Abstract: A system and method for the redemption of reward points for cryptocurrency is disclosed. The system may allow transaction account holders to redeem earned reward points for a selected cryptocurrency. The transaction account holders may establish a blockchain wallet to maintain and track the cryptocurrency. The system may interact with an exchange API of a cryptocurrency exchange platform to purchase the cryptocurrency for a blockchain wallet address associated with the blockchain wallet, or to initiate a transfer of pre-purchased cryptocurrency to the blockchain wallet. The system may provide additional authentication measures to ensure that the transaction is initiated by the transaction account holder and that the transaction account holder understands the potential risks of investing in cryptocurrencies.

Abstract: A rapid immunoassay method and apparatus for detecting foot and mouth disease virus are disclosed. The method and test device permit pen-side testing of animals and provide test results within a relatively short time period. In a preferred embodiment, the method and apparatus provide a means for differentiating between FMDV-infected and FMDV-vaccinated animals.

Abstract: To encrypt and distribute a message, a processor of a sender device may determine a public key associated with a recipient identifier. The processor may request confirmation of a the recipient identifier from a central authority server. The processor may receive the confirmation of the recipient identifier from the central authority server. The processor may encrypt the message using the public key to form an encrypted message. The processor may distribute the encrypted message. The encrypted message may be decipherable using a private key associated with the recipient identifier and used by a recipient device to securely interact with the distributed blockchain.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.

Abstract: Cement slurries are provided for use in cementing oil and gas wells. The cement slurry comprises API Class C or Class H Portland cement and a pozzolan selected from the group consisting of pumice and mixtures of pumice and fly ash. Pumice is present in the mixtures in amounts at least about 40 wt % of the pozzolan. The weight ratio of the pozzolan to the cement is from about 35:65 to about 70:30. The novel cement slurries preferably will not comprise any additional lime, including hydrated lime, or other activators.

Abstract: A system and method for rheology measurements. The system may comprise a conduit; an ultrasound transmitter positioned to direct ultrasound pulses into the conduit; an ultrasound receiver positioned to receive sound waves from the conduit; a pump fluidically coupled to the conduit; and a heat exchanger fluidically coupled to the conduit. The method may comprise drawing a sample of a treatment fluid into the rheology measurement system; pressuring the sample of the treatment fluid; adjusting temperature of the treatment fluid; directing ultrasound pulses into the treatment fluid while the treatment fluid is flowing through the rheology measurement system; measuring sound waves reflected by the treatment fluid; and determining a velocity profile of the treatment fluid based at least on the measured sound waves.

Abstract: A method of designing a downhole drilling tool may include generating a three dimensional (3D) downhole drilling tool model and simulating engagement of the drilling tool model with a 3D model of a borehole bottom. First and second cutting zones of first and second cutting elements may be determined based on areas of the first and second cutting elements that engage the borehole bottom, where the first and second cutting zones respectively have first and second cutting zone shapes. First and second cutting forces for the first and second cutting elements may be calculated based on the respective first and second cutting zone shapes. A drilling efficiency of the drilling tool model may be modeled based at least on the first cutting force and the second cutting force and a design parameter of the drilling tool model may be modified based on the drilling efficiency of the drilling tool model.

Abstract: A store profile generation system includes a mobile base and an image capture assembly mounted on the base. The assembly includes at least one image capture device for acquiring images of product display units in a product facility, product labels being associated with the product display units which include product-related data. A control unit acquires the images captured by the at least one image capture device at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the product facility. The control unit extracts the product-related data from the acquired images and constructs a store profile indicating locations of the product labels throughout the product facility, based on the extracted product-related data. The store profile can be used for generating new product labels for a sale in an appropriate order for a person to match to the appropriate locations in a single pass through the store.

Abstract: A user device may detect at least one external device in communication range of the device, receive at least one external device identifier from the at least one external device, generate a transaction request comprising data describing a transaction to be processed and the at least one external device identifier, and send the transaction request to a transaction service for fulfillment. The transaction service may receive the transaction request, analyze the at least one external device identifier to identify at least one security factor associated with the at least one external device identifier, adjust a security score for the transaction based on the at least one security factor, and determine whether to process the transaction based on the adjusted security score.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a re-sealable label for covering an opening of a box includes a sheet of polymer material that includes a re-sealable adhesive on an underside thereof. A liner is adhered to the underside of the sheet of polymer material. The liner is configured to cover the opening and includes a foil layer and a paper layer. The sheet of polymer material includes a line of perforations wherein one or more of the perforations of the line of perforations include a rectilinear portion and a non-rectilinear portion.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide techniques for automatically extracting data from web pages. Such extraction can take place without the use of a browser, and without necessarily rendering the entire web page. Thus, data extraction can be performed more efficiently and more quickly, while reducing the computing resources needed to perform such operations. In at least one embodiment, data extraction and translation are performed by automatically parsing structured data from visible and hidden elements of a web page.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for providing customer service. The system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions. The system may also include one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive customer data and location data from a client device. The one or more processors may also execute the software instructions to identify a customer and a merchant based on the received data. The one or more processors may also execute the software instructions to determine an applicable customer service option based on at least the identified merchant and the identified customer, the customer service option including at least an option to activate a credit card secondary benefit, and transmit a notification to the client device, the notification including the customer service option when the identified customer is eligible for the determined customer service option.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for conducting payment transactions using a mobile device. Embodiments of the invention are directed to an architecture or system design for the functional elements residing in a mobile device that may be used to conduct a payment transaction. The inventive architecture may be implemented as a set of functional modules resident in a secure element that is embedded or otherwise incorporated into the mobile device.

Abstract: Embodiments herein report compositions, uses and manufacturing of dengue virus constructs and live attenuated dengue viruses. Some embodiments concern a composition that includes, but is not limited to, a tetravalent dengue virus composition. In certain embodiments, compositions can include constructs of one or more serotypes of dengue virus, such as dengue-1 (DEN-1) virus, dengue-2 (DEN-2) virus, dengue-3 (DEN-3) or dengue-4 (DEN-4) virus constructs. In other embodiments, constructs disclosed herein can be combined in a composition to generate a vaccine against more one or more dengue virus constructs that may or may not be subsequently passaged in mammalian cells.

Abstract: Tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media include instructions that cause a processor to receive a first indication that a user is attempting to communicate with a provider, and intercept communication between the user and the provider based on the first indication being received. The instructions also cause the processor to send user information to a provider application server based on the first indication being received, and display a visual interface that establishes communication with the relevant provider department or performs a transaction based on the first indication being received. The instructions further cause the processor to receive a second indication associated with performing the action associated with the provider via the visual interface; and performing the action based on the second indication being received.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating a matching rule defined by a user, where the matching rule is a clear text rule, and receiving a transaction message that includes patient data from one or more health care facilities, where the patient data includes one or more patient health care events. A custom extension to a relational database is generated based on the received patient data, and the generated matching rules is applied to the received patient data at the custom extension to the relational database. Related patient event records within the custom extension to the relational database are identified and the related patient event records are configured based on the applied matching rule.

Abstract: Techniques are described for cryptographic key generation based on biometric data associated with a user. Biometric data, such as fingerprint(s) and/or heartbeat data, may be collected using one or more sensors in proximity to the user. The biometric data may be analyzed to generate a cryptographic key. In some implementations, the key may be employed by the user to access data, access certain (e.g., secure) feature(s) of an application, authenticate the user, digitally sign document(s), and/or for other purpose(s). In some implementations, the key may be re-generated for each access request or authentication instance, based on the user's fingerprint or other biometric data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are disclosed. For example, the system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a call to an API node. The operations may include determining that the call is associated with the first version of the API. The operations may include determining that the API node is associated with a second version of the API. The operations may include translating the call into a translated call using a translation model, the translated call being associated with the second version of the API.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may detect loading of a first web page associated with a domain, and may create an inline frame element that references a second web page associated with the domain. The second web page may require an authenticated user session to access particular content of the second web page. The device may insert the inline frame element into code for the first web page, and may transmit a request for the second web page based on inserting the inline frame element into the code for the first web page. The device may receive a response to the request for the second web page, and may determine whether there is an authenticated user session for the domain based on the response. The device may selectively perform an action based on determining whether there is an authenticated user session for the domain.

Abstract: A computer programming system includes a processor configured to receive computer code in a textual format, and cause a 3-D visual representation of a portion of an immersive 3-D environment to be displayed via a 3-D visual instrumentation, where the 3-D visual representation comprises a visualization of the computer code in the textual format. The system also includes the three-dimensional (3-D) visual instrumentation, communicatively coupled with the processor, and configured to receive the 3-D visual representation, and to present the 3-D visual representation. The system also includes a motion detection instrumentation communicatively coupled with the processor, where the motion detection instrumentation is configured to receive a motion input, and where the 3-D visual representation within the immersive 3-D environment is adjusted based on the motion input.