective function fulfills a predefined criterion when being evaluated for the first value of the parameter and for a second dose distribution derived from the first dose distribution, (iii) provide the first objective function in connection with the first value of the at least one parameter to a user for modifying the first objective function to generate a second objective function, and (v) determine the treatment plan using the second objective function. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method and computer program.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for performing ultrasound imaging are provided to advantageously determine the viscosity of an anatomy. According to one embodiment, a system for determining a viscosity of an anatomy includes an ultrasound transducer, a vibration source, and a processing system in communication with the ultrasound transducer and the vibration source. The processing system is configured to activate the vibration source to induce in the anatomy a first shear wave at a first frequency and a second shear wave at a second frequency, activate the ultrasound transducer to obtain ultrasound data representative of the anatomy that exhibits the first shear wave and the second shear wave, determine a first wave speed of the first shear wave and a second wave speed of the second shear wave, and determine the viscosity of the anatomy by comparing the first wave speed and the second wave speed.

Abstract: To obtain feedback on image quality from qualified reviewers, an optically machine readable code (124) (e.g., a QR code or the like) is generated for each acquired medical image and embedded into the image. The embedded code includes information to the identity of the image, the imaging device, authorized reviewers, and authorized recipients of the feedback, as well as a link to a feedback form that can be retrieved by a communication device (38) used by an authorized user. When the embedded code is scanned by the communication device, the code is decoded and the feedback form is retrieved from a server, completed by the reviewer, and transmitted back to the authorized recipients of the feedback.

Abstract: A system includes a computing system associated with a financial institution and communicatively coupled with one or more automated teller machines (ATMs), where the computing system is configured to authenticate an account holder via an ATM of the one or more ATMs based on identification information of the account holder, identify an event associated with the account holder, determine a message relating to the event to be displayed to the account holder based on the event, and display the message to the account holder via the ATM where the message being displayed is based on the account holder accessing the ATM within a threshold time period associated with the event.

Abstract: In one example of the present disclosure, a method for establishing communication between a browser and a native application is disclosed. The method may be initiated by executing a browser extension associated with the browser. The method may execute a native host to initiate startup of the native application. The native host may interface with the native application to establish bidirectional communication between the native host and the native application. The native host may also interface with the browser extension to establish bidirectional communication between the native host and the browser extension to connect the browser and the native application.

Abstract: A thrust bearing includes two physically separate one-piece segments. At least one segment has a wedge-shaped surface serving as a sliding surface. An alternative thrust bearing includes precisely one segment of a one-piece design. The segment is interrupted along its course around an axis of rotation of the thrust bearing. The segment has a wedge-shaped surface serving as a sliding surface.

Abstract: A system SY for determining a tissue type TY of a tissue region TR is provided in which the distal ends OFDE1..n of at least three optical fibers define a plurality of intersecting optical paths IOP1..k within the tissue region TR. A tissue signal Q1..k indicative of a tissue type TY for the respective optical path IOP1..k is generated from said spectral measurement data SMD corresponding to each of the plurality of intersecting optical paths IOP1..k. Each tissue signal Q1..k is compared with a reference threshold QRT for the tissue type, and with an average of the tissue signals QMA. At least a portion of the tissue region is identified as the tissue type TY if i) every tissue signal Q1..k in the tissue region TR indicates that its corresponding tissue is not the tissue type TY in the comparison with the reference threshold QRT and ii) at least one of the tissue signals Q1..k in the tissue region TR lies between the average QMA of the tissue signals Q1..

Abstract: A method includes extracting, by a computing system, movement intentions of an individual from neural signals; mapping, by a secure element of the computing system, the movement intentions to a character string; and generating, by the computing system, a symmetric encryption key using the character string as an input to a key exchange protocol.

Abstract: A method of processing depth maps comprises receiving (301) images and corresponding depth maps. The depth values of a first depth map of the corresponding depth maps are updated (303) based on depth values of at least a second depth map of the corresponding depth maps. The updating is based on a weighted combination of candidate depth values determined from other maps. A weight for a candidate depth value from the second depth map is determined based on the similarity between a pixel value in the first image corresponding to the depth being updated and a pixel value in a third image at a position determined by projecting the position of the depth value being updated to the third image using the candidate depth value. More consistent depth maps may be generated in this way.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method for an RTT measurement procedure in a communication network, the method comprising: (701) setting a positioning mode; (702) identifying a number of neighboring radio base station, n-gNBs, based on at least one report from a at least one User Equipment, or from UE information based on at least one measurement performed by a serving radio base station, s-gNB, serving said UE; and (703) initiating configuration by: —acquiring capabilities of said at least one UE and capabilities from at said radio base stations, gNBs, —reporting by said at least one UE beam measurements for the n-gNBs from said at least one report; and setting resources for the s-gNB and the n-gNBs. There is also provided a system and apparatuses in the form of a UE, a gNB and a location server.

Abstract: A breast shield arrangement (300) for a breast pump is provided. The breast shield arrangement comprises a breast receiving portion (300a) with a flexible collapsible funnel (301) and a rigid frame (340) which are made as a single unit by 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel (330) has a circumferentially extending wall (301a). The breast receiving portion (300a) has a first and second end (310, 320). The flexible funnel (330) and the rigid frame (340) are connected at the first and second end (310, 320) of the breast receiving portion (300a) during a 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel (330) is configured to collapse if a vacuum is applied to the breast receiving portion (300a).

Abstract: The invention provides for a method of obtaining a composite 3D ultrasound image of a region of interest. The method includes obtaining preliminary ultrasound data from a region of interest of a subject and identifying an anatomical feature within the region of interest based on the preliminary ultrasound data. A first imaging position and one or more additional imaging positions are then determined based on the anatomical feature. A first 3D ultrasound image is obtained from the first imaging position and one or more additional 3D ultrasound images are obtained from the one or more additional imaging positions, wherein a portion of the first 3D ultrasound image overlaps a portion of the one or more additional 3D ultrasound images, thereby forming an overlapping portion comprising the anatomical feature.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘MI02145’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; strong and flexible flowering stems; relatively compact and arching leaves; freely flowering habit with typically about two inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; purple violet-colored flowers with darker purple violet-colored venation; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘MI02415’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; strong flowering stems; relatively compact and arching leaves; freely flowering habit with typically about two to three inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; durable deep pink to deep purplish pink-colored flowers with darker reddish purple-colored venation; and excellent postproduction longevity.